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Vol. 7
HE SWfllD TCI
MIKE TH
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MET GIRL 5
YEARS AGO
SWEETHEART OF DOLLIK PRICE
<UVIi OUT BTATEMEHT
OF COURTSHIP.
tells"details
Were to Have Beea Married L?t
July, Bat Marriage Was Several
Times Postponed* Mis* Price is
RopUnInc Strmgth.
(By E as tern Press)
New Bern. Oct. St. ? A represen
tative of the Dally News this morn
ing obtained an Interesting account
from Brace 8 wain, the young man
who waa to hare married Miss Dol
lie Price, and learned some addi
tional facts relative to the young
lady's attempt to take her lite at
the Gaston hotel Tuesday.
Mr. Swaia said that he mst Miss
. Price about fire years ?go, that their
friendship grew into lore and that
they wer? to hare been married on
the fourth day of last July. She
was in Qoldsboro at that time and
wrhen the date set for the wedding
. ^arrived she told him that she wan
not quite ready to become his wife.
Three weeks ago Mr.. Swain went
*to Qoldsboro to aee Miss ^Prlce and
?t that time ahe told him that she
was giving up her position there
and was going to seek a new place
and that if she did not find such
that ahe would marry him last Sun
a week ago. She was to have met
him at Chocowlnlty where he in
tended going from Elidabeth City
where he was stopping.
Searches For ?Hr.
The day on which the young con
pie was to have met at Chocowlnlty
arrived and Mr. Swain wfent to Choc
owlnlty hat Mtas Price was not there.
Then, according to his statement,
he went on to Qoldsboro to search
for her. He found that she hsd
gone to Greenville snd had secured
a position at the Proctor hotel. On
Wednesday he went to that pUce
and found her. A11 during that day,
Thursday snd until Friday night h?
talked with her.
On Friday night she took Lottie,
the eight-year-old sister of Mr.
Swain, and went to Ernul to see her
mother. 8he told Mr. 8waln;?- ac
cording to his story, that she would
meet him In BUsabeth City on Tues
day morning and that they would
? bo married there that day. He con
fidently expected her to meet him
there and, in order to make eure
that she had left New Bern, called
up the Oaston hotel over the lomf
distance telephone after the train
had departed. He was told that she
had not and he requested that she
be called to the telephone. At that
time the young woman could not be
found and whrc she called up a
little later Mr. Swain hod departed.
The Ptm News.
He said that he beard nothing
else until s short time after 11 o'
clock when he received a telegram
?that Mies Price could not talk to
him and that he at once boarded a;
train for this elty, arriving hsre to
learn that she had attempted sal-,
cide.
Mr. Swain feels that tho Impres-j
slon has been gained that he wm
the causs of the shooting aed that'
he regrets this vsry much. He Ojta-j
phatically states that h* loves thej
IDEAL
Pressing Club
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tin eat mada-io-maaiura clothes
mad* by E. Stratum 4 Co. of
Chletfo. 8UIta ? $16 to $4S,
Fit guaranteed.
JOIN OUR PKKftfllNCi CLUB.
Rate* ? Ob* Dollar a Month,
mini |a| afim to Ladle*'
ptwita. All work that MHk
repairing, iIom h? of chw|?.
fimmjmj.
E. G. Weston
.IS OF
II E1D IK
M 1 IDESIf
PLIGHT OF
SERBIANS
DESPERATE
ARE BBUK2 HEMMED IN ON ALL
SIDES BY FORCES OF THE
TECTONIC ALLIES.
GREECE NEUTRAL
Uwtockled mm to What Part Sb? Will
? Pl?y. No Great Activity in the
West. RoMiami Win Several Vic
tories la Che East.
London, Oct. 22. ? The plight of
8erbla'a hard pressed forces, assail
ed on the north and cast by the
numerically superior armies of Ger
many, Austria and Bulgaria Is bo
coming desperate.
As much la admitted In an' official
statement from Nlah. This an
nouncement confirms previous re
ports that the Bulgarians have cap
tured Vranya on the Nish-6alonlkl
railroad. Communication on this'
line is Interrupted In two places. 1
impeding the advance of French and
Britiah troops whose arrival 1^ being
awaited with anxiety by the Ser-I
blana.
No Resumption of Offcoslvc.
There are no signs of ronump-'
tlon of the offensive movement on
the western front, which has been
expected In Kntflan.d and Prance.
The only fresh activity disclosed in
the da>'s report* aro German at
tacks near Rhelms and Souchez, and
a small engagement in Lorraine. In
every case the French war office re
ports the Germans were frustrated
In efforts to reach the French lines.
Greece Still Undecided.
Greece i? still undecided what part
she shall play In the operations in
the Balkans. It is reported fsom
Athens that new proposals have
been made by the quadruple En
tente in an effort to procure tho as
sistance of Greece. According to
these advices, not only the island
of Cyprus has been offered, but also
an extension of the Greek boundary,
at the expense of Bulgaria and Tur
key, almost to 'Constantinople as
well as to include certain territory
in Asia-Minor.
RnaelaiM Win Victory.
Russia's armies which recently
have, been prv?ccuting a vigorous
offensive movoment with some suc
cess on the southern end of their
front, are now reported to have won
an important victory further nprth.
In the central district of the long
front. An official communication
from Petrograd announces the cap
ture of several German position# in
the neighborhood of Baranovichi,
north of the Prlpet river. The Rus
I slan staff states that more than
'3,500 men, together with ten ma
chine guns and one field piece, werej
raptured.
Pope's .Plan Falls.
Pope Benedict has made another
effort to liasten the conclusion cf
the war, requesting Xing Albert of
Belgium to make the first move to
ward peace.. The pope Is said to
have prom>*ed to use his Influence
with Germany to bring about the
evacuation of Belgium territory in
the event prac* was concluded.
King Albert, however, responded
that he would not lay down his
sword e* long as Belgium was "In
slavery.' ' . \
young woman .and Intend* making
het his wife If she recovers sod l?
agreeable to the unl*n. He further
declare* that Miss Price ha* some
thing to say in regsrd to the ehoot?
lap and thst she 1* going to give
out a ftateruent Just as soon as she
is able to do so.
Mis* Price's conditio* continues
to Improve. She spent a oomfortabl*
night at the hospital and this morn
Ing had apparently retained cottsid
it***,
ENTERTAINED THE -
AD DISCO CLUB
Book Club Met Yesterday Afternoon
?U the Home of Mrs. Moss at
Washington Park.
Yesterday va? another red letter
day for the Addlsco ?!ub, the mem
bers being most delightfully enter
tained at the handsome summer
home of Mrs. B. Q. Moss, Washing
ton Park. The paper for the after
noon wss "The Tree, In Sentiment
and In Literature/' by Mrs. 8. R.
Fowle, so beautifully was this sub
ject treated, that It really was an
epic poem. Trees are being stud
led as never before and knowledgf
of them is called for by an eve;
widening circle.
After the literary programme tbe
hostess, assisted by little Miss Jen
nette and Master Baaatlay
Berved a most tempting salad coursc.
As a memento of this enjoyable af
ternoon, cach one was given a beau
tlfully bound minature book, fillet
with bonbons.
The next meeting will be wltl
Mrs. J. D. Grimes on November 4th
GRAND OPERA
WELL RECEIVED
Singing at Performance of "R|g?.
letlo" Was the Best Kver
Heard in This City.
JThe National Orand Opera Com
pany, which presented Rigoletto at
the New Theatre last night, made a
moat favorable impression ? and
fchm again, they didnt. Those of
the audience who had an Idea that
grand opera for a form of musical
comedy, were somewhat disappoint
ed, and It Is feared that they did
not enjoy the program. Those who
r< al'.y love good music, however ?
and the big majority of the audience
was composed of this class ? highly
appreciated the excellent singing ol
the different members of the caste
The applause that was tendered th< |
singers at the end of some specially'
good selection, exceeded In volume |
that accorded any previous perform
ance at the local theatre this sea
son. The attraction was a distinctly
[high class one. The singing of Rig
o'etto and Gilda was splendid. The
other performers were almosrt equal
ly as good. The orchestra accom
paniment, which consisted of eleven
pieces, added greatly to the beauty
and effect of the soags.
Although the Audlenco wan not as
large as had been expected, still
the house was comfortably Oiled and
showed that there areNt large num
ber In Washington who appreciate
the class of attraction that was pre
sented 2a?t night.
KRKKWII.I, BAPTISTS
mkkti.no at Kiixiri.
(Br Baatern Preee)
New Born, Oet. 32. ? Between four
and Ore hundred delegate* of the
Freewill Baptlat church** through
out thla flection of ttao State are la
attendance at the annual conference
hat la bolng held at Bran I. A treat
deal of in tor eat la being manifested
In tbc program that la being carried
out, which Include, a number of
addroee, b r rartoma prominent
mn. The contention will eoatlaqt
Bundle
IMPS SSI FI
hsbhind
(By BaaMMrn Press)
Rocky Mount, -Oct. 22. ? Tramps
laat night set fire to the interlock
ing electrie signal tower of the At
lantic Coast Line about four mttes
from this city, almost caused the
operator, J. Doggett, to lose his life
and partially destroyed the build
ing, the loss being estimated at over
$2,500. / ^
ared tho blase and saw the tramps
running across the yard*. He did
not give chase, but ran up to the
burning building and gave warning
:o the operator, who was working,
on the second floor. Doggett had a|
narrow escape and barely managed |
to make his way through the burn-;
ing stairway and the ground floor. I
Other employees arrived snd put the!
Are out.
OPERATOR IKY MOUNT
NARROW! KD WITH
HIS IJJ AGE 18
KSTIM OVER
Tb?
AVIATOR AND MECHANICIAN
KILLED WHEN BIPLANE FALLS
Lynn, Mass., Oct. 22. ? J. Chaun
c 7 Redding, of Melrose, and Philip
Bulman. of Mailden, were killed to?
lay by the fall of a biplane In which
thftj wore riding.
Redding, who was manager of the
3augu& Aviation school, was operat
ng the machine. Bulman was his
mechanician. The accident appar
ently was due to the collapse of the
*l?g frame work.
Both men were burled to a depth
>f two feet in the soft mud of a
narsh and were dead when taken
>ut.
?EW MEN WILL APPEAR IN
CAROLINA'S LINKUP HERE
Chape) Hill. Oct. St. ? Bever*)
new names will appear in the Caro
lina llno-up for the V. M. I. game at
Greensboro Saturday. The probable
lineup for that game, as furnished
by Coach Trenchard, will probably
be: Homeward and shrdlu shrdlu
be: Homewood and Love, ends; Bos
hamer and J^nes or Royatl, tackks;
Cowell and Orlmes or Gay, gnards;
Tandy, center; Ix>ng or Macdonald.
quarter; Blade* and Black or Den
ning, half; Reld, fall.
The two first string halfbacks,
Catft. Dave Tayloe and "Bill" Town
send; Ramsey, tackle; John Tayloe,
guard; and Wright, end ? these will
not get In the game Saturday oh ac
count of injuries received In the
Georgetown game. Fullback Par
ker's condition la doubtful at prev
ent; and very probably he will not
get In the gama Saturday.
Watching for the Watehee?
I We have It second-hand that wo
men ?ro now wearing knee watches.
| But as far aa we are concerned we
J are attll from Joplln. ? Durham Sun.
Klsf PfrdlMMl Goes to Froat
Sofia. Bulgaria, via London, Oct.
22. ? King Ferdinand ban gone to
the front, whero he aatUted In the
artillery battle befor# Stacin, fh
capture of which portion opens the
wgjr to Kumanovo.
O. HENRY CLUB
MET YESTERDAY
Interesting Paper Rend. Hpirltcd
Debate Held Between Two of '
the Club Member*. Pro
gram an Excellent One.
Mrs. S. R. Clary entertained the
O. Henry Book Club yesterday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank
| Short. The meeting waa a moat In
teresting one and was well attended.
After the roll call, a discussion
was held, formulating plana for the
convention, celebrating Reciprocity
Day, which will be held In this city
neft month. Arrangements were
made for the entertainment of the
many visitors who are expected.
Mrs. W. A. Blount read a highly
interesting and well-prepared papar
on "The poet's purpose In writing
the .jtour.-. 'Measure for Meafure.' "
This was followed by the reading of
acts 2 and 3 of the play by the club.
Another excellent feature of the
afternoon was the spirited debate
between Mrs. H. W. Carter and Miss
Llda Rodman, the query being: "Is
the realistic presentation of vice'
conducive to the love and practice
of virtue." Miss Rodman had the
affirmative and Mrs. Carter the neg
ative. After an animated discus
sion by each side, the judges, Mrs.
Mrs. John H. Small. Mrs. C. M.
Brown and Mrs. Geo. T. Leach, de
cided in favor of the negative.
I This debate proved very interest
ing and the club has planned to
have subjects dlscusned by other
members during the year
Last, but not least, on the after
noon's program was the serving of a
delicious and dainty salad course,
which closed oiib of the most Inter
esting meetings that the club has
ever held.
i The next meeting will be held on
November 4th at the home of Mrs.
jjohn H. Small.
ENJOYABLE MEETING
OF CRESCITE CLUB
I'ananiA and Han Kxpo?1tlon?
Topic* of Dlscoiwlon and
Met With Mi*. Eth Bridge.
The Creaclte Book Club waw en-1
t 'ruined yesterday afternoon t.y
Mn?. 8am Etherldge. A large num-j
ber of raembera were (n attendance'
and the aesslon proved a moat en
joyable one.
An cxoellent paper on "The Pan
ama and San Diego Exposition*,"
waa read by Mra. Mason Smith. Mm,
Smith brought out some excellent
Ideas that were received with the
closest of attention on the part of
read In a moat able inanner.
her hearers. The paper was also
An enjoyable reading was also
given by Mra. Caleb Bell on "The
Promoters of the Exposition."
A two-course luncheon followed
the bualneee areslon of the meeting.
The club will meet next with Mrs.
Harry McMullan.
HAYfJ BAKER.
Our poatcard picture* ar* the fin
eat erer aeen In this country. Try
a doien end aee for yooraelf.
So Hardin*.
The arerega mosquito fcr no atr
dfae If lie did come In ? tin cen.-,
Hendaraon Gold Leef.
? ? j. ?
JOINING THE ENDS OF HEU 6ATE BRIDGE
? 111?
When the last girder of the 18,000-ton bridge overt Hell Oate, New York city, wu put Into place recently, the
largest, hoavieet and most expensive structure of ite kind In tho world waa nearly completed. The bridge, built
tor the New York Connecting railroad. Is 1,017 feet long and Its coat (3 912.000,000.
MIDIS Q1EI 20 1EIIS
w mi ass ims
sm "si. cud" si lira
EXPLAINS WHY
F '.RUB
IOBACCO AWflK
LOCAL BUSINESS MAN BELIEVES
THAT HE HAS HIT UPON
BIGHT SOLUTION.
WANT GOOD TIME
Believes That Certain Farnim Are
More Anxlouii for a Two>Da)n'
Outln* Than They Are About
Price? Paid for Tobacco.
I That he had solved the question
as to why several farmers of Beau
fort county persisted In taking their
tobacco to a near-by city. Instead of
bringing It to the local market, was
the statement made thle morning
by one of the prominent business
men of Washington, who has spent '
the last two days In this other town.
"It was during my absence from
town that 1 came upon what I be
lieve Is the answer to the problem
and explains why this other city
gets a certain amount of our tobac
co." remarked the merchant this
morning. "I spent two days In that
town, and while there, I saw at
least eight farmers /rom Beaufort
county. 1 talked with one or two
of them and they appeared in high
spirits.
fAre you getting better prices
over here than - In Washington?" 1
asked one of them.
" 'It ain't the prices so much,' he
replied, with a wink. 'It's what we
get for coming over here.'
"He then Invited me over Into a
corner to have a drink and he also
told mc that he and a couple of
others had been having a high old
time since thoy arrived In town with
their loads of tobacco.
"And there, I believe, you have
the solution. Some of our farmers
don't like to bring their crop to
Washington because of the prlvl
iegen which they can enjoy else
where. Therefore, they take their
tobacco to this other city, giving as
their excuse that they can go* bot..r
prices for it, and while ti. y a: ""
away from town, and ::-iong :trang |
era, thry cut loo^e a:'.] have what 1
they ca'l 'a big L">e.' "
"BRINGING 11' FA'iHKR."
A treat of unusual proportions la'
promised at the New Theatre next
Tuesday night where the successful
Cartoon Comedy In three acts,
j "Bringing Up Father," Is underlin
ed to hold the boards. Thin merry
concoction of mirth, melody and
songs In basod on the popular com
ics of George MrManus, and In spon
sored by Manager Gus Hill, whose
name requires scant introduction to
followers of local theatricals. Tho
play la out of the beaten path and
has boon universally praised by
critics all over the country, because
I of Its original features, treatment
of theme, catchy music, novelties,'
surprises and all around entertain-^
lug qualities. Dullness has not been
permit J^d to And -accea* faito Its
ranks while the dialogue and sltua
tlona are so spirited and effervea-j
c nt that one must always be on the
alert to catch the good thlnga that
he action and plot unfold. A strong
and competent company has been
engaged and no detail has been ov
erlooked to make the offering one
to be remembered and enjoyed.
Gooseberry mvI K?1i*lt Male.
Belefontalne, 0.. Oct 21.? Thoa.
H, Taylor, of Bellefontalne. grew a
freak plant In his garden thl* aum
mer. l>est spring he planted a
gooaeberry root among some taorae
radlsh roots. Both the gooaeberry
and horaeradlah planta grew and
they entwined, yielding a long gooee
berry sprout on whloh five large
horseradish lca*ee grew.
LBTt BUILD IN WASHINGTON
PARK.
lo-ii-tt- Tp* ?ft.
PETE DAVIS
FOUND GUILTY
SHOT KIN'HTON MAX, THOMAS
LAXE SOME WKKK8 AGO
AT JEXXVLIXD.
HAD CONFESSED
Counwl for Defence, After Verdict
W ma Announced, It-rUn^i pj?jr ?t
TlieiMri' Had an EfT?"ct cm Bring
ing About VrnDrt of Jury.
(By Eastern Press)
Kitisfon, Oct. 22. ? The Jury, in
the cast- of Pete Davis, charged with
the murder of Thomas Lone, la-it
right brought in a verdict of "guil
ty of second degree murder." Davla
waa sentenced to twenty years.
The counsel for the defense gave
notice that the case would be ap
t&led to the Supreme court, due to
the fact that the jurors, on Wednes
day night, went to the Grand thea
tre and witnessed a 30-cent version
f "St. Elmo," In which a horrible
?age tragedy was enacted. The
counsel explained that it wan hla
belief that the tragedy. . depicted on
the stage, hid nn effect in bringing
ibout the verdict of the jury.
Davis, some weeks ago, wad at
JeniiyllDd. In a typical Saturday
evening gathering of whites and
blacks of th" neighborhood.
The story has been that Lane,
who was drinking, advanced in Da
vis" direction with a drawn knife,
that the latter drew a revolver "and
shot him and then fled. Lane was
brought to the hospital here. lin
gered for a few days and died. Da
vis' was picked up by officers at
Hlnes" Junction and confessed.
The case has attracted consider
able inter'Kt and more interest has
been add"d on account of the ac
tion of the counsel In asking for a
new trial. This Is believed to be
the first instance of its kind In the
attempt to set aj-ldc the verdict of
he Superior court.
I
FINED $20
FOR PERJURY
> ouiiK Man At Tnrlmro Rwnr<> F.r
roiUNmwly un to A|C?? of (?irl
He Wunled to Murry.
( Tarbaro, Oc:. 22 ? Georpe Jonea,
a few days ago obtained licence to
| marry for J. W. Itobcrson and Mis*
Mamie Ayor?. I. at r the parenta of
the Ayora girl swore out a warrant,
charging Jonea with false represen
tation of th?* girl's ag*. The caao
en me up before the recorder yeater
dav, and Jon^a was made to pay a
fine of 150 and receive a road sen
tence of thirty days, the road wn
tf-rce being lat'-r stricken out at
ithe request of hla father.
TODAY'S COTTON
QUOTATIONS
Seed cotton ? $4.76.
Idnt cotton ? 11 6-8 to 3-4
Cotton aeed ? 843.00.
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