TOU *. 1 ii TheBusi Of Big Interest t< i Great Step Po provements. O"'"*'?' important and far machlag inuTaiaeula ret eoueotvod it an^for Beaufort County had Ita orlg US'at a meeting of the Board of Di rector* of the Bank of Waahlngtoi Thursday evening, January 2nd 1913. It ia a gift of three thouaani dollars is cash and hundreda of thou crop? to the farmers of this county. RrSety stated. It la as follows: Th< Crop Improvement Society of Chleast has m toad of one mllltbn dollars tc he dlTided among one thousand coun ties In the United States. Before an: county can take advantage of thli liberal offer, an additional one thou Rand dollars must be~r?lsed by prl rate subscription. Then the combin ed fund to supplemented by the Unit " . ' ed Htntes Department of Agriculture and goes for the employment of i well trained'and equipped man BJ . County Commissioner of Agriculture whose time and services are at thi disposal of all the,, farmers of th< county and without'cost to them. 1 / ^la designed to supplement and en large the kind of work that has foi the past year been ae 'successfulIj conducted by County Demonstrator J F. Latham. The directors of the Bank o Washington take the position that i bank la a semi-public Institution and that, like an indiTldual, It mus do sdmethlPg toy the material ad vancement of others If it -Is to live u] to the high degree of cltisensblp an< service which Is the proper stapdar< of all public spirited Individuals am corporal tpsto Uftir a general dUcua ston of the matter the effort was un dertaken,and It has met with a heart: ^ sens and business houses. At the dl rectors' meeting above referred t< more than one half hf the necessar: thousand dollars was raiaed. end fiv< hours' work next day by Director! Bragaw and Small and Cashtei Doughtom brought the subscription t< mora than the required amount ant made possible the expenditure of 13. Hp 00? or more for the sole purpose o aiding the farmers of the county U increase their crop yield and farm ??a nor. InUlllliently, al without one cent of cost to them. Ti is a sift from the business men of tbi community and clearly demonstrate) the fallacy of the feeling, wherever 1< exists, that bankers and merchant! \ and manufacturers hare no interest! except selSsh ones in the farmer. 8< readily aad cheerfully did thoee ap preached respond thai It was not ne cesaary to call upon a number of other bualneas men who would hart just as gladly contributed. Vlhls isnssi, about three thousand dollars iaUll, will probably bs dlvid ed over a period* of three years. 1 ftrst-elaas man will be employed ant he -will be Jsst as much at the die posal of the man with two or ter acres ss he will of the man with i - ' ;?? hundred or a thousand. - His BnUn tlpie wfU be given to the work ant he wilt give free advice, free dlrec tions and free servloe concern In( such problems ss proper rotation o: crops, drainage, selection of seed time and manner of onltivation, th< economical gathering and marketlni timers. ^ itilHF 1SJATBT REF0R1 The many friends of Dr. Henderaor Snell, who has been conflnedaijw th< ^ Protestant Hospital, Norfolk, foi some weeks, win be pleased to lean ** that he Is now on the road towardi recovery. A private letter was re calved here this morning to'this ef feet. Pr. fhtell for years was one o Washington's esteemed cltlaens ant k no man within the bounds of tto State had a better reputation as i fp'i dentfet. Unless something nnforseei haj^ns be will be able to leave tb< hospital now vary ehortly. TR\ !>AfLV lOBWU WANT AM. BiiPSil mess Men Funds fo y the farmers.?A rward. Soil Im | There is now no doubt about the t Tnlmdnoflnn and prrtSnrnTinn nf Tbtr - work and If will begin just* as soon - aa possible. The first thousand dolL Inn has been raised by the commit, tee from the Bank of Washington; L the second thousand from the Chl cago committee will be available; f and Congressman Small has i sdHwtft a telegram from the United Statss 3 Department of Agriculture at Wash> ington. D. C., assuring liberal help from that source. / Below Is the statement drawn up j at the bank meeting Thursday night i and A list of names and amounts sub. scribed. . ?We, the undersigned, hereby sub? - scribe and agree to pay on demand to . J. K. Doughton, at Bank of Washlng, ton, the aum affixed to our namea for i the purpose of raising one thousand dollars to establish and continue the "Farmers' Co-Operative Demonstra? tlon Work In Beaufort County. It is ? understood that an additional $1,000 t shall be contributed by the U. 8. De. partment of Agriculture and also $1.r 000 by the Crop Improvement Socie', ty. Fund of Chicago. This combined , fund shall be used for the purpose of paying a trained Instructor in Agrif culture in Beaufort County, extendi Ing over a period of two or more , years: t Bank of Washington * $100 W a W*?* IT I - M 3 Geo. H Brown.. ... 60 1 Win. Bragaw & Co 60 I J. K. Hoyt 60 1 Jno. G. Blount, Jr 60 - Jno. H. Small s . 60 . Harry McMullan 26 y E. W. Ayers 26 a J. K. Do ugh ton .. ? . 26 j . Havens Oil Company .. T... 5"ot > Washington Horse Exchange . . 60 J ? tin isew roars nignt tne Norroik Southern depot at FTnetown was robbed of all the money In the aafe and two mileage boobs. Some 9800 to |400 was the total cash secured. It seems that the agent there a young man named McGuire came up to Washington and got "pretty full" and hired y*n automobile and went back to Plnetown and cleaned things out and subsequently cleaned himself out for parts unknown. It is reported that the Norfolk Southern hare their prirate detectives out 1m thw case and it is morp than likely that he will soon be arrested. . WASHIN3T0H. NORT] o/ laise r the Soil well iram cumin it i browned st bonnertom News reaches this city of the death of Captain Thos. Dalley. in command of-the gas boat Zeida. The accident accident occurred at Bonnerton laat Monday night. The captain ateppea from the boat preeumably to the wharf at Bonnerton. but missed hla bearings, the conae F. O. Paul ft Bro 25 1 Jefferson Furniture Co 26 . W T. -Hodnell . 26 f-tJlyt E Rlck8 10 , T. R. Hodges 10 I 8. P. Willis 25 k aiLStstUu .. ., 26 r w. li. HWUIUBII .. ..' ?? i O. Rumloy . . .. 10 i Southern Furniture Co 26 I Geo. Hackney. Jr. 50 I J. H. Hodges 10 I Harris Hardware Co. ...... 60 > W. B. Rodman. Jr. ^ 10 . P. . Nicholson . , .? .. ' 26 - Buskin ft Berry . . 26 McKeel-RJchardson Hdw. Co... 25 ? G. . Phillips SO A TV UboT^-^ ?e L i>. T. aMai ? 2o - Dally News .. 10 I Total $1,210 It will be seen that $1,210 haa i been raised in the county. Two or i three parties hare expressed a desire j to voluntarily add their subscriptions, I and they will probably do so soon. - Not in many a day has there been so [ liberal a response to so worthy a f cause. The farmers of the county , are to be congratulated, and certalns ly they should feel very grateful to all the Individuals and ' enterprises f that have brought to them the greatsection. iPWETBWll P0ST0FF1CE ~ [ ROBBED DECEMBER 31 oe delivered during the month or January in the Public School Auditorium. The first ia by Prof. N. W. Walker, State Inapector of High Schools and Professor of Secondary Education in University of North Carolina. His lecture Is on "The Cash Value of a High School Training" and will be delivered on Friday evening, January 17th. The second is by Bishop Robert Strange, of Wilmington, N. C., who is Jf*ll krinwn and iovftri hy Washington people. He will talk on "Religion in the Public 8chools," and his lecture will be delivered on Tuesday evening, January 28th. We are also clad to announce the 1 following contributions: ^ Mrs. P. A. Nicholson. IS; Hon. Jno. fj. 8mjtlij 851 Mr. B. L. Susman, $10. ' Mr. Small has also donate'd a "ton" ' volume set of the Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, together Vith a nice case. - The Century Company 1 has donated two supplementary volumes to thd set given by Mr. Small. We have had several assurances of other cash donations, and shall be glad to add to this fund or to our Reference Library at any time. N. C. NBWBOLD, 8upt. Public Schools. 1 SIHNilINU AFFAIKIAIES?^ PUCEAT PINCTOWNI Saturday night after a disturbance in the Brooklyn section of Plnetown. a negro named Marshall and another namer John Rountree went to Mr. Besjamln Coreys and borrowed bis rifle. Marshall then went to a point near C. E. Jefferson's store and stood ( in a dark place,?Whan Mr Tames . Owens, a white man, ragie out of j the store he shot him. The shot man ( ia now in Washington with a hole in him nine inches deep. The negro loaded his rifle again and the surmise 1 is that he intended to shoot him 1 Hito, . Blind tigers and the express whiskey has changed Plnetown from a . quiet village to a regular Wild West j resort, where it is not safe to move ^ round after dark and almost everyone la airaiu 10 ibrd Buy onausw. HAS DTFTHEIIIA. Mrs. John CI Horn am and Mrs. George 7. Baker are suffering from air attack ofdiptheria. -Their condition this morning ts reported as more favorable. which will be pleasing news to their many friends. PASS THROUGH THE CITY. The following young ladies and gentlemen registered at the Hotel Louise last evening from Hyde county, en route to the respectives colleges in the State, after spending the holidays at home: Mlsa Mamie Jones, Miss Is ma Jennett, Slla C. Glbbs, Miss Annie Swindell, Miss Isabella Midyette and Mr. O. B. Brldgman, of Lake Landing; Miss Elma Roper, WysfCklng; Miss Edna Mann, Middleton; Messrs. W. C. Swindell. H. W. Swindell, W. W. Weston, M. M. Fisher, 0. A. Selby, Miss Ruby M. Credle and Minnie MoiCloud, of Lake Landing. They all I left this morning via the Norfolk Southern and the Atlantic Coast |L1m. ? . I ' - J i ON 3E B CAKOIJNA. TUESDAY AFTEKNO yri?0^? SMjfe p nuns FJuV ^ Washington, Jen. T.?The bemoon next Thursday will consider a somewhat startling patronage scheme from 1U patronage inmmlttee. This committee was appmnted to devise a plan of action tovfard the nominations. which President Taft baa sent to the senate slack his defeat and whlrh th>' Denun-rati tliun far have held up. Its progigni. if adopted, will result lnvacatfng thousands Of federal Jobs within?? few-months after the inaugurajton of President Wilson and the suMJlution of a host of Democratic for^epubUcan office holders. >*' The scheme originated, it is understood, with 8enatAILV ON, JANUARY J. ltll. norrow .._ ", I imCJiTjlDC Mmutittltmu m wed niuuiLr if uu? 1IJALEIGH The biennial aeaalon of the'North Carolina General Assembly will meet In the State-Honae, at Raleigh, Wednesday, January 8. The 8enate is composed of 60 members, 47 of which are Democrats and three Republicans. In the House of Representatives, there are 180 members of the following political faith; 102 Democrats, 13 Republics STirt five Progressives. There are three candidates for the Speakership, Representatives George W. Connor of Wilson; E. M. Koonce oPOnslow and J. Prank Ray of Macon. All have had considerable legislative?experience and the fight promises to be an interesting one. A number of Important questions are to be considered by the leglalatore which is of vital moment to the people of the Commonwealth. First of all will be the act to raise revenue. As has been noted tile 8tate -has been living beyond Its income and some means will have to be provided to combat this. Whather there will be 'created a special State tax commission with authority to assess property at Its true value or some other method adopted remains to be seen. There Is some hint of another , bond issue but this it is expected will meet with strenuous opposition. Other matters to- come up will be, amending tho child labor law. Increasing the age limit at which chil- ; dren may now work In the mills from' 14 to 16 years and prohibiting the working of women and children in the mills at night. A system of factory inspection may also be established similar to the law now on the. statute, books of South Carolina. The mill men are divided on the question^ and It is difficult to hazard a predic-j tion as to the outcome of this agitation. The legislature will be asked to; Increase the number of Superior] Court'Jddgas from 16, the present number, to 24, and place solicitors| on_a salary instead of a fee basks. Another question that wflf cfigage the attention of the solons will be to change the law ao that the Secretary of State. Superior Court Judges and county-officers can take care of private local relief bills instead of taking up the time of the legislature with them as Is now the The question of State-wide primary is certain to come up at this session and will most likely he adopted although there is some opposition to the mesftre, ? * i ?T1-'' U'UlBiaimB will aim bu asked to establish a board of pardons composed probably of the Council of State to take this reapnslbillty from the shoi^dera of the governor. A number of cities and towns will ask ] that they be allowed to vote on the queptlon of establishing a commission form of government fr their municipalities. Two new counties are clamoring I for establishment, ono with High Point, and the other with Dunn, as the county seat. United States 8enator F. M. Simmons, having received a majority of the votes cast in the Democratic primary, at the November election, will be elected for the third tlmo to succeed himself at Washington, for ten full terms beginning March 4, 1913. STOPS A WILD EXPRESS. Poughkepsie, N. Y.. Jan 7.?Overcome by a blast of steam from a broken pipe In hie locomotive Chan. W. Williams, engineer of the Western express, lay unconscious in his cah while the train ran wTTtf nearlvi two miles yesterday afternoon. But he recovered, crew Jed to the throttle and stopped the train. Ho Hee 4n a dangerous condition In Vas9ar Hospital here. The train was running between Stoatsburg and Ay^e Park when the oipe buret. Wltf. \WlllamB in the cab was Percy E. RobinBon, an Inspector, who also wss overcome. Trainmen who hurried to the engine after it had stopped fonnd the driver lapsing gainst into nnconsciousneBs. REGULAR COMMUNICATION. There will be a regular communication pf Orr Lodge No. 104. A. F. A A. M., at..their hall this evening at 7:30 o'clock. All visiting brethren ve cordially Invited to be present. Republican control, and Republican senators have already thrfatened to make reprisal on the Democrats when Mr. Wilson begins to send in his nominations. NEV MOVING PICTU1 ' ; M i ; ; New York. Jan. 7.?Thomas A7 Ediaon sat back in his chair and chuckled Friday afternoon as there passed upou a screen In the theater of his laboratory at West Orange, K. J., a procession of human beings and animals tn*t sang and talked and shouted and played upon musical Instruments and barked and made various other noises that moving pictures never before have furnished. It was a moment of triumph, the result of four years of unremitting effort to give to the world what probably the only development pasible In the "moves." to reproduce "That's a little raw yet,' laugned the Wiaard, "but you Just give us a chance and we'll show you. We're green at working these things yet." There may- have been something "raw" to the trained eyes of Thomas A. Edison, but to other spectators it seemed that success had been achieved. When the time for the show to cmrt came thefe was a short delay.. The "old man." as everybody in the big factory calls Mr. Edison, couldn't be found. Finally be was found and his right hand mau and chiof engineer, M H. Hutchinson, gave the word to start. Pop thf? fitisf fpw Morn ml a it InnV. ed Just like regular "movies." A large man in evening dress .strode down, a flight of stairs and to the front of o lavishly furnished setting Iooni. When ho. reaohed the front of the things began to happen First the big man thrust out one arm in customary attitude and then? and even the spectators who had know n what was to come wore sur-i prised?he began to talk. "l^adles and gentlemen." he began, and there followed an introduction to the first exhibition of talking; moving-pictures, real talking "mov-j lea" that has ever been seen. Thej speech was delivered lu carefully modulated tones, with articulation of! the clearest, each action coinciding ex' atly with each expression. It was so lifelike and natural that gusp?, of surprise and wonderment could be heard from different parts of the darkened room. In the course" of his"taTTc"tkj? speak" ing picture took up a plaj? and dashed it to the floor. It flew into pieces with a crash and each fragment made its individual noise in bouncing up and back. After that the picture blew a horn and a whistle and then a man came on and played the piano. A girl appeared and played "Way l)own Upon the fiuanee KSver" on the violin. and another girl sang somo of the old songs, while the pianist and the violinist accompanied her. They went away you ceulil heap They went away?you could hear their footsteps as they walked up the BtalrB?and another man appeared with two collie doga. whose loud barks were as natural as life. It was District Council R Meet He The District Council of the Second District Improved Order of Red Men is meet ia this city tomorrow. The first business session will convene in the Red Men Hall at 2:30 o'clock. The second district, embraces the counties of beaufort, Pitt, Craven. Carteret and Martin. Mr. J. W. Wtl11b, Jr., of Morehead City, who Is the District Deputy Great Sachem, will preside. He will be assisted by Chief of Records J. W. Smith, of New Bern; J. P. Davenport, of PaetoluB. Senior 8a2??njore: H. G. Wlnfleld, of Hitg city. Junior Sagamore, and J. R. Proctor, Keeper of Wampum. The first session tomorrow afternoon will bo devoted to business at which time the by-laws and constlluPKAYKR MEETING THI RHDAY T3VEXING. On account of the meeting ta be held in the First Presbyterian church beginning this evening and running through Wednesday evening, there will be no prayer meeting service at the First Methodist church on Wednesday evening. The regular prayer meeting services will be held on Thursday evening. All members of the churcli will govern themselvea accordingly. \ ? J V TOTTON MARKET. Lint Cotton. $11.60. 8e?d Cotton. $8.60 to $4.80. Cotton Seed, $26 per ton. i zr H No. 10* ' - ? ' ~'i IES MADE TO I gpOS. EDISON hard to realize that those were not- ~ living beings in flesh and blood until the lights came on and broke Che 11' lhsion. That was one complete reel and It had taken just six minutes to ahow, two minutes longer than the ordinary -'3 phonograph disk revolves. Cour additional' "sketches'' Vrdp-e exhibited and in each the illusion was maintained. Two of these Mr. Edison hadn't seen himself before and he laughed heartily as an Irish politician In one of them delivered an Impaahioned political oration which his daughter. Htandlng behind, read to him out of a newspaper. The . most startling nianiiehiauoii flf TBI? synchrony of sound and action came when a brick v.*as scut crashing through a window above the speaker's head. You could plainly hear * the tlukle of each piece of glass as It :? ?. fell. Men have been working upon the proposition of moving pictures that would talk for a long, long time. Mr. Edison has been at it for four years. He has literally "slept on the job." as his employes describe his absorption in his work, and when he "aloeps . on the Job" he has the reputation of . | making things go. I The moving picture idea is based .upon two comparatively old propositions. The talking machine Is old and the motion picture machine is old. Hut they have never been h&r- -' '' nessed up together before successfully. Other inventors have had actors talk Into records and then go and act the piece separately, but,the illusion wasn't* there, exc ept iTj spots. Mr. Edison's way is to have the talking and moving picture machines 4 ^ttin.gt heir impressions at the same time. They are set up side by aide.. at any distance up to 4 0 feet away *V from the actors, and as the ch&rachls words are taken by the "talker." ter's gesture is taken byhho "movie," And when al Ithat is done the "movie" is placed in its usual place with itb rays illuminating the screen back of which is the "talker." How to get'theso two machines to work together is the problem on which Mr. Edison ha/ worked four yoars. The "timer" is some sort of contrivance tlftt Is coupTe cT^u p' T)OtVre?"h " " the two machines. The talking ma chine can ruu at only a certain speed, the speed with which the sound is made, and Mr. Edison has invented a mechanism which prevents the moving machine from going any faster. "The kinetophone," as the inventor has named his latest child, can be used In a room of almost any size. The one it was ..shown in, yesterday was too small, Mr. Hutchison said, to get the best effect. In a big theater seating B.000 er 8,00(? posoono the beat results can be obtained. The invention has been tried privately in one of these and every sound could be plainly heard at the very top of the gallyy. ed M en to '.re on Tomorrow tlon for the district will be considered. Another business session will bo ?ld in tha hall of the order at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow. After the tomorrow night session there will be a baa- ? quet tendered the order and visitors In the Elk's Home. _ Among the distinguished visitors expected are Mr. W. Ben Goodwin. Great Chief of Records, of Elizabeth City; Mr. W. J. Leary, Sr., Past Great Sachem, of Edenton; Mr. J. R. Anderson, of Charlotte, Great Sachem . -.'*8 and otherB. -2 There are ten tribes in this district. This is the ftrat^tlmc this eesalon has *:??? been held in Washington and the . ^ Daily News in the name of the city .extends to every visitor as well aB the Tyjj entire order a cordial welcome. DISCHARGING CARGOES. "'8 The gas boat*Lucille. Captain Chas. Silvorthorn in command, from Lake Landing, and the schooner Sarah Mfdyette, Captain J. E. Berry In . command, are discharging cargoes of ^*1 corn, etc., kt the Haven Grain Mill. f $ 8UB8CR(RH TO DAILY NEWS. WANTED?7B RALMLADIH, ? Salesmen, 10 Wrappers, SO east . jjJS boys and (iris. Those with experience preferred, hut net abaolately neeeseery. Apply at eeea In person or by mell to Kerry M. .|l roret, eere Juaea 1J, Clark Ce^ ^Vashington, N. G. , "! ll-Sl-tfe V, i T'M%^11 1