to .,S
' A Wisconsin city has adopted
the) pay as you go system aBd
will pay cash for everything it
buy and demand the same dis
counts that would be allowed to
any private firm or eorioration.
; Warren Johnson, of Mich
igan, aged & years is probably
fue oldest newspaper reporter in
the country. Bhe Las been report
iug for 40 years and still writes
good stories.
Bill Sunday insists that before
3ie will begin his evangelistic meet
ings in Chicago he must be assur
-.ed that a $230,000 stock compa
ny 1)0 organized and incorporat
ed 1o finance hi.s religious meet
ihgs.
The tight for prohibition in (he
national house of representatives
iwas not successful. li would
have required a two-thirds ote
to propose the prohibition a
mendment to thy Fed'.'ial Con
istitution.
family.;., - .V-tH -"'Tlua
is the first baby bom in
Hie White House since the birth
of Ecther Cleveland' daughter
of Iresideut and Mrs Cleveland,
and who was the only child of
a President born there. Taere
have been 11 children born in
the White House since its con
struction,.
Evidence of extraordinary ad
Vance intrausVAtlantic freight
rates since the outbreak of the
-uropean war, amounting in some
instances to !XH and even l.KMI
per cent, are presented in the
joint report from Secretaries Mc
lltloo and Kedtiold to the Senate.
The incerases in rates on grain
lire said to be !MM) per cent ; on
flour 500 per cent; and on cotton
700 per cent.
In giving reasons for new
pacts with central American
countries Secretary of Stale
IJrvau suggested that it was
not unlikely that the United
States some day wouM build
another interoceanic waterway
to supplement the Panama Oa
naj, and explained that he re
garded it as a wise 'precaution
Tor the American government
to negotiate treaties with Nicar
agua and Costa Rica giving this
.country an option on a canal
route across that section of cen
'iral America.
Red gamecocks thrive on dia
mond diet.accoitling to Walter A.
JCiefer, secretary of the National
Capitol Poultry and Pigeon As
Ociation, who lost a gem valued
at flllo. The diamond dropped
from Mr. Kiefer's ring into a
"oop, and was gobbled up by a
prize winner. The bird is valued
at ?"00., and although Mr. Kiefer
wanted to have it killed at once.
Tie and the owner agreed that
Prof!. Roy 11. White, of the agri
culture experiment station, at
College Park, Md., should operate
on it in an attempt to recover the
diamond.
The govermeut; has received
I9U.40 in settlement for a single
sugar pine tree which was cut
in trespass in the Stanislaus Na
tional Forest, in California, and
which yielded more than enough
actual lumber to build a good
sized suburban fronie house. The
tree scaled lS.IIM board feet and
valued at iter thousand
feet.
Not many tires contain enough
lumber to build a two foot board
walk nearly two miles long, and
this is1 believed to Ik? the first
case on record in which a single
tree felled in a national forest
was valued at almost $100 on the
stump, although national forest
timber is frequently sold at con
siderably higher iales
At a recent meetiifg held under
the auspices of the International
Peace Forum, over whidi Sena
tor Sherman presided. John
Hayes Hammond urged that af
ter peace is concluded in Kurope.
the Congress of the 1'nited
States' should call a peace con
feernce which should formulate a
plan for international amity, to
include an agreement for
concerted and permanent
disarmament; (lie organi
zation of a Supreme Court
of nations, whose findings shall
Is- accepted as conclusive and fi
nal by all; and an international
police force, consisting of an
army and navy only large enough
to enforce the decrees of the in
ternational court. The plan is to
have such a court supplement,
not supplant the court of at-bitra
tion at The Hague.
The flying visit to the Nation
al capital of Km AVilliam A.
Sunday, a former professional
Baseball player. opularly known
as 'Billy Sunday' is over. In the
address that he made before a
Washington audience of more
than 5,000, which included mem
bers of Congress, government offi
cials,, diplomats, and prominent
(ScTety folk, he let loose a battery
io invective against dinner The
' pastor of a local church declares
ttat he was captivated with Sun
x day's marvelous gymnastic man
nerisms and enthusiasm, and" al
though hi language was often
crude it so:n time eloquent
and beautiful.
The president's grandson, born
at fiie White Hou on Sunday
January 17th, is the object of
most absorbing interest there,
both in the executive mansion
and in the vicinity of the Presi
dent's office, where st who call
ed on official and political busi
ness made a point of inquiring
after the latest addition to the
The Women's Democratic dub
of the second ward of Chicago, ad
vertised in the newspajters for an
aldermanic candidate. It was an
nounced in the advertisement
that to receive the indorsement
of the club the successful appli
cant would have 1o be:
A clean, respectable citizen.
A possessor of horse sense,
not necessarily a college gradu
ate A friend of woman sulfrage.
An advocate of subways.
A voter for bathing beaches
ami playgrounds.
A leader, not a follower.
A man of conservative ability.
Six replies were received. The
The applicants were a machinist,
a broker. i clergyman, a manu
facturer, a physician, and a saloonkeeper.
The saloonkeeper won. He is
Al Russell, proprietor of a saloon
at 34.VJ South State Street, and
he met every requirement.
WHERi: KAttTH Ql'AKKD
The National Oeograpbic
cietv has prepared the following
description of the region in Ita
ly just devasted by the great
earthquake.
In the Abruzri district of
east central Italy, where the re
cent earthquake shot1'' have
worked in seconds a destruction
equal to weeks of war, there are
no great cities and no nionu
ments of the country's brilliant
history or its more famous
works of art. Abruzzi is a graz
ing, vine-growing, fanning dis
trict. It is a mountainous and
hilly land, comprising the wild
est and most rugged portion of
the Apennines. Home of Italy's
most picturesque scenery is to be
enjoyed rere, although travelers
from America seldom seek it, a
the railway connection are bad
and the inn accommodations, for
the most part very primitive
and severe. , , , .
- fcThe district ; contains some
6S0 square miles, or is about
equal in size. . to the States of
Island and Connecticut It
support some two million people
most of whom make their liviugs
in farming, orchard ami 'vine
culture, and iu cattle, sheep and
swine raising. There is consid
erate uniportant manufacturing
within the district but little or
no industry . Rarely beautiful
tajtestries and hand-made laces
are worked in the hilly villages
as home work. Many of the
Abruzzi peasantry, untaught in
the methods of design and unaid
ed by any but the simplest me
chanical contrivances, display the
highest order of artistic apprecia
tion in their hand-lace produc
tions "Vast forests of oak, beech,
and pine cover the jagged moun
tain groups, and their area serves
as a feeding place for large herds
of swine. The raising of swine
and the preparation of their
meat is one of the imporiant
endeavors of this country, and.
among the masterworks of Italy,
the vivacious, seductive, thril
ling Abruzzi sausage deserves
nonorable mention. These sau
sage were formerly this is, be
fore the war even imported or
(asionally into Ccniiany. when
t be a foreign sausagu and to
compete successfully, means to be
a sausage of distinctly superior
sort.
There is little flat land with
in Abruzzi, beyond a narrow
strip along 100 miles of coast.
The uplands and the hills are
used for pasture lands, the val
leys are fruitful, and a'-e farmed
for olies, rice, almonds grains
and wine. Nature has contribut
ed most to the backward state of
Abruzzi region's industries; for
its hills and valleys lie within
the trough of ever-recurring
earthquakes, while the small riv
ers and creeks which irrigate its
valleys do a regular damage by
their sudden floods. The rivers
are mostly very Jhort, with a
considerable fall to the sea. Ma
ny of them have been harnessed
in the last few years to electric
installations.
"Four provinces are contained
within the division Abruzzi, Ter-
ainii, Chief i. Aquila and Canipo
basso, and there ait; about twen
ty medium-sized towns scattered
throughout them. A sample of
every siiperstitition that has ever
flourished in Kuropcan land since
the founding of Rome is to be
found still flourishing in hardy
strength somewhere among the
enple of Abruzzi, who are ultra
onservative in matters of belief
and in their devotion to custo;n.
The present Huke of Abruzzi
is well known to Americans. t
was several times reported in
this country that he wast engaged
to Miss Katherine Flkins now,
Mrs. William Hitt, the.' daugh
ter of the late Senator Elkins of
West Virginia. This report was
each time denied. The young duke
was the son of ex-King "Amadeus
of Spain, He won distinction
as a geographer; making the first
ascent of ML St. Elias in 1897:
determining the northern coast of
Franz-Jofef land in his arctic ex
plorations of 18994900, and set
ting a mountain-climbing record
in 1909 by ascending Mi Austen
in India to a height of 24,600
feet
LIE SIEGE
FOB OLD PEOPLE
Mrs. Hutchison Eighty-One
Years Old Uses No Oth
er Tonic but Vino! and Rec
ommends It to Friends.
Greenville, S.C.-"Itia with pleasure
I tell others of the rreat benefit I have
derived from Vinol, for the past several
years. I am 81 years old and I find Vi
nol gives me strength, a healthy appe
tite and overcomes nervous disorders.
Vinol is the only tome reconstructor I
have used for several years. I have
recommended it to a great many of my
friends and it has always proved satis
factory. ' ' Mrs. M. A. HirrrmsnN
Greenville, S. C.
Such cases as the above are constantly
coming to our attention. If people in
this vicinity only realized how vinol in
vigorates old people we would not be
able to supply the demand.
It is the tissue building, curative ele
ments of the end'n liwrs aiAtA ho tha
blood making strengthening properties
of tonic iron contained in Vinol, that
makes it so successful in building up
strength for old people, delicate chil
dren and for all run-down conditions.
Vinol is also a most successful remedy
for chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis.
If it fails to benefit any ono who tries
it we return your money.
Standard Drug t o.. K. Citv..X
L. F WADSTEN
HL'YKR " OF
RAW FURS
AT I I till EST MARKET
TRICES
RESIDENCE: 420 CEDAR ST.
OFFICE: HINTOXS STAHLES
ELIZABETH CITY, N C
RUSSELL E. SNOWDEN
ENGINEER 4 SURVEYOR
Socialist iu Road Improvement,
Drainage and Rural Betterment,
also
Land Drainage, Hydraulic, Topo
graphic, Sanitary, Municipal,
Railway, and Industrial Surveys,
Reports, Plans, Estimates of cost
Specifications, Supervision and
Inspection.
Snowden, N. C, Eliz. City.N. C
M There Is a House With Bathroom'
was m axpreiMoa at out
time calcyUnd to aroust
interest, bat now, conditions
are entirely different. To
build a house without a bath
room merely raise a ques
tion as to the pood Judg
ment of the builder. People
know that he has either not
considered or else misjudged
the importance that an up-to-date
bathroom hat in
increasing the value of the
houte, both as to renting
and telling r&lue.
0 For the finest plumbing
equipment at reasonable cost
we recommend TtaadanT
plumbing fixtures and will
be pleased to show you the
many artiitic designs in
which they are nude. Ask
ior ill unrated booklet
TtaadaeT "Rifcaow" Urar
Remember I am prepared to do all kinds of plumb
ing , steam and gas
fittin g.also special atten
tion o sewer connections
W.P.KNOWLES
ASTERN CAROLINA
MNSPOJWION COMPANY
D. B. Scott, Mgr.
Oily line offering regular service t
NAQS HEAD and MANTBO
All the rear round.
STEAMER TRENTON
Leaves Manteo 5:00 A. M.
Leaves Elizabeth City 1:30 p.m.
AILY CXCCPT SUNDAY.
It's a long way to Tipperrary
hut it is not. a long way to the
(Jreatest Tailors in Etlizaletu
City. The Quality Tailors have
just receive their Spring and
Summrr line. Beautiful, magnifi
cent and above all elrte low prices.
Main and Martin streets, Hinton
Building. (ndv.)
MANUSCRIPT Typewritten
at reasonable rates if left at
this office. The ADVANCE
DEA1H AIID
DESTRUCTION
Previdence will nt protect y
against lo bat iisnraice will.
Wise men insmre foolish oies
wish they had.
FoCow ia the wake f fire,
lightning and tornadoes
Costs but little arid is worth
much.
L HUE 8 SH
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Rayo Makes Reading
A Pleasure
THE full mellow glow of the Rayo Lamp rests
your eyes and makes reading a pleasure. The
absence of glare and harshness will be a distinct relief
to you. It is this quality that causes scientists to
recommend the soft light of the oil lamp. The
is the highest point of per
fection ia oil lamps. No glare, no fikker, correct
light alwafs.
Rayo Lasnps are ease to light sswi cere for. Inex
penstre aec the best light at assr pice.
Yew dealer will be glad to shew yew the Raye.
STANDARD OIL COIUPANY
.D.C flfCWJEfttEin n U ,HC
a BALTIMORE 3222.1
lilt: I
THE KEENEST BLADE
is not sharper than our desire to 'please
you to sell you hardware that will give
you the greatest of satisfaction to make
you feel that we are your FRIENDS, as well
as your dealers.
We will sell you anything in hardware from
a tack up, and every piece will have that
lasting quality that , brings you?iback to us
year after year.
J H Aydlett Hardware Co.
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YOU can materiallyincrease
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showing your wares to customers
"under thehreeold light'
STERLING MAZDA LAMPS
O M NsUanal Quality KM
These lamps give three times tho
light of old style lamps at the same
oost for current. They are just us rug
ged, too.
We sell them iu the blue Conven
ience Carton.
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AND POWER COMPANY
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