I ii n fiAtin atiih
R al 1 |L | II11 I 11 I 11 11
% flnll Inlrin II nr
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civ A'nIftpV bi.-.
Norfolk, Va.. Jain ^-tlttr* which .
hortlr before ? o'clock, i
deetrored the tatorior of the old T.
M O. A. betiding, the billiard table. I
; and other equipment of the flckwtck 1
Parlor?, tfco' ?tock5 and furniture of
Harrr Tabk'l uloon. and the atock
IT of ee reads and provlalona la (ho
warehooee of the Robert Johnoon
Co., broken, rfhe flsrme. also threat[
enod the adjoining propertr. horning
' the all la of the Landmark mechanical
department and molting the glass In
the wlndewa of the caahler'i room of
ft. the OtUeaaa' Bank. The are gran kept
In the bnlldlng In which It orlgtn
atad-.'jqkgh. and wan tztlngnlabed
after a hard dght hp the firemen of
meow than three honro Tpe street
car ncrotee waa badlr delated.
The eaaae of the are Is net known
, but * Masted In the kitchen of Harry
- Tabb'o place and waa horning like a
seething furnace When discovered by
a colored pcrhb-woman named "Fan.
, nr" la the ClUnena' Bonk. She notl""
fled Cha .watchman of the halldlng.
3k who turned a the alarm and In done
than twa minutes after the Bamw
nrt mm mhootlnt oat ?f <% J*r <*!<
IdUN tfc? 0WOWH WW on ttan 1
HMUMS WE
IIMIW
?> . riAlTTIf
(TFVflXilil TKLKhHQwn wy?' 1
t TRwJ ^
ute snokrion is critical
BP '
i r t Rlehmeed. Va.. Jan. t.?Governor
J - Man* tkla afternoon received n'telepboae
call from tbe aheriff of Inle.of
vfrlght ceenty. Warning him that ba
might be called upon at any moment
for treepe to protect property near
h ' Smtthfteld from dent ruction at the
r handa of Italian laborer*, who are
eaid to be rioting and threalenlnt;
j bloodabad. . > .
Q*v?rMr Minn la aeeklag to ?ommustcate
with Judge Waddlll. who la
holding court today to Alexandria,
j - with two alow of hoTlog Federal
Fif regal are aont from Fort Mhnroe to
. protect the property In the handa at
L * the Federal Coert.
"55 ' Iff T*? Italian colony has already
been entntned by Jndge 'waddlll
from Interfering with the plent.
i. The Italians are. tfseparate, aa they
I have add been paid their wagee and
; J do net nnOeretand the delay In get*
ting their aooney. Tha.shorts eaya
th^gtnatloa 1a critical. ~ -
SI .
. . < RWIHRnp
- MMer Cecil. C?pt. J. H. Mow
r it; from Lowland.
Ocbaanar J. r. Morria. Capt.' M. R.
W?K?I trom Qaylord
Maamer Rhjloh, Capt Wm PalTin:
from Tmrboro. - Loadm* wttt
1.00P b ax* cotton' aaad U Brapaw'a
warahouaa. taavea thla mornlnp at
"?ZZrj.T;,-?
Xr+tonn?r Ooldleaf Cant glmoaon
I ~.r Otic D. T^S. C.,Th
W Race it; from ROM Dei Carto,
Fallowing arc the dapartnree
p1(XA,,m' ?*r CUrtq"^
Schooner Rcbece. Ball; tor South
> Creak.
.*,> .f JFfFlJiZZZ*'' c"t'A J
B* at; ' ? Portemouth.
I fl d Ite'ra'
* "
** 1
x * n mi f n
. " r?
' Morning Ruins the Old
1 Much Other Valuable
Estimated at SM.OCO
icon's When tho blaxe waa .out and
h occupants pf tbo plana wera peril
ttted to antar they eetlraaled that
heir combined loaa would reach
1*1.000. partly oorarad by Inauranoa
rha damage to the building, which
jolonga to tha Orandy aatate. a hot
rat knoarn. - - , '
The office and warehouse Of the
Robert Johnson Company are Im
nedlately south and adjoining the T
*. C. A. building, and while no damme
was done to either br tha fige.
he stock was completely ruined by
eater and some of the framework
eaa scorched by tha boat of the
latnea. Tha atock of eersula. meal _
:otoc Med ml, canned goods end
provisions ?u distributed on the
J core at the three etorlee of the
warehouse and on the first floor la
ilmoet floating to water. Mr. Johnion
did not oome down to him'office
until Into |n the day aafl after In
wootlng the stock salifhe was unable
to estimate the damage done. He alio
laid that he carried a heavy Insurance
at all timed and that the lose ;
was probably tally covered. His bunlaces,
ho said, would not be Interfered
with as he bae another warehouse
in another perl of the city.
GOVERNOR KITCHEN WILL
SOON DECLARE HIMSELF
WIU Inject Ginger Ja the Onanpnlgn
Prose the Start?A Warm Campaign
b Predicted.
~~ v. 1
Greensboro. Jsn. ? ?Before leering
here Sunday afternoon. -Hot. w.
W. Kttohln 1*^ It be known to hb
frtepds that at-an ^erly data, prob- |
srsswiErair
peech will be In the nature of a political
scorcher and that It wiU be
chock full of sentences of pertinent
Interest to> Senator Simmons and
Editor 'ttetffela. Governor Kltchln's
visit here Inspired his friends and
supporters to new efforts and they
have been uunsually active since Mk -1
appearance' It Is conceded that the i
governor Is a mighty. strong candl- <
date in^heee parts
??? SMMSJIECEIVES ;!
IN HOSPITABLE HOME
Complimentary to Host* of Friends
of Mr. futd Mrs. W. L Vanghaa,
Mrs. B. 8. Simmons, Mother
of the Bride, Entertain*.
Attesting the popularity of Mr.
and Mrs. W.'L. Vatkghan. hosts of
their friends called-at the beautiful
home of Mrs. K. 8. Slmmone In East
Main street last evening at a^publtc
Voceptlon given In their honor. From
9 until li o'clock there wan a constant
strfcam of callers who* extended,
to the happy and popular couple
their best wishes, only for the
N?w Tear, but lor years to oomo.
The hostess was assisted In recelvIng
by Mr. and Mrs. Norwood L.
Simmons. Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Bell
and Miss Martha Ferel^ee, ot Oxford.
C*ko and wine waa aerved to ike call
era, and the beautiful decoration* of
potted plant* lent a Meaning aepeet
to the tni.rnrten.
H "Til I >"?? 'in, I
Following la a Hat of letter* remainlng
uncalled for la the poet ofdee
at Waehlngton. N. C.. for the
week ending Deo. Id, 1111:
Gentlemen:?W. T. Aliooek. Chaa.
K. Baldwin. B. B. Beealy, Mr. and
Mre. The. H Qnnlel, Capt. John W.
Brana.' John Onrrell. Wallace D.
Kalian A. T. Lane. George Lety.lL H.
Shepherd. W. J.Batehwell. < lit.:
J. C. Bright. Narla Brownt. Mlaa
Lenk Clinton. Mia* Miner Derta.
cure Edward. Ulan *Mary Moore,
ail" ?r-'xzp" K,d'
len Wka'h. Mr. Emmer Wlnatead.
Theee letter* will be eont to the
dead letter offloe January 16, 1911.
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LHOFPEACE ^
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TERRORS OF WA1
AMERICA* HISTORY 18 THE
BOOK OF JUDGES.
^
>ISRV Of COMMON COUNTRY
j.^n Mil RATIFICAHOS
or THE ARBITRATION
TREATIES ARK THE
FWE8T INSTANCES OF
THE-MORAL IBHTIATIVK OF
AMERICA. " '
Columbia. 8. C.. Jan. 1?Dr. a. C.
Mitchell, president of the University
?f South Carolina, is an enthusiastic
advocate of the ratlficatlo^Vftho
Arbitration Treatlee with "England
and France.
"They are the finest, instances of
the moral tnltiaUve of America." he
Mild. "They ?Rr the crown of President
Taft's achievements, and they
are destined to be, if ratified, the
glory of our common country. .
jOur people believe in the principles
of tfieee treaties, and they are
willing to accept tho judgment of
such lawyers as Prealdent Taft. Secretary
Knox,-and 8enators Culloni.
Burton and Root upon the constitutionality
of t&e treaties without
amendment.
"France was a friend In need, and
with the Mother country we have not
not had war lor nearly a hundred
ypars. These treaties rather register
a fact already accomplished 'w
mark on ' innovation 'in the foreign
policy of the United States with reference
to these two great nations,
supreme t? intelllgonce 'and Justice.
"These treaties, tn effect, say *hat
we. as a nation, have such great confidence
In, the sanity and conscience
of both Britain and Fraqe? that they
will not ash of ns anything that our
national benot wlft* not M able to
oowpdew Itho i* loes of rank or InternaUhj&l
preetlge. And in . effect
this. An : the other hand, 4s what
Frays and England pay to us.
"rheee three nations have reached
loerpoini ua intelligence, justice ud
human brotherhood where they hre
willing to eubetitute la all disputes
between them readbn and law ,|*jt
brute foroo and human carnage.
"The league p# peace which thee?
three nation, would thus patabllsh,
will eenre as an Umpiring example to
all other peoples cruehed toLjfce
earth by the Weight of armament*..
The i^tlona today are spending two
and a half billion dollars annually
on wedpOas of war. The greatest relief
that can come to mankind today
would b? to lift thl. lORd.
."Thojnlquo fwture of our gyjernmafita
ie the snpremacy of the
Judiciary. With ue the final Word is
l? tZ Book of
JuditM. It -m John t*r.h?ll who
engr.fted thl. principle lu our ?ou.tltutlt*,
i??kln?.^he Supreme ^our
/jo>ro^ vAlWl
/ piJAPPOiNT- LTV**.' *
y MINT hfUK \ 1
^NOTMERj >3
the rightful arbiter between thd i? f>|
e|atee .of oar I"nton This pi HldA, |f|
worked oat on our toil. In nowio
ho applied Internationally by So
eatabltshment Of the Court of imtrftl
Justioos ait The Hniue. f*** { ,
"The Arbitration trontlee whjh u
Prenldent Tnft hnn arrucel wHh
France and Britain are a (mat itik ..
toward thin tool. Thono treatfta
hOTe awakened In Franow and BW'
land unapoakaUw Joy. and oub?c
opinion, without regard to partly, pa n
eupportlng the reapectlre foaM- &
manta In their ratification. It Ufr
not be that Amerloana, eonaolodfM ln
the moral mlnolon of their ooanMr In b
the world, will Wl In thplr euppwrt m
of the Prealdent'a policy, an anllfht- p,
ened. and ao conalatent with ty t&jnanilnd
In qnickealng the" aanae of
hnmih brotherhood, Juatlea; and ?
pmm." ? wi
'
SEABOARD WAKING ' A
npinvm rniyrr nnirrr
HutUl IU kOAffiiC HUUIb
11m Is Believed to Be for Central ^
Repair Shops.
n
Durham. N, C.. Jan. 2.?The puras
chase by the Seaboard Railway Com- of
pany.of 1*9 acres of-land at Norllna,
a small station on the main llno^f yf
the Seaboard about 40 miles nortffof h,
Durham, tends to confirm a rumor, ti
current here for several weeks, that. Ju
the Seaboard contemplates the erec- cu
tion of a large repair shop at Norllna
in connection with the change xi
in the route of'the u^ain llnp of the a
Seaboard from via Keleigh to via ed
Durtiam. The principal repair shops
of the Seaboard are now located at ft,
Portsmouth and a repair shop la also w
located at Raleigh. It is thought that hi
both of the shops will be combined g,
at Norllna. making this town to the
Seaboard what Spencer is to the
Southern. ^ at
It has been generally known for ut
some time that the officials hive had
under consideration a change xof tbo^(
main line from Raleigh to Durham, te
Within the past few'days It EB be- T(
come known that the present main it,
line of the Sekhoard would bo ex- jp\ended
from KT|TjMW|>f P"'",- ?
ham, to a point afoul 26 miles tedth mm
of Raleigh, where connections win [|
again be made with the breeerit main
Una. This would leavo both Henderson
and Raleigh off the main line entirely.
Tfo road -from Norllna to
sveseigu wuuiu uss lutsuo * ew-u
line. The main Us* of the 8e?bo?rd "
through thle eeetion would be nhort- ,
ened About JO mtlee by the change
M??mU?i^rwTb"a l?t
week and >ttonr effort H being made *
to hare the line to Darhnm leare the
present main line at Henderson In- ?
stead of Norllna. Norllna is- the "
Junction poltit at which the Richthe
Junction point of thff line to Dorham
for that nmo>. tv > J
L.\ FTr ^ . t. jFrofc - *
O. T. Tulllnghem, Esq.. of Wlteon, ^
la at The Uonkte . > M
Oeo. W Kejee of Raleigh, le in M
llbe cur. a
DbfiWn
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HLB S BODY FOUND
III WATERY CRAVE
Ml* B?H Bmith Who Followed.
. M*r Brothers to Work Laet
Wuk 1* Finally Found.
DM*m. Jan. 2.?The dead body
ItyUe Beefcie Hay Smith, the threear-old
daughter of Robert Smith,
Orange county, who ha* been lo*t
io* last Thursday, ha* been found
Collina' Creek, a mile and a half
na her home by a Marching party,
mpoeed of University students and
ople of the surrounding country.
Usually this creek ha* little water
MLOh lMhO deep hHtit The
oeotrntfimadethe current very
-ift._*nd the child evidently fell lnthe
creek ^>n the Jlrst night she
is lost.
FEUDAL HATFIELD
SLAYS A PHYSICIAN
m ^of - "Devil " Anne" Hatfield
Avenges lUow With Death.
Charleston. \Y- Vs., Jan. 2?Dr. E.
Thornliill.a v^U known physician
id business man of southern section
western Virginia, was shot Ind
lied today by Willis Hatfield, son
the noted feudist "devil Anse"
atfleld? In a drug store at Mullens,
le physician was attending an inred
person when the Bhooling ocrred.
Hatfield. It Is; said, asked Dr.
lornhlll to issue a prescription for
pint of whiskey. The doctor refusi
and when Hatfield used abusive
nguage, the physician slapped him.
atfield, It is said,'drew a revolver
id fired tWoi bullets Into Dr. ThornII'b
body. 8tepplng closer, he again
-ed two more abots. each taking efr
ct In the head of the prostrate man.
Hatfield ran from the drug store
id was captured within a few mines
by persona who had witnessed
e shooting. Pesirlng lynching. Hatad
pleaded with the of Soaps to p root
him and he was taken to Pinelie.
the county seat, where deputy
erlffs -tonight are guarding the
all prison. x
I IclEAH raitlllEO
RAR IKACIITlim
ibwv w vaiiaawti
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WipllaMataiy .10 -Judge 8. .0.
Braaaw, Attonar 4. D. MmcU>l
Sttttttbtd ?Mh.
' ******* flTlmMW>rt>y
ml Monday mam. Attorney A.
. MaeLaan entertained the Waebigton
Bar Aaaoelatlon, at which all
to member* vara preeent except My.
B. .Nlcholaon. who waa detain*!
at of the city. Heetdeh the membefn
r the Bar: Auodate J net Ire Judge
eorge Brown, and Hon John H
mall ware preeent. who added
reatly to the plaaaore at the cyanic
by relating remlnlecencea or their
erly local and political camera." The
tatter waa purely Informal, Mr.
lacBaan acquitting hlmaelr ' admlrhly
aa hoot.
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n Eastern^ No
sum
- BIG FBI
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Contestants Are Moving Wl
. Who Will Win U
of Conv<
*>
Just four more days and the First i
BOnus Period of the Dally News Con- t
test will be a thing of the past. The 1
Contestants are all working like t
Trojans to win these free rotes, and* \
Jo the lacky ones It will certainly be 1
a big boost to their standing.
Dpn't hold back, wondering what <
will be offered next, bbt jump in now ]
and make these four days count. j
You cannot win sitting around
B-nn/larlnv wKat ?? ? ?- -* ?
inc. but make up your minds to win, |t
? FIRST BON I
IN THE WASH IN GT
VOTING Ci
For every $20.00 for Subscriptions,
now or old, sent in by or for (
Contestants In the Metre Voting
I Contest, between the dates of Dec. *
lith and Jan. 8th, 1912, a Bonus (
of 40,000 Free Votes will be
given. 1
One, two; or three, or any nam- 1
bers of years, count en this offer;
any combination may be used to
make $20,000.
Persons haying sent In three or e
six months subscriptions before,
may extend their time and the *
Contestants securing the extension t
will receive the Increase vote. t
, This is positvely the largest
Bonus offer that will be made. 0
Don't forget The Dally Bonus that h
goes with It. a
STANDING OF C
District No. 1?Wa
Miss Lilllan^wanaer. ....
Miss Mhry Shaw
Miss Mad line Ellsworth
Miss Little Kelly
Miss Fannie Ht ear art
MIm Carrot ,W lilts.
Diatrici
Mtb. Marion T. Mayo, South Crook. . .
MIm Rena Rove, Aurora, N. C
MIm Nina Redditt, Edward. N. C....
Dlstrici
"MIm Lucy G. Wollard, R. F. D. No. 1.
Miss Alice'Wooiard
MIm Mary Marsh, Bath N. C
Miss WUUe Lee Latham. Pantego..
Mlka Nancy Marsh, Bath, N. C.>
MIbs Ella Baynor, Leechville, N. C.. . .
Miss Kate Eborn, Bath, N. C.. .......
District
Miss I^eta Cartwrigbt, Swan Quarter.
Miss Lessie Silverthorn, iMiddletou,
Miss Rtith Chadwick, Rose Bay, N. 0
Miss Ruth Silverthorn, Englohard,"ft.
ltules Governing Content. h
\ Rule 1.?Only nominating a
coupon entitling each contestant to u
1,000 votes wfcli be allowed.
Rule 2.?Votes can only be ob-s
tained by securing subscriptions pre- a
paid, renewals, collecting past "due c
subscriptions or by clipping tree voting
coupons from each iMue.
Rule 3.?Contestants may secure
aa many free voting certificates as g]
possible and vote them each week. a
Rule 4.?Monies collected by Con- y
testaeta on subscriptions must be s
turned over to Contedt Manager by e
8 o'clock Saturday night, qf the ti
*m| In which receipt la la- n
Bed for Mine. Failure to make />
report of aoch collection with- p
In specified time will forfeit your o
right to to tee on such amounts.
Rule S?CoEteet Manager's sfgna- b
tore mn^ be affixed to rotes befoie 1
seme art valid. h
Role 8.?No employe of The Dally
News, or member of any family ooneccted
with the paper MUX be per- f
mlcted to participate ta the contest, a
Rale 7.?Subscribers are eouttoned
to demand a reoetpt for money paid d
Contestants. ?
Rule 8.?All money for subscription
mast be paid to Contest JCaaager,
who will upon receipt of same,
Isne Votlpg Coupons to coyer the
amount pald la. , m,
Rui? aMl ?wuu mt m 1
arise between contestants wiU be de- I
termined by the Contest Maaam. ]
and this decision wHl be ftaaL v-; J
Rule 10.?Contestants axe at liberty
to ssevre sabecriptiona any*b.i?
rcttrofeM of wh?t dtotrlct
th.y to / 1
Roto 11.?Tlx tlchl to nooroi to 1
1*. ^
rth Carolina |
Z MB PEW 1
th a Vim' and "I Wonder . |
** la theTTheme
" vE^M
;rsation < .
ind with that aim In y'cry^'keep a- ' |s
llggln." Fcrsistencroughices
always havr/mad
hey can be. ed to doest
>Olnt If rv make ur rour 'j
minds to do so.
If you have failed ao far to secure
iae of these Donas offers, yop still
lave time to get even two or .thv'ee
Do not let the "other fellow" get
ill of them, but make up your mind
;hat you tye in the running, too.
JS PERIOD
ON-DAILY NEWS
ONTEST
This offer opens a channel you
an not afford to mise. It's easier
o get Free Votes now, than to get
txtra Subscriptions later. This ofer
la made to every Contestant *
egardless of district. ?->,
Send In your subscriptions
very day or every few days, to I ' 3
nable those In charge to get the
apers started at once. Subscript * *
ions turned in any time between *
bene dates will bo counted la thin >SH
ffer. Do not hold them until the
tat day. Read Rules 4 and Id
nd get busy.
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eject any- name for cause, also to
Iter these rules should occasion deirtud.
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Rule 12.?Votes can not be tTAne ^ ^ v"^S
jrred by.one contestant to another f:
fter same have been placed to her
redit. J
Rule 13.?All out of town Coteetnta
are allowed the privilege Of
jailing thelK^oupoas and money cplscted
for'subscriptions; such letters
-? o?^-u .U WUIEBI M***
ger, Dally News. The postmark Of
our poatofflce must show the hour
nd date said letter containing yotea
utered your office. Therefore 1st>rs
or packages bearing the postiarrk
of the last mair leering-your
fflce nearest the hour named In anr
reposition made by as will he rentable.
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Therefore letters or packages , rv .m
earing the pofytdkrk of the Find
[all learlng your postofftoe after the x
bur and date named la any grope*
It Jon made by us wtl be accepted. .
To *11 who eater this esptmrt
uaraatee fair and impartial treuttent.
. 3Lj
For/any information call on or adreas
the Contest Maaagsr, and same
rill cheerfnlly be given.
Yours respectfully, vEBaP
MISS BTHEL HOUSTON.
'* Contest Mgr. ?fi
Schedule of Votes,
months, fittOQ. rotes
. months, fl.SO. rwW "'jSPM
. . l.ooo -rotes ? S
I' years* M.OO.'.V. .,.1,500 rotes >jj
I years. 99 00. . A . . . . . 4.000 roles
i years, f*f :00.. notes, L . Q?
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