* . |- ~ * >, | BIG THINGS IN DE\ INDICATIVE 01 ACTIVITY IN Throughout the South, In nearly every line of Industry and In almost every phase of material activity, there are signs of improvement. lnh dleaUpns hll point to a marked revlv1 - al r? geieral business activity/ and especially in construction work of all K kinds. This Is noticeable In great I . building operations, in the plans that Ej are being made by railroads for ln> creasing their facilities, b7 doubletracking portions of their line where traffic Is the heaviest, and In the extension of roads Into new mineral find timber aeetlons. Leading engineers of Chicago and banking houses of the East are unit- i ing fn ?n enterprise for the purchase of g number of street-railway companion th Tennessee In connection F with the utilisation of great hydroelectric power plants to be develop* ed at various points In that State. Around Macon. Qa.. very large hydro electric operations are under way, while In North and South Carolina, which for a long time took the lead In hydro-electric work, companies long established are extending their nMMtlnna vtilla nnw flnanrlnr Has made It possible within the last tew ?\ months to take up and carry forward the tvork at a number of points, the completion oft which had been delayed since the panic of 1907. In the cotton-goods trade so long depressed, there are signs of decld\ ed Improvement both in the demand for and in prices, which, like the iron | trade, haa for the last two or three * years bees having a hard row to hoe now seems to be on the up grade. , PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHOCOWIIHTY Shi m * The Cboeowtnlty Graded School closed yesterady At 11 A. M., Mr. G. F. Hill the principal, submitted a report showing the work done daring the school term and also the methods by which great progress has been n^sde. The report was received with pleasure by all present. The addressee of the day were made by lfr. B. A. Daniel of Washington and Professor H. E. Austin of Bant Carolina Training School Greeavflrifo,, Mr. Daniel spoke along I the lines of general education, which showed that he was alive to the ed the rural districts. His sppech was ^ one of the beet hekrd In this section. Professor Austin's address was devoted principally to hygienic and sanitary principles as relating to the Vr rural districts. His address was exceedingly Interesting and . Instructive and no doubt will make It easier for^the naxt teachers of Chocofrinlty to tfelfeh the studies upon which he spoke. His speech showed preparation. At night the closing exercises proper took place. The program was an Interesting one from start to finish showing a great deal of care and originality. The program was * rendered by the^ pupils In an excel/ lent manner. Thentudents deserve a great deal of credit for the program they rendered. The principal of the school Mr. 0. F. Hill and his assistant Miss Lucy Peterson, have done a good year's work, the school has advanced along all lines and the patrons are appreciative of their efforts. They have been the means , " ^ ? of accomplishing much good in Chop V cowinlty educationally. ~ GRADUATING CLASS ,, NUMBERS THIRTEEN Tits graduating class for the year ltll of the Washington Public School numbers thirteen, eight boyt and life girls. The graduating ex erclM wii iu> place on tne (v.nim or MoT I and It. Am rot vko will deliver tho annual addreee to tba claaa baa not boon annonnood. PRATBR MEETING There will bo Prarermeotlng earf vicoo In UM different churcbea of tb< cltj tbla oroalng at I o'clock.' Th< conaral public la oordlallr invited u L ! bo ?reaeut. At the Pint Baptist Cburcb Mr. P. Q Bryan will tow I tba oerrleee. 'r. , * i>'4; A man coaaoa to be a good haa I A * band when bo befiaa to feel aorr L. for blmaolf. _ I TXOPMENT WORK ' INCREASING V THE SOUTH These are but a few of the ind leaLions which are in evidence in every lirection of better times. With its treat cotton crop of over 16,000,000 >alee, which even at the lower prices hat have prevailed ought to be vorth to the growers $1,000,000,000 his year; with increasing" diversified igriculture with an output of all ag icultural products in the 8outh exseeding by $700,000,000 the value of ill farm crops of the United States n 1$90 , with a steady trend of popilation atid of money from the West ind the North .to the South, the outook for the selection is optimistic n the extreme. For the last 26 years the South ties been st work accumulating experience and capital and educating the outside world as to the wealth it its resources, and now It is beginning to see the effects of this cumulative work. All of the mater ial activities under way and projected, all of the Increasing Interest throughout this and other countries about the possibilities of the South, are the outcome of the years of toll through which the South has been passing in the last quarter of a century. If this growth were due to any sudden activity or any of the hurrah plana of recent years. It might be feared that it would prove to be of a mushroom character without solid foundation that has been laid during the last 26 or 30 years, Arm and solid, and now the South la ready for the rearing of the great structure of, material upbuilding and prosperity. WASHINGTON POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS SHOW INCREASE I The Washington PoatofBce rej relpta for sale of stamps for the quarter ending March 31, 1012 ! mn, at 1UK IK Em tK. ending the nune time Inst year the receipts were $8,900.01. Increase *435.14 orer last ???*.* T1?e Wtle of utaAqMi for the retire jeer ending March 81, 1012 aggregated $10,105.00 and for the previous year the aalect amounted to 91M81M. The increase peer the pferious year waa $828.00. ?4 ? ADDITIONAL PRIZES GIVEN IN CORN C0NTES1 Mr. I. O. Schaub. Special Agent i) Extension, United States Departmen of Agriculture with headquarter at West Raleigh. N. C.. has sent ou the following letter to the member .of the Corn Club throughout th State. The letter is published be low and explains itself: I wrote you before that we shoul hare additional prizes and I am noi glad to announce two addition! I prizes in each district under th | satno rules as the first list 1 sen | you.' These new prizes are two fre trips, in each district, to the Nations Corn Shbw which will be held 1 Columbia, S. C., in Jan. 1913. The Southern Fertilizer Assocli tlon has appropriated 9500 for th) purpose. The boys who win thee prises will each get 825 to cover a expenses for the trip. No boy wi 'got the money, however, unless li takes the trip. We expect five hundred priz< winning boys from all the Souther States to be at the Corn Show. Col will he furnished and all the bo] will stay In one building. The mal feature of the trl? will be ? judgls school. Two or Alurse hour* die UHV n til uu Ppvuv IU JUUfSIIIh V.UII grains and live stock and in visitin1 the various exhibits of the expos| i tion. I believe these prises the best o' fered in the Btate. The boys wl will have a great time, see the fine : corn grown In the United Stat i during the year 1912 and Will - gj special instructions in corn jadgln ; Bach of you should do all la yoi 1 power to win one of these trips, t We now hsve seven prises in es< district in the state. The two bo melting the beet records will get f! each to pay his expenses to the N > tlonal Corn Show while the next ft i will get cash prises about which 7* ? have already received notice. > If yon wish any further inform t tion please let me know. 1 MWB DAY Tomorrow will be ladies day at t f Blks Heme end all the ladles of t city are Invited. iu" jjia WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, V FAIR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. LI 1 sucoessoFF! SB Obadiah Gardner is the United 8ta Log out the unexpired term of the late S< HUNT LIST I ASSESSORS IRE mam The following persons were appointed by tbe Board of County Com- o mlssloners yesterday as assistant assessors for tbe respective townships - in Beaufort County for the year 1912 to-wlt: Pantego Township. R. D. Adams. Bath Township, D. D. Harrison. fBelharen, D. L. Windley. Long Acre, M. H. Cutler. Washington Township, W. M. Cooper. ? n City of Washington. W. B. Wlndt 4ey and J. H. Bonner. Chocowinity Township. R. H. Gasklu . Richland Township, W. 1. Austin. 8 . 'TWO CASES BEFORE THE RECORDER ii e lt Two cases were disposed of before e Recorder W. D. Grimes this mornl1 Ing at the City Hall, n Wl B. Bridgets who was indicted for retailing, was lined $60 and cost i- making a total of $72. He was reis quired to give bond for his person10 al appearanoe before the court each 11 month for the ensuing twelve months 11 and show that he had not violated ie j the law. Singleton Wallace was indicted for a- allowing a vicious dog to run the n streets. He was found guilty and ts sentenced to jail for 60 days. The fs defendant took an appeal to the in Superior Court aud gaVe bond In the i ig sum of $200. jf* - s : . a, MUS JAMKH BAHH DRAD if- Mr. W. H. Lodge of this city received a letter yeaterday announcing f- 'the critical Ulneaa of hie aieter Mm. 10 James Bass, who resides near Edenst ton. This morning Mr. Lodge was ' 38 notified by telegram of her death, et Mr. Lodge left on the morning train g. to attend the funeral. Mrs. Baas iir was well and favorably known in the city and county. ah ? jrs HKRK FOR OPBRATION IS a- Mr. Harris of Hog Island Is bean ve for the purpose of having his sob au operated upon at the Washington Hospital. > OFFICE BUNG The bulldlnc oocu?ted by Mr. Arthur Mayo, United States District he Court deputy clerk, on ' Market he Street, Is being repainted. The property is owned by Mr. O. M. Brown. WNMMY AKltRHfOK, APRIL CJHT FROST TOWKrt*. WAHMKH SENATOR Fj?E ~T V I B\ a -v" 2>-T *<.'* tea senator from Mala* wlio is alienator Fry*. . ' -H? HRS. [I PERRY FELL ON SLEEP umw. Mrs. Frances Williams Perry, wife f Mr. Daniel L. Perry, fell on sleep t ber residence on Qladden Street ester day afternoon at 5 o'clock aft r a lingering Illness due to pneumon ' s. The deceased was 3 2-rears of i go and the daughter of Mr. Benjantn R. Hodges and Mrs. Mary F. , lodges of Old Ford. N. C. Mrs. Perry Is survived by her hustand and two children, aged respectively 9 and 3. Twelve years ago she was happily narried to Mr. Perry and has resid;d in this city since her marriage. Jhe was a oonsistent member of the Christian Church being connected vlth the church at Old Ford. She fcas a woman In the truest sense of Jie word?rever ready to do and act tor the cause of the right. In her' some she was the loving wlfrf and levoted mother. Her going has cast i pall of sadness over the community. Her friends were legion and tone knew her but to love and admire her. The remain^, were taken to the aome of her parenrts near Old Ford :oday at noon and this afternoon at 3 o'clock the funeral was conducted by the pastor of the First Baptist Church. Rev. H. P. Dalton. of thisj :lty. The Interment was In thefamily burying ground. The following acted as pallbear- j ars: Messrs J. E. Adams. J. P. Jackson, J. D. O'Neal. Clyde Harrison.! Robert Clark. MARRIAGE LICENCES IWIIFI1 I AST WFFIf IUUUUU UIIUI TV U Li II The Register of Deeds issued the following marriage licenses during the past week. As was the case week, before, all licenses were to colored people: Spencer Bordon to Adeline Brimmage. Cornelius Perkins to Sylvia Clark. Noah Jenkins to Rebecca Braddy. CHOIR PRACTICE The members of the M. EL Church choir are requested to meet ftg the ohureh tonight for practice. \ ? A woman In to mod to pinning things that the can't understand why man akonld make no much (oat about a minting botton. The American hnaband la lucky In out raapoct, at leant. He doaan't ban 0? ?>ny balr fb- a . ' . AILY 8. 1912. ; IN WEST PORTION IGW DESTROYER IT HENLEY LAUNCHED TO-DAY HIST FITTED WITH BOTH TURBINE AND RECIPROCATING ENGINES ? CONTRACT SPEED IS 2? KNOTS Quincy. Mass.. April 3.?The detroyer Henley, representing a type f torpedo-boat destroyer new to the imerlcan Navy, was successfully sunched today at the yard of the pore River Shipbuilding Company, 'he Henley will be the first of the lestroyers fitted with both turbine .nd reciprocating engines. The reiprlcating engines will be used for rufelng at from ten to sixteen knots poedt, When the vessel is to be run ?i a higher rate of speed the reclpo cat tag engines will be cut out and he turbtafcs operated. The contract peed of the Henley is set at twentyline knots an hour, but is is expect:d that, she will be able to make at east thirty-one knots. The Henley Is named to commem?rate the deeds of two brothers, lohn Dandridge Henley and Robert ienley. They were nephews of lartha WashlngtonNand both were listinguisbed officers in the early lays of the American navy. John ienley commanded the Carolina, the easel which so aided Andrew Jackon at New Orleans in breaking the orce of the advance of the British irmy. Robert Henley served in the iavy during the war of 1812 and >articularly distinguished himself at he battle of Lake Champlain. SUP!. NEfBOlD PRAISES WORK "A frog in a well knows not the wide ocean." The supreme beneflt of travel lies In the priceless recol lection which we bring back fron, our wonderlngs. As only the few are privileged to enjoy actual travel others might glean their informatior from books. This is to certify that 1 have own ed a set of Stoddard's Lectures for t number of years. I have found then to be most holprul and suggestivt books?perhaps the beBt of theli kind in print. I am glad to recommend them t< any one who is interested in history travel or any allied subject. The; are most valuable to children ii school. N. C. NEWBOLD. Supt. of Schools ELDER I'. I). GOLD. Elder P. D. Gold, of Wilson. N. C will preach at the Primitive Captls Church, this city on next 8unda; evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Gold I one of the State's prominent divine and no doubt will be heard by i large congregation. CLAY PIGEON* SHOOT OF AMEBIC. Special to the Dally News. New York. April 3.?Some of tb most rofed amateur trap shooters ci the seventh annual amatuer champ ionship of America at clay pigeons The tournament is being held on th grounds of the New York Athletl (Club at Travers Island. Today wa Igiven over to the preliminary event on tho programme. The champioc ship will take place tomorrow There will be ten prizes awarded, th first being a diamond medal. WOMHN FOR GOOD ROADS Special to the Dally News. Chicago, 111., April S.?Nearly on thousand delegates, repreeentng w< men's clubs and other organlzatfot throughout Illinois, were on hand t< day at the opening of what is t? lleved to be the first convention < women ever hald in America for tfc sole purpose of promoting th4 goo roads movement. Mfcp Jane Adasa the noted settlement worker, preafc ed over the initial sesion. which wi held thle afternoon at the Auditor am Hotel. The convention will co; fr"* tr loirerrcT. NEW ? CONFERENCE FORI EDUCflTI IN SOUTH OPENS TO-DAY. IS THE FIFTEENTH SESSION? -J EDUCATORS. STATESMEN. EDITORS, LAWYERS. PkRArUURU 4 VII FARMER* REPRESENTED Special to the Daily News. Nashville, Tenn.. April, 3:? The fifteenth conference for education in the South opened its three- dnys ion here today with a record-breaking attendance of leading educators statesmen, editors, lawyers, physiipreachers, farmers, merchant manufacturers and public-spirited I and thoughtful men and women of all professions and from ail walks' of life. These conferences, of which, for more than ten years. Robert Ogden. the great New York philanthropist. has been the presiding officer. arc among the most important gatherings for the promotion of education in general an?) of education iu the South in particular. No j other haa had so large an influence on the educational development of j the South. No phase of the educa-1 tlccal. etoccrrAc l(and civic life of. of the Southern States has failed to be helped by these conferences, tbe^ influences of which has even been felt in the remotest sections of the North. Eanst and West |s v The program of the conference is.v ^comprehensive aud the subjects to [be considered and discussed embrace j | practically every phase and problem II of an educational, economic or civic]" nature of importance to the development of the South. The various sub leCta will be considered hot alone in the general conference, but at specialjconferences for yhich round-table dPcussionn have been arranged. The I list of speakers coniatns the names t of many noted men. among them: 1> Hon. Ben W. Hooper. Governor of(I i Tennessee; Right Rev. Thomas E. jl (Isllnr. hlahnn of Tennoaunu - T)r :?lt M Clair McKelway. editor of the Brook- f lyn Basic; D. K. Walter L. Ptge.'l editor of the Wprld's Work; Dr. Charles W. Dabney. president of the . University of Cincinnati; Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, president of the Unl- 1 verslty of Virginia; Count J. H. von Hernstorff. German ambassador to! 1 the United States; Jonkheer J. Ixiu-j 1 don. Minister from the Netherlands to Washington, and other pront inent men. In connection with this conference several other important organi' zations. such as the Association of, * Southern State Superintendents of Ed-' ucation. the Association oi Kural School Inspectors. Superintendents of City and Country Schools, the Association of Southern College Women and a number of others will j hold the meetings here during the three days of the gathering. 2! DISTRICT MEETING OF ODD FELLOWS I ? ! J The district meeting of Odd Fo!i Lows will meet at Roheraonville in- I morrow. There will be two sessions.' el morning and afternoon The die-; .f trict embraces the counties of Wash.r ington. Hyde, Pitt and Beaufort and )- Is composed of thirteen lodges, j. Mr. W. S. Frizzle is the Grand e Guardian ard Supervisor of the disc trict. ' . ,8 Mr. H. W. Harris, of Swan Quart a er. is the president, i- Mr. L. E. Pender, of Greenville, t. the secretary. e Mr. J. F. Thomas of this city is treasurer. Quite a number of Odd Fellows from here expect to be present. A large attendance from all over the district is expected. ie j. LODGE BUILDING IB y. The lodge building being erected 8- on Fourth Street and owned by Wil>f Ham Leary when completed will be to the largest structure of the kind In x! the city owned by a colored man. m, 4- FOR TREATMENT la i- Mr. C. O. Keeley, of Norfolk, Vs., I- la a patient at the Washington Hos> t-- ,. 1 181 . ? ? 1 FARRIERS LEAVE FOR VICTORIA TO INSPECT LANDS. kill-: mostlV kkom i ai.ikui.ma AND OTHER STATES ON THE PACIFIC COAST?SAII.. Kl? TODAY FOR A1HTRAEIA Special Co the Daily News San Fraurigco. Calif . April ? Vbout two hundred farmers. mostly .. rom California and other states on *' he Pacific coast, sailed from thin tort today on the steamship Tahiti , or Augtralia. to make a thorough Jr nspectlon of the avalluhe irripatioi J& ( ands of Victoria The cxrunionif ^ ire in charKe of Mr. William l> Vr ' tach, a member of the irrigateornmiggaion of Victoria, who rami* o the United States n few months igo. to promote the trade relations etweeu Victoria, the United Stater ind Canada and to introduce roni>etent agriculturists to settle upon he reclaimed and irrigated lands of Victoria. According to his state* nent there are in Victoria about 1. >00.000 acres ot land which van W ec la lined for agricultural r-ufP0*** >nd of these ISO.f'ftO jier?'S are alcady under irrigation. The ihtiunc conditions arc almost the .ante us hose of lower California and the and is Baid to be especially v.ell uited for the raising of fruit und egetable and for dairying IEW ENTERPRISE FOR WASHINGTON Waatupgiou I* to huv< ttnotlier nanufacturing enterprise- Letter* )f incorporation have just been tamed to the Pamlico Cooperage Company. The authorized capital stock is $25,000 and the paid in stock is $15,000. The company will manufacture staves and headings The plant will be located where the Moore Lumber Contpan> now is on Kaat .Main Street. Captain George T Leach is president and John G. Gorham it> secretary and treasurer. NICK BANANAS. OKANGKS. Apples. lemons and candle?* J K Adams 4-2 lvu. MAYOR C. H. HARDING SPEAKER THIS E\ENING Nightly services mv i; .. held this week in Si I'tii-tr Kjiiscofial Church this city .;i i.o moratioti of the World-wid' wo?-k * in IN! \\l> h "*11*3 E: I-: Ti:\< HFHS Wr.sk.. April k. ?SpoUsi: lod.o welcomed a ?xail nrn-.j "of"educator*. Abo gathered from all parts of Washington, Oregon. Montana ami Idaho to take pari