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Cornerstone of Arlin
Monument to be I
William Jennings
WuklBCton, Nov. 11?North!
Ctrollu Is to be well represented jePI
here at the nineteenth annual meet-??u
Uur of the United Daughters of the i E
Confederacy which will assemble lnbRU
Washington Tuesday. More than 50 |S.
delegates are expected and many old* H.
soldiers. The convention Is to be a?Cli
great Southern occasion. :;Ab
Not only the District Daughters of' ma
.the Confederacy, but also the capl-! 1
tal city Of the nation, are making lair
unusual arrangements to entertain tal
the convention. This is the first time to
that this great organisation of 75,- cat
00 Southern women has held its Wi
annual contention outside of Dixie. m?
The occasion for its coming to the tio
national capital thiB year is to be an
present at the laying of the corner- th?
stone of the Confederate monument Bn
to be erected at Arlington, now a 15
federal ctifttetery. and formerly the
home of Gen. Robert E. Lee. tin
Advices received up to date Indl- an
cat? that this "will be the largest con- rei
ventlon that the Daughters of the pei
Confederacy ever held. ml
Mrs. Marion Butler, president of is
the district dhapter and chairman of ne
the committee on arrangements for th
the ArUegtdo monument, expresses co:
great pleasure at the successful ar- m<
- rangements already made for the en- in!
tertainment of the convention and for vo,
the laying of the cornerstone of the Ar
monument,0 which is to be the larg*
. est and fcnbat lmposlnb at Arlington, of!
Arrangements ror guests on me so
grandstand af Arlington have been In
| . - enlarged on account of the great mi
number' of roQueats for seats from tb
every part of the country. It la now
thought that at least 10.000 people tb
will bvprtMDi ?n that o<cul?. Th?|?,
s S'~y fact that PriaMent Taft will welcome th
the Daughters to the national capl- M
tal and that Col. William Jennlnga
Bryan *ill:del!ver the address at the tl<
laying of the corner atone has added Ci
grant Interest to the occasion. It Is
of ptoeutlai* Interest, In this connec- ti<
tlon, to note that It was President W
Taft, wlieh'he was Secretary of War, A'
who. granted permission to the Ar- S;
ling ton Monument Association and to Bi
the'Daughters of the Confederacy d<
to buil4. th^a Confederate monument, ch
SHOCK FEP
Quite a mtmher of citizens re.j
on yesterday I hey felt a die line i
disturbance between 11 and 12
by tdfjfKshurch several attenda:
ice rspsriihat the windows rattle
thpyseriouslyconsidepcd leavyig
hare, reported,
.SyAekX* At Edcnton and places ii
J county the disturbance was nlor.
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> : APPRISED LAST WEEK <
f .'MH'M
Last lommer at the Instance ot the
Washtppton Light and Wate* |W F
pany through their treasurer, air. m
Wilcox, of Pennsylvania, and the J
Board of City Alder/nep held a conference
tiers for the purpose of apfe,
praising the city water plant. At this *
conference it wm decided that the 0
company appoint an appraiser and a
the city one. these appraisers met li
: here last week and went over the c<
a-1 plant. Mr. J. L. Ludlow, of Winston- J
Selam, >#, C.,. represented .the city
& and jfr. McCUntock. of New York, a
i /'" the water company. As yet their re- a
S port as to die physical vfclue of the
plaxft has not been received by the
feV Mayor or Aldermen. This appraisal
j7 . . Is not binding at all but is simply to |
arrive at some intelligent physical F
3$ value of the plant. (
A WKLCOMK VI8ITOH. \
Mrs Ada Cherry, of Oreenvllle, N. 3
5 C . is visiting Miss Sue yeCluer at (
the MeCluer House on West Main t
street and expects to be here for
[ several days.
p.: ^ Mrs. Cherry^charmed Abe^congre
IBM EOT
gtbn Confederate
^aid. Oration by
Bryan
k number of representative Soutblers
baa beefa selected by Mr*,
tier to act aa ushers Tuesday as
lows: Charles A. Douglas, Henry
Davis, Edwin C. Dutton. Thomas
ffln, William H. llobeson. Edward
Munford, H. Rosier Dulany, Abner
Ferguson, William de-C. Ravenel,
irence J. Owens. Benjamin Mlcou.
salom Waller, Clifford K. Berry.n
and Marion Bntler.
In addition to the announcements
eady made ot the various enternmenta
arranged for the delegates
the convention of the Pan-Araeri1
Union, the Southern Society of
ishington and the Southern ('omrclal
Congress, wilj give a recepn
In honor of the national officers
d the Daughters In the "Hall of
i Americas," Pan-American Union
tiding. Friday evening, November
, from t to IS.
This building la owned by all of
s republics of the two Americas
0 la the headquarters for their rep- '
tentative* who co-operate for the
See and the Industrial advance>nt
of all American republics. It
one of the most beautiful buildings
at to the Congressional Library. In
b world. Every delegate to this
nvention will carry home pleasant g
monies of this delightful occasion ?
such a maamiflcent temnle de- i
ted to the great association of
nerican republics.
For the convention and the laying
the corner atone of the monument,
me of the moat prominent clergy
the country hare been secured to
ske the invocations and pronounce
a benedictions.
At the laying of the cornerstone
e Invocation will be made by Bisht
Robert A. aa?l ttltntbl., ?n<J
e benediction by Dr. Randolph H.
cKIm, of Washington.
On the assembling or the conven>n
the invocation will be made by
irdinal Qlbbons.
The other sessions of the convenjn
will be opened by prayer by Dr.
allaoe Radcllffe of the New York
venue Presbyterian church; Dr.
ixnuel H. Greene of the Calvary
iptlst church, and Dr. W. P. Wedirepoon
of the Foundry Methodist
lurch. '
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vort to the Daily Sew# that
f earthquake shock or some
o'clock A.t the First Presets
upon the morning serv
rl an >>11ifh en thnf rt'lP /lllli*
the building.
that tHey felt distinctly the
i the lower part of Beaufort
t perceptible than in Wash
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ASTCR SEARICII ffllf
A SERIESOF SKRNIOHS
Rev. H. B. Searight, pastor of the
trait Presbyterian / church, la now
Wed (n preaching & aeries of ser- 1
ions on the "Things to Come."
On last riunday night the topic
aa; "Second Advent' of Chrlat."
n yesterday morning his subject
'aa: "The Resurrection," and on
tat night th'e "Millennium." The
timing subjects will be: "The Final
nd{fment''; "Hell and He'aVen."
The services on yesterday. were
'ell attended and .both discourses
rere listened to attentively. '
CARD OF THANKS.
The Ladies' Aid 8oclety of the
rlrst Methodic: Cuurch wish to reurn,thanks
to Hr. Jonathan Havens
or the ns? of his building for the
iirrpose of holding the recent rumnage
sale, and site to Mr. If.- B.
Charles for hln kindness In furnishng
lights. : * 5;
MMR8. MARY P. BAUQHAM.
k President.
SPECIAL EXAMINATION.
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laiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiii ana
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'Womans* Bettern
Special Meetin
A few yeaiji ago In the auditorium
it the public Khool, there gathered
everal Washington ladles, for the
>urpose of organising a Betterment
\ssociatiou. uui or me targe num>er
who Joined only a small part of
hem have attended the meetings
regularly. Tbeae faithful members
tare accomplished a goodly amount
ii charitable work. It Is their desire
jo have a much larger attendance,
tad they earnestly request all the
ladles within the town limits to Join
he rooms of the Public Library.
For the benefit of the Interested
public we desire to remind them of a
tew things we have acomplished and
sbjects toward which we bope
to move in the near future,
htnong the things accomplished
luring the Association's - short
life: We have given 950 to
buy Stoddard's lectures for the Public
Library; and a $50 picture to the
public school. Also planted grasi
snd trees on the lawn at the school
and flowers and plants In the Jail
yard.
We spent over $60 towards th?
playground back of the rectory foi
children not so fortunate as to hav<
play grounds st home. We distributed
fly poijson to help rid the city ol
these disease spreading pests: we sent
out 1.000 bulletins asking citizens ol
the town to myet with us at' a mass
meeting called to discuss the present
unsanitary conditions existing ii
waantngton. we asKea every doctor
personally, to be present and to glv<
us helpful suggestions towards lm
proving these conditions.
Among a few of the objects w<
have in view are: To raise a func
for benefit of cleaning up city am
beautifying same (prices to be of
Hsred to boys under 16 years of agi
ior- beet results in eleantng town
prises to be offered to the girls undei
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NEW VAUDEVILLE ACT
ATJLYRIC T0NIGB1
"Morrell ft Jaeger' in * singlni
talking act Is tho^offei'lng at th
Lyric for the flrsObree days of thi
week opening tonight at this place o
of amusement.
The above mentioned artist ar
highly featured for their-refined act
and reportB are that their act Is
novelty and cater only to the beite
claas. '
For-the last half of the week "Th
Cryle Comedy Co." is slated for
three day's engagement, conslstlni
of eight people with a chorus of fir
beautiful girls. This company offer
entire changes every night and n
doubt but what this will have <-apa<
lty houses every night.
The regular , motion picture bill a
the Lyric continues to be only th
beet, and as s whole the msnagemen
spares no expense In offering th
amusement lovers pood entertalt
raent at the lowest possible price.
Mr. J. W. Boll, of BelfaOTon, N. C
la I* *0 cite.
T
NORTH CAROLINA, MONI?T AFTER!*
^onIqt|t and Tomo
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tent Association , I
g on November 12.
16 years of age for best results In
beautifying their horn* Jots, aide,
walks, and public places, as (for InItance)
our railway stations. a
Wo have enrolled over seventy ^
members. We hope within the year g1
to have three times this number. We tll
collect no fees, donations are volun- g)
tary. a
The officers and the executive com- tc
mittees are as follow*: \ p,
Mrs. John C. Rodman, president.- ^
Mrs. H. -W. Carter, viee-precldent. |
Mrs. II. L. Su?m*a. lr??4urtr.
Miss Mary Wright, secretary. o|
Mrs. Junius D. Grimes, assistant tl
secretary. * r T
Executive Committee?Civic De- j OJ
partment: Mrs. Samuel F*owle, Miss n(
> L. T. Rodman, Mrs. John H. Small. u|
Mrs. S. C. Bragaw, Mrs. B. Q. Mora. w
Executive Committee?Home De- y
partment: Mra. Nathaniel Harding, w
' Mrs. George Studdert, D. T. Tayloe;
W. C. Rodman,
i Finance Committee?Mrs. Dave
t Carter, Mrs. Baugham, Mrs. N. L.
. Simmons, Mrs. Hugh Paul and Mrs.
1 Tim Harding.
Any ladles desiring to become
> members will be cordiall} welcomed
r and are requested to hand in their
i names to Mrs. Whitnev or Mra J TV
Grimes, and are earnestly requested g
f to be present at our next meeting,
t November 12th, Tuesday afternoon j
f st four o'clock in the rooms of the
Public Library. . ?. 0
t To the citizens of our town we tl
i would say: Do you not Bee our ul,
timate object is the welfare of your -j
i town. We are working to make p
- Washington sanitary and beautiful t
and to accomplish this we must have t
t Washington interests and her co-op- f
v ftStty a
i ,rWf ?io not ask for office, t
- do not ask Jot funds? j
i Ww only want the interest, - j
Of your daughters and your f
r sons."' |
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NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS ;
[ ERECTED IN THE COUNTY;
i
l Beaufort county 1b forging rapid- c
e ly ahead in the way of erecting new
s school houses in different sections. i
f A new two-room building is being
erected at Pinevllle, Washington ^
township, in dietrlct .<Io. 1; one room (
e building Is under construction in (
district No. 12 in Richland township (
a H Core Point; one room building is ]
T being built in district No. 8, Pantego (
townships one room building Is under
construction in district No. 7, .
e Chocowinlty, known as Moore's
a school house.
1 All of these' bulding mean an oute
lay of bstwen four and flye hundred
1 dollars each. The people of Whar?
tons are now making plans for the
erection of a new building.
l| AtJTOED TO AURORA,
it Menu*. Prank H. Rolllna. JOaae L. l
e Warren, K. Hoyt Moore and H. <M. <
i- Jenklna want to Aurora yeeterday In
the ear of Mr. E. Hon Moor*. The
party left here abont nine o'clock I
and returned lnte In tho afternoon.
They had n rery enjoyable trip.
,i i ii n ii in ,nuy J "
AILY"
IOON. NOVEMBER 11. 1?1S.
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W
mpending Crisis is
m
Thought to be Near
in Balkan War0uf5
ch
en
Washington. Nov. 11.?Moved to un
speedy action by the Impending ex
dais in the Balkan war, the United
tates government today Intercepted Qj
ie revenue cutter Unalga at Port aR
lid, on her maiden voyage around
ie world, and ordered her to rush on
the coast of Asiatic-Turkey to
rotect the life and property In the
rent of a Moslem uprising against
>reignere.
The Unalga wilt patrol the coast .?j(
f Asia Minor pending the arrival of
ie cruisers Montana and Tennessee. tr(
hese two big warships, under rush te|
rders for the Mediterranean. wll|
at be able to sail from Philadelphia ca
ntil Monday and it will require two ^
eeks to make the voyage. The j ,
nlted States stationship Scorpion a
ill remain at Constantinople to af- W)
>rd protection to Americans there.
Should anti-foreign feeling be eQ
inned Into a flame as a climax of re
ie struggle between the Christian? |
nd the Turks, before the arrival or
He American warships, it is general- Bu
f supposed the British men-of war ^
round Constatinople will protect gt
le Americans if the Scorpion proaction
is inadequate. Color was $y
iven to this belief by a conference
Mlay by President Taft and James ?
iryce the British Ambassador. -j
The Unalga first will go to Beirut, ^
er ascertaining the eituation there
he cutter wljl start tor Smyrna,
'here ta no intention of sending the
evenue cutter to Constantinople at
his time. The fortunate position of
he Unalga so close to scene of warare,
created a feeling of relief here
a It is believed that the cutter will 1,1
ie able to give adequate protection to H
Americans and their property in k
Isiustic Turkey. She can easily af- y
ord asylum for more than 500 peo- g
tie and transport to safety and re- u
urn or more. ai
The Unalga. turned out of the
hlpyard at Newport News, Only last
iprlng, is a 1,100-ton vessel, armed e:
with three high-power six-pounder, a
apid-fire guns. She can make 14
cnots an hour. Capt. R. O. Crisp a,
commands the ship and she has a
:rew of 70 men. ^
American Ambassador Rockhill, at a
Constantinople, advised the State De- y
>artment today that 3lx more vessels
would be sent by the European pow- "
?rs to reinforce the six comprising s
:he .International fleet already lying t(
it anchor in the harbor of Constant!- Q
lople. He reports Constantinople is j
>rderl>\ ^
i. e. ScbTotices . i
for cmitt weeki
t
The following announcement for T
the First. Methodist church were 8
u
made by the paator yesterday: t
The Brigade held an Interesting c
meeting Sunday afternoon at four
o'clock. The Ladies' Aid Society
met this afternoon at the nana! hour y
with Mrs. O. A. Spencer- on East
Second street. Tha stewards will
meet tonight In the Baraca room of
the chnreh. Fall attendance to de- ii
Bp3ft . Atwkl -ij* -\..>Stedj xLu of
.. - - . . _
NE?
I'MANIGAL JUL
tfMI
rells How he
Around in Suit
Think of Danger
Indianapolis, Ind., Nor. 11.?
rapblc stories of how he caused exoslons.
carried dynamite In suit
iaes on passenger trains and che< kl
the explosive at railway stations
Lthout thinking of danger to others,
>w he waited to place bombs so
ght watchmen would not see him
id how from every city where he
ew up a "job" he seat a souvenir
iooh home to hiB wife in Chicago
ere related by Orle E. Mc.Manigal
i the witness tand in the trial of the
I accused "dynamite plotters" Sat day.
"Ping" an aiias of Herbet S. Hock,
McManigal said was the pass word
? gave to labor leaders in various
ties so they would know he was the
an sent to do a "job'\ He named
rank C. Webb, of New York; Micbil
J. Young, Boston; Richard H.
oulihan, of Chicago: James Coney,
Chicago, and Frank M. Ryan, all
Bclals ot the International Assocla>n
of Bridge and Structural Iron
orkers as among the defendants belles
the McNamara brothers, who
low he was employed as a dynaIter.
Young and Webb actually pointed
it non-union Jobs for him to blow
i, he said Hockin, now secretary :
the union, he described as the i
lcf of the McNamara dynamiting,
ew and said Ryan, president of the i
lion, had spoken to him about anil
plouion. 1
McManigal, confessed accomplice/
the McNamara brothers, appeared ,'
the chief witness for the govern- j
ent in Its charges that the men now j j
. trial illegally transported explo- I
res on passeiiger trains in connec- i
?n with the series of explosions, i
ie witness is prisoner of Los Anles
county and appeared as * i
Jan" to the federal government. * 1
After describing explosions at De- <
jit and at Clinton, la., McManigal ?
stifled: '
"Hockin came to my bouse In Chi- 1
go in October, 1908, and said he
d a job for me at Holyoke, Mass. i
said I had a good job working in i
new hotel in Chicago and did not I
int to give it up. He insisted, say- i
g he knew Huptcr, my superintend- i
,t and would fix it up so 1 might .
turn to work. Finally I consented, i
left Chicago October 13, carrying
out SO pounds of dyuamite in a i
ill ease, arriving at Sprtngtield, i
a6s., I checked the suit case at the!
atlon and went to Holyoke to look:
"er the job. Ou October 15 I set the i
rnamite on eome steel work, coil-]
5r. E. W. Sih
iti
#*? ww uo/w/iyn
Dr. E. W. Slices, professor of Hie?ry
in Wake Forest College, is comig
to Washington this week to dever
three lectures under what is
nown in North Carolina as "The
niverslty Extension Lecture Series
ystem." This movement was inaugrated
in our state about two years |
go by the State Literary and Mistical
Association.
This association has done sonic
xcellent work in our state in prototing
literary activity Snd in preervlng
the state's history, it will be',
Ben that this work is practically new :
i North Carolina. In the north and
'est, university lectures have been
n upbuilding force for a number of
ears.
ired. The committee on the revis-i
>n of the roll of the church will
leet at the residence of Mrs. Claude
ordan on West Second street Tuesay
evening at 7:30 o'clock. Prayer
leeting Wednesday evening at the
sual hour. The Brigade will celebrate
a Mite Box opening at the resi-(
ence of Mrs. W. E. Swindell on East
lecond street Friday evening. The
Cottage prayer meeting in Nlcholsonllle
on Friday evening will be held
it he residence of Mr. Giles Gurganis.
The meeting will be led by paeDr,
R. H Broom, of the First Methidlst
Church.
Mr. H. E. Hodges, of Old Ford,
ras on our streets Saturday.
Mr. E. P. Young, of Wilmington,
in the city.
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YTlr? ^5' fgfoZ
rs 1
lates story fl
lite outrages w
Carried Dynamite
Case and Didn't fl
ing the 50 feet of fuse inside Ibe suit !
case so the night watchman would !
not see the smoke. I then took a train,
for Chicago. ..ll
"Hockln soon came and said there
had been no explosion at Holyoke as *
the watchman had discovered the
bomb. He said the iron workers
union executive board would not allow
me the regular fee for that, but
he handed me $100 for expenses.
"About this time I met Coonejr.
uuion busiuess agent in Chicago. He
introduced me to Ryan. Ryan wanted
to know whether ! had seen Hockin
about the Holyoke job and 1 told
him I had.
"In February 1000 I met Cooney
again while both of us were working
at Lockport, III. Cooney asked I'.'w
me about blowlug up jobs for the
Chicago union. I told him 1 was not
permitted to work for anybody, but
the international union. He replied:
'Well then, all right, I'll get that
gang of safe blowers 1 had before.'
"While I was at Lockport Hock in
came down and informed uie he had
two more Jobs for me to do -one at
Roston and another at Hoboken. N.
J. I went to Jollet and there bought
50 pounds of dynafite. Hockin said
I was first to go to Boston and get in V
touch with Mike Young and then I
wa* to go to New York and get in
touch with Webb. He said I should
tell them that Ping had sent roe - j
there and they would understand
what I came for. After the Jobs
were blown up I was to send a telegram
to L. A. Noel. 208 Vermont
ivenue, Detroit, saying stock bad
>een sold in Boston and Hoboken and
tignifylng the dates of the explo
uona And slguing 'Ptng * I
"At Boctoa ! eb?ck?d U>e <lm- 1
mile u Uie >utl<.?. ww* U
mil ,r J fcwt Vouttt.'^IU' tWk n?e
>01 Mid allowed me ?h?n the, were
?r?ct*?ij a ms opera boos*, and said.
Put a shot in there that'll raise
"At night on March 27 1 put the
suit case containing 2 5 pounds of
lynamite in the building, and after
lighting a .50-foot fuse went to the
station, but finding I had missed my
[rain 1 went to a hotel for the night,
after sending a souvenir spoon to
my wife, as 1 did at each city.
"The next day 1 went to New York
and called at a labor hall in 4 2d
street. From a man there 1 learned
tnat Webb lived in 123d stret.. I saw
Webb at his housp, an dsaid 'Ping
sent me here.* He replied. Yes, 1
thought you were the man.'
zs to Lecture
on This Week 1
Dr. Sikes will lecture in the public
school auditorium Thursday evening
and Friday afternoon of this
week --the subject of these two lectures
will be the history of Poiltcal
Parties in America. On Friday evening
he will lecture on ecinnmlM
the subject bcinp "Wealth and Poverty."
Dr. Sikcs com* s to Washington under
the aupsfces of the public school
and public library. The hours for
his lectures will be announced in >2
due time as will also the syllabus of
each of his lectures. These will be
published In the Daily News.
Bvery citizen is cordially invited
to be present at each of these lectures.
There is no charge for admission.
:em?e1hocks felt
in county yesterday
. n
p Mr. J. A. Wilkinson, of Helhaven,
N. C., was a passenger on the Norfolk
Southern this morning. Mr.
Wilkinson states that yesterday there $8
were distinct earthquake shocks felt
in the town of Edenton and the shock
and roar was so perceptible that pcxvple
attending the different "churches
Efl
left the edifices. Around Pungo?
Pantego and other places in the low- 3a
er part of the county the ahock was J
also felt. No little excitement was . j
canted thereby. Mr. Wilkinson saya 2
that the shock lasted at leant one '
half hour.