m the March of Pr < Vote For Good Roads Next AILY NEWS THE DAILY NKW8 PRINTS HOKE LOCAL % THAJT ANY OTBEW PAPEIT IN THE STATE. WASHINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY A 'ERNOON, DECEMBER 31, 19] wra NOHPO'LK SOUTHER* PRESIDENT STATES THAT EVEN BETTER TIME8 ABK COMINflL FREIGHT IS HEAVY XVcnMcnt'n titateincnt !?, Ffc>ru?. Oat tty Loral llunlneH* Coaditions. MmlunU Will Have to Order Ur|er Blocks for Next Ynr. "From our men od every division I Rather that the opinion la quit* , universal that North Carolina la ?n- , torlng upon a period of greater proa* ? perlty than It ha? ever before. , known," President Joseph H. Young ( of the Norfolk Southern Railroad , was today qnoted as saying by a , Raleigh newspaper. "The feeling now seems to be that the business we are now enjoying is merely th? ' forerunner of the business that Is yet to come. The fact Is. my Infor mation Is that tb? merchants along ? the lines of the Norfolk Southern, and 1 have no doubt it Is true on other lines, have been so busy sell ing goods that they have not had time to give attention to the matter of replenishing their .*ock?r. I under stand that they are giving notice,. , now that the rush is somewhat over, , that when the traveling men come around after the holidays, they will ( ilnd the merchants prepared to buy , Almust anything the traveling sales man may have to offer." The truth of what President Young said 1? certainly borne out by condi tions at the local railroad ottic& and in the Washington business district. Freight at moving in remarkable quantites for this aeaaon, ordinarily a v?ry dead time of the year. Wafu street merchants, some of them now | taking inventory of their stocks, flnd| tint the recent holiday buying de. ' pleted them greatly, and will be dompelled to buy in larg< r quanti ties than ever before for the late winter trade. Drummers, now be ginning to "come back" by ones and twos, declare the past s ason's bux- j iness was extraordinary ? "wonder- 1 ful." one say* ? and that they ex- 1 pect record-breaking orders In Jhu ./AXKH TO CTjOSK. W ill .Not Bp Open Tomorrow on Ac count of New Year's Day. The three banks In the city will he closed for business tomorrow on account of New Year's Day. Patrons^ ftasfcr quested to take notice of this fact. HAW WATER 300 FEET IXWtR ELIZABETH fclTY FltotbKft VH j Water Co. Gets Urine From Deep Wall. . . -.t; (By Eastern Presa) Elisabeth City. Dk. SI.? The Elisabeth City Water ft Power Co.. after boring a ten inch well more than 500 feet, found a stream jf water from which they readily ob tained a flood of 100 gallons a min ute. And the water was salt, &? salt us pickle. The Water Company is trying to And good water by the deep well roate after having made a succession of failnres with the brackish and discolored waters of the Pasquotank river. To find the water. 500 feet below the city, containing far more salt than the water* ol the Atlantic Ocean Itself, was keenly dtaappolnt Ing. But the water coqfepany hun t abandoned hope and iRitl not aban don the well which , has, already cost perhaps several, thousand dollars. Thry are going deeper .with the eame well and way down somewhere un der the earth they expect to find good and poiaWe water and plenty of It. WAS WARMEST DAY VtiitMtU) Hft a Record In Temper ature for Thi* Srrtion. Mean TnnixtaUire of the Day Waa CO Df^rctw. A brisk gale from the southwest swept over the city yesterday, bring ing with it the balmy atmosphere of the south. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the thermometer register ed 75, and the mean temperature of the day was 60. Never within tha. history of the local weather bureau has a 30th of December been as ajfld at? was y sterday. Only once slnco the establishment of the weather bureau here has a maximum tem perature of 75 during a December been recorded. On December 26. 1&91. a similar temperature waa registered. The average temperature yesterday was more in m-eplng with a mild mid-October day than appro priate to a day in the heart of win. f ter. CHRISTMAS CANTATA. Th* Sunday School of th" First , Baptist church will give a Christmas cantata and entertainment at the armory ton'ght. MAIS IftAKKR. Hero goes my lant ad for the year 1915. 1 have begged you, I have warned you. I have given you every ] invitation possible. All who have failed to have their likeness taken, it Is too lat?\ The door Is shut; for ever too late to have your likeness taken In 1915. BAKER S STUDIO. Plan Savings Cluh The First Nntional Bank is starting a Pin Money Savings Club a little different and a lit tle hotter from the usual plan. Telephone br call at the bank and the plan will be fully ex plained. Phone 23. FIRST NATIONAL BANK DEMUTSSEt IICTORyiEE.il. RELIEVE THAT H1K NAMk| WOULD CACHE HPLJT IX THE RKP1BLICAX PARTY. WILL HELP HIM Ife-mocratlc Iycad? r> Will Give K<*.V ?elt All the As-slNUnrf He \wdil in Securing for Him Nomin?LJoo| from lU>publlc?nk. (H) Parker II. Amlen?on) Washington. Dec. 31. ? Democrat ic statesmen in Washington today read with inter* st the statement sent out yesterday by Edward B. Clark, Washington correspondent of the Chicago Evening Post, to the effect that heodore Roosevelt is in a recep tive mood for th? Republican nomi nation at Chicago. Probably the most pleasing part of Mr. Clark's most interesting let ter was that section which stated that Roosovelt would oppose the nomination and election of Burton, Weeks. Fairbanks, Root and Knox. In this the Democrats see victory for Wilson and the balance of the ticket. It fg believed that if Roosevelt can get the support of "big business' and go to Chicago with enough strength to tie up the convention for s? veral days, he will have an flg&l-f lent chance of securing the nomina tion. Should he be successful In this move he will have caused a wider breach in the Republican party than that which existed during the m m orafele Taft-Rooeevelt campatgn when hundreds of typewriters and "scan, dal hunter*" were kept busy day and night searching for something de rogatory to the characicr of the! then President Tail and ex-President' Roosevelt, to furnish the newspapers, front page stories. If Roosevelt wants the Republican nomination h<" will be able to get all the assistance *hat the Democratic campaign managers can give hliu. Leaders or the administration say fliey want nothing better than to have Roosevelt get the Republican nomination at Chicago n< xt June. With Roosevelt as the opponent of Wilson they contend it will be the easiest thing in the world to elect Wl'son by an overwhelimng major ity TEACHERS NEEDED Moi-e Instructors Require lo Carry ??n the W??rk of the N'Ucht School in the City. A special request has been made ? on the part of those Interested In tike tiight school In the city for more teachers. Several additional teach ers are badly needed and it. is hoped that enough volunteers will come forward In order that the movement may be successfully continued. Those who are willing to give thflr serylceK are urged to commun icnte with thin office and state what subjects they desire to teach and what nights and hour will be most convenient for them The school has been closed for the holidays but will reop?n Monday. THIN HTiX'KINUtiAMD KI&HIN4 ARK UAK.YKD Norfolk ItnJth On i r l rRr? K???*denu of ThmCfMf to Avoid ?11?* Ccfttact." P-' Women who per^at In wearing low shoes ?nd openwork stockings during the winter mfiftlba. and young, people who gravitajtt toward tho center of tbe best parlor couch Id the evenings are rugnlng the danger of contracting the not frequently, but always disagreeable, dlseaae known to the media*! profession as la grippe, but vula?;ty denominated and anathemlsed ss jilmn grip. This Is the wsral^r diplomatically conveyed by Dr. Pofcfeatan 6chenck. health commissioner of Norfolk. Dr. Schenck doe* not id ?o many words tell tbe people of Norfolk to forego kissing (or a while, contenting him self with saying thait "of course" It is highly Important, to avoid close contact with a victim ? meaning s victim of grip ? particularly when he. or she. Is coughing or sneexlpg. Of course, a'.so one Is not supposed to cough or sneeze While undergoing the forbidden pastime of kissing, but when one hs6 la grippe, or lnfluensa, one Is likely to lose self-control. The bent plan Is to follows Or. Schenck'a advice and "avoid close contact." KANSAS CONVICTS . WENT ON A STRIKE Captured Prison Gvards and l??v I nutnded (letter Pood. Demands Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 31. ? Fif ty. Convicts of the Kafesas State pen llrated account of ivhit was only n ? hi". i- 1 mas Jag. An excited young physician complicated man era. The bi'.oreh did have a frle::dly round or so. a. id Mrs. Shores' no^e bled Th" hlo'ul streamed over her clothes arid got into her hair. When a certain young Medico was called, he became hlfsUl yalarmed and report- d to the police that h?? couldn't lei!, within , _'l U.iurs. whether ilie wuniut, . uu.d or die There was c i. . in police circles next mornln* when Mrs. Short s app ured without .* >iar a u il ?m.d she had no complaint io make agaiust her Incarcerated iiubby 0. HENRY CLUB Mr*. Duinuv \Va? Hin.te%* nt Meeting of the Cluli Yt^tpnlny Afternoon. ' Enjoyable Ne*sh.n Wa#. Held. Mm. A. M Dumay was hostess ai tha niettng of the O, Henry Hook Club, which wus held at her home in WeM Main ?treet yesterday af ternoon. Owing to sicklies* on the ..in of a number of the members, ?lie attendant" was rather small. An interesting and enjoyable nie^ung ' h-iil n-;-v ?.rtheSesi'. The p'ub is studying Shakespeare's Richard III. | of which the fourth act was read >ts: -rJay. Af.er the business set- 1 -ion. Mrs I>uinay served delicious, refreshments. things which our friend*, the I?^: ocraff. otP?r We oppose a govpj meat owned and operated njerehanr | marine. Wo object to scamp tax i upon the people during time* of| jp-.a?.e We Have llftD U rkijiK H.inl. 1'oilet Will He 0|Hii Turn tin) frtnu Sunrise I'ntll : >uim'U Cp to A<1 tootle* to Do Some Hnhtlillg. Wlih only thre? marc days be fore the bond iesue election, bo'h thoee In favor of the m?*a>ur? And Chose who are opposed to the pro ject are winding up their plana of campaign. fioth sides have b"en working hard and each has a strong tollowlng The polls will open Tuesday morning at sunrise and will remain "pen until tiunset. Advocates of the |K-uo will have to do all the fight ing on that day, for every man who failg 10 vote will be polling one vote against the Issue. The voting places will be as follows: First ward: Washington Motor Car Co garage Second ward: City Hall. Third ward Z N Leggett's store. Fourth ward: F P. Whitley's store at the corner of Fourth and Har\t?y streets Tiiu> who favor the boud issue are urR"d to vote as early in the .lay a-t possible. PITT COINTY NEGRO ACCIDENTALLY KILLED Greenville, D c. 3y. ? News comes Vre from the CJninerly swell on" of j Pitt county i?f tlie accidental kill ing of Aionzu Waters, colored, by Henry wmiam*, another nngro, whi'c Hunting Williams' pun. a double-barrell d shotgun, was of