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1 High Schools Will Have ?1
Joint Debate at Elizabeth
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City and Declamations.
WILL PLAY BASEBALL I
HERE TODAY
Query: Resolved that U. ?
S. Senators be Elected
Er by the People.
S? . Then *111 be m Mm debate at
Elliabelh City tbla evening between c
xke Waafttaatoa High School end the s
huh echeel In that town The de- I
bater* from here are John LewU v
Payne and J: C Meek In. Jr. the a
6jbjeet will he "Resolved: That the ji
\ United State. Senator, .hall be elect- r
ed Iqr the people." Washington will f
. have the affirmative and Elizabeth p
l\ City the negative. After the Joint o
debate there will bq a competitive e
F7 declamation contest between the two li
schools. Miss Cartotta Nicholson, t
daughter oT Dr. 8. T, Nicholson, will <d
h. represent the school here. * q
\ \ This aiftsrnoon at 3:30 o'clock lis t>
) Elizabeth City the Washington Base\
J ball club will try conclusions with the t
W\ Elizabeth City team. The members I
T \ o^the club, the debaters.and declaim- t
\ ers were accompanied to Elisabeth ta
' -jt \ City by Professor P. Q. Bryan and n
\ Miss Mtaate Kelly of the High School 1
faculty. Those going to Elizabeth n
. were: Miss Csrlotta Nicholson, John t
Lewis Payne* J. C. Meekins Jr., Fred a
fioyt Moose, Samuel Fowle, Joshua t
Shelton, Frank GIbbs, Peenle Mitch- c
- ell. Edwin Bockmafl. James Howard, c
James Weston. David Smith. Regl- h
nald' Falford. Hilton Hodnefl. It d
(s to he hoped that Washington will ti
riturn victorious . 1
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AURORA YESTERDAY :
. Mr. M. B. Wilkinson of Aurora and a
Mrs. Marian McLean of Oriental.M.C. ?
were Irttefl in marriage at Sf E.
Chureh parsonage In Aurora yesterday
afternoon %t ? o'clock, tho ceremm*
feeing performed by Rer. J.
, !N. Aakkj. Several friends of the
contracting parties witnessed the
nuptials. Mr." Wilkinson is one of
- M fhe county's best tnown citizens and
w is a prominent farther and business
man of Aasora. His bride is n popular
lady of Oriental and enjoys the
esteem ef a large number. Their
niarriage came pa a great surprise
for no pan eras apprised of 11 until
; just before the wedding. Mr. Wilkinson
was in Washington yesterday
and was met here by Mrs. McLean
, and together thty left yesterday afternoon
for Aurora. The Dally News
extends congratulations and best
wishes.
CUED WBIEU TO ,=
JMMIMS
At the meeting of the Woman's
\ Christian Temperance Union yesterday
afternoon great interest was
manifested In the proposed wbrk of
that body. Encouraging reports
,*> were submitted by the rarioua comA
. xnlttees. it is decided to organize.
?~ a union among the ooloned women of
' i the city, they baring expressed a do Al
sire to organise since the rlalt of Mrs. .
McDonald to their school; according- |
ly a committee was appointed to .aid
(hera in perfecting an organisation,
jj! There was a lengthy discussion in
; niWMu w ? ? " /? ?nu unmui vi w
tabltahloa vork-bouM op reformatory
for ^oong women and (trie of
worthlaaa eharaeter. It U much do-1 |
. \ aired to oaUbltsb an institution of 1
V nil kM which wonli pom no '
doubt of (root benefit In tha earlna t
of many criminate to tha state. J
Hy. Aaalataa. Ala., April It.?Tha <
2- caaa 0t Brrla Pope, a aearo who baa
baan twtea convicted and condemned
to daath for tha murder of J. B. i
MeClnrkla, a white Ban, waa caliy I
In oonrt hare today tor the third 1
trial. Tha murder of MeClnrkla oe- <
' cnrrad la tha sown of Oxford on April <
10. ltaa. Pope waa oonriatad of tha
^ , crime am clraametantlal arldenoa. I
Tha Bapraaaa Canrt haa twfoa reveraad
tha rardlot and ordered a new
trial In tha aaaa.
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MIL Hit
fore Than One Thousand
Attended the Celebration
at the Mother Lodge.
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BWARD L. STEWART *
WAS THE ORATOR
-> ?? y
ipoke on the Duty of Or'
der and ita Relation to
the World.
The twentieth anniversary of the
Writable Brotherhood order took
lace at the home of the mother
adfe No. 1, Banyan, yesterday and
raa attended by more than one those
an<l people from Beaufort and adDining
counties. For weeks elabonte
preparations had been goln? on
Dr the occasion and all who were
resent speak in the highest terms
f the day, for. it Was a success In
very way and reflected decided credl
upon the committee in charge and
be good ladiee of that section. The
ay was an ldeanone and in conaeuence
nearly every member of the
rganlsatloh gave their presence.
The Charitable Brotherhood was
Dunded twenty .fears ago by the late
Ipjor.Franklin Congletou and since
be day of its birth , has - been the
deans of carrying aunghine and glpdleas
to many a home bereft and sad.
'he good it has and Is accomplishing
rill never be known. The tenets of
he order are got only; for the uplirt
nd betterment of its members as
Itlxcns hut tpo it one of Its]
ardinal principles the dispensing of
harity. ( Before the dinner and
peaking all the members o^ the orler
donned their regalia and gave a
lrlll'for the benefit ** the visitors.
:bis pert of the program v? la
bai?e of M.sssrs J. G. Mlxon. C. A
lingleton and W. S. D. Kborn. After
he parade and^, drill the officers of
be mother lodge were duly I natal 1d
for the ensuing year. >
The feature of the day was the
peaking which took place In the
Digs room/ The music was furaishd
hy a choir of twelve voices and
ras much enjoyed. Mr. C. A. 8iugeton
was master of ceremonies and
n a neat and ornate speech presenttt
the orator of the day Mr. Bdward
j. .Stewart, one, of Washington's
laing yqung fawyers *ntf> gifted
peak era. Mr. 8tewart made an adIroas
of over an hour. His theme
ras: "The Duty of the Charitable
Jrqtht^hood. and Its relation to the
irorld at large." Jt la; unnecessary
or this paper to atate that -Mr- Stewirt
proved equal to the occasion, for
le always does. His talk Was a gem
if thought and well rounded ^riode
le was most h?W i? hla !$4lfv*ry
md all through his speech was heortly
applauded.
After the -addreq?4fc?' dinner was
lerved the gr^ve'sjuroundtng the
odge building and wai nl keeping
ifltb the reputation the ladies have
n that section for preparing good
hlngs for the'inner man. vOne vlslor
said: "It was the heat dinner he
vsr saw and the crowd was the most
wOerly.'* The day was conspicuous
Or the absence "of rod yInm and bolst-.
roucneaa. It was a success from
tart to flnish and the members of
he Charitable Brotherhood start
mpther year's work ,wlh renewed
Ohrage and hope. May'the^ order
ire 1m*.
ilFLE tW bHYE " ,
" PHfllM IBIS P. M.
The rifle teem'of the Weeblnflton
Ight latentry encased In practice
it the Blouate brick plant tbla afterloon
about a mile from the city. The
earn la ceUtaf In abape for the reefnental
rifle meet which takee place
it Opldaboro next week. The team
ixpecte to leave for gtWalini.next
Sunday under the command of Capanl
It. B. Cowell. The hoye tue
iftpraoea made a flood aearnae and
he onUook ie that the team of Comrf
themeelree whan the contact
lemee oB. ""J
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IttUMMMIA SKKDI.KSH ORANGES
Fruit Store. Phone 110.
r iLt b
v li.-i.-IJifi Jf.ij
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, prida
fair ik kast portion.
THE HARMONCI
/ wiu. now 8?** oat \
/ lubbly uttte waltz. \
/ itioGt* G<jrt* WOP KCKW' \
/ mam daw?- roon i
i undcr *4&ftjmonal.
i ^ dtlwlcmon of jr
pShou?d Run
I With More
Special to the Dally News.
"Washington. April 12.-r-The Postoffice
Department under the management
of General Hitchcock, needa a
thorough overhauling. What the Department
needs is business system.
At the close of the Civil War the
total annual revenue of the post-oftlce
was 114,656, 158.70;' last year
it was ft37,448,916.68. The per
capita revenue was in 1865 42 cants;
it la now f3.63.
The one cent per pound rate for
second-class matter?which covets
weekly and daily newspapers and
tnagaataes?did not 8? into effect until
1886: Up to that time there was
only a limited circulation for newspapers
because of the high postage,
jit Is significant that coineWentaly
[with the postage reduction for newspapers
in 1886 the revenues of the
Post Office Department begpn to Increase
rapidly.
In the neat twenty' years the per
capita revenue Jumped to 61.10 and
Increase 100 cents, as against 84
cents in the preceding twenty years.
This great Increase of revenue
came largely from the second class
malls. There was a natural Increase
[hi other classes oT mail, but In only
small degree did It figure in this
|ra?ld growth of revenue. The total
wdlght of second class mail In 1886
was 110.000.000 pounds, la 1911 it
[was 893,000,000, an increase in
twenty five years of over 800 oer
cent.
The Hedonic
Club Dance
Elks Home
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One of the moat delightful dabcbs
of the spring season was given at the
Elks Home Wednesday evening last
'by the Hedonic Club. ? The dance was
led by Mr. Edmund Harding with
MIbs Fannie Urab Hanghton The
music W88 furnished by Forbes Orchestra.
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The following couples were present:.
| Margaret Mcllhenny with Frank
McKeel; Sallle Carrow with Enoch
[Simmons; Mildred Rumley with John
!c. Tayloe; Elisabeth Simmons with
jBruce Hodges; Robena Carter with
Francis Charles; Augusta Charles
with Jo* Mayo; Margaret Cordon
wlt? Henry Morgan; Joele McCullers
with Elbert Weston; Annie* Grist
with Harold Moore; Helen ffcaw with
Charlee Meekins; Elisabeth Carrow
with Justus -Randolph; *Janet "Wetmore
with William Bauaham: Ella
Lee Cbaufieey with Jim Wlaeton: Latham
Jonea with Ralph Hodgea: EIUebath
Tayloe with Stmnl Fowl?
Chaperoaea: Mra Ellaabeth Simla
ob?, Mra- W. Mcllbeany, Mlaa
Loulee Orlat and Mlaa Praaela'Whlt,v
'
Mm. Nancy Wlndlay la rary 111 at
tta ham a of Mr. John Paala on Boa?ar
Street. K
M MOCK or UHUIU MUM
ha aold at lie. dAen. Waahlactoa
JTralt Btora. Phono 4|l. . , %
4-11 me.
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L* AFTERNOON, APRIL IS. 1913.
PROBABLK SHOWERS WKMT FOR
.ARKTTNDERHEA]
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the Postoffice
^Modern Bush
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These flgurhs toll the story or the
! beneficial results growing out or a
cheap postage rate.
There are abuses of- the secondClass
mail privileges, but if the Department
would use bat a small part
of the energy for eliminating abuses
that U ,s expending In the effort to
increase socond-class-postage rate#it
would do better.
Tie leglmate publications to enloy
the second-olasa-privileges' are
the weekly country papers, the dally
papers, cett&ln legitimate trade and
class papers and certain magazines.
* Certain magazines are conducted
wholly cm an advertising basis. > A
little cheap reading matter is inserted
between the bnlky advertising
pages and this called -a msgsziqe. ^n
the true sense It tir not a magazine.
Not so with a dally paper, which
must cover the general news field
regardless of the cost. The daily paper
keeps the man in the office and
on the farm informed every night
and morning of the world's happenings?
But Mr. Hitchcock proposes to
weight us down by a postage burden
that would turn many a paper in
this country from a profit to a lose
balance, so narrow la the line between
the "prbfit and loss for many
fcipera.
The growing cost of print paper
hss developed a perious situation.
niany*ddllles pay-ovor $50,000 a year
postage. Doable that, as Mr. Hitchcock
proposes, and the permsnaacyof
j mess "papers would be endangered.
Contract Closed
for Building
T wo Barge
Barges
Will for the Interstate
Cooperage Company
of Belhaven,
Mr. W. M. Chauncey manaifrr ol
the Chauncey Marine Railways has
Just closed a contract with i the Interstate
Cooperage Company ,\with
headquarters in Belhaven, for the
construction of two mamoth log barf
es. The barges will ho- 120 feet in
length, 32-fect beam and 7-foot hold.
Mr. Chauncey la now engaged In securing
the material and worft is expected
to begin now very shortly.
These barges are among the largest
to be contracted for in North Carolina.
They will be modern and upto-date
In every way. The building
of these,two large barges in the city
means much, for the ship carpenters
here during the coming months. .
MKKTINQ PLACE
On account of sickness In the hodU
of Mrt Nina D&Uy on Fifth Street
the Niehalmowvlll* Pr^vorm^ln.
will be held at the' reetdeneo of Mr,
L D. Moron, ft* Fifth BtTMt to.
night nt eight o'clock conducted bl
Mr. A. W. Thome*. All cordlallF In
Ttted to ho >mn 1
The goclllly aajorablo thlni
about amoklag an old nig* In whoa
embody <mo Id In the ho nan want,
yon not to. , F
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NEW
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TAKES PLACE
. SATURDAY
Results Will Go Far To- .
wards Determlng Who Is
to Head Tickets.
TAFT HOPES TO - I
SWEEP THE STATE
Democrats Claim That All '
TK>!* fDVKiHT OR SATt'BOAl,
rst minstrels:
} V^~^X
' . /u AX SOTNty\
/C X / XOAES rtiSMH 1
Juoooh J ( * BRYAH J
SMB tsas I V * W ? oe /
\^ooi&Ncg^/
! Department
uzss Methods
Po^om Mn?^! 00 <loub< ">?t If the
Po?t Offlce Department were run on
""" method.. It would be a ureal
>?e, maker without a afntfe
:%<*>><> '??- Like every
other Government deflartment, how'
IZJTJZr"" ?? ?Dok^m"
?J ">*enbM w?re ottver
never^read '1??' b9Ck" th? ?
5?c? sr U" dtall. ?,
10 print In the Record all eorte
t^v^ssirir:
the Dm fc hi0" ?OT"???* foota
theaec'ond^" ?' ^
ab ' '"""'"K Privileges should be
I abolished or rleldlv re.,rle,?d Ev.>?
Department should pay Its own postage
1)111 out of its appropriations.
Tou say this would be taking money
'out of one of Uncle Sam's pocket to
put in another. Thia partly 1b true.
It would be puttng each department
on its own proper footing. Instead
bf making fbe Post Office Departtnebt
the goat for all the rest of
them. It would then be possible to
fcay whether the rates needed changing.
Washington
Has a New
Law Firm
Messrs IS.-A. Daniel Jr., and Bind
say Warren have formed a co-part,
neaahip for the practice of their pro
fcssfon, tho-hrw, in Washington ant
Beaufort county. Their office will b<
on Market Street where Mr. l)Anie,
lis now located. Both of these gentlemen
are rising members of the legJal
profession and have tha best wish'
J*08 of their tauny friends ail over tht
'[bounty- Mr. Daniel is a native oi
- Halifax county and graduated froul
the State University in 1904. Afte:
' J graduation ho read law tinder ^Nrtlgt
[j-McItae and after being granted hit
license by?the Supreme court located
. j in this city and associated himsell
with Mr. B.h B' Nicholson under tht
Arm name of Nicholson and Daniel
, this association was dissolved several
: months ago. Mr. Warren is a Beau
fort county boy, being a son of tht
- -late lafoe&tfld r*nt?ln ^
;, Warren and a grandson of the lat?
Judge ^dward. Warren, both ol
1 whom hoSWRT their profeeelon ant
atate for many Jeara Mr, Warrei
to n graduate pf Bingham 8chool Aah
vtlle. A alao attended the Dnlrpni
I tr three yean. He alao read law
, than under Judge MeRae and Dr. L.
I P. MeOehee He ohulned hia lice not
| la February lent and Madtthat tlm<
haa bean practicing ban. Both ol
; tbaaa gentlemen bid fair to be tew
an of etmagth la their profeaelor
and ban a bright and pramlalng
future. *
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l OOOto AVIUM A* WASHlNGTOlf
i VruR Store at I A 10c Phone 110
I ,tc'~
Signs Point to Mr. Wilson's
Victory.
Philadelphia. Pa.. April 12.?WltlT
the Pennsylvania presidential pri- i
taaries to take place tomorrow, the i
attention of the politicians is focus- |
ed upon the Keystone state in the be
lief that the .Vaults hero will go far i
towards determining who Is to head
both national tickets this year. Penu
sylvania is to have 76 delegates in
the Chicago and Baltimore conventions,
being second only to New York
in the size of its delegation.
Most interest centers in the selection
of the 64 district delegates to
the Republican national convention,
owing to the bitter contest between
the Taft and Roosevelt followers.
Taft has the upper Bupport of the State
organization controlled by Sen- <
ator Penrose. The Taft managers
predict that the President will sweep
the Rta'te and that the result will .
( leave, him. so easy the winner in the A
jcountry that the contest will be virtu- ^
ally over. They are unwilling to con- ,
cede that Roosevelt delegates will be ,
named in even one of the 32 congressional
districts. t
The RooMjrflt mtymgere
TTfiaf the Taft claims are absurd. They
assert that the old animosity felt by
1 many Republicans toward the State .
"machine" 1b sufficient to elect Roosevelt
delegates in at least ten districts,
while the personal poularlty .
I'of the ex-President is counted upon
J to carry a number of others. Only
'the most ardent of the Roosevelt supi
porters venture to predict that Col.
I Roosevelt will capture the majority off
| the delegates. On the other hand,
I there are many who believe that the
results of the primaries will be such.
as to give the Roosevelt candidacy
a new Impetus. (
On the Democratic aide there 16
little to be said, except that all signs
point to a substantial victory for
Wood row Wilson. If the New Jersey
governor falls to capture at least
three-fourths of the Pennsylvania
delegates the result will be the biggest
surprise tha? the politicians here
a bouts have had in years. The
son' campaign managers claim that
he wiil have a solid delegation, but
unbiased political Btudents are in^
ji lined to concede 'from one to a dozen
delegates each to Clark and Harmon.
Not of the least interesting feature
of the primaries la the contest
for the upper b*ud between the ri'
Vol factions of the Democratic party
1 in this state. The big plum for
which the warring Democrats are
' lighting Is the National Committee'
man from Pennsylvania. Congress- j
"jman A. Mitchell Palmer, of Streuds-i
' burg, is being supported by ;1ip "rc(
Organizers," and ex-Judge Jaim s Gay |
1 Cordon is the. choice of the "organisation"
wing of the party.' In the'
distance, too. looms the Federal pa:-'
! ronage that wfll be handed out ini
' case of the election of a Democratic
1 President of the United States next
M^flvombor. ^ |
THE DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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f The Democratic Executive ComI
mittee fbr Beaufort County will meet
I In fhA nfflra nf- ?Kn nhalm-- m.
Wiley C. Rodman, tomorrow morn
ing at 11 o'clock. The meeting to
' called for the purpose of selecting
. a day for the county convention
t which is to name delegates to the rei
spectlve conventional the state.
FARMKR8 UNION
; The Farmers Union of Baas foil
County met this morning la the
Courthouse at 10 o'clock. Faimeis
I from all sections of the conaty were
. m sttsnAsana. and the mooting was
a very on: aenstal one.
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T
HIE CALLED TO
HER KILLED
Statistics Compiled Showing
Those Killed and Injured
on Railroads.
UMUtttU BY vmIDENTFINLEY
Jk
The Railroads Pay Q
Large Sums AnnualiDamages.
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Washington, D. V., April 12?Statistics
compiled by the Interstate
Commerce Commission are directing
popular attention Btrongly to the
large number of people who are aunually
killed and injured while trespassing
on the property of the railways
of tbe United States. Referring
to this subject in aivaddreBS delivered
before the Railroad Club of
Richmond. Va.. President FHnley, of
the Southern Railway Company
Baid:
Wfcile speaking on the subject
of preventable accidents, let tue call
attention to the great loss of life oil
American Railways by trespassers on
railway property I will make no
mention of the thousands of rases of
personal injuries sustained annually
by persona trespassing on railway
property, in connection with v.-hlch
the railways are always called upon
to pay out annually large sums, or
3f the great damage done to railway
property caused by acts of trespassers.
I will simply refer to the loss
of life. ' "
The" statistics of the Interstate'
Commerce Comnrtaalon show that ncy
"EnYeeT ~ ^
while trespassing on the property of
the railways of thlB country during
the ten year's. 1902-1911, and thai
out of the total number of people.
10,396. killed were trespassers. The
railways, at an expense of millions
of dollars for the installation of
block signals, have carried the prevention
of collisions so far that the
Joyces killed in such accidents is
about 4 00. While we should aim.
through greater efficiency of operation,
t? eliminate these accidents
entirely, is it not worth while for the
government to take some action to
stop the evil of trespassing which
costs an average of over 5,000 lives
annually!
"If for no other reason than for
the protection of those who participate
in it. trespassing should be
abolished* in some way. I mention
this in the hope that not only those
interested in the welfare and prosperity
of our railways, but iti the welfare
of the 'nation, will do everything x
that is within their power to. aid :n
bringing abtHfl^THe enactment of
'such reasonable and helpful legislation
as will result in a great saving
of life. and. at tW same time, relieve
the railways of the country of con- ^
siderable trouble and expense."
BUSS BROS. 10
RAKE IMPROVEMENTS
Rubs Hros., <flic of_ the populat
firms of the city, have again leased
the building now occupied b ythem on
West Main Street. Within the near
future it is the purpose nf the firm
to install an up-to-date and modern
plate glass front and other improvement^.
This firm is fast climbing the
ladder In the business world.
AMATEUR NIGHT AT
LYRIC THEATER
The feature attraction slated for M
the bill at the Lyric this evening is
that of the weekly local Amateurs of
the city.
The eveningfs programme offers
home of the beet local playere of the
feity and each and every number will
be represented with a strong act. The
manager offers $10.00 in prlx- f
ee to the w lasers and from all indication
a great is expected. .
at Washington Fruit Store. Phona
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