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of Commerce Tonight Begins at 8 O'clock. DAILY NEWS Kodarau auterlr wtcj W.VMlNGrON N. C M0 4(Ly AFTERNOON OCTOBER 18 lfift N6.W HUH ?Ug f * ' * " # OPPOSITION TO THE CAUSE IS GROWING LESS, SAYS ONE OP ADVOCATES. MEET TOMORROW mm or the um* n? t km W1H Be Heid Twmtiw Af UnooB 1? CM Room. PUm for Go?ni?g Tew WUI be Di<k-unm] An important meeting of thei Washington Bqual 8uffrsge Club] will W held tomorrow afternoon In1 tha rooms of the club over t^e Cher ry ?tore on Market street. This will be tha flrst meeting of tha aeason of tha local organisation and plans for tka coming year's work will be Several of the members, daring the last few days, here expressed themselves a? being greatly delight ed with the stand that President Wilscfci and members of the cabinet have taken In regard to the suffrage question. One of the leading mem bers of the club. In speaking of the matter this morning, had the fol lowing to say: "We have noticed, right here In Washington, that a decided change has taken place In the attitude that certain prominent cltlseas have en tertained towards suffrage. I know of one man, who has always endeav ored to ridicule our work, but dar ing the last week or so, 1 hear that he haa changed his views consider ably and that he Is aow giving suf frage h la aapport. .?*! ? "We ere planning to stir up even greater Interest In the cause In Washington during ths coming year and 1 believe we will be successful. Wo have some strong supporters to the movement and we believe that by the end of our year's work, op position to equal ingrage will have vanished entirely In Washington. "Wo have just received notice of the Stafe convention of Equal Suf frage Jkooociatlon?, that is to be held held In Ashevllle on October 18, 20 snd SO. This promises to be one of the greatest meetings that women In this 8tate'have ever held. Wash ington will send esveral delegates to the meeting, I am sure." MM CUE High School to Play O IrgUte In [Y ?Citato at Firming PdMu Ouoe Qmm Kxpected. Game to Start at 4 O'clock. The am local football game of ths saason Will be played tomorrow afternoon at Fleming Park when Washington High School vUl moot Washington Collegiate Institut-. The cam? trill be sailed at foar o' clock. The High School team-have al ready. playsd one game this fall, haying met Klnaton last weak. The Institute eleven have not played a game as yet. bat hjkYo been practis ing hard end vare satisfied that they will ba able to pat up a good game against their opponents. The line-up for the Institute will bo as follow^ Tyer, le; Chaney, It; Cutler. Ig; Whitehuret, c; Reapess. rg; Ken nedy, rt; Warren, re; 8awyer, lhb; Pinner, fb; Prye, rhb; wntiamso.i. WONDERFUL RESULTS FROM ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE DAILY NEWS * On? of the local hardware * stores, a few weeks ago, ordered * 14 cross of mops. . When the * articles arrived, the manager * was afraid that be had over * stocked himself. He inserted * several small ads. in the "want" * column of the Daily News. To * day he has less than two dosen * of the mops left. * He state? that he received * Inquiries from all part? of Beau .* fort county and from Martin * and Hyde as well. AH of them -? usually t>egan their tfcttar* or * their conversation with "I saw * your ad. In tke Dally News." PAIGE CAR ATTRACTS MUCH ATTENTION Since the arrival of the new Paige care, J. W. Dalley, who Is the local agent for these machines, has dis posed of several of them and has a number of other sales under way. The car Is attracting much atten tion because of its handsome ap- ? pearance. It caused considerable comment last week when it wv> driven In the big circus parade. NAVAL MpriA MEN PLEASED WITH GAMP Proved Valuable Means of Instruction. Small and Meekins Qualified in Sharpshooter's Course The sixth division. N. C. N. M . under command of Ensign R. W. Small, returned home yeeterday morning from a week's encampment at Camp Glenn, More head City. This was the flrst encampment Of naval militia In the United States and In every way proved a most euoceeeful undertaking. ?II the divisions of the State were present, consisting of Washington, Hertford. Bel haven and Bllshbeth City. The encampment was under; -the command of Adjutant-Genera' j L. W. Toung, Captains Shaw and] %eeman, of the N. C. N. M. and Lieutenant Connor. U. S. N.. Inspec tor-Instructor of the officer? and men. Monday's duties eonslated of pit IDEAL ? Pressing Ctub We do dry cleaning, tad French dry qleifricg. We alao clean Hat? We call for and deliver promptly Our preaa Ing la done entirely with elec tricity. cleaning dono by elec? trio vacuum claaqer. Ladle* Suits and 8klrta a apeclalty. Phone 1MJ. F. O. Weston cblng trata, lasu in g necessary equip ment for the variopa divisions an.! batalion drill, the latter being held in the evening of the day. Tuesday Instruction was given In the use and care of the rifle and alio company drill. Wednesday wai devoted to target practice on the rifle range. Thursday the Waahlngton dlvielon reported for target practice, which eonatated of eaoh man firing ISO shot* at different positions, both rapid and slow flre at S00 yards range. This wae the marksman'* courae and thoee ?coring S00 out of a poaeible 800 wer? qualified to par ticipate in the sharpshooters courae. Thoee who qua'lfled In the marks man'? courae In the Washington dl vielon were Eneign Small, Murray Lanier,' Charles Meekins and Tom Surlee. Thoee who .qualified In the sharpshootera oourse were Bnalgn Small and Charles Meekins. All of the men were wrll pleaeed with the work while In camp. It provtd a valuable meana of Inatruc tlon for the members of the militia. ?XCIitTMVK PICTURE PROGRAM.1 The New Theatre trill offer their I petrom t hI? wrek as olrlatlve pic tare program for the eatlre week with the exception of Thvrpday when they will -6'Ser the beet attraction that bu ever boen t? thle city. That ti the National Grand Opera Com pany, when ther will preeeat "Rl* e:ettfl," an opera that will pleaee atvr o?e that !? * lover of goo4 ?Inn ill. It li pot often that a email tows ot thl? tU? (oti mch ? hlfh TROPICAL HURRICANE DEVASTATES THE SOUTfl FWe hundred person? ar? bell?v?d to Hat* lost th?ir Htm In the tropical hurricane that raged oyer the lowei MlMlBtflppl valley. Tho extent o{ Use tremendous dam see wrougbt has not yet been fully calculated, but probably tas figure will be well orer 9H.MM0O The upper photograpk shows the wreckage of the railway depot and 8t Jr.hns llowlcg club building? alWost End. on Lake Ponichartraln nsar New Orleans. The lower photograph tiicwB the vreck of % ferry boat, bar?? and gasoline boat al the Tngg?r landing on the Mississippi river. lili OIL Kxpei lift Hm Provn Hawouifwl.1 Royatcr Mills at Tarboro to Carry j It Out on a Large Scale. j (By Eastern Press) Rocky Mount, Oct. 18.?The sep aration of oil from the peanut. Is an i experiment being tried b}F cotton oil j mills and is mreting with great sue-1 cess. The decrease of the cotton j crop has added Impetus to the ex-' perlment. for with the reduction of the crop, the production of cotton oil hrfr.BO d'creased. Consequent-, ly It was found necessary to And a t institute. The Royster cotton mills at Tar bpro aro the first to Install the nec essary machinery for carrying on the work on a large scale. They have purohas d over 200 tons of last year's peanut crop. Their work Is being watched with interest on the part of several other mills and it 's predicted that It will not be many years before th? peanut-oil indwrtry will be a large one In this section of the state. It hss been found that peanuts will yield oil to the amount of 60 to 60 gallons to the ton. The oil from a ton of cotton se"d amounts to 47 gallons maximum, and an av erage of 42 gallons. The oil from the peanut, It *&* been found, also brings a better price on the market. HIGHLAND SCHOOL HAS BRIGHT PROSPECTS Year'a Work Proml*? to be Moet Sufemfal. Honor Roll of Pupil* Glrni Out. The, Highland achool hat begun the present term with a larger en rollment and brighter prospect* than at any time before In the hlatory of the achool. Orcat Interest ia being shown, not only by the pupils, but by the parent? as well, and It la be lieved that the year'a work wiV. be highly successful. Following la the bonar roll or the achool, which waa given out today: Pirat grada?Bddle Burroughs, Margaret Leggett, Mary Perry. Ethel Davenport. Kllaabeth Latham, Elis abeth Hodges. Second Grade-~3elma Hodge.-*, Johnnie Burroughs. Third Orado?BUsle Civile. sixth Grade?Alma Leggett. Em ma Leggett, Ophelia Latham. Alma C!t11s. Eighth Orade^ -Frank Leggett. clasa attraction as the National Orand Opora Company and everyone should take advantage of th# oppor tunity to bur Borne great Msfiof. OF DlSCin.ES II PUB MANY DELEGATES PASSED THHOUGH WASHINGTON THIS MORNING FOR THAT CITY. OPENS TONIGHT Sever": Hundred Delegate? Are Ex ported to be Present. An Inter esting Program Ha* Hern Ar ranged for. Many Qpcakera. A large number of delegates from all parts of the State, passed through the city this morning en route for Pantego, where the Stato convention of the Christian church Is to be held this week. The first s. ssion Is to be held tonight. The convention will be In session until ThurrJay night. An interesting program will bo carried out at the convention. A mong the representative ministers who will take part are W. O. Win field. a W. Howard. S. W. Bumrell. J. R. Tingle. J. W. Baldwin, R. L. Topping, H. 8. Carawan, X M. Wat ers, Charles E. Lee, Warren Davla, J. J. Walker. W- O. Lappln, Bernard P Smith, ^nd R. V. Hope. ! Among the topics to be discussed are the preaching and practice of Christian unity, the rural church and the rural community entering unoccupied cities and church exten sion In general. The denomination In North Carolina has its greatest strength in the section from Qolds boro, Rocky Mount snd Wilson to the sea. with one of the strongest churches here in Washington. Several hundred dolegates aro expected to attend the convention. Ample preparation? have been made at Paotego for their accommodation. HALCYON CLUB ARRANGE DANCES The Haleyon Club has prepared a schedale of dances, which will be given la Washington during the next few months. The club la one of the leading soelal organisations in th* city and their dances are always eagerly looked Torward to. Follow ing Is (he schedule which they hnrt prepared: Thursday, October tilth. Tuesday, November 23rd. Tueaday, December tlth. Taeaday, January 4 th. Y^edneiday, April lit*. II C?w to be Tried Include m Ktunber of Interesting Ohm to Local Resident?. Court to Open ?t Eleven O'Clock. Federal court will begin hero to morrow. A number of Interesting cases ore on the docket, prominent among them being the following: Ben Dixon; shooting mall box near Aurora. * Charles Vaughan. of Pitt county; distilling. Luther Alllgood; distilling. P. A. Bdmundson, of Greenville; violating white slave law. Jessie Tuten. distilling. Richard Johnson; distilling. Court will open tomorrow mon lng at eleven o'clock. MANY FROM HERE TO ATTEND FAIR Several Local Resident? Have Al ready (Jikh> and Many More Are IN an ii In k to l>e In Italelgh Thin Week. Washington will be well repre aentrd at the Rtate fair' at Raleigh this week. A number of local resi dent? have already left for the cap ital and others are planning to g.> during the woek. It Is estimated that over a hundred Washlngtonlans will vlow the many attractions at the big fair. The fair this year Is more varied in Ita exhibits and attractions than ever b' fore. Oovernor Locke Craig will make an address at the open ing and will officially Inaugurate the event. In the afternoon the pro gram of the different events will be carried ont. These will Include races, bombardment of forts by Cap tain Worden In his monoplane, num erous free acts, balloon ascensions and many other entertaining fea ture?. FOUR ADDITIONS TO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH A moit successful service *?? held at the Prssbjrterlan church yes terday morning and evening. Large congregation* were In attendance and heard two Interesting i?rmom from the pastor, Rev. H. B. Sea right There were four addition? to the church, three by confession of faith and ona by letter. DaUgms Elected to Synod. Mr. Searlght will attend the Sy nod of North Carolina, which eaa venee In Gastonla on the 10th of this month. J. B. Sparrow was also sleeted delegate to tha convention, with C. M. Brows m altsrsata. I'rrmlu, C'?lllnn for Expftiditorr of Orer WO.OOO Have B?- 'mu?J In lAmt Wwfc 'd ;r>> - ?stern Press) ./ Mount, Oct. IS.?An an nouncement of buKdlng permits, it sued during the last week, was made public this morning and shows that over 160,000 la to be spent In tho croction of new buildings in this city In the near future. Several two and three-story structure? are in the list. One of the principal bulldlnga will be that erected by 8. S. Toler. which will be three stories high and will be occupied by the R. E. Qulnn Furniture Co. Now Odd Fellows' Hum?*. A committee of the local lodge of Odd FeMowa. consiatlng of Mr. Draughan, C. L. Jay, E. Epstein, aod Dr. J. P. Speight, have announc ed that they will receive bids for ?the erection of a new Odd Fellowa'| home, to be three stories high. The 'third floor will be used as ?-lodge room and the second a? a dance hall and auditorium. Arrangementa for the arst floor have not yet been an nounced. It 1? expected that build ing will commence in the near fu ture. DAVE TAYLOE HURT IN GAME Captain If Carolina Team Sum Alms!' Injuries |n Shoulder in Sat urday's Content. At Uic Carolina-Georgetown foot ball gamp In Washington City, Dave Tayloe. a local boy and captain of the Carolina team, was forced to re tire frlm the game, due to injuries received In a line ruah. Tayloe'a injuries are not said to be serious and 1' is not believed that he will be out of the game for any length of tlm*?. lhc Carolina team was defeated! lu faturday'r game 38-0. There are| three local boys on the 8tate eleven: Dave Tayloe. captain, who plays right half; John Tayloe, bis brother, who plays right guard, and Horace Cowell, left guard. BARACA CLASS GROWING FASTI Fifty-three* Men Were Presenf a Meeting Yesterday. Brven New Member** Addwl to t!r Roll. With tli?? olu Haratu roo:?. cntlrH/l inadequate for the la. o number of members, end w h the church audi torium unsu.:able for holding tha' class mootings, 'it now looks ?3 if' the Methodists will either have to build a new church or provide some other suitable quarters for this pop ular class of men. There were 63 persons present it the mealing of the class yesterday morning Seven new members were added to the roll. Increased Inter est Is being displayed dally and the class is steadily continuing to grow bnth In number of members and popularity. It is the largest Tiaraea ! clafig in this section of the State. ' W. M. Kear, the class teacher, IV probably the chief cause for the' growth of the class. He conducts! the lessons In a most interesting | manner and brings out many in - J structive polni? in his remarks. Kveryone, who is not a member, of any other 8unday Hchool clans in the city, la cordially Invited to at tend the class meeting next Sunday morning. Visitors to the city are especially Invited to be present. 8AYS RAKER. We have surely got the goods up on our shelves and everything of the latest styles in photography. It just seems now that we are just getting Into the photographic busi ness for we are carrying Kodaks, films all makes to fit any kodak. We have a picture framing depart ment; can enlarge, copy, make any thing you want from a watch pie tare to life able right here in Wash ington. Don't have to send It a way. I say we are getting Into the photographic business. AH th? I goods we t*rn oat la staple; we don't eater to real cheap stuff. ' BAKBRH STUDIO. F3RT lili T '?MOONLIGHT WHOOLS" TO BE GIN NEXT MONTH. GRK AT INTEREST SHOWN. TAKING CENSUS Tittchor* At Present Engaged in CorapFIng Crtwu* of Illiterate* In the County. Meeting to be Held to Decide on D<4lnlU* IMaiu. Teacher?, Bchoo] committeemen, and various other persons. who are Interested in the "moonlight school" work in lieaufort county, are mak ing arrangements for beginning the work of wiping out illiteracy In this section Great interest Is being taken In the plan and It la hoped that when the work I* ended, the percentage or adult Illiterates in Ecaufort will be reduced from II per cent to two or three. A teacher* and school committee men meeting wi'l be held on the flrst Saturday in November, and at this time definite plans will be decided upon. On the fallowing week, clash es will be h. id in every school <u the county, three n'.ghts a week. County School Superintendent W. CJ. Prlvelte stated this morning that a census of UlltTatcn In the county was being taken arid would be com pleted in about a week. An effort will te made to have all of these at tend the achonl?r. Judging from ad vance Information, a great deal of interest Is being manifested In the "moonlight schools." and It Is be lieved that a large number will at tend. G. C FLOWERS PASSED AWAY Prominent Farmer near Aurora I Med Lnht .Night After lx?ng Illness. Funeral Tomorrow. C. C. Flower*, a protninen' farm er near Aurora, who Is well kn-jwn throughout the entire county, died last night at his home He had Se-1 111 for some time with fever i! m orrhnge resulted in his death. DceraBed was about 4 5 years of age. lie is survived by his wife and sevrrr.l children Funeral service? ?rill be held tomorrow. CilAMBER OF COM. TO MEET TONIGHT WL:I Consider ICe|M>rt of Committee Appointed to Decide Cpon I'Ihum for it Huioker. or Some Similar Event. A meeting of especial Importance will be hvJd by the Ohamb- r of Cointnerrp tonight. ar wlileli all members are urgently requested *o be present. The meeting has been called for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee appoln? ed at the last meeting to formulate plans for a smoker, dinner or some other similar event. This committee held a meeting Inst week and Saturday announced that th< y were ready to make th'i;' report. At tonight's meeting of ilia Chamber th?> matter will be d? ni: ?? ly decided upon All members are requested to a? tend this inp?tlng It will begin promptly at eight o'clock. TO-NIGHT 28th eplROd" of Romune? of Elatn?" 2 Heel*. "Police Dog No. 1" 1 Reel cartoon comedy I?OTHER REEKS?J Price 6410
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