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WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 9, 191?. NO. i2
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eeting ToNigh at 8 i)'Clock
The citizens of Washington and vicinity are earnestly requested t<pMetat the CITY HALL
onight at 8 oclock to confer with representatives of Hyde County and the Mattamuskeet Rail
oad relative to extending this road to Washington. This is our last opportunity and success
lepends only upon our citizens attending this meeting and pledging their support.
GEO. J. STUDDERT, Mayor Pro-Tem.
THEY ARE SCARED
Extreme Ballingerites Afraid to
Report
NEXT MEETING WARM ONE
THBY ARE AFRAID/ THAT ANY
R*?ORT AT THIS TIME WILL
HURT THE ADMINISTRATION.
WARM TIME EXPECTED IN
COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.1
St. Paul. Minn.. Sept 8.?United
States Senator Duncan Fletcher of
Florida, indignantly repudiated a
story in circulation here and In Min
neapolis today that the split In the
Balllngor-Pinchot committee, which
has precipitated a situation likely to
delay ultimate decision of tlio issue
for montha, was deliberate!? pi&nn
L?d In order to avoid having to bring
itters to a head at this time,
oaf Oft Nelmuwjrould not discuss
tfc state-moat' Iwm so bron'lly cir
W1- culated that stuUiJKa.m'^ngs Cfoni
it Washington reacheT^fc^j^t^Itioo
room, that sotne way'.fipK- found
for the present, when the fact htuj
Uhra*tf ihiiiii mij^nalii nf l|i|?
Investigating committee would prob
ably vote to oust Bellinger.
The situation developed out of
Gilford Pine hot's extraordinary pop
ularity In the national conservation
congress snd in the* banqueting* and
other functions now being held here,
caused some strenuous comraui ica
tions to pass between Senator Nel
son aad high Washington offlcUls
during the Isst few days. If the In
formation obtained today is cor
rect.
Senator Kelson Is said to have
^pointed out that the exoneration of
Balllnger and shelving Pfnchot, or
even the mildest criticism of tl^e
latter In a report at this time mlgnt
and probably would make him a
martyr and In a greater sense than
ever a public Idol.
The two factions In the split com
mittee are meeting today in Minne
apolis for informal discussion of the
situation.
That tomorrows' meeting will be
a 'warm one la declared by all mem
bers now on the ground.
At the same time the democratic
members of the committee and their
opponents in the Balllnger report
are evidently the best of friends for
they hop nob together during the
evenings and apparently confine
whatever hostility, they msy feel to
the Inside'of the committee room.
Senator Fletcher of Florida, and
Representstlve Graham of Illinois,
began work early todsy in the pre
paration of the report to be present
ed for the committee's consideration
when It meets tomorrow.
The views of the so-eslled minor
ity In a report to congress will hard
ly fleg?t with approval here In time
for the session discussion of the
report Is expected to furnish the ex
cuse for a grand mix-up, an adjourn
ment to Washlngotn and indefinite
postponement of the issue.
"I don't know a thing about it"
said Gilford Plnchot today. "I have
csrefully refrained from asking any
questions."
Flrtt Cotton.
Mr.E O. Lang ley brought to the
cltv this morning-the first cotton
of the" season. He sold 1650 pounds
at six cents per ponnd.
John Urvwn In Hall of Fame
Kansas is entertaining tae notion
of placing a statue of John Brown
In StatuarF Hal ]ln the national cap
ltol.
The movement gains definition
through tha sentimental impulse Of
recent doing at Osawatomle.
Whereupon the Cleveland (Ohio)
Plain Dealar, In a beautiful tribute
to Robert E. Lee, questions of the
South will hold toward > the John
Brown proposal an attitude similarly
magnanimous with that of the North
toward the commemoration of the
great Virginian.
Candidly, were we In the shoes
of the Sunflower State, we would
not place a statue of John Brown In
the national rapltol.
But Kansas kqowa her own mind,
and Kanaas has. her own privilege
of doing as she pleases.
There Is really no room for
questioning or discussion In the
premises. The principle Involved
was settled, with apparent finality,
by the recent ruling of the uttorney
general and tfte president, in case
of the Lee statue.
At the instigation of a few hot
heads and Irreconcilable*. these
high officials exhaustively investigat
ed the queation involved in the Is
sue. snd handed down the* decision
that the matter of selection rested
equivocally with the individual
ac
m
Is basedv^n sense and Jnatlce; there
I la neither sense, good taste nor Just*
Ice In goltig back of It.
The selections of Kansas for her
two places In Statuary Hall, at the
capltol, Is no more our buslnese
than la the plan of a few misguid
ed New York zealots to replace the
atatue of George III, dismantled by
revolutionary enthualaata, with a
new one. despite the fact thst
George HI wss the gentlemen who
did his feeble-minded best to keep
America a British dependency.
Therefore, while there will be no
setting*off of flrewords or spouting
of congrstulatory oratory In the
South of the gentleman whose
"soul goes marching on" Is thus
honored by Kansas, there will be no
unseemly protest or narrow-minded
sectional vaporing.
The day for that sort of thing Is
past.
Toleration la today the national
key-note. And a cardinal constitu
ent of toleration is the policy of
"Taissez falre." which, being liberal
ly Interpreted, means '"tend to your
own business and hands off other
people's."?Atlanta Constitution.
Jaines H. Tlllmnn Critirally 111
Ashevllle,. 8ept. 8.?James H.
Tillman, former lieutenant govern
or of South Carolina and the slay
er of Mr. N. G. Gonzales, the former
editor erf the Columbia State, ws*
brought to Ashevllle this morning
from 1'dgefleld, 8. C., In a serlons
icmdltlcu.
In fact,' It Is said that Tillman is
suffering from that dreaded dlaea&e,
4 tuberculosis; that he spent some
monthe In the west In search of
health; that he returned to his
home In South Carolina and grow
ing worse was brought to Ashevllle
this morning In the hope that tha
climate of this section would be ben
eficial.
He was taken from the train this
morning on k stretcher and while
realising that he was a dangerously
111 man he nevertheles maintains his
'nerve.
If you arf to learn how to add 20
to 18 and make It 26 be an old
meld.
Exceptional Values!
Mcssaline 27 inches ] Black wool Peau de Soie
wide, all shades, 85c. yd j 46 inches wide $1.75
BODY IS IDERTiFIEB
The frippen Trial is Now^
Progress
DAMAGING TESTIMONY
CROWD OK 10,MM) PERSONH SUR
ROUNDS COt'BT BUILDING TO
OUT A SIGHT OF DR. CR1PPEN.
POLICE HAVE A DIFFICULT
TIME PRESERVING ORDER.
London, Sept. 8.?The crown to
day began laying the foundation ot
the case against Dr. Hmwley Harvey
Crlppen, accused of the murder of
his wife. Belle Elmore.
With thw resumption of hit henr-|
Ing hi the Bow atreet police court.
Prosecutor T ravers Humphries set J
out to -establish the corpus delicti.
Behind him was an ijrray of witness
es ready to testify that the remains
found buried in quirk lime In the
cellar of 39 Hllldroy Crescent, north
London, on July 13, were those of
Mrs. Crlppen.
A crowd of fft.000 persons sur-i
rounded the court building, liun-!
dreds having staved by their posts!
lor the chance ot seeing J
the defendant.
The police had a difficult time ?s |
on Tuesday to handle the crowds.;
So great was the crush at one timei
that several women fainted.
The first witness ctflled wss^ilrs.
Smythson. a professional friend of
Bello Elmore, associated with her
In the London Music-hall artists
guild, of which the slain woman
was a trustee.
"I last saw Belle Elmore on Jan
uary 26.** said the witness. "She ap
peared in good health and her man
ner was normal. Later 1 saw Ethel;
LeNeve at a ball attended by many
theatrical people. She wore Mrs.
Crlppen's brooch and the fact at
tracted much attention. To those
who questioned him then, Crlppen
j said that his wife had gone to Cali
fornia.
"I saw Crlppen after the death of
Belle Elmore ban been announced In
the London Era. He said then that
he intended to bring his wife's
ashes back to London, and have a
ceremony performed over them
here.
"He gave me the address of his
son, Hawley O. Crlppen, In Los An
geles. Cal., where he is employed
by a telegraph company. Crlppen
saM that a letter of sympathy might
be sent there.
The last time I saw Crlppen be
fore his arrest was on May 18. At
that time he told me that his wife
had been cremated and he had re
ceived the ashes. He led me to be
lieve that she had died In I<oe An
geles. but he appeared reticent. It
was only after I had asked him
three times and pressed the point
that he told me the address where
she-died, according to his story."
| Mrs. Harrison, another theatrical
friend, testified that she knew Mrs.
Crlppen had undergone an opera
tion because she had seen the scar.
[The prosecution had decided, accord-j
Ing to statments made this morning, j
to rely largely on this scar In es-|
tabllshlng the Identity, its descrlp-;
tlon being Indentlcal with that of a
j gear on the remains.
The sale of five grains of hyoscln
I the deadly heart poison, trscea of
which were found by the chemical
.analysis, was sworn to by Kirby.
: clerk for a wholesale drug firm.
"I)r. Crlppen bought the -five
grains on January 19.' he said. "He(
betrayed no nervousness. I sold it
to him because 1 knew him. and
the had bought from us before. A
? The drug clerk said Crlppen sign
cd the poison register In a firm hand
"ilunyons. per H. H. Crlppen, for;
purpose of homeopathic prepara- j
tlons." I
Crlppen was twice.London repre-|
setnative of the American Homeo-j
pathy drug house of Munyon. j
"In the last year," continued the]
"?*ppw bon"it ?u,l
County Hoard of Education in HeKu*
Ur Session.
EDUCATION
? e
^ The County Board, or Education
'%t In regular session ft the court
lmjfe last Monday- andr transacted
tlie following business.
The board decided to allow the
Pantego High School |B5o aa soon
as the money is available. This
money goes toward Helping in im
proving their school fcBlldlng. Two
thousand dollars Is b?ing expended.
Another teacher Is to be added to
! the high sohool department this
coming session.
District No. 10. Richland town
ship. white , was allowed |15U to
offset a like amount furnished by
the' patrons for a n?w one-room
school building.
District No. l, Pantego township,
white, $70 was allowed towards aid
ing them in securing four-months
term of school. Thlsjdlstrtct used
| part of this money lartfyear and In
J extending the term two months.
The patrons of District No. 2,
white. Richland township n.ppeared
before the board askkiK that two
acres of land be condemned as u
tltd for a school building. The board
decided to condemn tie same and
instructed tho superfuer.dent to
proceed. in tho matter tof condeaiua
tion.
A petition was presented from Dis
trict No. 3T RfeMOTO" townsatp.
white, asking that aq election bo
called whether or not*they fhali
levy a spechtl tax for school pur
poses. This petition was approved
and the^electlon wa* called for Oc
tober 15-.?*rhe polling place to be
J*t L. P.' Jones' Btore.
The following committeemen
were appointed:
No. T. Bath, white. D. W. Wallace
and Samuel Boyd.
No. 11, Washington, white, J.
Hardison.
No. 3. Pantego, white. J. D. Bul
lock and M. M. Wlnfleld.
No. 6, Checowinity, white, E. T.
Qodley and Charles Jones.
No. 5. Washington, white, A. S.
Robinson.
No. 1, Washington, white, J. W.
Mitchell and D. L. Parr In.
The board received the resigna
tion of L. T. Thompson as commit
teeman of the Aurora Graded school.
Mr. W. A. Thompson was appointed
in his place.
Yeiirly Meeting.
The Primitive Baptist of the city
will hold their yearly meeting Sat
urday and Sunday. Elder Sylvester
Hassoll of WUllamston will jireach
at this church Saturday morning at
11 o'colck aad Sunday morning and
evening , at the usnal hour. Elder
Hassell Is one of North Carolina's
most gifted divines and no Qoubt he
will be greeted by large congrega
tions.
KOIl SCHOOL.
Messrs Edward Ayers and Jamie
Styron. two of Washington's bright
young musicians, left last night for
Kentucky to enter the Berea Col
lege.
They will be members of the col
lege band and also matriculate.
Not to be Repeated.
The management has decided not
to repeat the opera Isabella this ev
ening at the opera house, as was
scheduled.
Nenring Completion.
The residence of Mr. M. M. Jones
Is rabidly nearing completion ft
will add much to the appearance of
that part of the city when finish
ed.
Mr. T. W. Phillips la back fronf
northern markets where he purchas
ed his fall and winter stock.
drugs. Including cocaine, morphine,
and mercury.;' ,
This testimony revived, anion*
the co\lrt officers, the report thr\t
Critfpen, was addicted to tho ute of
drug?. ^V: ;
MEXICO IS READY
Eufete For a Foretaste of the
Celebration
PREPARATIONS ADVANCE
THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT
CENTENNIAL WILL ECLIPME
THE AMERICAN CELEBRATION
OF l?7fl?ADVANCE CEREMON
IKS BEING HELD.
Mexico City, Sept. 8.?Mexico is
enfeto today (or a foretaste of the
great centennial celebration next
week.
The congres sof Americanists was
ononed here today by Minister of Ed
ucation Justo Sierra, 'rhis evening
toe new building of the foreign re
lations department of Avenlda to
the diplomatic corps following the
cercmcnie?.
Today is the Spanish national hol
iday commemorating the victory in
the eighth century over the Moors
at Coradon^a?an anniversary ob
served to some degree by nearly
ell Spanish Americans. It Is also
the anniversary of Hie defense of
: Chapultpec In the war with the
^United Mates, in 1S47.
j The graves of Mexican veterans
were decorated by school children
throughout the country today and
special services were held In all the
churches.
Preparations for the rcutennlal
are advancing rapidly and the in
dications now are that It wll leciip>e
the American celebration in li>7ti.
Advance ceremonies have beer
held for several days Including the
.dedication of the Insane asylum at
Mcxlco City by President Diaz; the
opening of the Hygiene exposition,
! the laying of the corner-stono of the
new city prison; the dedication of
the new seismologlcal station of tue
amphitheatre of the national prepar
| atory- school, the dedication of the
schools and tlag parades by chil
dren.
MADE THINGS HUM
Norfolk, Va., Sept. Sr?"The Old
North State, Forever. Hooray, Hoo
ray!" with shouts of "Dixie" quick
ly succeeding this tribute to thslr
native state, the confederate veter
oni of North Carolina, made thing?
Interesting as they passed through
the principal streets of Norfolk in
their annual reunion ;parade.
Slower of step than the federal
and state troops, which proceeded
them In the imposing pageant, they
more than offset with- enthusiasm
their lack of speed and carriod the
day as they marched boTorc thous
ands who thronged the side walks
from one end of the line n? march to
the other to cheer the remnant of.
"Tnr Heel" fighters who y/ere
"first at Bethel and last at Appomat
tox."
Fifteen hundred veterans took
part In the parade, and whllo at first
It was feared tint the heat of the
day would be too much for them,
few were unable to complete the
march.
In line were a half dozen or more
aged man who lost limbs in battle
and had to walk with tbo aid o'.
crddo wooden peg8 and stick3. A
feature was the Raleigh drum corps
and fife corps, who hivo maintain
ed their organization sine?: the sur
render at Appomattox.
The woatbe- was perfect. With
the adoption of resolutions appro1
dative of the hospitable manner 'n
which the veterans were received on
Virginia's soil, tho reunion came to
a close.
A "love feast" was held at the
Cumberland Street Methodist
church last night.
Gone to Trinity.
Miss Emma McCullan and Law*
rence'McCuLan*- daughter Hira not,
of Rev. a McCullan, presiding elder
of the Washington district, have
gotie to Trinity College, Durham,
wfiere they entered the freshman
claw, s-, .. / -?.L- U . % \
CAPITAL NOTES.
RuleLgb, N. C., Sept. 8.?Here
conferring with Chairman A H Eller
at the etate democratic headquarters
is H. N. Page, congressman from
the Seventh district and member of
the national democratic congression
al campaign committee
He says the outlook for democrat
ic control is brlgtening every day,
the fight between the two wings 01
the Republican party In mfrny parts
of the country giving every ksaur
ance of the election of democratic
congressmen from many districts
heretofore considered rock-ribbed
Republican.
The trend tn the Northwest and
In the New England states, too, he
Bays Is decidedly toward Deraocarcy
as the dominant political principles.
He say6 tba^ hie observation of the
conditions In this state are that the
Republicans under the leaders!.sip
of Congressman D-Iorehccd with ex
Sonator Marion Butler and "coach"
are organizlug; with a thoru-ichnetit
that they have nat attempted i:i ji!
long time with a determination to
pcil a full vole.
He declares that Demccrats must ]
realize that they are up against fight'
lit this state and that force" roust1
he organized so that they will be
yet other gains in th*? strength nf
tho democratic party :n thu stale.
He anxious especially lor th? full
vote to be oast, work tothis end be
ing especially necessary In those
counties of the state that are over
whelmingly denorrntlc. He Kays
that in many lorallttOK largo num
bers of republicans are being fJund
who are disgusted with the eleva
tion of newest converts to the party
to nominations to the highest ofilcer
and at the return of the Butler In
terests to control :n republican par
ly affairs.
That the cotton boll disease ha?
appeared in a number of cotton
fields in Richmond county and has
been referred to by some newspa
pers as a possible appearance of the
dreaded boll weevil in Anlhracnose,
a fungouu disease for which then
is no practical remedy, is the find
ing of State Chemist B. \V. Kilgore,
of the North Carolina Department
of Agriculture.
He made his examination by
means of a number of infected bolls
submitted to him by United States
Marshall Ciaudlus Dotkery. who
gathered the bolls In various stagt-s
of the disease while he was spend
ing a few days at his plantation re
cently.
However his own cotton is not af
fected.
D. Kllgore writes Mr. Dockery" [
that this disease makes its appear
ance In cotton growing In a dump
soil during a wet season. And that
about the only precaution he knows
to advise Is for the farmer to not
use the seed for planting his next
crop.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR j
Marlage teaches a woman to stay
in harness and a man to kick over|
the traces.
about his wife's foot she wouldn't j
trade him for a king.
You can't make a man s
church when he has nothing
er than bills for the cc!'
plate.
ROOSEVELT GUEST
Expresideat Will be Entertained
by Chicago Club
SCHOOL PUPILS TO GREET
THE HAMILTON CLCI1 WILL OIVE
A BANQUET WHICH WILL PUT
IK THK SHADE ALL FORMER
OVATIONS I* HIS HONOR EX
PKCTKI) TO MAKE SEVERAL
SPEECHES.
Chicago. September b.?Tiicodoro
Roosevelt comes to Chicago today
He will reach reach here- around G
o'clock from Freeport, where he is
scheduled for a speech earlier ia the
du>.
A welcome which will put in the
shade all the other ovations in the
former presidents honor on his trip
west, is planned !?> the Hamilton
Club tonight.
Pupils from the various schools
will l e or. hand to greet Colonel
Roosevelt.
The banquet tonight will be held
under the flag of truec, for friends
und enemies alike in the Kopubllc&n
?party will fit down together at the
speaker's tabic.
Among those who will Ik; there
are Speaker Cannon. Senator Cum
mins, Senator Lorimer, Governor De
i:een, Charles \V. Fairbanks und
Chief of Police Steward.
Following his arrival the presi
dent will be taken in an automobile,
with a police escort, to the Congress
Hotel where half ah hour will be
allowed for a lightning change from
street to evening dress.
Then the ex-presldent will go to
the banquet room.
A jungle scene made of sugar and
glucose will greet the colonel when
he reaches the banquet room. It is
four feet square and stands five
feet in the shape of an oval.
In the center is an elephant with
two attendants and Colonel Roose
velt ready to shoot a lion.
Mr. Roosevelt has not given out
what he will talk about.
Obeyed HLh Wife.
1$
Former Vice President Fa
Is reported as saying that while
was on his way home from his trip
around the world there was a man
and his wife with their little son
aboard.
Both husband and wife were very
seasick during the voyage. But lit
tle Johnny enjoyed ship life Im
mensely.
One day the little fellow did some
thing that displeased hi? mother
very much.
By way of punishment she asked
her husband to speak lo the boy.
With what little strength he seem
ed to have left, he turned and said:
"How do you do Johnnie,? ?Ex
change.
WHF.N HAXIIS I'KHRPIRF.
If ones' hands perspire a tiny
piece of absorbent cotton slipped in
to 'he palm of the glove when put
ting on gloves will prerent unsight
ly mark?.
This will be found more efficacious
than a liberal sprinkling of powder,
though, that too. Is good.
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