ijpfianded.
The committee appointed br MlL.
C Warren, chairman, pursuant
to the tesolntioas ndoptel at the last
Democratic County Convention, met
on December 13th, 1911. to consider
an dsuggest amendment* to tbo acta
^ creating the Recorder's Court4 In'the
Washington, Belha*?#?"aad Aurora
districts. A. quo ram of the appointees
being present, the committee organized
by electing Mr. A. D.' Mac14>n
a. ch*lm.n .ml Mr. L. M.
Scott, aa secretary or the meeting.
Tbo general pnrpoeo of the meeting
was stated to be to consider.
<1> The salaries to be p \id the I
(reorders and Clerks ot said courts:
,lli The revision ad redaction of I
ccms and fese la said courts; and
.3) Tho guarantee of trial b>
'.nrr In said court u-hrn dcmande-1 by
tup person indicted? " 'th.^ i
committee was that these three fes\
teres should be etnbodled in amendments
to the acts creating said courts
upon motion duly seconded the following
resolutions were adopted:
Resolved. That the Senators from
this district and the Representatives
from Beaufort County he requested
te Introduce bills amending the acta
mating the Recorders' Courts for
tbo Washington. Belharen and Aui
:ra districts in substantially the following
form:
(1) "The Oeneral Assembly of
North Carolina do enact: Section
, Ofte: That section eight of chapter
74. public local lawe of 1921, entitled.
"An Act to establish a special
Br criminal oonrt In tho City of Washf:
? 1 iqgton and In Washington Township,
ljong Acre Township and Chooowlnlty
Township, otc., etc., ha and. the
tamo hereby la raapoalod and said
wjeKht act la farther amended by adding
thereto the following:
Section Two: Th? RprnrHor nf
Raid court. In lion of all ?thor fees
and costs, shall .receive a salary of
seres tjflve dollars per month, and
the olerk of die said court, In Hen
V of all other costs and fees, shall receive
a salary of twenty-flro dollars
per month, which salaries shall be
payable mopthjy by the Treasurer Oil
Beaufort County at the same time
and In the same manner as now prescribed
for payment of the salaries
of eonnty officers. Whenever a sub,
rtitute Hecorder or Deputy Clor*
shall be appointed and serve ln place
of ibo regular Recorder, or clerk ol
said rQart, he shall be entitled to th?
aalan Of such Recorder or clerk, re
pectin iy. during the time engaged
fljhd the fame shall be dedutoed front
RffftvjM U|e rnoaithly salary payable to suet
Recorder or Clerk,
.Section Three: The costs tsxahh
iA sale} Recorder's Oourt shall be th<
same as are now taxable In a Jus
tlce's Court for aU cases of^ which i
j odiiuc ui iuo r?KD wouia nave
final Jurisdiction. that in (6 nr. thi
coats la the Recorder's 'Court foi
casee which may now be tried by I
: .. Jaatica of the Peace, or which boro
t afore were triable by tha Mayor'i
Court, thajl be the- same aa era noa
prescribed by layy la Juatlce'e Oohrts:
and In all other canes triable "by til
said Recorder, the coats shall'be th,
same aa la the Buperlor Court, fe
cept that a fee of one dollnr shall bi
tamed fdr trial and lodgment upor
each defendant oohyleted. .ohoylder
that In all 'caaei before the Reeordei
witnesses and Inrora shall each hi
entitled Id fifty eenta per day "am
mileage, hot only two witnesses ti
sepport of any material fact shall b,
allowed to tile. Erery d-fendan
oonrtctsd nod adjudged guilty b:
..Id court. Or who plaad? guilt:
court shall eol'-et all coatB and^One
lines tmtnwM and collected durim
each nreeed'p* month, either wit'
the Ro?rd of C'luimissinners o
Denttfort Oonery. or with the 01-r
?
be Re uC ?d and
ial-by Jury When
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floes imposed, with a minute of the
proceedings and of the Judgment of
thg court in each case, which record
or docket shall be open to inspection
at all times. All costs and fines so
imposed and collected shall to payable
>r?ekly by .the clerk of said court
to ibe Treasurer of Boaurort County,
who shall credit the saao to the gen''
era! county fund, but the fines so collected
shall bo held by tho said
Treasurer for the purposes now prescribed
by 1 iw.tr- ft} U .
fotioa jfoui In eyery case of
which the Recorder way bare final
Juiladlctlon, the defendant, upon demand
therefor, shall be entitled to a
trial by Jury, but before making such
demand the defendant tttlfst baro
ploaded "not guilty" toths warrant
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I*
The procedure in the ' MMffl
.Coift upon demand for a Jury, as
a forbid, shall ho the same, as nearly
as nhsjKAe, as Is now provided by
law for a Jury In Justice's Courts
| and the costs taxable against the defendant
therefor shall be the same
as In Justice's Courts, except that in
all cases of w^xlch a Justice of the
Peace would harp Jurisdiction, the
Jury^ shall be drawn from the Towpshlp
in which the alleged offffnco was
committed, and In ail &her cases an
eqnsl number ot~ Jurors shall bo
drawn from Washlurton. I^org Aero
and Chocowinlty Townshlos, hut this
requirement shall not apply to talee~mM**
jwbpf piay be snmmouwl from
the bystanders, or ?a the court fnay
direct, to make up the Jurr 18 the
reynlar panel be exhausted. The
costs for a Jury , In the Recorder's
Court shall be the same ss In a Justice's
Court, except that Jurors shall
?rh receive fifty cents ner d?v and
milesae: and'In esse of conviction.
' the defendant, "hall he taxed with a
i tn^y tax of three dollars, which sum
I Shall be deposited when demand for.
; a Jnrrli made.
I 8eet*on F'ce; The "Board of CommJaafonera
of be*mfort County mav.
i at ai?T Interval of a?x monthc J*<)hh
i and after Jn?e 1. 11?13. reduce the
: month!* aalarv n?c?b1e to Mid ReI
corder or to ea'd Clerk. if the or.
n?e?? of ro?*H>irt'n(r the a*>d com*
: ?h*t? he fn?nd to recced the coeta
- and fe?a collected therefrom.
Beet ion Btx: Bald Board of Co?Or
> ty Commtaalonera may, at -any wrat
lar meetloa. annotot a aubatftate
? Recorder and*a Deauty Clerk to *
eretaea the function* and nerf.irm the
. of the recti lar Recorder'and
1 Clerk, reanertlraty. fa eaaa of his or
1 their ahaence or #?*Mllty.
Reet?oh Re cm: Thin Act ahail be
1 In force from and after Ita ratlBca*
t'on. and any act or nm-rteloa 1n con"
aict herewith la hereby renealed In
I an , as mail Mnfllal mav i IIia
said ewnvi ee ft# prdreedlnys ?# herein
nesecv'bed."
,(? "The General Assembly of
North Caroline do onset:
Section One: Thot section flveof
chapter 7rt." public l*Wi of loos,Entitled
'An Act to create a ft^orajsrra
r<555E$per6B5LoZ BelhaWn-aml
Pantcgo Township, etc.' be and the!
ante hereby la repealed. .
Section Two: That sa|d Recorder
shall exercise' thccfunctiona and pexform
the duties of Recorded, as well
?? of Clerh ofjpald Oenrt anshall
receive. In Uen of aU othor ftes and
costs, the ism of thirty-five dollars
per month, parable monthly by the
Treasurer of Beaufort County at the
same time and In the same manner
as prescribed for payment of salaries
to county officers, provided that at
any Interval of six months fr'rtm and
after June 1st. 1918, the Board of
Commissioners of said county may
reduce the said salary If It be foond
that the axpense of condncflnf the
said court si needs the teea and costs
J collected therefrom.
' Mill i iiii
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CONGRESS TAKt
IMp| .UNTIL
lively maneuvers marked*"
the cuoenro bckneh op ses- of
SION?TAFT8 MESSAGE WAIT- ???
. ~ . * : ret!
bd. . froi
ciai
Washington, Doc. II.?Congress ^ve
adjourned for tho Christmas holi- ate
days yesterday after some lively 3ior
maneuvers to get President Tail's to j
message into the record, secure ac- wh'
tion on the ynaidvt'a recent appoint- 8P?
| Archball impeachment trial to the
point where they may be disposed of nr
early in January. The house was |([
1 unable to get a quorum and adjourned
after a 17 minute aeBSlon without
even having received the President's
i message.
| The message waited for four hours l
to secure entrance Into the Senate, the
When that body convened at noon mo
| the Republican senators asked for hot
immediate consideration again of ton
I their demand for an executive sea- to
aion to take up appointments. Tbr
Democrats consented to the plan and a<
nntll tne impeachment trial automat- mu
Ically took the: floor at 1:30 o'clock attl
the 8enate fought over the filling of
presidential offloes. with the debate
carried on behind tightly closed IIfl
doors. It was not until the impeach
ment court adjourned about 4 o'clock ;T
that the President's-message was rooelved
and read.
Both houses of Congress adjourn- '
ed to meet on Thursday. January 3.
The 8enate sitting as a court of 4xn ?.
peachment will reconvene Friday q
January 8. The house money trust ?
committee, winding up Its session ?UI
with J. P. Morgan at 3:30 adjourned tn?
until 3 o'clock. Monday. January ?.
Practically all bualness. of Congress '
will etand In abeyance throughout e
the holidays' and a majority of the er
membefh of both houses will leave n
I Washington for the vacation. aja
I Tlia Oak a lint nnn an.
polntment, that of John H. Brown,
4 poetmaater at Concord, S. H? In
ti^ta^ttd^half W^WMilT, d?- ___
whoee term as Interestntereobimoice
comnlHjonsr axptrea, December II. 00
Senator Hoke Smith, acting fojjuany tbf
Democrats, offered a resolution tbr w<
the epaflnnatton ef army and nary
appointments, but the Rspnblloan
teuton loatited on starting at the
head ot the Hit for the eoeal deration w<
of postmasters. ?o
Objections by Senator Hitchcock,
Democrat, that the poatolHoe appoint- ?
menu had not received consideration f"
bir tho fnll mombenhlp of the pom- *"
office commute, drew the dectarattea
by the full membership ot the
postofflce committee, drew the dectratloh
from Senator Lodre that. If this
point was forced. H woeld be ambarra
sains throughout the adinlnlstralion
of Wood row Wilson Senator ,n
Lodca declared that tho annate had B
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sir
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:s RECESS
AFTER XMAS
sot to show in previous change*
administrations the senate always
Armed the appointments of the
ring presidents, met a sharp reply
nt Senator H6ke Smith. He deed
that Pfgjjdeut Taft hrd sent
r 1.S00 appointments to the sep
during three weeks of this scsi,
while PrafMent Cleveland sent
but 40a appointments during the
>le three mdhthe ot the lift ConCULAR
SERVICES AT
- FIRST BAmsrCHURGB
There will he m.uIm aorvlnu in
Flrat Baptist church Sunday
riling and evening at the uaual
ir?. The pastor. Rer. H. P. Dal.
gives a cordial Invitation to all
be present. Sunday school will
st at the usual hour. 9:JO.o'clock.
P. Willis, b upe tin ten dent. Good
ale at both services and polite and
Wtlvo ushers. All welcome.
ItlDAY ROSE NOW ON
. IN RESPECTIYE STORES
Washington today is crowded with
fcpeetive Christmas purchasers,
m street looks as if it were akin
Broadway, judging by the large
Bber of visitors on the street. Ail
stores are today being thronged
h spectators and bargain banters
a Daily News has already given
i visitors an insight of 'what was
o and they are rushing to tbd city
ajfreqwanos.'' '* from
now until Xmas morning the
to rent places of business will be
ed to their utmost.
HOME FOR HOLIDAYS.
Iftrfftw ??f Y|T|L*W Hudnell
LUHeton Female
liege to spend the holiday* with
At mother. Mrs. L. B. Hadnell. on
let Second street.
rhe condition of Mr. ft. D. Walls,
0 is crtically n ut his home on
ist Third street. Is reported to be
better today.- r
'hristmas Song St
First Pr
Thar, will be aerrtoea u unuel t?Itrrow
at 11 a. m. asd T:tn p. m.
the moraine tba paator. Key. rt.
Searlght, will praaeh on t Tim
iy *.'1?. "Ood Maalfaet la the
ink."
There Will ha no narmoa at night
1 elaborate muatoal program will
rendered laataad. Including a
rlatmaa caataU. called "Prophecy
' r-Mll?t,- being the atary ef
rl.t'e ad rent aet to aecred tnu.lc
. choir. .Minted by a large thorn.,
re boon practicing this hcsutlful
3 w--Cooler v
PPY
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mop millu onrivo ?r
mm nunn arana ?i
TIE CKMN CHURCH
The usual services will be held at
the Christian ehurch tomorrow morning
and evening at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. Bible school meets, promptly
at 10 o'clock, A. P. Ourg&nus superintendent.
The pastor. Rev. R. V.
Hope, will preacji at the morning
hour. On Sunday evening at 7:30
b'dock, Miss Etta Nonn, corresponding
secretary of the C. W. B. M. will
apeak. Miss Nnnn la a very attractive
and. Interesting speaker and all
who hear hey will be amply repaid
All"*,. cardiall, knritfd to be pro*,
ent.
INTERESTiNC SERVICES AT
ST. PETERS TOMORROW
There will be morning prayer and
a sermon by the rector and at this
service the sacrament of Holy Baptism
will be administered. The Sunday
school and the Bible class will
meet at S p. m. At night, at 7*30, the
Rev. John R. Matthews will preach
hnd the Holy Communion will be administered.
To any and all of these
services, the public generally, are invited.
OFFICERS RAID STILL
ONJHOCOWINITY
Two hundred gallons of beer, fifteen
empty barrels and a still pat
oat of commission near the heed of
Cbocowlnlty Creek, was accomplish,
ed by revenue officers yesterday.
Deputy Collector C. C. Pagan,
Deputy Collector M. L. Wood and
Deputy Marshal J. A. Potter made
the raid. They found the still near
the head of Chocowinlty Crock and
without ceremony proceeded to destroy
the plant.
They sucoeded In capturing about
200 gallons of beer. The still proper
had her-i pulled up and carried
elsewhere before the revenue officer*
reached the scene. .
HOLDING HER OWN.
The latest news from the bedside
of Mrs. T. W. Phillips Is that she U
holding her own. Mrs. Phillips hsi
been in a precarious condition for
the past se-reral weeks and her condition
has glees- be rfrlonds much
concern. #
11 1
ervfce at
esbyterian Church
' t '
composition tor Moors) orooka, sot
It promises to bo ono of us bosi
mnolcsl sttrsctlona ooor rood-rod it
Washington. TJio other hymns sot
ports ot the^perrlre will ho In keep,
lag alth the occasion. Hsrk Herait
Angela Slog, Holy Night and It Cam<
Upon s Mld-Nlght Clear.
An offering mill bo teksa at tb<
evening somes for tbo organ (sad
Sunday school at ? p. m. Visitor,
sad trSTOllag men an heartily wet
?* * p|
'iTrfiiiy r?-"
iPSrxirfc MI
FOR W
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KQUCUILTY
SflYS JURY
Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 21.?Th?
Jury In the case of Wa. F. Blair
charged with the murder of Qeo. G
Thompson, former division freight
agent of the Southern Railway, re
turned a verdict of not guilty yestarda?.
' Blair had been employed in Thomi
son's office and his defense was that
he shot Thompson In self-defense.
AIL INVITED TO ATTEND
Iff. E. CHURCH SUNDAY
Interesting services are scheduled
for the First Methodist church to*
morrow both morning and evening,
The pastor^ Rev. R. H. Broom, is tc
speak at both hourti The subject ol
his morning sermon wll be "Living
Epistle," and at night the topic will
be "Christmas." Good music la
promised. Sunday school will meet
at the usual hour, E. R. Mlxon, superintendent.
All strangers in the
city have a warm and cordial welcome
to attend any and all rcrrlces.
KISS BROWN A REISER
OF THE COMMITTEE
/ ,
It will doubtless he interesting
news to the many friends of Miai
Emily Brown, of Chocowlnlly. whe
iMlUUng Iht Meg?.oJ
Oratory. Boston. Mass.. to tearn that
she was a member of the committer
which staged the original musica
farce, "When Pat Comes Home.'
This was presented by the fieshmat
class snd proved to bo the cMmax 01
the season so far as the college ii
concerned.
HOME FOR HOLIDAYS.
Misses Edith and Sue 3room
daughters of Rev. and Mrs. R. 11
Broom, are home from Littleton Fe
male College to spend the Ctaritmsa1
. holidays. They were accompanied
by their school mates, Miss Ira Shav
ender of Pantego, and Miss Clan
Jackson of Plnetown.
COMPETEXT TEACHER.
Miss Elizabeth Bright arrived las
evening from Monnt Airy, N. C.
where she is one of the teachers ii
the public schools of that town Mia
. Bright Is one of the best lnstructon
for her age In the state and he:
' many friends are glad to know tha
. she is making good In her new home
8ho la a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W
, R. Bright.
GONE TO FAYETEVH.LE.
Mr. George VanLoom has gone t<
I Fayettovlllo, N, C., to be at the bed
side of hit sister's daughter, who 1
critically ill. He wiU also spent
: Christmas there.
M QUITE HICK.
Tho numerous friends of Mis
Mary Cutler will regret to learn o
her tndtsposltlon at her home on Eas
Second street. Miss Cutler la one o
{the popular clerks at the firm o
' Bowers-Lewis Company. All wlsl
1 her a speedy recovery to health.
. PTTBLIC LIBRARY TO CLOBB."
The Public Library will not b
open either Christmas eve or Christi
maa Day. Patron? of the library wll
govern themselves accordingly.
HOME FOR HOLIDAYS.
All the young ladles ami youn
men frofn the respective colleges l|
the atrfte arh dally arriving to spen]
the holidays with their reepectM
1 parents.
FRF.K, BEAUTIFUL ART CALEN
der. Whrth 25 cents white the
last; to all who spend as much a!
11.00 cash. 1 have a fell lint
of frelts, nuts, etc. A large assort
meat of oandlea. Also roll lln<
groceries. Including Ooldmedaj
Fleer aad old-time mess pork
1 Here la where the workman'i
?| wages go farther. 1. B. Adams
I Phone ft. 11-10-11
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iNTIONED H
ILSON CABINET 1
( SENATOR OVERMAN L'KGKtft JOHKPHUH
DANTKJLH FOR A PORT- 9
FOUO.
Washington, Dec. .?!*?"1 tond' J
Governor Wilson * good listener and J,
a poor talker." said Senator Overman,
of North Carolina, who returned
yesterday from Trenton with the
expressed hope that Joseph us Dan- r\
iels, of. North Carolina, would Ik
given the Postmaster Generalship In. 'iwB
the new Cabinet.
, Senator Overman Bald he received ; :?jj
I 90 promises from Governor Wilson ?
bnt that he believed Mr. DanMa
would bo brought into the Cabinet.
j Many, Senators and members of the
House ore expected tovisit Governor &9
Wilson 'during the holidays. Most
L of theln are keeping their plans se- fM
cret. however, and will slip ever to .-"<9
New Jersey with as little publicity
as possible.
Senator Hoke Smith, of Goorgia, ',^1
and Gore, of Oklahoma, ure two
Democrats who will visit tho Presldent-elect
within a few days.
Cabinet dlscnssion has brought a
number of members of both housea 4
into the range of possible secretaryships
since the return of Governor !tjl
Wilson.
These include Representatives Pn- ..a
-jflerwood, Burleson and Henry: Benj
ators O'Gorman. Hoke Smith. Gore ' JS
I and others.
All of these men. and many other
t leaders will probably discuss the Incoming
administration's affairs with
the President-elect before New Year's J
OPPORTUNITY
Opportunity is a Homo,
thing?not a nothing; also
| something Real?not a phanAnd,
too, Opportunity is an ' >jj
Ever-present?here today and
? here tomorrow. By momrnts,
> hours, days, weeks, months,?
4. yafljw.- eh*, hoveit|>
t seen and unheard?exxmas
! her Spirit is jell a mi?seized/
I Then it is that the man
moves?catches her mcani
ing?and fcclinq couraqcou* " "
f ly, grasps at her call and her
? message and moulds it into
deeds.
Opportunity is the hand of
progress to the alert, and the
"handwriting on the wall" of
failure, to the groggy and the
slothful. For of all mcssenr
gers of light she?Opportun- "S j
* ity?is the one most patient, ' 'S '
most fair, most just and most
considerate. ,
Opportunity is no rcspeetor
of persons or of seasons. She
is ever on the job and she ever
waits and waits and waits.
t The man may fall forever
asleep ? but Opportunity?
At this actual mi nut: she <u
stands .before YOU. All
through the live long day she
will be at your call. Lightning .^1
( like she Yashes her mesaqes to
all?but her sole appeal is to j
i THE MAN?to you.
Think! Ilow about itf Em
"Stop, look, listen"?can you &
j see, hear, feel, grip her hand?
Make the most of what she jfl
holds this day for you. Think J
t ?think, thirik! Then ACT.
For Opportunity, converted ,v3
into a Fact, is the taking hold
on the simplest task at hand? vJ
and doing it to a finish in the 1 &
best way you know how. It's
picking up the pins of priceless
mmutes that the other felr
low passes heedlessly ove r. It's -3fl
doing your work BETTER . ifl
than i/ou are paid for, jand
h;?
HtvKvtiH/ yuuo UKIII nH
"Uty think you are capable,of '.j
, handling.
. Qrtal is the rise of the man
l who mates an rariy friend of , j
Opportunity and lakes her :j
with him through the paths of . J
the common everyday.
! BAKER SAYS. -fl
1 The picture bMllw with ? It 1
9 line. Lota of people who havenl 1
8 bed their picture taken In men? ' |
jeere. Rare-earned up the oourngo ,JB
once more end had their llkeoeee tah- f.
en for their lored onee. Thle will b* :
r our lent edrertleement thle peer. Wo \
e went to thmnk the public generally S
l for thelr\klnd patronage. We ho?'>J|
- our off arte have not been In rein. .
That our work will bear oat our lee- J
print rnaur generatlone to come. We ji
thank poo. And hope to ehare a "j
I good portion at poor trade In the- '&
? pear 111*. ;r|.,
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