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OILING STREETS '
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The board of City Aldermen met (
in regular monthly session at the City
Han last night Mayor C. H. Hard- .
Ing presided. The foltowlng buslnesa
was transacted for the preceding
month.
On motion It was ordered that
PamHco chapter. Knights of Thythlas.
be allowed to erect a sign In front
of thtoto*tedl<pn Main street.
It was ordered that Wlllimipsg .
colored, be- allowed to place an evlj
, Mr. J. "H. 8immons was nlUaesa aljJ
the tax on two mules valued at $100 \
M>ivu?U ? V'
On notioa a comlttee romptMd
of Aldermen Frod W. Awyera. W lfi.
Swindell and E. A. Daniel were appointed
to confer with the Woman's
Betterment Association in regard to
placing waste baskets on Main atreet.
The committee has fxlll power to act.
The following proposition was ordered
submitted to the Board of
County Commissioners: That the
I city light the draw of the Washington
bridge, the keeper's house and
the abuttmeats and maintain the fix-1
tares on tame at $(.00 per month'
the city to light the balance of the!
bridge free. If thia proposition Is
\ not accepted by the Board of County
\ Commissioners by April 16 the service
is ordered to be discontinued.
I , The Sixth division North Carolina
rt Naval Militia asked the /bgar0 tp
plade rtgtals fn their armory secondfloor
of the Blount bulldlrff^lftjp of
coat! The matter was referred40.the
# ' committee on lights. .
,%<7. '/.?" . ' The matter of planting shade trees
In the city was referred Co thb*8tV?et
' CojAmlttee for action. *
< 4 *? :J Onmotion a shelter* was ordered.
e recced, fn Oak dale eenaetdty for thfc
? t of the'implements. It
was-slap ordered that 'the oemeterv
fencb be repaired.
' The mktter of oiling the city
streets was referred "to the street
tor committee.
Onfmotion $7.60 was ordered reW
funded to the Moss .Planing Mill
*V Company the company having paid
this* amount In excess of tfce, city
specific taxes for the year l&lV ?.
Mir: Hugh Paul was allowed to lay
a sewer under the supervision of the
8treet Commissioner subject to the
k rules and regulations of the city.
' The usual bills for the month
were allowed after which the board
adjourned.
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ASHI
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RAIN AND COLDER T
y Session
in Last Night
SEASONABE WEATHER
THIS WEEK'S PROMISE
Washington, April 52.?Temperatnres
near the reasonable
average will prevail over the
greater part of the country daring
the coming week according
to the weekly weather bureau
bulletin.
There probably will be cooler
weather today in the Northern
and middle states of the Mississippi
Valley eastward, bnt it will
be of short duration and will be
followed by rising temperature.*
The precipitation daring the week
Probably will be much Ices than
has occurred daring the month
and of the last three weeks.
ICE CREAM SUPPER I
TO SUNBEAM SOCIETY
There will be an ice cream supper
given to the Sunbeam society of the
Plrst Baptist Church at the residence
af Mrs. C. C. Coppedge this evening
it 7: 3^ o'clock, on West Second 8t.
morrowevhalng the services will be
led bj Mr. P. Q. Bryan. Everybody
cordially invited to attfedn.
Murder Case to Highest Court
Boston. Mas., Aprtl 2.?District
AttOrney John J. Higgles will go tc
Washington this week to represeni
the State of Massachusetts at the
hearing before the 8upreme Court ol
MjetVJuitfd States ou the appeal in
( s'tMfcaater H. Jonjan murder case,
rdan was convicted oY-ttie murder ol
! wife in Somerville in September
08. and for nearly foqr years he
hs been confined In the Cambridge
Bl awaiting the disposition of hit
Ufce by the higher courts. The murder
was one of the moat gruelsomc
crimes with which the police of Boston
ever had .to deal. Jordan's victim
waa his wife. Honorah Jordan, a
vaudeville -P actress. In a Jealotu
quarrel Jordan killed the woman In
their home. Then he went out and
bought a butcher's knife and a had
saw, with which he dismembered th<
body. He severed his wife's bead
Also the legs. Then he tried to de
Btroy a|l trace of them by burnlnf
them in the furnace of his home. H<
put the rest of the body and came t<
Boston with the ghastly burden, stop
ping at a boarding house preliminary
to taking a steamer for New York. /
suspicious cabman "tipped" off th<
police, who arrested Jordan and se
cured .a 'confession .from him. Hli
trial apd_ conviction followed. Thi
prind|p?j?*tiestiou before the 3u
preme'Court is .whether the trla
court judge erred in denying a mo
tiop for, a ngWutrial on tha gmuntl'n
the' insanity of one of the' .favors
Jordan is :a btx>kjter-ln-law of 4eaa<
ki+drmore, tW?/Wail Street plunger
lytic ta uifaeriM&a'to be Hu.li&tfft th.
legal battle to s^ve the convjct^J,inm
from the electric chair.
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MISS DAVENPORT ENTERTAINS
Sweet little Miss Penelope Daven
port the 6-yoar old daughter of Mr
and Mrs. J. H. Davenport, who resl
ded on West Second Street. waB a
home yesterday afternoon to' he
mahy playmatep and.friends, tbe oc
caslon being the celebration of slxtl
natal day. Quite a number of to
little tots enjoyed the hospitality o
this popular little lady. ' Refresh
mentA were served.
TWO OPERATIONS
There were two operations -at tta
Washington Hospital last night fo
appendicitis, Mr- W. B. Weave! o
Wllllamaton and Mr. Q. W. Cox. Bot1
dt.ths patients are doing well, am
wit! doubtless recover.
Bitter Saloon Contest la Illinois
Montgomery. Ala., .>prU,.
oonteetbetween the liquor Interest
aa4 th.totHl?^B rara* .wUl mmI
Ott W *?? (owbw.^2
fas Cltl alKIMH o*a mt latar. R*
port* tnm an orar tta Mat* lodl
pat, Iqtanap latfjaa^
Aniona, the larger plaaea wbloh wll
tar'oa ^jb, "rg" tnd.t4rf" ruatio
isfese-s8
pmpnp
NGTC
'AfoniraTOV, north Carolina, ti
ONIUHT. WEDNESDAY PKOBAB1
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Miss Alice Gates Doutell, daugbte
land and former congmiman from Ch
Ladd of Boston haa been announced, i
two years ago and since then has b?
capital
I KEEPING THE DC
Ten yearn ago a fanner put hi
next,day he went to the nearest tt
Before the year tnts oul he got 11
in six years the Dollar came bat
he got it back was four years aj
Order House. lie has never j
trill. That Dollar will never p
for hhn, will not build or bright?
munity. lie sent it entirely out
self and his Xetghbors.
ANNUAL MEETING
OF COnON MFC.
Washington. D. C., April 2.?One
thousand manufacturers of cotton
goods, representing many sections of
ths country, were on hand this morna
Ing whan the American Manuftftturr?
ers' Association began Its sixteenth
. anunal convention at the Raligh HoI
tol in this .city.
The meeting will last three days.
f4 Moat in\portant ot the subjects which
/ "will xo'me before the association will
a be the ,/eporjt of the special commit t
tee appointed to^ investigate the efq
fects that the pypppsed tariff changes
a may have on thjt cotton industry.
' President Ellison A. Smyth, of
Greenville, S. C., called the gatherlngo
to order at 10 o'clock this morning
and delivered his annual address.
. Other speakers and their topics at the
Initial session included: Secretary
. Charles Nagel of the Department of
l Commerce and labor, "Work of the
r Bureau of ManufacturesD. R.
Coker, Hartsvilie, S. C. "Growing
[i long staple cotton in the uplands;" G.
e H. Stlckney of the General Electric
f Company, Illuminating Engineering
- Co-operation;" lir. W. D. Hunter of
the Department of Agriculture, "The
Qovernnients efforts to check- the
cotton t>oll weevil," and Edward C.
Suffren, of New York, "A trip to Afe
rica and the Red 8ea district in eonr
nection with the American cotton
f goods trade."
It Thre? important addresses will be
d mads at tomorrow morning's session.
The members and guests of the association
will be received by President
Tatt at thtt Whit* House tomorrow
a$erhdpo--.. Reports of various
i committees and flBwifi wilt Wtewri
S. ^ *-P-1 '
. ?t th? concladla* iinton Hwjdm
a. MOW**-. f" * ' "'1 V R'.
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? ...TAJUDi TO AfHOfm,.., .
? Daputjr
K Ulta aftomoou. tor . Osldakora. H.
n WIlllaM. eolmd.to <*e Imif mri.
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KMDAV AFTERNOON, APRIL It. 10]
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L.V FAIR AND COOLER. BRISK
"IS WttTCU I
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T of the American Mlillir to SwltzerIcago.
whose engagement 0? John W. H
kas presented to aocie^ ta "Wfeshlngtor
wn a leader In the yrnmw opt at thr
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1LLARS AT HOME
s initials on a Dollop ml Thr
jwii and spent it with a mmchant.
ic Dollar Dill back. [ Fov* times
'Jc to him for Prxxf&fc. oat three
rof~ki*neighbors,-^ WM Bwjiunu
jo. He sent it to a Retail Mail
fe^ft that Dollar- since, nor never
ay any more School orRixid Tax
en any of the Homes ofWhe Coinof
the. circle of usefulness to HimSMALL
FIRE OK WATER
STREET TODAY
There vas an alarm of fire turned
in today between 12 and 1 o'clock..
It proved to be the office building at
the porner of Bonner and Water St.
owned by Mr. T. H. Myers and occupied
by Mr. Alex McKecl and family.
The root of the buildiug caught
from the chimney. The blaze was
extinguished before the (ire department
reached the scene The damage
was small.
RETURNS HOME
Miss- Goldie Ricks. daughter of
Sheriff George El Kicks., who was
operated upon at the Washington
Hospital baa recovered and returned
to her homo on East Second Street
I This will he gratifying news to her
r many friends throughout the city
| and county.
DRILL TONH.IIT
The Sixth Division North Carolina
Naval Militia will have a street drill
this evening. All the members are
requested to be present and take part
In the drill!
MR. CLARK IMPROVES
The many friends of Mr. Thomas
Clark will be pleased to learn that
he is improving all the while. He
has been confined to his home for
the past several weeks.
# To Stedy, Orphanaxe Matters
8peel*1 to the Daily Ncwb.
Clinton, fi. C.v. ArtII 2.? the oreWM'a
of th<
' Mafe* of Mora ud Soul* <J?r?llo?
S??e IIMlWpiMl m? tod.rfn u>f*
r%ri*m* eyr?
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,t K. kOfjiMP UPON
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^ry*i
T|qi pmj yeefcev^ey
..tu. i *. 'fcdi^iK
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AiLY
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AND HIGH SOUTH WINDS KHIFTI.M
US?
nil 11.
REC. SESSH
nan
BOARD ORDERED CHANGE MADE |
|% IN BOUNDARY LINE BE- |
TWEEN SMALL AND i'
PRESCOTT DISTRICT
>
Only routine matters were dis- 1
posed of yestorday at the regular
monthly meeting of the County
Board of Education. Aii tne mem-1
hers consisting of Mr. E. W. Ayers,
chairman and Messrs T. R. Hodges
and W. M. Butt, were present. All
the bills and accounts for the past
month were audited.
I On a petition from the respective
committees in the Small and Prescott
j districts, located in Richland TownIship
the board ordered a change in
the boundary line between the districts
as follows: So as to give Presicotj
the one half of the Till Paul
j home place now belonging to the
! Small district and give to the Small
district the LeRoy Dixon swamp land
j and the W. H. Mullen Sandhill land:
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AT THE LYRU'
The attendance at the Lyric lastj
evening showed an improvement
Ibver the old, since the manager can-?
'celled vaudeville and has gone back to
'strictly motion pictures.
I The picture programme of last '
evening was another one to their
jeredlt, and were of a class very en-1;
i tertalning and elevating. j,
| The manager announces that he
jhas secured for a short engagement
Mr. Roy Norton of New York, known
jas "The New York Singing Kid," it
j was the Intention of the manager to
ij.ha.ve Mr. Morton here last evening,,
(however it will be impossible for
| him to reach here before the last half
I of the week.
j Mr. Norton is a well known professional
Illustrated singer and no
| doubt his engagement here will be
| welcome news to the patrons of the1
II Lyric. |
ITbe regular motion picture pro-1
gramme that appears on fourth page
(today has all indications of being',
another feature for this place of]
t jamusement.
'to coots bats
thursday afternoon
| I
| The Washington Baseball club will
|cross bats with the team from New
Berne at Fleming Park this city next:
I'Thursday afternoon. Thegaine will!
, be called at 3:30 o'clock. This game I
| was to have been played on Friday |
'.last but on account of inclement i
'weather had to be postponed. The'
first game was played in Now Berne'
and won by Washington
' C.AS BOAT Ll/CII.LE
The gas boat Lucile, C C. Silverthorn
captain, arrived in port last
night from Lake Landing laden wlthj
jchickens, eggs and hogs.
TO MOVE STORK
\
I Mr. i\. John who is at present in i
, the McC'luer building will move his'
More ;o the old Palace Barber Shop j
.stand as soon as the building is made!
ready.
t
IIAKHOH SHOP MOVED
J The Palace Barber shop was ufoved
|to the cellar in the .Morton building
last night where it will be located <
pernaniently In the future.
.175 TELEPHONES
There are now 576 telephones In
use In Washington. This is the largi
eat In the history of. the company.
\ 1/ C. B. H. MrtrrTKG
The Charitable Brotherhood will
y meet in their half in the Tayloe build.
jlnC-tonight. Bualneea of Importance
I JMo'b* transacted and every member
* urged to be present. '
t
Money eoiheU^Me talks when yon
want to kenp ll.?n!et. * ^
Some man nerer brag about themI
?*??? nndi wo don't blame them.
the Mo Ah boa loony about tkam
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1 TO NORTH ?VE8T WINDS TONIGHT,
FINKS AND KOKFKITl RKS
FOR FEll'V AND MARCH
The ireawurfr of Kcaufort Co.,
Mr. K. IC. >1 i\ou !i*n received for
use ol the county school fund for
the months of February and
March the following fines and forfeitures
I ruin the Clerk o{ the Superior
Court and the Recorders:
Feb'y 3. Geo. A. Raul. Clerk Superior
Court. d'll.Hl.
Feb'y 3. J. \. Leigh. Recorder.
$100.00.
Keh'y 10. VV. I>. Grime*. Record- j;
er. $100.00
March 9. W. H. Hooker. Recorder,
$25.00.
.March 30. W. I). Grimes. Record- 1
ci . $$3.0O.
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SEASON 1912 USHERED
IN TO DAY IN WEST
Chicago. in.t April 2.?The umpires
cry of "play ball" in the far
west today usheres lu the 1912 season
of professional baseball games 1
and before the diamonds are aband-I,
onea next rail something like 20,000 \ _
scheduled contests will have been 11
won and lost. The American Association
will be the next to get under ,
way, starling on April 10. one day
earlier than the National and Aiuerl- '
can leagues, the Cotton States and 1
the Southern The Texas league will j
begin its season April 12, the North- '
western'league April 16. the Inter- '
national league and the South Atlantic
league April 18, The Southern
league April 15, and the VVMfern !'
league and New England leagufMMUjl
19. The last *c?k of April wlRl^^'
the start of the Virginia league. Tex- j1
as-Oklahoma, Ohio State, New York c
State. Connecticut and Central'e
leagues and Carolina Association. j*
The Blue Grass league will play its.1
first game on the first day of Mayjc
and the Central Association, Tri-State ,
and Wisconsin-Illinois organizations!^
will start the same day. The follow- j
ins day will 8ee the opening of the,;
season for the Three-1 league and thoi^
Western Canada leagu. The South-'
ern Michigan league season will begin J
May 8, the Canadian league May 14. "j
the Ohio-Pennsylvania league May 2S
and the Mid-Coast league June 1.
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TWO CASES TRIED
BT THE RECORDER',;
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j
There were only two cases dis-j
posed of^ before Recorder W D. I*
Grimes at the sitting of his court this I
morning in the City Hall.
Alanual Bryant colored was charg-j
ed with an assault with deadly weap on
upon his wife to-wit: a stick of1
wood. Jnrii?n?pnt Hue J
on the condition that he would live
peaceably with his wife.
Bernard Harvey was indicted for
A. D. \V. The cAHr was dismissed or. [
ne<oiint of insufficient evidence. :
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JEWS CELEBRATING
THEIR PASSOVER;,
1
i by Samuel Newman > j,
'On last evening the Jewish citizens j,
of our city ushered their Easter j,
Celebration which will last till April l,
Sth. The first and last day are sol- ,
omrized with impressive ceremonies
:s found In the Old Testament: heir.ii ;
ili?- commemoration of the Exodus of.
the Israelites from. Egypt. This event !
is not only ot great importance in
Jewish history but also in the histoiv (.
of mankind: for on the mar h of the I.
Israelites through the wilderness ton
the Promise l.and they were given!(
the Ten Commandments an i the l-aw j(
upon which our civilization and nior-'j
a Is are based. L
Th0 Jew points with special pride,
to his Easter holiday, as being a
'great day of emancipation and liber-1
ty In the grey (lawn of history when!
Men didnot know yet his value' and1,
he also was the first to raise the t
standard of morality and true relig- (
on, which made him the law giver y
and redeemer of mankind. i
Ancient as the Jew Is, he still observes
the Red Letter Days of his
calendar which is full with great
events when mankind was yet in ths
cradle of barbarism. He lived to see t
hi* bitter enemies and persecutors }
decline and take place among ta? (
dead. He did not become as Baby- *
Ion, Egypf, Greece, Rome, and the
other mighty enemies, a thing of -the
pest Ths Jew still llvss and walks
with us; ancient but still full of vig- <
orous youth. . , . '
:" 1 i
It takee a man of originality to i
pose ss a successful lisr. c
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NO. RIO ^
lOiLWT^ 1
SEED CORN DAYS
IN IDE COUNTY
\T AI'KORA THURSDAY AI'KII. 4
HATH FRIDAY AI'Klh 5 A YD
\VASHlNC?TO\ SATl RDAY
Al'ltll. ?.
CORN CROWING ONE
OF ESSENTIALS
II.I. THK COKX (iHOWKIIS AUK
l IUiEl) IX > ATTKMI THKSK
MKTINCiS
i by John P. Latham I
The great American grain food,
'or men and stork. upon the farm if
t will produce more food per acre
:han any oth?r cereal, and it is geii rally
one of the safest of crops.
The Southern farmer should crow
enough corn for every possible need .
>f the farm, and he can. It has been V
Jemonstrated thoroughly that with y
ie can grow as much per acre ' and \
?ven more) as the best farmers in
;he heretofore corn-growing * states.
The production of un abundant sup>ly
of corn is one of the essentials
if good farming. Wo can produce It
henper than we can buy it. Thereore
to assist I hi* boys in the boys
orn club work and the farmers genially
in Beaufort County in the mater
of corn growing and seed select on
we are going to have three seed
orn days in Beaufort County this
keek ns follows. At Aurora on
Thursday. April 4th. 10 A M At
lath on Friday.. April 5th. 1" A M.
kt Washington on Saturday. April
-th. 10 A. M.
We warft the boys in the club work
ind the farmers most convenient to
hew places to attend these meetngtt
and bring with them a: ieasL
10 ears of seed corn so that the
itrong or weak point of your corn
nay be pointed out to you. The seectlon
of seed corn is Just as smporau
to successful corn growing as the
n live stock growing. Do not be in
i hurry to plant your corn Don't
hink you haven't the time to attend
hese meetings Walt until the soil
s dryer and warmer, learn all you
an about corn growing and sued se
trcuun tnorougmy prepare your laud
in J you rau not fail.
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15 ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL
MEETING WEDNESDAY
Nashville. Tenn. Apri 2 ?The r'feetith
annual meeting of tlu- t (inference
for Education in the ijouth"
mill assemble in Xashvilb* luniorrow
or a three days' session This organization.
which v.a. formed ar
'apon Springs in lxh.v or.e of th?*
most unique in tile Sumli lis underlying
idea is to interest laymen in
Miucation as a ci% i recponsibility.
IVthin its membership are business
Wen, professional men. college men.
ind in fact, men of nearly every walk
jf life. Affiliated with i< .ire several
>rgantza(ions of educators, which
toll] their meetings at tli,? same time
i?:d plate
Among the prominent persons who
liaw prepared addresses or papers *
'or tie* present conference are. PreslK
iir Robert Ogdeii of N'w York,
secretary of the Interior Walter I .
.'tiller. Congressman .Martin W. I>itleton
of New York. Seiiajjir Bailey
d Texas. Jacob H. I)1ckinsol^* former
Secretary of War. an;l many prominent
college presidents and educators.
rAIJ,RD TO KNHKI.I).
Mr. ('. C. Cratch clerk of the Re order's
court was called to Kufleld
his morning by wire announcing;
he serious illness of hie uncle. He
rill be absent from the city several
lays.
MRH DIXON DEAD
Mrs. Herbert Dixon passed away at
he home of her.deoghter on Washington
Street last Sctvnlay: and the
unerel took place-Sogtiayafte moon.
("he deceased was SS-years of. age. . }
?
r A. F. * A. J*.' MEETING.
There will be a regular communication
o( Orr Lodge No 194' A. ? Jb
1. M this svenlng st 7;SO o'clpclt
it their hall corner Third and Bonier
Streets. Visiting brethren tor.
I tails Invited i I