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M I ? IS. EUUIEIH imm < {* *'' 5^'' \ 1 High Schools Will Have ?1 Joint Debate at Elizabeth K ' V- -J* * " 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 : SURPRISE If MM 1 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. /titer- ''.'vS'^ !!''..u' WC'i' ; - sr. MIL Hit fore Than One Thousand Attended the Celebration at the Mother Lodge. \ 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 i J " in ' - * IttUMMMIA SKKDI.KSH ORANGES Fruit Store. Phone 110. r iLt b v li.-i.-IJifi Jf.ij --. v\. ? v , 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 siw ' * :? 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. # ' 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. V ' '&# V ft'*' V: ft MM! I 1 W I I J L* AFTERNOON, APRIL IS. 1913. PROBABLK SHOWERS WKMT FOR .ARKTTNDERHEA] * the Postoffice ^Modern Bush v v 1 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 % ?*-' </J?Vji,--J i v > ; vBBr ,5 3 ( . f' ; V. r.W iffcv * 'f NEW nr 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. * [ 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 \ ' ? V V 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. ^ " I SO 140 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. ^ 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 | : ; \ i I If . i l