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The Washington times., 1908-04-20
PINCHOT LOSES
FIGHT FOR FOREST
Senate Committee Holds
Down Appropriation
for Bureau.

Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot has
been turned down by the Senate Com
mittee on Agriculture and Forestry in
his efforts TO get a largely increased ap-
preparation for the administration OF the
Forest Service.
MIR. Pinchot has been asking for
100000 for this purpose. When the bill
passed the House providing for the Ag-
ricultural Department. $4,000 was al
lowed for the Forest Service.
The Senate committee reported the
agricultural appropriation Dill today
allowed the forest service BY the House
A number of Western Senators are
bitterly opposed 70 the present forest
service methods. and will attack them
on the floor. II Is expected, however.
that the amount allowed Mr.. PinchoJ
by the committee viii be permitted tc
stand
The agricultural appropriation bill as
passed by the House amounted 10
81, 80, ,gOC. The Senate committee in
creased this by Sis. $40. one OF the
principal increases made is an addi-
Jloa OF $4,000 for the erection OF more
buildings n different parts or the COun-
try for weather stations. An increase
OF $1,000 is made for the Bureau OF
Chemistry OF 1his $1,000 is 10 enable
JhS Department OF Agriculture 10 es-
tablIsh "a model plant IN this city 10
demonstrate methods Of making de-
natured alcohol The rest Of the in
crease, amounting 10 $t5,VJJ, IS 10 carry
Out The pure food law.
The salary OF the solicitor of the de-
partment is increased from $500 10
$3.50 and the chief clerk is allowed 500
extra salary as custodian Of the build
ing
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Bribe of Ten Cents an Acre.

Harlan testified that he met Benson
In 1S9S in a private room at the Atlantic
building. Benson told him that he Tas
interested in lieu lands" and would like
10 make some arrangement SO that he
could get mis- claims through the Land
Office. Witness said an arrangement
was MADE whereby ne was to receive
10 cents an acre and that all payments
were 10 be made in currency. as checks
and drafts were considered dangerous.
Harlan said he asked Benson IL ne had
any partners, as he disliked dealing
with more than one man. Benson told
him he had formerly been connected
with ). A Hyde, but that they were
then unfriendly.
Harlan then told of getting money
from Benson on several different Cc-
CasiOns, and OF a number OF meetings
IL WashingtOll- He also described the
work BG performed for the money re
CeiVeo- When he met Benson in the
Atlantic building, Harlan testified, he
told Benson that he would have to see
William L. Walk, who was at that time
in charge Of the special work which in
VOlVed the land applications
He told Benson that il WAS in Walks
power to expedite the granting Of :ne
application. Benson wanted 10 know
how much Walk would want and on be-
ing told that he wanted about - cents
an acre Benson demuTred- saying it was
TOO much. Benson asked Harlan. now
ever. to see Walk. and have him call
upon him
Got Too Small a Share.
He testified that Benson sent him a
SIOO bill in 1895 and sent him another
shortly after. OF this money he gave
Walk $50 the first time and SO the sec
ond time Walk was not satisfied with
this arrangement ard threatened to
withdraw from the scheme unless he
got more money. He saw Benson the
following year and Benson wanted 10
know If he could furnish boundaries Of
proposed forest reservations. Harlan
sent him a map of northern California
indicating these boundaries. for which
he received 500.
In 1892. Harlan testified. he went to
see Benson, who was then stopping at
the Arlington, and told Benson ne had
information in his possession which he
considered worth 500. This information
was the intention of the Secretary Of
the Interior and the Commissioner of the
General Land Office to open new re-
serve in California Benson told him
that he was too slow, and that he had
already received the information from
q clerk employed in the Office Of BrlttOu
& Cray, of Washington.
Benson told Harlan that this clerk
was t.. one OF the closets OF the room,
and asked Harlan If he would Ike TO
meet him. Harlan said he did not care
TO- and Benson opened the door OF
second closet where he CHarlanl re
rlained until the clerk passed out. Hsr-
Ian said that he received so ar thai
time. and later received 500
Harlan testified that IN June. 1892, he
sent Benson a +etter saying that the
Commissioner Cf the Land Office had
received a letter from an attorney
named Zabrisikie. of Arizona, informing
the commissioner that Hyde and Ben
son were engaged in fraudulent school
lands transactions and referring 10
JOost II. Schneider as the man from
whom any information that was wanted
could be secured
The Washington times., 1908-04-20


doctored there four months, the baby
never getting any better. His hand
and legs then had big sores On them
and as for his sleeping. ws could not
think Of IL, the poor littls fellow sUf-
fered so terribly. First / tied his hands
TO the CRIB to keep him from scratching,
but when IL got so bad 1 tied him in a
shawl or he would scratch himself all
bloody. When he was seven months old
We tried a set Of the CUticura Remedies.
The first application Of Cuticura let
him sleep and rest well, IN one week
the sores were gone but it stayed red
and sometimes it would itch so we
used CutiCura for two months. then he
had a clear and white face. Now he is
two years and seven months old and
has never had eczema again. 1 hope
this letter viii help some who are suffer
ing from skin disease. Every mother
who hes 81 baby suffering with skin
disease should Just try CUticura; there
Is nothing better. Mrs. Louis Beck. r.
EDS, San Antonio, Tex, Apr. 10, 'O7."
A single set Of Cuticura Remedies is
often sufficient to cure torturinF. dis
hgurlng, itching, burning, and sCaly
hunors. eczemas. rashes. and irritations.
from infancy 70 age when all other
remedies fail.
Conplete ExtornaI snG Internal Treatment for
Cleanse the Skin. CutiCJra Ointment (5GO) 10 Heal
ne SEtn and Cuteura Rescivcnt CJOc.), for In the
!oT[n q Chocoists CoGt'd Pis 25c. per val OF Coz
Potter Drug L Chem Corp. Sole Props. Boston
las
Ss-EaIled Free. Cuticura Book On skin Diseases
The Washington times., 1908-04-20
VREELAND EXPLAINS
HIS CURRENCY BILL

When Repre- sentative Edward b. Nree-
land OF New York appeared before the
House Committee on Banking and Cur
rency today 10 advocate his currency
bin, designed by Republican House lead
ers as substitute for the Aldrich
measure, ne was loaded 10 the briu
with amendments 10 his own bill
One was a distinct compromise with
bankers. that OF the reduction OF the
-at5 OF interest on commercial currency
from 8 per cent per annUm for the first
fou- months. and 8 per cent thereafter
as proposed in his original bill. to I per
cent for the first month and an Increase
Of I-per cent per month until % pei
cent is paid. He said bankers felt that
by paying a lower rate at the beginning
,reir customers would not become panic
stricken.
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BABY TORTURED
FOR 6 MONTHS
BY Terrible Itching Eczema Face
and Head a Solid Sore-Spread
to His Hand and Legs-WOuId
Scratch Until He BIed-Tiny Suf-
ferer Immediately y Relieved and
ENTIRELY CURED IN
MONTHS BY CUTICURA

When nv son Walter was three weeks
old, eczema appeared on his face We did
The Washington times., 1908-04-20
W00DLEY PARK SEWERS
ESTIMATED TO COST $4,000

InrespOnse 10 a request for information
concerning the cost OF service sewers in
WOodley Park the following estimates
VIII be presented TO the Thomas J.
Fisher Company by the Commissioners:
Sewer I'm Wo9dley road $50; sewer in
Cathedral avenue, S3-100; temporary sew
ct In square 23l5. $40.
The Washington times., 1908-04-20

II street northeast and take the electric
car, but a the last moment he sent
word that he had been detained in BAL
timore after obtaining the license. and
would meet ner in that city
Had TO Halt Ceremony.
Arriving in Baltimore the friend fall
ed TO materiaiize so the couple finally
hunted him. down and the party set of
for the Madison Avenue NJ r Church.
wnere the Rev. DR.. J. St. Clair Neal
performed the ceremony. which had 20
be stopped at one point to allow the
forgetfm bridegroom 20 get the wedding
ring from his 0vercoat pocket.
The brides fear Of disapprOval from
her relatives was evidently not well
founded, for her brother. having learn
ed Of the marriage through another
source. called her on the telephone and
offered his congratulations. He sug-
gcsted that since the girls sister. Mrs.
Stewart. might be slightly interested in
what had become OF the former Miss
Bellman. it would be an excellent plan
70 tell her OF the marriage.
Mrs. Beall is only nineteen years old,
and is saiG 20 have fortune I'm her own
right = legal fight IS now being made
by her family's attorneys for an estate
in Scotland said TO be worth approx
mateiy 10000
The Washington times., 1908-04-20
PLANS AGAINST GAMBLERS
NOT TOLD BY GOV. HUGHES

NEW YORK. April 20.-Those who ex-
pected that Governor Hughes would an
nounce his plans for putting a stop TO
race track gambling in his speech at
the mass meeting Of the Bedford ave
nue. branch or the Y. NJ G. A. Brook
lyu, We're disappointed Other than
stating that the evil exists in plain
violation Of the mandates OF the con-
stituiOn ard the will Of the people Of
the State and that the viii OF tho peo-
pie viii surely prevail. he gave nc hint
OF any contemplated action on his part
The Washington times., 1908-04-20
Ceremony Halted Until
Bridegroom Found
the Ring.

Yes. It was an eIopement." said Mrs
Nina Poe BeIlman-Beau today. in speak
ing OF her sudden marriage to Carlton
II Beau in Baltimore Friday night.
Mrs. BealI, as Miss BeTman. formerly
lived with her sister, Mrs William
Stewart. at 1925 Riggs place northwest,
and had been receiving the attentions
OF Mr.. BeaIl. who lives at 427 II street
northeast, for more than year The
bride says that It all happened on the
spur Of the moment and that it was
over so quickly she herself was even
more surprised than her relatives and
friends. Mrs BealI continued:
Mr.. BeaH and l were sitting in the
Monument grounds late Thursday after
noon. when he suddenly said. Nina.
let's not wait any longer but get mar
ried tomorrow
Promised to Be on Hand.
"Our marriage almost took my breath
away in spite Of the fact that we have
been engaged for several weeks. I
thought it would be such a Joke. and /
lid want 20 marry him so much that /
told him to 90 right ahead with the de-
tails and I would be on hand when the
minister was ready. For fear that my
sister or brother might interfere In what
seemed to me the grandest romance I'd
ever heard Of decided not 10 tell them
anything about IT,"
Evidently Mr. BeaH was in as big a
hurry to have the ceremony performed
as was his fiancee5 for he informed her
the same evening that he would call for
her Friday night and take her to Balti-
more, where a minister would meet
them and tie the nuDtial knot They
were to meet a friend at Fifteenth and
The Washington times., 1908-04-20
New Jersey Resorts.
ATLANTIC CITY.
RALEIGH HOTET

Ocean End St Charles Place near Steel pa
go large sunny rooms. ocean view 80 sllifss
with private bath. 3.0O0 square feet p5rSb
sun parlor. elevator. library, etc. first-cIsss :
service: Unezcelled cuisine under Nev- Yorlr
chef Special Spring rates. SI2-50and up y esk-
ly. Booklet. y. J. DYNES.
an12-gis--
The Washington times., 1908-04-20
''ClOSing

In conjunction with the Opening u
comes the Annual Closing Of Cloth Suits
from our Philadelphia maker It's this way
The leading stores Of Philadelphia and
New York are supplied by this maker, and
only the Palais ROYAL in Washington. The
Closing" Sale takes place at the PalaiS
ROYAL because the maker dare not favor
any one merchant IN Philadelphia or New
York.
The makers begin and end their season
early-frOm the WearerS' point Of view.
Their "drummerS" have made their last trip
Of their spring season, and are now on 'the
road" with 9O-in-the-Shade weaTableS. The
PalaiS ROYAL distributes all the remaining
Cloth Suits Of this firm, including the sam
pies. To them It only means the throwing
out of the last few drops in their leviathan
business bucket-haTdly counted
To US II means a chance to make extra
profits or 10 have an advertisement 10 ere
ate a furor. The latter plan has been our
annual custom. This year IS 10 be no ex-
CeptiOn. To YOU It means very nearly halt
the prices Of yeSterday-fOr the Suits OF
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1908-04-20
To Help Country Banks.

Another amendment was the reduction
Of The amount OF capital national banks
must have 10 form a national clearing
house association from S10,JUO.o9O 20 So
00J.JO0. This would be OF advantage, he
explained. TO country banks.
a third amendment increased rhe
amount OF asset or Commercial cur
rency from the &51c 100 0gJ OF the Aldrich
bill 20 S75OO 600. This was justified
NreeIand explained, because of SEQ
graphic limitation 10 the issue Of the
currency.
Finally. he would provide for 2 COM
mission TO re'5orr on 2 change in the
currency system OF the country. IA ac-
ditioa 10 his emergency measure
The Washington times., 1908-04-20

not know what
IL was so went
70 a doctor who
treated him for
three months
Then he was so
bad that his fel,s
and head wers
nothing but one
sore and his ears
looked as If they
were going 20 fall
on, so we tried
another doctor.
he said be could
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The Washington times., 1908-04-20
BENSON GAVE BRIBE,
EE-CLERK TESTIFIES
Woodford D. Harlan Got
10 Cents an Acre for
EXpediting Claims.

Woodford d. Harlan, land attorney
OF Washington, took the stand in the
HYDE Benson -DimOnd-SChneider land
fraud case today and gave some start
ling testimony, in which he admitted
that while he was chief OF the special
service division of the Land Office. he
received numerous bribes from Benson
in return for information furnished and
services rendered in cxFediting Ben
sons applications.
Harlan said that from 1898 10 1902 he
Peceived money from Benson in return
9Or inside information regarding the
creation OF forest preserves and for
pushing Eenson's applications through
the Land Office.
The witness told of an interview he
had with Benson in a room at the
Arlington Hotel, during which there was
a man shut up In a closet. This man,
he said. had preceded him by but a
few minutes in furnishing information
regarding the opening of a new forest
reserve.
The Washington times., 1908-04-20
The PalaiS Royal
''Opening,' 3

The elaborate lingerie and the sim
the first showing of the newly complete
prices as souvenirs of the "Opening."
Prices begin at S1,98 and gradual
sons vogue is the one-piece Princess /
~ trimmed with lace medSllions and Il
The Washington times., 1908-04-20
Gives Small Bankers Views.

VreeIand said he had endeavored. in
drawing his bill, 20, present the view OF
the country banker as 20 the remedy for
our financial condition
The Salamanca banker defended the
provision OF his bill which provides for
the deposit of bank reserves IN the
United states Treasury. He said he was
convinced something should be done 70
hermit the holding Of reserves in New
York banks
He spoke also of The great expense 10
country banks TO keep reserves at home.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-03
EXCITING SCENES.
Brought About In Prison Association
by Charges Of Cruel Punishment In
Pennsylvania ReiOFmdtOPy.

Richmond, Va, Nov. 2S.-Charges
Of cruel and unusual punishment, in.
flicted upon prisoners in the indus.
trial reformatory at Huntingdon,
Pa, precipitated an exciting scene
at today's session of the American
Prison Association. D. Sulzberger,
of the State Prison Society
of Pennsylvania, made the allega-
tions and admitted they were based
only on statements on former prison
ers. T. R. Patton, general superin-
tendent Of the reformatory, resent
ed the charges and dozen delegates
challenged Mr.. Sulzberger's sources
Of information. The association fin
ally tabled a resolution offered by
Mr.. Sulzberger, looking to an inquiry
into the system of punishment for
refractory prisoners iu penitentiaries
and reform schools.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-03
Thanksgiving Debate.

Victory in the debate Thursday
night between Wake Forest College
and Randolph-Macon College, of
Ashland, Virginia, was won by Wake
Forest, whose representatives DEM
onstrated that they had successfully
learned how to present these in an
eloquent manner. Each Of the de-
baters showed that they had splen-
didly prepared for the contest.
The subject of the debate was.
Resolved, That Injunctions Ought
to be Allowed as a Means Prevent
ing Strikes" and in this the affirma-
tive view was presentented by Ran
dolp-Macon, and the negative by
Wake Forest. The young collegians
spoke with force and power, and
though it was on "home ground"
for Wake Forest, the applause show
ed that R.andolp-Macon had many
admirers here.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-03
The S0Wer OF the Cotton Gin.

Many years ago a poor Yale stu
dent, who had tendency to con-
sumption, was living in South Caro-
lima, in the home of the widow of
Gen. Nathaniel Greene. While there
he met some Southern planters who
were bemoaning the fact that the
chief profit of the cotton industry
was lost, because no machine had
yet been invented which could sep
arate the cotton seeds from the cot
ton. Young Eli Whitney, for that
was the Yale students name, went
to work and labored on month in
and month out. He perfected the
cotton gin, but before he could get
a patent upon the invention, the
barn in which he had his workshop
was broken open, and the machine
was stolen, and his ideas were
patented by other men. Eli Whit
ney, the man who has made millions
of dollars for the South, the man
who has doubled and quadrupled and
infinitely increased the earning
capacity of the Southern plantations
poor Eli Whitney himself never
got a dollar from his cotton gins,
save the poor pittance Of $50,O0O
granted him by the legislature of
South Carolina. Like Robert Full
ton with his steam boat, like Morse
with his telegraph wires, like George
Stevenson with his locomotive, like
R. A. Holden, the agronomist, and
Burbank, the wizard of flowers and
vegetables, these men have been
seed planters. They have made mil
lions of dollars for other men; but
like Aggassiz they have not had time
to make money for themselves. "One
man soweth, and another reapeth.' -
One generation plants the seeds OF
the industrial world and another
generation reaps the harvest. The
Christian Herald.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-03

Eat all the good food you like. Quit
dieting. You don't have to diet to
cure dyspepsia. In fact you can not
cure dyspepsia or indigestion that way,
but rather you must add strength to
the weak stomach by taking something
that will digest the food which the
stomach can not digest. Kodol is the
only thing known today that will do
this, for Kodol is made of natural di-
gestive juices found in healthy stom-
ach, and it digests all food completely
Kodol is pleasant to take, and is guar
anteed to give relief in any case of
stomach trouble. Sold by. E. T..
Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-03
Notice of Land Sale.

Whereas the bid Of the former
sale having been raised on the below
described land; by virtue of a decree
of the Superior Court of Halifax
county, rendered on the fifth day OF
March, 1907, in the cause entitled,
A. L. Pope, Mrs. Clare Pope and
others, Elk Parte, the same being a
proceeding to sell land for partition,
we will, on the 21st day of Decem-
Der 1908, at public auction, for cash,
to the highest bidder, at the Court
House door in Halifax, SELL the
following described tract of land,
to-wit: That tract of land in Como
conara Township Halifax County, N !:
c., known as the Fannie Pope"
land containing 365 acres more or
less, bounded by the lands Of Y. w.
Land, Kelly Weeks, j. E. Fitzpat-
rick, J. J. Barns, The North Carroll
ma Lumber Co., and others. Survey
and plot of same can be seen at A.
Paul Kitchin's office.
JOHN H. KERR,
A. PAUL KITCHIN,
I11-19-4t Commissioners.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-03
Vessel Sunk.
server.

New York, Nov. 26.-In the thick
of a fog off Sandy Hook today the
stout steel freighter Georgia., of the
White Star line, rammed and sank
the lightly laden Panama steamer,
Finance, outward bound with eighty
five passengers, the Finance going
down within ten minutes, carrying
to their death three of her passen-
gers and one of the crew. The rest
of the passengers, who included
nineteen women and fourteen child
rem, as we'll as others of the crew
were rescued by boats the Georgiac.
The freighter was not damaged.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-03
Getting Good Measure.

Il like to get good measure. in
everything-even in happiness" " said
one, laughingly. II think it is only
ones right to have the full pint or
pound asked for, and to try to get it,
no matter what the thing is"
She was a living example of how
to go about this getting of good
measure in happiness. She had a
definite working rule to 60 by, too
a rule which she put into three divi-
sions. 1t was rule of Christian
living in everyday things, a working
out of what is too often left to theory.
First of all, she practiced self con-
trol-and that alone is a large factor
in the making of a saint. To hold
ones tongue or temper in the time
Of little or big temptation-to be
serene, and keep sweet, though the
domestic or business heavens fall
with irritating suddenness-this is
something of what self-control
means. And it is not bit easy; but,
oh, so worth while to try for.
Then she was busy woman. She
put her energies into intelligent
work, rather than wasting them in
frivolous pastime or pleasure. Out
of the work she made to come the
third part Of the rule. That
was the constant development Of her
best faculties, that she might do in
creasingly better work in her chosen
line. And so she lived happy ever
after she began to follow her rule.
"Some one has put the thought
like this: "When all other roads to
happiness have been tried and failed
these three: Self-control, intelligent
work, and the constant development
of ones best factulties-will
bring as lasting content
as earth affords. ."-Selected.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-03
Notice.

a Ill PERSONS are hereby for
~ hidden to hunt with gun or dog
on the following described tract Of
land in Halifax county, and in Pal
myra township, under penalty of the
law, to-wit:
That tract of land lying on Roam
oke river and known as the u. Davis
Reed -tand. and bounded on the east
by the run of Roanoke river, and on
the south by said river, and adjoin-
ing the lands of Claude Kitchin, w.
W. Kitchin and J. p. Futrell, and
others, and contains several hundred
acres.
This November 18th, 1908.
THE REED GUN CLUB,
j. E. LEWIS,
l1-19-4t President.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-03

Kodol for Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
weak stomach, sour stomach, gas on
the stomach, etc, is combination Of
the natural digestive juices found in a
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BILE acids, and is the only thing known
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kinds of food under any condition. 1t
is guaranteed to give prompt relief
from any form of stomach trouble.
Take Kodol and be convinced. 1t viii
cure your dyspepsia. Sold by E. T.
Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-03
Marked For Death.

"Three years ago l was marked for
death. A graveyard cough was tear
ing my lungs to pieces. Doctors failed
to he'll me, and hope had fled, when
my husband got DR.. Kings New Dis
covery," says Mrs. A. G. Williams, OF
Bac, KY. The first dose helped me
and improvement kept on until ! had
gained IS pounds in weight and my
health was fully restored u This medi-
cine holds the worlds healing record
for cough and colds and lung and throat
disease 8. It prevents pneumonia. Sold
under guarantee at E. I. Whitehead
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Trial b ottle free.