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crepe paper and this blending with the
many coiored costumes, made beautiful
picture. About $50 people danced Music
was furnished by the Beverley orchestra,
and many graceful figures were led by Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin o. Blackford. At mid
night supper was gerved.
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turned from Beaufort. where the spent

Mr.. and Mrs. j.. NJ. Martin. of Win
ston- Salem, spent the week here in
the home Of their son, Mr.. w. j. Mar
tin, of Fayetteville Street, and left
Henry B. Martin, another son, for a
few days,
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Raleigh Social News
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l

RALEIGH, N. c.. January 4.-Ral-
.eigh society folk crowded an unusual
amount of gaiety in the past week,
which saw the passing of the old and
most brilliant events Of the week was
a superb reception by the Capital Club
to watch the old year out and the new
year In. Nearly 300, guests partici-
social life OF the capital city and nu.
merous visitors. The richly finished
and furnished apartments of the club.
were decorated with special taste in
the scene was one of special beauty.
Inc billiard room was transformed
into a banquet hall, as it were, with
tables beautifully spread and laden
with dainties that were served during
the evening to the keen enjoyment Of
the guests. The reception was follow
ed by a series of dances, the figures
Tor which were led bv Mr.. James Nc
kinmon. unique feature of the
receiving line. in addition to the off,
GERS of the club. those clubmen who,
had been married during the year
just closing. each with his bride. These
were Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Robards. Mr..
Robards being also vice-president of
the club; Mr.. and Mrs. Graham An
drews. Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Crowell, DR..
and Mrs Russell G. Sheriff.. Mr.. and
Mrs. 4. II. Ball. Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
a.. Johnson. AT the head Of the re-
ceiElEE party was President Chas. Il.
Johnson with Mrs. Johnson, and ex.
President f. II. Busbee with Mrs. Bus
bee.
A marriage of special interest in
Raleigh and throughout the State took
place in the Church OF the Good Shep-
herd, when Mr.. Arthur G. Corpening.
prominent mn mt hots Elm; man Of Greensboro. led
70 the altar Miss Rachel Louise Lin
ton, daughter of Captain and Mrs. S.
y: Linton. of this CITY, This was on
Wednesday afternoon at S o'clock, the
ceremony being by Or. I. Nick. Pit
ton was maid of honor and Mr. Frank
j. Long. of Atlanta best man. Mrs.
Frank T. Ward rendered the wedding
marches. The groomsmen We're Messrs.
Geo. L, Cones and Q. v. D. Smith.
In the Church Of the Good Shep-
herd Thursday at noon. Miss Nam
me- NE. Baker Ba r. Skinner daughter of
married to Mr.. Joshua Bryan Hill
one of Raleigh's most SUCCESSFUL and
esteemed business men. The church.
which. with it's Christmas dressing OF
on the altar and flood of soft light.
afforded brilliant setting for the
ceremony, was thronged with the most
prominent society folk of the city.
The wedding service was by DR.. NICK.
Pittinger.
liam Hunter. dame of honor; Misses
Lille and Rosa Skinner. bridesmaids;
Mr.. J. r. Ferran best man. and Messrs.
William Hunter, Leigh Skinner, Hubert
| Hill. Frank Ward. ushers. The gentle-
men of the party wore dark striped
| trousers black Prince Albert coats,
] and silk hats.
After the ceremony the bridal party
idrove to the union depot, where Mr..
and Mrs. Hill took northbound train
for trip North, alter which they
4 will be at home In this city,
At the home of Mrs. w. N. II. Smith,
sister of the, bride, there was a most
enjoyable gathering In honor of Miss
Linton the event being the enter
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Englnnd,s Task in India.

J. NJ
Rightly to appreciate the nature OF
England's task we must first free orr
minds from the common Impression
that India is like China. for Instance
one great nationality. It is continent
rather than country, larger than ali
europe with the exception of Russia.
and having all the continental varieties
OF surface and climate. from the per-
petua1 SHOWS OF the Himalayas to the
tropical plains Of Madras OF the di-
versities OF the Inhabitants one NAV
form some conception from the fact
that the traveller from Bombay to Cal
cutta passes in a thousand miles
through region Inhabited by peo-
pies differing more in race. religion
and habits of life than he sees in &c. :.
ing twice the distance from Constan-
tinople to London. The Indians are d.
vided into fourteen distinct races.
speaking 147 languages and dialects
and are separated as much by creeds
and customs rs by mountain ranges,
vast forests, trackless deserts and
great rivers. Some idea OF the ex-
tent of what may be termed their po-
lit!cal divisions may be gained from
the fact that In addition to the 259 dis.
tricts or units OF administration In the
provinces under the direct control Of
the English, there are 1850 native or
feudatory States under their own rulers.
In extend from few square
miles to territory larger than Great
Britain. While on the $500 miles Of
frontier separating India from Afghan
lstan and Central Asia live hundreds OF
wild tribes given to hereditary ra.
Monthly.
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The Hermit of Hawaii.

The death Is reported OF Ah- Chow, the
man that was known In Hawaii as 5''the
Wild Chinaman OF Papaikoumauka.'' For
thirty years this strange being had lived
far up the mountain on the 5wIndward side
IIilo. The little spot where his hut stood
was almost inaccessible and as he fercely
resented all Intrusion he was not disturbed
by visitors for years. He was originally
brought to the islands as a contract la
'borer in the days when labor contracts
were penalty enforceable. He seems to
have been emhittered by this service. and.
escaping, he fled &to this spot, There he
built shack and began to clear a little
ground. ana there he lived ever after.
Eighteen years ago the suspicion was
him In. They did. but he was captured only
after a struggle, In which he inflicted some
ugly wounds with spears made of hardwood
which he had designed as weapons of de-
tense. lie was found not ITO be a leper,
and was allowed to Z go back to his hermit
cage, fle seldom left the place, which was
seven mles from a road. and up the rug
aed mountain, and fonlY$by accident did any
one come to It. Natives living In the re-
Sion, not having seen him about for several
weeks, had the temerity to approach the
place. and found 4 his bod IN g toffin-llEe
box. In htch he was accustomed to 81 eep /;
evidently he had finish led q meal and then
sleep ana had disa:-W
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THE SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY.

BY nominating thirty-two-ycar-o
convict for President. the convention OF
the Socialist Labor party appeared
anxious to show Its contempt for the
United States Constitution. The consti-
tuition declares that no man shall be
eligible to the presidency until he
has attained the age OF thirty-five. The
fact that the Socialist Labor nominee
has some twenty years yet to serve in
prison. under his sentence, Is also a
condition not apparently contemplated
by that document.
Party leader De Leon asserts that
the people OF the United States will
seat his candidate IL elected, which.
under the circumstances, was safe
thing to say. Nominee Preston would
have to outrun former nominee Corr.
gan by some 100000 votes in order
to pc elected. He might be all that Mr..
De Leon thinks him and still find that
handicap rather formidable. The So
c'alist Labor party. which could onlv
poll 31,24s votes In 1903, is the weakest
OF all the political organizations flying
national colors. Beside 1t the Social
lists, the Prohbition1sts and even the
Populists look like powerful and vic.
torious engines of war.
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WHO IS HITCHCoCK,

For the last two months Mr.. Frank
H. Hitchcock has been figure OF ma
tional Importance. For the next four
months he will in all probability, as
chairman Of the Republican National
Committee. be one whose course and
acts will have the absorbed attention
OF the whole country.
Mr.. Hitchcock's mode Of life, his
opinions and beliefs. must become Of
public interest-even of public impor-
lance. Yet up to this time all the
country knows OF him is that he is a
man Of unusual executive ability, who
has brought to perfection the system
attic gathering and management Of
delegates.
The country would like to know
more OF Mr.. Hitchcock. To say only
that he is Republican is too elastic
to be satisfying: In what policies and
in what public measures does Mr..
Hitchcock believe?
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EAST 1ND1A,s 1NGnAr1r,,nr

england is apparently never q -
4fee q bomb.throwers. Hardly bad
The Fentan outrases ceased wbe6, ~.
spirit OF sedition set the neaca,n,
, ,saDus Of India to following the cue
toms and methods OF the anarchist, -
Russia 'llsilt At Nozufferpore, in the T,r.
moot District OF Bengal. last April tue
{ En- lish ladies were blown to atom.
by a bomb thrown by a seemingly Il, !.
extensive Bengal. The bomb was
meant TOR judge who had preserved
order during some political riots or tha
preceding year. This Is only one of a
number nun OF ether bomb outrages which
have so alarmed the British govern.
Fnent that the new Liberal admintstra-
ton under John Morley. minister for
India. has enacted the following dras-
\ tic law:
FL Journals guilty OF urging the COM
snlttment Of murder or other ma Tor
scrimes Of violence may be dealt with
IN the most summary manner. There
stxt TO be no procedure before a court
When the government consider that a
snewsnaper h nfringed the provisions
see tn est. they wlll s1nstsnct q maaIs.
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HIGH PRICES IN HARD TINES.

Government figures show that the
average market price OF 25s common
4 stsnles was ~ per cent. higher in the
year 1907 than in the year 1897. The
climax OF sky-scratching prices in
nearly twenty years came In October
last. This was at period when fac.
tory after factory was shutting down.
And thousands OF men were cut Oft
from their one source OF revenue.
The coincidence OF scarcity OF work
an. and exorbitant cost of living is the
realest OF economic tragedies. No
sG.'sspecious language in "a political plat
Z form can answer the grim argument
I OF an empty cupboard. The gauge Of
: hard times is not the sale OF the string
OF automobiles and the closing OF thu
cottage at Newport. 1t is the dexreo
- proximt&'e to, starvation. Yet few
people bdve' starved in this country
during the present depression, nor have
the Charity and relief organizations
been swamped.
me adaptab!lity OF the human ami
NAL Is one Of the most wonderful facts
IN nature. Man instantly readtusts
himself to a changed environment, low.
ering or raising his demands equally
70 meet prosperity and misfortune. The
last year has been hard test. even
where employment has been steady In
some skilled and well-organlzed trades
The wage advance may have kept pace
with the general cost advance OF the
last two decades. though not with the
extremes represented by 1897 and 1907.
Blu. But with the great majority OF small.
Z. sss'allasried men, incomes have stood still,
while expenses have been rapid,v
mounting, The rains OF readjustmen
for these have not been light.
Z The plight OF the man out ., /, -,
mas oeen infinitely worse. who knows
put him and-tlts family the suffer,na.
ntth winch ne has fallen downwara
through the scale OF living, snatch,,,,
tnls or that brief respite in tho
Snaps OF odd" work. 10 land f,n.,.,
pefhaps. at the hopeless bottom 1,,,n
me Stigma Of pauperism upon hin,
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MERELY JoK1NG.

Willes Complaint.
What Is the matter with willle7 He.
Willie is suffering from sonstroke.. re-.
Whaling ssG 0s A8 P.. aaf Prss finished
In Washington.
First D9s: Were muszled:"
the phonosraphs."MNe w York 'i sun. a'A' =
Simply Rude.
VIM snn.r Ds Invited nv, one Of my old beau.
ways love to assoeia.. With iaeky n psop1e"E
Men With Histories.
ss'd s s;.;or y always enjoy meeting man
sad He: 4 don't. Ny on.c. boy has
strict ordsrs not to admit book agents.
That Buzzins Noise.
no 1,ee, 70 ;o "Do yeu ever hear 0uss'ns
II Patent Sn.a nsy ot course. doctor. though.
Ps estsd: M nev wi xhG Press.
whatd she Mean.
'oh: thank You. thank You. Alsy!'. she
gushed. IT is so like you."-Boston
The Dead Grandmother Fiction.
Hes the ,;:neanest man ever knew"
Eyes. Just to show what he can do. he
game every afternoon and puts in half his
empioye..Msss. Louis Pos. -b Biz sfM. o h's
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trate OF senior grade to enforce the
law. He will enter or direct others ia
enter, the oiilco OF the offending publi-
cation, close II at once with the aid OF
the police, confiscate the plant, and
tlienccforth the paper will cease to
exist. There will be no arrests and no
prosecutions.
AS The Tlmes-Di spatcl, has already
had occasion to remark, 1t seems 4
fearful reflection upon the clvilizins
influence OF great nations that instead
OF thanks. to-day India throws bombs
at her benefactor. For two hundred
years Great Britain has governed
india. and during that time civil war.
has been stopped horrible practices OF
the native kings have been in large
measure restrained, the people have
had peace, and, In spite OF occasional
famines, more general comfort than
under native rule; and yet India Il not
satisfied. Education has been given
and received, and yet to-day 1t Is used
as means OF skilful murder and orr
ganized sedltion. The problem before
Great Britain In India Is much the
same as that which confronts the
United States In the Philippines. and
the answer is hard to find.
1t is also worth noting that the law
which has been adopted for India Is as
brutal and relentless as any that could
be imagined for Russia, and yet the
London Times remarks with snug
ut will make no martyrs.
and will prevent accused persons from
in mock heroics during a
formal trial.
In view Of the problem which Great
British faces in India. the anti-1mpe-
rialtsts will ind strong arguments Tor
The contention that our best duty to
he Philippines is to let them govern
themselves.
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Voice Of the People
Mr.. London Answer. Mr. Maven.

|
Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-On July Sd you had printed in
your paper the charges OF Mr.. Max.
vel, duplicating. the old and honorable
Police Justice Of this city with some
thing that Is false. You have the
paragraph headed. London to the
Front. I. in return, state that I will
gladly and willingly come to the front
and prove that the statements made
by Maxwell are false. He states in i1is
charges that at the request OF London
the court had compromised a case for
less than the fine imposed. This
s siad Is. false. The honorable JUS
tice has done nothing wrong at my re-
quest nor for any one else. OF course.
the Justice will do personal favor
Ior any one. for he is friend to all.
put When It comes to law. he is the
Judge and does according to law. and
all friends are alike to him. He aids
all those who are In need OF help. as
~ ne has done In the past and will do
Our. present Police Justice has been
on the bench, for some twenty odd
years. and we hope that he viii re-
main: I thank the City Council for res
electing our honorable Justice. a
Thanking you In advance for the
space IN your paper, + remain,
i s, AS ever.
S. ]. LONDON.
Richmond, Va, July s. 1908
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The Old Flag.

The fact that on and after tomorrow
the regulation flag Will contain forty
SIX. stars will not make those with a
lesser number wholly useless. The
forty-hve starred flags. or those will,
but strictly official purposes until new
flags are obtainable. Since the original
flag. with Its thirteen stars and thlr-
teen stripes. was adopted new stars
have been added to It's blue field as
often as now States have come into
the Union. but all the nags floating
in the breozes haveinot been strictly
tons. Old Glory. with Its thirteen
stripes and a reasonably full field OF
stars. VIII answer all purposes tenn
porarily, at least.-Boston Herald.
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Wn,.L AIS Youy

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The Golden Medical Discovery y is not
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THE CONVENTION.

The Democratic party meets this
morning in national convention assem-
bled. 1t stands to-day face to face
with an enormous opportunity, come
to 1t spontaneously through the abuses
OF Republican rnisrule. Those abuses
s have bred dissatisfaction, and out OF
dissatisfaction, at the proper call, comes
the fall OF dynasties. The moment is
here when a good Democrat, on a good
Democratic platform, can dehorse Re.
publicanism and cast 1t weeping into
outer darkness.
y Few conventions have ever meant
more to party, or had a closer rela-
: tion to It's future vitality and potence.
II this Democratic party has been split.
this is the time to bind together the
seams. II 1t has been led to dalliance
with strange gods. this is the time
to reacknowledge its old faith If it
has slipped overmuch under the domi-
nation OF a single thumb. this is the
sciplcs are, and ever shall be, greater
than its men. Now. II ever, the un-
lsullied Democracy of our forefathers
should offer an invincibe appeal. IL
the country does not want that now,
there seems no reason why it ever
should.
"A commanding number Of the dele
gates at Denver. the virginians not be-
Ing among them. are footloose and
free. In their wisdom they can formu-
late the party's principles, they can
name the party's man. Their voice
in the convention may be decisive.
Their actions may mark the great gulf
between victory and defeat. It Is idle
to say that everything is already fixed.
moulded. and set to dry; that the
destiny OF the party was long since
settled at Lincoln. Neb. Anything may
happen I'm the next four days. History
will be made at Denver. but no one can
say this morning what that history will
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Ia l1arQz1:s,e e ZSn1enoyi /
- q - 81 ~ - ~ - - -

saxony, or OF Wurten1berg. the consent
peace and In war, would have had to
be obtained But In the case OF tho
Bavartarl army this Is not necessary,
The Regent OF Bavaria Is free to grant
commissions to whom he sees lit; and
me Duke OF Cumberland has thus been
able to show his good will towards
Germany without making any conces-
sion to the Emperor. which would have
involved q recognition OF the position
which he has assumed both with re.
gard to the former Kingdom OF Han
over and to the duchy OF Brunswick,
both OF which are claimed by him.
(Copyright, 1908. by the Brentwood
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The Fire LII.

I, y The Persian Parliamentary party
n nraa 10 me usual bunders OF the lead
lack Ct order and no strong man anSa an.
hf ea For q season they are de-
5,eeatea: but the fire la lit. It can never
n wfl h me new Parliament. like Russia's,
s Nv. rss'h Suhseryient, but viii develop
example An Asia Will be stirred ed H.,
Va, inc liberal Moslems In Turkev
WIZ VII, nave now heart ana its sultan" at
i,r q ~ Kiosk new terrors, The Moslemts
numbering millions, Viii Increase I thnis,I
.s support ct q liberal policy. Even Even
!, s. luna VIII Ebe aided IN Its moyemant
low administratiye reform ana rem
Tpsrsss s. lslss 1nstttutions.Phila
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For Roe,eyclt,. yYritinr,

It became known that Golfers
Weekly was supposed to- have first cali
on all that Mr.. Roosevelt may write
after his return from the Dark Contl-
ton was rudejly shocked when he heard
that both tNe Saturday Evening Post
and McClure's Magazine had bid more
penses. Scribner's Magazine also has
bid high and banks much on the fact
that it has been the exclusive purveyor
of all The literary productions of Mr.
Roosevelt since he has been In the
White House. But the almighty dollar
Is to win once off1cialdom is left be-
Plain Dealer.