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Evening star., 1909-04-20
TRIBUTE TO MISS WILLARD
SENATOR DOLLIVER'S EULOGY
AT. PICTURE PRESENTATION.
Notable Exercises Attend Ceremony
: at Force School-Gift Of Young
Women's Temperance Union.

Senator Jonathan P. Dolliyer of Iowa
paid high tribute to the memory of Miss
Frances E. Willard at the Force School
today at ceremonies incident to the pre-
sentation to the school of large picture
of the noted worker in the cause of tenn
perance. The presentation was made
by the central branch of the Young Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union. Mrs.
Clayton E. Emig, president of the CEN
trail ''Y'' of that organization, presided.
/. The picture was received by Miss Carl
L. Garrison. principal of the school, as
sisted by little Miss Mary Trusler. The
list Of those in attendance included A. T.
Stuart, superintendent of schools: Mrs.
Clinton Smith, president of the District
w. c. T. T.. and others prominent in the
work for temperance.
THE Life and Character of Frances E.
Willard" was the subject of Senator Dol
livers address. and in his opening re-
fact that one to make success in this
life must have a fixed purpose and not
deviate from it If success is finally to be
obtained.
Early Heroic Efforts.
He spoke particularly Of Miss Willard's
early work in the temperance cause and
how she espoused it when there was lit
tie sympathy for effort of. that nature.
He declared that it took q strong de-
termination and q stout heart to attain
the final glorious success which has been
gained by the movement which she
started.
He told of hearing Miss Willard make
an address many years ago at prohi-
bition meeting held in Bangor. Me. He
declared that the audience had but little
Sympathy with the argument which Miss
Willard was expounding. but that before
she had finished her address they were
paying rapt attention to her remarks.
He said that to see the frail little wom-
an, weighing less than 100 pounds, one
would hardly think that she would WELD
such influence in the destiny of the ma
ton.
Col. Daniels Tribute.
Senator Dolliver presented Col. Daniels
of Gunston, Va, who knew Miss Willard
from her earliest infancy and who paid
brief tribute to her work. AS he re-
cited incidents OF her early life he was
given the closest attention. In closing he
said that her work will live after her
and progress as the years follow one
another .a-. ~.
Little Misses Frances Dolliver. Eliza
beth Dubois, Leah Rabbit and Leila
Olin Leech sang IF Were a Voice.
Miss Rosa Mertz, on the part of the
Central ~" then formally presented
the picture, which was accepted by little
Miss Mary Trusler. who stood Immediate
ly beside Miss Garrison, principal Of the
school, The school children sang the
chorus Spirit Of the Summer Time" as
the closing number on the program
Chaplain Couden of the House of Rep
resentatives offered prayer.
Evening star., 1909-04-20

The Merrymakers will give dance
Thursday. The committee consists of Mr..
G. r. Stuart. chairman. assisted by Mr.
Huntsberry and Mr.. Williams.
Evening star., 1909-04-20

Miss Mildred Merriam of Omaha. Neb.
and Miss Mae Merriam of Peperell,
Mass. are the guests of their aunt.
Mrs Helen w. Merriam.
Evening star., 1909-04-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Pryor gave
reception last night at their residence.
5O7 4th street northwest, in the nature of
house warming. The affair was also
celebration Of the Birthday of the
Evening star., 1909-04-20

Mr.. Thomas Bryan Huyck was host at
stag dinner in compliment to j. Miller
Kenyon at the University Club last even
Evening star., 1909-04-20


Kenyon at the University Club last even
Ing.
The Sons of the American Revolution
delegates to the Continental Congress. d.
A. r.. at the First Congregational
Church. 10th and G streets northwest.
The program includes an address by
Senator Robert L. Owen and also Mrs.
Donald Mclean. Mr. Frank B. Martin
is chairman of committee in charge
Among those giving dinner parties be-
fore attending the opening performance
of Mrs. Barney's play. About Thebes :"
were Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Britton.
who had as their guests Gen. and Mrs.
Clarence Edwards. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Barret Ridgely and Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
B. Crowninshield.
Mrs. NJ J. Dixon of Baltimore accom-
panied by her daughters. Mrs. Welch and
Miss Irene Dixon, were at the Raleigh
Hotel during the past week.
Mrs Lauterbach sof New York enter
tanned Mrs. Barney and some of the play
ers last night at supper at the New Will
lard after the first performance of About
Thebes."
The tea given yesterday for Miss Neva.
Hecker of New York, whose engagement
was recently announced to Mr. Frank
Saoier Dy the sister ana mother OF the
latter. Mrs. Henry C.. Dinger. wife of
Lieut.. Dinser. U.S.A.. and Mrs. Frank
Sadler. was one OF the prettiest events
marking the spring seasons. The drawing
room and dining room were decorated
with ferns, sweet peas and. apple bios
SONS. Mrs. Henshaw, Mrs. Gwynn, Miss
Maud Lambert, Miss Isabel Clarke. Miss
Ruth Bliss. Miss Anderson and Miss Ju-
nita Miller, assisted the hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Pryor gave a
reception last night at their residence.
5O7 4th street northwest. in the nature of
house warming. The affair was also
Q celebration Of the Birthday of the
Evening star., 1909-04-20

A pretty wedding took place last eVen-
ing at 6 o'clock in ST. Jerome's Catholic
Church at Hyattsville, when Miss Alice
Caughby Beall, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank NJ. Beall of Guy avenue. and
Mr.. Bernard James Gallagher Of Wash
ington. popularity known in amateur
base ball circles as "Birnie" Gallagher,
were married In the presence Of LARGE
number OF friends and relatives. The
bride was attended by Miss Annie Gala
latter was attended by his brother. Mr..
Walter Gallagher. After a brief wedding
trip the bride and groom will take up
their residence at 3435 Georgia avenue
and will be at home to their friends after
Nav 1.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
Some Future President.

Some future President or Pres-
dents Of this vast republic are at
present in the schoolroom. They are
receiving instructions in the primary
grades; they will go straight for
ward to the high school perhaps
from there to college. A future
President Of the United States is
somewhere playing baseball this
spring, and he may be on a football
team next autumn. 1t is quite pos
sible that be is boy from the farm,
or he may be boy in a town, doing
errands for his mother and in his
spare time earning pennies to help
her along. Our Presidents have been
drawn from every social rank in the
community. They have had a great
variety of training in boyhood, but
every one Of them had to be boy.
A President does not come into the
world a grown man. Our great men
of the world over do not escape the
universal lot, but start from the
cradle and are taught their first les
son at their mothers knee. We
formerly held up to every American
boy, as glittering prize to stir his
ambition the possibility that he
might one day be elected to the pres
idental chair. Latterly, perhaps we
hear less about this legitimate goal
which boyhood may strive to attain.
Why not let two boys do their best
in school, at home, in business, with
the thought that one day the grown
up boys shall single some one of them
cut and ask him to be their leader,
their commander, the head Of their
government in the eyes Of the world?
A king is born to his high station; a
President achieves it. Teachers and
parents should do their best, remem-
bering how great is their RESPONSE
bility to the nation, as well as to the
boys. Christian Herald.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
Cheer Them Up.

It's worth lots to a man who's
down and out to get word Of gen
uine cheer. To be sure. if you are
in a position to give more substan-
tial help, it's your duty, but because
you haven't the cash or job for the
fellow don't pass him by on the
other side. He may not belong to
your church or your party or your
social set or clique, but still heS hu-
man and has heart in him that can
be touched.
The following story illustrates the
way some folks cheer up their inva-
lid friends:
"Bill,' said the invalid's friend,
I've come to cheer you up bit
like. I've brought you few flow
ers, Bill. thougt if was too late
they would come in handy for a
wreath, you know. Don't get down
heertSd, Bill. Keep up vour spirits.
old sport. I've come up to see you
and cheer you up a bit. Nice little
room you have, but said to myself
when | was coming up: What an
awkward staircase to get a coffin
DOWN."
A little cheer goes long way with
a fellow who's heart is heavy.
Henry w. Grady, the South's bril-
liant orator and advocate, went to
New York when a young fellow. He
knew nobody and nobody knew him.
He was hunting a job. He didn't
get it, and he felt lonely one day as
he walked down broadway, looking
up at the great buildings and being
jostled here and there by the busy,
hustling throng. He longed for
somebody to talk to and cheer him
up. He called boot black and gave
him a quarter, just to have a"heart-
to-heart" talk with him.
There are many folks about US
like Grady was. They need little
cheer.
This is no preachment. We are
not trying to get off sermon on
you, but we just want to say that
we all are usually so busy running
business enterprises, airing our views
on politics, religion, and SO on, that
we forget to give the helping hand
to the fellow that's down. Fayette-
vile Index.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
Students Answers.

"When a student does not know
the answer to an examination ques-
ton he does one Of three things
said a University Of Pennsylvania
professor recently. eff he is a good
student he will simply leave blank
space, while if he is not he will either
try to bluff it through or else pass it
off as joke These latter cases are
rare, and the result is generally pain
full and does harm to the student
who wrote the paper. Occasionally,
however, there will be real gem
which does the student good by put
ting the professor in good humor
and so making him unconscisusly
mark the paper less severely.
81 came across two such gems IN
one paper recently. One question
was: Who was ST. Bruno? To
which the student replied: st. Bru-
no was great Dane, brother of st.
Bernard The other question was:
What was the difference between
the major prophets and the minor
prophets?' Here he answered: 1T
would not be right for me, a sinner,
to make invidious comparisons be-
tween such holy men. Philadel-
phia Record.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
OUR CHANGED CONDITIONS.
Old Fashion Economy Of College Boy
Needed Today.

/ Formerly we heard men boast that
they landed at college with So in
their pockets and worked their way
through with only a small debt, and
the rare ones with no debt at all
All this sounds strange to those who
are familiar with present day college
life.
We have heard of boys who cooked
for themselves, cut wood, or hair,
shiped shoes, sold clothing, perform
ed any and all kinds Of work and
made every edge cut, whether sharp
or dull to save sixpence.
This fine self-denial and resource
full energy is not so common as it
used to be. We are more extrava-
giant in every sense of the word than
we were 25 years ago, but nowhere
is it more plainly seen than among
the college boys.
Why even the young preachers, in
some cases, are getting somewhat
above themselves and spend the mon
ey that is given to them like lords of
the land. We heard not long since
of one young fellow who sent a bill
for cut flowers to the church that
was helping him along.
But this spirit Of spending money
is not at all peculiar to the preachers.
1t is the rule rather than the excep-
ton among them all. The boys wear
fine clothes now, we are told, every
day in the week and Sunday, too.
Tennis outfits have become a requi-
site to social position. Baseball tog-
gerry must be had at any cost. In
stead Of saving at every point the
rule now seems to be spending at
every point.
AS a consequence, education has
come to be most expensive luxury
A father with half dozen children
to educate must be third cousin to
Rockefeller in order to meet his
bills. $500 session instead of 1925
is not considered startling.
We will have to get back into the
old way or somebody is going to be
hurt; and those worst hurt will be
the boys who cultivate these habits
of extravaganza. The fellow who
must dig for his education is about
the only one who is really educated,
for ore of the most important ele-
ments Of education is the proper
valuation of a dollar.
Careful economy is notcstinginess.
To be able to restrain ones self and
say no to desire, is one Of the funda-
mental elements of strength thaten-
ables man to do things in after life.
The feeble yielding to the slightest
pressure to crafty every whim un-
dimes character and blocks the way
to ultimate success.
The old fashioned economy of the
college boy of two decades ago is
what we need in our college life to-
day. Charity and Children.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

In the Gould trial came the old
question of how far the testimony
of witnesses who swear they saw a
thing may be counterbalanced by
that Of witnesses who swear they
didn't see it. Thirty or forty per-
sons, chiefly servants, declared that
they had seen Mrs. Gould more or
less grossly intoxicated and they
were sustained by the documentary
evidence of restaurant checks show
ing some pretty cocktail drinking.
Thirty or forty others swore that
they never had seen Mrs. Gould when
she was not sober. No expert testi-
mony was introduced to prove how
many cocktails or pints of wine a
woman Of Mrs. Gould size, age and
capacity might carry without giving
outward evidence thereof and no
progress was made toward the solu-
ton of that venerable question of
the exact line between drunkenness
and sobriety. We surmise, however,
that the judge figured out that the
man who married a woman like
Katherine Clemnons with full op-
portunity to know Of her record and
character ought to be required to
provide for her support literally
even after he had separated from
her. News Leader.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

II you have pains in the back, weak
back, .or any other indication OF a
weakened or disordered condition OF
the kidneys Or bladder, you should get
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
right away when you experience the
least sign of kidney or bladder com
plants, but be sure that you get De-
Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills. We
know what they will do for you, and il
you will send your name to E. c. De
Witt & Co., Chicago, you will receive
a free trial box OF these kidney and
bladder pills. They are sold here by
E. T. Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
Sees Mother Grow Young.

1T would be hard to ovorstate the
wonderful change in my mother since
she began to use Electric BttcrS, "
writes Mrs. W. H. Gilpatrick, of Dan
fcrd, Me. Although past 90 She
seems really to be growing young again.
She suffered untold misery from dys-
pepsia for 20 years. At last she could
neither eat, drink nor sleep. Doctors
gave her up and all remedies failed till
Electric Bitters worked such wonders
for her health" They invigoratc all
vital organs, cure liver and kidney
troubles, induce sleep, impart strength
and appetite. Only soc ut +. I.
Whitehead Company's.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
NUMBER 27.
The World Over.
'Tis strange we think our neighbours
faults

'Tis strange we think our neighbours
faults
Are always full in sight,
And glaring to the public gaze
AS plain as black and white:
We never fail to notice them,
So clearly are they shown
But magnifying others faults
Will not correct our own.
All other mems delinquencies
We freely criticise;
We note their failures and mistakes
In sadness and surprise.
But while their weakness we deplore
And haste to make it known
We are too shocked at others faults
To rectify our own.
The light Of truth on other lives
Reveals their wickedness,
1t gives us pain to contemplate
Their base unrighteousness,
But while we censure and condonc.
We're after other peoples faults
And cannot see our own.
We never stop to question self
If motives are all pure,
But find out other peoples sins.
And then prescribe cure.
The mote that's in another's eye
We'd better leave alone,
And hasten to investigate
The beam that binds our own.
Margaret Stone Hall.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
From Humble Beginnings.

senator from ILLINOIS,, last week,
used to collect nickles from passen-
gers as a street car conductor, and
occupied various other positions in
the industrial world which many
folks would regard as menial, he will
not find himself lonely in the Senate.
There are many other members of
this socalled Most Exclusive Club
in the World" who are of humble or
igin and who got their first start in
life-in just such ordinary every day
occupation as those which first en-
gagged the attention of the new Solon
from Illinois.
Senator Curtis, of Kansas, was
once jockey, and a very good one,
too.
Senator Scott, of West Virginia,
was glass-bloWer at the time when,
with half-naked bodies and brawny
arms, the workers in the industry
collected a portion of molten glass
upon the end of a tube and with
their own breath blew it into shape.
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, was
"lumber-jack" and helped to de-
nude the forests which he is now so
eager to save.
Senator Nixon, of Nevada, vas a
telegraph operator before he got in
terested in mines from which he has
since made millions.
senator Smith, Of Michigan, had
unusual advantages in training in
parliamentary procedure, for he be-
gan his career as page in the Mich
igan legislature.
Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon,
clerked in a general merchandise
store.
Even the great Aldrich, recogniz-
ed leader of the Senate, and arbiter
through his position as chairman of
the Finance Committee and his con-
troll over the pending tariff bill holds
the destinies of almost every mine,
factory and mill in the United States,
got first practical business expert
ence behind the counter of retail
store.
The silver-haired Senator Bulkley,
of Connecticut, also began life as a
clerk, while Senator Perkins, of Cal
ifornia, still refers with pride to the
time when he served as sailor be-
fore the mast in many a long voy-
age.
Senator Richardson, of Delaware,
whose father was Gamer and pack
er, entered into that business and
learned the trade, working his way
up from the lowest position.
Senator Jones, of West Virginia,
was born three days after the death
of his father in the civil war. AS
soon as he was old enough he had to
do all kinds of farm work when he
was only ten years old.
So Lorimer will find Any among
his new colleagues with whom to
swarp hard-luck stories, or better
still, tales of obstacles overcome, and
success won, by pure grit. Wash
ington Correspondence Salisbury
Post.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
The POOR MAN ON The FARM.
II He Hasn't Money He Can at Least
Make a Start at BettePment.

Occasionally we get letter saying
in substance: "Your advice to do
better farming is all right, but am
too poor to profit by it,
Now, We know it is hard-nay i'm
possible for a man with small capi-
tai to farm as he should; but it is
this man above all men, who needs
to do better farming. This man,
who has to work hard to make a
scanty living, and who is not able to
get ahead, is the man of all others
whomewe are eager to help. But
when a man says, Il can't get pure
bred stock, or build silo, or buy a
two-horse cultivator, and therefore
all this talk about better farming
does not apply to me-" he takes a
very wrong view of the chaEches he
has.
All these things can come only to
the man who has made some prog
ress, who has some capital. The
very poor farmer must begin with
the little things which will add to
his income, and gradually work into
better methods. 1t is the man who,
having two or three pigs, tries to
find out the most economical way of
feeding them; who, with small flock
Of poultry, will try to care for them
so as to get more eggs during the
winter; who, with two or three head
of stock to feed, will try to raise a
larger part of his feed at home; who,
with poor soil, will try to improve
at least a little Of it each year-this
is the type of man who will under
stand that even if he cannot do the
best farming, he can do better farm
ing, and who will continue to i'm
prove year by year. 4 man may not
be able to buy manure spreader-
may not need it, in fact but he can
and does need. to take care Of the lit
tie manure he has. A man may have
only one horse and one cow to feed,
but he can at least grow peavine hay
for them to save the buying of much
high-priced corn. A man may not
be able to SOW his whole farm to
crimson clover, but he can put out
one acre this very fall. He may not
be able to start all at once with the
rotation his land needs, but he can
begin by putting a few acres in le-
gumes instead of cotton or corn.
1t is the man who is willing and
eager to improve along the lines in
which Improvement is possible for
him who will, by this gradual i'm
provement, surely add to his income
and make more profitable farming
possible with each new year.
Little things count; and because
one cannot farm as the best farmers
do, is no reason why he should be
content to drag along in a hopeless
fashion without any attempt to better
his methods or his conditions. There
is hope for even the man without
capital if he is willing to put both
his brain and his muscle to work and
to do the very best ne can, striving
always to do just little better
proUraSSiva Farmer
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
The Boy Who Turns Upon His Mother.

How sharper than a serpent's S
tooth is an ungrateful child" What
do you think of young Lyman Briggs
of Taunton. Mass, who had his own
mother arrested and sent to jail?
The very thought is shocking to any
person of refined sensibility.
"She cheated me and that's why
had her arrested" says the boy.
Let her stay in Jail. | have no
sympathy for her"
Could you believe that any son
with a spark of manhood in him
could speak so Of the mother who
bore him! The Briggs family, it ap-
pears, once was wealthy, and when
the elder Briggs died he lefta con-
siderable fortune. The son, who is
the heir, asserts that his mother has
lost, Of the estate that was 70 come
to him, $4,000 in speculation in
stock markets. So he caused he ar
rest on the charge of embezzlement,
and she is taken to Jail and must re-
main there because she is unable to
secure the required bond of $1,000.
The loss Of the fortune he expect
ed is severe blow to the young man.
He is naturally deeply disappointed
and chagrined. But that he should
wreak such a revenge on his own
mother shocks the public sense of de-
cency and robs him Of ali sympathy.
There is no more binding Command
ment than Honor thy father and
thy mother, the only Commandment
with a promise ''and thy days shall
be long in the land" Even the most
dutiful children do not realize how
much every child owes to its parents.
The father devotes years of labor
and earnest thought to provision for
the child and its future. But upon
the mother devolves the hardest task
in the rearing and training of the
child. In the act of bringing it into
the world she risks her very life, and
for years afterward her care and at
tention must follow it every hour.
Upon it she pours all her wealth of
love and tenderness and expends up
on it all the treasures of her physi-
cal, mental and moral being Such
services cannot be measured in mon
ey. Not $4,000, nor any other
amount, will ever equal the service
that she gives without money and
without price. Many times the child
is not worth the sacrifices made to
bring it to maturity. But the moth
er gives all willingly in the hope that
her son will grow up into a strong,
chivalrous man who will be of use to
the world. What sorrow could be
so great as to have him turn out such
a creature as would repudiate the
mother who bore him, expose her to
shame and disgrace, and in his fool
ish and pitiful revenge even have
her sent to the public prison.
That Massachusetts boy may have
his revenge, he may drink it to the
dregs; but he will find it the bitter
est draft that ever mingled cruelty,
ingratitude and remorse in one vile
mixture baltimore Sun.