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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-13
Torrens Land Bill.

The Torrens land bill providing for
optional registration OF land titles. as
endorsed by the North Carolina Bar
Association. the State Farmers Union
and the State Bankers Association.
was acted upon favorably with few
amendments as recommended BY DR..
Alexander. president OF the State
Farmers Union.
Favorable action also greeted the
bill OF Representative Ray making 1t
necessary before any party setting up
usury as defense can be entitled TO
equitable relief, TO pay into the court
or TO the party loaning money the en-
tire principal and legal interest. The
bill embodies the substance OF dis
senting opinion in a recent case in
the Supreme Court.
The Senate and House Committees
in join session voted to report favor
ably the substitute for the Ivie auto
mobile bill. 1t provides for uniform
display numbers, annual registration
fees of SIS on motor vehicles up to 25
horsepower; $3.50 from 25 TO 40
horsepower, and $40 for more than
40 horsepower Dealers license of
$40 to be applied as the registration
fees, with the right to use number on
all machines used for demonstration
purposes only, fifteen days exemption
for non-residents; that no person I'M
der fifteen years shall operate ma
chine; speed INIT of twenty-five
miles an hour in the country and ten
to fifteen in towns; the right to sue
for damages on account of negligence
of drivers; throwing cutting sub
stance on public roads a misdemean-
or; special duty of all officers to en-
force the law. The revenue is esti-
mated at $4,000 to $4,000 the first
year.
Another bill acted on favorably,
was a substitute for Senator Phillips
bill providing for engineering assis-
lance to be furnished by the State
Geological Board to any county ask
ing for it in highway construction
and appropriating $4,000 out of the
! fund derived from the automobile
| taxes for this purpose.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-13

The House Committee on Agricul-
ture decided to report favorably the
bill making it a misdemeanor for a
cotton buyer to deduct anything up
to thirty pounds for the weight of
the bagging. The limit is now TWEEN
ty-one pounds. The object of the
measure is to equalize things between
the exporter and the Liverpool buyer,
who has always been deducting thirty
pounds regardless of the actual
weight of the bagging. The manu-
facturers are opposed to the bill, say
ing it means loss Of about dollar
per bale to them, represented by the
nine additional pounds allowed for
jute bagging, and they estimate that
this will amount to about 100000
a year to the industry in North Caro-
lima.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-13
Bills Introduced.

Mr.. Griffin, to authorize Wake
County to issue bonds to fund the
I debt of the County Board Of Educa-
ton.
Mr.. Rector, to prohibit the dispens-
ing of secret and dangerous drugs
and medicines.
Mr.. Rector, to make husband and
wife Jointly liable for necessaries fur
nished their family.
Bills Passed Final Reading.
Substitute bill to require the stamp
| ing of boots and shoes made and sold
in this State not made entirely of
| leather. Mr. Miller stated that he in
| troduced the bill in the interest of
honesty against dishonesty Several
States have this law. Between s10,-
! 100000 and SIS, 100000 are spent in
this State each year for shoes and
several hundred thousand dollars are
lost in this State each year by those
who unknowingly buy shoes contain
| ing substitutes for leather. Lost on
| second reading.
Substitute bill TO fix pay OF COM
missioners and jurors appointed to
partition land and allot dover at 81
per day. Enrolled.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-13

The following new bills were In
troduced:
Pharr: To amend Law OF 1911
providing for auditing books of cor
porations.
Little. OF Wake: To amend lien
Law for Wake County.
Ward: Providing for the Superior
Court judges OF the first ten districts
TO ride those districts in rotation and
the judges OF the second ten TO ride
those in rotation. with right TO ex-
change in any as under present law
Pharr: Resolution for a standing
committee Of seven on the School
for the Feeble Minded; adopted on
Immediate readings.
Nimocks: To restrict the sale of
deadly weapons and discouraging the
carrying Of concealed weapons. This
compels dealers to require purchas-
eEs to register their names and ad-
dresses and display permit from prop
er authority TO carry a concealed
weapon, and requires police officers
to destroy pistols taken from persons
arrested, unless they should be neces-
sary on trial.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-13
Passed Final Reading.

House bill to prevent use of fire
arms by children; makes it unlawful
for parent or guardian to permit
child under twelve to have any fire.
arms.
House resolution for commission
to investigate South Atlantic and
Western Railroad Company Grams
continental Railway, and report to
Legislature by February 25.
Substitute for House bill fixing
compensation OF jurors alloting dow
er and commissioners for partition
of real and personal property; placed
at 81.
House bill fixing salaries of Dur
ham County officers and esta blishing
office of county auditor.
The honey-bee bill, forbidding the
keeping of honey bees within 100
yards of public roads in Fender
County, went over to await Senator
Halves. Senator Watts wanted to
know how the bees could be kept in
bounds.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
JOHN BARRETT GIVES
CUP TO DARTMOUTH
Unieze Trophy to Be Voted to Stu
dent Of Greatest @AlI-found
Achievement"

In order to encourage 'all-round
achievement among the students of
Dartmouth College. from which he grad
uated in the class of 1889, Director Gen.
eral John Barrett Of the Pan-American
Union, has given to the college and the
student body a large. specially engraved
and etched silver cup, which is to have
engraved upon II each year the name of
the man of the graduating class who, in
the opinion of the faculty and OF the stu
cent body. expressed in a vote cast about
month before graduation, shows the
greatest degree of what may be termed
"all-round achievement"
The points to be taken into considera-
ton in the definition of '.all-round
achievement" are character and depend
ability, scholarship, physical develop
ment, and athletic skill. personal develop
ment and practical usefulness as a man
among men.
While the cup will remain in the per-
manent possession Of the college and be
placed in a public place or building Of
the college where It can be constantly
seen, Mr.. Barrett will give each year to
the successful contestant an appropriate
medal
The first award will be made next
year, when a man will be voted upon
from the graduating class Of 1914 That
year has been selected because 1t will be
the occasion of the twenty-fifth reunion
Of the class of 1889 with which Mr.. Bar
rett graduated.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
ETHICAL TRAINING Is
NEEDED IN THE SCHOOLS
Boys and Girls Would Have Far Better Outlook
if Ethics Were Taught Instead of Some
of the Novelties.

I has not absorbed the teaching that the
little errand-boy lacked-what then
Sooner or later, in spite of his careful
training along other lines, he will fall
down because of ignorance of the mean
ing of a Ee-one hates the very word.
And the drop will come for the reason
that no business, no career, no life, long
can be solid il truth is not one of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. We have abundant
/ proof of that
For many and many a time 1t has
happened that something more vital
than larceny case in court has gone
to pieces because of some ones failure
to understand the consequence of getting
away from the truth.
Force that Counts.
Nothing but the convincing proof of
real experience would permit the belief
that the educationally unequipped ever
could advance until they stood head and
shoulders over those with a far better
start. But often they do; and in prac-
tically every walk in life we see figures,
strong and conspicuously effective, who
from the humbles. beginnings have gone
on and up. far away from their lowly
start.
And what is the dominant force that
carries them on? Not scholastic train
ing, for their education is CLEANED here,
there. everywhere. Not always superior
mental equipment the gift of nature, for
that may not be theirs in exalted de-
gree. Not the might of influence or
power behind them. for they may be,
standing alone.
1t is their traits which all the while
are helping them win the battle, traits,
too. which are open to guidance. For
when special training, exceeding brain
force, money, influence, and power are
eliminated. what is left but human
traits?
And what are some of these natural
or acquired stepping stones to material
success?
Perhaps a willingness to assume some
task not scheduled in the daily routine.
possibly a fund of golden optimism or
plain human sunshine, maybe a wealth
of perseverance, the ambition to please,
perchance a rich fund of loyalty, sin
certify, the staying grace of dependable
ness, or any one or more of the many
magnetic things that may be made to do
duty when success must be won in the
face of heavy odds pulling the other
way.
Indeed, 1t does seem, as the magis-
trate says, that boys and girls would
have a far better outlook for material
success in the world, IL ethical train
ing might be slipped into the work of
the schools and some Of the novelties
be laid aside.
And the world would be the happier
for the training.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
INTERESTING PAGE FOR WOMAN AND The HOME a..
AlQACOSTIANS PLAN
POWER-BOAT RACES
Pstsnae Championship, Fairlawn Trs-
ply, and Special Events Ar
ranged for July Is.

On the afternoon of July Is the East
ern Power Boat Club will conduct a
series OF boat races.
A special committee. consisting Of
Frank ]. Coleman, chairman; John
Rozzo. Harry Meyer. David Mills. Joseph
Humberson, Charles Kerper. and John
Spec. has been selected to have charge
of this affair. The committee has an
nounced that the feature race Of the
day will be for the speed championship
for the Potomac. many entries in which
have been made 1t will cover a dis
lance Of ten miles Three prizes are to
be given, the first a silver loving cup.
Speed boats will also contest for the
Fairlawn trophy, given by Oscar G.
Brothers. jr., last year. This trophy
must be won twice before its ownership
Is determined. Members of the club own
ing boats under twenty-eight feet In
length will be given special race There
Is four-mile course running west from
the clubhouse. and the races will be run
over this course.
Anacostia Tent. No. Z, Knights ofsthe
Maccabees. met last night In the local
Masonic Hall. The tent will give an ex-
cursion this summer and plans for this
affair were made last evening. The
financial condition OF the order was re-
ported good.
Much interest has been manifested In
the town flower garden at Nichols Ave-
nue. and U Street The special commit
tee OF the association. Of which Maurice
Otterback is chairman. is considering an
extension of the work.
On Thursday evening Salem Lodge. No.
., Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Of Anacostia, will elect its officers for
the ensuing six months.
Rev. w. o. Roome, rector of Emman-
uel Episcopal Church. and Mrs. Roome
today move to Maple View Place.
The Epworth League of the Anacostia
Methodist Episcopal Church will make
arrangements for a trip to Great Falls
August /.
David C. Fountain, of East Washington
Heights. a member of John A. Logan
Post. No. 10, Grand Army Of the Re-
public of Anacostia, will attend the re-
union of the old Confederates and Union
soldiers at Gettysburg.
Blazing Arrow Patrol. Boy Scouts of
Congress Heights, has raised sufficient
money to purchase uniforms.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
BEWARE OF SUMMER
RESORTS, SAY EXPERTS
Department Of Agriculture Issues .
Statement Warning vacaHsasrs
Not to Trust County Products.

The Department Of Agriculture yeeter-
day issued the following suggestions In
regard to keeping food and drink IN hot
weather. with a view to helping the pub
lie to avoid sickness:
People should be particularly watchful
of their food during the summer months.
In hot weather bacteria multiply far
more rapidly than in cold weather. Un-
fortunately, there Is no quick, absolute,
simple, practical way Of determining the
presence of hurtful bacilli in foods. 4 The
average family does not have the deli
cate apparatus needed for these tests.
nor the skill to detect these micro
organisms.
.'The housewife will find eyes and nose
the safest practical detectives Of bad
food In hot weather. People eating In
doubtful restaurants should be particu-
larly careful about meats or fish cooked
with highly spiced or aromatic sauce
which might disguise a bad taste or
warning odor. Spotted. green, Shiny, or
frothy raw meat. or meat which Is soft
In spots also should be regarded with
suspicion.
Milk particularly deteriorates rapidly
under summer hear. especially II 1t al
ready contains bacteria. Housewives
should see to 1t that their milk does
not stand for any length of time on
hot back porch or stoop before 1t is put
In the ice box. Milk bottles should be
kept closed, II there is any doubt at
all as to the excellence OF the local milk
supply, pasteurize all milk.
"All foods should be kept out Of the
reach of flies. which are deadly carriers
of typhoid. Food should be handled
as little as possible. A persistent bat
tie should be waged against flies in all
parts of the home.
Unlocked foods as a general propo-
sition should be avoided. Children should
not be allowed to eat the skins of
fruits. Those who go away for vaca-
ton should not get the idea that every
thing in a summer resort or strange
city is necessary pure and wholesome.
The danger of typhoid fever In country
resorts is very great. Many Of the
cases Of typhoid fever recorded in the
fall in cities where the water is pure
had their origin in water or contaminat-
ed substances drunk or eaten mt some
summer resort. Insist on boiled water.
Boiled water can be made just as
palatable as unboiled water. The fiat
taste which boiled water has soon after
Il has been boiled is due to the fact that
boiling drives out of IL the air which
II held in solution.
Finally IL Is particularly important in
summer that people should not be misled
into believing that the label Guaranteed
under the Food and Drugs Act on cans
and packages means that the govern
ment has tasted these foods and pro-
nounced them pure and desirable. The
does not make the guaran-
tee.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
BY FRANCES s,IAFFER.

An eieven-year-old boy appeared in couri
in New York the other day as a wit
ness against a man accused Of larceny.
The lad declared the man had stolen
a package entrusted to him by his en-
ployers for delivery to a nearby store.
He was quite insistent upon his assertion,
but when the magistrate asked the young
witness what would happen to him II he
told an untruth, the answer was not
Forthcoming, for the boy did not know
what to reply. And since the law re-
CURED knowledge of the meaning Of a
lie and as the witness was quite unin-
formed, the magistrate was forced to
dismiss the case.
But in doing so he took occasion TO
assure the man that he ought to be very
grateful to the inefficient public school
system for his discharge, for he counted
IL a sad commentary upon the manner
of training there when a boy approach
ing his twelfth year was unable to
answer the question he had asked.
He declared that in these days Of
strange experiments with the youthful
mind, all sorts of devices were resorted
to for mental development, but, as a
matter of fact, the gain would be greater
IL some of the time and money expended
on public instruction were devoted to the
teaching of simple ethics.
Adjustment Not Wise.
Many millions of dollars a year spent
in preparing children for life, yet not
bit of ethical instruction included-the
magistrate did not reckon the adjust
ment very wise. when he remembered
some of the fads and fancies adopted.
1t seems almost unfair to expect the
public schools to assume the work of
training the young folk of the land TO
grow morally strong and discerning and
then to reach out and teach them some
of the little niceties that will nightly
count later on.
And yet
The one great aim of the public school
system is to prepare boys and girls for
life and the responsibilities that life
brings; and the more one watches the
great life-drama move on, with its sue
cesses and failures, the more certain one
grows that some of the actors involved
well might have dispensed with a degree
of the lesser drills they were given in
school days for the sake Of training in
morals and ethics.
And why? Not alone because they
would have had more charm as actors,
but for the more practical reason that
they would have gained greater material
success.
Everybody knows that special training
helps a young man win his way to the
top, but, when ne reaches that lofty pin
nacle, if somewhere along the way he
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
OLDEST INHABITANTS TO MEET.
Special Gathering Called for Inde-
pendence Day.

Members of the Association of Oldest
Inhabitants are looking forward with
much pleasure to the meeting on July
4. at the residence Of Thomas w.
Smith. Columbia and Belmont Roads
Northwest A special program is al
ways provided for on Independence Day.
A business meeting will be held from
IL o'clock until L o'clock. Following
this, Rev. E Hez SVEN viii deliver
an address. The members have been
invited TO bring their families. and are
requested to wear a ribbon badge which
has been provided.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
LOVING CUP TO PERSON.
2hfef Telegrapher of War Depart,

A handsome loving cup was presented
last night by the Telegraph Division of
the War Department to Charles o.
Pierson, who retires today as chief tele-
grapher Of the War Department, to be-
come auditor and assistant to the off,
Ger in charge Of the Signal Corps Of the
United States Army. at Seattle, Wash.
Mr.. Pierson leaves the War Depart
ment after a continuous service of over
thirty years. and his promotion comes
as well earned recognition of merit
and steadfast loyalty.
The presentation was made by George
W. McEntee in a felicituous speech Of
godspeed.
Mr.. Pierson was visibly affected by
the wholly unlocked for testimonial Of
the regard in which he is held by all
who have served under him for so
many years. and replied in a short
speech Of assurance of his continued and
lasting affection for the Boys Of Dr."
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
LITTLE HINTS FOR
THE SUMMER GIRL
Pretty Things to Make During Long
Vacation Morning in the
Country.

When the summer girl packs her
trunks, shakes the dust Of the city from
her small feet, and departs for the coun-
try, mountains or seashore, she takes
dainty bits of needlework with her to
stitch at during the mornings spent on
the veranda-
The embroidered net guimpes of this
season are wonderfully attractive, and
every girl should have one to wear with
her jumper frocks.
Stamp the design on the net and en-
broider it with medium fine mercerized
cotton. A trailing vine design, with eye
let's introduced, is very effective, and
should be embroidered on the sleeves as
well as the yoke. Lace insets add much
to the beauty of the guimpe. and medal
lions suitable for this purpose come in
a great variety of designs. Stitch the
sections of the yoke together by hand,
making neat French seams.
Embroidered GirdIes.
Every summer girl should embroider
herself a handsome girdle to wear with
her white frock. Select a soft silk in a
vivid tone of blue, green, red, or orange,
and fold the girdle portion about the
waist. On the long SASH ends stamp a
design and embroider it with any COM
bination of colors to suit your personal
taste. IL you DO not care TO embroider
your sash, make it of brocaded ribbon.
Fold the ribbon softly about the waist
and bone it at the front, sides, and back,
using piiable featherboning. Have half
inch satin ribbon of the same color
knife-pleated, and stitch this on both
sides of the girdle. AT the back tie a
butterfly bow with long ends and edge
1t with the narrow pleating.
Black velvet girdles are smart, and
many have the loops drawn through a
buckle of ribbon and satin flowers. To
make one of these buckles cut an oval
square, or oblong, form from buckram
and cover it with shirred silk or narrow
solid ribbon, winding it over and over.
Select a delicate tint OF blue, pink, vio-
let, or yellow for the narrow strips of
silk or satin. Form tiny swirled roses,
for-get-me-nots, violets, or buttercups
and attach them to the edge Of the
buckle. Have these flowers of different
tints.
These are just few articles which
the summer girl can make for herself,
and among others are bandeaux, slipper
ornaments, boudoir slippers and caps
negligees, and party-bags. This is pleas
ant work for vacation hours, and no one
wants to idle away the entire summer.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
MOVIE TRUST HEARING.
Government's Side of Case WIN b
Presented Next Monday.

The governments case against the
Moving Picture. Trust will be presented
to the New York Court in the Federal
Building on Monday next by Assistant
Attorney General Grosvenor. Only the
heard. -
: It win occupy the courts attention
during the week. The court then, Il is
expected. viii fix a date upon which the
may. be, heard.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
Holy Manner. Plan B.ltInor. Trip.

Thomas D. schaeffer, president OF the
Washington branch of the Holy Name
Society, II completing arrangements for
Washington members of the order who
will participate in the Holy Name DEM
onstration In Baltimore, October s It il
estimated that 5000 Washington members
win 80 to Baltimore for the celebration
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01

II you promise to be good, mother will
let you have a few black-headed pins
and perhaps a spool of colored twist
Then you can find some scraps Of velvet
or satin or other cloth; also a tiny
pasteboard box or a cork stopper.
Perhaps, with a diagram in front of
you, you won't need to be told how to
go to work. But in case you should be
puzzled, here are the directions:
Have a good box or a thin, round piece
of cork for the seat Cork is best, be-
cause the pins go in it so easily. You
can easily enough cut a slice from a
round cork stopper. Cover with the vel
vet or cloth. Then stick in the pins for
the back and twist the thread around
them, lastly stick four pins for the legs.
PRINCESS SPINAWAY,
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
CHILDREN's CORNER.

Any boy or girl who wants to surprise
mother by being very quiet for half an
hour and by amusing himself-or herself
all that time. might take to making
pin furniture, because it is really fun.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
The Latest Tea Room Salad,

This came in individual service. On a
border or bed Of lettuce hearts was
placed an artichoke bottom. Two short
tips of asparagus on opposite sides of the
artichoke. On the artichoke between the
asparagus a generous s. oonful Of cooked
French beans or fiageolets. A good table,
spoon of stiff mayonnc Use on these and
half French endive, shredded fine, set
in the dressing; the halves Of one small,
but at the base on opposite sides, and
the sieved yolk of a hard-boiled egg
sifted over the whole. Served with
rasped roll or brown bread and coffee.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01

Using electrical furnace . London scientist
has succeeded In drawing glass tubs with an
outside diameter Of but one twenty-five thou
sAndth OF inch.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01

Cold boiled potatoes rolled in -four, then
n beaten egg and again crumbs, and
iried in deep fat, are delicious. This is
an excellent way of using leftover po-
tatoes.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01

tzsad that Il not knesded, the invention Il
. Philads1pAia woman. b said TO b mops a.
gsstzbas han tsead nads IN IL usual ~ -
~ eans ttUsdsst
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01

For cleansing tinware, try dry flour
applied with newspaper.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-01
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lShows the beautiful 81 limp
leather volume that has been
revised and brought up to the
present date In accordance
with the best authorities from
the greatest universities.