Last Edition TON, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 8. (910 ? Arrl?e? ViK^ipcrted); ? Hanker UlUs In His Kanaaa citf.-Jlo.. March ^Find ing Jere F. LUlla. a millionaire local banker, in his home when he arrlvt-d (meapectedly at an e?-ly hour today, Jojin P. Cudahr. a wealthy packer and (on dt Mlehaol Oudahy, the -Chi cago millionaire, la alleged to have committed an asafaU. upon the man which tad to hia arre?t on a charge - & r CLOSING , The Pine y Grove School, Has Inter esting Commencement Exercfres I^ast FrlUai-. On Friday, March 4*. the commence ment exercises of the Piney Grove school, District No. 13, in lx>ng Acre township, took place. Quite a large number were present. }n addition to the regular exercises of the day Jhe . school gave a picnic. Everything good to eat was served. Miss AUbe' "Lee Draddy is the efficient teacher, and is doing good work. After dinner Messrs. Joseph F. Tayloe and W. I>. Vaughan made ad dresses. Mr. Vaughan made a pro . position that if some man in the community of Piney Grove would give two acres of land for the use of the school, then let the people In the district come together at proper " times and cultivate the cfrop and the entire proceeds go towards the school he felt sure 'it would be 'beneficial. Before Mr. Vtughan had finished stating hi proposition Mr. A. C. Wid mer announced that he would donate i the land, tfhis two acres this year will be planted In potatoes with corn between. This course will be taken * so as to realise two crops. All the profits will go to the school. The citlsens at Piney Grove*ire en deavoring to erect a new school build ing. They have In hand already In cash over $10?. The fertilizer for these farms will be donated. V rge confess that their fall came as a result of reading eieltlab tales of crime. These stories are forgotten perhaps fy years, or until the emer gency arises, and then* there flashes through the poind the plot at device cleverly suggested by those early stories. In the belief that he will not be erfught, the tempted man re peats some one experience with, as he. thinks, a little added cunning THE MEMORY. A chief of police reports that many of the criminals who cone under his I. 1) I V # m I L'? of Be)h*v?n, ^of the .Chamber and stated ho under | stood the Washington Chamber of was preparing to hold an il Fair, and as he thought Beaufort county cbuld beat the world (If the farmer* -would prop erly prepare their lands and go to the do thoae growing, record breaking crops in other sectional but this extra preparation must be start ed In time. Mr. Latham also *aid that be had heard tfcat never*! people in the county were prep&raig their lands with intention of winning ! Washington's prise for largest yield ^dfcorn per acre and that K Washing ton really intended to hold ' such I contest, the people of Belhaven want- ; ed to kncfar in time and they would) matte somebody "grow corn." , _ I The cups as. donated by Mr. Chas. Pawtucket, R. I., were 'then shown. "These cups," said Mr. MKfrwW "are lint enough to make afcybody Bblvo for o^e- of thton/'l That M0^jmM#%ttld^>e banded down for ions, and If it were positive that they were Uttie the cora prices no doubt great ir&ftbers would enter the contest. That he would [like to have the BecreUfry advise him at the earliest dato so that his section could get in the race. MKS. MARY BOOARl^M A tribute of love from the Aid J Society of the First Presbyterian j Church, Washington. N. C., to thef memory of Mrs. Mary Bogart, widow j of Coit. David Bogart, who died February 7, 1910, In the 63rd yearj of her age. Another link broken. Another friend gone, A silken tie severed. > And a comrade to mourn. She was a noble woman; unseldsb, kind and true; her life was a bene diction to her family composed of two girls and five* boys. Agencies for promoting her Master's kingdom1 received her earnest support. ? Our societies will miss her labors and thoughtful helpfulness. We feel that she has received 0 the Savior's plaudit, "She hath done what she could." Therefore. l>e It Revolved, l. That' tl^.LAdies' Aid Society of the ' Flqrt?ly>p?ji Urlaii Church. Washington, N. C , feeling [deeply her love, extend their synipa laaeoclate may inspire us to a higher consecration in the Master's service. 3. That we set apart a page in our minutes inscribed %to her memory j-* 4- That a copy qt these resolutions be sent to her family and also to the town paper for publication. - Mrs. JOHN McCLUER, Mrs. JOHN SMITH, . Mrs. C. M. PAYNE, '? ? ? :y Committee. | HILL I'ASSKl). Thua far, Senator Alt\rich'B bill providing for the appointment oft a commission to look Into, the business methods of the government has met with litfle difficulty. The bill was taken up by unanimous consent on Monday, and after some proposed amendments had been rejected it was read a third time and passed without roll call. The measure creates a body to be known as the "govern ment business methods commission," which Is to be composed five mem bers of the Senate apj*vfrited by the presiding officer -thereof, and five members of the House of Represen tatives. to be appointed by the speak er, It Is made the duty of this com mission to inqdlre Into %nd report to Congress at the earliest date or dales practicable what changes are neces sary or desirable Ui the methods of transacting the business of the gov em men t, sor in thp laws" relating thereto, and ? for this purpose the members are authorised : to sit dur ing the session or recess of oCngress at such times and places as they |nsy deem desirable, to send Tor persons and papers,, to administer oafjia, .and to employ such secretaries. ?jp$rta, stenographers, messengers and other assistants as may be necessary. The commission is also to have the through subcommittee or otherwise, to examine witnesses And to msks such lavestlsatlons and examinational of the subject, committed to th?lr charge Mi they may dee mrequlslte. reading The Youth', Companion V- ? .* ???, ' -1 Lftthroplc ' UNIVERSITY NOTES. " Ttfe preliminary contest for places on the team to represent Carolina In debate with Washington and Lee was held last week. The contestants were H. E? Stacy, - W- R. Edmonds and B. W. PUarr. "Stacy was & member of the Carolina team that defeated Tu Jane In' 'debate laat spring In New Orle&ns.- Edmonds won the Bing hapv medal in thg commencement debate between the_DI and Phi so cieties last June. Pharr is a gradu ate of Erskine College, where he won ' the oratorical medal. The judges of the contest. Dr. C. L. Raper, Prof. F. H. Winston and Prof. E. 1^. Gra ham, decided in favor of Stacy and Edmonds.,. The debate with Wash ington and Lee will be held April 8 in OreenBboro. The Baine night a de ,bate with Georgia will be held in Chapel Hill. The preliminary contest for the eorgia debate will bGo held this week. Those who have entered for the contest are A. H. Wolfe, C% E. Mcintosh, Ney McNeely, John H. Doushall, and P. M. Cox. Wolfe Is president of the senior class and a speaker of ability. Mcintosh 1b an esperlenced debater who has success fully represented the Di society against the Phi. Boushall and Cox have both done good work in their societies. McNeely has been trained not only in the hall of the Dl society but. also In the assembly hall of 'the North Carolina Legislature, in which he represented Union county. / The annual Soph-Junior debate was held Friday night between the Oi and ?phi' societies. The question waa nan's suffrage and the cause of the iuffragette won, W. F. Hen-' (tricks and I. C. Moser of the Di op posed, and L. N. Johnson and J. A. McGoogan of the Phi championed the cause of woman. The debate was close and spirited from start to finish. B. 'W. Turlington and W. ,'jrr Tay lor' have been chosen to represent the Phi society and C. L* Williams and O. IB. Thompson. the Dl society. In the annual intersoctoty com .MfUUlS KIN EMI A Physician sffcxw, and. Sartou ?Q??1> a Merchant? Wye i^'.rwpTlll*. N. C., March I ? a tal pjfhone message from Balltrdi cram this county, r. J. H. Hddson shot t?:iu~-8?i loualj. v:vI?m]w4 Mr Jed Elks, a merchant there, this morolfca;. Five -ebots ware fired by ?-U- M, v?u-i?u. T||?- report M?4 the men had been >ut vrtth'eaui "oslicv it eoiucllniea and got together ibits lnornlng to fettle the majlter. Hud eon haa surrendered to $fflcere and state* that Elks shot ' Mr. Moses J. Fowler ft Elected Chief of Folic.! DR. BROWN FIRg CHIEF Mr. I). Pt. Packard Rec City, Engineer and Military Company Committee on Da*\ In Continued. Senate and that he had* never partic ipated in the proceeding of a more dignified and orderly body than the DialecUt society. Albert Boushall Hart, head of the Dttmrtment of His tory at Harvard, saRrthat the Dia lectic and Philanthropic societies of the University of North Carolina took rank along with those of Tale 'and Harvard and the ol4'^fctg and Clio .societies of Princeton. The D1 and Phi societies have had a part in training a, President and Vice President of the United States, ten cabinet offlcets, ten ministers to foreign countries, eighteen United States Senators, five Confederate Senators, ninety-two Congressmen, twenty-nine governors, thirtjf-flve justices of the Supreme Court* and nine hundred and fifty members oC tk. legislatures of various- States. Phi societies have tretm. The Board of City Aldermen met at the city hall last evening in regu lar monthly session. ' Dr. E. M. Bro*n wa? t^ommended to the board by the r^ipoetive flre companies for Chief of the./Flre De partment. In consequerce \>f this recommendation he- was; elected by the board Fire Chief, to Succeed Dr. J. M. Gallagher, resigned. Dr. John C. Rodman*" pf ilie City Improvement Committee} appeared before the board and sta^d that the committee had decided ? to recom mend the appointment o| Mt. D. B. Packard as engineer of ?he city for surveying the streets td^be paved. The board selected Mr. Ff^kfltrd at a salary of $150 per months subject to the contract and ag'reeiae it to be en tered into hereafter. V , The Washington Llg t Infantry was allowed 9100 for sic lonihs end ing July 1.- After that t me another appropriation will be male. The *tity attorney. rH. C. Car ter, jr., and Alderman J : O. Chaun cey were appoiqted to^ffifrefore the County. Commissioners* Ijfiay 'With a vlew?.of getting an.exWaEen of itlme for the county chain ~giuqK to work in the ?itv. The^CSulflJ ll^MUiUsloiieia have ohly allowed them to work in Warihinjgton for^a period of 10 days. The city desiretj a longer time. The, city attorney stated that he had conferred with Mr. J.T. Boss and that it .was his wish that bis differ enced as auditod by the expert ac countant be submitted to a board of arbiters. The board decided to sub mit his grievances to the same com mittee as in the case of Mr. A- Mayo. In reference to the. day electric current, Mr. Bryan, of the electric light plants stated that he had writ ten several towns In the State about the sire of Washington ascertaining the cost, etc., of maintaining a day service and from the" facts received he did not think a day service wotrid be a paying investment just at this time. On motion the committee was continued until next meeting. Motion was made to repeal the or dinance referring to the sale of fresh meats in the city Unfits. The mo tion was lost. ?It was announced that the lots In the white cemetery were now ready and rfould be sold on the installment plan. Thesfule is to pay $5 down and $2> qj/nHfly until paid for. In case of bu/ml then the entire amount falls due. The resignation of Chief of Police George N. Howard wap read and ac cepted. Messrs. M. J. Powler and J. A. Dudley were applicants for the position. Mr. Fowler was elected land assumed hie duties this morning. The usual orders were allowed for [the mouth. It l*?SkKAgkl??(t!& . !?." ! STEAMER BURNED The Manhattan Destroyed at Hei Dock. ? V WAS VALUED AT $125,000 ill the Passengers Were Saved and *11 the Crmt With the Kxccptlun o? One, a t>|>anlah Fireman, Who 1? Mlsain#? ship Has Heen In Two Collisions and Other Mialwpa. Portland. Me., - March 7. ? The Maine Steamship Company's liner Manhattan, which left New York at midnight Saturday, was attack* Yd by flames an hour after she had docked hore today and w(^s destroyed ^after being towed to South Portland. The total loss Is 1260.000. The vessel was valued at $125, i>00 and the car go at the same. The passengers who were asleep on board at the time escaped injury through the, bravery of the crew. ? One- member of the crew, a Span ish fireman, Is missing and is be lieved to have perished. The other 34 seamen are safe. The Manhattan was known among seafaring men as a "hqodoo" boat. Since she was built In ,1891 she had "been in two oollisions. a man was lost overboard from her hurricane deck and she once sprang a leak in Hell Gate. New Yoffk, and came near sinking. There were seven passengers on board and they were not awakeiftfT after the Manhattan had docked last night. Half an hour after she had been made fast to her pier fire was discovered in a quantity of freight in the hold. An alarm was sent in to the Portland fire department and the members of the crew were formed Into a bucket brigade while the first mate and the purser aroused the pas sengers. who fled ashore with their baggage. The flames spread 'rapidly*; and soon began to menace the Maine Steamship Company's pier. It Was then decided to beach the Manhattan; The tug Honyebrook of New York and two Portland tugs towed her to the* South Portland Beach, a mile from the pier, where the lire finished its work. A roll call of the ogew was made and It was found that a fireman was missing. M RECITAL MoafJily Recital at Carolina Institute ?M' AtJ& ihufcfl' Dilfc I -*T - The following is the program fori the recital at Carolina Institute, Old Ford. Everybody cordially invited. .. Ghost drill. ' ; Piano solo. "Fragrant Flowers." Esther Hodges. Pantomime. "Rock of Ages." Vocal solo, "Golly Wog." Marie Hodges. Piano quartette, "Mltri-Katzchen." Jos, Re. Es. Hodges. p^arl Swanner. Vocal duet. "My Love." Rettie Gray and Jessie Hodges. Piano soft*,' "Valfe do Roves." Pearl Swanner. .Vocal solo, "Peek-a-boo." Esther Hodyes. Dialogue, "Family Jar." Charac ters: Mrs. Brooks. Maude Hardison; Mr. Brooks, Ola Woolard; Mr. Scott' (a visitor), Susie .Swanner; Lotty e States also; The drought is. of course, a passing event. Decreasing the fer tility of the Boil can be cured in the West, as well as it was in the East, by fertUjzers. The toll weevil is the one Important and threatening in fluence which may permanently di minish the production per acre. Besides the reduction per acre by the influence of the boll weevil, an other important factor will constant ly tend to diminish the total produc tion. This Is the development of di versified agriculture and manufac tures In the South. It transpires that there are many things a trained and educated working man can do In the South which are more profitable than producing cotton, even a fifteen cents a pound. For the working man. weekly wages are far more attractive than an uncertain settlement on a farm once a year. It transpires also that there are forces and resoqrees being brought Into use which re quire working people. These must practically all cotae ofT the cotton farm. It Is not alone the cotton mills, but the furniture factories, malfiine shops, saw mills, trouser factories, truck farming, the produc tion of ewiy vegetables for shipment ; TJ[ie Light That Came, or the romance ofl a blind musician; The Belated Wed- J ding, romance; The Electric Theater.' comedy. Thla is a fine array of pic tures and will certainly please thei most critical. Last night at the Oem' the swell program was much appro- ' elated. Tonight a much better set of pictures are In store. Remember the orchestra plays all during the evening rendering some of their fine selections. The Oem Is playing to good house* nightly and the man agement Is making good each per formance. See the show tonight. You'll not regret It. The best get-rlch-qulck nchemj Is to marry IL THE GAIETY. The following program will be rendered at the .Qalety theater this All On Account of Milk of a Rocky Whltten will sing "To? Boy." Two prises will be glv^n away Friday ot Is Taken to State Prison i "gb for Safety. DUNN FIGHTING FOR M*i> Who Shol Snulor JS. %. Trarl. ?ml RrprtoeuMUrr A.^*KHcta?i ' Dunn Scotland^P^ocfl. March 7. ? The wounded parties in the tragedy Fri day are resting easy this morning, although Officer Dunn Is still In a critical condition. lie rested better last night and ttiere are some hopes for his recovery. ?' To avoid any possible violence Mr. E. E. Powell, was taken from the county Jail at Halifax and placed In the stat$ prison at Raleigh. AU day yesterday groups of men ? stood on the streets discussing the calamitous affair. Powell was today taken from Halifax to Raleigh jail as a precautionary measure against any possible violence, though it Is not be lieved here that there was any ne cessity for it. The town la quiet and there is no danger of dipordy. Congressman Claud Kitchen was Interviewed today and being closely associated with State Senator E. L. Travis, of Halifax, whose condition is favorable, gave out some informa tion concerning the latter which seems to have given rise to Powell's violence. "About two years ago." he said, ?'Powel)'s son had a difficulty here with a man named Raby. for which he was bound over to the superior court. Powell wrote to Senator Travis at Haltfax in view of employ ing him to defend his son. He claims that Senator Travis did not answer his letter. Senator Travis had been retained on the other side, but does not recall anything particular about the letter which Powell claims he did not answer." Such is the matter re lating to the letter as given out by Congressman Kitchen* today, who spent some hours with Senator .Tra vis yesterday as he came from Wash ington to his home in Scotland Neck. Raleigh. N. C.. ftarcta 7. ? Sheriff J. A. House, of Halifax county, hi rived here yesterday afternoon on Seaboard train No. 41. bringing E. E. fimusU to the state prison. Sheriff House phoned the governor that he thought it advisable to place Powell In the penitentiary for safe keeping. ??4.?h? Iwov^Jhe^formal commitment.' Powell appears to be a man of 65 or 70 years of age and those who know him say that he is apparently sane, though he naturally wears a troubled expression. Governor Kifcchln has gone to Scot land Neck to visit eRpresentatlve Paul Kltchln who -was shot at the same time as Deputy Dunn. loiter One of the victims of his fusilade o? shots is dead. Chief of Police C. \V. Dunn, of Scotland Neck, hnving passed away in Scotland Neck on Monday evening about 8:25 o'clock, while tho reports are that Messrs. A. P- Kltchln and E. L. Tra vis. the two others *=liot by Powell, are setting along nicely. Mr. Kltchln h( his home In Scotland Neck, and Mr. Travis at his home in Halifax, though tome fever has made Ita ap pearance In Mr. Travis* ense. It was before the death of Chief of Police Dunn that the start had been made with Powell from Halifax for the state's prison, it being realized that Mr. Dunn could not live. MAYOR'S COURT. Mr. W. J. Floyd was Indicted be fore the mayor this morftlng charged with being drunk and disorderly Sat urday afternoon on Water street. After hearing all the facts in the case he was fined $5 and cost. John Franklin, colored, was fined |10 and cost for beating hla wife. ERECTING STORE. Mr. Fred Wolfenden Is erecting a big store at Chocowlnlty. When completed this ' will be one of the largest stores In Chocowlnlty. Mr. Wolfenden' Is one of the counties most progressive farmers and busi ness men. He will carry an up-to date stock of goods. Mr. C. E. Alii good Is contractor. ^ New Advertisements in Today's News ? r. ? <| ? Gem Theater. ? Gaiety Theater. f ? Cardui. ? ? Laxative Bromo Quinine. ? ? Mother Ormy Powders. ? ? Mlona. ? ? Doan'a Kidney "Pills. ? ? J. K. Hoyt ? Millinery Opening; ? ? Drees Ooods. ? ? Bowers-Lewis O?.? Millinery ? ? 8h.wln?. V,rj?' ? t ? ??. Bracaw * "*? -J*-' ?-* ? Ju E. Clark ? ?????*?