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I An enthusiastic farmers' meetln
of Beaufort county. under the bu?
L pleee of tke United 8taw. llepart
[ mant of Agrlculturo, ? ?* held In th
conrthoUM. tfiu <317, last w'eekHSti
V owhll to tke norm vl.ltlng Ik. eft
tk. next morning, a utory c.f the pro
f - ceedlngi to been delayed untllltt
IMS*. Between three and toor kun
dred farmers from all sections of lb
county were preeent, and tk.y thor
.A oughly cnjojrederery moment of th
(l\ meeting. ~ ^
ay,-; Mr. B. T. Bonner, of Aurora, M
chnlrroan of ike meeting, ureal din
mi) with dignity and khttlty. The meet
Irjj' . log waa called to order at 10 o'clock
J5 The 8nit apeaker before the farm
k" . era was Pnfeaaor J. M. Johnston, o
1.1. the Bureau of ? -
United States Department of Agrtcul
BT- .... ture, stationed at tha A. and
olSna. The subject of Protessoi
Johnston was "Batter Fannin*." H?
showed In a satisfactory way how on?
farm paya shile another does not
r/i- and cave his reasons, for the falti
Li\ that was within him. The second
speaker on the program was Dr. WllKA.
Ham Hart Dexter, of the farmers' co
operative demonstration work
United States Department of Agrlculture,
his subject being: "The Bet|
ter Farm Life; An Uplift Talk."
I . tho speaker asked this question!
,r "WHat is *tho farmer's Job?" and
L / ' *" Answered his question. He said it
Lfo ?_waa prlBterttr -te make a living?
[ \ then a home?home of happiness,
J -JJj contentment and progress. H* Stat
ed that U was a part of the farmer"!
[ Job to conserve the fertility of the
S soil?that the farmer had no right
' to waste the soil but his duty to
/ .? tte^.ArodnpUreneas unimpaired
for those who came after him;
Pjr Jv- that It was also hla duty to cultl
Ijfe;; vate the community spirit?thir
lng together for the purpose of dla
bo initiating useful information among
i ' % the farmers for the purpose of m'arr\
. keting^beir products; for maintaini
/ log good schools and for building up
k'-l model churches. This same spirit of
V-^ co-operation was neosessry, said the
. doctor, "before apy county could
conduct and maintain good roads."
:, The speaker referred to the neces|p?
m
f ^ 1
f REV. R
|f The aborn to a eat of the now
fan tor of the Klrat Saotlat Church,
thto city, who baa been a raaMwt
hero for oalr a ahort while. Already
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> Mr. R. H. Thompaon. of Aurora
^ N. C? reel.tered at Hotel lo.ulae thlej
j'i " y ??? ^ftL
m AW Section* of Beaufort
?*. Much Good W31
* th* Resuk.
B elty of social *Ja -e.Hon of the chll-j
dren on the farm; that country Ufe
- should be made attractive or the oute
come would be the children would
t IhTnV Hat the toyra" Was the only
f place in which they could obtain eo
clal life and rbsmtloh.
I Dr. CheHta W. Btlles, of the
- United States Pnhlic Health Service,
t stationed at Wilmington in charge of
the iiTimmii,' hospital, and alia
, tatlon and Preventable Diseases/'
V ' Uf I '1V 't TV-OI. .
LI B. Treat gave motion pictures Illustrating
the various activities of farm
i 4Ife. Both of these young mengradr
uated from Harvard University last
, June and have Just entered upon this
work.
Congressman John H. Small,
-through vb cue luffuwi cr The "???r
leg was held herd, stated to a Dally :
t News reporter that the whole meet?
lug was conceived wl;h the Idea of '
rendering service to the farmers or
i the county; help them to adopt bet- ;
t ter methods on the farmTto improve
tfco fertility of the soil; to secure
larger crop yields at less cost and to '
, enable them to provide better homes
for their families, nud also enlarged
opportunities for thetr children, i
"This is now*recognised asVwork |
, worthy of the efforts of any man,"
I said Mr. Small. There ahould not
: only be co-operation among the \
TtMtf?-,Wi-mdB<rte-eaUivatej"T 1
, stronger bond of sympathy betweeu ?
the man in the town and the man on <
i the farm. More than 76 per cent of i
the population of Eastern North Car- \
ollna lire on the farm and -are di- <
rectly dependent on the soil for their ?
living. So far In the future as we <
can see agriculture will be the dom- I
inn.nl industry In KAstern -Carolina. I
?he products of the farm constitutes, I
and ie the source of new wealth, and
any movement which Increases the <
volume of farm products brings a i
substantial increase to the county <
and abntlnn "tn ? ><? *" ?1
inspiration and courage for a better '
I and atronxer lif <
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Mr. Oar bai made many trlagda ta
VuUiitu who haapaok for htm '?i
Igrerr la hit hl(h railing. H? '
la o apoakar of magaatlam and pow- e)
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Dr. A, K. Tarloa laft thla morning ?
for Dourer, Chicago and other weat- b
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A. K. Taylof. *
Dr. Tayloe baa Juat been appointed <
br? ?orarnor Craig to~ repre3bnr ^
Ndrth Carolina at the 22d annual see- C
nlon of the lilllltnry 8urgeona of the ,
Fhlled States, to"he heltf at Denver. 1
Associated Chariti
Explains Ch
I desire- to make some explanation *
ibout what the Associated Charities v
suffered from the recent Btorm. a!
those of ua who have this association t
n charge have been maclo to Tee s
.-err had on account of some of the a
sririnlume made by sdrae-por.-uns wa-* v
lid not know Just what had been t
lona. Some seem to tkink bccansr x
he atnoi'Qt thit.waa ralrfed by tht ^
tood citizens of Wifrhlngton on Sep- t
ember 3, the night of the atorm v
hat we distributed It to any one who
:aaio along with a pitiful plea. Thle a
s not true. \>Te have been Jnet Of e
sarefal aa we could be ii^ distributing a
his money, and. have only given it to fa
>eraons who were actually suffering v
md could not help themselves. We t
ore glad to say that there was only a r,
ew such cases found. We have spent h
?ot quite $20. This amount will, nc p
loubt, seem very small, because wf v
>urselv'es in the beginning thought fa
his amount, and If we had liatened t
o persona who applied to ua an< e
lelped them all. without malting r n
?een much larger. We understand
hat we have been blamed by some \
persons In town who would phone t
is that certain parties were In need a
md we did. not help them. They 3
h Inking It was ifue because they t
tad not investigated It themselves. *
1Ve Investigated such, and afteriffirspiir"
THROUGHMMMr.
William M. Chauncey, managr
of the Chaunoey marine railways, f
oet with a painful accident last 11
'hursday morning and In eonae- r
nenoe he has been confined to his a
tome ever since. Mr. Chaaneey was V
ngaged in work on a barge at the F
Eureka Lumber Company's plant. A
ad In iom. n( a heavy flank (,11
n bin foot containing a spike stick- p
ag out. td({> spice went ciear o
atnfnl wound.
bo' Waehlngton HoeplUl, where t4
rompt aurglcal aid wu given. Since *1
be accident Mr. Chauncey baa been a
om pel led to remain at home. It la *
o be hoped that he will toon recover. '
^eg. Services ?
at St. Peter's *
a*-t".
The rector, R?. Nathaniel Hard- ""
i*. win MMntt nondtt prayer ,
'Ith mm at St. Petor'a Bpteeopal tl
bnrch toworro*.. WDt*hi? at XI m
'dock. Sunday tchool will moot at ol
o'clock. E. K. Willi., Jr.. eupcrtn- ?,
indent, mix at I II ?
'clock. Pablio cordially Invited ?
e preeeat. Polite and attentive
JL 4 -T. 'rr JL
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I / - \'. y ^''t^fif.y- I'I. -.A'
3ol., September 16-21. The doctor
eft thla moruttigr via the Atlantic
Joaat Line fer Denver. The ne$ra of
hi* high honor coming to our townsnan
Is indeed gratifying to hie many
rieuds
es President
arity Distribution
yards declined to help thom becauae
re would find that It waa not the
?opyn|ift to l ?J
To show just bow careful we hay*
ieen, out of about 60 persona who
taked u? for help Friday after the
torm we. found only three families
lot help .themselves. These families!
re gave aid sufficient to koep them
'olng until they could set in a posl-j
Ion to help themselves. The OthqwH
re assibted In setting them positions {
We have heard that somo-whc
ubjcribed to this' ZBteociation have
xpressed regrets abont having done
o, thinking that their money "was
ieinfc wasted, and if not wasted,-wf
vould not need that amount. To all
hose we wish to assure them tbal
o money will bo sp9nt unless wt
lave good assurance of its going tc
orsons who are actually In need. If
re do not spend all of this money
lelping those who suffered during
he will he kept .to use in
he Associated Charities to help otbtrs
who are in need later. No one
ieed to worry about their money beng
wasted, and n(5l~ propetly spenr
This hurriedly written article it
written in' Justice to those who have
he Associated Charities in charge:
ind especially the superintendent
Jiss ithmloy, and Mr. C. H. Harding
reo3ur r, who have had most of the
rork to do. E. R. MIXON,
President Associated Charities.
iiram ==
jffebs nap
Among the many out-of-town ofera
of assistance to the city during
ts stricken rendition incident to the
eofut storm the following telegram
peaks for Itself, which is gratifying
lalelgb, N. C.. September 5, 111*.
.. W. Thomas. Secretary:
WUOi.ASLff?re#..to X** my symathy
of the Royal Arcanum mastership
of North Carolina for our
rcanum brothers in Waahlngton
nd the citizens in general la the
irrible disaster as result of the 1
torm. If we can be of any asslstnce
please advise.
C. A. JOHNSON.
Grand Regent.
In addition to the above telegram
te ftttfgaane Regent wired- Grand
ecretary Boo Its at Wilmington
tat they would send ald at once if
?
There will be an extra eeefllon el
le Board of Conntp Oommlaalenen
t the eonrthonco on eaxt Mondar to '
ear mattare pertaining to the
>ontr oooaatonod br the recent
'arm. y* .
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Mr. W. A. Powell, of New Bern
!,
l i /*4-.a '< . \ ' i
r /% "W Y
w rm.
rtwp until. _._
JHwnr wind
CIBCClJiTD^REPO^gj^^^ ?
Tha IWV lim IwttMl:'
callable sou rot that la certain
as pnbllolij to tha as act that
atnoa tha Waahloaton ateel
brtdae apannlna tha .Pamlico
rlaar haul haen aaahad awar
?tia to tha recant atorm?
that fmrmara and othara ha Tint
to naa thla bridge la ordar Jo ?
reach Waahlntton are SSHMP
upon to pay toll acroM the tGrrr*
established by the oonnty. Thla
paper hastens to brand thla re
port as false, and without any
foundation whatever. Any
farmer can corns across the far
ry to Washington without one * t
cent cost. Those In- charge of i
the county affairs have never ex- i
a mntmA noo nawl faoWTana^Mal ??" * J
* siring to visit this city on busl- c
* neat or pleasure. The day after 1
* the storm- farmers bringing--*- t
* their tobaoeo here were provid- * t
?d with carta on this side of the 4
* river and free transportation In si
* gas boats other than the regular * t
* ferry. Some one seems to be * \
* endeavoring to injure Washing- * t
* ton as a market, hoping thereby ?
* to Increase their own coffers. r
* Anyone hearing the above report t
* should brand It without limit as * 1
* a falsehood. s
PBOKE tfCM i
IS row REPAIRED'
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Manager David W. Bell, of the
Carolina Telephone Exchange, states that
all the long dlstahoe telephone N
lines have been repaired and restored
and are now ready for use. Mr. BelT
hopes to have the city telephone exchange
repaired by this evening. The
telephone people have done excellent ~~
f?FK MCBjUl?_4igF!!LQftSlXGAt JMt "
week.
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SUNDAY SERYILES
AT H. E.CHUHEH :
%
^Tbere will be renter services at J?the
Firs* Methodist church Sunday a
morning and evening.. Sunday school *
will meet at 9:45 o'clock, E. R. Mix- !l
on superintendent. f<
At 11 o'clock thef pastor. Rev. R
H. Droom, will use as his subject for T
! the morning sermon, "Some Effects 1
if God's Grace." At the evening
hour. 8 o'clock, the topic will be:
"Divine Love Grieving." After the
evening discourse Miss Flossie Byrd
state secretary of the Baraca-Phll ^
thea Union, will make a short address
AH members of the church
and all others have a cordial invita- *4
t tion to be present. Seats free.
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WILL 8AYESAIE
AT BACKNEY N. C o
Messrs. D. L. Hardee and R. K.
Prlvett, special representatives of the
Atlantic Coast Realty Company t!
Greenville, N. C., arrived here toda> *
to engineer a sale of small farms at "
lUukuaj, tf. C. The gais lg billed tar ?
Wednesday, September 17. Hackney f'
Is about six miles from Washington. ?
Mr. Hardee came from Staunton, Va. u
and Mr. Prtvelf from^outhport, N ~
|C.? where they both have Just had
successful sales.
NEW TEAM
OPENS NOV. 15:
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The completion of the new theater K
will be delayed abont thirty day* duo *'
to the storm' havoc of lost week,
stated Contractor M. M. Jones to J*
Dolly Newt reporter thtt morning. *
The opening of the theater wu ^
scheduled for October IS bat on a?- *
count of delay the opening will not '
take place earHer than November IS.
Only the rear end of the bnlldlng waa
damaged. The Construction of tilt
stags will hare to be gone over with XT
The stage will be 40 feet wide and ni
17 feet deep, containing alt the lateet ia
appliances. * The auditorium will u
seat comfortably 700 people. The .
entire building 'Will be modern end
up to date In every particular, and an
ornament and credit to Washington
Hwd WWMr. 7 ?
Hi ?r?
Mm Nun I. U Spur.nor. of Battl- c<
BOM, Kd., hu irrtvad her* to ko In T
talfd of the millinery department at ,r<
the etore of Mr. K. W. Arm the Jt
^av niinic 1
m BDHlo
"IDoluunMi rp
iome of Mm. Margret Wool.
rdWai Totally Destroyed
Thursday' Night--Sumlaed
Work of Incendiary.
Mm. Margaret Woolard, who reTdee
near Bunyan, thl^county, mot
Mlth the misfortune Thursday night
ast. September 11, of baring her
tome, furniture, wearing ~a*?4?I; ;
to., entirety destroyed by fire. Her
oas la estimated to be between six :
imf eeren hundred dollars. How the i
ilase originated la not known bnt It
s-tbought to bave been the work ot
T. T?- ? ? _
iu iimwuuii;. > uo ui? vuwiicu ue*
ween >8 and 9 o'clock. .while Mrs ]
V op lard "and her daughter Vere at- ?
ending church som? miles away, i
:he did rot learn of her loss until c
uxt morning as she remained all ?
tight with tfer son. Mfo. Woo!ard '
ost everything she possessed, only i
avlng the clothing she wore. j
On September 1, between 1 and 2 ?
'clock In the afternoon, Kallte t
Voolard, Jr., a son of Mrs. Woolard, t
,lro had his residence entirely con- t
uraed with all hts furniture, clotting,
etc. The burning of his resl- a
lence. It Is surmised, was likewise 3
he work, of an Incendiary. C
ratRipp fob i
s m oveemk :
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Mice 1 <IUnn WnwIaM dMjhlM "f L
ir.-and Mrs. W. D. Woolard, of thtr ?
;ty, has been given a position a
tenbgtapher in Senator Overman's b
Wee In Washington, D. C.
Miss Woolard Is a' very popular
oung lady and as a-stenographer <1
tands A No 1. During the past two *
saslons of the State legislature she
coupled the position as stenographer ti
*14" pronounced one of the moat
indent in the State's service. She V
1 to be congratulated on her good
?rtune.
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rneregular Saturday matinee u
ikes place today, and thg night perirmance
will oonalat of a very high
asa aot and motion pictures the
Mt.
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Deluge la QalvMtoa. C
Waahlngton. Sept. II.?The
nttsd States weather Buerau an
raacetf today that more than tea a
chee of rain has fallen at Galvee- o
n. Tex., during the lest 48 hours. a
r V i, ~ u
The familiar whistle on the North
Southern and Washington and
andemere roads sennis familiar to li
tlaens. For oyer a week this wel?ne
noise hna heea denied thorn,
mint are now running oyer both
ads oa regular schedule to the do- O
ght and oonrealeaee of the travel- *
?nbt* . ?<
w. ;
mm\ 1
Miss Flossie A. Byrd State
Sect'y or Beraca Phllathea ' .1
Union to Address Citizen*
at School Building '
All the members of the Baraca an* *
'hllatbea class In Washington aro
inttclpatlng with pleasure the oom- . jfl
D| of Miss Flossie A. Byrd, general _ M
ecretary of the Baimca^PbilathW JS
Itate Union. Miss Byrd/ls to gponB^J^Si
in thla cMy tomorrow the- School J
luditofTura, Baptist, Christian and/
Methodist churches, and no doubt she
ail I be heard by a large number, --rrr-~?::M
Tonight at the Washington Light "T3
Infantry armory a social will be glv-' ''/J!
>u by the Baracan and Phllatheas andT
iteir akpehing match. The- feature1 .
>f the evening will be several short
iddresses by well known speakers.
Lit spelling match will be between '-1
representatives of the two classes VI
kicked from the. respective churches. ~iJ
Superintendent C M. Campbell, of
he Washington public schools, will
lo the honors ns schoolmaster. Re- t
reshments will be served.
Tomorrow morning Mies Byrd will ?y A
iddrcss the pupils of the Christian - -.'' nj
nd Baptist church Sunday schools. tv9
>n Sunday night Miss Byrd will Jg
nake an address at the First Ifeth- J
dlst church. Sunday afternoon at
o'clock there will be a mass meet g
held in the public school nudlto- . . J>5
!um to which every one has a cor
Hal Invitation. The following prorani
will he carried out: j
Song. "Daraca Union." by Baraca
lacsoflt . . ?Song,
"Phllathen National Hymn,"
y Phllathea classes.
Prayer.
Vocal duct, "Dear to the T'eaht of
he Shepherd," by ?.^r. and Mrs. J. B.
losa, with chorus.
Selection, Presbyterian male quarst.
Introduction oXf speake^ H. 8. #
Vard. ^
Address. Miss Flossie A. Byrd.
Selection, Presbyterian male quar
alw . ?.1 ?: ja
Song, "Bleat Be the Tie That
tinds." *
North Carolina is tlfe burner state
l the Baraca-Philr.tfcoa movement,
aving about 1,400 classes. New
IKS' BAN IS I
CHURGH SUNDAY ;
Rev. R. L. Gay, pastor of the First s!
aptist church, is expected to return \
) the city this evening and till his a
sgulur pulpit of his church Sunday '
lorning and evening at the usua' d
our. One of the features at the
ieeting of th? Sunday school at
:<S will he UTd0r8sg'ii7~sii8S"7icv-' "
le Byrd. All strangprs cordially i^_ n
ited to attend any and all services. V
ood music. a
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Lyric Theater Tonight.
T?d?V- mntlnoo imH niokl nlnaot
lie engagement -of the Grace sistere J
rlth the Lyric for the last half of the
reek.
ally up to the standard and an act
f very high quality, being an unaual
feature on any theater bill. s
Aa an estra attraction th? man- -jj
ger of the Lyric- announces bookings b
>r the rest of the season solid with t<
sudevllle through the week. 4
Monday opens the engagement of &
The Musical Hylands." an act of
Ich musical treats and something
at of the ordinary In novelty muslil
numbers. The last half of the p
eek will be filled by "Dolg and ^
bert," original talking and singing L
* t*
orK state ranKs second. There are
!x Baraea-PY'athea classes In
Washington with an enrolment of
bout 250.
A great ncpmlnr \?t Irnkpd for Una. .'tfj
ay in Washington. y
New Milliner Arrives. . .ffiiflj
MM. M1BB10' K. Ufftc*. of Baltlsore,
Md., has arrived to take
harge of the millinery department
t J. K. Hoyt'B store for the.fall and
'inter.
UDCE B3.UW tO ; 1
_ jn;.n rmrnt
Governor Craig has assigned Judge
etephen C. Bragaw, of this ctty, to
old a special term of court Septemor
20 in Currituck county. The
arm of court is to he for one week,
nd will be for the trial of both civil
ad criminal caeca.
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Returns to College.
Mils Sue Broom, daughter of Rot. 1
. H. Broom, pastor of the First
ethodist church, left yesterday for
Ittleton, N. C., to visit friends for mrw
day* prior to the opening of Lit- \ 1
eton Female College.
' Mil ?** j
Although the storm was over m 1
eek ago water Is still being pumped -a
it of the stores of W. B. Morton 4k~'
o. and F. Q. Paul A Bro.
Mayor Frank C. KugW has called"
special meeting of the City Board Pi
Aldermen for Moaday night next
the City Hall. Baalnees of i? '
srtanoe is to be transacted pertain- JpjS^B
ig to the welfare of the welfare of 'j
g to the.welfare of the city. -j
Mr. W. W. Watson, at Lake Land- 4
i*. is a hastems visitor. J
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Tbb opanlng fui good* Bk U P. jfl
rl*u?' Buur will begin mi? ,
r*d>Md>r. 8B?t?.l>?r IT. 9M M?
I u lb. DMir N,w. yndv. ^