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? NO RE | " ? H. S. Ward Nomi Ayco?k, of Panti Cofntnlssioner an Other Citizens for ?i REGISTER G. R1 ENTERS ( t; ?. . K$r. - . rt\n * .... Dally News Demon dA of R< Figures, It Chwges That metta* anf Challenges Hh Deny It Br. ' ' . trued v.:* . ' v' Mr. Editor: . m Ton bore certainly nucebeded l*t?- " ly to turning attention to connty of- " fairs and cSsnblng much talking and * ) writing and I think misguided anprehension and 'uadoe alarm orar " county kneel u?u?r. I do hdt say * condltlona aro Sand. I do- not say. * the people ought Co-be tatlsfled with " thorn; hah the* are not ;tn9kl?otly " bad to oanad 'tadlanaOoaa 6f graft f and groaa meempotency calculated to humiliate gentlemen who haro ? bourne the ru^dhribiMy. to h* in-1 dotted in. F%w MB appreciate the f /, diacDltr of Ju?lelo<u)7 dmlnburlaa " tie tool dkWMl toUty it this J' . tor. ? ? ?11 till* umenl u< " v 1?tetol IIIIMWI I IIIWITT ?in' i^SSSBVa&rrzz ? CommlMioner, ud yet people seem to expect Msigstfr*rneanee by inexperienced aid untrained men -of mnall affaire. - 1 do not doubt that there la no oAse in *e state administration outside of the Judiciary that maka* asstrougsr demand of mental iiiuulaui?t than does the office -of County CommlMioner of Boaufort County at this time. And yet our eondWhtas are not half no had aa your haOMaat beadllnee Indicate $87.000 00 Thn say In debt! Tonr readers ought to be advised that this Id n boated Indebtedness represented by permanent improvements in the way of-iron or permanent bridge* an+ otker permanent holdings necessary fcrthe county and while the eouaty has the debt it al so has the 'property. ' The Register of Deed will/ show yon that every dollar of the 117,000.00 baa Its * equivalent that you can put your hands on. When you think of the fact that the generation of men who have bourse the burden of taxation during the period that $87,00 bonded indebtedenar accumulated, come out of a destructive war or were rear ed in the years of wretched poverty that followed it fbr 80 years, dcr you ' thjnk they ought to have been made Lpay cash for permanent tmprove ments to be enjoyed by us of better days and those tof come after us of ' still better? Besides what is $87,000 to be owed for permanent improvements against a property valuation of eight and a half millions increasing 500 per cent \ < every ten years? If I owned eight mlUloneof property paying only $72000 per year gross income, although 1 was making no yearly profit* but possibly falling behind $6,000 per 1 year, and that property was increas ing in value from one and a half mil- ' lion dollars in. 1900 to erght and a halt in 1912, would I be in danger of bankruptcy? There are towns in the state of one third Beaufort county's property owing $400,000. In-eo-far as the current expenses are falling behind the Income, It Is unfortunate, and calls on the people to be careful to put good man at the helm; but it by no mesne proves bed management as the eeaee of the current deflelt. Firmt ladle.t? a claim 'paid that B ought not to have beau paid. I< Beaufort coonly the only Institution I i taking money! Beery goeoramaat la wild at Beanfert eOnaty e Inceael^,^ ' v^- "' OUNTY C J NOT GO< }' *> **** ' 1ASON FOI ft :J?-r If: *? ^ f ' " V *"*'?" : .' a>4 *;t I nates Charles P.' sgo? for County d Also Suggests Same Office. JMLEY < CONTROVERSY J .A .'.9' Mi >v?l4ffZ. ! i agister Rumly Facta and be baa Suppreaaed Inforin to Come Forward and ipsadltnres It the highest poeisrltg-tWbe'Ia sMsta irnut the utc by getting bin put at the grab > do oomethlng (or bin dlntrlct or ate. Folks used to count money by alius end nests, now they shorel It Itb snoop end seed sbieuls sod pube sad priests ogtrarsggnu . the orM oyer Is simply running run. wt.. Waste; lsyls expenditure In OU public ssd prlrste Ufa. Is tha rdsr of the day and where it Is to art us. God only knows. The inMm In Benafbrt County'* expend!arm la ton years la proportionately Ma than that of the arorage lnduerlal Institutions or homo of the counts trom the hnmbleat negro hat tft bo^moat enterprise. Bet B ought I> bo stopped aa far aa practical onr. and pat If possible, on a better a*a apd more practical metboda. It desa't follow that wo oaght to deny to poor or loaro the roads to the ogs and boars, or pay o&cers lnadquate salaries. I lqara from ReglsWr of Deeds that the main cause of ho deficit was the applying current nnda to bond issueo where the Isaue rss not ufflclent mod thnt In fact or 1911; except for payment of oouiobi on bonds.Thlodeficit has been ac emulating for ftre< or* six years by Idgrees. I beg to* suggest a way out >f It. ? Let the people change the Board of femmlasftoners If they want to. It s probably boat. The preseht board ias been assailed and la under charge >fi Inefficiency although, I hare seen 10 particularly striking evidence of t. There are some business men In he. Democratic party of this county, rho. It they take charge of Its affairs tad they go behind still, then they ?ught to; for they will use Die rooniy to proper purpose* and enough of t 'and no more and if there Isn't nought resources to meet it, It slmpy means the tax valuation and levy ire not sufficient to keep up with the ilgh and still advancing prices that ire throwing shadows of financial llffieulty over near about every home n this land. r call on tfi3 Democrats of the county to call Charles P. Aycock. of Pantego, to the board. He doesn't irant it. Won't ba|e It, I have heard, but Mr. Aycock Is too strong a man ind has too high a conception of his Juty to soolety to eelflsbly refuse to ?erve the public where he can do so ind give bis county the benefit of his splendid business sense. Call' tktni Into service; write htm letters; meet and pass resolutions asklngiilm to run and he'll do it, because he knows it would, be his duty. He is s young man in the vigor of health and can afford the sacrifice. Suppose you could get Mr. Seth Bridgman to serte you also? Probably he is too old to make It his duty to serve you. But maybe he might consent. 1 believe Aycock will. Suppose you had Chares Aycock 'and Mr. Bridgman there, doesn't everybody know that Beaufort county would be all right whether her tar levy met her expense* or not? Mr; C. If.' Brown might do as well as either and is v public spirited and Would serve I expect. Call Aycoch out gentlemen and tell him you need him and be will serve jrou well sad this exciting clamour will step. : 1 ' NGT< Wf , in1 t qe^#T?Uiy P? M> BUT f; I ALARM I <!.. < I i* enjoys universal public confiH. 8, WARD. Mr. Ward In referring to U? county affairs no do ebt wrote his article rom hearsay evidence aad did not take the timp to ooalra by record svjdencq what he had bear*. Now tp+ News has ae quarrel with Mr. Ward nor does It desire to deal In personalltlaa or speclle items, how iter since, the statements made by Lhe News have been challenged a defense ia In order and It becomes necessary that some statements be made which are not at all complimentary to some of the county offlcllk the Mews takes Issue ' wfth Mr. Ward In his statement that the county has permanent improve menu representing the $17,600.#0 bonded debt. -Mr-v--- Mr. Rumley can not show to the people of Beanfort County that they have permanent ImprosemenU with so actual value of even $60,000.00, sad the Register of'Deeds should bare given facts and figures not mere ly assertions that certain facts exist | when there la record evidence to lubstantlate their statements if correct. No well Informed citlses is alarmsd at the amount of money Beaufort County owee, hat It's the slip shod E the annual deficit which etareflToa In < the face. Mr. Ward Is too food a < lawyer to dear that a deficit each i year doea not mean bankruptcy at < tome time. I The Radiator of Deeds, Mr. Ram- 1 ley. known that tha reoorda (and If 1 we are not to belhre tha records oar ^ ssseerssrr: there wan an extern In receipts orer < expend!tore* for Mlt, why did not 1 he dire the figures to prore thin state 1 meat, the News now demands of him i facts and Ifona and It does so with- i eat fear of bavtag than produced. 1 It baa been the policy of the Reg- 1 liter to diva oat tp the pabllc Just ss little Information concerning coun*> < ty conditions as possible. We make 1 this statement sdrleedly, he (the Register) has persistently and sac ceesfally suppressed Information which he knew at the time should i have been given to the taxpayers of Beaufort county In order that they coaid have corrected these conditions before this late day. The News is : ready and prepared to prove this i statement in the courts if necessary. The News hesitates to name specific claims which should not have been paid because it would necessitate calling names and itemizing of accounts which can not be of benefit to anyone and fts it was for an improvement in general conditions that the Newt was fighting it does not feel that the demand for publication of < these facts la sufficient to Justify the act. J. I. WARRED PURCHASES THE SBORT BUNCALOW Mr. Jesse L. Warren has purchased the attractive Bungalow belonging to Mr. Prank H. 8hort on Pearce Street and will move his family from West Second Street to his new home on or about August 1. As was stated in the Daily News sometime back Mr. 8hoft and family will move from Washington to Hagerstown, Md? where My. Short will travel the States of Virginia and Maryland for a large coffee concern of New Orleans. Their many friends in Washington wish them every success. TWO CASES BEFORE RECORDERJf^D. GRIMES Then were only two com* before! Rrecorder W. D. Ortmee at the. city Hall this morning for trial. Than wan other casta hot on agreement they wan paetgoned until Tueeday morning. Thoaa disponed ot wan:. Whs Padgett wag charged wrtth being drank end the Judgment of the 8pence Reddltt end wife.'both ooW end. were Indicted tor disorderly con duet. They were fomsd * 'ffwflty snd eech dned iTsad '"J a .into .!> ?> ajieu - w v.. ? .< 13 .toti iHrVjtft? ' ft 3N E AROLUIA. JdONDAV AFTKKNOON, ilr ironlotit and I ! w )jW) *j' li K.. . 1 t*i 111 ' " '" j/t'.' *,% ' ow thi y ^ *1^" ' ' m HB BSSB0H9Snra Criminal Court r. .. v f&v**' Mrs. I IpoeUl to the DeOyvIfewe. ATLANTA, OA, jiOT"?%-Thi rrtmtul atTt*kSl?f 11 a Superior 'oort, Judge L. I. )iMii presiding, n?t har? today and tha oMnlnr of he session has been watted with unasual and Stmte-wide interest, for the Irst case to be t*km M that of lire. Daisy Ople Grace, "who la charted With hying attornUpmnrdae IttialM, Eugene Hamilton Graoe. rhla intense interest In the caee la lue not no much to the social prominence ot the defendant and her alleged victim, but the peculiar circumHances surrounding the case and the mystifying features which promise to make thw trial one long to be remembered. Mr. and Mrs. Grace pame to this city from Philadelphia, their former tiome, about eight or ten months ago. A-ccordlng to statements made by Mr. Grace since the shooting his wife, who Is an unusually handsome sad attractive woman, used to be one oi the numerous sirens of the Great Wlhite Way, of New York, when h? became acquainted with her a few years sgo. She fascinated him and after a brief courtship, he married her and took her to Philadalnhls where he held a responsible position Lees than a year ago Mr. Grace, who Is well to do and has property Interests in the South, decided to remove to Atlanta, where he owns some valuable real estate. Grace and his wife made a good impression and freely mingled in lo cal social circles. They seemed to be devoted to one another and no body suspected that bloody tragedj lurked behind the all-deceiving mas) of happiness. The catastrophe cami the night of March 5. What reall: occurred within the secrecy of th< Graces' beautiful home on West lltl Street, Is still a mystery, the solutloi of which at the coming trial Is await ed with intense Interest. Beyond i general denial of the charges mad* by her husband Mrs. Grace has vol unteered no statement that woul< throw' any light upon the events o that nigbt. Mr. Grace, however, ha not been so reticent. According to his statement, mad on the day after the shooting, whei the doctors expected that his deatl would be merely a question of a fe* hours, Mr. Grace was in his bed asleep, when his -wife shot him Awakened by the shot, he found him self powerless to move and beggei his wife to call a doctor. She let IM CRBWD BUB EVANGELIST BRIDGE Quit, a large number of Waahini ton people went to Bunyon. N. C :yaatarday to attend tbe rert,al eei ylcea In progreaa at the Aabury M. I Church, conducted by Evangelist 1 Brtdgoro. 41 tbe gervlcee Ml morning nag evening iwlnfcy U church era, totally Inadequate to at commodate the crowd and In eonat nonce the lawn gnrronbdlag th church Sad to he aUIlaad. Hi Brldgara preached germaaa of pawa at both aervfeea. -0 MllmBlii k '-'I ' t M * I ?.xv ??, iJfcrmfT Tomomw^ - - * m " 1 ^oufrnw FifjecRS" Frying Daisy Opie Grace ttlfe boose. according to Mr. Grace's story. but instead of calling a doctor. j be took the next train for Newnan, , the home of Mr. Grace's mother. There ahe was arrested upon the charge of attempted murder, and htetight back to Atlanta. Latter ahe ' w?a released under $6,090 ball. \ Mr. Grace was desperately wound- ' 0*.mad al Bit IW VBfslclans enter" talned no hope that be would live more than a~ few hours. But his splendid constitution helped him to | light off death. He was taken to a sanatorium where he gradually got his strength, although his lower Jlmbe remained completely paralyzed. After a month or more he was taken to his mother's house at Newnan. In this Bute, where he continued to improve. Although the physicians have no hope of his complete recovery from the injury caused by the bullet, he Is able to get about with the help of crutches. The victim of the tragedy has displayed great bitterness against his wife since her arrest and has supplied practically all the evidence in the handa of the prosecution which is to be used at the trial. He openly de dared that his wife was an adventuress and hatmoped him into marrying i her, although she did not love him and cared only for what she could get out of him. He stated that some t time ago he had inured his life for 127,000 upon her suggestion and I made the charge that she had tried to murder him to get possession of the money, which would have enabled her to return to her former friends. r Mr. Grace, who has come to Att lanta from Newnan to attend the i trial, although under the law he is f barred from testifying against his J wife, charged that his wife had drugi ged him on the evening before the x shooting and had induced him to - write a letter, addressed to her at i Newnan. In which he was made to s say that he would not go to Phila delphia as planned but would remain i another day, because a friend would f stay at his house Tuesday night?the s night of the shooting. This letter was mailed by Mrs. Grace, but did a not reach her and forms now an ima portant item in the evidence in the li hands of the prosecution. The case v has aroused a great deal of feeling I, as evidenced by theTact that a short i. t'me ago a bill was introduced in the - legislature by Representative Harrel, 3 which would allow either husband or t wife to testify against the other. ILL WITH FBVKR j, Two of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Camp-! V bell's children are now confined to the Fowle Memorial hbspltal suffering with fever. Their many playmates and friends wish for them a speedy recovery to health. v ~ I. OOVEBWMBNT BOAT HERE . Tba KOTM-amtut aarrey boat aril rlrad la part Saturday and la iaaarad ? at Fawla'a dork. r. ad aa a raaolt at tha jRaatiac- Erase r ullat Bridora'a tatdar la futar at! a tba eburcb. rTr-i.. - SPssPPsPPSMi fr&'m mv , . I , IOV <-3 .j-.f *01i < ' * ' {" ' *>! V- -*niiv - "* ' *' - ?,j ?. .? ' . \ i V t^Jl ?% ' ' t|M| GREAT ATTRACTION IS BiLLED FOR LYRIC ? f The manager of the Lyric announce* the booking of Grmustark or a love behind a throne to be presented by Edward Lumley Grmustark Co.. of eight people Tuesday night. This attraction was booked on ihort notice through the management and no doubt it will prove to ba of interest to the theater goers. ( Oratibtark will not appear in moving pictures but will be presented In five big acts dramatized from the greatest novel of Geo. Barr McCutcheon, author of Brewsters Millions, the cast are made up of some of the beat players that are now on the road with elaborate costumes and magnificent scenery. Seats went on sale this morning at the Hardy Drug Store and those desiring to secure seats in advance ihould apply at once in order to avoid the rush sale. The management desires to give notice that there will only be one performance that night, pictures first opening at eight o'clock and the performance starts promptly at nine o'clock. The price of admission fo^ wat adults 50 cents. SERMON OF REV. F. 1. HARDING ENJOYED A large congregation heard with pleasure and delight the admirable sermon delivered by Rev. F. H. Hard ing, of Charleston, S. C., at St Peter's Episcopal Church Sundaj morning. Mr. Harding is here visltlnj his father, Rev. Nathaniel Hardini and the news in the Dally News Sat urday that he was to preach at St Peter's yesterday morning natural!; brought forth a large number of hi friends eager and anxious to hear th< words of eternal life. Those presen were charmed and today the hlghes praise is heard upon all sides for thi gifted and promising young ambassa dor of Christ. SPEED OF AUTOS Special to the Daily News. ! CHARLOTTE. S. C., July 29.One of the interesting addresses tha will be made at the' Annual Conver jtion of the North Carolina Goo Roads Association at Charlotte. Aug ust 1 and 2, will be by Mr. A. C Batchelder. Chairman of the Execi tive Committee of the American Ot ganization of Automobilists. Mi Batchelder will speak on "Speed c Automobiles on Public Roads, an is Kegualtton.'' He thoroughly rt cognises that the speeding of automc biles on country roads Is not pnl dangerous to the automobilists an other users of the roads, but also tha It fa very detrimental to the roadi He la working for a hearty and cloe co-operation of the automobilists an the horaansia, realising that hot have a light to the uas of the rt?U hut that netthar has the right to aa Om road at G. axpaaaa of tha otkai Mr C. a. tun, oi Boat* Croak. * C . It Id tka dtr later, wMhia. I alwM&'ifc ' it? ' $? . ... . i^S ' i o. mm . * .!? .?' ' w ,*' T^| I i p Jggg 1 . ? Smii i sinn HI . '| I Rev. Maahaw of Colored H E. Church Wanted For F. and A. . . *?~7 r: Things were more than lively at I the Colored Episcopal Church more familiarly known as the "Christian Temple," situated at the corner of Rdspaas and Fifth 8treets, Sunday night and In consequence of the copfusion occasioned by the attempted arrest of the pastor, Her. F, M. J. Jdacbaw by the cKy police the church today is minus of a shepherd for he has vamoosed for parts unknown to I the police as well as hiB pariaboners. Machaw has been pastor of tbe colored church here since tbe last session of the colored annual conference and seemingly has been per- r yj forming his pastorlal duties in a way to commend him to the members of his church until a few weeks ago a skelton appeared in his closet gad he bowed to the winsome charms of a lady member. Being a married woman and her husband discovered enought to cooyince him that his wife was untrue to him and went to the city authorities for a warrant for ' the apprehension of the elder. ' The writ was placed in the hands of Policemen Robets and Proctor to aerve and laft night an atteigpt was m(?de to tage the pastor into custody* - ^ to1 answerTKe charge of tornlflcalion I and adultery. The police went to the church and as the service wae not ended decided to wait their time for their man. When the close came they sent word to the colored divine that they desired to m? him. H* answered the request of the police and started out of the church door with , the police to talk the matters over. When the main enterance of the church was reached and there being , quite a number of parishoners in the doorway the pastor scenting something I nthe wind decided that the beet thing for him to do was to "pack , sand" and he did to the speed of a ' race horse. The police, both fleet of foot tried to chase him for sometime with the hope of persuading him to stop and consider but the more .they , ran the greater the distance between , the pursued and the pursuers. The erring pastor is still at large. J. 0. PROCTOR MiDBRD. ENTERTAINED YESTERDAY Quite a number of Washington citizens were the guests of Messrs J. O. Proctor and Bro., on yesterday at | their home in Griroesland, N. C. Not only were guests present from Wasil ( ington but Greenville as well, and t the entire day was thoroughly enjoy ed. The entire party occupied twelve - automobiles; six from Washington ' and six from Greenville. The hosts I proved to be par excellence and no 5 occasion to occur in this section of the state in sometime exceeded it. The hospitality of the hosts was nnB bounded and they were more than e gracious and thoughtful. After leavt ing the hospitable home of Messrs t Proctor the guests from Greenville came to this city on their way to their home and during their stop were the guests of Mr. Jonathan Havens at his hospitable home corner of Main and Van Norden Streets. Here too oldtime Southern hospitality reigned supreme and merriment had full sway until the time for farewells to be said. The entire day will ever - linger in the hearts of every one preB t ent. d IK IMPROVING 6 The friends of Mrs. Charles F. t- Warren will be pleased to learn that her condition now is more favorable.* r. She has been confined to her home on Weet Main Street with fever. d h * * * ? * ? * H NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ! ' IK TODAY'S NHWH d ' 1 Win. Bragaw 4k Co. k Lyric. e J. F. Jaekaon. d Atlantic Hotel. h Doom. I. ; ot Wiyiattop. '
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