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^V ? -' 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 www. ? r?"~ '.-'r1 - - -v - -j. I Y* T * ^ M \0> . i ^^^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 / w . 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?