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you ?. 1 1 DAILY N TO ST CO. ( THE NEWS SI FORMER That is to Say, th County HaveNc cally Administer Gives Facts for stead of Decrease There Will Be In I*l? " 'It" -*.T i-A -] , V *?* * Since It WU not the purpose of the ? New* to deal in personalities In 1U discussion of County conditions. It j does not |ii?i to be draws Into 3 them sow hj the statement of the a County Commissioners. In taking up Urn reply of the Board of CommtaatonerB to. criticisms 16 the News, the editor announces that he had hoped not to get Into a controversy with the Board. If the members of the Beard wanted to answer any charges which may have been made, why did net each member for himself write a reply inatead of employing the County Attorney to write a general denial for all of them. The editor feels that he la eomewhat handicapped ft) any controversy with the ettoraey for the Board. The News is ef the opinion that the cltlsens Ct Beaufort County are not no Ignorant an the Board would have one believe. The tax-pay at s lcsow something nhent what has bden done la the County, although they have not had detailed Information. Before going Into details the perl sonnet of the Beard and their terms of office axe ...neer. cdfUHtrCaWU article. Mr F. H. Von Eberateln. tba chairman, vaa Aral alecled. In 1?0?, fc and has beea A member ever since; Mr. W. W. Hooker was first sleeted . In ltOI and will have served four years at the aspiration of the prebent term; Mesem. S. P. Freeman, O. B. Wynne, sad W. P. Gaylord were elected in Itlfi and their first two years of service will expire the first Monday in December, 1812. (These facta .are all well known to the people, hut sinss the Bonrd thinks the people so Ignorant the News will endeavor to make all statements absolutely deer eo that there may le no room for suppositions.) The County's bonded debt was la. sued as follows: On August lOtb, 1905. bonds to the amount of 112. 500 were sold. These were refund- 1 Ins bends. The Board of Commissioners was therf composed of Thos. H. Blount. H. 6. Jordan, Fred Wolf- i enden, Geo. L. Swindell and B. D. Rows On July 1st, 1908, there was $50,- i 000 a^orth of County bonds sold, for i which the Coonty received $50,$81.93. The following gentlemen were then on the Board: W. A. Thompson, Fred Wolfenden, R. R. Warren, W. H. Stancill. H. G. Jordan, John HL Ode'n and Thos. Green. These bonds were Issued for the purpose of building bridges. February 1st, 191)8, another Issue of $25,000 was disposed of rt a premium of $2,295.13. R. R. Warren, W. H. Stancill, H. G. Jordan, Thos. Green, F. H. yon Ebersteln L,. P. Harris and W. W. Hooker constituted the Jboard at that time. These bonds were Issued for bridges and current expenses. The Dally tynrs has never charged that the present Board aver tadued any tends, however, since the Board enters a denial the matter win be dealt with. T^he first section of the Board's de. ^nlal as published in the News oi Au' gusj 8th, 1012, is as follows: FIRST: With reference to the bonded debt of the County, this amounted to $27,500.00 when the preeent Board began Its term of o 1lce, end since then it has aot been increased. , > Therefore, yoa cannot charge this Board with any extravagance with regard to the bond Issue*. The only dealing this Board has had with that being to pay the interest thereon amounting to $4,271.00 a year. The Board should have defined what la assent by "thin hoard." whether It appllee to thia term of L. C", i ? x' > *'. EWSREF ATEMEN 20MMISS " ANDS BY 1 STATEMENT e Affairs of the' >t Been Economi-' ed. This Paper 5 Information. In-; in Floating Debt J crease. ? t [ardles? of terms. I Let's see if their statement is cor- I ect. The records show *25,000 of he $87,500 debt was issued in 1909. At that time Mr. Bbersteln ind Mr. Hooker were both member* >t the Board and they are also atom-1 ?ers of the present Board, now we I1 save it tor the people to dec^^J whether any of the prem?|Mfl lad do with in<?^p^^| lebt of the CoM^^^P^Cntir* ' If?at Increasing I ho hAniUH (UStIa m ?*nt -. *? I ? w - ??! l j lomunt, was (according to their own g kdmlslaon) a purchaser, they tried to t *11 bonds. The minutes or the Commisalonirs' meeting for Tnesday September ] i, 1911, on page 170 of the minute i 1 octet, allows the following entry: Whereas, the preeent existing lnlebtedness of the County of Beautort amounts to the sum of thirty- ] Its thousand dollara, and I Whereas, all of aaid Indebtedness- t was contracted for the neoeeeary ex- t oenees of aaid County, and i Whereat, It la daalrahla. nspfM* ,as nasi m IU tin li i erest of aaid County to fund the ( lebt now due and owing for said debt 4 ind current expenses. 1 Now, therefore. Be It reeolved, by uualnou vote of all of the Board , *' Commissioners of Beaufort Coma- , ty in regular meeting assembled, as , follows: i Section 1?That In order to pro. l f*de"necessary funds to meet the cur- 1 rent and necessary expenses of the 1 County of Beaufort, tha ' Board of 1 County Commiaaloners are hereby authorized and directed to issue bonds 1 of the County to the amount of thlrty-flve thousand dolalra to be \ dated on the 1st day of November. < 1911, and to mature on the *3st day 1 of October. 1991, j< ? * ? - *?rToviaes, that the pro- < ceeda arising from the sale of the I bonds issued under the provisoes of 1 this resolution, shall be applied ' solely to the necessary current ex- < pen sea of the County of Beaufort. The entry on their minutes shows ] a discrepancy somewhere. In .their ! statement they admit that there was only a 115,000 floating debt when they went into.office December 1910, 1 while on September 1911, wp have them endeavoring to sell $35,000 1 bonds for no other purpose (as alleged by them) than the paying of 1 current expenses and the then floating debt. Two questions naturally arise if the Board had ben decreaa-* 1 lng the floating debt at the rate of $6,230.93 in less time than two years, why should they want to sell any bonds at all? Again, If the floating debt amounted to $21,000 '(the amount alleged by the News to be owing May 31, 1912) and, the commissioners were able to pay expenses without any further deficit, why should they want to sell $35,000 bonds to pay the floating debt and current expenses? What was to be done with the extra 914,000? Information has not been fortb coming thus far. The present Board alleged that the floating debt of the County was $35_ 000 on September 5th, 1911. If this was true, what became of the $20,000? That le the difference between the $16,000 floating debt when the present Board went into office and the $86,000 whioh they desired to sell within less than one year after they took oath of office. And bow did they reduce that debt from $96,000 to $21,000? This being the amount owing at the end ef the fiscal year, May 31. 1911. These are mat Vf \ . r. ' 1 . WBHBiB WASPUNOTON. NORTH CAW Showers LEES "7 T OF IONERS )UTL90K IS BRIGHT FOR LYCEUM COURSE HERE Practically only about eight more ubeclibers are deeirddT In order to care the Lyceuui Course tor the oming season for the benefit of tb<s V&ablngton Public schools. An ?N ort Is now being, made to seoure the equlred number. The course prom, sed for this season Is one of the nost attraction yet presented to Vashlngton people. The attractions ire all first class and hare a nation- ^ 1 reputation tor excellence la their eepective clasa. The Dally News eels -confident that if the coarse is cured for Washington thnt every ubecriber to the course will'be more ban pleased. Miens UNION MB none IT OLD FORD = Quite a number of cltlsens have [one to Old Ford today to attend the neetlng of the Farmer's Union and taaket picnic. President Alexander 1 the State Farmers' Union is to deiver the principal address of the oc. anion. The ladles in the Old Ford district thl tare prepared a sumptuous repast ?* ind the outlook Is that the day will wi e a gala one. Ice ' thi Messrs. Z. Z. Grantham and V. . Prye left tbia afternoon for Norfolk, rbere they will spend seTeral days. IKIIXINERY OPENING. The lSdis* of the city are antlcl- . >atisg with pleasure of coming fall tad winter millinery openings in the 01 Hlferent stores handling this class n >f goods. Watch Dally News? tor re ipectiv* announcements. JJ era whleh the heard she?M eapMs r fad if the allegation ie not true why ^ loss It appear on the mtnatid'err Soard? I The News asiia the Board the dl- *** *ect . question, doeg. the records bear , >ut yonr statement (which ia recordsd on the minute docket) that the loatlng debt of the County waa on . September 6th. 1911. 136.000? If :he records do not substantiate this itstemsnt, why did you allege It to .,, oil >e true? mi The second section of the Commissioners' statement is as follows: SECOND: You charge, "The countw K?. KJIw, he J 9d extravagantly and without any re- . ffard for income, la the inference one ^ would draw." As you are aware or ought to be, when this Board went In office In December, 1910, there was a to the credit of the County Fund in the hands of the Treasurer the sum of $1299.17, and there was on that date a floating debt of $15,000.00. a 1 it was found necessary for this Board Immediately after it went into office tp re-borrow $3,000.00, which had been paid by the then County Treasur sr Just before his term of office ex- ^ pired This was necessary to meet the current expenses of the county. ? Therefore^ we find this Board of rf Commissioners going into office with e $1290.17 on hand in the treasury and ? a floating debt handed down^? them ? t?$:'$18.000.00, in addition to the 1 bonded debt of $87,500.00. At the present time, the floating a 1 debt of the county is $21,000.00 with $12,69r8.70 on hand with the Treasurer as per the Finance Committee's r Report, and-In addition to th&t#he e Board of Road Commissioners owes * the County Commissioners the Bum m! of $1981.34 for maintenance of the ge convicts for the past flvo months. W We now have $14,590.04 to pay p * on our debts as against $1299.17 In p ' 1910. Taking this condition of af- "u fairs into consideration, and consid- ca ering the fact that this Board went taJ into oAoe with the "chain gang" *a organised under a law passed by the ? Legislature, and then in existence at ? an expense of from four#* five thousand dollars a year, we respect- 1)0 fully submit that your statements as Continued on Page 2. <*JN SHOOT TOMORROW. ^ There will be a regular weekly gun lie shoot at the grounds of the Washing- p< ton Oun Club tomorrow afternoon at re four o'clock. All are Invited to he pi present. di i 1 (,i |h ilina. vr?pw?goat t^mkrm ^r % WW"' i m ft* i be?y; bf mb 111 m i^vlli^ v tsnea on. In all your life no'dn chance as w will be given agalnlB'the history M the town. The cotatrte. visited C( 11 be Prance, Japan 'and ^ land. All those arching to take t" a trip are asked fa be at the w ool building Priday might prompt- ti at f: tO o'clock. * rhe entire trip requires only a ai nderfully short space of time. Don't ai as any cumbersome baggage, but fo all means bring yoav Care of 40c ei one ticket or 7Sc. for two taken tk PLEASES AUDIENCE They Were Good"?that was the ?ly heard from the patrons that & ited the Lyric last evening. b| Seldom does the Lyric have a pro. im of pictures that receive critl- C? m, they are always a class very vatlng. and something instructive 8 well aa entertaining. ' Today's program features another ** I that 1b beyond par. where every ' nute of your time is taken up with * II interesting dramas, or exciting j1 r stories with surroundings of 1 iutiful scenery. Ql Owing to the cool evenings this ^ ivw ui uuiusuuieui is largely pairond, the management spares no exnse In making his patrons eomfortle. Opens daily from 7:30 to 11. A rislt to the Lyric tonight means si line refreshment, where you can < Joy an excellent class of pictures at a! imall expense. V : 1 K3S FROM AIR NEXT HE SAYS. S Il Chicago, Sept. 25.?Dr. Paul Wal- b n, of Riga, Russia, predicted here t* it night that the next grea* feat of It emistry will be the making of eggs air Dr Wtlden, who is presint-elect of the Ninth International ogress of Applied Chemistry to Id in St. Petersburg in 1015, fur- si er predicted that a variet." of nitronpuj foods will be made frcni the tome day. C "I consider It practically certain ci at at co distant day wi ?<!l be it awiug food Rupplies from the alt, N amid "Professor Berthensen, 'it infrStiy, has already sutc<-ened in iking the simple compound n:tro_ n ar.J hydrogen. This shows thai will be able to make more com- e 3x compounds. An egg is a com- S ax compound of nitrogen, oxygen, si lphur and hydrogen. The chemi- s I process of the hen will be ImF v ted in the laboratory in the under- g king. Formerly we were able to c very little with the nncomblned a trogen in the atmosphere. Now 1 at we are able to harness it, the o sslbllltles are wonderful." I HKRE YESTERDAY. ' ' Mr Larry I. Moore, of New Bern.U C.. was in the city yeeterday eon- f ltlng with the directors of the Pam- r ? Cooperage Company. It la ef- t icted that this company will begin building their plant which was C irtly consumed by Are at an early t iy. J I ^ c ? k .:A? 'aily I. SEPTEMBER SB. Kit. norrow i You Running for, the PreeiRevenge?" ?Prom Um Not York HaraM. orld Can Be Friday Night (parately. Twenty.flve cents for all :hool children. Ten cents for each >untry. Refreshments will be served. At st the deserving cltlxena of Washing in will have a cnance to see the orld?a third of it. This opportnif V ! klvan "? ? m- v? vu r i mi; uifiai. Tiile enjoying your trip you will be isisting the Athletic Association id thereby aid in getting out a team >r the coming year of which any tixen may well feel proud. Help te boys to have a winning team. mm FOR STABLES NOW BEING ERECTED The Haasel Supply Company has jgun the erection of & mammoth illdlng on Third street, which when >mpleted will be utilized as a livery id exchange stables. It will be the rgest structure of the kind in this tctlon and will be constructed acirding to the latest plans for such wildings. The other buildings in ie course of construction are rapid' nearing completion. Th? Hassel apply has already movea. their aarters to the new building. The ructure is not only a credit to Washington but to Eastern Carolina. STRONG FOR WILSON. New York, Sept. 25.?At the consntion of the agen\s of the Nationi Surety Company, held in the Whitehall Club today, there were ,100 representatives from every tate In the Union, among them beig postmasters, lawyers, doctors and usiness men. A straw vote was iken on the election with the foL >wlng sesults: Wilson 56 Taft 26 Roosevelt 13 Twenty of the men voting for Wilan were formerly Taft Republicans. Iowa Wilson's by fiO.OOO. New York, Sept. 25.?N. F. Reed, hairman of the Iowa State Demoratic Committee, makes the follov.*lg prediction of the vote in Iowa in November: Roosevelt 100,000 Taft 175.000 Wilson 226.000 "Taft will receive three out of very five Republican votes in the tate at the election in November," aid Chairman^ Reed. "With this plit Wilson could receive even leas otes than Claude Porter did for overnor two yepra ago and still arry the state. BuOm^wil receive much larger number and for once owa will have the unique distinction f giving its electoral vote to the >emocratic Presidential candidate.", Marti ia Wilson, Roesy, Brings *75. | New York. Sept. 25.?Martha Wllon has been sold. 8he brought $75. thereby the Democratic campaign! and has been increased just that nuch. because Martha Happened to >e a good Jersey cow. White & Gough, of Lumberton, N. Jv bought Martha Wilson, who had leen presented by 8. Pope of Enfield, I. C. V I ' " NE^ am? TIM If WILL BE READ Bishop Henderson j ton. Tendered | Home Last Nig ! Large Congrega M. E. Church. la no city that I have visited I since my elevation to the epla- . copacy have 1 been received | with more genuine cordiality. I desire to express through the 1 columns of the Dally News my personal and official appreciation of the interest and permanent co-operation in the construction of the Institution of learning to be established In Washington under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1 shall recommend to Dr. Nicholson, the secretary of the Genera) Educational Board my approval of the work. BI8HOP T. 8. HENDERSON. Washington on last evening, under the auspices of the Woman s Betterment Amiyi??inn ' Bishop Theodore S. Henderson, D. D., LL. D., one or the bishops of the 1 Methodist Episcopal church, a reception at the Elk's Home for the pur. I pose of giving the citizens an oppor- i tunlty to meet the distinguished divine and also to extend him a gener- ' ous welcome to the city. The occasion proved to he one of < the moet pleasant and enjoyable held ' in the city in some time. Quite a 1 number called to pay their respects. I < All who met the bishop were charm- ' ed with his personality. The distin- 1 gulshed visitor was Introduced to the l callers by Hon. John H. Small, who was the bishop's host while a visitor here. Several addressee of welcome were made. Among those speaking were ] Hon. John H. Small, Mrs. John C. 1 Rodman, In behalf of the Woman*" Betterment Association of whom she la the president; Mayor *001110 H. < Harding, Rev. H. B. 8earight, Mr. ]1 John G. Bragaw, Jr., in behalf of Rev. j' Nathaniel Harding, Rector of St. Pe-ji ter'a Episcopal church; Superintend-! ent N. C. Newhold, of the Washing-1 ton Public 8chools; Superintendent! W. L. Vaughan, of the Beaufort j County Schools; Mr. W. M. Rear, j Captain George J. Studdert, Mr. W.; K. Jacobson and Rev. J. H. Warren.! Bishou Henderson responded to the i addresses of welcome in words of Lcauty and attractiveness. He was; moet bappy In hla response. After the speech-making and thej introductions had been concluded the] Betterment Association, through a' bevy of young ladies, served light j refreshments. The occasion was a' conspicuous success. Bishop Henderson is in the city looking over the site for the pro-j poeed college to be established at i Washington Park by the M. E. church, permission for which has al-] ready been granted by the General [ Hoard or Education of the M. E. I church. The Bishop will now make | his recommendations and what the outlook is to the General Board of Education of tha Church and It is I expected that actual work will be-> gin on the college buildings by the | SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE | CLOSED J YESTERDAY The Sunday School and Epworth League Institute closed with the session of last night and Mr. Brabham the efficient field secretary of the ISunday School Board of the 'North' Carolina Conference returned to his home in Raleigh this morning. The main thought for discussion yesterday was teaching and the use of black boards, etc.. In Sunday School work. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather there was a goodly attendance yesterday. The Institute has been the means of accomplishing much good. Washington was glad te h**e the institute and hopes that it will be assigned here again st no distant day. The Chicago Cubs had It on the Giants this season to the tune of thirteen games to nine. " I I. E. COLLEGE IT OF HOY 1 ' yjffM Y IN FALL 1913 y \ -" ! Charms WashingReception at Elks ht. Preaches to a ition at the First first of January. The work must commence by this time in time for the plete the buildlngB in tlpue for the opening of the institution in the fall of next year. Bishop Henderson Ib very much pleased with the site for the college and most favorably impressed with Washington. Rev. Dr. Thomas Nicholson, the secretary of the Genera) Board of Education of the M. E. church, with headquarters at New York, is expected to visit Washington on October 22, after which the plans and specifications for the college buildings will be drawn and submitted to contractors and within a short time thereafter work is expected to begin upon the construction. Bishop Henderson hopes to be present when the cornerstone of the main building is laid. The Ladies* Aid Society of the M. E. church have expressed their willlngnes to xu.uou towards the erection of a $20,000 building in connection with the college for the purpose of teaching Domestic Science. The laymen of the church are looked to fdr the remaining $10,000. One thousand dollars of this amount was subicribed last night by Bishop Henderson and a layman of the church has subscribed $1,000. It now only requires $8,000 to bare this much needed and essential building a certainty. This morning Bishop Henderson visited the Washington public schools where he made a short address to the pupils. It is needless to state that every teacher and pupil enjoyed it immensely. On last evening at the First Methodist church) Bishop Henderson, through Invitation of the pastor and official board, occupied the pulpit and delivered one of the most delightful and thoughtful sermons heard In Washington in years. The subject of the bishop was "The Burning Heart." and for over forty minutes the gifted pulpiteer held his large audience spellbound. While his language wag simple, it was eloquent?in a word sublime from beginning to end. The occasion was one of delight and will be long remembered by every one present. Bishop Henderson is one of the ycunger bishops of his church and judging from his appearance bids fair to take active part in the councils of his great church for many more years to come. Washington feels honored by his visit and the enftire city hopes the day is not far distant when he comes again. A warm welis his always. This morning before Bishop Henderson left on the Norfolk Southern train for Norfolk, accompanied by. Rev. j. H. Warren and Mr. Charles Flynn, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, he called upon Rev. Nathaniel Harding at the Episcopal rer. tory on Main street, where greetings were exchanged. *3j . MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. ** 7** m ??lrs. W. L. Laughinghouse is making improvements to her already attractive residence on West Second street. -3 Manager Clark Griffith, of/the Washington team, figures that his Ujj youngsters will be strong enough next year to romp away with the * American League pennant. ?*?*?* + .NEW ADVERTISEMENTS IN TODAY'S NEWS Southern Furniture Company Doans. James B. Clark. The Hub. J. K. Hoyt. Mlsa Hattle Hemby. Lyric. . Win. Bragaw ft Co. Rum Bros.