- II. I II. I .1 1 I I HHIII IIIlil 111 GoM?boro, P?b. 4?At th? roarting fereat Mm Id Butern Carolina Id r tli. Igmi. Iter U?? a*a*6n. only four town* were represented, Ne*r Bore and Fayetteyille. There were ae definite steps taken further That ike t&wna represented be can vawed In order to ascertain how U1UI mm Willing lu SUIT leaaue salary Halt of 11,000 per month for each teaa, a forfeiture of $S00, and a 00 game schedule. That was done - and Payetteyllle. Newborn and Qoldsboro screed that they wooltKput out a team aad enter a league under those renditions. Correspondence will be started with.ike different towns in Eastern three mere towns, are willing to come Id to. a league of that 'kind, a meeting will he held in Qoldshoro to perfect the organisation. -?-r A Mi Und?y C. Warren oa behalf of Washington was re? ceived lest wight while the meeUng was in session, and it is hoped the Washington folks will Join in pro mo ting the league under the abote ?1_? sUpiilstl? - . tew' off rat ioug of Fiinrnm Mr Joseph P. Tnyloe, who returned Saturday from an extended business trip, leaves today for Raleigh to attend a meeting of the Kxegatlve Com* . mlttee of the State Fair Association. At this meeting thS| matter of greatly improving and changing the fair groan da will be dleenaeed. The fair of 1912 was the best and most ucoepafnl in the 52 years history of that -it farther needed permanent Improvements can be financed flue mssfnllT at this mytlng. Ihpjkttaad-. anc, and some departments of the exhibits,' will be easily doubled in a few years. Part of President John A. Mills's letter la as follows: r " ' "1 am eare yon will jtgrce with me when 1 any our State" Fair Has out_ grown Itself. It la becoming unwfeld lr and is stuch harder to control than it was many years .ago. Onr fair grounds seed many changes and improvement* in order that we may be able to display exhibits and make them attractive. At the next execuraap owt plana for developing our fair, eo that It will be a greater factor la the upbuilding of our people ana ov r?t*te. CRI1ESLAND SUPPLY CO. RBBBEB LAST NIGHT Qriattlud, Fob. 4.?The Grimesland Sifib Co.. om of the lending store* of Pitt County, wms Inst night broken litb by thlevee end robbed. Entraae^was made through the rear window. The two money drawers were locked, and upon failing to " foreTtiicm open ,' tBe' thief or thieves took away an entire drawer. Exactly bww much money was left in the store when it was shut up for the i night it unknown; therefore the amount successfully made away with not iisrirrered until this morning. . . IK C. P Aycock. of Pungo, la In a i^aag ^ aaterday'atrial tora. : I Mr. Undsg/o. Warren left tkla ' op ; many of my customers Who want something^bettef t^n the Nation^ f-- jj IMn, npwltllr w>?j jon nii ] MmUUg batter (k?i.ths ordinary whenbnrlaa aiilmmausaUa. Their I ,'fcrandy Wine,CVWar Lmu, Sam , V sua, Baa Shine - Cltras, Golden ' nakaa ara nma at thair leaders, hat we hare other brands beside* ihetroyater eractera and aoda hla rnlta. Vary respectfully. Chaa. M MUte. 1-lt-ln ow-we- _ - . " : ,v . ' . / . " * JOS Washington, Feb. .?The parcel poet eystsm, which has been la operatlffP BiflCC tho flrat of the rear.-li working like a well-oiled Corliaa enfloe. The experimental dayF-speni to have passed end the people are l?I to reduce UH cut of II ring by the us of the new posts) eipreee. Poets! employee are doing their ntmnet to makh the law a aucceaa. There are two aldca to the enforcement or tne parcel post regulation!] one is humorous and !? otn?n ?erlour. bore of the infringements of the law that cauae^ Merriment are reported. In the mountains of Georgia a trapper shipped an odoriferous skunk skin to a friend at Seattle. The postmaster at the" receiving point did not know thet the package contained such a loud-smelting parcel and passoil It along. The akin wended Its way across the continent, leaving its unique trail lu its wake, before the postal authorities were able -to dewctit. ? :? Anything with a bad odor is "uqmailable." "What la a bad odor?" the department has been asked. 8. J. Bstts, a 'seed corn farmor of Raleigh, has entered his protest against a law that pvntlta the posting of aknnk skins by parcel post and not seed corn. * ?' ft-mo," aft Id Mr, Batis in protestlug. "where ono of our farmers has Jnst cent a skunk hide which had to bo kept oat of tho building until the ma*I wagon started to the depot. "I mention these things in argument in behalf of seed corn. ' The law should be changed." The Postofflce Department is in possession of a letter from Miss Louise Moore of 8andy Springs. Md., expressing her appreciation of the go%n occurred at the Tcfcatalia lines. The armistice bad lasted exactly two; months. 1 Bulgaria has turned a deaf .ear to tbd rpmontstruancea'bf the powers, and unless Turkey yields to the Bal: %an demauds tlie allted armies wlli now attempt-to drive bar oonpletely out cf Europe. According to a disi patch from Belgrade last night. Scutari already is on the point of falling. |t leported the Turkish comman; Mi" eent two rsbfiieaiitiraa far the 8ervian commander to propose tb+ oapltslnlatlon of that town. FOLDER EXPLOITS WONDERS OF NEW CORN BELT Columbia, s. c,.. Feb. 4?"The New Corn Belt" is the title which has been accorded -the?nine Southern States east of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac. This honor is given the South in an-attractive folder just issued by the Southern Railway Company which is being dlstrlbr uted among visitors to the National Corn Exposition here. Figures In foMnr. compiled from latest Oftlcial sources, give new proof of the. Increasing importance of the South as a corn growing section and fully wonderful section as the "New Corn substantiate the claim given this Belt." "Figures in the December number o? the Crop Reporter Issued by the federal department' of agriculture, ahow that the nine Southern States east of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac produced in 1912 a corn ffM ,pfni6iQ|J Iffif Tfirihi $314,740,000 at prices paid farmers in that, territory," Bays the folder. "Compared with the reporFoT the Tfotr*c Mtftti", ffhen ne otop ot s'42-, 464, 737 bushels in the same states < wA worth 1137.079,003, the latest figures Bhow an lhcrease'of 162,670,263 bushefs, worth practically $178,000,000 more than the earlier production. 1 "The greater yield in the Southeast has followed an increased acreage given to corn and a steadily increas- : ing? acre-yield. The general develop- ] ment of thia agricultural region, aided by federal and state demonstration work and further halped by the edusatleail egerts"ol auoh rallrnadf ; as the Southern, which maintains a corps of agricultural experts whose services are at the command of all the farmers along Its 7,000-odd miles ; of territory, has had a large share in stimulating attention given to corn. ; Prominent among"the reasons for the laereaaed acre-yield has been the organltatlbn of boyB' corn clubs and annual oorn show in each of these nine ; States. Comparative figures show that , the Increase in the average yield per < acre over the 1600 record in 1912 ) alone amounted to $103,981,221. | Four hundrd and fifty-four members i of boys* corn clubs in the ?soth ip 1912 made .over 100 bushelB to the In addition t6 the wide circulation it Is being given at the Corn Exposition, the folder will be distributed among farmers of the North and West In an effort to attract deairable settlers to the "New Corn Belt." Read T -iI Chinese f "A good customer wont chang | It? customer once in three year?, The importance ot this to you r< | r * "food" customer has confidence I gives the customer quality, serrtc ' 'Ton cah rely a yon securing tl , who advertise In The Dally News ored with yonr trade, they must your custom. Their advert! sea* fen of goods of the heat quality, and when you shop hi their stoi Shop with reliable merchants, baying opportunities they offer I clueeiy and constantly every day , V. ' " Wl CAROLINA. TUESDAY AFTERNOO Fair Tonight ai aigtgiii! The Board oflftldermen held theii regular meetlnglhst night In the cltj ball, Mayor ?C. H Hardlng presiding The proposition was made by th? County Board of jCommlssioners tu erect a ooncme,bridge over Snowd'i Creek, the city to bear one-third ol the coat. After lengthy diacuaaion the matter was referred to a commit tee to act In ohajunction with the county rommmiuuera? that 'of inatflng an appropriation for the two local tympanies of militia. Various amounts were suggested until finally a motion was made to allow them 950 . apiece .The motion was carried. Mr. F. C. Kugler desired it understood that the money was not for the .specific purpose of sending the companies tb Washington for the inauguration, hut to be used as they saw lit. 5? Dr. E. M. Brown desired 4he Aldermen tp do so mi Jilng for the Improvement of a Certain street In especially bad tok IHfton. Mr. Kugler stated that he sf ir only one solution, namely, to ge{ a Vessel load of oyster shells to spread, on the offending thoroughfare. Shells will giv/s body to the road, he explained, thbugh of course they won*9 la8t forever. Oyster shells have the additional advantage of being cheaper than anything else. The matter was referred to the street committee. Dr. Brown, before resuming his seat, complained of the amount of trash on the w4ter front, back of buildings facing on Water street. He was promised an investlgntlnii Mayor Harding laid before the assembly the request of a colored man that a hydrant be placed at the intersection of Washington street and the Greenville road. The proposition will be brought before the water commissioners. _ One of LhA- -poitoemen was next granted a raise in salary of ten dollars. Some one raised the point that the atnonnt of this officer's salar/N^as deflnfteTF lR5fl"TB"T!T?r' my To get around this technicality, the additional amount was specified as being for "extra duties." / Alderman Kugler moved that the; maypr be requested to write to the : Norfolk Southern Railway about improving their station and Its sur-, rounding^ declaring it "a shame for: any town to have a station of the) kind.'4 At fo^ht. said Mr. Kugler. let I the railway know thaV its negligence is noticed. The motion was unanimously passed, and tho mayor declar-; ed he w'onid Bji pienrutd In n riffngi the letter. The Aldermen next voted to pay II.GOO which waa due at the First Sational Bank. Chief George N. Howard bdvocated before the board some Improvement In the police department, delating the service from the night force too poor, through no fault of the men, however. He declared the night men should be kept on the street all the time. The hour was by this tim growing late; therefore the Aldermen simply voted to empower the chief to take any measures he saw fit. and adJournod without delay. STARTS CHORAL CLASS. Prof. W. E. Smith starts his choral class Thursday evening at I o'clock over the store of the Walter Credle Co." About 40 have already joined tho clash, and many more are expect-1 Bd to. do BO. r.-'. his Old Proverb.* e hit shop, nor a good shop lose T' " says an .old Chiaeso proverb. . sets upon the fact that the In l)ls shop, and the ^'good" shop e. and a square deal, leee things from the merchants i, for they realise that once fevrender all these things to retain nta In The Dally News are of. courtoey, and speedy semes, ea they fulfill those promisee, and acquaint yourself with the >7 reading their advertisements in Tlo Daily Newt. ? )AILV K, FEBRUARY *7 ltlt. * id Colder ill PIS IS PRIYflTF, SECRETARY . Trenton.. N. J., F March 4, according to an announcei ment by President-elect Wilson yesterday, ' Tumulty has been in charge of the governor's correspondence since electlon day and has been throughout : a Cuiindeintai udriser IMPORTANT SANITARY MEASURE PASSED Raleigh, Feb. 4.?A bill was introduced in the Legislature yesterday requlrlng the State Board of Health to make anuual luapectlon of all hotels, restaurants, and public.lodging houses. Some of the provls-' Ions of the bill are that hotels and I public lodging houses shall have ample provision for fire-escapes, 2anltarj^lolletB, screened doors and windows, weir lighted and ventilated kitchens and bedrooms, clean bed llnenTetc. The bill also abolishes the, !unsightly, ill-smelling, time honored., 'disease scattering roler towels, and! also common drinking cups. Furthermore, it provides a certain degree I of protection to the purity of the | drinking water used in these hotels, etc. In tho case of seashore hotels [and?resorts provisions aro-tnade for llife lines or ropes anchored and buoy , ?u ui, ? ??'? uul DU11 lu V'"-; (vent the inexperienced from going (out beyond their depth. One of the wisest provisions of this I bill Is that giylng the hotels a sanitary rating, which is to be made pub- , |lie from time to time. By this moans ! the traveler may better select the ho- J | tel at which he stops, and a marked) improvement may be expected in I some of the hotelB receiving low' ratings. Fines and peifrtHtee are -provided for grosB or willful violations of sanitary practices. _1 ^Besides a hotel inspection bill two other sanitary measures were Intro^ duced in the Legislature today. Cine provided for the sanfthry maintenance. operation, and inspection of railroad-coaches, and the other for atmtlar oversight in* the case of stations and depots. In both of these bills the State Board of Health Is required to make the inspection, and to give the various railroads ratings on the sanitary conditions of their coaches and passenger stations similar uythe method employed in the United States dairy score card. WW me ail good mmmmit 9 reeled towards the protection, comfort and safety of the traveling public. Furthermore, they operate to the Interest of the clean hotel keeper, and to the Interest of the sanitary railroads. No objection should be heard except from those unwilling to give the traveling public a square deal when It comes to hotel and railroad protection. M& IN UrtnA Chicago, Fob. 4.?Fowler McCormlck, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold McCormiclc. and grandson of John D. Rockefeller, made his debut In a grand opera role in "Cochita," sung at the Awdltorium Theater last Thursday evening. This became generally known yesterday for tbe first time. Young McCormlck was principally noticeable in the "Opera House" scene of the opera, whon he appeared always close to Mme. Oalll, the pretty and youfig dansenae. It was then that many women In the audience recognized him and gare the young -'a^Urnumerary" a measure of applause all for himself?only Fowler didn't, know it. ' Fowler's appeal ance on the sutg? was recalled yesterday by Mme. Oalli. "You see, Fowler knows practically all the members of the company and most of them are fond of him," she said. "I remember now seeing him near ih'e on the stage that night, but he is sq often behind the scenes that I did not think much of it at the time. He was not a?*iftned any part and merely went on for the fun of It. Of coarse, he took part in the Binging and dancing." His appearance on the stage In "Coehtta" is said to hare been a surprise to members of the McCormlck family, who were present. Chicago society has had many good laughs this winter over the apparent devotion of young McCormlck to Mme. Oalll. The boy Is often seen with the pretty little 20-year-old dancer. NEV FIRE PllW wmm J Jill New York. Feb. 4.?A boy's cry c "Are" and the smoke from an ei ploded reel of a motion picture nu chine In an East Side theater lai night resulted in a panic among th addience of 4 00 persons and a rus for the exits In which two womei were kil^d and 11 other persons s badly Injured that they haif to b sent to hospitals. The "flmhlc occur red In one of the most densely popu lated sections of the Hunt Side am the thousands who poured into Eas Houston street in front of theate and rushed to the doors added to th' confusion and to the dumber of In jured. The two dead women were no identified, were trampled to death ii tho crowd in an effort to reach' tin doors. The operate r of the machlm soon extinguished the 'burning fsln and the, flames did not spr?hd Wyom the Are-proof case in wmch ne work ed. With the exception of one e*i' door, the only means of escape fron the theater wits through the mair vostibuie and It was here In a narrow spare tnat most or the injured were found. The two women who were killed were picked up In the main section of the theater where they had been trampled. Steep steps led from the sidewalk to'tlie -theater entrance and down these hundreds fell while those behind piled on top. Children became separated from their parents relatives mingled with the panicstricken audiences. It wis more than an hour before the police were able to deJluiwHy say that only two had met death. . In the panie clothes were torn from their wearers ani the police gathered up a great pile of hats., coats, shoes eye glasses and even pocketbooks. A few rings and watches were among the salvage taken to a police station for identification. At the time the pafflc started fui!> one hundred persons were waiting in the vestibule to gain admission to the lUcaJgr and ^iXh^doorsburst^ open from witbin these people were caiTfeiit in tbe rush. Fire Commissioner Johnson arrived at the theater soon after it had been cleared. In a statement ho declared thanbere' were 800 similar places in Greater New York where conditions were equally perilous. He said, however, that owners had complied with every ordinance governing such places. In addition to the usual Sunday throng tbe management h^d advertised an additional spectacular attraction which caused an UBUHuany iuirh uuwq iu saib?> mlflLL CELEBRATE FOR IE 10NTNS New York. Feb. 4.?Beginning in the middle of Mgrch and extending to the festival of the Immaculate Conception. December 8. the Catholic Church will have a continual series of vcemonics in commemoration of the sixteenth centenary of the establishment of Christianity by the operation of the famous edict of Constantine the Great. Outside of Rome the character and extent of the celebrations have been left, by order of the Pcpe, to the discretion of the arcbblflhopc..excepting such speclaj ceremonies as a public mass of thanks giving. which h??1fcca ordered for every diocese. In imi country the archbishops and bishop will havo local celebrations. Cardinal OTonnell is already preparing for an extraordinary ceremony and, it is intimated, may issue an official statement on the sigW#eance Of the commemoration. There will he a national ceremony in Washington, at St. Patrick's, under the direction of the Apostolic Delegate, who will say the mass. Cardinal Gibbons will preach. When he returns from Bermuda Cardinal Farley will fix a day for thq New York celebration. But, as is usual In such times, the Catholics throughout the world will focus their attention on Home. The pilgrimages this year Will be larger than heretofore. Mr. C. F. Btraaalder, of Raleigh was a visitor yesterday. E7* I m 10IB 1 /lAif AIM r> w*mu?mm 1 * H-j ? ? ? m f. jumK (j Italeigh. Feb. &T.?Comparative I ^j t_ brevity, absence of lengthy tgsbato !?/J v_ ***** of exciting or specially latureut- jyP J it lag features ^marked yesterday'* seae vlon In both branches of the General \ 4** h Assembly. Neither house took action <^Rp n on any legislation of "the first inagQ nltude." though a long list of bills . were introduced in the House aad an *f?*uj unusually large number were ratified. 7 Also a largy . numtjfr paswu liiirn? ,m_ r leadings 1h both?houses.?frntolli t houses new bills of general Interest r and importance were introduced c The Senate postponed until 2 o'clock Tuesday consideration of the t bill u? increase the uuxubar of ludi- j clal districts and Superior Court B judges from sixteen to twenty. Toere , is prospect that a fight will be made , on the bill when it coines up as a i|?eI clal order today at noon. It passed [Uu> Hou dolph, to prohibit intermarriage of' , I first eoutlns. Senfttor Weaver iatro- ? Jduced n bill to regulate the use a' nail turned names in partnerships, and Senator Phsvr. of .Mecklenburg. is the {author of u new bill to amend the . present las regarding place of trial t of suits against foreign corporations. HEW METHODIST COLLEGE OPENS. THIS FALL The aui.f ui.ivment l?a* been undo ? ^ j that Congressma > lolsn II. Sinai', has ^donated twenty-jive aim of luni{ in Washington Park to the proposed Mothodlkt cLlle^i: there to be ercct'-d. lit onlov to maki the Kite fitting lir every respcc i, airs., uary Baugtnrai T-i ^ bus donated "to" the HonYd ?' lion of tbtf Meihcdist Episcopal - church ft deeti to they trip of land i - Ityi railroad. The Methodist organization which is interested in this college is not the I Methodist Episcopal Church,, South, but Is the gri_at national body of thc^, denontinarou. With the spirit of cooperation and the movement towards unity um( the different dlviaiatjn | of all denominations, it is expected to be only a question of time till the , two great divisions of the Methodist church are reunited. In view of this fact, it is expected that-cordial and enthusiastic support will be given " tnis enterprise by Methodists of tais section, most of whom are tnembers of the M.' E. Church South. Now that a definite site has been secured, active -work upon the col- t lege is expected to begin at an early date. $5,000 has been pledged by the cit/Tt-ns to th4s college, the peo- ? pie realizing the ^cneflts which would accrue from making the city a greater educational center. Those behind this proposed iastf| tutlon confidently claim that it is to be the nucleus of one of the greatest colleges of the State. At present there ;ts no great college in Eastern Carolina?all have turned to the Western end Piedmont sections fer their siles. But the Board of Education of ike M. E. Church, in carefully going 'over the field, decided that Washier:! ton wan the logical and most central I point for a great college. As oao i man stated. Eastern Carolina Is a veritable garden spot?her products prove it if nothing else." He added that he expected to see great developments In the near future. ^ The plan ia to begin In a very ' email way, mad program surely aid ;? Mo*dlt> A bulldlnc**rtll be j pleted. however, by fall, and the institution thrown open 'or students at onre. * At first, it will be known officially as the Washington Collegiate Institute. A11 things point to an auspicious opening for this, the initial, year. DELEGATES TO NEW BERK. The following will ko as delegate* from the First Methodist Church to the laymen's convention In Neir Rent Thamday and Friday: J. B. Roes, 4. \ O. Morris, W. E. Swindell, 8. O. Oar( ty, Z. M. Lesnett. J. F. Bookman, *. K. Jacobeon and E. 4r. Ay ere. 1 OOTTOK MARKET 8?0d Cotton. 4 1-lc. 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