rhis is "Press-Up Week" in Washington. Read the advertisements of Merchants Offering Special Bargains ASHINGTON DAILY NEWS = tM WEATHER?(hMnllr Wt tonight. Mod*rmte lilt irlT th. .7 - WASHINGTON N. C.J FRIDAT AFTERNOON OCTOBER 15 IHS No. 87 LOCAL MARKET IS MAKING A GOOD SHOWING IN AMOUNT - OF WEED SOLD. EIGHTHON LIST Is Selling Mor? Tobacco Than Many of the Othar Marketa In tbe State Ttiat Hare Been Established fori Loafer Period of Time. That the Washington tobacco market la one of the leading mar? kets In the State, despite the fact that this is the third rear that the warehouses here have been open. Is evidenced by the fact that nearly a million pounds of the weed were disposed of here during the month of September, only eight markets in the State, and each one of them es tablished for years, surpassing the local market In the amount of to bacco sold. More tobacco was Sold In Wash ington last month than at Goldsboro or LaGrange and at both of these places the warehouses hare been In operation for years. Winston-Salem on# of the leading markets In the StAte, also fall behind the local mar ket. The following Is a list of the var ious markets in the State that have sold over 600,000 pounds. Towns Pounds sold Wilson .. .. 7,017,148 GreenvlUe 4.587.878 Rocky Mount .. .. .. ..3.309.717 Klnaton 3.309,717 8mithfield '. .. ..1,681.008 Farm vl lie 1,463.686 Fairmont 968,865 New Bern 965.767 Washington 9 6 4."2 4 5 I .?Grange 926,825 Warsaw .7- 900,014 Wallaee 872.110 Goldsboro 722,884 Winston-Sal' m .. .. 717,610 Wllllamston 660.052 Snow Hill 641,614 RobersonviUe 684,946 Plnetops . . .. M .. .. 602.968 Fair Bluff 642.859 LUMBER IS OPENING UP Local Men Declare That Conditions In Lumber Buninean Are Im proving Rapidly. y The demand for lumber is grow ing, according to managers of local mills. The market is opening up rapidly and much optimism is felt over the outlook. ? Immediately following the out break of the war many mills were closed down, and the trade was harder hit than any other line In this part of the country. Turks Capture Hoetlle Airmen. Berlin, Oct. 16.?An official com munication from Constantinople saya the Turka have ahot down a hostile aircraft east of B! Arlah. TWO RUSSIAN BARONS HERE Baroni Jacques and Richard de 8tackelberg. ions of Baron and Baron eu de Stackelberg of Russia. photo graphed in "New York on their arrival for a grand tour of America. IL PLAY Kill Although Team i* Lighter Than Last SoaAon, Washington Boys Confident o/ Victory. (Special Correspondent) The local football team is look ing forward with keen interest to today'a football team with Klnston. The boys have been getting In some good work durlug the last three or four weeks and are in fairly good shape for th,o contest. The team this year la very light and-composed mostly of . new men. In spite of this, however, they be lieve they will bo able to defend the reputation won by W. H. S. in for i mer years. ? | Klnston . ha? an exceptionally good team this year and a hotly contested game is expected today. Following la the Une-up of the local boys for today's garne: Center?James McKeel. Quarter-back?Edward Fnrb** Left Half-back?Armstead Hui nell. High Half-back?Clay Carter. Full-back?Rhonda Ricks. Left End?Mac Whealton. Left Tackle?Jo? Wilkinson. Left Guard?Bruee Tankard. Right Guard?Solomon Everett. Right Tackle?Robert Cole. Right End?Jack Meekin*. Substitutes?Seth Cordon and John Johnson. The boys were accompanied on their trip today by C. L. MIdcap. COTTONSEED SELL FOR FIFTY DOLLARS A TON Montgomery, Ala.. Oct. 16-?Cot tonseed for the flrst time In Ala bama's history sold today for $50 a ton. This price was offered and paid by several concerns, but prospects for further record prices *iept most of the-planters from offering tkclr seed. "THIS IS THE LIFE" SINGS THE FAMER Correspondent Tells ol Joys of the Country as Coir pared to City life in Washington. (Tli? following fa part of the cor reapondence ??nt ua today from Big Swamp. W? aro giving it apeclal prominence on account of tba ex cellent ld<*a* it aeta forth.?Ed.) I reckon that tlia city people think that they aee lot* of pleaaure rid ing around ali th? enmmer doing hut very little work hut they don't know what pleaaure it. |f they would come out dn' th? farm on? year In early aprlng and help to prepare th* aoil and t baa halp to plant the crop Mid cultivate It and then to houae It?eapecldlly tobac co?and get gummy to their eyea and ?till enjoying the freah air and ?unahliie, they could tben begin to realise what plrasrare h. ? The bent of It la to have good old fried ham and corn bread for break fast, a pot of peas and yam potato?? for dinner, and a pan of vice bin cult and home-made butter for sap per along with a few glasses of sweet milk. That Is what 1 call living like a king. And when hul? by comes hi to bis meals he know/ that his wife did the cooking and 70? kn#w he can eat It with a much bettor stomach than If a colored woman had oooked It. So. tako everything in etfasldero lion, I think we farmers have got tho city -people skluced a rol!e a* we take o?f work at a pleasure. ?MRS. W. 0 W. CIRCUS NT BIG PARADE THIS MORNING WAS WITNESSED BY HUN DREDS OP PEOPLE. 2 SHOWS TODAY Afternoon Performance Will Open at 8 O'Clock and Evening Per* forauincr at S. Doom of 8ho?v to Open Hour Earlier. "Ta-ra-ra-ra!" "Here they come!" "Oh, mamma! Look at the funnv cow with a tall-on each end!" "He/, Jimmy! Look at de clown!" "Ta-ra-ra-ra!" "Mamma, Willie swiped me pea nuts!" "Popcorn! Balloons! Hot Pef nuUr!" "Quit yer ehovin'!" "Mamma, glmm? another nickel; I want a balloon!" "Ta-ra?-ra-ra!" And the big parade,?a stupen dous and awe-inspiring conglomera tion of world-famous and unparall eled attractions, all of whom and which have appeared before ths crowned heads of Europe.?passe1 on up Main street. And as It pass ed, hundreds of eager cltlsene?all kids?stood on the sidewalk, cheer ed. clapped their hands and roarel with laughter. It was some pee-rade! It looked lik<5 old times hero to day. The circus attracted thous ands to the city from half a dozen counties. Excursion rates on all the railroads Induced hundreds to come, and a big part of tbe population of Beaufort and adjoining counties tilled Main street. Toy balloons and the like were.i^ evidence, rura blacks wandered,.aimlessly around and negro chlldreif and dogs were gleefully present in droves. The soda fountains and the res taurants did a fine business. Flvi fishes and five loavr8 nor one hun dred times as many could feed those hungry throats, for many a man, | woman and child had left their homesi n the country breakfastles?.*! At daybreak a majority of the small boys and young darkleB in the city were on the Norfolk Southern yards to itee the big curcus unload. The minority left at home must have been pitifully small. Every small boy and every. darky wanted to help In some way, but few "comp" ticket? .came their way. The show men wanted to water the elephants themselves. Incidentally the H.-W. circus, is by far the largest that ever came to Washington. There were 400 performers in the afternooi^. performance, and the whole bill without a single cut, will bo repeated this evening at 8 o' clock. The door tonight will be | opened at 7, so that patrons may [have a whole hour for the big Ha genbeck menagerie and tho band concert which is a feature of the show. SNAKE CAME IN TO SEE CIRCUS Wan Hern Slowly Meandering Along S Main Htrcrt I<*?t Night. When the circus corn's to town, we usually expect to see a large I number of persons come In from the MUtrjr. They came, alright, but ??onethlng else came with them. Last night, In front of Styron'e store on Main street. Mr. Morris, advertising manager for J. K. Hoyt't ?tore, noticed a large King snake, about three and a half feet long, ilowty proceeding along Main street. Mr: Morris attracted tbe snake's at tention and It said "C-e-c-clrcue-a-e!" Juet as plain! However, a number of negroes appeared on the scene Just about that time and thc|m* Hanging from Limb of a Tree and Wantod to Hee How It Would Feel to Have it Around His Neck. He Found Out. (By Eastern Press) Kinston, Oct. 15.?George Albert Jones. Jr.. of Snow Hill, almost kill ed himself by hanging, according to an account by his father. Georg Albert Jones. Sr.. an editor o.' thru town, here today. Young Jtin' B wis -ie guest of in auto owner who loi?c i:lro fer a ri? I ? While thr tnac'.1 :ie vvm Mnp.' il ant! the lirat \ as iv. men >rily engaged at so.i.ethli ' eh . the youth's wan dering gaar fastrr.ed upon a limb overhec, 1 from which was suspend ed a ropu with lis end In a halter He put the halter over his head. "Just to see how It would feel," having to pull down the branch for the purpose. The noose adjusted "comfortably," the young man turn ed the branch loose and was jerked six or eight feet into the air. Ills predicament was discovered In the nlek of time and he was cut down unconscious. It took some time to resuscitate him. Editor Jones today had 'his to say of the occurrenc ? in his paper: "The son of this religious guide, Mr. O. A. Joiior. Jr.. came near joining St. Peter's choir recently The story follows, after which is stated: "It la said the shoemaker's wife la without shoes, and the doctor's wife without cures, and so, the wis dom of the Square Deal editor, like the prophet's honor. Is at low ebb In his own home." '1 had warned the dod-ratted ras cal that he'd be hanged some day," Mr. Jones said In commenting up on the affair. AMERICANS TO FEED 2,000,000 BELGIANS The Hague, via London. Oct. IB. ?The chief of the O? rman army staff In the east and west Flandera none of operations announces that an arrangement for the provisioning of about two million Belgian civil ian? In that district has been eon eluded with the American relief commission. In the place of oats and rf* the joermans will famish the eoriml* slon with whont. "GOOD TASTF," Crystal ice cream ?AM. THR rOPIlUR FLAVORS It is Fine. Especially Our Scuppernong Grape Cream. ?TRY IT Crystal Ice Company PHONE 83 WASHINGTON. N. C. BRITISH ARE UK t (LIN REPORTS THAT FIERCE ATTACKS HAVE BEEN REPULSED. AID BALKANS Given Out ThAt Italy nad Kim Miami Will Aid Their Balkan A Ilir? to Withstand the Attempted Inva? jf the Teutonic Forrnt, JP. London. Oct. 10?The British have made h general attack along nearly iho entire front from Ypres in Belgium to Loos In Northern France, the German war office an nounced today. It declare? that all the attack? failed. * The line of the reported new at tack extends for more than twenty five mile.? If it proves to be a con certed offenblve movement it repre sents one of the moat extensive that the British have undertaken. The attack was accompanied by a boiuburdnu-nt of th>* Belgian coast. Italy to Take Part. Paly probably will lake part In the allied movement in the Uaikans. Rene Vivtani, the French premier, told the French senat'' today. That Russia would partlcipiUc In the Balkan operations of the allies al ready had been announced by Premier Vivian!. Sir Edward Grey in the Bntl.?h huu8> of commons to day made a similar announcement, Maying that the Russian troops would be sent as soon a;* they were available. Russian.?- Aid Unikati*. A possible clue to the methods by which Russia may join her allies in Balkan warfare i? furnished by a Bucharest newspaper. wh4ch stales that Russian troops have been withdrawn front Bessarabia, and are being concentrated at Odessa for a movement against Bulgarian Black Sea ports. Heavy Fight ing in France. Violent artillery Aghtlng con tinue? in the Souchez rerion in Northern France, where IV* Ger mans recently penetrated .ome of rhe trenches in the Giveneliy woods A-hlch ihey had previously lOBt to .1:? French Today's statf*ment by Paris war office mentions par c.. ar y se v re actions between K .jrhez and Gitehchy to the north Wfcot of lull S'o HO. In the Champagne a German at tack to the west of Tab lire was checked by artillery fire, llie French report assert?. The French rear lines in the Champagne district have been subj'cted to asphyxiating bomb attacks. It is declared. I .Martial law In partial form has been proclaimed in the Hague, the measure affecting workmen in trades furnishing military supplies In Holland, compelling these work era to obtain military permits to go to other district*. Serbian Reslntanre Severe. S rttlan resistance south of the Danube is described in the current Austrian war ofllcr sta'cment as "most severe " The Austrian attach* however, are reported as everywhere progressing The Serbians^ c?unte attaeks are declared ?o h?ve b"en repulsed wllh heavy loss* s John Hose, of Mount Airy, prob ably will lose |ho vl^rRl in both eyes as the result of molten lead flying into his face today.