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NUMBER 46. MORRISON IS CHEERED B( " IARCECROWD COURT HOUSE WAS PACKED LAft j^lpjORT TO HEAR SPEECH BY FORBMOST ORATOR. FAVORABLE IMPRESSION Audicnc? Aroused to the Height of EnthmlMm by Speech Which Up hold Democratic Administration and Urged Ko-election of Wllsoo. Cameron Morrison,, candidate for Elector at large? spoke at the court | louse last night before an audience | Chat filled every seat and that gave him the closest of attention. Mr. Morrison talked for an hour and a half on national issues. At ? first, his audience appeared to be path or cold, but* before he had been : talking ten minutes, enthusiasm be gan to kindle and practically every paragraph he uttered was punctuated with vociferous applause. Toward tho conclusion of the address. Mr fltorrlson unconsciously took on the personality of a revivalist' and his ?lea for the support of Woodrow Wilson and the Democratic 4 party caused a burst qf cheering and hand clapping that lasted for several min utes. He made a deep' Impression Sn whig audience and in every way, thflttjMh Was one of the best that has ^een heard here in a long time. County Chairman, Lindsay C. War ren, called the meeting to ordef. He requested H, 8. Ward, a personal of Mr: Morrison, to introduce the speaker. Mr. ~Ward did so In Host fitting words, In which he paid Ugh tribute to the character of the man who was about to address the audience. Mr. Morrison spoke on the various Ulls that had been passed since the democrats entered Into power and he told of the prosper'ty that waa attending over the entire country at the present time. He also upheld President Wilson'B foreign policy In the strongest of terms and urged the fbters of Beaufort county to do their ttmost In making Mr. WltsoU presi dent for another four years. WUIcox Makes Claims. New York. Sept. 16. ? Indiana. Illinois and Wisconsin were claimed for Hughes by Chairman WIllcox of the Republican National Committee yesterday. He based his confidence on telegraphic advices from A. T. Hert, manager of Chicago headquar ters, and United States Senator Law rtnee Y. Sherman, of 111 loots. SHEEBORNE WRITES Prices within the past few Aa'ys have advanced very much on the brighter grade* of leaf and tips, and today the brown tobacoo from 9 to II cents took a very decided advance. Now is a good time to sell any to baccos that jrou may have ready, (ls the markets are not glutted, and all our buyers are anxious for tobacco. My sale* are giving entire satisfac tion, as we get the top price* for ev ery pile sold on our floor. Below are some sales made: 8. R. Warren, lift, 14, 31, 81. 14, Si. Ave. ISO. 75. * A. D. Moore. St. S3*. S4, 14*. ft. A V* ISO. SO. O. W. WWtehurst. 81*. SO, S4. SI, 48. Ato. 130. J. H. Taylor, IS, S3H, 14, 24 tl. Ave. IS4.80. W. L. Pippin, to, 11%. *4%. Ave. fit. . J. B. Latham. It, 11 H, tl. It. 14, 14. - Ave. |t4. O. A. Edward.. 18*. It*. 14)4. A?e it<fr ' ?' ? " ? - '^.^r Moor* * BmI. It*. 1*M. It*. J?i. II. AT*, tit Your* truly, . T. P 8H*I4)0RN*. 4 .ft A 1 ?a fn T ***** 1. IIMK Mjttftlf Burned Lut Night (By Eastern ?rees) Greenville, N. C., Sept. !?.? The Cabinet Veneer Company, one of the biggest plants In Oreenvflle. was to tally destroyed by fire shortly after midnight last Irtgfct Everything was lost The ^ttonfel Idsurance Is not known. The ?ra stgrted in the dry ing rqotsf, b?t the exact cause hu not ** y*t. BUSINESS HGITO MEET Question of "Pay-up Wwk" will Be Dtosnssed at Tonight's Meeting. - The Business Men's Association j aowrwiai purpose 0? discussing "Pay-up Week.'* This subject was brought up at the lak regular meet ing, but owing to thS fact that fhe attendance was rattjjp* email, It was decided to call a special meeting, so -hat the opinion of a larger number :>f members might be learned. All members ars requested to be present tonl4ht.< COTTON SEED $50 A TON Price of Milling Corn, Seed Cotton, Lint and So J a Beans Also Hit ? the Sky. According to Information from a prominent business man of the city today, good milling corn Is now worth $1 a bushel. Cotton seed is selling for $50 V ton, seed cotton fo^ 6 1*4 and 6 1-1 cents and lint cotton for 13 Aaj* beans ac? bringing fl.SS. D. N. MOORING DIED SUNDAY Prominent Citizen Died at Aurora. Waa fix-Sheriff of Pitt County. D. M. Mooring, age <9, ex-sheriff of Pitt county, died at Aurora late Sunday night. He is survived by his wife and several children. The funer al services were held yesterday after noon at Bonnerton. He la well known throughout both Pitt and 'Beaufort county and his death is mourned by a host of friends. INVITATIONS SENT OUT Miss Bailie Carrow' fto Become Bride Of Arthnr Elliott on October 10. JCb# following invitations were ! sent out today: Mf\ and Mrs. Harvey Hill Carrow request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter BalHe Harding v to v Mr. Arthur Orgham Elliott on Tueoday mot-nlng. the tenth of October, at ten o'clock Saint Peter's Episcopal Church Washington, North Carolina No cards Issued In the city. BIG REMWT ASBURY Rev. 9. J. Ij+wU Is Conducting Roc reMful Meeting. Eleven Additions. Eleven additions have been made to the membership of the Asbury church to date. Rev. J. J. Lewis is conducting one of the greatest re vivals that the ehureh has ever known and large congregations are attending nightly. Serrleea begin at 7:1# o'clock, to whleh the public is cordially invited. OBSERVE JEWISH NEW YEAS Th? Jcwlah paopln of Um rooatry WIM oalcbrat* no*h HnkMih from ?tx o'clock tomorrow nl?ht until tba nsma ttino Thuraday. Thla la tha Jewlab New Tear. Tom dan t?Mr. Tom Klppur, or "th? day of atone ment." will bo obaarrad, on which d?r tba people faat and rMlKlon.lj abacrva tba nwHan. COM CONVENE HERE ON NEXT MONDAY! Superior court, for the trial of civil cases, will convene in Washing ton Monday morning for two weeks. I A number of important cases are pn the docket. The complete calendar reads as follows:. Monday, Oct. a. Taylor vs Taylor. " W. T. Potter vs H. D. Stillcy. Lucy S. Jar vis vs J. D. Bwaln. R. R. Fleming vs Redding Leggeff. | Rollins vs ?partew< (*?tt v. Banks ft Bennett. Washington Horse Exchange Co. vs| Powers ft May 6. I.' Tuesday, Oct. 8. [Jim Parker vs T. Guilford. ' W. McCoy "tubbs vs W. W. 8. Waters I Emily Jenkins et al vs. J. J. Hodges.] \L H. Padgett vs N. 8. R. R. Wednesday, Oct. 4. j Riley Edwards vs H. H. Proctor. Adeline Wilder vs Edward Wilder.. O. L. Perry vs Klnchen Robefson. W. H. Russ vs John B. Respass. Hotel Louise vs P. A. Nicholson. Thursday, Oct. 6. Qay vs Tetterton. Stllley vb Southern Bottling Workd. j Bonner et al vs Interstate Coop. Co. | Aug. Wilklns vs A. C. L. R. R. J. P. Ricks vs A. C. L. R. R. H. D. Stllley vs E. R. Mlxon and O. | H. Elliott. Friday, Oct. 0. |C. B. Paul vs T. H. Jordan. Job Robinson vb Ell Gurganus. N. T. Woolard vs Job Robinson. Cora Wludley et al vb Jno. L. Roper | Lbr. Co. C. E. Campbell vb G. Miller. Monday,. Oct. 9k ?*" ? Washington Light ft Water Co. ?? S". j t. ' * C. T. Cherry vs Wiridley & Coop. Co. S. B. Wtndley vb Roper Lbr. ?o. et al W. T. Windley vs Roper Lbr. Co et al Tuesday. Oct. lO. E. G. Hamilton vs O. W. Clark. Washington Horse Ex. Co. vs T. E. Cutler. E. R. Mlxon ft Co. vs J. R. Guthrie | et al. (Continued on page 3) SHOWS INCREASE IN TICK Interesting Exhibit Is on Dtnplay at | the Honk of Washington. I>r. E. P. Yager, who is in charge of the tick eradication work In the eounty, put two of the cattle tlckB In a small glass bottle on August 19. The bottle was placed In the Bank of Washington and left there for people to see. Today, there are over a thousand ticks In the small bottle and there are many others In the process of hatching. The exhibit is an Interesting demonstration of tho rapidity of increase of the tick and tti* damage that they can do to cat tle. JOE TAYLOEJO SPEAK Will Address tho Voters of Hyde County at Various Places Next Week. Joseph F. T?<9f?r raMft'ir- 1 rangements political tour | through Hyde'ttWmty. He ad dress the cftilfofl M that cfJflty ^Sn questions o^tti^lHr at the places: 3,, Monday. Oct. ffladesvlHs. Tuesday, KEBER JOKES IS UtRESTED Is Held fn Klnston, Oh*T(t<x1 "WfcH I Wril Known 111 '** W*AbC<w> ' - .-H . , ... JtKv k (Br EnKtern Prett) r ' KIBaton, B?vt. St. ? H?bor JoaM. I of Norfolk, formerly of Wuhlngton, M. C . ha. torn arMatWl in mia ?Kr npon mat met l on reealrad from tho Norfolk polle*. Ho I* Chart*! with Inoduetioa. If It alto nndtrjtooa that t tharga of ttaault with a daadlr wtapoa wlU b? brought acalwt him. NEW CRISIS OCCURS IN CREEK CAM , <B? United Press) Athens, Sept. 26. ? Ex-Premier Venizolos' sudden departure for the Island of- Crete, held by revolution ists. has created a new crisis in the Greek capital. King CfcnaUatino to ?*r motored to Athens to consult the prime minister, as soon as he learned tlie news. A few hoars later, it was announced that General Mosch Poulos, chief of the general stafT, had resigned. ..,Venizelos will issue a proclama tion, calling for the mobilisation of I all Greek spldlers, upon his arrival at Crete today, according to advices here. He will take no farther steps bffore visiting Salonika and he may possibly go to London, although it it.rumored that he may head the rev olution Immediately. He plans to Vtgit all Greek Islands, where revo lutions are occurring. ; THE CIRCUS IS COMING Will Be Here About the Middle of - Kcxt Month. News Given Out L This Morning* Kldlets. grown people ? and In bet wrens ? pick up your ears! The circus Is coming! ?8 a fact! ? Wo learnod the news this morning. It'll be here on October 19, we be lieve, although the advance man haan't come around yet. But it'll be here around that time, anyway. Its going to be Robinson's, and It's golnfc to be a bear. IWfRS FAVOR WILSON No -Supporter of Hughes Was En-' countered by Dally News Re pre- ' ?entail ve This Morning. How is Washington going to vote on the national election? This is a question that is now being asked with interest and various answers are being made. The Daily News is taking a poll of the voters. A rep* resentatlve of the paper Is ABking the citizens of both parties to express themselves. He Is not attempting to pick out the voters, but stops every one whom he meets. Republicans and Democrats are urged to get Iheir votes added to the llsL The first day's vote is overwhelm ingly In favor of Wilson. Here is the result; For Wilson 8fl. For Hughe* 0. CHANGE ON COAST LINE Xlght Train from Plymouth Will . Proceed on to Rocky Mount tn the Future. A change of schedule on the Coast | I.lne will go lnfb effect on October 1. 1 Heretofore, the train from Plymouth has only gone as far as Tarboro and has remained there for the night. Beginning with' the above date, this trifc wtI1 ?roc.ee<1, on to Jlocky Moatyt. Tfils change will gttfctly improve the service. LA0T week ok session OF FKACE COMMUNION New London, Sept. 26. ? The jtex i?a* Pfeace Commission will Mtote it* last week at New London ^6 a dlscnieion of the following subjects: Th? 'charge that Carranxlsta gen erals dlspatehed to capture Villa Mite noised abandoned mines and fcre shipping their loot to border ottMs. Manufacture of oounterfelt money by ifodean officials, who have feand It impossible to dlspoee of the al moat worthless Mexican "money." Farther investigation of State, Do-! pnrtment reports and private advices | concerning . Mexico's lack of food,, tho ravages of typhus and the *ap relations of brigands. KstabUshmont of tn international rourt of claims to consider cases of AmerfQciis alaln or American prop "rtist ?sotr oys* or iqaflsrslsf RECENT '"CTORV Is Most Brilliad V igle Achievement of the Somme Offensive. Other Towns Captured. BRITISH MARClilO BAUPAUME (By United Press) London. Sept. 16. ? Comblea, the key point to the whole German battle line from Baupaumq to Peronne. has been capturcd. The Brltfth took the city After eighteen hour* furious fighting north of the Somme. Halg announced this afternoon that the British had entered the city, over coming the resistance of the enemy. The losses of the Oermans are said to be most severe. The British victory was achieved after three weeks of desperate driv ing agalnBt the Qerman center and is the most striking single achieve ment of the whole Somme offensive. The capture followed day and night ? ittacks and most brilliant of allied | successes. The villages of Xorval and Lesboeyfs by the British and Rar.court by the French, were also important victories In this campaign. Fifteen hundred prisoners have al ready been taken by the British and more are ebmlnjs In. Large supplies of war material have also been tak en. Combles fell after thrifts by both the British and French drew them close about the German garrison, which made escape for the Teutons almost impossible. For weeks the Germans had used the town, with Its wonderful system of fortification as a pivot from which to Bwing their attacks north and south to the allied lines. The British have also pro gressed In the direction of Bau paunie. capturing strong redoubts. N.V. LEGISLATURE TO . CONSIDER STRIKE Governor Whitman IIu Hern Asked to Call Special Session. May Not AcCbdo to RequeaL (By United Press) | New York, Sept. 26. ? An extraor dinary session of the legislature, to consider the traction strike situa tion, will be requested of Governor Whitman this afternoon. The move ment has the support of members of the legislature and also the strike leaders. The governor, however, was not previously favorable and there Is no certainty that he will ac cede to the reqeust for the extra Nataa; LOCAL m GO TO BORDER Pn*sfwl Through K I niton Today. Fn*l Carrwin Ha* licen Converted. (By Eastern Press) Kins ton. Sept. 26. ? The Second Infantry passed through here this morning en route for the border. Residents of Washington wore In evidence, among those seen being Colonel W. <3. Rodman. Drum Major Sergeant Frailer MoDevitt. Sergeant 1 John Shelton, Sergeant Harry Paul, ; |Serge??nt Dave Fulford and Private' Fred Carrowan. Carrowan was recently converted at a revival held at Camp Glenn and Is now a staunch Y. M. C. A. worker. Heia especially well known In Wash Ingion aud his' many friends hem will be glad to know of his change I of keart. HTftkjtfKR SINKS ON liAKV ONTARIO: SIX LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST (By United Press) Oswego, N. Y? . Sept. 26.? The stdfcfber. Roberval, bound from Ot tawt to Osw**o, sank today In a storm five miles off Oswego. Six m?n<ftv? known to have lost their ' Three survivors have been . DORAHY IS ENDORSED AS GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE Atlanta, Oa., Sept. 16.? Hugh M ?>rser who prosecuted Leo Frank, was formally endorsed as the guber natorial nominee by the State Demo oralis convention today- A strong resolution, endorsing President Wll ?oa. wm also adopted at the ooavs* ZEPPELINS MAKE ANOTHER RAID (By United Press) London, SepL 26. ? Twenty-nine persons were killed in last night's Zejt>elln raid. The raid was the second within the last forty-eight hours. The French report a num ber of small houses wrecked. The raiders were driven away from the Industrial centers. No image was done to military establlei ^entft. ANOTHER STRONG SERMON Dr. Anriorfton Continues Powerful Preaching at the llaptis* Church. Rev. W. M. Anderson p. eached an other powerful sermon at the Bap tist church last night to a large con gregation. His theme ^ros the sec ond coming of Christ, and he dealt with It In an Impressive manner. Twenty additions to the church have been made since Dr. Andersnn began his meetings here. It Is ex pected that this number will be doubled before the close of the ser vices. COTTON EXPORTS. (By United Press) Washington. Sept. 26. ? Cotton ex ports for the week ending Saturday were 122.690 .according to the Com merce Department. todays program ? AT ? New Theatre "BETTY OF GRBY8TONH" S reft! Triangle with Dorothy Olah aa the atar Ht?rtinjc Friday Night, Rept, 2? "THR GRIP OF RVII/1 THUR?T>AY NIGHT nnj>Y csin*i?M) <xifford "UWOEB liONGRR I/TT(TY** 15c and 50c aeata will b? sold At box offlcA 7 Be and 91.00 ?MU at Worthy * Etherldce's ADMIAAfON kaad l?e Show atartn at 7:46 aharp Matloaa dally at 4 p. m.
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