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(By United Prima) Paris, Oct. S. ? The attempt of the German* against the positions eaat of Commie* were quickly repulsed last night, says an official statement. Elsewhere, excepting for violent ar tlDerylng In the. region of Rancourt, the flomme front la quiet today. The German* attempted a eorle from St. Pier woods hut were caught by the Frtnoh Bre and were driven back. ?aris. Oct. 1. ? Continuing their advance^ northeast of Plorlna. the 8er^e today captured first line tranches on the heights of Stakog graxn. The Bulgarian counter attacks agtliu&tf^New BritjMh positions on the eaat hank of* the Gtruma were repulsed with heavy Im^mT ' Italian* Are Busy. Zurich. Oct- 3. ? The Italians are violently bombarding Austrian posi tions near Noafalcone, In preparation for renewing their drive . toward Trieste. Air squadrons are b i btfdhif the enemy communication lines. The Austrian press comments severely on the bombardment and warns that the withdrawal to some' other points may be necessary. Bulgarians Attack Romanians. London. Oct. 3. ? Bulgarian forces hare attacked the Bumanlan army that crowed the Danube and invaded Bulgaria Bunday. A violent battle is ragtag east or Portree Bnstchak. A uister dam dispatches report fhat the Rumanians have met with little oppositions They threw up strong entrenchments before they were at tack ed Rumanian monitors on the Danube first silenced the Bulgarian shore batteries, Invading forces laodq0 under cover of the fire. The aise of the Bumanlan army is not known, t^ut military critics believe that |t must be about 10.000. Active toihe East. Petrogrsd, Oct. 3. ? Massing con siderable reserves, the -Teutons have hurled large forces ay last the Rus sians along the river Oenluvk* and on the heights oh the right bank of the Zlota Lip a. They were' driven back, however. With heavy looses. In this region slone," the 81avs have taken 6,000 prisoners during the last three days. East of Novo Alexandrovek, dense German columns attempted to ad vance after heavily bombarding the Russian trenches, but were repulsed by machine Are. The Teutons were also repulsed in s midnight sttack on the Sereth river, following a bom T>ardmeat RECEIVE STORK WARNING The following storm warning from Washington City was received 1 by the local observer today: # | ?* Heist N. E. storm warning. Reports, Indicate disturbance 1*00 toUee off Qeorgia and 8outh Carolina coasts, apparently moving north ward. NortherjV gales' Tuesday off North Carolina coast. fNr BOARD AMMAIES $300 FOB COUNTY COTTON CRM ' ? ? Action Taken at Meeting Monday. Jurors for November Term of Court Are Drawn At the meeting of the county com ml salon era yesterday a petition from the Beaufort county branch of the farmers* Union wu read, adklng for an appropriation of 9300 to ?* cure a cotton grader's services for fhe cowaty. After some discussion and deliberation, the board decided to grant the -Vv' - A petition, signed by many cftt sens of Washington towmiblp, was presented at the meeting, asking the board to regulate the Speeding on the cemetery road. The-elgners of the petition were referred to the fltate law on the matter of speeding. X report wag read from Sheriff Wlgdley stating that In obedlenee to an erder. directing a Jury of three persons ? J. M. Benson. Rufus H. Harris and B. W. Wilkinson to view the (rounds and lay ofT a road lead ing from 8. W. Wilkinson's to the school' house corner. The report ; ststed that this had been done. A petition, requesting the board to call an election to decide whether a special tax should be levied aooord Ing to law for the, support of the | school In the section beginning In j Moy'n Tieaverdam swamp at the Old j For< graded school district Hue. The board ordered the election to be held I November $. with J. H. Clark regis trar nnd A. 8. Robinson sad B. T. Woolard. Judges of election. The following Jurors were drawn eraser 10; R. W, ?*rrit. O. F. Davit. Dan W. iTaylor, Jeremiah Woofard. \U B. Hill. J. E. Adam*. C. P. Harris. J. W mi ley Woolard. if. 8. TrlPP. C*. O. Cratch. A. 'W. Paul. R. A. Paul, John' T. Boyd. J- Z. Bowen. P. S. Cuthr?ll, C. W. flmith. John Ecklin, C. M. Day. J. P. Gurganux. R. T. . Warrtu, Ernest Swindell. A. E. Ed wards, John D. Calalfl, Rufus Oay. Fred Clark, T. A. Brooks. M. M. Cot Jtr. Isaac H. Ambrose. J. S. Gurganus, ' J. F. Whitley, W. T. Frlsboe, Ira Ross. Thos. M. %hltley, A. J. Cox. A. L. liell, A. C. Harrison. WORKED 30 YEARS WITHOUT VACATION, HE TAKES BIG ONE (By Unlttd Press) Oape Glrardeaa. Ho.. Oct t. ? John J. 1*edl, station agent worked thirty jeart without a vacation to that when he took one It would be a dan dy. Ht took It last ?Mk-?t six hour rlslt with t ftrm friend: John couldn't stand Idleness. PERSONAL flEA (OR PEACE MADE TO WH^IN BY KAISER President Refused to jAct in the Role of Peacemaker, ClajUn Dispatches From Ztjrich Rome. Oct. 3. ? Zurich dispatches assart that 'the Raiser personalty appealed to President Wilson to end the t tar. Just through what chan nels the Kaiser's message "as delivered-!* Ml. Wilson is not known. It Is stated that Mr. Wllaon received the |4fkLlf? and then anawared 1^ with a refusal to Intervene at this tlm?kl It haa become generally known that ' high offlelmU tn Germany would welcome peace. The masses, ovefitpme by the staggering losses of men on all fronts, are also beginning to clamor that hostilities be terminated. The Kaiser's plea at this time, therefor#,, does not seem unreasonable. Mr. Wilsons' refusal to Intervene, it la Vtated, was due to the fact that he considered it unneutral at this time to' act in the caparly of a peace [maker. . , ?-f&J : MILK SUPPLY OF N.Y.CITY is m OFF Only Small Percentage of Usual Sup ply Beathfcd tl?e City Thla z Morning. (By United Pr eei) New York. Oct. from 26 tp 35 per cent of the ii?u*f milk sup ply reached New York city today, ac- j cording to estimates made by both sides of the big milk strike. Hospi tals and babies are still supplied with fresh milk but the restaurants, in many cases, are forced to do with out. Households are being partially supplied. State authorities are rush ing an inevstlgation of the alleged distributing and producing combines, which are at loggerheads. An at tempt will take made to determine whether the dairymen's league is In the combination for the restraint of trade or whether the big three dis tributors are guilty of price fixing. 3HELBURNE WRITES Prices on all grades are higher than they have been at any time this year. The sweet tips have advanced very much, and wrappers are higher from $10 to $20, Our house hands out but little "hot air" and talk, but we get everfc man who cornea her? high prlcee, and will continue to lead In prices and averages as the sales below show. When a farmer comes to Washing ton with bis tobacco and drltes In our house we get J>lm the top prices on all grades and send him home well pleased. Como and see for your self. r. A. Edwards 109 lbs. at $23. ItS lbs. at H$. SO lb* at $11. lit lbt. at M8. 90 lbs. at $40. 78 lbs. at $4t. St lbs. at |S|. 240 lbs. at HI 1 Of lb* at $58. 70 Ibe. at $SS. HO lbs. at tU.. lot lbs. at MS 1231 lbs. Ate. $??.?$. W. B Adams. 18*. J1. tt, It. tt. 37. Ave. $25.81. J. C. Mill.. IS. 11 H. 14. 14. II. 17. IT. .11. An 111. || 5. ? . j. c. miii. * ttbim. n*. u. It*. 1?, 1?. II. An 111 10, W.rron Lctkun. ??*. >1 Vi. ?? ?>? IM 01. . (t >#, Yours trulf. GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM FOR LOCAL SCHOOL Bo y? - Are Practising Hard. First Qame to bo Played on Next I - -'"X Friday. I The Washington high school foot ball team is hard at work practising for th# coming games. About twenty five men are out for the |e?m and in 1 dicatlons are that the school will be represented by a winning eleven. Following is tbe schedule that has, ? ! Odt. ?% ? Klnston at Washington. Qtt. 18 ? Elisabeth City at Wash ington. Oct. SO ? Washington at Klnston. j Oct. 88 ? Washington at Raleigh. Nov. S ? Open. Nov. 10 ? Ooldaboro at Washing ton. Nov. 17 ? Washington at Elisabeth City. Nov. 86 ? Open. Thanksgiving ? Washington st Ooldsboro. GOT WS HAND CAUGHT IN SAUSAGE MACHINE A negro. Joe Oorham. working In O. Hum ley '? market, put his hand too far Into a sausage machine. The member was drawn into the knives. Suffering untold pain, the negro was taken to Davenport's pharmacy, where ^be machine had. to be broken before his hand could be extricated.. The band la badly mangled i NOTICE. The tax books of the city of Wash ington have been turned over to the city collector for collection of same and taxee are payable at the city hall or to J. V. Flynn, tax collector. W. O. AYBR8, City Clerk. 10-8-10te. TODAYS PROCRAM ? AT New Theatre mm x * "BOlf QOTXCrtr ft Ml Fln? Arte DB WOLF HOF*BR (h* stellar *rttat ADMWWIOK...V. .?k> Md IOe Show start* at 7:45 iUf? Mail dm dally at 4 p. m. 10 m BIG PICNIC AT 0U> FORD, OCT. 12 Cltlseos of That Section Are Armng ?for GaU tMy to Mark Dedi cation of. School . A big community picnic will be held at Old Ford on Thursday. Octo ber 12. The cltlsens of that section are making elaborate preparations for the event. Committees have been appointed to attend to all details. The residents of every section or the county are invited to be present and bring their baskets with thera. The plcnlo will mark the dedica tion of the new school house at Old,, "Ford. An Interesting and enjoyable program is being prepared and some I prominent lccal men will be present I to addrees the gathering. HI INSPECTION OF cum IS HADE Doctor From State Deportment of Health Rtu> Already Begun Work in City Schools. I Dr. A. C. Bulla, of the 8tate board of health. Is here to Inspect the pu pils of the public schot.B of the , county. He will remain until all of the schools In the county have been j Inspected. His work Is only lnspec- . Hon. and not vaccination or treat- ] ment. J Dr. Bulla yesterday began the In- , apectlon of the city school, starting . with the primary grades. He exam- 1 lned 90 pupils and found 19 of these j defective, ,or an average of about 21 per cent^ ^This is probably a little better average than at other places : for the same grades. The doctor states that he is well pleased with the showing made so far. He hopes to finish the city school this week and will go to pelbaven and Pan tego for next week's work. JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS PER&IHTKNT OPPOSITION TO PREMIER TO "K % uv?rt^_'',t'SE' ""riliin OVER SUCCESSOR Both Side* Have Candidate* In Meld. Okuma Wu 79 V ears of Ago. Advanced Years, Thought by Some, to be Cnuse for Resigning. (By United Press) I Toklo, Oct. a.? -The entire Ja|?aiie?o cabinet. Including Pro mier Okuma, have tendered their re*ignationa. Washington. Oct. 8. ? Persistent opposition of the Japunose upper and non-electivo houses of parliament to the policies of Premier Okuma is re sponsible for his resignation, the embassy here believes. He control!^ ed the lower house, but the coalition in the upper house was formed against him. It is said that Okuma contemplated resigning several months ago. Viscount Kato. former minister of foreign affairs under Okuma, Is said to be his choice as his successor. Op ponents arc urging Count Marshall Trerachla, governor general of Ko rea, who holds the highest rank In the Japanese army. Okuma Is sev enty-nine years of age and it Is thought that his advanced age may be responsible for his action. TOTAL PROPERTY VAUIUWN IN THE CfTYJS S3, 092,(12 Tax Books Been Compiled. Meeting of Board of Aldermen Was Held Last Night At the meeting of the board of Aldermen last night, attorneys for the Atlantic Coast Line appeared be fore the board wlfh reference to the ordinance that was passed at tho last meeting of the board, requesting the Coast Line to install gates at the Second street crossing. It was point ed out that those gates really caused more accidents than they prevented and that a flagman wsa a more effic ient method of protecting this cross Up on motion, the ordinance was re pealed and a new one was passed, asking the railroad to keop a watch man at th* crossing from 7:30 a. m. to 7:80 p. m. Later than this, a member of the tral* crew may act as flagman for toy train that has to pasa the croaalng. It was also de tided that the flagman be Invested with powers of a special pollcetoian. George Hackney, Jr.. appeared be fore the board In connection with the "dimmer" ordinance, passed at the last meeting. He stated that It was an impossibility to drive over some of the streets of the city with dim mers. aa not sufficient light was throw* (rat to guard against collis ions with other vehicles, running ov* r children and other aocidents. He ad vocated the 'use of "deflectors" In stead of ths dimmers. Upon motion, the ordinance was so amended as to Include the deflectors. J. B. 8parrnw and George T. Leach appeared before the board with ref erence to providing docking facilities for the new steamship line that In coming to Washington. Upon mo tion. Mr. Sparrow was asked to re quest a representative or this com pany to appear before tho board and ascertain what ho desired to have done. A committee of Ihree, J. F. lluck man, C. O. Morris and 8. C. Carty. was appointed with power to act re garding the paving of Union Alley from Main to Water streets. M. M. Jones appeared before the board with specifications as to the paving. The tax books, as compiled snd computed, were accepted and turned over to the collector. The books show that there are 549 while polls and 4 72 colored polls in the city. The value of real estate (white) Is $1,799,460; that of col ored is $129,811, making a total val uation of $1,919,271. Bank stock and shares In other corporations, amount to $283,007. Personal property (white), $829. 269; colored. $22,394; total, $868. <60. Corporation exceaa. $27. 844 Th* total property (white). $2, 929,187; colored. $162,206; total valuation. $8,092,772. Total for laat yaar,. $2,107,696. Mr. Lewis of the Lewis Dry Goods Company has gone to Northern markets to pur chase the neuter things in C oat Suits ? Dresses ? LEWIS DR Y GOODS CO,
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