EDMONSON
BOND AT
(1,000
,
GRAND JURY COULD NOT AGREE
ON BILL AGAINST FORMER
GREENVILLE BANKER.
ANOTHER TRIAL
Caee WW B? Takea Up at Some
Other Tfrm of Court. Ell* worth
Thompson May Also Be Tried
Again la Federal Court.
The grand Jury in the Federal
court yesterday announced that they
could not agree on a hill against F.
A. Edmondeon, the former banker
of Greenville, vho la charged with
violating the white slave act. Kd
mondson haa been placed under a
$1,000 bond and hie case will be
taken up at some other term of Fed
eral court.
This case was one of the moat in
teresting on the docket of the court
thtar week and haa attracted consid
erable attention throughout this sec
tion of (he State. There la no doubt
that had the caae "Bee fa brought up
for trial Friday morning, aa was
giveu out yesterday morning, the
court room would hare been packed
to the doors with the largest crowd
that ever attended a trial In the
Federal building.
Thompson Not Free.
It was alao given out this morn
ingg that Ellsworth Thompson, the
young man from Belhaven, who la
charged with sending obscene majp
* ter through the malls, is not throttflft
with the law, in spite of the faet
that the grand Jury found no true
bill X*1n? him It U highly frOb*
able that thte matter will be takaa
up In another court.
CHILD DIES
FROM EATING
MATCH HEADS
i.
lS-MONTHMLD SOU OP MR.
AND MR8. BISHOP OF HYDlB
COUNTY FRO HKLF ON
rOISON INTENDED
FOR RATS.
(Special .to the Daily Newt)
Belhaver^ Oct. 21.-r^Jullan Hay
wood. the 18-months old son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Bishop, of 8oranton,j
Hyde county, has died aa the result
of eating poisoned matches. Funeral
aervlotf were held yesterday.
Mr. Bishop purchased the matches
to kill rats with in his home. He
left them on a table and the child,
seeing them, helped himself to a
handful. Toddling out Into the yard
he sat down and ate the heads of
about sixteen of the poisonous
matches. At about 'nine o'clock that
night, 1*0 began to feel the effects
of the poison and suffered great
pain. A physician was called In ?
and immediately saw that the child
was poisoned. In spite of etery
thtng that could be done, (he young
srter died Monday morning.
Ansyrtaar fWsg Natofaltetd.
Three Assyrians, A. K. Hatetn.
Joseph Hatem and B. Shebdan. of
Oreenrllle. are In the city today,
taking out their nataralfsation pa
per* at the Federal court.
IDEAL
Pressing Club
Exclusive agents for BDE8CO.
finest m?<1e-to-m*asure clothe*
made by B. fltreue* 4 Co. of
Chicago. 8tHta? 91S to 145
Fit guaranteed.
JOIN OVH PIIKH8INU CMJR.
Rat??? <h?* Dollar a Month.
Hyrrlal sttfattoa to ledlM'
nmrmrmt*. All WOT* that WMKla
rai?lrtn<. (lone lr? of
PbOM ???'.
E. O. Weston
MK SOU
FID SMI
n
BEING BROUGHT AGAINST THK
A. O. L. BY ADM1K18TKATORS
OP OSCAR HARRKLL.
KILLED BY TRAIN
W as Pat Off One of the Company's
Tr<4n* Near Whaley, Vi, and
Wm Killed bjr Train Running' in
the Opposite Direction.
A damage suit for *15,000. in
which the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road company la the defendant and|
the administrator of Oacar Harrell.
of Coleralne. Bertie county, the
plaintiff, Is today being tried In the
Federal court. The caae will -prob
ably be decided this afternoon.
I . Harrell waa a paaaenger on the
A. 0. L. train on November 22 , 1913.
Conductor Jonea carried him as far
;aa hie money held out and then put
him off a mile and a half aouth of
Whaley. Harrell then walked along
the track and la alleged to hare lain
down on the tlee and fallen asleep.
Another train, coming in the oppo
alte direction, rdn over and killed
him.
The attorneya for the plaintiff, in
yesterday's eeaslon of court, endeav
ored to establish the fact ' that the
englneer-of the train that killed
Harrell, should have seen the man
lying on the track. The accident
occurred at noon, and on a long,
straight stretch of road. The de
fendants, In today'B testimony stat
ed that the engineer's attention wis
diverted to other mattera at the
tinie. and that there ^as also a
shadow on the track, which pre
vented "tho engineer from seeing the
nan until It waa too late. The train
Iwaa stopped aa soon as possible af
ter the accident occurred. ' .
lf880N& FOft UaUTBRATSB.
Issued To Student* uyl Teachers of.
Moonlight Behoofs.
Raleigh, Oct. 21. ? Lessons in
reading, writing and arithmetic for
the Ba? of tedehera and pupils in
the znooaUgfct schools of the State
were issued yesterday Irom the of
fice of "Dr. J. Y. Joyner, superin
tendent of public instruction. Tho
lee sons are twftlve in number and
look to the opening of the schools
during the months of Nove mber. i
i-HA WILL hk
HELD TOMORROW P. M.
A missionary tea la to be held at
the home of Mre. W. P. Haugham
on Weet Second stroet tomorrow af
ternoon at four o'clock. All thoea
who are Interests^ tn missions, both
home and foreign, are cordially In
vited. A silver offering will be
taken.
SEARCHING FOR
LIQUOR WITHOUT
WARRANT WRONG
Judgt Coanor Made SUtoMeet from
B**4 of Superior Court Yee
tsrtky. should Be stopped.
(By Eastern. Frees)
KlnstOn. Oct. 11. ? Judge Connor,
la BspSrlor court here yesterday
discussed the habit of officers In de
taining end searching for whiskey
the baggage of paeeongers alighting
from trains, when there Is no war
rant nor eight evidence. It Should'
be 'topped, He said. Judge Connor,
said he was s member of the I'm
latnre thst passed the search and
selsnre Isw and that be at the time
declined to pay attention to tho sug
gestion of the meaeure's opponents
fhst such a practice would result.
! He did not think (hers Wsre officers
ia the ?tst? who would go Lo the
extreme methods which 'caused him
to broach ths subject. His honor'
wae prompted by an occurrence At
LaOrsngs la which, it was alleged, j
a policemen held up a negro at the!
point of a rovdlvor to search hlsj
laggsge. He had heard of mattyi
Instances In the section recently J
"it la better that s dos*n people
should bring whlsksy into Klaeton
than thst one should bo detained
for search without a warrsnt Boms
day this will be resented. I am ?
fraid. and a good officer, trying
4o J|l? fin 1W? Kit jlU."
fllTEBflLU
TQPLAY HERE
Will Oppoee Washington High
School on <?ri<Hron Tomorrow
Afternoon at Fleming Park.
*The Washington High School foot
ball team will play the Wlntervtlle
te^ira at Fleming Park tomorrow
afternoon, the game starting at
1:80.
The excellent showing of the lo
cals against the Collegiate Institute
team, indicates that th' y have made
considerable progress since the game
with Klaston. They are confident
of putting up a good game against
:h'
' ?' ' .
BEAUFORT CO.
TAKES 4TH
PRIZE
JUDGBfi MADK AWARDS AT THE
STATE FA IK THIS MORNING.
TELEGRAM RECEIVED
by CAPTAIN LEACH. |
A telegram. stating that
Beaufort county, according to
the opinion of the Judges at the
Slate fair, had one of the fin
est exhibits on display^ was re
ceived this atefrnoon at two
o'clock by Captain Leach from
J. F. Latham, farm demonstra
tor from this county, who 1b In
Raleigh, he telegram reads as
follower:
Oeo. T. Leach,
Washington, N. C.
Beaufort county takes fourth
premium for best exhibit.
J. F. LATHAM.
A LITERARY
TREAT
The Junior Auxiliary of St. Pauls'
P. E. Chttrrh, Washington, N. C.,
will present Mr. Thomas H. Knight,
? rwdcr of national reputation, of
Wilmington, N. O., in a dramatic
Heading Friday nl?ht, October 22,
8 o'clock, ?t the Maoonlc Mall.
| 1. Bolo? Miss McCallan. v
1 "The Ride of Jennie McNeil,"
by Mr. Thomas H. Knight.
8. Solo ? "Havana," by Mrs. Wil
liam Boon.
4. "Jim Wolf and the Cat*," by
Mr. Thomas H. Knight
6. Violin Solo ? Mine l. L Europe,
violin, Mlwr Florence Randolph,
piano.
j 6. "Battle Of Bosworth Field,"
[from Shakespear'a Richard III, by
I Mr. Thomas H. Knighfrr
7. Duet ? Mis* I) :ia Randolph
and Mrs. McCallan.
8. "Bald-Hoaded Man," by Mr.
Thomas II. Knight.
9. Instrumental Bolo.
Admlnlon, 10 cents. 8eats will
he rtperved for white people.
MI38 KATE TRllVfAN.
RKV. 1. B. BROWN,
Dlr*?t?r*.
(A?t. It-ll-IW.)
VITALITY OF GIRL WHO 8HOT|
HERSELF AT lf?W BERN IS
REMARKABLE.
SWAIN RAITING
Mmi Who Warn to H?w M*rrlcl '
Yuunfi Woman Tiimd.)
SUlea He U HtUl WUllBK to Make
Her HU Wife, II She ilecoTen.
<?T
New Bern, Oct. ll.-^Montrary to
the declarations of ciMtding physi
cians, that death was only a matter
of an hour or two, Dullie Price, the
young woman who shot herself
through the body Tuesday morning,
3till lives. A representative of the
Dally News, who visited the hospi
tal this morning, was Informed by
the head nurse that MIsb Prlce'B
condition appears to be somewhat
improved and that physicians last
night declared her chance for re
covery wan not as small as first
considered.
They state that her vitality Is re
markable. The bullet missed her
heart by about an eighth 6f an inch,
passed through her lung and went
entirely through her body, lodging
in the wall on the opposite side of
the room In which she shot herself.,
Bruce Swain, the young man from
Elizabeth City, who was to have
married the young woman hore on
Tuesday night, is still In the city.
He stated this morning that he would
remain in New Bern until the girl
either died or was out of danger.
He also announced that If she was
wiring, and recovered from the ef
fects of the wound, he would make
her his wife
Mrs. Price, mother of the wound
ed girl, Is constantly at her bedside
at; the hospital.
A HMO It PLATS PLANT
WOl U> COST, 910,000,000
If HofreUry Daniel*' I'lnn* Arc
Ad?p<(Ml Tfi<H Much Money
Munt lk- Provided.
(By Parker R. Andereon) |
Washington, Oct. 81.? -An expen
diture of at least 910,000.000 and
probably more, in addition to the'
already enormous recommendations
for money Which Secretary Daniels
will make to Congress. wllT be nec-|
<Raary If Congress adopts the policy,
of Hie navy secretary, announced in.
Raleigh, for the construction of a'
government-owned armor plate
?>!ant. A special committee conttat
ing of Senator Tillman, of Sotith
f'arolloa. Representative Padgett, of
Tennessee, and Rear Admiral Joseph
Straus*, chief of the bureau of or
dinance, Veported ?0 I'ongress sit
the last s< sslon of Coagreaa .that
armor., plate plant with a capacity
of 20.000 tons per year would cost
910,311,900. A 10,000 ton capacity
plant, ifrhloh Is said would be too
?mail. Would cost 90.09S.107.
This estimate did not take fn the
manufacture of proleetUtt **d it 1*
suppose* the co?t will fe at Itott
50 p r hlghor.
111111
Mtt PLANS
Rector's Aid Society to Furnish
Supper at the "Get-Toffether"
Meeting to be Held Next
Wt-dnewlay Night. ? j
A meeting of the committee, ap
pointed by the* Chamber of Com
merce to attend to arranging for
the "Get-together" meeting at the
Elks' licmo Wednesday night, was
held last night in the office of Judge
Stephen C I ragaw.
A goneial discussion was held of
fnatt.T s pertaiulng to the event. The
committee announced that the Rec
torfe Aid Society ot . the Episcopal
fffurnh would attend to serving the
supper. The selection of the speak
ers for the evoning was left In the
hands of Judge Bragaw and Ed. S.
Stewart. Invitations are being
printed and will probably be sent
out by Saturday. Other details are
being considered.
Those present at the meeting
were F. J. Berry, Wm. E'.lison. R.
F. Bower?, 9. C. Bragaw, Ed. Stew
art, A. M. Dumay and Carl Goerch.
GRAND OPERA CO.
HERE TONIGHT
National firand Opera Company to
Present "Riguletto" nt the
New Theatre.
The New Theatre offer* the music
lovers of Washington tonight the
best treat that lias ever been to this
city in Ihc way of music and sing
ing. The National Grand Opera
Company will All a one night en
gagement here tonight, when ihey
will present the opera "Rolgolqtto"
with an all star cast. This com
pany's home Is In Rome. Italy, and
Dn account of the European strife
they are now making a tour of this
country and Canada. Every mem
ber of this wpII known company :s
among the best singers of tl;? world
and patrons of the N?w Theatre may
expect to Hee an attraction tonight
that they will long remember as
being he best that has ever been,
here. There Is ton eleven piece or
chstra with the company that will
furnish /the mijiic, which assure* j
every one that the singers will be
accompanied by music played cor-,
rectly. When a high class attrac
tion like this comes to Washington!
U should receive good patronage in
order to get more high class attrac
tion# In the future. So if you have
not secured your seat, be sure and
do eo no#.
Prominent Lawyer* In Town.
Among the out of town lawyers
who are attending Federal court
here thi? week are Wlnstead and (
Matthews, of Windsor; Pruden and.
Pruden, of Edenton; Col. Harry
Smlnner, of Greenville; C. H. j
Townee, of Wilmington. Manning
and Kltchln, and Col. W. B. Rod-'
man, of Norfolk.
Charlotte claiming
OVKR flO.OOO PROPIJ5
(Special to the Dally News)
Charlotte, Oct. II,? The 1915
edition of fbe Piedmont directory
of the city of Charlotte. Just issued,
gives tho present popalatlon of the
city as M.lfO, an increase ot 4,000
over tfco population of 1911,
FUNERAL OF SUBMARINE F-4 VICTIMS
- Pun?r*l proceekloD of the member i of the
??I tank In Honolulu harbor, an lie way to
American submarine F-4 who perished when the rea
? ' cemetery at Waahlnfton.
SERBIANS MAKING
.<? DESPERATE RESISTANCE
? ? ??????
* AN EXPRESSION ?
? OF APPRECIATION ?
? Editor Daily Neva:
? I hare had In mind for sev- ?
? eral months to write you an ?
? open letter congratulating you ?
? upon the excellent dally paper ?
" you are publishing. The Daily ?
? News la creditable to its mak- ?
? era and a distinctly valuable ?
? asset to this community and ?
? section. Its news matter, cdi- ?
M torlals, selections and typo- *
? graphical appearance make it *
? comparatjrf with the best local ?
? dailies In the State. It dlscloees *
? from day a dlapoeition ?
" to advocate progressive ideas *
? and movemehts and a clean and ?
? wholesome community life. It ?
? is evidently trying to avoid ?
? trivial or spiteful personal top- ?
? Ics and to preach the gospel of ?
? good cheer and optimism. ?
! ? This community and your ?
? readers generally aro your ?
? debtor* and I am sure I reflect ?
| J their eentlments in this expres- ?
? slon. I
? I have no selfish or ulterior ?
? motive In this contribution. Ev- *1
? ery community Is merely an ?
? aggregation of individuals en- *
? gaged in a co-operative enter- ?
? prise. Each man and woman *
} should do their part and bear *
? their burden in making the en- *
? terprlee successful. Every one ?
? of us must consecrate ourselves *
? to service, some in one line and ?
? .some In another, in proportion ?
? to our talents, and means and *
? our opportunities. If one does ?
? well their part, the community ?
? should recognize such valuable ?
? serv4ce and give ungrudging ap- *
?+ proval. There Is no finer in- ?
? centive to continued good works ?
? than the hearty recognition and ?
? approbation of ones fellows. ?
? I am simply trying to follow ?
? this precept, when I doff my hat ?
? to the DAILY NEWS. *
? Sincerely, ?
JNO. H. SMALL. ?
JUDGE MANNING SPEAKS
AT KIN8TOX BANQUET
(Special to the Dally News)
Kinston, Oct. 21. ? 'Former Judge
J. B. Manning, of Raleigh, was the
principal speaker at the annuftl ban
quet of the chamber of commerce
here last night. The banquet and
the annual meeting of the chair.'jer,
at which 20 directors v.* rr> electod
and the city's progress In he
12 months was revle-sd. w-re heM
In "the rooivi of th3 Cor merclul
club. A number r)f pro nine nt local
men were on the p-igran: with Judge
Manning. Tit scrretary'B report
Btated that the pant fiscal year had
been the best In the organisation's
history In the way of things realized
WILMINGTON WANTS TO
GET IN THE LEAGUE
(Special to the lially News)
Wilmington, Oct. 21- ? -Wilming
ton will have a representative at th*
meeting to decide what city or town
shall take Winston'* place in the
North Carolina Baseball league and
it la likely that thin city will make
a strong bid. In the event that Wln-f
ston-Salem nalstls on withdrawing
from the league, for that city's fran
chise. Baseball fan* here are de
termined to have organized bas'ball
next season.
? "cutting down on
? ADVERTISING IS
? FALSE ECONOMY
The merchant who wants to
sustain his record of sales and
exceed It knows (hat advertis
ing will do It.
If you "draw In" on adver- * j
Using, you are robbing Peter ?[
to pay Paul. *
By the expenditure of a ?
? reasonable sum In the DAILY *
p NEWS you can bring Into your ?
? store the new impetus of hual- ?
? ness from many families who 1
? otherwise don't see your adver- 1
? tlslng. ?
? Art the merchant f ho tried ?
? II. ?
(?it ? ? a ? ?
?IE HOOFS
nut in
BULGARIAN TROOPS HAVE CAP.
TIRED 2, (MM) 8KK11IAN
PRISONERS.
j AUSTRIAN^ GAIN
Have Made l'r< >grc?*H Touiirdtt Tak
ing Ini|M?rtarit Strategic Points.
Serbian Ca|itul lias itcen Moved.
UulKurlujix < 'onreuf rating Fuiwx,
London, Oct. 21. - Serbia's des
perately rtalstitig forces continue to
be forced back by the relentless
pressure of the Austro-German In
vaders. TodHy'B official statement
from Berlin records the enforced
retreat of the Serbians south of Lu
elca and Bozevac, the latter plane
being about twelve miles southeast
of Pozarevac and som- twenty miles
south of the Danube. Bulgarian
troopa have taken 2.U00 Serbian
prisoners aud twelve cannon. The
Austrian* also have made progress
?ik moving on Shabatz, on the Save
river w?.?i of Belgrade.
[ French troops have succeeded in
protecting the lower end of the
Nlsh-Salonikl line aud large addi
tions to their forces are on the
way to Suloniki. a dispatch from
that city states. The general move
ment of the allies from Salonikl Is
said lo be awaiting the concentra
tion there of sulllcS'tit forces for
their operations.
Serbian Capital Moved.
Salonikl advices state that the
Serbian capital has been trans
ferred from Nlsh to Prizrend. close
to the Albanian frifntler in West
ern Serbia.
Bulgarians Concentrate. ^
Bulgarian troops are being con
centrated on the frontiers of both
Rumania and "Greece, according to
a Salonikl despatch to Paris. Three
divisions are being gathered neaj
the Greek border, it is stated.
Cutting the Xl9h*Salonlkl rail
way line aotuh of Nisli by the Bul
garians has compelled the ?i'.3,,,?
rnailc corps at Nish to postpone Its
expected departure for Monastir in
South :n Serbia, an Athens dea
atch rnres.
GIVE LEADING
TOMORROW NIGHT
Infri NtliiK Program to In* Kondcrtd
n( Mit-siinic Ha I Tniniirnnv
Thoniutt II Knipht, of WiluiitiK
Loii. h reader of national r**puiation,
will give a public rpadine tomorrow
night ni HkIii o'clork fit the Mannn
ir hall. II#" in li^r- linger tho aus
pices of tin* Junior Auxiliary of .St.
Pa u I'm church.
An In t??r^?*i itig program. given
?-?teewhere in today's paper, will hIro
)ie rendered.
TODAY S COTTON
QUOTATIONS
Sce<l cotton ? >94.75.
Lint cotton- 11 S-R to 3-4.
Cotton need $43.00.
TONIGHT
Natlona! Grand Oppra Co.
? Ill ?
"RIOOLBTTO"
With an all ?tar cast.
Prlc**, 60p. 76c. 91. <1 60
and 12.00
Curtain 8:80 sharp
J.