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pacific roAS'
PACIFIC COAh
4DT BY SEVE
t Acres of Orange
Frozen. The F
$^0,000,000.
P - Washington. Jan. 9 ?Thirty do
groan below ?ero at Miles city. Moot
formed the cllaax of the coll
[' v&' ; throngh the Wont extending couth
eastward to the <3?lf States
The nortbeaatarn part of the oeun
try has temporary protection by thi
davelopmaat of a high area preesurt
p l h... .?.-10e..f.. ...I. sat, tee
I t! ' 1 .it? . M. o. _ -e-f?,1f.h.fr|ri fee.
IIIWIJ avHiiuiut iv MUI bcbuici uu
P ' reau officials gradually will feel tbi
cold before the week la over. Booth
ern California la experiencing tin
coldest weather In forty year*. *
The temperature at Ban Diego wai
28 early yeaterday. a record-break
er for that point.
At Pueblo, Colo., it was 22 beloa
aero early yesterday; Denver. IS be
low; Bait Lake* 2 below; Cheyenne
24 below; Minnodoea. Man.. S? be
low; Bl Paeo, Tex.. S above; Amarll
lo, Texas, 2 below, and the (reeslnj
temperatures extend through Texai
to the Mealauw border an deastwarc
to LoaMau. ,y"
At Omaha It waa xero; St. Louie
22 above; Forth Worths 14v 8an An
* tonlo, 20; Kansas City, ?; ^flcbita
. * 2; Chicago, 28; Nashville. 50; Mem
phtn 24; Atlanta, 58; and New Or
leans? 88.
Loe Angeles. Cal.. Jan. 9.?"Fron
San Bernardino to Los Angeles even
acre of oranges and lemons has beer
- - frosea." _
This was the statement that cami
from Pomona, center of one of thi
heaviest producing sections of th<
citrus fruit belt. Only a filth of th<
^ crop may be saved, it was asserted
If this be true, the total loaa on 160,
^09 sim irf w<1l amftowf cio?<
to forty million dollars,
ever, figured the total damage a
More conservative estimates, how
twenty million dollars. . Between flvi
? and etght mjlMou of this sum will hi
the loss to railroads in curtaUlni
freight receipts.
- - eMlfcF 4|p9|!p8ll^^40BI848
'7' ? ably yesterday, hut the mercury, be
* gan to drop at sundown and It war
-expected- t^at by-midnight the fruh
growers would be In the'midst of th?
final "WBIng frost" or " the presem
cold snap.
While Pomona reported a daman
of 80 per cent, of the crop, 8an Ber
Missionary to Ch
/ WW* vv
r .rar t-r
Rev.* John W. Paxton, a native ol
Danville. Va.. and now at home ot
his furlough, will deliver an ad drew
on mission work in China at the
First Presbtyerian church-tonight a<
7 30. Mc. Paxton haa spent some 18
jysars in missionary service in China;
tathhwyhhit q?IHiM him to
haa done a magnificent work there
speak with authority on his suojeci
At this time China la challenging
the attention and admir&tloh of the
world. The marve.lous transforms
tlon of thla hoary empire into a modern
progressive republic la one of the
mainly due to the work of the Amerlean
missionaries through theli
schools and churches. All who attend
thla lecture will be charmed and
instructed. ?
Mr. Paxton la a man of magnetic
personality and a speaker of
eounce and power.
inn^nrs itself. "
^narnnich as quite ? number have
^ - Jlfcwited the marriage of Mies Myrtle
Beklln to Mr. Frank Jones, the Daily
News has received the follow;W
.' in? fif?: *r ""M's
"Halifax, N. C.. Dec. ?*. Marriage
license was issued for Jong* and Ecklin
and they were married. Both
swere the girl was 19 years of agp. J.
H. Norman."
DRAR PfeOFLE.
M you hare got any relatives visit'
' In? In jtour home this week and that
^ . ymtTwouia TIke tm' thsnrto leave
their likeness with you while they retnrn
home. Bring them down to my
' f' Will more than thank yon
for so doing. .We will give youi
friend such good work and treat him
W - f so piee that ho w'11 always know
where the place Is
BAKRR'B STUDIO.
- ,
* .
b and Lemons Are
stimated Damage Is
.KjSt
nardlno county ippetred to be-tht
. heaviest apffsrer San Bernardino
1 Includes the larger Badlands orangs
- section, adjoining Riverside, and H
was declared that 90 per eent. of tht
- crop was mined.
? Growers and representatives ol
? fruit buying and shipping concerns
*; TOpSftSd thst sn lnsp^lnn of (lis
- entire citrus country snowed uk
i treat devastation The. oold was
- Intense and so sustained la all aeo?
tions that the orange and lemon foliage
appeared shriveled and dry
> Orchidlsts maintain that t)i* matured
- trees were not damaged, though they
admit that frost killed much nursery
r stock. - ??- C*
Tulsa.'Okta., Jan. 9?Witk the Ar
kansas river frosen solid Tulsa's wa
ter supptt was cut off and the mtH
I nlcipal electric light and power plant
i the available artificial Ice had been
I melted to supply the boilers with *ater.
The supply of ice on hand, aboui
; one thousand cakes, was consumed
- faring the day and early evening.
The Arkansas river averages s
- depth of three test and Is the city's
- Its bed for the first time in twenty
only water supply. It is frosen to
years.
I The lowest temperature was five
r degrees above sero. Many cattle art
i reported to have frosen to death Is
tie Osage pasture lands.
? Salt Lake City. Utah. Jan. 9.-?Be>
cause of the sudden cold weather and
) general freeze water Is being sold by
) the gallon In the streets of Salt Lake
. City from municipal sprinkling carta
- A number of laundries have been
) compelled to abut down. The bach
of the cold wave seems broken and
t it Is booed that this, together with
- extraordinary provisions made by the
i city council will relieve the watei
l famine today. The temperature last
\ night was ten above aero.
Denver, Jan. 9.?With slowly ria
- Coy tempoi atai u lepuiUd -from wH
r over Colorado It. lp heljevjd that the
t cold wave which as prevailed over
t the Rocky Mountain region has paaej
ed Its crisis. The lowest temperaE
turo* recorded In the Rocky Mouataln
region Is at 8teamboat Springs,
i where an unofficial record of 54 be
low zero was made.
ina at the
twgshvterian
Church
I CONFERENCE CLOtlES.
l .
The Presbyterlal Conference on
Evangelism and the million and hall
^ campaign for the Presbyterian
, church came to a close here last
\ night with-a charming and lnstruc1
live address by Dr. W. J* Martin,
i president of -Davidson College, who
; -spoke Trtnn "the-topic "tifewwd Ijotrd
" *? hl>? many
since the citizens of Washington llaC
1 tened to a more instructive and soul1
thrilling talk especially from a apeak
er of Dr. Martin's calibre. For near
ly one hour the distinguished educa>
tor held his audience undlvldedly.
k His prasantstlon of tha.tthpg>A. vtt
' coached in words that wot* ilmnla
* and yet deep in thought. Dr. Martin
- has the faculfer of presenting what
1 he has to say in words that a child
three years of age can understand.
? He speaks with case afrd although ho
' used manuscript, one hearing him did
noC for a moment allow thic to detract
~torm the great thoughts that
flowed from a great mind. Dr. Martin
Is at the head of a great educa
tional college and judging, from his
i first appearance on a platform in
' Washington those who selected him
made no mistake. . To use the
words of Rot. H. B. Searlght, the
i pastor of the church here, "It waa a
feast of good things."
! After the address of Dr. Martin,
the conference came to a close, but
before "the heri^dtcUon was announced
Rev. Dr Morton, of Rocky Mount,
arose and Iri words fitting asked the
conference to return their thanks for
the hoan'taVty extended to the conference
tw the good people Of Waahtor
c\f the church, a'so expressed his
'* appreciat'or and that too of his coni
gregation end community for having
t the visitor* hero. The music by the
i choir was of high order.
Tonight, at 7:?d o'clock Rev. Dr
J. W- P*xton^a returned miaslonary
from China, will deliver a lecture on
IJI^I VJ 1
~Fair~T
(0 Ol SIM
Washington, Jan. ?.?Affidavit*
that William Rockefeller has "gouty
Inflammation o| tho larynx and windptpd"
which haa necessitated six op1
orations, the last of a "serious aar
turak'* were recorded nrlth the
f House Honey- Trust Investigating
, Committee today pa evidence why the
" mqch-aought oil magnate should not
appear befora the committee.
; TUB imngHi ur iriUmr, rnir
pelle/ Mr. Rockefeller's physician,
1 said Mr. Rockefeller cannot speak
above a whisper and must take the
so-called "silent treatment."
: Doctor ChappeUe swore that to
force Mr. Rockefeller to testify
"would not only be an act of inhumanity,
but actually would endanger
his life."
Another affidavit by Dr. Samuel W.
Lamont was much to the same effect.
When the affidavits were put Into
Money Trust Committee's record
Chairman Ptijo announced that the
' committee would Investigate the ait'
uation "through its own agencies.'"
Nassau, N. P., Jan. ^.?Efforts
made to communicate with William
1 Rockefeller who has been staying at
a hotel here slnoe his arrival, Janu-i
ary 3, from Miami, Fla., have proved;
' futile. Inquiries at the hotel today
were informed that Mr. Rockefeller
was not "well enough to be interviewed
about business affairs."
' The financier will remain at Nassau*
it is understood, for several
, weeks. No intimation as to his Intentions
with regard to his appearance
aa a witneaa hntnro tho Hmiao Mnnov
1 Trust Investigating Committee at
| Washington can be obtained.
wrt.MKMin runs
: FRIDAY MORNING 11 A. I.
?
As announced In yesterday's Daily
News. Mr. W- P- F> Randolph passed
f .-Saast,ino>firkri?'tomo on EikI
Second street yesterday. The. deceased
was borh at Elizabeth, N. J.,
September 38, 1844, and was the
youngest son of ten children.
Mr. Randolph?came to?this?etty
when a mere lad of about eighteen
years of age with his brother, the
late Mr. Justus P. Randolph. wheTe
they engaged In the mercantile business
for many years.
Since the death of his brother he
has been Identified with the mer,
can tile interest of Washington, his
- wWk *K? M Fh~
terson Company, which he held up to
about eighteen months ago, when his
relinquish same.
For fifty years Mr. Randolph has
been a familiar figure on tbe business
. streets of Washington. *
He leaves s widow and four sons,
. Briant W. P. Randolph, of Cranford,
N. J.; Theodore P. Randolph, of this
i city; Lewis M. P. Randolph, now with
, the Clyde Btesmshlp Company, and
Walter B. P. Randolph.
; 1 The funeral will take piac^ frum
the relsden.ee at 11 o'clock. January
. 10 (Friday), conducted by Revs.
. Robert V. Hope and Nathaniel Hard,
Ipg. The Improved Order of Red
Men, of which the deceased was an
i honored* member, will attend the fun'
era! GTa KodyaUd tue
will be selected from that order. The
Interment will be in Oakdale cemetery.
I
Thus another honored citizen has
(alTen by the wayside.
GINNBR8' RRPOrfr.
tng its report of cotton ginned to
January. 1st, 1913, showing 11,919,000
baTeh ginned up to * that time,
which was more than expected and
the market declined.
STORE CLOSED.
On account of the death of Mr. W".
P. P. Randolph the E. Peterson Company
will close their place of business
about 2 o'clock today and will
not open again until Friday at noon.
All customers will please take notice.
was a business visitor yesterday.
that great mission field. Dr. Paxton
was to have been here last night bub
was delayed. This is s rare privilege
and no doubt Dr. Paxton will be
heard by a large congregation. All
cordially invited.
y J \ I I j ?
ION, JANUARY *, 1*11.
i mmsm
54Bj HCI
J Washington, Jan. 9.?-Thedealf
of the new nickel, the creation of*.
K~. F*raaer, ma artist of New Tori
| has been accepted by Secretary Mai
Veagh, of the Treasury Departmen
to replace the five cent piece that ha
I been in circulation for many yean
lWithin a week, George W. Robert)
{director of the mint, will order 11
coinage and it probably will be i
'circulation shortly^ After February -;
On the aide of the new coin 1b tht
reproduction of the head of an It
dian. At the top is the word "Lit
erty" and at the bottom is the yea
1913. Oh the reverse Bide appear
the figure of a buffalo, closely aasc
elated with the history of the re
men, and the denomination of th
coin, "five cents". The design is b<
treasury officials as one of the mot
verely simple and is regarded b
artistic pieces of American mone
ever turned out.
MISSION AT ST. STEPHEN'S.
The Mission advertised to start a
St. Stephen's Episcopal church pea
Bunyan, N. C.. did not begin on Ia1
evening due to the fact that ltev. J
R. Mathews missed hie train in Nor
folk. The first service will be hel
this evening when Mr. Mathews wi
preach. Quite a number from thl
city expect to be present.
SOUTHEASTERN STATES
vyiiauiuKiuii, spem nsiuraay niRQt
and Sunday of last week with Mrs.
O. L. Sparrow.
Madam Rumor says we may listen
for the sound of the wedding bells In
the near future.
Several of our young men left
Monday for Wilkinson, where they
have accepted positions at that place.
CBMBTBRY KEKPKR DEAD.
Joseph Brown, colored, who has
been In charge of thp colored cemetery
for a number of years passed
over seventy years of age and held In
the highest esteem by both white and
colored.
4
COTTON MARKET.
Lint Cotton. IS l-4c.
Seed Cotton, ft.SP to fd.SS.
Cotton Seed. JSC per to*.
[ IKOUW* Tui Mfiil'A?VtRH(
And ^Toi
mtjifej
? *% m ? ?
DUB IDS
ARE IIMIHED
Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 9.?One person
*ai killed .three probably fatally
Injured and 33 slightly hurt when
six cars on train No. 15 of the Cleveland.
Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
Louis Railway, bound from Cincinnati
to Chlcigo. jumped the track at
8tockwell, near here, this afternoon.
The train was running at a high
speed when a when* on the baggage
.car- broke. throwing that' car, -the
two sleeping.cars Into a ditch. Edwin
Zunner of- Rochester. N. Y., was
crushed tot4d%th. When the smoker
left the tracit it overturned, <but the
Pullmans and iner. though thrown
down a fifteen foot embankment,
held togetbej*. The day coach was
demolished.
Zunner was riding In the smoker
and was so badly crushed as to make
identification! difficult. A steady
downpour of^-rain added to the horror
of the wreck.
MRS. SMjH C. SWINDELL
m MOT AWAY
Mrs. Sarah,Crawford Swindell died
at the home qf her niece. Mrs. C. O.
Archbell. nOM* Aurora. Beaufort
county. N. C.Jon Friday. January 3,
1913, in. her t7th year.
Mrs. Swindell wae the daughter of
Thomas R.' Crawford, of Chocowinity,
at which, place she was born andj
reared, with every comfort and
pleasure, which a fond and indulgent
father could bestow. She was the
popular belfo. of her neighborhood,
and made many warm friends, who
were faithful- to*the cud..- She was
married to James H. Swindell just
before the OivtJ War, and bore him
four children, two of which, a son
and daughter* survive her. She passed
through- aiuch trouble and lived
In many plaeiw, but bore her sufferings
and sorrow with patience and
fhayrfulags^ < Hading a haven
of reet'in the homeofMr. C. cTArch'belL.where
she wac lovingly and tenderly
cared for by him his wife, and
their son. The funeral took place at
the home and she w& si aid to rest in
the family bnrying ground near-by.
May al^e rest in peace.
HAWKINS SCHOOL HOC HE.
Miss Jennie Woo lard, of Richmond,
Va., returned home last Saturday
after spending the holidays with
MlBses Alice and Mattle Woolard.
Mrs. Robert N. Boyd and little son,
of Plueiown, spent several days last
week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Isaiah Plnkham.
Mrs. Lucy Swindell and children,
of Acres, N. C., were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. B. B. Plnkham some days
last week. They returned home Monday.
\
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hawkins and
children attended church at Zlon
Sunday morning.
The many friends of Mr. Jesse
Baynor will regret to learn that he
has been on the sick list for the past
several days. We wish for him a
speedy recovery.
Mi*, and Mrs. Henry Wallace and
children, of Hunter's Bridge, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Sparrow
ttttAlX night.
Some of our people' attended
church at Beaver Dam Sunday and
Sunday night.
Mr. John.Jordan, of Walla Walla,
and Miss Melissa Bell, of Plnetown,
row, J. P., Sunday morning and were
happily marriod In the presence of a
few friends. The Itemlier extends
congratulations and best wishes.
Miss EsTelle Spencer spent?Tuesday
night with Miss Alice Woolard.
.ICtagps Mattla and Amy Alligood. of^
LEADS Ml SECTION!
Washington. D. C.. Jan. 9. Prosi
dent Ftniey. of the Southern RaHwa
Company, commenting today upo
the record ot cotton mill construe
tton during the calendar year 19 It
aald! ' i
' The Southeastern Statee led al
other sections ot the country In cot
ton mill development In 1912. Titer
were 31 new mills hullt In the Unite
States during the year. Ot these 2
were IiKthb-Boushsssvere Statee. A?u
of 533.100 new spindles 421.000. o
8u 'per cent, were In- .Southeaster
mills, and out ot 9.114 new looms, 6
450 or 66 per cent were In South
eastern mills. Thes^ figures refe
only to new mills and take no at
count of the large additions mad
during the year to existing plants b
which the manufacturing capacity c
the section ?a" largely increase!
The aggregate Increase has been s
great as practically to Insure th
maintenance ot the record made b
the cotton-producing states in tb
year ehddd August 31. m*.
the mills of the South consumed mot
cotton than thoee of all other Bet
tfons of the United States "
THIRTY-ONE OF CREW PERISHED
OFF PEACOCK PI
Astoria. Ore.. Jan. 9.?The o
tank steamship Roeecrans. Capt. t- I
Johnson, from Monterey. Cel.. fc
Portland. Ore., ran aground earl
yesterday on Peacock spit whll
crossing Into the Columbia river dui
log a 56-mile gale and later san
with 31 memberB of her 35 erew.
One survivor of the wreck was rt
ported to have reached shore at T
oga. Wash., six miles from the seen
of the disaster, and the Point Adam
life saving crew, which, with the lit
crew from Fort Canby. had been a
work sfhee early morning, rescue
three-other men late today. The lat
ter had taken refuge In the rigginl
when the ship went down. For man
hours they clung there, the wave
breaking over them repeatedly.
Rate-yesterday the wind died dow
somewhat and the life savers wer
enabled to reach them. Two of th
men cwera taken from their percl
while the third, who had leaped Int
the sea when the lifeboat nearod th
spot, was taken from the water.
Owing to the thick weather th
plight of the Rosecrans was no
known for several hours.
San Francisco. Cal., Jan. 9. Th
Rosecrans, owned by the Associate
Oil company, baa been an II) fate
vessel. While loading oil at Oavlot
on August 21. H12. she caught fir
and was burned to the water's edgt
On March 12 ot the same year sb
was driven on the rock stOavlot
Built at Glasgow In 1983. the Row
crane was 225 feet long and regtete
ed 2,M9-tons gross. She former!
was a Halted States army transport.
At the offices of the Associated O
Company It was said the vessel an
her cargo was valued at about 22941
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^^^renchrnent
7. Advanced
m The idea of retrenchment. orlglnat- ai
L ins in the Senate in the form of a H
[ concurrent reaolntion, quickly adopt- b?
II ed by that body and aent to the 1u
House with the expectations or im- tt
n mediate action, while the upper bouse y<
j adjourned an hour and a half and ei
c met again to flnd that the House had ?
only referred the resolution to the tli
t( rules committee, constituted the out- tb
l% standing feature of the first day's b<
, proceedings of the General Assembly fo
of 1913. bi
:8 The resolution was Introduced by H
n Shnator K. B. Jones/of Forsyth, and tb
L- calls for the appointment by the pree- a;
iupm or me senate mud m? apvaker -pi
of the House of a committee of five rti
K from the Senate and seven from the ru
r House to investigate and report back b<
.B to the two houses respectively Whe 8t
amount of salaries to be paid clerkll
d of the respective committees, the te
p number of employes and laborers re- of
?. quired in tbo Senate and tmuse- re- er
,t sportively, the salaries and vfgeB to en
y be paid each, the number of pages rey
quired in the Senate and the House be
respectively, and the salaries to be bi
paid each," and that the recommen- ot
dations of this committee should be ns
it binding upon the two bodies in the he
r errpolyraent of sucl\femployes and la-" "er
I? borers. ? re
I. The rules were suspended and 'the he
. resolution went through the Senate cd
d without a hitch, and, so certain were m<
II the .members that the House would uf
s act upon It immediately, that ad- be
Journment was taken at 2 o'clock un-i
til 1:30. when the Senate convened' of
again'to learn that the resolution. I he
whlch^had been sent the House, had I of
_ gona no further than the rules com-J ea
\ raitt^e. ! iet
The Idea of retrenchment was evi-'ed
j. dent in the Senate again. when Sena-ICfc
y tor Cook* of Cabarrus, offered a reso-! tei
n lutloii with a view to limiting the ex-leoi
nem.es of the inauguration ol' State! H<
Faithful Colored Se
Goes to His
d ? /
0
it Ti;er*? pawicd to hf* rest; in W-ksIi-|
r ingtott on Monday, January Ctb. Joe J da
" .Toner. Mfloredrfn his 87tb Tear.' ' ^
. " ba
Jor was a most competent, faithr
ful aud worthy person. He passed jn,
"his early years as valet in an adjoin- toi
e ins town and t-ame into the posset*- fal
y sion of -Mr. Allen Grist just before iat
>f the Civil War. On the plantation of thi
1 Mr Grist, near Washington, he fallho
fully filled many places of trust and ml
e remained with the family all through ri<
y_ the war. though only two miles front, w
TT tm 1-jriK uf WB tfPlW lulu ilii' t'um fta
e federate army and served them and ar
t- their comrades faithfully as cook, thi
During the last year of the war he tb
T GAMBLE CONCERT d Rl
" HERE JANUARY 14TH
>r ^ !
5 Apropos of vast audiences, the
? Braest Gamble Oeaeost Pony. which [bi
k will appear here January 14th. have
had some of the largest audiences ^
ever assembled in the United States.
J The Gamble Party appeared before 80
Lord and Lady Aberdeen and twelve w5
s thousand listeners on Dominion Day ed
at Ohautaugua, N. Y. The largest rtj
^ musical assemblage ever in Colum'd
bus, O . was the All-Star program
, with the Arion Club by Krnesi Gam- f
^ ble. Ysaye, Gcrardy and Pugno, when Ja
y close to 6ir thousand people filled" the lot
g mammoth auditorium. The largest i fei
choir in the world is the Mormon.ed
n -Tabernacle choir in Salt Lake City.'lit
-e The Gamble Parly appeated_jts ^p!o-1
e lets with this organization befoir'Pj
five thousand persons. Then, too. ul
^ Mf. Gambte boa suflg in the Metro- *
e politan Opera House, New York City. [
and in most of the largest theatres1
and auditoriums of this country
'1 t'ie
HtAlUR MEETING.
pu
e
d There will be prayer infecting Berv*
d ices conducted at the FirBt Presby_
tArlAn rh iirrV. thin ovpnlnu of ?
e The services were postponed from
5 last evening due to the Preebyterial
p Conference being conducted in the
? First Presbyterian church.
s- Dr. and Mrs. L. 8. Blades, of Elit* es
r- ibeth City, who were registered at ga
T Hotel Louise last evening, left for
their Abuie via the Norfolk Southern an
II train this morning. Vi
d !
Mr. J. L. Hartsfle'd, of New Bern, m
ia here today on business H
Tr S
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.
Ho. U
j". ' , ' , -
- a
m m ^ |i - -a M m J
m xtie ocruxtc -?
Beers. which?* wM?W fcavs? >/3m
mounted to $1,000 foor jwni ago. 9
owever, no pressure was brought to
tar for the -adoption of such ft reta
ition, as -the Senate was informed *~A
lat ttie city of Raleigh proposed this
tar to bear a good portion of the
[penses of inauguration.
Progresses fh? form of,modi flea- . ^
on of the rules of the House was
ie one definite idea advanced in that
>dy yesterday, and this was brought
rward by Speaker Connor, in his
"Uiu UC IUUIL IUO CKSf. t, ^p.i
e vigorously advocated revision of ' Wrfj
e rules, which he said were good
ben adopted but were not suited to
esenl conditions.?He urged thip W
lies committee so to amend the
lies of the House &r to enable the
dy to do its best work for the -?jU
ate.
One bill passed both bouses yesrday.
u bill to amend the charter
the Children's home, of the Westn
North Carolina Methodist conferice,
at Winston-Salem. Jj*
The close of the first day found
>th Houses organised and ready for
itdness, all Senate committees and
te House committee, that on Rules ^
imed, and a committee of both
uses appointed to Notify the govnSnSil
the Gengrgt Assembly hi ?
ady to receive any communication
i wishes to transmit. It is expectthat
Governor Kitehin's bl-enifta!
KUiet. will ?>?* rafalvaA t--.
ion the assembUng of th^- two '
iurch this morning at 11 o'clock.
Dy far the largest part of the tim<*
yesterday's sessions of both
useH was consumed In the routine
administering the oath of office to
ch and every member of both bodi
an.cl electing the officers nominatin
the caucusses of Tuesday night,
lief Justice Walter Clark adminlared
the oath in the Senate and Asrlate
Justice W. A. Hoke to the
)u*e members.
'.rvant' ' %
Merited Reward
? ~l_v Q
int with lMs>vMargar^t Hoyt, a - jM
ughter of Mr. Xh-lst. to the upper
rt of the State to ineoi hw^_hua> - _ ^??
nd. helping her with her seven
tall children and afterwards serv?
as cook.. Many of our Washlngu
citizens remetnber Joe an?the
Ithful and untiring driver to the
,e Dr. McDonald, and afterwards In
e same capacity to Mrs. McDonald.
Joe and the gray horse were falllar
objects at almost every marige
and funeral. He lost his sight
veral years ago and would sit with
# eyes towards the mm, happy in
'ipjpmmw of tola soleaaa Hlasrxf ^
o the dead which die In the Lord? 1
ry may rent from their labors; and
elr works do follow them.
BD MEN'S BANQUET .
WAS MUCH ENJOYED
Th?? Red Men's banquet at the
?Homo laat avonlng proved to
one of the most pleasant social "J
notions of the many given this aean
The affair was informal yet
is one that will bt long remember- 'jf
by every one present. Among
osr who responded to toasts were
*. D. L. James, Greenville; W J.
rary. Sr., Edenton; R. W. Taylor, . Ji
mes R. Grist and Dir David T. Tay?.
of this city. The spread was a
iRt fit for a king and much enjoyTho
luscious bivalves shared no
tie In the pleasures of the spread. ?I
HALL DEBATING SOCIETY
MOTS OFFICERS FOB YEAR
The John 11. Small Debating So- '
ity met January 8, .1818, for the
rpofie of electing officers.
The meeting was called to order by
evident Fowle, and the following . '-S
leers were elected:
James Fowle, president.
John C. Tayloe, vice-president.
William Blount,'secretary.
Chas. Proctor, press reporter.
James HowS^^sergeant-at-arms.
Query Oommftiefr- -Oarland Half ?-s?4
, Charles Proctor and Walter Mor- A
Calendar Committee?David Smith ]
id Chaa. Meekins and Woodaon *|.;j
ynhook
By a vote of tha society two new
ember* were taken into the society.
Won Hodnell sad Can?r rw?