iDAY after:
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TBM TAX LEW TOR TUB CITY
WAS USED A* THE MRKTISG
LAST NIGHT ? TO ERECT NEW
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COMIIRKE APPOINTTD FOB
THIS PURPOSE.
Tk?r? vu another meeting ol the
Board of City Aldermen at the City
Rail laat evening. Cm Monday ?ren
in* the. board did not ftaleb (heir
, bualneea and postponed action until
laat night. The following bualneaa
vae transacted:
On motion it vaa ordered that the
pop llceaae he mate 1*00 per year.
, Oa motion .It vaa aaoved that the
ipayor aad city clerk be r.uthorlaed
to elgn the voacher ot W. Wind
ley, ex-clty clerk for etxty centa -tint
s Aad been allowed by the prerlona
board.
It vaa moved and aecondei* ttiat
the power heretofore confirred upon
tbe mayor aad city clerk at the meet- 1
lng ot the Board ot Aldermen on'
April I, mi, to enter tato an agree
ment with the Atlantic Coaat Ooaat
Line in reference to tbe vbtrf mat
ter be aad the aame la hereby re
voked * ? r
It waa moved that a committee be
appointed to euiatae the Wport ?
the Vaaaoe committee .tnd report at
the next meeting, The tol lowing ^ com
mittee vaa named: Meaara. Aye re.
Buekmen aad Swindell. ^ ' t t.
On motion It vaa ordered that the
treaanrer be .Matructed to aaeertala
(rem tbe clerk ot the V?order>
Conn what la da* the from eaid
court aad make a report oa eame. I
, It waa voTed aad .eeeonded ch*r
the mayor and ctty clerk N. author
fed to borrow one*tbon?dad dollara
tor neceeaary current expenrea -sj
Tbe tax levy for. the year i?u|
waa placed aa follows:
Oeaeraf city tax (e oe*ta on the
?100 worth at property; *1.50 oa
the poll.
, School tax 4(e on Itoo worth of
property; ?1.?5 on the poll.
City bead iatereat on <eane of III,
??? authorised October IMS. h> oa
110* worth ot property aad 18c oa
pelt
City bond latereet and Improve
ment boada 915,000 May 1. 1*04. 5c
oa UN worth of property and lie
aa pall.
School boada May 1. ?14 115,000
L. *e oa |1?0 worth ef oroparty ?ad
15c oa the pal.
Electric light boada May 1. 1005,
? 16,000 4o oa hi 00 worth pfpaapert
ty aad lie oa pan.
School boad May k 1M5. 47>0M,
1c oa I1M worth ot proowty aad )le
on tha pall. - ; 'IVvj v., . ,
Street Improvemaat bead, J aweary
1. mo, ttl.ooo, *C oa noo worth
of properly aad 15c oa poll.
Foadlag boad lease 115,000, 4c oa
W?0 worth ef property and lie oa
poll.
Provided that the board may make
any change In levy after aaaeeemaat
. haa beea aaoertalaed. ' 1'. '
On motion Mayor Harding waa ap
pointed a committee or oar to aloe*
a deal with Mr. Hepetlnatall with
reference to aiding the clt ? cle-1
Oa motion the hill of Jeaae Par
ham waa referred to Aldermen J. P.
Ruckman And P. J. Berry.
It waa moved that the cemetery
committee put down a pump and
two cloeeta. .
. It vaa ordered that a committee
he appointed to confer end get con
tracta to bnlld a feaee around the
cemetery.
Ho other btuineaa apeparlng the
board adjourned to meet egtln next:
/Rriday night.
? k.' t: V . 4 *~Ti.
lUpdn^Wailc Tomorrow.
She will be able
Wmm
The W. C. T. U.
There will be a meeting of the
Woman's Chrl.tt.ii Tempeamn Un
ion ?t 0k? hal lof the Young Men's
Christian Lniiia tomorrow after
neon ?t #y? o'clock.
All member, and visitor. are eor
to be present and take
1
DEID FROM II
HEM'S BLOW
Ed Pearce Succumbs to Wound
inflicted by Will Weaker
"V \
IS WAKE COUNT!! Mil
THOIUI.K OCCURRED AT SAW
MIUk WHITE MAN AlUfHlNG A
NKORO WHO uasu piVe umb
WITH TKRRIBLE 1 'I'M ?
. WEAVER CAPTTOEK IR NAtW;
CXH'NTY LAffT NHlHr. 2* "
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Raleigh. N. C. June* t. ? Aa the re
aalt of too much liquor and a disa
greement with WIU Weaver a ne
gro, 0d Pearce, a white man of the
Zebqkm eectlon. i> dM, and hla w
(?wait trial In Jul* for murder, The
tragedy occurred at Mr. 8. Z. Olll'a
jpew mill, three and a half mtlea
nortbeaat of lehUlee. laat eren?lg
at 4r?l o'clock. Peered, according
to
and later struck the white man twice
?erase the bead with a pin* Umb,
crushing the ek?U *ad causing death.
Mr. Z. V. <M?L^ UMfc mlU. the
trouble occurreS' rushed to the la
Jura* fM. carried him ta Doctor
Cavlneee mat later carried him ta pas
Hoepltal. where th? wonada were
drisail Pearce dted at % o'clock
this manias. Ho Inquest wis held
orer the body. Ceroaer He perk not
baring km requested to do so. ,
Mr. Oil] waa (tan ding within thir
ty or forty yarda ot the mat when
jtka trouble started. Bath are em
played at Us sew mill and ^rearer,
whowas not at work yesrorday, rame
ta the mill la the wagda usually im
eo by Pearce, sad started ta drlre ?
loaded wagon to the* log yard, (when
the trouble etartad. The fere part
of the log wee dargglng the ground
and Pea roe protested rigorously sad
profanely. Bath men rurasd each
| other. Weaver then pkSked up a pine
limb ah* struck Pearce twice across
the head, crushing the ekull com
pletely. and making deitb only a
matter of time, ' ? j
With that the negro walked off,
while Mr. .GUI ran to the wounded
man. He waa brought to Raleigh,,
aa stated, ^nd died In Rex Hoepltal
at 2 o'clock this mornln*. The body
was prepared for -burial nt the nnder
| taking establishment ot H. J: Brown
* Co
A number of cltisens started after
Weaver, who was caught at the home
of his uncle, iJW Taylor's store In
Nash county, seven or eight mllei
from the place of the kllUfe*. Jy Mr.
Oscar Williams. Weaver war> ^ven a
preliminary trial at Zebulon before
Justice of the Peace 1/ M Whitley
and committed to tbe Wake county
jail to await the July term of Wake
Ijpperlor court.
1 Ed Pearce, the slain man. was
about thlrtv-etx veera old a?<i 1*
'I .
CLAIMED TO HAVE CALLED IfOH
TAGUE OCT, AND AFTER FEW
WORDS TO HATE BEOl*N SHOOT
ISO? FIRST BILLET rABSES
THROUGH ARM OF JfOfTAOUE
WHO FIRED TWICE AT ANTAG
ONIST, ONE BALL SHATTERING
OHM AND OTHER ENTERING
CHE8T.
RlelgU. N. O, Jan. J. B. Rob
wja killed and H w Monta
|v. was wounded in ht eright arm
ss the result of a pistol duel on Mr1
H* H. Hicks' place, near Eagle Rook,;
at an early hour Siynday right. Mon
tague surrendered later in the night
to Deputy Sheriff R. H. Elggs at
Wendell, and was brought to Raleigh
and committed to the Wake County
Jail on tb^ char&e of murder.
Miss Flossie Hicks, a young lady
thrftw herself between the men In an
rattempt to prevent trouble.
lite. Hicks and Robertson, known
tn this community as Burk, and Mon
snd MISb Clalce Robertson were
^returning home from a wedding cele
bration at the home of Mr, Stone and
had reached the borne of Miss Hicks
when the trouble occurred.
Busk Robertaon. It nxms, tailed
Montague from the housb and want
led to know KoDta??e had beM
- about Robertaon ano hi, a^
*r. Montacue raHted that any im
port to that effect was a lie, that
[he thought too much of Mis* Robert
as about hen
that* nothing
him or his sis
After this declaration, Robertson
Is said to hare declared that he
would shoot Montague, and thereup
on drew his gun. MIjs Flossie
Hicks then appeared upon the scene
with a buggy whip In her hand and
endearored to preyeat any trouble. j
ins pistol
arm with the whip and the bullet in
tended for Montague's body .want
crashing through his right arm. Rob
ertson fired again and was advinc
on Montague when the latter
drew his gun and seat two ballets
into hit antagonist. One of these
Robertson's chin to pieces
awT tha other struck him In the
\ ? , -
Ml' to the ground mor
Wounded, but raised up long
qpeugh to fire a third shot at Monta
gue. The gullet went through the
dre^f of Miss Hicks, but she was un
handed. Robertson died la s few
How Miss Hicks escaped injury In
the mild fusllade ef bullets la tytrd
to understand, The men W6re shoot
lag st each other with the lateat of
doing mischief, and the young wom
an was in the line of fire. One of the
bullets, the Isst fired by either party,
tore through her skirt end sll but
{wounded her.
Buck Robertson ?g?e th* son of G.
E. Robertson of the ,EagU Rock sec
tion. He Is about 21 ybars old and
Is said to hare had a reputation as a
trouble makes. A year ago Mr. Rob
ertson forbade his da-Jfhter from
keeping company with Montague,
and the trouble last night may be
j traced to feeling oTer thin. It was
about Miss Robertson. thaTBuck Rob
ertson snd Montague fired at each
'other. '
Montague, who was committed to,
jell, to ti years old. is of slight
build and of fair complexion. He
>uld weigh about 115 pounds. He
a native of OranTllIe rountr. bnt
?tarfn. wttt Mr. Nat Puck
? " tat*
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'??. Va , June (. ?
Wl o'd, y well
tere. allot blmaelr.
Btatemeat that be
lone are aald bjr
'? fc??n tb-. cauae.
r. be mada tbe re
iM ah:> it blmaalf,
: that be was ]?ic
RBV. C. A. JONES AND Mil. W. L.
VAl'GHAN I'RBSKXT THE >1E1>
AliS, ETC? THE EXFRCISEK
WERE ENJOYED ? THE INSTI
TUTION AN HONOR TO THE
COUNTY AND SECTION
It was a pleasure of the editor of
the Washington Daily New* to visit
the progreMive town of Pantego last
evening for the purpose of attending
the annual commencement of the
Pantego High School, u^er ihs em
dent and* capable management of
Professor L. E. Bennett, and educa
tor of renowfa and merit In thta sec
tion of Nor^h Carolina.
No similar institution of learning
in the county of Beaufort enjoys a
higher record and Judging from the
evcellent program rendered by the
atudents and the dlstinctl ms conferr
ed last night we are fully able to en
dorse any ecomiums placed on this
school by parties who are In a po
altlon to kn6w of its merits and ac
complishments under 'he adminis
tration of Professor Bennett. For
four years be has been thr guiding
hand and universal regrst Is express
ed from all sides in the Psntego sec
tion of learning that he Is to lssve
the Institution after thla year. He
is afr educator of sterling worth and
has demonstrated In moro ways than
one his ability as a teacher and pre
ceptor. ,
On June 5th the Annual address
was delivered by Hon. John H. 8mall
and On last night the graduating ex
ercises proper .took place snd were
witnessed by a large- number oft peo
ple from all sections of the county.
The following program was render
ed:
I Bong of Welcome by the sohooi.
Invocation by Rev. C. A.> Jones,
pastor of ths M. E. Oh arch at Bel
haven.
This was followed by a piano solo
? Les 8ylphes, Miss Aleese Aycock.
It was one of the popular selections
of the evening.
Miss Ida Shavender next favored
the audience with a recitation, "The
8oul of the Violin." Thla vaa the
snbject for high praise.
Miss Irene Judktn also recited "A
Night In 8te Pilagle." She received
numerous compliments.
The rainbow drill by sixteen young
ladles was in keeping with tbe
high training of Ihe pupil? of the
school. /
" "TK," Traitor's Death" Tf UH*
Lotta Bishop was another selection
well received. This was followed fcy
an esssy "Gold Lies Deep In the
Mountains" by Miss Alette Aycock
This young lady watf the heclplent of
pratee from all present and Justly
so.
Miss Ids Shavender rendered a
??t delightful pt?no -wlMtloJ
?M*d the "Lut Hop. - TM? ?e*l
Int Mixtion wu follow id by ? ?ob?
Ti mm
OF Tffi MIINE
NOW EXPOSED
The Hull of the Onc? Famous
Battleship Brought to Surface
10 SOON KNOW SECRET
GREAT CKimUFUGAL PI MP8 BE
GIN REMOVAL OF WATER FROM
COFFERDAM. FOR THE PUR
POSE OF DETERMINING THE
CAUSE. OF EXPLOSION.
'Havanna, June ?. ? The prelimin
ary stag* In the work ot exposing
the wreck of the old battleship Maine
was completed this afternoon when
repairs to the caisson which was mp
tured two weeks ago .wero finished j
ISy the driving of the last interlocking i
piles. ; ?
Immediately the work of pumping
out the^fcer from the main coffer
dam wa^Kgun, two powerful centri
fugal pumps being used, and the wa
ter level had been lowered, two feet
when darkness set In and the work
was suspended.
At this stage of the operations -no
indications feave been obeerved of
any Instability in the retaining walls,
The pumping will be resumed to?
morrow morning and It is expectfef
that the water level in the coffegg
dam will bo lowered about five tee t.
This will suffice to expose most of
the afterpart of the deck, which was
remote from the/ immediate effects
of the explosion. This mainly affect
ed. the -forward part of the ship, from
a point Just after the fciward'ten
lach tujrent
After a considerable quantity of
water has' been removed the pump
ing operations probably will be sus
pended for ten days or so that the
most careful tests of the stability of
the retaining wall /may be made be
fore the entire Jfreck Is freed from
the water.
Present indications are that some
weeks will elapse before a complete
examination Is possible.
It Is not expected that human re
mains will be found until the un
covering of the hull permits a com
plete exploration.
The next part of the program prov
ed to be the most interatlng of the
evening. being the presentation of
medals snd prizes. This pleasing
duty was filled by Mr. W. L. Vaughan
county superintendent of schools. Mr.
Vaughan was most, happy in hts re
marks and - every word of wisdom
and advice given fell on good soil.
Gold medals were presented for
scholarship to Misses Irene Judkln
and Ida 8havender. -A gold medal
was given to Mlra Ida Shavender for
her essay on Corn Culture. The
medal for penmanship was awarded
to Miss Pearl Dfvls. Tne prise for
the beat kept flower bed throughout
the entire year being a handsomely
bound books .was presented to Misses
Lott* Bishop, Pearl Davis and Ida
Shavender.
The diplomas to the members of
the . graduating claas were also
awarded by Mr. W. L. Vaughan to
the following class fo rthe year 1911: j
Misses Alease Aycock, Lotta May
Btshop, Irene Gertrude Judkln and
Ida Isabelle Shavender.
The above class Is me of the
brightest and most promising to
leave the Pantego High School and
no doubt will exert no small influ
ence in their section for good and
the uplift of their neighbors In the
years to come.
The certificates of honor were pre
sented b$ Rev. 0.. A. Tones, pastor
of the M. E. Church at Bllhaven. His
remarks of preeentatlon were ornate
and timely. The fallowing were the
recipient!:
For those neither absent or tardy
during the year: Misses Lotta Bish
op. Pearl Davis, Temperanse Aycock,
Aleen Davis, Mlna Ricks. Elsie Rea
pers. Gladys Judkln. s Masters Carny
Duko, Bdntund Cradle. Brncc White
and Or ran Topping. Those absent
en* d?r or Ha or .Impl* u?4j met:
. A,? -U- I
1
J" MB. CHERRY lii'AD.
Afod^ClUaM hMd Awrey ?;et?rd*y
At Pftnevtlle. S. C.
?
New# reach** this c#jr of the yui
Ing of Mr. Robert Cherry ?t bis1
home about flrie mll^s from this city 1
yaaUidar At the time of hJa death
the deceased was about seventy-fire
years of age and waa honored and es
teemed In hla nelguborhood tt* had
been confined, tohl* home lor month*
Although the ond tw sudden It waa
not unexpected. He lived to h ripe
old age and his Uat days were well
spent ta rearing and training thoee
around his fireside. The funeral
took place this af'erttcon at the late
residence and was conducted by Rev.
W. A. Davis of this city. The Inter
ment waa In the family burying
ground. We extend sympathy to the
bereaved. He leaves a widow and
several children to mourn their los?.
FOUL PLWiS
EVIDENCED BY
I TWO WOUNDS
Killed and Buried in a Ds'-S -e
Patch by Man and Woman
FOUL PLAY IS INDICATED
EACH OTHER
[ AN1> THEN WOMAN 8i'Jl> SHE
POUND HARDING DE VD IN HER
HOUSE AND BURIED HIM ? TWO
WOUNDS ON BODY INDICATE I
FOUL PLAY.
Norfolk, Va., June 6. ? Murdered'
by his paramour and an accessory,
so the county authrltles ci?.'m, and
then burled under two of earth,
by the pair, was the fate that befell
L. J. Harding, a young carpenter
and painter, whose half-clad body
was found Monday eveniog laying In
crude grave under the house of Mrs.
Minnie L. Murdock, alias Maymle
Taylor, on Mason's Creek, about two
and a half miles beyond Ocean View,
in Norfolk county. Tho woman is
locked up In the county Jail at Ports
mouth. Another cell It occupied by
Charles Merkle. eald to be a Greek,
who Is held as an accessory.
The Taylor woman, when first ar
rested, told the county officers that ,
the deed was committed by Merkle.
The man said that the woman killed
Harding, J,ater, li^ Jail, the woman
claimed that Harding died in her
house last Thursdsy and that she
burled him, assisted by Merkle.
The charge against the* woman Is
murder.
Harding and the woman have re
sided In the house together for sev
eral months. She Is known is local
police circles.
8everal friends of Hard I ig are said
to have Informed the authorities
a few days ago that he was missing,
and they suspected foul play. Anoth
report that gained some circula
tion was that he had been In a street
car accident and was laid up in bed
result. County Ogcer John
Hays and Clifford White, special of
ficer for the Norfolk and Portsmouth
Traction Company, went to the Tay
lor house on Mason Creoc, and made
an investigation. Just un4?r the edge
of the houso. they saw what appeared
to have been a new grave. The offi
cers continued their investigations.
Some of the earth was rv moved and
the stench was sickening. A board
was found, when removed, the head
of Harding was easily distinguished.
The body was in a bad state of de
composition.
Dororthy Aycock and Eva Windley,
Master Guy Clark, Dewey Topping
and Carl Windley.
Thus closed one of *he irost de
lightful and entertaining commence
ments in the history of the Pantego
High School.
The faculty of the school Is com
posed of the following well-known
educators and Instructors: Prof. 1*
B. Bennett, plrnclpal; Mrs. Claud
SprpllI of pantego, taacnor of the
primary grades; Miss Effie Jarvls of
Be! haven, teacher of the Intermed
iate grades; Mfiss Annie Tyer of
Ftfravtll^, N. C , !s the efficient as
sistant In the hffh eoh'wl depart
m#Bt w V .
?to the eBci'Wt la
THE SENATE
IS TRYING TO
KltLJE BILL
Reciprocity MB and it* Amend
ments Are Not Acceptable
warn is m
? j- - 4 ,
THE SECRET IB oyT WHY SENA
TOR ALDRK'H CALLS HIS LAME
DICK COMMISSION A "MONE
TAB1T COMMISSION? UFA A CSF
IT SPENDS SO MUCH MONEY.
(By Tavenner.)
(Special News' Correspondence)
Washington, June 7. ? That the
"farmers" principally interested in
killing reciprocity are Wall street
"farmers", whose "crop* consist
chiefly of lumber and paper trust di
vidends, was revealed :n testimony >
taken by the senate flnun*e commit- ,
tee.
It was shown that Allen & Graham
alleged attorneys for tlio National
Grange, are really professional lob
byists for the big tariff trusts. Their
argument when seeking burlness is
that they can pull the nectary wires
In Washington to defeat or bring
about the passage of any legislation
they may be assigned upon.
Mr. Allen wss made to admit un
der cross examlnstion that the anti
reciprocity literature with which the
agricultural districts have recently
been flooded came direct fiom the
lobbyist headquarters wichln a stones
throw of Wall street, Mr. Allen also
admitted that the American Lumber
Ma n u factors' jjM?QclMlo.i. the Pulp
and 'Print Paper association and the
American Wool Manufacturers' asso
ciation (lumber trust, paper trust
and wool trust, respectively) *re
among those who pledged themselves
to finance this holy crusade for the
farmers.
Allan * OndUattn among their
clients some of the best "farmers"
Ln Wall strest. 1)Mrftrui was shown
to have represented .as lobbyists the
Whisky Security Company ( whisky
trust) and the Standard 01* Com
pany, the latter of which organisa
tions is headed by John D. Rocke
feller. whose occupation as a big oil
(Continued on 4th page.)
THE SERVICES
IRE CLOSED '
At t**e Christian Church l,i?t Rtm.
ln? ? Maay Addition*
The series of meetings closed at
the Christian church on asr evening
to the regret of every communicant;
There were firs additions at the clos
ing service ?*d the rite of baptism
will be administered this evening at
the regular service. The pastor,
Rev. Robert V. Hope will preach a
special sermon. Below appears an
excellent cut of Evangelist H, 0<
BoMHt of Rocky Mo;in~ woo hu
b?e? utMlal the p??tor of :hU
church la the eerlee of meeMgp. Ho
H * speokor of power >a the
?ret sermon ntHd th<j heart. of all
who heart him. Mr. BobUtt will a!
[ware recede., MMTSBL cordial wh