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WASHINGTON N. C SATURDV* MT*RNt>ON OCTOBER 2. IM Na.7t
MKCTIN0 TO BE HHU) TON1QHT
AT WHICH PROJECT WIIjI.
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A BIGEVENT
YcWa Fair will
Krer Held tm
(Special to the Daily New?)
Aurora, Oct. I.?The Aurora Fair
Association, in conjunction with tha
Farmer?' Union, will ma?t in this
elty tonight for the purpose of ar
ranging details In retard to the big
fair that will be held here this fall.
The date of the event, the eecurlng
of exhibit?, the granting of concre
tion?, and other detail? wlU be de
cided apon.
The oomlng fair promisee to b*
the UrfMt and bo t orer held h .re.
Farmer* from all orer thia section?
within a radiu? of twenty mile? and
more?hare announced their inten
tion of haying exhibits of all hind?
on display. All agricultural and
live-stock products will be put oa
exhibition. There will also be floral
difplaya, and other exhibits that go]
to make *p a first-class agricultural
fair. Thooaanda of vlaitors ara ex
pected to attend. Special rataa will
be in effect oyer the Washington 41
Vandemere Railroad and the road
will eo arrange Ite schedule that
visitors may leave Washington, view
{he attractions of the fair, and re-,
turn home the same day.
Many feature attraction?, includ
ing balloon awenstons. aeroplane?,
and many amusement? win be-at the;
fair for "?otartainment of the
visitors. Special arrangements will
be made foa thefr accommodation
daring their stsy here.
Immediately after tonight's meet
tog, the various committees will at
onee begin work on securing exhib
its and booking attraction?.
ULITIH OBE
IS
Training Ship Elfrlda I? Out of
at New Bera. Max.
W99Bm
Contrary to tba announcement
made several days ago, the members
of the North Carolina Naval Militia
will not act eat! on hoard of the
training ahip Rlfrlda, located at New
Bern, and the torpedo boat Foot?,,
located at this port .on October 4th,
for a ten dajra crnine.
The annullment of this cruise was
made whan It was discovered a day
or two ago that the Elfrida, lying
near the foot of Craven street, at
New Bern, had, sprung a leak, was
taking on wfttar rapidly and that
she wan in an unssaworthy condl
?SB??ity i
Adjutant General Laurence Young
was notified of this and he at once
had Governor Craig made applica
tion to Secretary Daniels to allow
the naval militia to go Into camp
at Camp Glenn on October 10th.
Up to the present time nothing
has been heard frem the Secretary
of the Navy but local militia men
are of the opinion that the encamp
ment there will ho ordered and that
tbey will spend Ave day? there be
ing drilled in t*r(*t practice and In
the nss ot their small arms.
BELLMO
DWTOHT?Sc UK) 10c?TOVIOHT
'? will thaw m K.ynton, Comrtjr
"H?R miKND TB? BANDIT"
Broncho Prw?nta W? 8. lUrt
1? "CASH PAMRISHS PAL"
ThanhOttMr
??lailipiisBi
Th. Work ot WMb OMtrored
. 8. Hmrt mti no mwMon
Ton know b!m br
?? will k??ln *
"TH* BLACK
Rt* It. f
Baotmd daughter of tha Secretary of
Labor, W. B. Wilson.
HAVE RECEIVED LARGE
SHIPMENT OF SUITS
Several Hundred New Udlm' Salta
Received at Bower?' Bros.
Today.
Ob? of the largest shipment of
ladles' salts ever sent to Washing
ton, wa* received by Bowers Bros.
A Co. today, and will be ready for
showing Monday. The shipment
consists of several hundred garments
of the lateet style. The store car
ries an Announcement of this ship
ment In their advertisement on page
four of this Issue today.
BLUBS" ARK I&PBOT1NG
TO TAKE THE LEAD1
lili Mute Effort to Overcome Lead
of MRedB" Tomorrow In Bamra
Mw>>uht|i Campaign.
According to advance Information,
the "Bluee" tomorrow will make a
determined effort to overcome the
lead of the "Bede" In the Baracs
membership campaign. It }? re
ported that they have secured tev
J new members who will Join the
clas* tomorrow. The score at pres
ent stands: Blues. 11; Reds, 14.
An lntereetlng lesson will be
taught tomorrow h y W. If. Hear, the
elate leader. A cordial invitation Is
etxonded to everyone to be preeent.
WILL SPEAK HERE
Tb? above 1? a photograph of R?r.
8ldn?7 Lot?, With ona of the tort
he raacned from prleon Hva 7??n
ago Mr. Ijova w|H ?peak at the
court hone? tomorrow afternoon at
three o'clock on Th? DaaghUr
Thoi\ Oareet Me." . 4R
BAYB BAKF.lt.
Did you aver thick when It ???
Ju?t th* right time for you to hare
rour picture ukan. Wall. It t on
never thought of an epeclal tine,
let m? anggeit tkat It b? next Mon
1? *0U will And m? at mr ?tndio
gad pur?: 7 m tbo Job
WILL BE OBSERVED I* ALL 1
'--Z* CITBE8 THROUGHOUT?
THE STATE. V'-!.
v RULES GIVEN
Iaaurmnre CommiMkMMr GIvm Few j
Pointer? on How Maqj Fire* M*y
DwtroywJ Annually.
Sat ur dar. October 9 th la Fire Pre
vention Day, and Insurance Commis
sioner James R. Young 1b taking the
lead in arousing interest In the day
by rarglng local offldlals, teachers
and the public generally to co-oper
ate in an effort to leeson the paat
Are rate In North Carolina. Three
million dollars worth of property la
destroyed annually In this State and
It Is aald at least two thlrda of this
?ante can be prevented If the cltl
sens of the State will exercise cau
tion by heeping an open eye dally
on the .condition of their private
premiere and public bnlldlnga.
Special emphaate la laid on the|
necessity of the co-operation of ev
ery oltlaen by a good clean up of
hla premises on Fire Prevention Day
and of the fact that to prevent so
much loea of life and property by
Ore and to aecure better rates In
this State each must realise that the
main reftponalblllty and effort reats
with the individual. Every day In
the year may be made a fire preven
tion day by observing the following
suggestions of the Insurance Com
missioner:
"Ashes should be kept In metal I
receptacles and never In paper or |
weade? barrels or
"Only rags or waste "shobld
kept In eiandard metal waste canal
and eontenta removed and burned |
each night.
"Rubbish should never be allow-;
ed to accumulate in buildings.
"Gasoline, naptha and other vola-1
tile oils should not be kept In build-]
lngs. ? /
"Gas brackets should have rigid
fixtures; -where necessary to use
?winging brackets all exposed wood
work should be protected with sheet
metal, leaving an air apace. Metal
bells should be p'.aced over gas Jets
on low ceilings.
"Steam pipe? should be kept clear
from all wood and other combusti
ble material.
"Open flue holea should be pro
tected with sheet iron or, better, be
bricked up.
"Electricity, when Improperly in
stalled, la baaardous. lamp cords
should not be hung on nalla or wrap
ped around any piping; paper shades
should never be used. Confer with
your city electrician when changes
are contenf^lated. Do not allow
employees to tamper with electrical
Installations.
"Stove pipe* should be run direct
to brick chimneys and never through
Hoore or partitions; protect boors
tindor and about stoves with brick,
cement, or rfheet metal."
MEW HUDSON CAB?
ARK BEING SHOWN
CtMdft L. C?mm Ha* Ilwdwd New
C ar* of tMa M*kr. Are to ?kj
8wn ?1 Hla Qar?f?.
The new Hudeon c*ra, for which
Claude L Carrow 1? agent In this
and Pitt tountlefl, are attracting
considerable attention on the ?treet a
of the city They are of extremely
handsome deeiffi and Mr. Cerrow al
ready baa eet+^tf aalea In rifwV
Th.ro (a no doubt-but that he will
dlapoae of a number of them IB
Waafclafton dar In* the next few
weoka. y- ?'??? ,?:-Jit*';rv* ?3&\ > ' -
Servlree at 11:0? a. m. and 7:SO
p. m Preecbing by the paetor. Rer.
H. B. Seartght At the morning
service tha aaerament of tba Lord* t
Supper will be obeerrod. Subject
of evening aermon. "1? Ood Either
Deaf or DehdT"
Sunday SeHool at 4:00 p. m. C.
M. nrowa, Jr.. flupt Particular at
tention la celled to Ihe change, la
the hour* of the Bonder Sobool, ?od
or th* etcniof tornee.
The Scottish Rite'temfle at Washington, which baa been in oourae of
construction tor three year* la now completed and ready Cor the dedication
cereaoclaa which will be Mid early la October. The building, wblcb coat
91.t00.000 and la one of the Ineet of Ita kind tn the world, will bo the head
quarters of the aonthern ]urud!rtton of Boottlah Rite Maaona. embracing the
territory aovth of the MaaaapMhon line and all weat of tha MlaetaalppL Tha
tanplo Is located on SlxtS^th street, the capitaTa flnaet boulevard.
PAIR OF SIXES!
WELL RECEIVED
Farce Caned/ Avdtrnoe at
Htm theatr* Um Night. Wm
Well Acted.
That the performance of "A Pair
of Sbtee" at the New Theatre last
night met with the Approval of the
audience, 'we* eh own by the almost
continuous laughter and hearty ap
plause with which the play was re
reclved. It more than came^ up to
the adraace notices that were sent
out regarding It. The actore fttted
into their parta admirably anfe there
was not a weak point In the play.
The various situations were ea
tremely funny. It wm as good
clean oomedy as Jhaa ever been eeea
la this city.
is
Confederate Veteran? to Elect Sue
ceeeor to General Julian 8. Carr
on October Mth.
Members of the Washington Camp
of ' Confederate Veterana have re
ceived from General Julian 8. Carr,
commander of the veterans of North
Carolina, notice of an official call
for a meeting of the delegate? from
the different cimpi, to be held In
Raleigh on October 20 for the pur
pose of electing bis succssor as
head of the organisation.
The official order for the meeting
hi as follows:
'Confederate Reunion, Headquarters
North Carolina Dlvl*!on Confed
crate Veterans. 1
"Genersl Order No. 84.
"Paragraph 1. A meeting of the
duly accredited delegates from the
camps composing the North Caro
lina Division of the United Confed
erate Veterans is hereby called to be
held In the hall of the House of
Representatives at Raleigh at 8 o'
clock p. m . on Wednesday, the 80th
of October. 1816/ for the purpose of
holding the annual election of Com
mander of the division and of each
of the four brigades, and for the
transaction of such other business
aa may then be determined upon.
"Paragraph 8. According to tb?
constitution of the United Confed-j
erate Veteran?, only those delegates!
will be allowed to vote, or have
voice In this meeting, who repreeent
camps that are reported by Adjutant
General lflckle as having paid* their
4?ee it Is hoped (bat there will be
Vf*ll attendance.
"By order of
"JUL!Alf S. CARR.
"LlentAiaut Qeneral.
"H. A. LONDON,
"ArtJt. Gen. and Chief of 8taf."
TICKLRH rmrcjfl BEAR;
i/wm RIOHT THUMB
Ruddle*. Cal.. Oct. 1. -B. T. Wal
M? hot t?h thumb of ki* right hind
Man? h? Uek)*4 a bwt la th? ?Ir
cu? on th? no?#, J;
"NIm HUM b?*r," aald Waloy.
u b? patt?d Ik? rtIM b**r on tha
M. Th* next momtat Ik? kaar'a
WMh Itrlpofd lh* th.mb Walaar.
raallalai that hla ?ho!? hand ara? la
4aag?r. t>r??d hI? (?*t ?faln. t tka
MC? ?od l.t th* t>??J t ?ar of kla
ARMY OF GNATS
AT GREENVILLE
Million? of haccU Visited That City
Lut Night, Com in k Froan No
Ono Knows Wbcn.
(By Eaetern Press)
Greenville, Oct. t.?An army In
vaded Greenville last night; not an
army of Russians, French or Qer
macs, but of millions and millions
of tiny gnat?, that seemed to com
pletely All the air sod practically
suspended traffic of all kinds on the
streets during the evening hours.
No one knows where the army
came from. Shortly after dsrk they
were noticed in Immense swarms a
bout every light In town. In a short
time. It appeared a? if they were
everywhere. Pedestrians, who were
forced to be out on the streets, had
off and plough through
**
This morning the sidewalk? were
covered with the dead gnats. In
some places there was a cruet three
inches deep, where the insects had
beat jthemeelve? to death against
windows and the sides of buildings.
They were of a peculiar type, re
sembling the ordinary flying ants,
although they were pot quite as
'arge. Th^y had white bodies and
wings of a bluish hue.
ENTERS CHURCH. HEARS
PRAYER? FOR HIS SOL'L
'Dead" Man Cmim? Consternation
AinonK Congregation; Thought
Him Suicide.
Poughkoepnie, N. Y.. Oct. 2,?
Andrew O'Brien, 60 years old, re
tcrned after an absence of a week
to And that be watr being mourned
as a suicide, and that prayers were
being offered in 8t. Poter's chcreh
(or th? repose of his soul.
When O'Brien resched the church
there was consternation, and It was
with difficulty that O'Brien con
vinced hI? friends that he wan really
alive. Ho was indignant when he
learned that the body of a man sup
posed to be himself had been flshed
out of the Hudson river and burled
beside that of Mrs. O'Brien, and
that the hradstone was being carved.
O'Brien, who wss working at
Sylvan Lake, heard of the matter
hnd he returned "to square himself
wi()i his friends." On the way to
church he greeted 100 friends, but
none recognised him.
FOOD SITUATION IN MEXICO
CITY IS IMPROVING
Washington, Oct. 2.?Conflicting
reports reached the State Depart
ment on conditions in Mexico City.
The food situation, however, was
reported growing better. There were
reports of unrest among merchants
because of monetary situation,
cause it was said Carransa officials
were preparing to repudiate a large
part of the cerrency In circulation on
the ground that It was counterfeit.
. MR FLETCHER TO PRBAC1H.
Will
Mr ' Pfletcbrr. superintendent of
the Washington Collegiate Institute,
will preach at the Christian church
tomorrow, ewlng t? the sbeeaee of
Ray. R. V. Hope. Mr. Fletcher will
preside ?I both morning and evsa
1ST-? ~ mfl'! ?
MANY ROBBERIES
AT WILLIAMS! ON
Fowdm I>rug Score la
, to Buffer.
Wllllamston, Oct. t.?During (be
early moraine hour?, policeman
Patrick noticed that Saunders ?
Fowden had a new night clerk, who
(or (ear that tome one would eoe
him working so early Sunday, had a
rery dim spark (rom the po?
house to guide him In the selection
of the beat flavored Havana?, etc
The policeman finally decided that
the man waa not In the employ of
the firm, and went around to a tide
window and found It open ^ ac
tion had to be quick ? - -hat1
the Intruder r- . ough
ione o' *' . vne of which
had ?the inside, and so
calU .o awaken some one to come
'out and help him guard the build
ing and trap the burglar. The man
Inside hearing the call, opened one
I of the doors and sprinted up the
street with bullets whlxzing behind
him. In his flight he loat the cigars
taken from the atore.
There Is no clue to his Identity as
Officer Patrick oould not rccoguize
him In the dim light.
Several times recently the drug
store ha? been entered.
Last week the Hoyt Hardware
Company was entered and two pis
tola taken. Some one also entered
the cafe of H. Qurganus A Co., and
carried away several articles.
Ha? Notified Board of Aldermen that
He Cannot Accept Their Prop
ortion for Him to Act ms
Chief of Police?.
Although announcement ?u made
yesterday to the effect that George
Howard would be the new chief >f
polic? in Washington, It developed
t hi? morning that Mr. Howard has I
refused the offer and that Mr. Rob
erts will continue In the capacity of
chief guardian of the peace in this
city.
At the meeting of the board of
city a'.dermen last month, Mr. How
ard was elected as head of the local
polico force, and he acrepted the |
offer made by the city. Later de-l
velopmente. however, caused Mr.
Howard to change hlB mind in re
gard to the mater, and he accord
ingly wrote a letter to the city of
ficials, notifying them that 1? coi <.
not accept their pro;:->sitiGIf
will continue to *vork for th?? Noi
folk Southern t- .he sprrlal rjent
of this road
Gir.L g;:ts co ykvks
*VR MAKING OI'IUM
Sp*'ngll Id, 111., Oct. 2.?Peggy
Meadows was fined $10.000 and
costs In the United States District
Court on a charge of manufacturing
smoking opium. She wan sentenced
to Jail at Bloomlngton until the flu"
Is paid at the rateo f 60 cents for
Is paid at the rate of 60 cents for
the next slxt) years of her life in
jail.
FREE
For Today Only
We Will due
T
Checks
For 25c
Two Cigars or
Two Glasses of
Soda Free.
IRE PALIS
ENGLAND HAS
MILLION AT
THE FRONT
KOIXD MILLION BRITISHERS IX
FRANCE. FIGHTING AGAINST
TEUTON?.
500,000 MORE
Will Moke IncrtHwe In the Nov
Future. French Continue Attack
Against (k-niiwu With Huoceaa.
Teutonic Gain lu Ra?t in Mow.
London. Oct. 2.?The Brltlih
forces now in France are estimated
at a round million men, which will
be Increased by 600,000. Dally
lengthening of the obituary columns
of the London newspapers 1? begin
ning to measure the price paid by
the British for their recent offen
sive.
French Continue Winning.
Pressing of the general offensive
movem nt by the allies on the
western front has resulted in fur
ther progress for them In the Artoia
region in Northern France. Suc
cesses In this sector, where the flght
?^r ihe Important towns of Lens,
wjih its radiating railways. Is being
waged, were won by means of hand
Grenade attacks, 'according to to
day's statement by the Paris war
off CP.
in the Champagne district, where
the French have made notable ad
vances sine-"? Saturday, German
counter-attacks were checked near
Malsor.8 de Champagne, the French
statement announces.
Violent bombardment of French
tr- nches north of the Alane, near
Souplr, is reported, the Germans,
however, making no Infantry attack.
Teutonic lYogre?? Alow.
On the eastern front the Teutonic
progress Is slower In most sectors
and has been checked altogether In
others. according to the latest re
port from Petrograd.
Von Hlndenburg's force? have
made little headway against Dvlnsk.
In Volhynia the Russians are fight
ing hard, but so far unsuccessfully,
to regain possession of the fortress
es of Lutsk.
Bulgarian Entrenching.
Keports have bpen received In
Italy thai the Bulgarians are en
trenching ail along the Serbian
frontier, protecting the entrench
ments with barbed wire entangle
??lentB, and that clashes between
Bulgarians and Serbians on the bor
Jrr already have occurred.
HITS LOCAL
EDITOH HARD
(Jmtivlllc Rrflrrlor 4'omctt Out with
Stroitc Statement AK'Innt tJi?
Washington rrop*??.
In today's issue of the Greenville
Reflector, there appears a rather
strong statement against thr Wash
ington Progress, which reads as
follows:
"The editor of the Washington
Progress ways that he would not al
!ow us to tutor his hound-pup. much
less himself. If the hound-pup In
question Jb not endowed with more
brains than his owner, poisoning I?
tli* thing -not tutoring."
A strike of nil skll'ed Kngllvh
workmen employed at the Govern
ment docks, shipyards and munition?
factories Is threatened unless wage?