The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-31
the Playhouse. The situation re-
garding Sunday night theatricals has

the Playhouse. The situation re-
garding Sunday night theatricals has
long been a preposterous one Plays
of the greatest merit and highest in
tellectual quality could not be given
on Sunday night, because it is against
the law to give PUBLIC theatrical per
~fornanceS on Sunday, yet every
vaudeville theatre in town has been
giving a regular vaudeville show.
under a magniticently liberal on
struction Of that clause in the sun
day law which permits Of sacred
concerts even though an admission
fee is charged.
President-elect Woodrow Wilson
received several Christ
mas gifts this week. One of them
was a riding whip and a bit and spur.
Winston-Salem, n. G. The governor.
was highly amused by this present.
He said he did not know whether the
giver expected him to take the bit Il.
his teeth or not. Three turkeys. ~
alive, were among h array of gifts
A COW was offered, but the governor
declined it. There was also a ham
from Missouri.
Two New York firenen have been
awarded medals of honor by thr
treasury department for an nnnsna.
Ucou ol htS Tx Il ~
Henry Lakestream and Fireman IIer
bert S. Whitcomb, Of Engine Company
No. Sc, and they saved the life of ]. T..
Chadwick. of Wilmington. ~. G.. on
September 20 of this year. Chad
| wick. while in New York on a WISH.
fell into the hudson river and Cap
tain L4akestream saw him just as h.,
was going down the second time
| Without divesting himsel of any 81
his clothing Captain Lakestrcan
jumped into the water and caught tn
drowning man. Chadwick in turn
seized Captain Lakestream around
| the neck and was getting the better
of him, when WhitcOmb leaped int,
the river and succeeded in separatin-
the drowning mans hold on the nr,
captain, and together they Rescued
the North Carolinian.
A ragtime party amused Washington
| society Friday night at the dinner
dance given in the new 500, 900 prize
ate theatre attached to the Dupont
Circle, mansion Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
| son Bradley, of Washington. New
York and North Carolina. A speeiai
train carried forty guests from New
York. among whom were some of thy,
most prominent society leaders vi th,
city.
Nine years g Tuesday. orliI.
oAAN IN iEAC 'oiA4 - i
ed the air in a series of four Shot.
successful flights at Simms Station.
North Carolina. This was really IT,,
birth Of the aeroplane. and Will -
down in history as such. Since thtt
date the aeroplane industry has been
revolutionized, and in the next nin-
years as radical advances viii n.
doubt be made.
Mr.. Thomas j. Pence. Of Raleigh.
n ! n r. n -
The News and Observer, who sailed
a few days after election for q tour
OF European cities. returned to Nrw
York Sunday on board the steamship,
I4aProvence. With Mr.. Pence II.
the trip owe was Mr.. Samuel O..
writer and former newspaper man.
Mr.. Pence left for Washington soon
after landing.
North Carolinians were as scars
as the ~proverbial hens teeth IN th>
metropolis this week. This was dua
almost entirely to the fact that it nas
christmas week, when instead -
North Carolinians coming to Ne"
York, New Workers go to North Caro-
una Christmas week is probab35
the worst week in the year for tht
New York hotels, for this is know
as the home week of the year
when everyone wishes to be at home
with families and friends. North
Carolnians in New York tfocktd to
tnelr former homes in the Tar Heet
state during the past few days ta
spend the Yuletide season.
Dr.. T. NJ. West, of Favette>itI-.
spent a few days at the Herald Suuar,
hotel the early part Of the week, ar
r1VIng IN the witty on Sunday.
Mr.. A.. NJ. Shrags, of Goldsboro, was
IN Gotham for several lays on a bust
ness trip for his firm.
MI. L. +. Trace, Of Washington. y.
~ was among the guests registered
at the Hotei Victoria during the week
MISS Laura Hammond, of Charlotte,
IS spending December and January in
New ork, at No. 10 West Eighty
fourth street.
MT. William HOLSTER. a former
Ne" Bernian, who has been visiting
ms mother, Mrs. s. X. HOLSTER. III
New Bern, returned to New York hi,
week