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Chair Next Fri
Mann Intervenes
Rlehmond. Vs., Not. It.?The j
State Supremo Court yesterday re- <
fused to frant a a?w trial for Floyd
Allen *Bd hla son. Clauds Allen, eon- 1
Tictsd of participation la the Hills,
rtlls court murders.
They wars sentenced to death in 1
the slsctrio chair at ths penitentiary 1
bars Friday. November tl
Governor Mann, it Is believed, will 4
not. interfere with the execution of *
the court's judgment.
Floyd Allen was convicted May 17. I
a peel heal ly for the knitag of Com- i
monwealth'a Attorney WMUtm Foe- 1
tor. Hie eon, tried on the charge of I
hilling Judge Horn too L. Maaeie. was 1
convicted and sentenced to fifteen i
years In the penitentiary. A second i
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NIOTT HFT!?: 1
. DELIVER OPENING AQOIESS
Wuktastoa. D. C.. Iter. 1,.?Th.
ninth annul eonrnntlon o( th. N?ttonnl
Rhrara and Harbor. Omenta I
whkii mw%m IB Ull* CIV/ on UfWU
ber 4 to continue la session three
dare, gives abundant prom lee of being
the moat largely attended convention
thle n?nnlatlon baa bad sine*
1U reorganisation at th# old Arlington
a decade ago.
President Taft will deliver the
opening addipea and la expected to
etlll further emphaaisn his poeltion
looking to a broad and atatesmaahke
poller br the national government,
la the treatment of the waterways of
?>. vthe country to the end that^all
mar he made aaviggbia.
And after the present administration
la ended progressive elttbena In
all the states will look to s democartfe
administration to carry on the
work of rlvar,' harbor and canal improvement
now under way on the
ground that ths platform of the
Democrats Is even stronger than the
platforms of other parties with respect
to this vary vital question.
The result of the general ejection,
whlel it does not affect the advancement
of sentiment for waterway improvement
in harmony with the doctrines
of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress, has in a number
of Instances changed the personnel
qAgfce committees of both bouses having
to deal with river and habror appropriation*.
The Senate Committee on Com>
marcs, which consists of seventeen
numbers, lost two?Messrs. Bourne 5
of Oregon, Republican, and Percy of 1
Missipslppl. Democrat?while Vtbe {
House Committee ?n rivers and bar- 1
bors, oopsiMlng of twenty-oae memMcMWVj^MMof
Lousiana. EUerbe 1
' ofc SdMb iroffna and Boehne of In- '
diana. L.vwreace of MaasbchaWtta. 1
Davidson of Wisconsin, Young of 1
Michigan. Rodenberg of KBlaols and *
Kennedy of low. MWMr ;
The only memberWWhe^ Houec
Committee who will continue in Con- 1
crees le Mr. Ranedell, who hie been 1
elected to the 8enate Hie dlstlngn- <
Ished service not Only In the Honee 1
but ee preeldent, since Its reorgaatia- 1
tlon, of the Nntlonml Rivers end Her- 1
bore Congress, should In ths very an- 1
ture of thtngs pleoe Mat upon the 1
Comsserre. Committee t?T the Senate. '
The <i?fd*?ver isudWasWa ' the
Commer?'Committee are Muss IS 1
Nelson or Mtansots. PrWineof Call- 1
fornla, Smith ,af Michlksd. stephaDurnham
of New HnmpsblfO.'Crawford
of South Dakota and Oliver of
Peaiayteaata, Republicans; Martin
of Virginia, Simmons of Ndrth"Carolina,
Nswlanda of Nevada. Bankhead
of Alahamk, Fletcher of Florida and
Reed of Missouri, Democrats.
Now that the Democrats are practically
assured ef control of the Seoate,
Mr. Nelson will be retired from
the chairman ship of the commerce
committee to ra Democrat, the mem.
bershlp of the committee being increased
by the addition of four to
make ep the tea. the apportionment
accorded to the majority party. Than
are alas RepnbUcao members of the
HHEHHp2"2
si*.?
>n Claude Lose in
? Supreme Court,
Die in the Electric
day Unless Gov.
Irial mu MMmnt for tba killing
of Attorney meter reeulted In e conrletion
for mtlrder In the Irat degree.
July IT.
The appeal to tko Supreme Court
for new trlnlr. decided adrereely to- <
lay, tad teen pendlnn for romo time
but Virginia ofKtali tare proceeded j!
lib arraagemeata for tba executloo
If the men, beltertac that no clembody
would be etewo. j; '
The HUlerllle uourt toaea ohootlng
In Marrh, when tba Allen clan reaentId
tte conrlctlon of Ployd Allen on a /
BI nor Ctarse bp tilling Are pereona
In Ike court room, la etlU holding attention
In Virginia bedaaae ot tba
trial of Sldna Allan, the clan loader.
?oui undar way at WytberWe.
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CUE AH TROUBLE5
I WgeMagtee, D. CoNor. yL-Are- _
port WU clretloud recently that the
mlMW of oqoattori oa the banks
it tha Cksoanska aid Albemarle ch- ?
>a) had canaad tha war Oeaai laseml ?
la hold ap tha- panh? of tha prep- th
irtj until tha MUa aoaM ho fnllr In- Tc
reatlpated. ha appropriation of ?c
liPO.OOO woo maOa at the last aaatb?I
th
s'orlolk to Bhhlalwt Inland water- ?l
?
nopraaontatlTo Small, a member ea.
>f tha rtrara and harbors oommltteo ha
>r the Houoo which drafted tha Ml
i>ored Incessantly for puaj jMn, In- * "
it'tnted inquiries to determine the ln
Kjurce of the report Mid the real to
itatUH of the project. ^
Subsequently Hepreeentatlve Small
las given the following statement of 8U
ihe status of the project up to date: *"
"The purchase of the canal as anihorised
at the last session of Centres
shas been placed In the hands P?
rt Major Wnslow, who U the district DO
engineer at Norfolk. The search of
:be title fa being made under the department
of Justice. The canal prop
?rty la divided Into two parts, one 1
known an the Virginia cut and the th
Jtber known an the North Carolina
iut. The search of title to the prop- 00
irty la Virginia has ben placed in lo
the hands of Mr. Lawrence Qroner,
Qnltcd States district attorney, Norfolk.
and for (he North Carolina cut Bl
m the hands of Mr. H. T. Seawell, h0
Lvv r!J i-- : nA
aitimet attorney ror eastern North ?
Caroline, whose postofflee Is Carth- an
ige. ,nl
"Am preliminary Major Wins low Bl
repaired the company to mark the
boundaries of the right-of-way with thl
substantial cement monuments. Mr. atl
BurweJI, manager fer the company, da
has already located the monuments ?
[or the North Carolina cut and hopes
:o complete those for the Virginia I
;nt hy November 20. Both district
Utorneya either are angaged or will
won he engaged in searching the
Itle to the property. It appears that
here are no squatters who will give Tc
my trouble. Aa soon as the two district
attorneys report the titles satisfactory,
the deed (will be prepared
sad the money paid, hat the date of *r
aonsnmmntion to indefinite. - ch
the opinion that M
the work ought to be completed and
Oka title passed by Oecamber 15," ^
A* the election did not chute the ot
party complexion ot the House, the b<
spportlonment ot the Klrers end to
Harbor* Committee wll remain the ac
same, with Mr. Bparkman, of irior- lo
Ide, as chairman The new hem- b]
ben. asenmlnd the preoent members dc
reelected will he reappointed, there m
wUl he three Democrats ud are Re
publicans.
Reel dee the chairman, the reelect d
Domocrata are Bnrieas of Texas.
Humphrer. of Mississippi, Tayloe of
Alabama. Bdwards ot Oeottla. Small ;
of North CaroHaa, Boo tier ot Mls onjl,
Oallather ot nilaola. Drtecoll ^
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SERVIANS CAj
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London; Hot. 19 ? Bulletin, re- ti
Ired from oaveral British eorre- ft
sndeats near the front agree tk?t
a long expected battle at the y
hatalja Knee la progressing The 8
nnonadlng 1? clearly heard In Con- U
uittnopls. V'.. *
An oftclal communication says tl
at an attack by the Bulgarian right tl
as at Blyuk Chekmedye baa teen
ceeaafvlly tnpulaed. Another mea- a
Be aaya the Bulgarian left wlag baa tl
en repulsed. b
Tho French . ambassador tele- n
aphed at 4 o'efbek that the battle fi
o'clock In the afternoon aald that .ft
view of the heavy cannonade all r*
land detachments of bluejackets
>m the foreign warships to guard b
b streets leading to Pera. The a
kali German warship Lore ley was u
signed to protect the railway ata- h
>n. .v ' It
According to the same message b<
rfect order prevails in Constantl- v
pie. tl
Great Battle Opens. T
Constantinople, Nov. 19?1,0:45 p. s
?The great battle between the
ilgarlans and Turks is on all along a
e line of the Trhatalja fortifies- d
>ns. Nazln Pasha, the Turkish &
mmander-ln-chlef, sends the ft>|* h
sing dispatch: .'./ * Ul'r I*
"The battle which commenced It
terday morning with an attack by %
ilgarian Infantry lasted until one o
ur after sunset. The enemy, who
anced chiefly facing our right wing cj
d our center, was repulsed by our p
fantry and artillery Are. Three g
ilgarian batteries were destroyed." d
AH through the day the sound of n
e heavy guns was heard In Con- tl
tntinople. . It ceased only with
rknees. The firing along the en- e
EMBERS 8F CORN CLUB It
SHOULD HEED NOTICE
> the Members of the Boy's Corn
Club of Beaufort County: 8
Notice Is hereby given that I have ^
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ranged with the Aurora Fair Asso- ^
stion to have boy's corn Judging 4,
id prise awarding day at Aurora in a
unectton with the Aurora Fair on b
xorsday. December 5th. I want II
ery boy in the club to be in Aurora h
t that' day and bring 10 of the v?ry li
et ears of corn that be may be able n
elect from the horn grown on his e
re. These exhibits will also ? al- p
#ed to enter for premiums offered h
' the Aurora Fair Association. Boys
> not fail to send your reports to
e at once or to Mr. W. L. Vaughaa.
Yours for successful farming,
JOHN F. LATHAM. c
- Collaborator. ^
OOMI TO NORFOLK.
Mr. J. c. Rodmu left thle morn.
K Tie the Norfolk Southern'tor NorIk,
iter ehe expect. to epeod mr- \
?1 den. WkUe there ehe will be t
sveet of Cel. end kn. W. B. i
odmjta 1
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tTH CAWUNA, TU?BDAY A.FTM1
pturb
stronghold
Ire line wm Mill); preparatory
? an lnfantry'e|Wk.
The Turkish battery kept firing
lgoroualy. Tbe Turkish ships in the
ea of Marmora abated the Bulgarin
poaltloaa.. Undoubtedly the fleet
\ tho Black 8ea alao took part In
ke engagement, tkeagb details from
kat point are lacking.
In Uxe afternoon the wind shifted
nd it eeemed l?r a time aa though
ke battle ha^'thfcAod^fot again the
oomlng was heard and the more-;
tent of troopa could be observed not j
ir from the gatea of thf capital. AI
etachment of several thousand from |
ka TchauOJMIldk wa^^fstfaeed by I
reah troopa who had been held laaserve
near the city.
The refugees behind the lines
egan breaking camp oarly in the day
nd moved . back toward Constantlople.
Tbe Greek villagers, who
eretofore bad remained admirably
idifferent to events, prepared to Aaert
their homes. While calm proailed
there was a deadly tension in
ic knowledge that the fate of the
urkish army and Constltnople was
t stake.
8everal members of the legations
nd other foreign residents witness
escribe as magnificent, on the sea of
[armora, and the shelling from
Sight arrows Blyuk Chekmodye lake
hd over the plains toward the north,
he flashes of the guns on both sides
erh visible to observers over miles
f low country/ ;
nimiD too cuy ?very military presution
wm taken. Pickets were
osled at various points and patrols
uardod tli? streets. ( The arobassaors
held a meeting at the foreign
mtstry with the commanders of
le Ottoman gendarmerie and delaed
measures for the safety of forigners.
mm FALLS SENSELESS
ON BIS STEAMER
Captain Robert Burrus, of the
teamer Blanche, plying between
Washington and Belhaven and
ladssvlllo on yesterday while sitting
a the main saloon of the steamer
Biking to friends, fell to the floor in
n unconscious state. He was
rought to this city and carried to
he Fowls Memorial Hospital, where
la condition is still precarious. The
fcte reports from the hospital this
aornlng are that he la atill in a
oma. Dr. Rodman is his pending
hysician. His many frleiras wish
4m a speedy recovery..
PI-RCHA8IJWJ STOCK.
Messrs. H. H. Carrow and Claude
larrow. of the Haseel Supply Comany.
are now In 8t. Louts purchaatvg
horses and mules for the stable*
- FOB VWTEEN MARKBTH.
Mr. Howard Win field la now In
Western markets purchasing a oaroad
of horses and mules. Due antouneement
of their arrival will be
Bade through the Dally News.
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INOOK, NOV KM BUI If, 111*.
iorrow - -Cooler
'OURS"
i",
NEXT MISTRESS OF
white uniicc ihtcdti
vvuiib uuudb niitibrii
Mrs. WflOdrow Wilson, the nex
"Mistress of the White House." hsi
accepted the position of Khnorarj
President of the Woman's Auxlllar*
of the Southern Commercial Con
gress.
Mrs. Wilson accepted the poaitioi
on October 16, in Philadelphia, whet
she and Miss Jessie Wilson held ?
conference with Dr. Clarence J
Owens, menacing director of Thi
Southern Commercial Congress, relative
to the purposes of the Congress
and the plans for the Woman's Aux
iliary.
Mrs. Wilson la a native of Georgt:
and- la - Intensely ie?erested -not:-sal]
In the development of the South, bui
also of the nation along lines of general
education, vocational education
and In the solution of all economU
problems, both urban and rural, at
they relate to the home as well as tc
the business world.
The first congress of the women ol
the South will be held In Mobile,
Alabama, at the time of the fifth annual
convention of The Southern
Coxerclal Congress and both will b<
coincident with the opening of iht
Panama Canal.
The full Cabinet of national officers
will be announced in a few days
It will include the following, vlx:
Active President, Vice-Presidents
Treasurer, General Secretary and at
Executive Committee.
President Duncan U. Fletcher will
appoint State Presidents for the sixteen
states Included In the territory
of the Congress. These will in tun
Appoint taeir cabinets and count)
presidents. The county president!
will organize clubs of fifty, one clut
for a couu?.y.
Dr. Owens made the announcemen
of the selection of Mrs. Wade Hamp
ton for the office of General Secretary.
Mrs. Hampton Is the daughter-in-law
of General Wade Hampton,
of South Carolina. She will b<
located In the Southern Building anc
will work In co-operation with Managing
Director Owens, of the Con
gross
The aims of the Woman's Auxiliary
will be the name as for Th<
Southern Commercial Congress. Th?
power of organized effort 8f th<
women of the country will be brought
to bear on the questions the Con
<resa ia now endeavoring to solved
few of theae problems are natlona
as Vocational Education in the Unit
ed States, the investigation of the Eu
ropean systems of co-operative agri
cultural credits and the relation o
the United States to the Panama Ca
nal and the Latin-American coun
tries. This last subject has beoomt
lnter-national in its scope. With re
spect to the foregoing, The Southeri
iComercial Congress 'a recognised b:
I departments of the federal govern
ment and by many national organise
tions, aa holding a position of na
tlonal leadership.
Other activities of the Congrea
are with respect to the fololwlag
Morgan Memorial at Panama; South
em Exhibit; Drainage; Uniform Ta:
Laws; Breaking Up Large Planta
tions; Publicity; Wsterwsya; Fores
try snd Vital Statistics.
The Southern Commercial Con
gross called the conference on voca
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afti
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Woman's Betterme
Clean up City Pri
mg E>ay. Plans E
Ab indicated in yesterday's paper cu
Wednesday. November 27th, will be of
observed as Traah Burn Log Day. of
The Woman's Betterment Aaaocia- Mi
tlon desires to clean up the town be- co
fore Thanksgiving' Day and asks mi
every citizen and property bolder to pi
aid in the work. tei
The following plan will be follow- tri
eu to attain this end: ax
A prize of five dollars will be of- tb
fered to the white boy who contrib- fla
utes the largest pile of trash; one of hi
three dollars to the one who contrib- co
utes the second largest, and one of th
two dollars to the one who contrib- )y.
utes the third largest.
Each boy who desires to help in bo
the work and get the prize money pli
should get busy rlgbt now. do to th>
each merchant and householder and to
secure from them the right to get all col
the trash, old papers, boxes and other
inflammable matter on their prem- W
isea on tbe^25th and 24th of Novein- at
ber. Then make arrangements to
, suitable to the steed obtained for jev<
i| those afternoon* to haul the trash &e-|Wi
GREAT SHOW AT ~Ti
THEJ^YRIC THEATER
Among the features on the pro- 1
gram at the Lyric last evening the ltd
>rWilaon & Frank ford-* act In a high- E.
class singing talking and feature bui
dancing was a novelty, opening for for
a three day's engagement and wan d?r
well received by the audience. pre
Mies Frank ford's dancing was one 1
of the main features and was exceed- pre
ingly clever and pronounced to be fcul
tfnt of rb* MR imwn b"?|tfc0
and her costumes were beautiful, the
Uttlc artist wearing a Harem ekirt
different from the majority of acts, ren
but rendered a blend to the act that ?le
was very high-class and entertaining.
to
Mr. Wilson's songs were very good, ^a
however we have beard better, but are
taking the act aa a whole no crlticiam *rtli
can be said. The motion pictures 07
were another feature well worth Hei
mentioning and some of the best we l>r?'
have seen in some time. Today's
program offers an entire change of
program in vaudeville and pictures.
PLANT Kl'XXllfi DAILY. 1
C.t
W. S. D. Eborn, manager of the Attl
Farmers Ginning ft Milling Co., of frlc
Uunyan. N. C., announces to the pub->
Jl/t fKaf ?hfl n/?w o-!nw.l?- n|anr t- ...? i
nlcg every day and Chey are pre|
pared to gin for all that come 3
promptly. They have ginned 80
' ba'cM and every one Is pleased with
' his turnout. Highest prices paid for
^ tint cotton and cotton seed.
MRS. PHILLIPS INDISPOSED.
?? (te
The ninny friends of Mrs. T. \V. n*8
j Phillips will regret to learn of her lbo
( indisposition. Bhe is now confined
fo her hoTne on West Second elreet
and her condition Is thought to he
precarious.
call
. and
? tional education, held In the Senate cor
; office building last December that at
? federated the national federations on cor
t this subject and Las actively con
ducted the campaign alnce.
r The Southern Commercial Con1
gresa called the conference on Rnraj 1
- Credits held in NaaLviLIe, Tenn., last F
April, presided over by Hon. David c
- Lubin, of Rome, Italy, which has ret
sutled in the plan now fully work- j
- ed out to send a commission to Bu- foo
- rope next May to make a study of ant
a the systems in operation with the ter
- view of solving this question for the
i American farmer. Many national or- ?
r ganixallons have given endorsement 3
- to the plan. The commission will go *
- from New York, April SC.
The Southern Commercial Con- ]
gres will hold its fifth Congress at a ]
time to enable the thousands of dele- 1
: gates to go to the Canal for the for- |
- mal opening ceremonies. In these *
t plans the Congress has the endorse- J
- ment of the Deportment of 8tate of i
- the United States and of the Pan. 3
American Union. Secretary Knox and J
^ Director Oeberal Barrett are gtelng <
-(active co-operation. e
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IS1 BURNING DAY j
nt Association to fl
ior to Thanksgiv>e
vised. $
i
red. Haul all of this to 1h? farm JB
Dr. 8. T. Nicholson, located hack n
Mr. B. B. Nlcholeon'8 residence on
srket street, and place la a pile. A
mm it tee of the Woman's Betteren
t Association will hare charfte of jM
ling the trash so that each constant
will be protested and his . ?
ash properly labeled. Bach citlsen
id property owner la requested by
e ladies to hare all trash and Inmm
a bio material on his lot or la
a bouse collected and placed In a
nvenicnt place on those dates so
at the boys may get it convenient- |
Jk
The trash collected by tbe colored
ys will be placed In a separate ^9
see In Dr. Nicholson's held and
e same amounts offered in priaes
the white boys are offered to the
iored boys.
The Big Fire will take place on
edneeday afternoon, November 27.
3 p. m.
The Woman's Betterment Associan
desires it to be the biggest fire
er seen in the neighborhood of
ublaglOD. S?
IRISTIAN CONVENTION III !
mm fl! FAK1VILLE
rho annual confervr.ce of the Bine
gc Atlantic Conference of the M.
Church will convene at .Marshall g.
X. C., to morrow and will last
one week. Blehop Theodore H?nfon.
of Chattanooga. Tenn., will
aide.
rhere will be about one hundred j
achers present and at last two
>dred laymen and visitors. Anion*;
.V ji IfLMJ -if I 1 , ?? ?W i""
atxraarag xob aonrei riiPt i rorn
shlngton will be Rev. J. H. War;
Rev. E. A. Lowthar. D. D.. of Bt.
phen'e M. E. church. New York,
proposed president of the college
be established here; Mr. P. H.
rrt-u and wife, of Asheville, who
the gueats of Rev. J. H. Warren. 3
? evening at Moreheod City, Rev.
Lowthar will preach. Bishop
ideraon was to have been the
acber, but be could not reach the
n In time to fill the appointment.
IX THK CITY.
fcr. H. E. Tripp, of Farm?ill?, N,
was here yesterday en route to
'ora, N. C? to vielt relatives and ;v
nds. ;k
IIKTL'RXS HOMK.
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ilrt. Charles Alllgood left yesterfor
Hyde county, where *he ext?
to make her future ome.
HOHTON1A 8KXTETTK CLUB.
rhla cumber Is the attraction at
Public School Auditorium to- ^
bt. being the second ncmbeT of
Lyceum Course.
nBliUUB tXJMML"NCATK?X.
rheer will be a regular communiion
of Orr Lodge, No. 104, A. F.
I A. M., at their hall this evening,
ner of Third and Bonner streets
8 o'clock. All visiting brethren ?vi*
dially invited to be present.
COTTON MAHKKT. j
:d
Lint Cotton, IS ct?. -yj
ieed Cotton, $4.60.
Totton Seed, $20 per ton.
>oor food or lack of nutritious
d, food not properly prepared. 4
I overwork and underfeeding foaconsnmptlon.
4EW ADVERTISEMENTS t
IN TODAY'S NEWS ^
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Iallett * Davis Piano Co. *
dri?. ||H
toston Rubber Shoe Oo. . :9|
lonthem Distilling Company. * J
V. C. Hathaway. J
!, K. Hoyt.
r am* - Clark.
Wlleon Freckle Cream. .V'bH
1. U (VQuLan.
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