ertisements of Merchants Offering Special Bargains DAILY NEWS toalfbt. Kniutu uaUclr v? , * ASmWGTOW N. c THURSDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBEB 14 IW* No. M um IIS (USE lili JUDGE BOND REVERSED III OP1WJOS or tat PLACING HIM ON SALARY. MUST PAY $600 ?? Ab??ti( Cornered Act to Vw H. Should Receive Half UK. Feee la Ceeee to Which KoJ vemt Defendant* Paid Coata. Raleigh, Oct. 14?Solicitor chaa. L. Abernethy loot hla caaa before the Supreme court yeelerday when Judge Bond via reversed la the cou ?tructlon of a legislative act placing him upoa a aalarj baali In Pitt eouoly and the county commission ers appealed. The oaae waa Intensely Intonat ing and aettied by a par enrtam opinion which originally wolld hare been short bat Involved ao many polnta that Judge Walker want Into avoir phaae of It and left tha prov ocating attorney without lagal lega. Tha 1118 general aaaembly pass ed an act authorising and empower-. Ing the treasurer of Pitt county to| pay to the ?olleltor a salary of 96SO. "In lien of fee? now provide? by law. which the seld solicitor would receive from Ume to time from the county of Pitt on account of con t vlctlons In the criminal, courts of said county." Solicitor Abernsthy construed the act to mean that he ahonld receive half the feee In oases in which sol vent defendant? paid tha coets in eddltloe to receiving the 9100 sal ary. He gave to the senator and the repreeeatativee mho declared that they had agreed with Mr. Aber aethy that tha feee should be rif sola compensation e?d that an ISW1 In oonfllct With the new act should be repealed. Msc Abernethy accord ed to them the right to understand him aa they did but pointed to the printed word of the act to Justify his reading of the law. On this the court screed without dissent and that was that the solicitor, and the Judge Aid not read understaadlng fc ',7 Mr. Abernethy drclared that prior to the act he drew from It.100 to . 91.000. fsonf?Ptttlnteee and that whatever the oopatructlon Pitt would he gainer In the arrangement As a matter of good faith he was will ing to have the court construe the net null and void. The eoart opinion written by Judge Wnlker begins by excluding all eonHMJng testimony between the legislators and the solicitor and an nounoee that Its Judgment Is not* baaed upon any extraneous testi rnony. "We have not conaldered them at git and It la not within our province or Juriedlelloa to oeastrus afutae by such egtrs neons sen t ter, /Judge Walner eays. T?fe eoart could not take Into account the collective intent of the I eg isle tore It holds. The case Is revcreW h?d the solici tor pays the coat? Yon are hereby requested .to as semble at the city Hall tomorrow afternoM at 1:90 for the purpose of attending the funeral of*Tlnr late ex-Chief I. 0. Chaunoey. He has been our most enthuelestlc and sealous fireman for the put forty rears, and ne a body we deelre to pay our last sad respect to his mem ory. O. M. WtNTIBLD, Chief lire Department. I ink gets sUUf J ?r ees >e< by the aettea of th. ?repe of vinegar pal las "*?* * M to On keep the ?1 hs> HER OMAPUN TONIGHT A* THK BELLMO KBY8TONB COMEDY la I parte "A LOVER'S LOST CONTROL" Reliance?"The Bride of the Set "THE BLACK BOX" I WfM KMT WEEK is ust n m HIS K MERCHANTS STILL HAVE MANY BARGAINS TO OFFER LOCAL SHOPPERS. ? A bigT?uccess Biff Ikwuk? la Trade This Week. All Stores Are Dolnfl L'manual Amount of Business In Clothing | for Men and Women. You have been taught In your youth, you have hoard repeatedly, you hare read the advice of older heads that have traveled the stol pnih* of life, you have learned your self, and you know now. that cheerful, smiling countenance, apparent light heart In the face of1 sorrow and disappointment, no mat-| ter how difficult It may be, will over cotae a multitude of upseta, worries and troubles. You h*ye learned, or should have learned ere nothat smiles and laughter/no matter how hard It may be to bring them to the fore In the face of distress, will surmount the most heart-breaking obstacles. In other words. If you put up a brave, checrful front, never letting the world know that you aro down, you have accomplished half in retrieving your lost ground and have put a decided "crimp" In dark, dismal failure. Why not apply this lesson to your habits of dress, which Is just as much s part of your ap pearance as the character displayed In your face? It Is fifty per cent of what you seem to others. And "smiling" apparel is fifty per cent easier to accomplish In the face of difficulties than a smiling counten anco. "Grin and bear It" is a maxim that's a thousand years youug. and has discomfited many a triumphing enemy. Put a bit of "grin" In the clothes upon your back,' brother. Don a "cheerful, pleasant" coat, and see how much easier you will And the paths to suc&ss. Be Just as "happy "In your attire as you are .in heast and soul, snd see how much happier you will rsally be. You have read^for the past few days how the merchants of Wash-| lngton are conducting a campaign for "hotter dress." It ts but the sn^U ramification of a nation-wide movement of American merchants, aided by the efforts of all worthy cltlsens. to put the "smile" Into the dally garments of real, live Ameri cans. They have realised the bene fits to be derived from putting up your best appearance at all . times, not sorely because of the benefits to themselves, but because they have made a study of the business, and by aiding you they know that th^y naturally aid themselves. We *11 prosper together. That Is the reason of DRE38 UP WEEK which began Monday and will continue until Saturdsy. You must supply the sparkle In your eyo, the smile upon your lips, snd the sunshine In your heart. \ Th*y will show you how to put the warmth, the sunlight, the welcome* in your garments. Dress up your apparel and your disposition, and succeed with the merchants of Washington. WASHINGTON TO PLA1 KINSTON Football (jamo Will Take PCace Fri day Afternoon. To be rCayrd 1 ,* at Ktastott, The Washington High School foot ball team will play the Klnston Highs at*- the letter's grounds Fri day afternoon. This will be the .ftrst gsme of the series for the local teem, the fane with Wfnterttll*. | which was to have been played last week, having been cancelled. ?Klnpton jia reported {*? bstfc a strong team, and an excitlag contest I? expected. ? >?, A special communication of Orr Lodge No. 16? A. 9. A A. M Is hereby sailed for t^ils evening at 7:SO for the purpose of Making th? neo'ssery arrangement* for the fu neral of our lat? Bro. J. O. Chaun euy, By ordsr of the W. M. o. M. WIWllbD, Bit CMS GIGANTIC PARATHC OX CITY 8THKKT8 TOMORKOW MORN ING AT TRN O'CLOCK. LARGE CROWDS Kx pooled That Hundred? of Out-of Town Visitor* Will Be In Wash ington Tomorrow to View the Munjr Attract!00? Here. ^ The red wagons come tomorrow.! Three ?pecial trains will arrive In Washington early tomorrow morn leg from Ktnston over the Norfolk Southern. Aboard will be the par aphernalia and equipment for two performances. The circus specials will arrive thirty minutes apart according to the .schedule given out yesterday morning by railroad officials. Half a hundred clowns from mirth land's fertile field have been assem bled this season by the management of the Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace Cirl cus, which comes to Washington o?f Friday for performancea at 2 and 9 p. m., and a three-mile long street parade at 10 o'clock in the morn ing. One of the most Interesting of these clowns is Arthur Borella, known the world over as the "Here's Me" clown. This is Borella's trade mark, and for twenty years it has been his slogan and by-word. When ever he appears on the hippodrome track he shouts these words. Little tots know him, for he has inveigls4 cheer and happiness into the hearts Of millions of them. Oeneath Borella's make-up of vermilion nod white "HI?r? tr n. so^ her face that on a down-town street corner one would pick for a banker or business man. He dresses neat ly. and there is an air of polish and b aring in his manners which stand? in vivid contrast to the foolishly funny fellow who c&vorts about In the big arena tent, working the flap sticks and making fire crackers do their full duty. Mr. Borella Is the originator of many clown novelties. He Is the first person 'to oi^ccesj'uly intro duce baseball pantomime, and It was ho who conceived ths idea of having a goose follow htm about the track on a supposed trip ?0 the frontier as a soldier. This season Borella has a burlesque which he calls "Chicken,1w and it promises to bresk all records as a laugh-dispen ser and a grouch-chaser. Arthur Borella Is the highest paid clown In the World. HIS salary 14 $600 per week 4nd all expense*. Only once In all the history of eir I cus was this eclipsed* and this. was by the immortal Dan Rice, who once 'received a salary of f 1,000 per >Mt *\ The parade tomorrow morning will be along the following route: Leave Fleming park, turn Jnto (Washington street to Second street. . pown Second to Market. Along! Market to Main. Up Main to Pierce.| I Pierce to Second and back to Flein Ing Park. MULE AND BUGGY WERE STOLEN Property of L. L. Smith. Were Tak en Out of I Aft In Rear of Wat non Hardware Co. Yester day Evening. J Between six-thirty and seven 0' eloel yesterday evening, ^someone ?tole a mule and bufgy belonging to L. t Smith out of the lnt In tho rear of the Watson Hardvars Co. Mr. Smith lives about five mr.6s out In the country and had left the.ve hicle In the lot while he attended 'to some business matters In the city. *, It Is claimed that a "turnout, sim ilar In deecrlptlo* to th*t which was stekn, was seen going over the county^brldge at.about seven o'clock! yesterday evening. The police have notified Of Mr. Smith's lom, snd are working on the esse. A de scription of the mole and buggy tp prars In na advertisement I p another psrt of todtr'R paper. . . g ? SMASHED BY A ZEPPELIN BOMB What the bombs dropped from the Qermnn Zeppelins In their recent raids oyer London did to tho buildings where tbey fell la well illustrated by this photograph of a house In Shakespeare road, badly wrecked and seem ingly about to oohapse. BUSY SESSION FOR RECORDER Gambitu?, Speeding. Intoxication, R?UlliB| and Other Offenari Ar? Punished. The recorder had a busy session j yesterday and a number of cas?3 were disposed of. Dave Lctham, Joe Oriffln. Charted' Easton and Henry Sealer, all color ed, were found guilty of gambling and were fired 95 with the cost di vided an. on g them. Wiley ?fillff, George Manning. Warren Cranley and Fred Johnson were found guilty of leaving their transfer* on Main street for too long a period or time. They were fined costs Jones Clark, for speeding, was fined $2 and costs. Will Harvey, intoxicated, wa9 fined costs. Tor? Colons. colored, for retailing wa* found guilty Sentence will be pronornred rt?. this afternoon's ies kion of ccurt MIKM MCIIOIjHON* 1JECOMKS BRIDE OF MRV WASHHl'HNK! Mart iim?< C< rcinony Took Place This Noon at Hwnc of fhc Bride's Parents, Dr. and Mrs. 8. T. NlrlioNon. Today at high noon at their home Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Timothy Nich olson Rave In marriage their daugh ter Carlotta to Mr. Harold Jewell Washburne. Rev. E. M. Snipes, pastor of the Method1** ch?rch. of ficiating. The bride's attendants were her nieccs. little Mlssee Carolyn Carter and Josephine Nicholson, her neph ew, Master Louis Mann, and M'.t*es Bernlce Nicholson and Mary Hill. Mr. Washburne had as his bpst man Mr. Phil Ould, of Sooth Boston. V* Immediately after the ceremony a .buffet breakfast was served the wedding guests, and Mr. and Mrs. Washburne left In their, car for a ,1 Taken 111 at Conference at Rober-! hc ii vil It- and l>led Ten Minutes Later. Well Kmmn llere. Robersonville, Oct. 14.?Dr. R. M. Johnson, of Scotland Neck, one of the leading citizens and philan thropist* of eastern North Carolina and vice moderator of the Roanoke Baptist association in session here, died yesterday afternoon following an attack of acute indigestion. Dr. Johnson read the report on < the Thomasvllle orphanage and de livered a brief address. Then taking th? chair as moderator, Archibald Johnson wan addressing the asso ciation when Dr. Johnson left the platfornyand quietly entered a side room of the church. Immediately a request was made for a physician but none being present an automo bile was rushed after ode. In 10 minutes aftpr leaving the platform Dr. Johnson was dead. The an | nouncement made to the association was Immediately followed by ad journment. Dr. Johnson was for 20 years the co-vrorker of the late Noah Biggs, of Scotland Neck, and a leading 'worker In the Baptist denomination. The remains were taken to Scotland, Ncck tonight. Dr. Johnson was apparently in , Uprfect health and was happily ban tering Archibald Johnson a fc* min utes before his death. tour of New York and Canada. After Drcember the first they will he at home in Washington, N. C. The out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Washburne. of Gssln ing, N. Y., parents of the groom;' Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Taylor, of Ham-' ilton; Miss Rllxabeth Duncan, of, Raleigh. Mary Nicholson, of Bath, and Isabel Parker, of Plnetown. C 'ULHJU TASTE RYSTAL ICE CREAM -V* ?ATA THE POPULAR PI.AVOIIM It is Fine. Especially Our* Scuppernong Grape Cream. ?try rr CryetaJ Ice Cotopany PHONE H WASHINGTON. N. C , C. C INKI PASSED AWAY OM K?rfv News of his death will be learned with the deep est regret on the part of his many friends In this section of the State. He Is survived by hie brother. Wil liam Chauncey, and a number of more distant relatives. Pallbearers will be as follows: Active?F. W. Ayers, W. 8. Frizzle, S. C. Carty, Geo. T. Leach. C. F Banv the farmer*. County N Hos ftcanf-rt 3.210 Bruns1. !ck 335 Craven 982 Dufl n 11" Edg com be 6 Greene 435 Halifax 2.293 Gates art in 866 Nash 1"?8 New Hanover . - - 44 Pasquotank 274 Pitt 1.570 Wilson 179 Total lf>.77rj The work In Beaufort county 1? under the supervision of County Demonstrator J. F. Latham Mr. Latham has be??n highly successful In his work and has met with clon< co-operatlon on the part"of the far mers. . O RAX O OPERA COMING. The great struggle for supremacy serosa the water has b'en the cause of sending to our shore? many of the greatest artists In the realms jf grand opera, among which Is the entire National Opera Company from the National Theatre, Rome, Italy, an organisation that for many years has been the apple of the eye of King Victor and the Royal family, who have been Its first patrons. The costumes and scenery ar<* all that the opera requires for a per fect setting, and a performance of marked artistic perfection may be looked for. re ^ | The subscription sal? of aeafa b?f shown that much Interest I? being manifested In the engagement, and It Is doubtful If there will be many pf the higher price seats left when the regular advance sate opens. CIRCUS lar IBS SEMIS ANNOUNCED THAT HCLGARIl HAS DKt'LARED WAR AC*AI\ST SERHIA. GREECE NEUTRAL I I* St 11 Maintaining Attitude of Armed Neutrality. Mule Devel opment lu Various TlieutrCM of War Loudon. Oct. 14.?It 5? unofficial ly announced that Bulnarla has de clared war on Serbia. Already Bul garian troopi have advanced ?o the attack on the Serbian llunk. News regard.np the pro^-rea* of the fight ing was lackirg this forenoon. Urwit' Still Neutral. Greece is maintaining her attitude I of arm d neutrality. Athens advices state that the Greek government docs not consider the existing sit uation a purely Balkan naffir, and that therefore. Greet"* la not boun.l h> her treaty with Serbia to come to the latter ? aid. Teutonic Advunce Progresses. The T utonic advance in Serbia .rrnth of the Danube is admittedly rtogr-ssiuK. although apparently with no great sped. The Serbians assert that the attacks on the Save front arc b ing repulsed. despite the use of the heaviest artillery by the Teuton*. From Hie Dardanelles the only re rent reports arc from the Turkish B.de. recounting minor successes. Reekie on < on* crlption. A definite decision lor ir against conscription in Great Britain may be made at today's meeting of the British cabinet. Slu* <.e^i i an ShipH. T5Htish submarines ar? making inroads upon German commerce In the Baltic Five steamers have been sunk, the latest reported being the Walter Leonhardt, of 1,261 tons. MR. GAY TO TAKE UP NEW DUTIES Wit] Refill Monday to Work as Field Secretary of tl?e Saloon League. Continue : rricOs ?s Pa#t*T. Rev, R L. Gay. pastor of the Baptist church of this cHv. will as sume his'duties as field secretary of the Anti-Saloon League next Mon day Mr. Gay will continue to fill the pulpit of the Baptist church at Sunday services, however, until November first. In speaking of his new duties th'a morning. Mr (lay stated that aln work would consL-i principally lu lecturing throughout the State on the m on- rigid enforcement of the State llquir laws and ol*o advocat ing national prohibition. He is en thusiastic about hi# work and Is confident that the efTorts of the Anti-Saloon league will meet with great succesr throughout the coun try WILL IIOI.R TRAIX FOR CIKCt'K CROWDS T II. Meyrs. IocjiI agent of the Norfolk Southern. anno inced this morning that the tralv to Kelhaven tomorrow afternoon wo1 '<1 bo held here iitil 4:4.ri. Instead isf leaving at three o'clock. In order to accommo date the crowds who desire to at tend the circus in this city tomor row afternoon.