North Carolina Newspapers

ASSURES Moments Makes tain in Eastern ( ^ ? ? ' ,l.Attn" -'--:!-' as fadt as the name* of those pre Ben could-he called out. . More than thii the contributors expressed them&elvei SB willing, If necessary, to double thlf amount. About $2,000 is said to b< necessary to set through the soasou therefore a committee was appoint ed to solicit leading business men anc report the result to a big meeting tc if? be held Wednesday night. ? Most of the crowd were late ii coming last erfcnlng, and at the schet uled hour things looked a trifle blue There woro only about fifty men scat tered through the hall, and the facei of ardent fans began to show anxiety The big town hall bell was kept ring ing, however. and more and tnor.e In divLdnsls came up the stairs until th< jjjr* "V" capacity of the house waB reachet and tie standing room only sigi might hare been hung out. In response to many requests, Mr Lindsay C. Warren took the chair an< +** meeting to -order, sdylng "Fellow-dtlsens, as I' understand it the purpose of this meeting is to de cldo whether Washington Is willinj to in Test in an advertisement. Thii advertisesseut Is a professional base ball elob." He them road the Isttei from Now Bern asking that s com ml tee be appointed to meet their com, mittee 1m Goldsboro on. January 31 and called for suggestions, mention ing the- tact that Fayettevllle hat raised $lltfi la one nignt. Mr. Frank p. Kugler, a vetersi ^? loafner who hu pitched for the Phil adelphla National*, then arose am ;n made a fewremarks. He said it part: "Hardly"anything "atfverllaS a town better than a good clean base ball taaa. I believe It the boys ge together we can raise enough to ge )o tWal U? BOI- only thai but haVe a winning team. In Jhi day and Mae it is almost a puCTi * team, for we mus ket( fiM with surrounding towns The first thing is to eee how mucl fer; tnoaey we will need.". Mr. 4?ugle > .' them explained how be did not thiol 1* nriwrthfn fat no through a ?eeaeoi on lens than $2,000. bringing out thi . point that U took nearly that mucl In Waahtagton's last baseball venture,, theagh the. entire season wai not finished. He suggested that th< chairman appoint some one to g< around aaeag the "boys" there aa sembled and-see how much would, b pledge# at once "I hope." contln tied Mr! Kvgler, "that no one wil look en this as a downright Invest ment for his soda fountain or hi itorp;?Hiait Ihto 11 fWBl A ROOl clean spevtsmanllke point of vie* much nSre can be acompnsnen. jub to stajr^ the thing off, I -will give on> FARMERS' HSIITU1E ID i BE KID IH CflUHTI Farmer*' Institutes will be heU under the auspices of the State De ?-^-parlfahnl of Agriculture at Batt Tuesday, February 11th; at Aurora Wednesday, February 12 th; and a Washington. Thursday, February ISth. yg 4 A T*e aasrming sessions will open A 10:30 and the afternoon ones s 1:36. There jjill be discussions oi oil improvement, lire-stock, mar wfc *>-#' -- | " x *Ai the satpe time and place ther ' will he held a Woman's Institute, ti whleh the women are lnrlted ti come ka4 loin la the dtoueston o subjects pertaining to bouaehot< try, health In the home, the educe tlon of children, end other topice < P j. " Interect to the home mtker. l?teree?ag program, here bee prepared for thece meetings. j yemr't cuheerlptlon will be (Iron to the beet lotl of breed baked and ei E?; %Mted by a girl or woman living o the (aym. To win thla premium th bread meet acorn at least 78 potnti A year'e subscription to-at farm pe i per win bo (Ivan to a man axhlbltte the klgheet eeortac on Ave ears c Tan*: "?T^xr """? A year's sobaortptlon to a fan paper will be given to the boy ande . 17 years at age exhibiting the hlgl eat ecorlag on Bra para of corn. H . . . ...... . sSE ' V<v ? ' . ,*' ' y^': i^ASHI ?, . ?.'^r?ry^'v-: - ?. , T0WNHALL LEAGUE BALL ed Dollars in Few Place Almost CerDarolina League. i/bnadrsd dollars." - ?Applsuae folowed tlila auuuuuuc- t meat. Chairman Lindsay Warren t brought up the question of obtaining i grounds, saying it was- Impossible to i one the old ones. and. introduced Ilr. S George Hackney, Jr., who, Dp said, 5 had a proposition to make. Mr. Hackney's proposition was to - have a park iu the fair grounds. 1 Dr Tayloe. he said, had stated th&r ) the grounds were already surveyed*. His Idea was that of having the ball > park in the cftnter of the race track. 1 He did not have authority, he said. . to make a definite proposition at this - time as to rent, but he felt sure there i would be no tfbuble in obtaining the . site at a reasonable figure. He protrl ised to have a concrete proposition to - present at the next .meeting. Wed; nesday night. 1 Mr. W H. Allison here Interrupted i to ask Mr. Hackney's proposition included the building of a grandnfnnri I * "Ye?." emphatically, responded Mr. I Hackney. At this point, Mr. Kugler nomlnat ed Mr. Warren for chairman of the t meeting, this formality pot yet hay- ~ i fag been floa^lled with. ? 1^ Mr F. 8. Worthy was then unanr imonsly elected secretary. A motion t was made and carried that the chair - appoint three men to go around the . assemblage and solicit funds, calling - out each man's name and the amount 1 he subscribed. The chair appoint- ? ed Messrs. P. P. Maxwell. W. H. Al- " i it son end H O Wlnfl+ld. I P - As fast as the secretary could take I 1 down the names, subicHptions flow- |j i ed in a continuous stream until a tof fai oi fTVtr Vis"WSBVBT flefb'retEe "" - meeting adjourned, several considert able amounts were added, bringing t the total nearly up to the $700 7 marr. s At. the Instigation of Mr. Kugler. : everyone expressed himself as wlllt ing to double their subscription if . necdsaary. i The chairman was asked to apr point a committee of three to solicit p# t the business men of the town and re- co b port at Wednesday's- meeting. The s chair will announce this committee Pr' i today/ The question was brought up ne ' of appointing two delegates to go to s Ooldsboro one week hence, and while en e no formal action was taken several 5 suggested the names of Lindsay C. al< - Warren and Frank C.,Kugler. and t*1' b the names appeared to be exceeding- Pa - ly favorable to the crowd. 1 After expressing the hope for a In - good big rally Wednesday evening di( s to hear the report from the sub-con*r inlttee the baseball fans adj^unimi ?1 r to fill the streets and the drug stores t with conversation in regard to league wl ? ball for Washington. ul - ye th exhibit has merit. Information Hi po regard to theeo contests may be had . on application to T. B. Parker, dl| rector of farmers' institutes, or to fej W. A. Graham. Commissioner of-Ag- an riculture, the addresses of both be- m| i ing Ralegh. N. C. - ca Everybody interested In better 0f i agriculture and farm, and home 1?- y? provements is urged to come out for ov t a day of pleasure and profit: Many be r wlH bring lunch and spend the'day. co It has been suggested that it would tr< t be a good idea to bring a book and of f pencil for'taking notes. Young peo- 4s a pie are specially urged to attend the v Institute. w* ca ' RDinP (IF CFVFK WFFKt 7' ) VIIIUU Ul Uli Villi niUAU - KILLS HERSELF ~ L - ^Rocky Mount, Jan.* 23.?Leaving th - his' wife early this morning. H. M. ' Mayers returned Inter to find her Ijn M Ing prone upoiuthe floor la h pool of ** a her own blood and with a bullet hole L in her bend. The suicide took place r at the residence of W. H. Snell. on Nash street. The suicide was first d discovered when Mian loos Broad- th ? hurst, who also rooms at Mr. 8nell's d, ? came home shortly after the noon ^ hour and the way to her home she jy i passed the front room upstairs and co >' she saw the yofang woman lying on Li the floor with "a revolver by her side i> n she immediately' summoned help ni it from acroae the street and quite a n? > crowd ?oon gkUkord. t, ? *?" C0?flo bad boon marrltd only J. ? .?r?n % P, " 65? ??vV: - ' ' -, t f> J NGT WASHINGTON. NORTH CAR Sun<l ?' h r^H -T^ORRYIf / | mimim nn MBramm ur TURIISl ABIT Mil ("on a tail tin n nip. 51 V??tm aha, the former war minister and e tnmander of the Turkish army was t at. during demonstrations whjebu cceded the resignation of the cabi- t hi u Enver Bey and Talaat Bey had giv- t erplicit orders that no blood' t oujd be shed. But Nazim Pasha's! ie de camp fired from a window oflj e- Porte at Envey Bey and his com-'a nion and they returned the Are. it Their bullets killed Nazim Pasha, 'i spite of this tragedy there was noji iturbance elsewhere. About Turkish General i Xaslm Pasha, wai miuiMei?and f nerallisimo 'of the Turkish armies \ is a man of great physical and men: t I strengtjy. He was close to 60 i ars ,o!d and was characterized as e best commander In chief Turkey ] ssessed In recent timea. , Nazim took Stfpreme command of ] e forces after Abdullah Pasha suf- ( red defeat around Kirk-Kileaseh | d Adrlanople. He was appointed j Inlster of war in the flrat Kiamil hinet. This aroused the opposition ] the committee on union and prog- ] 98 and practically resulted In the i erthrow of the ministry. He then came commander of the first army j rps and was in command of the , >ops in Constantinople at the time ] the revolutionary movement that , tfcronad Abdul Hamid. J-j Nazim Pasha became minister of , ir again in 1912 in the Mukhtar ( blnet and continued to hold office 4 ion the second Klamll cabinet was < rmed in October of that year. , A Nazim Pasha was in personal ( tnmand oft the troops that checktbe advance of the Bulgsrlsns at e Tcbattaja lines. IMiiTTEE TO DRIFT NEW PRIMARY UN MEETS MONDAY Mottday there'will be a meeting of a committee appointed by the la*. ^ sraocratlc county convention to , aft a new primary law and corrupt dices act for the county. .This immlttee Is enmnomd r* Messrs. ntUay C. Warren, chairman of the i smocratlo execntiTe committee, Jo- i oe D. Orimes, who acted as garment chairmen at the laet county con in Hon. Bryan T. Bobnery of Idalla, W. Smith of Belharwn, ani C. B. kul of North Crogk. ON E 3 LIN A, BATUIUM7 AFT**NOON. by out iacu^sairs ne iiinflnrarattm ira I iramiii Raleigh, Jan. 25.?Without oppotltlon the House yesterday voted to idopt the Joint resolution which had Tt***pfl fhw in rctirj, he seventeenth amendment to the federal constituted providing for he election of United States sensors by direct vote of the people. The Justice joint resolution ex)resslng the views of the General As embly on the cjuestlon of freight ates dlscrlmafory to North Carollta also was passed on its third readrig and sent to the senate without mgrossment. The resolution memorialises Congress to enact laws hat will give rellof to North Caroina in the matter of freight rates hat discriminate against this state n favor of other states. And again, without debate the tfouse adopted a resolution memo iallslng Congress to pass the WebbKen yon-Shepherd liquor bill, the resdntlon being intoduced by Represenative R. B. Miller, whose request tor immediate passage was granted. The Williams "resolution to invite Messrs. Wilson, Bryan and UnderSwood to address the General Asscm >ly was not mentioned In the House. Following a lengthy debate In the Senate the bill by 8enator Jones to repeal the law limiting the borrowng capacity of building and loan asloclations to 25 per cent of their nswu was pawed, after "If "hid." "keen imeuded to place the limit at 50 per rent of their assets were voted dowt> U the bill passed it almply amends he present law by striking out "25 ?er cent" and Inserting "60 per rent" instead. * CHURCH NOTICE*. Rev. R. H. Broom, pastor of the first Methodist Church will baptise wverat infants a*t tomorrow's mortt log service. after . which he will preach ufcon. "The Danger of Dieregarding Reproof." In the eventag his subject will he, "Repentance." -' *? I.' Rev. R. V. {{ope, pastor of the Christian church, will preach tomorrow on "Man's Qreateet Discovery," and in the evening on "The Fall ol Jericho." VC-.YJ A class of loyal sons and a claaa of loyal daughters will be organised ~S?? " LOCAL TOBACC TORECE jf, ^ - - I? Public Meeting Hai Tuesday Night i Hearing Vital Pr< . A determined egoei is to be made : by the local Chamber of Commerce to still further Increase the already; thriving tobacco Industry of thisvM clnlty by giving free tobacco seeds "W"Tbe farmers at the Worthy and! Ktheridge Drug Store, at UIouuCbI Drug Store, and at the Chamber ofl Commerce rooms. Seeds may now be obtained at any of these places, and farmers are! urged to stop and get them. Furth-J ermore. hi order to take no chances [ a.rainwt nny farmer being left unsup-[ plied, a special representative will be sent around in the country to distribute these valuable seeds. A public meeting has been called (n the town hall at eight o'clock NO COURT THIS MORNING * S9IE CASES HELD OVER v* - " 2&>r the flnr Bffle In several days Uiujre was no recorder's court this aErning. This Is not because, howfer. .all the evil doers have reformSo.. A case will be tried this afterriooii. and four or five liquor cases *'n1ch. should be tried today are necasHQrilv h?ld-?over for lack of witlessea. ' < t . |. wws^m m W ' *? * V*" ~m-r -> 2k i * *- ?xj I Bartholomew in Minneapolis Journal. TOfiMWTHBk] GOOD ROADS Demand For Better Highways | Is Nation Wide. -; "GET OUT OF THE HUT."! "~ 4 Every On# It Awakening to the Value I 1 of Good Roadt and the Remedy For I | | Poor Ones?Up to the Farmers?Co'- ' operation la Essential. , The good roads movement through- ; I out the country has awakened tin- I II farmer to the neeesaitj- of good, love! i I roads for the promotion of 1 transit Ln marketing his farm prod- 1 ' I ucts. 1 | | lu Wisconsin great interest Is being , I taken by farmers in the building of , ' new roads. Sevefbl appropriations | I have been m'nde in the various conu- | | ties, running into hundreds of thou saDds of dollars, and business meu and I farmers are co-operating with the state ' I and government authorities with a 1 , , common end lu view?good roads. ln the county of Kent, WIs^$600,0001| _ j I Los been appropriated for the build j lng of new roads, and the Good Road* ( { club has promised to pay an amount equal to that raised by the farmers by subscription in the county. I Scarcely a magazine is published at the present time which does not de^ vote some part of lis pages to the mention of good roads, and it would seem that day by day the movement is becoming more national and strong er in its scope. The especially pleasing feature la that the farmers are taking a^blgTnterent In it, | In tbe.sl*to of Ohio Tfretlred manu- < facturer. wnW recently has acquired and cultivated one .of the largest prl vate farms La the country, intends, in addition to making his farm a model one, to have everything that goes with i ^ I PA TIT or THE MAB1UCHV8ETTH BTATK BO AD , it-hi-first clnsv-shape. The Improvements intended will include guod highways nud by wuy? throughout ihe vl ' trill4*. Y.rnntaiug ibetu passable bolu in Llut suinyii.-r.tual ^vouUtc.- . Good roads help the farmer as much is aud-more directly than the city man. A farmer whose home, gardens nud crops are. say. teu miles from market i.t fiml u ul'wuuu'it -hhjiiwhhh* to market his products when prices for staples are highest iu fall, whiter and spring if his roads linvo uot beetl Itn proved. Winter is no bar in a social or business way for the fanner whore roads have been improved. I In Colorado and North Carollun hip J tbiugs are being doueJu road building, r and convicts are engaged in converting i ImpnjMiliip nnuiH lmu UriT'iu liiphu ?Prlvute enterprise also has enterrd | Into the conatnictiou of new roads, and j motorcar owners in the Fox river valle>, Wisconsin, have each subscribed |10 for the construction of n road seven miles long between the twin cities of Keennh and Memasha and Appleton. The increasing popularity ofjalic automobile among farmers Is sure to stimulate greater promotion of good roud building. The wear and tear on in automobile is lessened considerably when traveling over an evcu. smooth road, greater la attorned. and liie life of tires is Increased couslderuhl.v when they are subjected to a level stirface. Instead of ruts and holes that icrape the outer casing nud injure the fabric. A city motorist endeavors to keep out of car tracks because of the bad and Injurious effect they have on the Tiroa of his PHI- hilt lh? fnr.n.w ht.o I no alternntlrMvbrn lie travels over I bad roads. He must strike the ruts. ind tjie only remedy then Is good rouds ; -Krtnhulls Dairy Former. The women of China are "making [ great strides in advancement, nud yet | they afe discarding trousers for skirts., Or perhaps the "aud yet" should lie i changed to read "and so." Their dla- J carding of trousers Is a result aud a ; proof of their advancement ) LYRIC OFFERS PATRONS j AN ATTRACTVE PROGRAM* With the regular matinee bill at the Lyric today and.night performance closes the engagement of Shaw I and Shaw In a rich and very deverj act of high class singing and talking. Shaw and Hhaw -have played to very appreciative audiences at the Lyric and received favorable comment, and considered to be a real act oi Itr, nature, and their continues were excellent. Today's program offers the chil edy one and something they will en- , toy. featuring a Vitagraph picture ( with Johnny Bunny In the leading ] role. . , The bookings at the Lyric for-the first halt of ne*t week are oonsldered to be a screaming comedy bill and an act with four people "The Superior Players ' Tboe* who are Jadgee of real high class amusement will unnuestloa .-39 fS ' !0 INDUSTRY :iVE BIG BOOST s Been Called on r^-^own Hall for ^position. Jj| Tuesdaj n Ik in to fllMuss die foUacro InUustry or this section Another warehouse is iu prospect for . Washington, and a stetmnery will m also probably be built.' The city already has one tobacco warehouse, but the nearest steiuraeyr is at Wilson. Eastern North Carointi lia9 longbeen famed as a tobacco country. In such cities as Winston. "Vhrtaam, U'Dkllinvtnn n~><.n..l1l. ? *??? .. U.cruUIIV, II II 11 ?V >IBI)U the tobacco industry is one of the principal commercial assets.. ? j One of the business men of Washington hal made a proposition t>f absorbing interest, which will be brought up at the meeting Tuesday night. f SMALL SAVES " \ WHYS t APPROPRIATION ?\ Wsbingtou. D. C* . Jan. 23>?While he river and harbor.bill was being :otisidered in commftu e of the whole ..? "= n?uw 01 nepresentariveH thin tfternocn. a sharp attack was made )n the provision nf fSOO.OiH) for the mprovw^-^ tit? mland wmcrwuy* ~" rom Norfolk to Albemarle round. fi^r .Itif.mulrthMlai ikai ^ he government had not yet obtained A itle to the right of way of the Cbe&a>eake and Albemarle t'anal Company tnd that the money was being ; u iated for a project not yet ready to ?e begun. M &! Kepreer utative Pout;*- of Illinois, i Democrat. led the demonstraion. and he was audited by Keysoicntatives Kopp of Wisconsin McKeu ' j i?? ef lllim is. and >lond*11 of Wyo'ii- , *"'* . J i.g. all of whom are Republicans, i'h" rtrfcnm- wis u.ii hi' Hopti . n 111,i ve J. Hampton Moor-' of Peunsyi8! lb. Mr. Small explained in detail the eason for the delay in acquiring title *"* o the Chesapeake and Albemarle calal right, but declared ibat the De>artinnt of Justice had assured bin* hat the titles would be entirely actuired by April first next anil would v n all probability be transferred by he middle of next month. Not to appropriate anything for ne prosecution or the project in the :urrent bill, declared Mr. Small, would leave the army engineers lothing to work on ^ntil July 1. 1914, antkthe North Carolina Cong essman made an able appeal for its section, which is dependent upon hiB waterway for the transportation if its water-borne commerce and which now has to pay tolls for the ibp of canals which are Inadequate o the demand. Congressman Knpp wanted to 'jifk mow what would become of the ither private canals between Njfa "*? oik and the Carolina sounds after he government had acquired the Chesapeake and Albemarle. 9r. imall admitted that this other canal vould be practically put out of busliess by the free waterway which ihe tovernment Is to establinh and said hat the matter had caused the riv>rs and harbors committee a good leal of embarrassment, but. be dedared, in answer to a question from he Wisconsin representative. , 4hat leKher himself nor any of hi?-".coleagues. po far as he. was awnfo, to- oH ended to ask Congress to ite any mohey to indemnify tfc#!Dis~ nal Swamp Company. When the matter was put ?<>Vvdte on?penman rosier 8 imenamenT i? itrlke out the appropriation pi ISOf100 for the Norfolk-Beaufort canal was defeated rn i r nhrlmlm^r N* p it tack wm made in the eoaraetttee ef the whole on the provision' for the continuation of iniprovedMlkta at . . ' Norfolk her[bor and thOj ulII ko idopted bj the House. Mr. S. M. Rollins of Ttttarr. N. 'j sai regletered nt the Lenlee reeter- 'i !?i i Mr. B. r. Bennett wu H| the arty