WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 25, 1910, bOUBIT buMMIbbll A Most Edthusiastic Mass Saturday to Discuss the At the courthouse Saturday the people of Beaufort county again made their wlahea known with re spect to a new courthouse. < The meeting waa called by the chairman of the BoaX^of Couaty Commissioners upon request of Solic itor Ward, for the iiurpoee of.ascer taliirtn{^j>e sentiment of the people. Promptly at 12 o'clock It was called to order by Mr. Rv H. Warren, chairman of the board: He fetated that it waa at Mr. Ward's sugges tion that if he could, face the people of Beaufort county and tbey would Bay for him to nol proa the indict ment against the members of the board that he would do ao. Mr. B- D. Rowe was called to the chair as temporary chairman, and -upon motion of Mr. F. H. VonEber eteln be waa - elected permanent chairman. . W.^K. Jacobson and J. L. Mayo were elected aecretarles. Commissioner Thomas Green then made a motion that the meeting ad journ until l o'clock, on account of the absence or Mr. Ward, he being at Plyifieuth ttifcrt attending to the. du ties # hlsr. office, .could, not get re lieved until Saturday. momlBCf end as Mr. Ward had requested ( that he be permitted to face the people "that oat of respect and Juatlce to him the adjournment ehouid be taken. This motion met with a storm of jwoteatg from -/l number* of.; thoee \who coyne under the lmpreasion that Mr. Ward wan ted. to force the Comjnlaalonera to build a new cotfrthouse regard lesa of the wishes of the people. For a time It looked as If the meeting waa going to be a atormy one and that 'some would no doubt enress themeeWea In a ^banner Wblch4"hey would prob ably regret when the heat of paaalon had worn off. The motion was at drat voted down and there waa again much argument, both for and agalnat It. finally the argument of the cooler heads prevailed and on taking anoth er rote a lame majority waa In favor of adjourning to give Mr. Ward an opportunity to explain hie poeltloa. At a few minutea payt 1 o'clock the meeting was again called to order by the chairman for the tranaactlon of the bualneas for Which it had aa ^ Bern bled. Commissioners Warren and Ebqr steln again explained the purpose and object of calling the cltiagns together. A motion waa then made by Mr. F. B. Hooker callings for the reporta of the meetlnga held in the varloua pre cincts of the county. Mr. Ward then arose snd aaked if anything had been done in thla meeting. He was in formed by the chairman that only the organisation had beea perfected. Upon request Mr. Hooker withdrew his motion. In order that Mr. Ward could address the audlencA He had INLHS V mil- Hfi I I'll JIlLnD tAUIORlLU ? - ? - ? Held in the Court House Court House PtQblem. spoken only a rev minutes when the wisdom of having adjourned "until hie arrival" waa readily seen. He began the address by giving the origin of the first bill of Indict ment sent against the commissioners several years ago, and reviewed the mandamus proceedings and the court bouse situation down to. the present time. ? His waa the Bpeeeh'Ofj* man earn est and sincere in his argument and it carried conviction into the minds of every man preseat. While he did not compRraaise his position In ^ny way he explained It In such a manner as to win the esteem of those who were present for the purpose of obtaining his scalp. His subject was handled In a masterly way and showed a man thoroughly familiar therewith. Those who came with blood In jthelr eyes went away mmiente'd and satisfied because they had been labor ing under a misapprehension and !t *as only necessary to show them that |no one was trying to override their will. At the conclusion of his argument the following resolution was Intro duced by Mr. E. A. Dan let, Jr., and adopted by the meeting: r * Resolved. First yfcat whereas the Board of County Commissioners of Beaufort county were Indicted by the grand Jury of Beaufort county at the February term of said county for wilfully neglecting to discharge the official duties of said office, to- wit: the failure to build a new courthouse In said county; therefore. It is thd sense of the cltlsens of a*ld bounty In mass meeting assembled, that said Board of Commissioners be exoner ated from the charge contained in said bill of Indictment; that within ! the paat two years an election has been called In said county and* the question of issuing bonds to build a new courthouse in said -coujf& sub mitted to the voters of said county, | land In said election there were 32 votes cast In favor of a new court house and over l,Vjta ag*inst It; in vtew of this fact vid qtbfiMHRj tlons existing In th^qftflSjHJNNind ex pressions of public opinion in refer jence to a new courthouse for the county, 'thy Board of County Com- i missionera are iusilfled In discbarg-| ling their duties as they have. Second. Be It further resolved: That said Board of County Commis sioners should resist the Indictment Vn.eyery honorable way possible, and it Is the sense of this meeting that they are not guilty of any wilful neg lect of official .dnty. That the Sollc I tor be' requested to remove the said | bill of Indictment to Beaufprt cofinty and take a nol prosque to said lndlct jment In this connty. I The meeting then adjourned, every one glad that he attended. UNIQUE SERVICE Rqr. K. A. -HcFarland Is amn|<; Ihg a service which It very unique, but at one* helpful to a clasa of peo ple who are uauall y deprived of the prl*lleg&of at tending on the services of the aaadtqary. It Is called an Old Folk's Service, it will Uke place Tuesday afternoon at 1:10 o'clock, or lo cate of bad weather. Wednee day afternoon. Numerous convey fort will fee mad* to arta thli one of tk? awf^Mt tinlM ?Ad oa? of d?t ro?fort to tk* urt u? t? M. ? Hum >? n>?? nnimm whic|i all the par CHILD DEAD Infaat Child of Mr. and Mrs. Wi Death entered the home of Mr. end Mm. William R. Jonee. Weat Second strtet, Beaday morning at 1 o'clock end here en angel wing* to the Greet Beyond the aopl of their ! eweet little girl. Corinne Wlnatfred. who had been permitted to tnlghten the fcbae for three end e half years. , For three weeka this tiny had had beep afflicted with that dreed dlaeeae. jfeenteflpft * All that lorteg hearts and the aklll of the physician could MlggMt FML but Eft ??all. 8he feel aaleep - quietly and peacefully and now dwells In the AL. -?-* ^ 1 - ? ? I 4. 1 A WAREHOUSE SITE 'i if ? ? - rv ' '*r\ Has Been Selected for the Building Here. I ; ? f y ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING pA Most Enthusiastic Tobacco Meet In* Was Held Last Friday ? A 1*4. egatlon Now lb Richmond to CmE | ter With the American and I mo rtal . Tobacco Coin ponies. The meeting of the citizens and subscribers to/the tobacco warehouse, Friday, was an enthusiastic one, and the determination that Washington should have a tobacco warehouse was clearly1 shown on the (aces of those present v Mr. Joyner made an Interesting talk in which he told>in plain terms what Opposition we may expect to go up against and the many obstacles which *e Ihtfthl melt THirwai done *at of abundant precaution 'that our people would not enter Into this pro ject with their eyes blindfolded. The Hardy lot on Pierce street wap selected as the most desirable loca tion, and the warehouse will be erecU ed thereon. A committee was appointed to go to Richmond to Interview the man agers or the American and Imperial tobacoc companies with respect to furnishing buyers for this market. ' The outlook is very premising forj a successful market here. GAIETY THKATKR. ' Monday, Tuesday aud Wednesday nights Bo6s, Armstrong and Bow will [Aesent three entire changes of vau deville ? ar new act each night? also there will be new songs and new pic tures oaph evening. The pictures totalght will be "The i Village, Inventor," a dramtlc picture, and "The Fisherman's ? Granddaugh ter," both March released films and only three* weeks old. Illustrated song will be "Honey Land," sung by the Southern tenor. Tonight Boes, Armstrong and Boes will put on a comedy sketch entitled "The Book Agent," which will keep you laughing from the time you take seat until you leave. These capable | artists have certainly given some rich sketches since they have been play ing here, and If they keep up the tstani^ard of last week the patrons of the Gaiety have three nights of real fun ahead of them, and it Is safe to Isay large numbers will take advan tage of the opportunity, as the capa city of the Gaiety Is crowded nightly. . BIX PRISONERS. 8lx prisoners were brought to this city Saturday afternoon on the Nor folk & Southern from Plymouth to work on the roads of the county. There were five colored and one white and the sentences range from forty days to two years. * iMflTBicT -Conference. The Washington District Confer ence convenes in the town of Ayden Wednesday morning. The opening will be delivered tomorrow The delegates from this are J. F. Buckman, E. R. F. T. Phillips and C. O. Morr Alternates: E. W. Ayers. Sam uel Carty. H. B. Mayo and Dr. IA. 8. Wells. The conference will be in session until PrkhSr?;*' CONTINUES MMMJRT Another Walking Blind Tiger | is Caught. WOMES ARE TO LEAVE Mayor Sterling Han ? M?t Interest ing fcea-ilon or court>piils Morning Cilj Hall ? RHud Tlg&?. Haw ?ly Houses anil Pistols Cl?lm Hki Honor's Attention. 1 Tribulation Hall presented a busy ?cone this morning *t 10* o'clock. There were several fases of interest passed on by His Hitter and In con sequence*, the city treasury la. enrich ed. several women ire to leave the ci&tjptdfra* morning, and one col ored woma n Is behind the ^>ars for operating a walking; blind tiger. The first case disposed of was StAte vs. ^ L. Sanders for an sssault ~ k deadly weapon on Thomas the house of Clara Bell. >y night. H? waa bound over to , {he next term of court. Sanders WgUft-jalao convicted of disorderly con duct and fined $6 and cost. Clara, Bell was next on the docket for trial, the charge .against her be ing disorderly conduct. In her caae the Jhayor said $6 and coat. At this Juncture of the proceedings the Mayor issued a warrant for Clara Bell ' for running a bawdy house. After hearing all the evidence the M?vt>r gave the defendant until Tues dv morning at. .10 o'clock to leave the^clty^and not to return again dur term of ofBce. The defend ant accepted, the propoaition. Bertie Nelson and Aubrey Taylor, wTjo are inmates of the Clara Bell house, were Indicted for being * va grants. The Mayor fined them $25 each and cost or they could have un til tomorrow morning to liave the city. They decided on the latter course. These three women are to leave on the Norfolk & Southern train bound for Norfolk tomorrow nlornlng and the police wdre ordered to. be at the train to see if they did , leave. The next case was State vs. Eml line Little, colored, charged with dis orderly conduct Saturday afternoon. 8bt nvlcted. The Mayor in qnefltlonlng "Emllh^, happened to yk her if she ever bought any whiskey up in her neighborhood. She replied ahe had; that she and another woman dhly last Saturday chipped in .and [purchased a half pint from one Julia I Aim Taylor, and that she paid 35 cents lor it. A warrant -was at once sworn out for the Taylor girl and af ter hearing the evidence she was [bound over to the next t^rm of court In the sum of $100. Thus another walking blind tiger has been caught. HAIL STORM Hall Did Much Damage in Martin County and in Thle County I'm. terdny ia the II* port Today. News reaches here of a severe hai) storm near 8mithwick'a creek, Mar tin county, yesterdtR-. The hall was T<&ort?il to be ma large as hen eggs. The crops and fruit were badly dam aged. Quite a number of the houses were Injured. At Wharton, tbla coun ty r there war considerable damage to the cropa and fruit. addition to the above Informa tion It la stated that .the hail waa so large that peopl? attending church had to take their homes inside of the bnlldlng In order to keep them from being killed. The tobaoco In and around ^Ithwicka^crek^ is ^ruhiecL The Bear Oraaa church was damaged quite a number fo that section the windows In their homes smashed FUNERAL SERVICES i Held Over the Late Mark Twain in New York. CEREMONY WAS SIMPLE Rev. Hrarjr \ uu]>yko Selected to Coo ?la?*t the I<Mt Kud lute* Over the Remain* at llio tirlck Presbyterian Church ? The Interment Will Take Place at Klmira. New York. April 23. ? Service as | simple as his whole home life attend ed the tributes paid here today to Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), author, humorist, philosopher and citizen of the world. . New York city was only a stop ping place In the last journey. The body was brought here from the home at Redding, Conn., where M. Clemens died, but was taken to El mlra. N. T.. ror mi rial. ? it id New York, however, that chief ex pression was fqund for the loving re gard hi which Mark Twain was held by the American people. The Brlfck Presbyterian church, at Fifth avenue and 37th street, waa the place selected for the funeral serv ices this afternoon, and two close friends of Samuel L. Clemens were chosen to voice the eulogies echoed by the heart throbs of thousands. The honor fell to Rev. Henry. Van Dyke, formerly pastor of the -Brlclc Presbyterian church, and now pro fessor of English literature at Prince ton University, and to Dr. Joseph H. Twltchell of Hartford, a citizen for seven years of the author's home. Although Brick church seatB 1.200 people, it was by no means large enough to contain all who had de sired to see for the last time the face of Mark Twain. To insure that all those who rightly claimed the priv ilege should obtain It, 1,400 cards of invitation were issued with the view that after the tickcts had been pre sented the door would be opened and opportunity given for those outside to enter the church and file past the plain mahogany coffin in which the body has been placed. In keeping, with the known senti ments of Mr. Clemens, there was no vocal music and no pallbearers. Two organ selections, brief prayers - and the few words of eulogy cor.Etllulcd the services. PARENTS' DAY / Washington Public (School* May 4-15 And IVwxIbly ?. The pkrents and friends of the children In our public school are cor dially Invited to visit the school on one or more of the days mentioned. There Is to be a general display of work done by the pupils In the va rious class rooms and corridors. This will consist of drawings, water color work, compositions and exercises of all kinds, written work in mathemat ics, latin, geography, history, litera ture, etc. There will be composition and exercise books with covers spec ially designed for the purpose. One purpose of having this public exhibition of school work Is (hat the people generally, and especially the parents of the Children, may see what the children can do in all written work. Another purpose is to give the parents a special Invitation to visit the school and see their children in the class rooms and hear thelh re olte. It Is hoped that a large number of psuplt will visit the sehool each dsy> The children are planning to make the visit of their parents and friends profitable*' and pleasant. Every citi zen in the city Is tjrgad to be present at least once while the exhibit Is be ing displayed. Those who attend will to ,met at the doors by some of the elder student# who will take pleasure hi showing visitors through any or aH the department* of the school If they eo desire. Recitations throughout " the school will continue as atual; and tt la de sired that none wiH gtmr away fahjV fng that tbeir preeenc* wrtt can* tn * All tbe school win ha busy. the friends Who attend will Bad both teachers ail with' their working ciotbfs an. Rem ant bar the purpose Is that visitors msy sae wb" Work that has bean done try the pnplta, a ad some that they are doing dav by day. It fta very probable that there wiH ha soase brief exercises by the chil dren in the auditorium at tha open ing sisndaas at 9 o'clock, or near tha cleaa of MVM abont l:?t or ? o'clock e^ch'dhy.- Dehaite aaaoenee ment of AfcJa *UI >a Made later. * Attend thU exhibition. If 70a dsn. aad be prepared to stay lot* enough \\t get a claar Idea of tha work yoer | school la doing. Do not be In a bur SWEPT BY FLUMES _-x-. - . Threfe Million hollar Fire in Louisiana Tow TWO, T1' ^ HOMEIXSS ? T Twcnif or More XUocks of Lake Charles ;:rej?t by flames Funnel by u High Wind ? Houses Huil to be Dynamited to Stop the Progress 2,000 Persona Homflrss. Lake Charles. La.. April 24. ? Fanned by a high wind, a Are which broke out h?re shortly after 4 o'clock tbld_afternoon, swept over 20 or more blocks of the city, destroying several hundred buildings and result- 1 lug In a property loss estimated at j about I8.000.00j0. Two thousand! persons have been rendered homeless. When It became apparent that the local fire department could not cope ^rtth-the blare, requests for aid were wired to Beaumont and Orange. Tex., and Jennings, t -a., all of which were within a radius of 50 miles of BBke Charles. The Southern pacific rail road offered special trains to bring the volunteers from neighboring cities. Many houses In the path of the flames were dyuamlted, but showers of sparks were swept beyond the gaps thus made. Igniting the buildings on the farther side. Wfthln a short time the wind had driven the Are over a space of two miles In length, leaving a mass of ruins In Its wake.. While man? of the buildings de stroyed were merely frame cottages, scores of handsome structures alao fell prey to the flames. The city hall, the handsome Calcasieu parish court house, the Clair hotel, churches, stores and warehouses were reduced to bare black walls and smouldering heaps of ashes within an hour after the fire started. Starting In the old opera house In Rival strc?*. near Pujo, the flrei spread to -adjoining buildings, burn ed out the northern portion of the city's business section and then sweeping into the residential dls- 1 tricL _ I S WAH PONTPONKlr On account of tMrrevlval services now In progress at the First Baptist Church, the observance of Sanitary Sunday was postponed from yester day to next Sunday. ABLE SPEAKER. A rich treat was all those who at tended the Christian Church Sunday morning and evening for they heard sermons of high merit and thought, delivered by Rev. Dr. Caldwell, pres ident of the Atlantic Christian Col lege. Wilson. Dr. Caldwell Is easily one of the first pulpiteers of that church In North Carolina, and his coming to Washington is alwaya look ed forward to with pleasure. BISHOP HTICANCiF. The Rt. Rev. Robert Strange. D. D.. Bishop of the Diocese of East Caro lina. preached at Christ Church. New Bern, r??sterday morning snd even ing. The Holy Communion was ad ministered after the morning sermon snd the rite of confirmation was ad ministered to 20 candidates after the evening service. EDUCATION - Tw? Educational Sermons Delivered In the City Yesterday Morning and Evening. At the First Methodist Church 8unday morning Rev. M. T. Plyler delivered a discourse of power on (fie^ subject of education and at night at the First Presbtyerlan Church Rev. H. B. Searlgkt preached on the same subject. Both discourses were lis tened te by large congregations and ware uplifting and elevating. All the respective pastors of the city have spoken oa the subject of education daring the past month. ill CAR IS HELD UP ' ' ' V . ?* ? Motor man Killed and Conduc tor Fatally Shot. CRIME SHOCKS ATLANTA Tliree ?gru Highwaymen Attack Htieet Vmt at the Knd of u Subur ban lilnr und Her u re Small Hum of Money ? Negroes Make Their E$. cape After Robbery. <c> Atlanta, Ga., April 23. ? At the end of the Druid Hill Btreet car line, a lonely spot In the outlying section of one of Atlanta's residential suburbs, three negro hjghwaymen tonight shot and killed Motorman S. T. Brown and after robbing Conductor \V. H Bryson of 135. fatally shot him in the back and made their escape into the nearby woods. Twenty minutes later the crtnie was dlacovered and Atlanta's entire police reserves was rushed to the scene. There were no passengers on the car. The car had Just reached the* end of the line and the motorman was reversing his trolley when the attack came from the negroes, who had concealed themselves behind a clump of bushes. Motorman Brown was shot down as he started to re-enter his car and with revolvers leveled at the con ductor's head, he was ordered to throw up his hands. On complying, one of the men relieved him of all the cash he" had on his person and then he was told to "hit the grit." He was sh?j| in the back by one of the men after he had run about fifty yards and fell 111 his tracks. Two shots penetrated his liver. . The In jured conductor was rushed to a hos pital. where it was 6tatedthat there wa* no. possible chance of his. recot.- | ery. , The dead motorman and injured conductor were found by Motorman Tinsley and Conductor Royster. who were in charge of the car which reached the end of the line Just 20 minutes later. Brown was lying face downward beside his car, a. bullet through his heart, and along the track f?0 yards distant was found Bryson. Before losing cnnHclousness Bryson told- of- theatxack. "Motorman Brown was shot to death by the negroes." he said, "and then they turned their attention to me. After taking all the money I had one of the negroes yelled 'hit the grit," and whMe running I was shot In the back by one of the meu. I didn't have an opportunity to get away," LIST OF LETT ERA. The following list of letters remain uncalled for in thla office for thelr week ending ApriT'2'Si, 1910: u ' Gentlemen ? W. K. Carr, William H. Cimons. Rev. a. G. Danes, S. D. Davles. Isaac Fass, Palyer Gorahan, L. B. Jarvls, D. Key. J- E- Lane. William Moyler, Marlee MacCall^ Odell Co.. Max C. Plttard, St Philip Tab. No. 104, N. H. 8penc?r, Jim Templeton, 8. P. Taylor. Millard Wright, Luther Workman. L. A. Win borne. ? Ladles ? Miss Florence. Adams. Misses Edmohd^VMiaa.-gudie Hardee. Miss Charity Joiner, Miss Millie Lup ton. Miss Annie Sparta, Miss Saldelr Saunders. Mlsa Lucy Tetterton, Miss Idor Taylor, Miss Bettle Wolard. These letters will be sent to the dead letter office May 9, 1910, If not delivered before. In calling for the above please say advertised, giving date of list. A man's Idea of house cleaning la to have his winter whiskers removed. Speaking of her caller*, a aptuter say* single men are doubtly welcome. ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ? ? Gem Theater. ? ? Oaiety Theater # ? J. K. Ho^l ? Coraeta. ? + ? Old Bay Line Steamers ft ? ,J. H. Harria PI am Wag ft Supply % ?. Co. ? Roolag. + ? Southern Furniture Co* ? Heute * VulMUfl ? ? Mother Or** Pow?ert ' ? ?vfM*a + ? Cardul. + ? no..-, kmmt miu. fn ? ????* o of All city who Ut? In boor4l*? keuM? ?a*. ? TeU tkem soaMtblnc vital ttotl r??r M fact that looks kit to kwtUn ?? ktkTMt you If you wtrt ra*41k? tk? bottilni !??" ' spirit Mtoar vtthla-m. . i V.

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