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
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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
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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 ?
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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.