Last Edition VOLUMEL WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, JRIDAY AFI ERNOQN, DECEMBER 10. 19QSL f NO. Ill COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HOLD INTERESTING SESSION r - - THE USUAL ROUTINE ORDERS _! ^M*cfiffon Read from G>B. Bonner and Others Requesting Board to Establish Public Land ing on Durham's Creek, Which WasCon tested by L. D. Bonner, Reputed Ovyser. ? ? I Board Postpones Its Decision. The-Board of County Commission-] ora met In regular monthly session atl the courthduse last Monday and | 'I'nosd&y. transacting iv.y following' business: Orders. Ordered Mac. Rowe. of Chocowin'ty township, be relieved of poll tax for the ywtr 1910-11 ( physical 'cli3abll Hy). Ordered that"JT"N\ Yeates, of Choc* owinity township. be relieved of poll tax for the years 10 10-11 (phySTcaT' disability). ?. Ordered .that Benj. Latham's poor allowance be Increaped from $1 to $2 per month regularly (old age). Ordered that Joe l^ewis be allowed $2.50 ^ per month for two months (physical disability). Ordered- that Banister Mldyette's poor allowance be Increased from $1.50 to $2.60 per month regularly. Ordered that J. R. Hansel I be al lowed $3 for three months (physical disability). Ordered that John Baynor be al lowed $1.50 for three months (lost leg). ? Ordered thai J. W.. Sadler be al lowed to list two lots in Belhaven valued at $75. Amount of tax 94c. ?L. H. Bright, of Chocowlnty town ship was a lip wed to list 101 acres valued at $200. Amount of tax Owtered that 4he- Moss Waning Mill Company be relieved o S the lax. OH- $15,0000 excess whlcl)-wa? certi fied against it by the Corporation Commission. Amount -of relfe'f," $82. &0. By order of the Corporation Commission. Foe satiafftctorv re&sons-the board allows the G. E. Tankard estate to list the following property in Bath lownsnyi; 125 aires Windier Ivid. value $l.90t>; 144 aero*. Gaylord land. valuQ $1.7(i0; 1 r.iy lord land. vr.lij Petitions. Vnrth Parnlln*. Rftftnfnrt ryuntr. In | the matter of a Public landing on | Durhatn'a Creek. . , To the Honorable Boa*4 of Com- 1 mlsatoners: Your petitioner* whose I names are hereto subscribed, respect-! ffllir represent that they are citisene awd feoiiUnta of Brinfnrt. rnnnty. Ilv-, Ing on or near Durham's creek, which is a navigable waterway for boats carrying - passengers and freight and distributing same at Ed ward* Bonnerton and other places upon or adjacent to said creek; that the lauds mi butli shks'uf tihe nail gable and accessible portion thereof Is owned or claimed by L, D. Bonner,, who denies thalr right of access thereto upon or near his lands, and further denies that there la any pub^ Nllc wh^rt or landing upon or alolnj? the same, and_ thereby prevents your petitioner* o* seeks to do so, from deriving that use and benefit of the said, creek to which by few s?4-*a tural right they are entitled; that L LI* ?"*? ? nwMU nr^rwr i? pp mi 1 hi igi ^ 1 ? '1. j.Ma^ii sary to your pctltlohors and other cit izens of the communj^y over and upon the lands of the said L. D. Bon ner. and the most mi , enlent ami ac cessible place is a tract about one fourth of an acre on the public road from Washington to Donnerton and betweon said -road and Durham's creek where theVreek bends near to tiie road, about 100 .yards from the old Bonnerton mill site and on which, there is now located a wharf and warehouse heretofore used by L. H. "'Reddltt et als; that by preventing and seeking to prevent your petition ers # to tlje people of the community as a navigable stream. I further report ^that the most convenient and. In fact, (he only feasible t-i^ejji nit the lands of L. D. Bonner at or abmit the location de M HUt'U in tllL1 !(l,l tuiu I Lill'l'l.'- 1 fore jaecom mend to the board that the same be acqutfed. W. W. HOOK Kit Notice to L. D. Bonner: You are hereby notified that at the November meeting a petition was filed by^G. B. Bonner et als to estab lish a .public landing on Durham's flttgL and that W. W. Hooker m appointed to Investigate _and report I the necessity of such Hndlng and' -where the ? e shall bo iooated. You are further notlfleda that the said W. ^\r. UapJjej haa ftlfid-iilK renorl gini Ing that such landing. In necessary and required for the uie of the pub* 11c and that the name should be lo cated On your land lylttp on satd creek. You are hereby subpoenaed to appear before the board at its meeting to bo held December 6 and ?how cause why inch landing should not be established and why the pro posed site thereof should not be con demned f<* that purpose. O Tmm.rcv Clerk to Board An??4 of Y*. I). Bonner. ? Now comes tbo defendant. L. D. [Bonner through his* attorneys. Wari^ ft Grimes, and answering the sub prverm of yonr bPtty. drectfny tilm to' 'nn*" **?'- "-nil eater-' Ing a special appearahco gnd nroriuR to dfsmlas the proceedlnga for the reasons set o;it in his motion In this cause, which said motion was over ruled, he has duly Excepted thereto and answering the petition further T . . . i ' ? ~ KfrtL Tlujt It /I. untrue and de nied that the land decerlbed In tb? notie* !? nHMnrr and required for tne (aeticnii nuMTff. 'i-? - -* ? Second. That the matter of law antf fact at laaue and Involved In thl? cau.e have been heretofore adjudi cated In a court of competent Juris diction. to-wlt: In the Saperto/ court, Max tern, 1?0>, for that heretofore. thl? defendant Inatltuted salt In the ? rr? : ? ; ? - ? H *Ud-uil<*d to stop the rat's" attack, before it had done nermanent i injury. " ^ i > TIMI'IMIA.NCE ADJIRKSSKS. Miss Moore, secretary of the \V. C. T. U. ol this Stato wlll arrive in the city- Monday and will give a talk to the children at the graded school sometime during the morning. ? in the afternoon at 8:30 Miss Moore will address the woqcn of the town. who are cordially invited to be pres ent at this lecture given fn.thte scHooll .'imli tjn-ii:in Monday . uislU ? m ? i> .oVlOck another address will bo given by this noted temperance vorker at smiip to be decided :.:v announced later. ltl'TlilNS FROM HI'MINC TRIP. Mr. YY. F. clhriT3.ttU party j*etur*i ?d from I'amii-o sound yesterday, where they have been spending :t few days hunting. They report a flue J trTp. ?WflMAIHOMITS I SHE IS WHITE SLAVE AGENT ? ? Confesses to Police Asks the Chief of Police of At lanta to Head Off Two Young Girls She Was Sending from j Georgia to Ohio. SHE FEIGNS REPENTANCE ! Atlanta. Ga.. Doc. 10. ? Cleu_Evan?. a-utrtklngly handsome Atlanta wom an. confessed to the polire this after noon that she wns an a gen J in the white slave t ratle . and asked the of flcera to detain two young women who were to leave Tor Columbus, 67. this evening. The police found the young gftls at-t-He station, waiting for Mlsr. Rv 1 ans. The latter had two tickets to Columbus, which t-he -Raid had been sent to her. for the girls" use by the ; keeper of a disorderly homo there. The (Cvcns woman was formerly a bookkeeper in this city, but said she had been in Columbun and was sent" on here to recruit young women The girls she had selected were but fif teen yeai'k fit age. i iwy in nnd laughed4 and giggled as though the whole affair were a joke. The Evans woman said : "I 6trayed a-wap myself, but at the last moment I had not the courage to lead those two children into that life. I want you to know* what '.II have done and I want you to have, those children saved." Police Judge Brojrlen believes that| the woman, thought she was under! suspicion and took this means of cs-' capiug punishment^but was forced] to dismiss her. H's suspicions werel strengthened by the fart that the! brother"" of one of the pirls was fol- ! lowing the trio. The younger girls will be sent tn?pnetxj. ' ?" ? ? * In dismissing the K vans' woman, the magistrate said: * . . Tl "if I ever hear of rnirr doing thffej again, I will do whax 1 can to send"; you to the peniien'tiarv." Painted "Her Red and . Gave Her Ice Bath I ' :l :* vli Si < ??! . \V Vm :n -,11ft State r.oard of Itcrents started .-n in vestigation todaj* into the hazing of. ?Mies Matlie Taylor, a student o? the ralrmont State Normal Si-hoot ai Fairmont. \V. \W. who was given an scm? bath and painted red', it {^'alleged, because .she rool?I fo.- tlio vroV.g football team recently: ? Taylor iw ??f r.j vromineni at torn cy uf Efkins. \\\ Va. Little Boy Blue,' come blow your horn; It you don't it wori'-t? be blown.; The people won't flock To buy your stock If you never make it known. So. Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn ; It's tjue proper business caper, the very best way ma rnpkg it pay Is to fcjjow it through this paper. Lindwood Strange FuilsjwiSlecp I Lindwood Strange,' tfct infant eon 0 1 Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Roper, of Bel haven, fell asleep Thursday at 7:20 (o'clock. The hope and Joy of father .Mid mothftr hnart w aflllrta.i skill that dread disease congestion. All that loving hearts and the skilled physician could do was of no avail. Ho was taken up to heaven to dwell, In the mansions above. May' the same hand that has wounded and crushed be the same. one to comfort and solace those who have lost most and loved him best: Little Ltndwood waa taken to bath yesterday and there burled. Bishop Prepare Report of N. & S. Sale Norfolk, Dec. 10 ? The special com mlssionem appointed by the Federal I codrt to conduct the recent dale at public auction of 'the properties of UkA iiorfolk- and Bout hern HsiiroAt) j in hands of receivers, are now pro paring their report, wflfch will prob ably be font to Judge Edmufd Wad dUl, Jr.. In Richmond within a day or se, and it lM*lthin the powe&of the court to either confirm or reject the price of $8,600,000, bid by Rathbone Gardner, aa the representative of the i reorganisation committee. * There ia now a likelihood of no further steps being taken to stop the - K. T. Umb In all probability will mm leper ! IS MOWED ? HIS FREEDOM Agree to Compromise Proceedings Against the Suspect for Violating Local Health Reg ulations in Washington City Are to Be Dropped. A VICTORY FOR EARLY ,| Washington, D. ('.. L)or. T 0.' ? iTv ~ cry point demanded by John D. Ear ly, now held1 in this city as a leper, was conceded by the District after a two-hour conference between Early*";1 attorney, Egbert-**: Everest^ Corpora " tioif Counsel Thomas and Healt!\ Offi cer Woodward, held in I lie Hi fab? building last' night. Early will leave Washington todai i a free maH>.to be CTtamined. by Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the Rock efeller lnMiUMe of Medical Research, in New York, whote deeildon will be accepted in the rlty as Jinal, Ail proceedings against hinWur violating ? (he local health regulation* will be dropped by the District in rouvi l'o-f ] day. and if Karly is afterward fmnid | merely consider himself warned in f advSui.co not to rome to Washington.! J Prior to the conference. Mr. Ever- 1 ?est has forwarded a telegram to Dr. -I Flexner asking hint to serve. His! j answer, which. -it is generally bc-j llleved, will be in the affirmative. will I; be read In court when the action now L being brought against Karly is h dropped. j . XoVllox Cur Trip. While the point has - not been ? touched ? upon yet by. jhe District ;i health officer. It is not believed that], Early will be sent from Washington \ this time irT a box car. He will go toll : New Yot*k alone, his attorney re I turning to I'lattsburg. Ya.. tonigtit. {Dr Woodward agreed to sign paparsl ! equivalent lo the Issuance of a clean! {bill of health. This will permit thei, ^supposed lopor lo visit Washington in r liHte future without 1nterferoii.ee-. A'so \ ; jU will serve as a "precedent which will | , ; obviate official molestation in other | cities visited by him. The- District's ] "only- stimulation is Hint if Early is ? In.'intl li'- hi' .-.ti Sibl ing fvt.-nt ? h-jM ; I ii#?j |,eou- oik. of this Htj; ;ii the fu-j, i . ?? I "We regard fhe consent of the I)i.-- ' f^r'ot.to our plait." said Mr. Everest I last tifgh* , "as a great \ :? -Tory fur \lr ' Early. Evor> thing for which he l':v; orttt-eodetl lie hns won. 1 r.o i more a leper than any other man in; : Washington todsvv Learning ?i* ' ?have that Dr. Flexner is thoroughly ' <]?sintcre?wc?i ami "eminently ? ? etl J at : as umpire in the matter. I f<",3 sere that my ? llenr will be absolutely I I ii the crowd. Miss Lillian ! Buck was elected president, Mlml Claudia Hollowell, secretary and treasurer. A flrtp work haft Vttfin done in this district and the parents have as a rule lefit their cooperation to the ef forts of the clever teacher, Miss Clau i dia- Hnllfitvpll whose work, de bating to watch this good work go on, as It Is Raining by Iftaps and bounds. 'Education everywhere la gaining the mastery over Ignorance and the lack of appreciation of knowledge, cr.d cvcry'ffcfy ~*fdds vie tor lea to the fducitlon workers, t TWO I.iVF.I.Y novs. Mr. Joseph F. Tayloe visited the. Daily News office this morning and on entorinp exclaimed. "I wa'tot fr> jymr j palr'o? boys In Beaufort, county." Of course this announcement caused all. from the edltrfj- down to give attention. Standing before ife were Masters Raby and Rao, the 4 -year-old tw)ns of Mr. and Mrs. W- C. Bowen, of Small. \lf ltlng In the ttm*? Ml THEY MADE COOK'S ^ POLMCOl Submitted to Denmark ? *i he New York Times-Prints Re markable Narrative of Two Men \\Vho Say They FabricatecKOb servations of the Explorer. J REASON FOR THElgSoUEAL _ - Nov." York. Dee. 1 ''.?Tin* New York Tiroes presents today Ibe remarkable narratives of two metw made under oath, declaring that they were em ployed by Dr. Frederick A. Cook t? fabricate astronomical and other ob servations for submission to tb?_Unl-.. versity of Copenhagen, which is now about to ijusr .upon Dr. Cook's asser tion that he~dlsc?vered the North Pole on April 21. 19 OS. These inou . - ? arc George H. Dunkle, an insurance broker of 3 1 Nhkmui- street. New York, and Captain August W. Loose, a eca'captain of N<< 4 37 Thirteenth street. Brooklyn. For their labor:; they Vorc to have rcrelved Jointly from Dr. Cook the * sum of ?$4.ooo. with the additional 1 1 ii ii *i s " o i jo captain *;oose upon he acceptance of the v?.?orcls by the L'nlverplty of Copenhagen. They say hal Dr. Cook had paid them only l2G0*w*hen h?* disappeared on the ?ve of the dispatch' of -M* "records" o CopenJif^pen. (wo weeks ago, and iJs failure to pay the rum remaining I ne them, they freely acknowledge, * o be their motive for coming for ward with the story. The Proofs Presented. Accompanying these narratives rill aprear copies of the affidavits of 'apiain Loose-?iid Hr. Dunkle affirm* ng their accuracy, a -fac simile of Dr. ^ook's handwriting. In possession^ lm Times the affidavit of Capt. .oose sweating to the accuracy of the tame. The translation or tli'-.i memo tanda by Dr. Cook teas follows; . "Svartevaag. start Magch. 17-18; itrorig wind ? haze." * "March 30? Observations latl^ide nid longitude? dai4y ob^ervation^Lto ? ; ?-* Vpril 23." Supplies Roughl for Cook. The Tkne* ?l*o prints the follow- ? ? , ng lift Mid'/ *!:e ; ?:?dlng. "What .-*Ai h" siM'idlert to Dr. 7of?k" t r.i, lal!J :.rneejV taken -by Ftars at Anora ?>L and Svrvrtevaag. probably thirty ?1 all. \ ir Diagram* for cotii pass .error and ' ' 1 1 : i \ ai p.o;ntf?. 1 - r .*? Calculations for longitude, about ' ??.?fjtty in all. tl. Sixteen observations as they ?otjld have been -taken at the North Polf#in two sets, eight with depres g'.cn. of Pole considered and eight rlth depression ignored. 7. Powditrh'x coinpletp nautical s. Anflnsens tables for correction ' nf altitudes of Heavenly bodies. .. 0. Ainorir ii: Almanac for several year.-. 1 rt I V-n_t*LI / * 1 At..] D #' Af 1 1* r , TTTttT jt v .1 1'"" (I ft I T7i T ?* Ufl. 11. Three admiralty charts cover ing Smith Sound and the Polar re gions ? Nos. 200. 271 and-^275. 12. One Bliss Almanac of 1908. 13. ' One Negus Almanac of 190J. * Tin.XKfl'S ALMANAC. We ar