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%/ yjrajap v. ! WASHINGTON AYCOCK M ? ' MEETING IS L CALLED FOR I TONIGHT Meeting Tonight Simply Tor Organization. No Contributions. ^ LADIES ARE IN- . VTTED TO ATTEND 'Washington and Beaufort S County Expected to Assist in Movement Pursuant to.a call Issued by Mr. *V' F- 8. Worthy, manager for~ BeauTori county, the Aycock Memorial Association will meet in the City Hall this evening at 8:30 o'clock for the purpose 'of perfecting an organisation. Every citizen in Wash[*' lngton la asked and urged to be presThe purpose of this organisation i' ' Is to raise funds toward erecting a suitable and worthy monument to r the lamented Aycock and also for , "the establishment of an educational r . memorial. The meeting tonight will 1 be short- and no ond need absent themselves on this account. Three minutes speeches will be delivered by such well-known speakers as Colonel Richard 8. Neal. H. C. Carter. Jr., and H. 8. Ward. Others will be called upon during the evening. No contributions will be asked for tonight ai the meeting is called shn? 'Jiu - ply for tfce porpoee of ortashMim. It behooves every loyal citizen to | attend. ft. The ladies have a MMtrlal invlta tlo'n to attend. Washington and Beaufort erfunty hould do |ta part towars erecting suitable memorial? to North Caroi Una's great educational governor. 1 Confederate Vets at Macon, Ga. Macon. (in., May 8.?Remnant* of p that gray-clad host that set the world I a notable example of valor fifty years WL ago, answered roll call here yesterday in a master of peace. It was the annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans. In a great tented city erected for the moat part by representatives of the ' flag thry fought generations ago thousands of the veterans with their affiliated "sons'* and "daughters," h gathered yesterday, and 'hundreds Y \ more are coming on special trains from all parts of the Union. While the stirring music of doiens of military bands, and the tbrlll'' ing call of drum and fife corps were Ly, calculated to move the aged warriors to thoughts of the spectacnlar scenes m staged half a century ago. yet the K note of sadness growing ont of the disintegration of the "thinning gray Wr' line" waa not to be dispelled. The convention was called to order by General John W. . Maddox, of I Rome, Georgia. p Colonel Walter A. Harris, of Macoma Miss Grace Dumpfein. sponsor F for Macon, and Mavor John T. Moore formally welcomed tho veterans apd V* visitors. P| Roland Bills delivered the address 11 of welcome Jo the Sons of Veterans. ? Response was made by lieutenant General C. Irvine Walker, commander-in-chief. Committee appolntmenti J followed and the convention adjournL ed until 8 o'clock tonight, when the ^ Colonel Wallace 8crews. of Mont* gomery. Alabama. Mb' Camp John B. Gordan la thronged Hu with veteraaa who are well provided WJ for. Bvery teat to floored, the streets are paved with cinders and special I preparations for the commissary I have been wade. ' The election of officers will take k place Thursday morning. There is & a warm contest oa tor commander-la chief between General Walker, of H Chartsston, 8. C.. and General BenK E.ScfV, ., I M ^.1 I 1 TO AID THE " EMORIAL FOND Reading Blount ( Chapter D.A,R. Invited To Raleigh Major Reading Blount Daughters of the American Revolution, are In receipt of the following Invitation. It le hoped that a large number may be able to attend. The North Carolina 8ociety of the Colonial Dames of America requests the honor of your presence at the Presentation and Unveiling 01 mo mecKienDurR lapiet, Mar 20th, imTT at one o'clock The Capitol.' Raleigh. N. C. LAST APPEARANCE OF MINSTREL BELLS _ Tonlghte ends the engagement of the Four Minstrel Belles at the Lyric Theatre, and during their en- _ gagement here they hare played to J capacity house each night. The performance given last eveDing was very creditable to this place of amusement, and to those who have not had the pleasure of witnessing this female act should a came out tonight. e,< The manager announces for Frl- de day night the bookings of a special No release in motion pictures. Tempta- El ttons of a great city, these pictures rie come highly endorsed and have ere- M< ated a great sensation throughout nil the country, also on the aatme program will be the local amateurs of gii the city which la another big hooking eoi for the evening bill and a double nu ^attraction. th< HAS BAB TEN WIVES" = ANO IS STILL SPRY = W? Litle Rock. Ark.. May 8.?Samuel ed J. Killow and Mrs. Frankle Craw- bo sliaw were marled at tmboden Mon- wl day night. Mr. Killow. who arrived co in Lawrence County in the fall of El 1880. has married ten woman. From io five of these- women the courts; have HI i grameu aim aivorce. r. _ He is a native of Wlllamson Coun* ty, Tenn. He was bom tbere June PI 29. 1844. At the outbreak of the W 1 civil war -he enlisted in the Confederate army, being placed under the command of a Tennessee regiment and later under Capt. M. R. Hill. He served throughout (he war and was mustered out at Greensboro. N. C. At He was twice wounded, once at Mur- en twees bo ro and once at Franklin ar , Tenn. un Since ho moved to "Lawrence coun- te: ty he has been prominently associated in politics and affairs of im- to portance as well as an abundance of co love affairs. 8l< , to STATE PRISON ASYLUM FOR ALL DEFECTIVES z be th Ralo|gh. N. C., May 8.?Superin- ov ten dent X. J. Laughinghouse, ot the fe, State penitentiary says the work on the State farm In Haltfa^pxHity 1b W( about 30 days behind djflfcbat they are rernoiy nanaicappopH laca or CQ convicts who are able-wlted enough Rb , tQ, push the work. The farm has N( , something like ?.600 acres of land *fe( I under cultivation. he , There was great damage this c, , spring from the Roanoke rlrer fresh- pa et through the washing away of M about 500 yards of the dyke and con| sequent flooding of\he adjacent sec- kn , tlon of the farm. Capt. Laughing- fa] . house says that It 1s steadily coming ne , to pass thai the atats's prison is cfc . more and more getting to be an asy- n> lum for the defectives who are sent teneed while the able-bodied men i sentenced are assigned to the county i convict camps. He says this condition Is seriously Impairing the prison hi the matter of keeping the In- tjL stltntlon self-sustaining. ?.,."> 2: BIJILDIlfG SHOP ??? w Mr. Joha A. Phillip. to mcUnl ? m lla ahop at tho eoraar of Sixth aa? Market Strooto. VGT ( WASHIWQTOy a ^''VBRALtV p. ^ 0+d pu|..j" SPEAKINQ OF I HkjH DEiBSj ^ V *> TVie AM? /:<osca^TN \^CON^eN drs Walter S. W n Honor Of Mist On? of Washington's charming atess, Mrs. W. S. Wolfe, enterned at cards last evening from Sht thirty to eleven at the reslnce of Mrs. Margaret Hoyt on >rth Market Street in honor of Miss izabeth Mayo, who is to be marid to Mr. Cecil Fisher at t)ir First ithodist Church, Wednesday eveig. May 15 at 9:30 o'clock. No social function of the many ren in Washington this spring seaa was more enjoyed by the large mber enjoying the hospitality of b popular hostess. The color tieme was pink and this color decatlon predonfthatrfd rh the parlor, d room, hall. The entire residence is brilliantly Illuminated and decsted. The guest of honor and hridc-elact is presented with linen cnibroiderpillow cases. Miss Pearl Camp 11 was awarded the first prize . lich was a handsome jlcture. The 1 [isolation prize was won by Miss 1 izabeth Warren who presented It ] Miss Christine Mcintosh, of Chapel ] ill'. Mrs. E. W Ayers presided i 1L.ASHLEY HORNE STRICKEN ENROUTE Greensboro, 2tf. C., May 8.?Col. shley Home, of Clayton, was Btrick- 1 with paralysis shortly before the 1 rival of the Macon Confederate Re- 1 ilon SpecJAl train here at 8:15 yesrday and immediately upon the ar iral'of the train, he was removed J a room at the Huffine Hotel, his < ndition being st?oh that It was con- ' lered unwise to later remove him ' St. Leo's hospital. 1 Col Horne was conscious when the tin arrived here and when carried to the hotel by his comrades of '61. pressed regret at his failure to 1 ike the full trip with them. Just fore tho train pulled in one of e grizzled old warriors who stood < or Col. Home asked, "How are you 1 sling Colonel?" 1 "Too good for you boys to let me 1 >rry you/' was the quick response. Col Home was en route to the Mali reunion being a passenger oard the special train carrying >rth Carolina Veterans of the Con3eracy. He was In apparent good alth when hs boarded the traia at ayton, and was a member of a Jolly rty of old vets, en route to the aalal encampment and reunion. Col. Horne is one of the best town men In the State, being a rraer and capitalist and a pro mint gubernatorial candidate at the larlotto convention which nomlted Governor Kltchtn four years 1 t' WILL KNTKRTAIN Mrs. Edward L. Stewart Is enter- 1 Inlng at oards t^ls afternoon at < r residence on Fourth Street from I SO to 0:10. 4p.] > ggT.iJQ itEHH . 8TRAWBKRRIRH DAILY 4 home grown. Only tea cente per < quart at Washington Fruit Store, i Market Street. I ' - 5njd iORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY i AIR TUNICHT AND THURSDAY. ?<IMI UnHlpl] . PEDAGOGUES! olfe Entertains i Elizabeth b&ayo 1 >ver the punch howl with her anal 5race and attractiveness -fleliiDus , ind tempting 1*ea were a*fc*sdAnd 1 ill left wishing the bride iij to all t :he happiness earth bestows amvot- 1 ng tTt1> hostess many thanks ft* an I ] svening over wihch the of | nenjory" will long linger*" tbose < present were: 1 Mesdames D. T. Tayloe, 'Aohn ] Rodman, G. T. Leach, J. D. (Hmes, t Henry P. Bridgman, W. L. Vdghan, t :aleb Bell. N. L. Simmons* Mary c Seese, J. B. Moore, KllxabettflVind- ( ey. J. H. Hodges, Jamea HJipn, E. ' Li. Stswart, A. C. yathaws^jA. M. j Dumay, Mrs. Walton, Gu^wers. FTea Pratt, Claude Carrow H. C.? <! barter Jr., Rena Harding. Misses j Mellle Mayo.Chrystine Mcljfcrfi, El- t la Tayloe. Mary Tankai,Miss < Sharpe, Miss Mann. Eltzatt^ Hill, j Mae Ayers, Lillian CanipbiL Pearl Campbell. Maud Windley, Jjia Mayo Adeline Mayo, Olivo (illfgheit Marie Louise Archbell. Mat) Willis. Katherlofe Small, May Be Binall, c Miss Cowell, Jennie Cox, A*i? Cox, t Elizabeth Warren. Elizahep. J Mayo < and Mrs. E. W. Ayers. I j AreRequestec to 1 Assist In Dbpier . t Everybodx-Jjj Washington cordially invited to make a conlbution to the dinner to be given e Confederate soldiers at the a tory of g the Washington Light lnf try on | Memorial Day. Some of t ladies c and citizens were not at ho < when ^ the committee called, so tlte who t were not seen are requeste<o send q their contributions to the mmory tl hall early Friday morning. c KANSAS FOR R<K?KF.ALT p Special to the Daily News. Independence, Kan., Mc 8.?A decided predominance of 1 >sevelt sentiment was in evidence > >n the Republican State ronventioi tssemtiled here today to select f< delejates-at-large to the natio I contention at Chicago. Since t Roos- * svelt candidacy was first 1 iched, _ tnd in the. christening of which d| 3overnor Stubbs played a < tpicu>ua part, it has been evident it the najorlty of Kansas Republic j favored the nomination of the >rmer President. All doubt as to e remlt of the contest was loved when the recent county con itions ind primaries gave Roosevel safe ualority of the delegate to day's m iom-ontion and assured the i ction >f Roosevelt delegation to C igo. & BINDS LIFE AT THE GRAVE OF HI FIFE , _______ in Plttafleld. Iftsi , May 8 kftcr srleTing aix years over the i th of lla wife, Edward Conroy, 1 rears >ld, committed suicide on b< Tave n 8t. Joseph's cemetery. T,< Andrew McEwan and MU larle th Kidney were passing thro the he semetery this evening when 1 dla- ?? covered the body. It lay fa iowa and in the left hand was a i leer, from which oee shot had be Ired. Cr I A1LY UTERSOON. MAY 8 1911 <V MODERATE WEMT W1MW. I Seven Ye ' .* Y oung. Progress o / ?The Grand Centra New ^A'ork, May 8.?When the doors 4t the Grand Central Palace open tomorrow for the first show of the A^ro Club of America tho pub-; 11c yth\ be given an "opportunity to! viewjthe most Important and complete' exhibition of aircraft ever shown in this/country or abroad. The purpose 1 of pe exhibition is to stimulate an : interest in human flight and at the sane time give public an idea of the i marvelous advancement. Doth historical and modern apparatus. A- ' nitrican and foreign, will be on view 1 tod lecturers will bo on hand to i explain the various contrivances. iThe historical exhibits will include veral specimens of the efforts of o late Octavo ffhanntA. t?-h? ?-?.?? i <Jne of the first to experiment with |? NEWS WAN VISITS . I MODEL TRUCK FARM It was the pleasure of a Daily Mews man to visit the large truck , farm of Dr. David T. Tayloe yester- | flay. It is doubtful if' there can be , found a prettier field of " truck i in the state. The doctor is cultivatng this year eight hundred acres. 3 He has nearly one hundred acres in y potatoes alone: over forty acres in , cucumbers and since Monday has < >een shipping beets to northern mar- t Sets. The entire crop of truck is j :ertalnly pleasing and attractive to | he eye and if the prices this sea- j ion for truck are fair the revenue s rom this farm should be enormous, i The doctor certainly has fine pros- j >ects. c ^.The entire farm is clean. - well t trained and everything up-to-date t ind modern. In connection with the t ruck farm the doctor runs a first j :lass dairy. It would pay any citi:en to visit this model farm. r.llbtDE LAST NH;HT The Naval Reserves were out on Iress parade last evening and made i most favorable impression. The >rganization will take part in the 1 Memorial exercises on Memorial Day c The boys are enthusiastic and are t ooking forward to their annual out- a ng on Chesapeake Bay in July. o b Marshal Banquet J at Shool Building> C On Thursday night In the Kinder-1 s, ;arten room of the Washington Pub- j G Ice Schoo} building, after the exer-) ^ iseo by the graduating class have if, een concluded in the auditorium, here will he a Senior-Marshall ban- j, uet. The banquet is from 10j30 t, o 12. The occasion is being look- Bl d forward to with pleasure. Quite j; number of invited guests aro ex- n ected tc grace the occasion. 0 IK ART HEATS AFTER REMOVAIi FROM THE BODY OF PATIENT ' I w New York, May8.?An account of jyj >nie remarkable experiments made t the Rockefeller Institute for medal research, with tissues from the ai eart. is given by Dr. Aelxis Carrol, j? iroctor of the institute, in a report ist published here vX>r? Carrel anounceB that he was able to keep f? eces of the heart tissue 'pulsating aj 'thmically outside the organism cr on* which they were taken for more an two months. The fragments ere taken for more than two vj, onths. The fragments were pre- gg rved in glass jars In suitable iiied- m, The experiments were a part of a rles to determine whether or not rtl e life of tissues can be preserved ro definitely outside the body. PHAYKRMKKT1N(J There will be Prayer-meeting ser- ttu ees in all the different churches of city this evening at the usual iur. eight o'clock/to which the ncral public Is cordially incited. hj .. . cei Miss Annie Springer, of South Pi k > Ttttar to u. cut u>4ar < new or Old Be Sister Ac< v i Aviation il Palace Opening gliders . Then there will be the machine in which Charles K. Hamilton made his Philadelphia-New York Right. The old June Pug. the pioneer hydro-aeroplane, will also be on plane; the Red Devil, in which Captain Baldwin mado his flight In Chnia and Japan last year; the American 11.. the balloon in which Allan Hawley and Augustus Post won the Gordon Bennett trophy in 1910, and relics of the Wellman airship which started for the North Pole will be among the other attractions. In foresting among the foreign exhibits will be the Morune monoplane, in which Vedrines made his trip from Paris to Madrid, and Miss Harriety Quimby's Bleriot. with which she crossed the English channel. GEORGE FLOYD MAKES RECORD AT BINGHAM It will no doubt be gratifying to the friends of Mr. George Floyd to earn of hiB progress and success as i student at Bingham School. Met>ane, N. C. As all the readers of the Daily tews know George is an entliusias- i tic baseball fan and player and his ft-ork at Bingham School this season < >n the diamond has been remarkable. In a private note to this pa- i >er it is stated that he has been the j nain stay of the team. His fielding ; jercentage is 950 and batting aver- 1 ige 309. George has had a tempt- } ng offer from Morristown of the Ap-lj jalaehaln League as well as several 1 >fTers from larger schools for next ] leason. This hi but another instance ; >f how well Washington boys acquit ( themselves away from _ home?they tlways "make good." i Allen Jurors Sinns WvTnnc Z7~ j . 11 Wytheville. Va.. May 8.?1The \ uembers of the Allen jury went to ? hurch Sunday and on returning to heir room in the courthouse held j , 3ong service. The hearty voices |( <f the twelve stalwart countrymen I x ilended in the harmony of an old j j ymn, "Arc You Ready for the Judg-i uent Day?" L Across the court house greer. Floyd f g kllcn. the prisoner on trln!?first oft be gang which shot up the Carroll "ounty Court in March?hoard thi I onp. Eighteen witnesses have been ' r xatnined and the prosecirlon still as forty-seven to swear. The ?le ense has as many more. Allen's mental strain and the phys-J al agony he has endured from his! roken leg. which was Improperly! o pt, have r.-.'dc him a sorry sight, o le is now little like the rugged Jo louniainccr who once spread fear In ver a country side. i 5i WITH TH1-. IMIXEHS K. O. Brown and Leach Cross 0 ill meet in Madison Square atirriva.^ ew York. May 17. ? h Jimmy Walsh win go to ChicagojP' id try to hook up in a match with J hnny Conlon. Abe Attell seems to be in bad forj ,ir. Every time the little ex-champ ct tpearB in a boxing bout there is a t0 y of 'frameup.'* g] fc The fight fans of .Fall River and A cinity will have an opportunity to .j, e Packey McFarland in action to- p! arrow night, when he will mix it > before a local club with Martin inole, one of the veterans of the lg. The agreement calls for a 10 * und bout at 135 pounds. * The first salt water fish of the soa- * n arrived here last Monday from * 9 local fishing grounds. ; PRICK OONCKBT COMPANY * The next and last attraction of the * ceum Course will be the Price Con * rt Company which appears at the * tblSe School auditorium on next * >uday night* Map 19. * no lot w It oMj >y KiWs J cidentally 9 HAPPENED ON I FLEMIN^FARM 1 YESTERDAY , || Load Entered Left Breast And Death Resulted In a Few Minutes. BOY SEVEN YEARS OLD, THE GIRL 6 * Father Had Gun Hip Woods For Purpose Of ' Shoot Ing Turkeys : ' *Tlie six year <?1<1 daughter of John ' ' Kvaih. f?l?reil, was shut and killed by her seven year old brother late . yesterday afternoon on the ?umi of >lr. Sylvester Fleming, located about one utile from this city in I'hocowin- >| ity. Tfie shooting was u< ( ideuUd. Evans is one of the employee on the farm and%yesterday afteruoon in going to his work after dlnr.tr took* his double barrel breech-loading gun \ along. Evans states that he had heard turkeys in the woods for the ' Y past several days and decided to b? prepared if he should run across them. In one barrel of the ffttr. was a:t ..'p empty shell^nd his two children who accompanied him to hie work. -<j asked their father to give them the shell. In a short time afterward Evans removed the empty shell and his son remarked ' Father we did tgB not hear you shoot." Evans made no reply but took the precaution to _ lilde the gun in the tliick-t. After hiding the gun he began b;? usual nfternoon work and the eh' .iv?? began to amuse themselves. -'.J# lu some manner they 1 vartj the J gun and the boy began pla>'r.* with jm it. He ill some way cock- : it and !1 red the entire load of ni l. h i-merjd che left breast and sliouM r of ,jB :he 6-year old girl. The father hearing the report ?| rushed to the scene and hi*:^re he :ould carry his little girl to thp House, only a short diet nice away ? die wus dead Evans came to this city this morn- <3 up and consulted with the Cir ri: of he Superior Court as to what steps o take in the matter. Mr. Paul on .earing all the facts derided and so old Evans, there was nothing for tint to do as he was sat Is led the ihontltia- was purely accident a! <* .'3S ILL SHOULD HONOR 1 OLD SOLDIERS FRIDAY Friday next Is Mentor:? I Pay. Anther opportunity for the c-it'.?.*ns if the County of Beaufort to do honr to the heroic death Only a few aore years tind those who rook parr. A n the great struggle will have passd away. While the few living arn ioxv here lets every man, woman, nd cnild pay tribute to their dead, onirades. "It will do all good: It ill prove a comforting pleasure to to living Confederate soldiers, to onor whom is a privilege nil should rize. MtSIC A FEATI KF. One of the features of the forth- ; *Jfl >niing serjes of meetings which are i begin at the First Methodist hurcli next Sunday will be the rausled by Porfessor Bird of Virginia. II those who can and will aid in ic singing are requested to take trt. A large chorus choir is deslri LIST OF NEW ADVERTISE MB NTS IN THE NEWS Adam's Ten Big Shows. * Washington Electriet Plant. Votan Tea and Coffee * . : Washington Horse Exchange J. K. Hoyt. Bromalglne. Poetum Cereal Company. * ?? Y* * Lrk TkMlrt. r * * ** jl ?. -g>. M"-',',' hBC Ju J.jwa