THE SONG OF LIFE.
The following by Angela Morgan
more nearly represents our idea of
life and its activities than anything
we hare ever read.
What is your purpose in life? Is
it to accomplish something or be a
drone?
- God did not intend you to be a
drone under any circumstances. He
intended that you should LIVE and
to live means that you be active both
ia mind, body and spirit.
When Adam was placed in the Gar
den of Eden he found that he must
be actively employed, or he would do
those things hat would injure him,
and so he drove him out of the Garden
which is typical of the Holy of
the Holies, or the Heaven of rest and
peace i? man shall be deserving of the
Reward that shall come to obedient
children from a Merciful Father.
To enjoy life is to be up and doing,
and there is work to do, it matters
not whether you are working for
"yourselves or others. There is plenty
of work today, right now, and there is
positively no excuse for allowing
time to hang heavily upon your hands,
whether you are blessed with riches,
or find you must hustle to make both
ends meet.
If you. have a sufficiency of thi3
. world's goods remember you are
simply a tenant upon God's domain,
use your money to develop your
community and encourage others to
get oa the same broad highway, and
in the work and in the helping you
will get something out of life that is
really worth while, and bring to your
wu soul the consciousness that you
feave not lived in vain.
Read the following verses careful
ly and let the inspiration penetrate
your being. The emphasis on the two
Jast lines is ours. Remember always
that your life came from God, and
works all the time, and His great ac
tive mind not only keeps the universe
in place, but it is watching to see
whether you are going to develop the
talent He has given you.
Bay not, "I lire!"
Unless the morning's trumpet
brings
A shock of glory to your soul,
TT 1 J-1 A XT X. nl,,v.
Thrqugh rushing worlds and insects'
wings, .
Sends ycu upspringing to your goal
Glad of the need for toil and strife,
Eaer to grapple hands with Life
Say not, "I live."
Say, not, "I live!"
Unless the energy that rings
Throughout this universe of fire
A challenge to your spirit flings
Here in the world of men and things
, SChrilling you with a huge desire
To mate your purpose with he stars,
" .To shout with Jupiter and Marrs
Say not, "I live."
Say not, "I live!"
Such were a libel on the Plan
Blazing within the mind of God
. Ere world or star. or sun began.
Say rather, with your fellow man,
"I grub ; I burrow in the sod."
Life is not life that does not flame
With consciousness of whence
came
Say not. "I live!"
it
"Big Tim" For Woman's Suffrage.
New York, Jan. 12. "If a man is
the mighty affair he thinks he is,
:why should he be afraid of political
competition by the women? If he's
he stepped down and give the ladies
a chance to show what they can do
in politics." .
With these words "BigTim" Sulli
van, Tammany leader on the Bowery
and a member of the Assembly, comes
out for women's suffrage. The Bow
ery chieftain aligned himself under
the suffrage standard with many gal
lant phrases.
Winston-Salem, Jan. 14. The new
Invernees cotton' mills, . in . the north
ern part of the . city, will probably
begin operations. thet first of next
month, thus adding , another, large in
dustry .to ..."ymoneiaionis 41st
of fir&t-class,manufactTirrtng enter-
. prises. , . , . "... : ..
r TtnatotfSalem, N. C, Jan.. 12. A
company is being, .formed to develop
the coal mine near Walnut Cove, In
Stokes county. . An expert who has
inspected It, expresses the ; opinion
that there Is as fine a bed In quantity
and quality as In the Pocahontas in
West Virginia. . . .:
STANDARD
f;. ?
oil cas;
ARGUMENT BEGINS IN SUPREME
COURT IN THE FIGHT FOR ITS
DISSOLUTION
DEFENSE OF THE iCOMPANY
Washington, D. C., Jan. 13. Stand
ard Oil attorneys yesterday argued be
fore the Supreme Court of the United
States agains the proposed dissolu
tion t of the. Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, as violative of the Sher
man anti-trust law. For three hours
John G. Milburn, of New York, ad
dressed the court. Frank B. Kellogg,
of Minnesota, will present the gov
ernment's side of the controversy.
The . arguments will not be concluded
until next Tuesday.
In hi? history of 1 chaotic conditions
in the oil business, between 1860 and
1870, due, he said, to an overproduc
tion of refining capacity, Mr. Milburn
introduced to the court the character
of John D. Rockefeller. '
"There was out there in' Cleveland,"
said lie, "a young man in the early
60's with a small amount of money,
which he had saved, who possessed
the gift of genius. . He had the genius
for business and there is a genius for
business just . as there is a genius for
war or poetry or painting. That man
was John D. Rockefeller. He saw
'hat this overproduction of refineries
was to he met by volume of business
so as to withstand the lower profits."
He told how Rockefeller allied him
self with Andrews, a practical oil
refiner, and how with the exercises
of Rockefeller's genius for business
and their consequent good standing
among financiers, they grew rapidly.
Mr. Milburn dwelt particularly upon
the period of acquisition which he
said closed in 1879, the trust agree
ment of 1892, and the new arrange
ment of ownership in 1899. Acquisi
tions never had been made, Mr." Mil
burn told the court, with an intent to
restrain or to monopolize interstate
trade. Most of the purchases made,
he said, were before 1879.
"We thought that it was only the
decent thing to do if a man came to
us," said Mr. Milburn, "with a propo
sition to sell out to buy his plant at
its appraised value. Often it was
pactically worthless, and we could
have permitted it to go to dry rot in
his hands."
He denied the charges of the gov
ernment that the Standard Oil had the
advantages of such preferences from
the railroads, during the period of ac
quisition, that it should now be pun
ished. The contracts between the
railroads and the Standard were not
in restraint of trade, he contended,
"when viewed in the light of the days
in which they were made."
. His Temarks about the re-organization
of the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey in 1899, which, is the
thing which the decree of the lower
court -would undo, was summarized
by Justice Hughes.
"The net result," suggested Justice
Hughes, "is that the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, after 1899,
stood In the place of the trustees, and
those who held the certificates issued
by the trustees thereafter, held the
stock of the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey." .
"Precisely," said Mr. Milburn. "It
Is quite simple , when yoti understand
it. You see there was the same body
of common owners of the property
both, before and. after"l899."
At this point he referred to, the ar
gument of the Standard upon which
it is pinning its .faith, in the present
controversy that the new arrangement
of 1899 did not supress competition
in anyway, because, the. properties
before 1899 were not competing, they
being owned by the same persons
! New York, Jan. 12. -The report of
Postmaster Morgan, of .the money or-
der business tranacted at tho New
' : , yress, me neaviest laaen : passenger
York postoffice . (Manhattan and. th train on the Norfolk and Western
Bronx), during the calendar year. ofRailway was dIscovered Wednesday
1910, show that there were in aU .13,-night between. Huger -V,h fl
655,551 transactions, representing tnefew m,11!S PT u ,. ..,.,.
sum of $570,089,395. This is an in- ,rv ,, .,. ,. -crease
over 1909 of $104,620,516. .
A. C; L. Extending Double Tracks.
Charleston, S. C, Jan. 13 The
Atlantic Coast Line has made plans
for a double tracking of its line from
Mount Holly to Bonneau, a distance
of twelve miles, in the very near fu
ture. This information was received
in Chaiieston by Mr. W. E. Renneker,
division freight agent of the Coast
Line, with headquarters in this city,
from official sources in Wilmington,
N. C. The announcement, which is
considered as being of vast import
ance to Charleston, is the first one of
its kind made by the ' Coast Line in
the New Year. When this work has
been completed the Coast Line will
have double track system out of
Charleston for a distance '.of thirty
miles to the north.
The Coast Line will shortly have
approximately 280 miles of double
track between Washington, D. C
and Jacksonville, Fla., a little over
one third of the distance. The fol
lowing stretches of double tracking
were completed recently: Callahan,
Fla., to Folkston, Ga., twenty-threS
miles; second track between Jack
sonville and Folkston, forty-two
miles ; Florence to Pee Dee. S. C,
twelve miles. It is probable that the
double track system out of Charles
ton will- be fitted out with automatic
electric signals this year by the Coast
Line. These signals have been in
Stalled on the Florence-Pee Dee
double track stretch."
Portland, Ore., Jan. 13. Joe Tinker,
shortstop of the Chicago Nationals,
has bought a fruit farm in Yamhill
county. Tinker's farm is within a
short distance of. the tract now owned
by "Billy" Sullivan, catcher of the
Chicago Americans.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 13 The only
development in the Senatorial dead
lock is the failure f the independent
Democrats to reach an understanding
as betwjeen the incumbent, Senator
James B. Frazier, and General G. T.
Fitzhugh.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 13. Geo.
Sutherland was nominated by the Re
publican Legislature caucus last night
to serve a second term as United
States Senator from Utah. The two
houses will ballot January 15th.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 13. With
about four-fifths of the vote cast in
Tuesday election accounted for, W.
A. Blount maintains his plurality
over N. P. Bryan and J. N. C. Stock
ton in the senatorial race. Blount's
vote is 10,710; Bryan's, 7,366, and
Stockton's, 6,465.
NOTICE.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of the power of sale con
tained in a certain mortgage executed
by Kenyon Eatman and wife to F. A.
Woodard " January 4th, 1904, and re
corded in book 66, on page 534, Wil
son County Registry, the undersigned
will, on Monday, the 23rd day of Janu
ary, 1911, between the hours of 12 M.
and 1 o'clock P. M., at the -Court
House door in Wilson, N. C, offer for
sale at public auction, to the highest
bidder, that certain tract or parcel of
land lying and being -situate in Tay
lors township, Wilson county, North
Carolina, adjoining the lands of A. B.
Williams, Richard Rountree and oth
ers, containing sixty (60 acres, more
or less, and being the same land con
veyer by F. A. Woodard to Lugenia
Eatman by deed recorded in Book 65,
on Page 573, Wilson County Registry.
TERMS OF SALE: CASH..
This Dec. 23, 1910.
F. A. WOODARD. Mortgagee.
B.J.THOMPSON, ,
MRS. DELIA EVERETT,
Assignees.
W. A. FINCH, Attorney.
12-27-ltd-3tw.
Salisbury, Jan. 13. Hayden Cle
ment, Esq., a well known attorney of
Salisbury; has returned from Mor
ganton, where he has been . for the
past week serving as special master
In a suit wherein 50,000 acres . of
valuable land is involved. The suit
is one of the largest ever tried . in
Western ' North Carolina and. "the ar
gument, .will be closed, on . January.. 2 0.
Bluefield, W.. Va., Jan. 13. What Is
believed to have been an attempt to
wreck the . Norfolk and . Columbia ex-
. . ...
SPECIAL
MESSAGE
OF THE PRESIDENT URGES THAT
IIPANAMA CANAL BE FORTI- S
FIED--DUTY OF U. S.
RECOMMENDS $5,000,000
Washington, D. C, Jan. 13. Presi
dent ?Taft yesterday sent to Congress
a special message urging the fortifi
cation of the Panama Canal and re
commending that appropriation of $5,
000,000 for the initiation of the work
on the proposed defenses be made at
the present session of Congress.
"The canal when completed," said
the President, "will afford the only
route for water communication be
tween our Atlantic and Pacific coasts
and virtually will be a part of the
coast line of the United States. Its
assured possession and control will
contribute to our peace, safety and
prosperity as a nation. In my judg
ment it is the right and the duty of
the United States to fortfy and make
capable of defense the work that will
bear so vital a relation to Its wel
fare, and that is being created solely
by it and at an expenditure of enor
mous sums."
The President forwarded to Con
gress with his message a modified re
port of the special Army and Navy
Board which reduces the estimate of
the cost of fortification of the Canal
from $1,546,843 to $12,475,328.
As modified, the Board recommends
that the armament at Panama shall
consist of eight 14-inch rifles; twelve
6-inch rifles, and twenty-four 12-inch
mortars.
It is recommended that the perma
nent garrison in time of peace on the
isthmus shall consist of twelve com
panies of coast artillery f four regi
ments of infantry, one batallion of
field artillery and one squadron of
cavalry.
ALDRICH MACHINE IN PERIL.
Retiring1' Senator Is Losing His Grip
On Rhode Island. Independent
Has a Good Chance.
Providence, R. I., Jan. 13. The fate
of Nelson W. Aldrich's machine that
has ruled Rhode Island politically for
many years hung in the balance yes
terday when the Republican mem
bers of the Legislature met in caucus
to decide whether a progressive can
didate should be chosen to succeed
Senator Aldrich. . . ... -
Before the caucus convened indica
tions pointed to the endorsement, of
Colonel Henry F. Lippitt, an Aldrich
protegee. v - s
His opponent is Judge Lebaron B.
Colt, an independent. Republican.
State Chairman George R. Lawton
claimed seventy-four votes for Lip
pitt, four more than enough to elect.
Is Exiled. From His Native Land.
Biarritz, France, Jan. 13. Ex-Premier
Franco, of Portugal, arrived here
yesterday an exile from' his native
land.
Charged with plotting with, the ene
miesv of the Portuguese f republic,
Senor Franco was taken to the
Spanish frontier in an automobile and
warned not to return.
He may never again be allowed to
set foot upon the territory r which
once he practically ruled.
Senor Franco is charged with. con
spiring with the Royalist party 1 0 as
sist in re-establishing a monarchy. ,
Denver, Col., Jan. 12. Charles
James Huhges, Jr., junior United
States Senator from Colorado, died in
his home hero yesterday after an ill
ness of nearly a .year. He had been
unconscious since Monday and passed
away from a state of coma almost 1m
perceptibfy into death.-.
Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 13. Jumping
from . an eastbound -passenger train
while running at a . high rate of speed
near Elmwood, Iredell county, Wed
nesday night, R. E. Rudacil, aged 40
years', was instantly killed, his neck
being broken by contact with the
rails. The body was picked up and
V . "rhi to Rnlibnry. where " It was
' ' V " ' -rt : taken back to
Nashville Items.
f
Nashville, C, Jan. 13. At the
meeting of the Nash County Board
of Education, two prizes of $25 each
were offered to the two schools in
the county that will raise the mos
money for "Betterment Work" this
school ear. The schools are divided
into tw o classes those having a
census of less than 100. The prizes
will be awarded to the school ia
either class that raises the . most
money. The $25 will be added to
the school fund of the schools the
coming year. Something more than
$1,500 was raised last year for "Bet
terment Work" and the. board has
thought it wise to encourage this dur
ing the present school year.
About the II vest body In Nash
county at the present time is the
Farmers' Union. A county meeting
was held here the past Saturday, and
all the sections of the county were
represented. The officers for this
year were installed. The officers-are:
President, Gray King; vice-president,
J. J. Joyner; book-keeper, J. W. Bras
well; conductor, M. T. Strickland,
secretary, and . treasurer, S. J. F.
Ellen, and business agent, M. T.
Strickland. Mr. J. C. Taylor is coun
ty lecturer. At the meeting the mat
ter of fertilizers was discussed, an an
arrangement made with Mr. Needham
L. Strickland to handle the fertilizer
at Nashville. Messrs. W. H. Faulk
ner and H. C. Deans were appointed
delegates to the convention of the
union of tobacco counties to be held
at Winston-Salem January 13th. The
union in Nash county is in a splendid
condition, and the farmers are en
thusiastic! Both members and officers
emphasize the fact that the union
will keep out of - politics, and will
stand together for the farmers. The
union still continues, to grow in Nash
county, keeping pace with the rest of
the State.
Burns Accepts Lang's Challenge;
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 13. Temmy
Burns, former heavyweight champion,
has cabled to Hugh Mcintosh an ac
ceptance of the latter's offer of a
purse of $12,500 for a fight with Bill
Lang in London.
Burns is guaranteed $12,500 re
gardless of the result of the fight. He
is recovering ifrom injuries received
in a Lacrosse game at Vancouver and
in a train wreck near Tacoma, and
promises to report in London within
sixty days. " - '
Lang and .Burns have met twice, in
Australia, but Lang has Improved
greatly since that time, and the match
is looked on as an attractive one for
an English ring.
PATTEN IS SUED FOR $5,000,000.
Wheat King Receives Rude Shocl
When He Reaches Hot Springs.
Chicago, Jan. IS. James A. Patten,
wheat king and cotton manipulator of
yore, received a rude .shock at Ho
Springs yesterday, when he was in
formed that he had been sued for
$6,000,000.
He was sued for this - sum by Dr.
Paul Burgamaster, president of the
Chicago Anti-Gambling League, and
the action is based on an old law
which permits the recovery of sums
lost at gambling, together with a pen
alty of double the amount. ' -
Chicago, 111., Jan. ' 12. Cashier
Frank C. Russell, of the Government
sub-treasury has reported to Sub
Treasurer Lem Small that the actual
cash in the vaults had passed the
$100,000,000 mark for the first time
in the history of the Chicago Sub
Treasury. 1 '
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HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION
R. D. W. CONNOR AWARDED THE
PATTERSON CUP FOR MERI
TORIOUS WORK
THE OFFICERS ELECTED
Raleigh, Jan. 12 The paper by;
Secretary R. D. W. Connr, of the
State Historical commission, review
ing the ' historical activities of the
5 ear. was one of the most notable
North Carolina Literary and Histori
c association yesterday. It review,
ed the erection of seventeen monu
ments and memorials in the State, the
laying ' of three x cornerstones an
movements for erection gotten un
der fray for the painting of six por
traits of distinguished citizens it
stalled in public places, the assembl
ing of 1,100 additional relics of Yahie,
the classification of 14,754 executlTe
documents and 8,788 manuscripts !
historic value. He reviewed the cele
bration of bi-centennial of New Ben;
the establishment of the Daniel Boon
memorial in Davidson county; the
placing of numerous tablets and mark
ers of historic- places by the Damgk
ters of the Revolution.- Portraits of
Revolutionary patriots by the Song f
the Revolution; monuments by tke
Daughters of the Confederacy ii
Rutherford and Caldwell; memorial
arches in Raleigh and Tarboro ai
Charlotte "navy yard" and a nunfctr
of other notable enterprises of this
character.
Dr. Edwin Mims, of the Univereity
of North Carolina, discussed colteg
and university extension; Dr. D. H.
Hill, of Raleigh, read North CaroliBa;s
Bibliography for 19le.
At the afternnnn passion. TiAld idL
the Raney Hall, the feature of spe
cial interest was. the award and pre
sentation of the Patterson memorial
cup, given by Mrs. Lindsay Patterson,
of Winston-Salem, in 1905, to tk
North Carolina writer of the year
whose production was held to show
the highest merit. The trophy to he
held for one year was awarded t
Mr. R. D. W. Connor, of Raleigh, sec
retary of the State Historical Commis
sion, on his book, "The Life of Cor
nelius Harnett." The presentation
was made by Attorney General T. Mf.
Bickett in a most happy speech, and
Mr. Connor replied in appreciative
words.
The Patterson memorial cup has
now been awarded to six persons, be
ginning in the year 1905. The win
ners were: John Charles McNeill, im
1905, on his poems, the presentation
by President Theodore Roosevelt; Br.
Edwin Mims, in 1906, on his bok,
"Life of Sidney Lanier," presentattea
by Hon. Fabius H. Busbee; Dr. Kemp
Plummer Battle, in 1907, for his. "His
tory of the University," the presenta
tion by Hon. Francis D. Winstom;
Capt S. A. Ashe, in 1908, on his "H1
tory of North Carolina," the presenta
tion by Dr. Thomas Nelson Page; Mr.
Clarence H. Poe, in 1909, on his work,
"A Southerner in Europe," the presen
tation by Ambassador James Bryoe;
and for 1910, to Mr. R. D. W. Connor,
on his book, "The Life of Cornelius
Harnett." the presentation by Attor
ney General T. W. Bickett.
At the night session there took
place the election of officers, the re
sult being that Dr. Edward K. Gra
ham, professor of English in the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and dean
of the academic faculty, was elected
president; Mrs. Frances Fisher Tier
nan, of Salisbury, .known in literature
as Christian Reid, first vice-president;
Hon. Julius C. Martin, of Asheville,
second .vice-president; , Miss Edith
Royster, of Raleigh, third vice-president;
Mr. Clarence H. Poe, of Raleigh,
secretary and treasurer.
Washington, D. C.f Dan. 12. Two
set speeches were delivered in the
Senate yesterday, one "by Senator Gal
linger in support of his bill providing
for an ocean mail subsidy to ports in
South America, but no vote was
taken, and the other by Senator New
lands in advocacy of a permanent
tariff commission with comprehen
sive powers.