North Carolina Newspapers

. - ir. r. ) All Civil Cases f i,. Are Continued Except One , . Hernck vt NofroOt Southern Gets judgment for $6,000 for Injory. iffidt distillers h*ve to Pay penalty for their wrong Doing. ^ The October term of the United State* Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina adjourned this afternoon, for the term. The court has been In session since Tues day morning. More business than usual* was transacted. The follow. Ins esses hare been considered: - United Btates va. Tucker end Griffin, Edgecombe cottniy. for a violation of the postal law, was remanded to the Raleigh court which Is to convene on November 19. United States vc W. A. Birr and Branch Barr. charged with Illicit distilling. Both defendants . plead guilty. Judgment will be passed today. . United 8tatea vs. C. R. Flowers and OttlS Hardy, illicit distilling. ft.''T : Found guilty. Judgment will be passed today. United States vs. Richard John|fm son. Illicit distilling. Defendant pleads guilty. Judgment to'be pro JET' noonced. United States vs. J. R. Bedard, illicit distilling. Jury trial. This case is now in progress. '* ^Al!"*of the clrh docket vy fcontlned updl next term with the exeeptlon of the case of Herrick vs. Norfolk Southern for damages. A A Judgment of compromise was rendered In favor of plaintiff for $d,090. iWlilfrPRESBYTERUN CHURCB : ' Mr. ThomMs Long and Miss Winifred Fowle, will be married -at the First Presbyterian church this eveh. lag at 0 o'clock, the ceremony being performed by the pastor. Rev. ft. B. Searight. After the marriage a pubfic -reception will follow at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fowle, corner of Main and Van Norden stroets from nine-thirty to twelve. All the frlenda and acquaintances of the couple are' cordially invited to be present. f WILL TAKE CANAL TRIP. * ,, New Orleans. .La., Oct. 33.?The annual meeting of the Mississippi i Valley Association began here to? - day. . Reports of the tuberculosis eonferanoe In Berlin as reported through the prese will be considered with * other questions. A feature of the meeting will be a jdde trip to the Panama canal tone. OCTOBER 23 IN HISTORY 1838?Osceola, the Seminole chief, was captured near St. Augustine. Fla. 18b4?Many persons killed by ex. plosion on steamer Lacy waiter, near wew Aioany. Ind. 1148?General WindlschgraU ?ummonad Vienna to surrender. Itft 6?Kan ana constitutional con. yentlon met at Topeka. 1894?John Loveeee, the third white settler in Winnebago county, Illinois, died at Rock ford. ISOSQPreeidnet Roosevelt delivered an address In Mobile. Ala. I?11?Distinguished reaidenta of Oreeee promise to ralee private Subscriptions for the war. Say. Baker * I#don't like to brag or blow my horn too lend. People do their own thinking, but I think 1 an In .. a tMiuos u ino% eat i *?-*??? to ur io ?ay way, Chat I hay* the ' beet eqalpped Stndlo for meklus bfchy pTctdTW that -eett-*?- touad anywhere In thle' country. I could '7 no la and tell you why, hut Juet Batch the reeulta. All picture, from now on ere 10 to 100 per cent BAKER'S STUDIO, f ---A- f ^7" _+ *"?'yij& ?<. " . ' -' ? AVKRAGR PRICE WdJ? TWtKTl SIGHT CKNTB ? r * Another tM sale of tobacco *u had on tha Washington and ? Beaufort warehouse floors to day. The farmers were simp- ' It delighted with the prises. The average price received was twenty-eight cents which goes to show all the while that the * "Washington market cannot be surpassed In North Caroline. Local Team Leaves For Wihningtcn The Washington High 8chool foot ball taam leave tomorrow morning for Wilmington, N. C? where they are to play the high school eleven of that city Saturday. The team from here will be accompanied by Prof. Mtdeap. tn charge of tLe Manual Training, and director of atactica In the Washington Public schools. The boys are . expecting to turn the tab lee on Wilmington this year and Judging from their great victory over Ktfcston last week the* eleven of Wilmington mtut be a No^ 1 team to come out under the wire ahead. On Friday. October 31st. the eleven here will try conclusions with Elisabeth City eleven. C.TiZEN GOES TO STATE FA'R ROTWiTHSTAflDINC OlSAPPOINMM There Is no more popular citizen In Washington than B. W. Taylor of Redman-ship fame. Whenever the clouds gather around his portal he has the universal sympathy of hit many friends. For weekjL-bs TiRI ll?uii cuuleinplaUBS attending the State Fair and had made extensive preparations. Among his paraphanalia Was a handsome suit ol clothes cut In the latest fashion mads J>y the 1913 artiai. For some days Mr. Taylor has been telllbg th? boys about tbls attractive suit, how ft was made, ate. Yesterday It arrived and when tried on Mr. Tay lor realized the fact that his avoir, dupols lacked as much as one hundrfd pounds to fill the bill. Minui of his new suit he left this morn. lng >or the capital or too state, ai though somewhat discouraged he ii still In the ring and will be a worth] representative of Eastern Carolina Mr. Taylor is billed to render t solo at the magnificent display o fireworks tomorrow evening anc this was the reason that he desirec bo -much his fall suit. Whethei wearing a suit cut according to ltd I or 1113 he is there with the goods His many friends wish him i pleasant journey and a safe return Whether it be sunshine or rain yoi cannot Idee this up-to-date citizen HANS SHM1DT PREFERS CHAIR TO LIFE TER1 New York, Oct .23.?The trial o Father Hans 8chmidt, the pries who murdered Anna Amuller ear ly In September, is set for today but It Is believed that a delay wll be granted when the case Is call ed. Schmidt Is very calm over th whole affair and seems to thlnl that he will be declared inaans Discussing the matter he said: "I will not consider entering i plea of guilty of murder-In the sec ond degree If they declare me sane said Hans Schmidt, slayer of Ann; Amuller. "If they declare m sans t would not think of consent tag to imprisonment for Ufe. I wan death in the electric chair. I wil meet my Ood at etay time. It Is matter between Him and me," Ernest Muret, psendo dentist an alleged counterfeiting partner fl Schmidt, wttl' figure prominently i the trial, but he is tied up in th dutches of the federal govesamea on the counterfeiting charge. Schmidt un tint many at th mag tint Bun haca aatd aboe htm ara untrue; he deeMraa that th tnth la had enough, without Jieln Wad ahftnt lla ? ? i flfaTha net er ran a marriage bureau In n clt np the state, aa stated by seme < the.nsw apapers. , > jj-' 1 1 * J Walla, of Vaaeeboro, la walooma rMIML to tha ally today. . 1 'r 1..' ' .. = ? -?? '---1. "'" ' - _ ^ / - - ;?< WAUUl 'nt.fUEiii : nans ram onimii! , ?*l- ; V : ? V-* V fif New York. Oct- !?.?Wllliau Salser, deposod governor of the stsu Of Now York, opened headquarters at a Broadway hotel for hie cam pslgn to re-eatahjtah, himself at the eta to Capital. ? lnfoimaliy he plunged Into th< light as eoon aa he stepped from a late, train from Albany last night but from today on until election is November 4th. he planned to conduct an organised campaign wlti hie private edcretary Chaster C. Piatt, acting aa mansggr -fat elec tlon to the State assembly. Hie friends in the sixth assemblj t district who sOccbeded in makini |him the nominee on the' Progressive party ticket almost immediate!) I after he was deposed as goverhoi I The entTy of the deposed governor into the local campaign which is already at a high pttcn of excite, meat over the mayoralty contest, with charges and Tecrimnations flying everywhere promises to make the two weeks at hand one of the most stirring in a political way. The fnslonists, seeking the elec. tlon of John Purroy M>tchel as mayor. are guarded in expressing enthusiasm over the entry of the deposed governor into the campaign, but they "make no secret of their satis1 i faction o\*er the fight which Mr. Sulzer has declared against Tammany Hall, the defeat of whose power the fusionists profess to be their main object. Dy installment Mr. Sulzer contln UG8 to bring forth charges that Charles Murphy leader of Tammany Hail made throats to him while he was governor and that Edward E. McCall, the Tammany candidate for j mayor, had acted as an eiaieaary I of the Tammany leader. Mr. Mc. ,'Call has denounced the charges a* ' ' lk" * [ ? !?hu preserved his usual reticence, de. ; claring only that he will wait tmtil jMr Sulzer has finished all of his accusations before replying. , | John A. Hennessy. who acted ai a personal investigator tor Governoi 18ulzer, has injected himself lntc the city campaign as one of the am ti-Tammany orators. In a speech lte last night ht charged that McCall acted as Mar phy's mouthpiece and once told hln "to carry Sulzer the last word foi Murphy of what would happen" ii 8ulzer did not withdraw from th< Senate every nomination ho hat made. This he said was nearl: two months ago.-"" i It was not until an early houi l yesterday morning that friends o I the deposed governor allowed Mr I Sulzer to go to bed, so determlne< r were they to acclaim him a her* I to martyr. L ' For nearly three hours after hi a arrival In the city a big crowd o his admirers cheered for him a a they followed in a triumphal nigh tour through the East Side distrlc where he reltorajed in lndividua short speeches that the "bosses' I had removed him because be fough for the people Instead of for then { and pleaded for seat In the aasem t bly that he might renew his flght The demonstration in his behal moved the former governor to tear J and he described his acclaim as th . greatest moment of his life. 0 ' MELBA SINGS TONIGHT. - Philadelphia, Oct. 23.?Mmt * Nellie Melba, the world's greatea ^ soprano will sing tonight at th Academy of Music here. The cel? K brsked *ant&tr(?e enui in b* 6 tor vloce than now and her healt L is-nothing less than raldant. Dui * log her stay here she will mak a number of new records for phone * graph companies and will also b entertained by her many loci d friends. >r " ~ SYf! Wll.l, HANG e . v '* Bnnbory, Pa., Qet;k 18.?Fredei lok Nye, who shot and robbad Hai ry Millar. February 11, 1*11 * wTH be banged B#r? tbtw aftemoo 6 at > Pl m- up^w|a Q^Tarpor T?m< commotes his sentence, and as thei r" does not mm to ba any probablllt 7 . of that, Nya will hare to fulfill b >f j promise to "die game'* mad a -whs I tha sheriff read the death warm | to him. S a| J. D. Foster of Tarboro, U In tt oh MfiMfi ' ^ fcipCT+'if- ifCrp:, .**- . f'l ' I B I I I N'OTON, N. c.. MilUlill I AFTER. iIIB M mm ni^BI - WORK ON BUH^|I|b IS SKIN RAPIDLY PyjiLBD TO WAR KfJRIIiaiUllE m mm DR. R. H. VONBlbORP, PUI1L1 HEALTH IBfttlCK. ADDUKSt ED HTUDKItftS WEDNKSDA EVEN INQ. ; On Wednesday',' Araning. Oclob : I2nd, the students of the Washin 11 ton Collegiate IMititute were a dressed by Dr. H. vonBzdor I representing the ^ 8. Public Healt |Service. Not?oalfr woro?^:o etc dents and the meabers of tl e fa< ulty present but IBO the resideni | of Washington Park. All wei I much Interested in the timely a< [dress of this noted medical expei on the cause ah<? prevention of mi larla. After the (.address an Infoi {inal reception tbok place durln j which many quaUlbns were aeke and answered bjr;JKfc TonEidorf. . i number subrnltfett themselves t the blood test fdn malaria. It wa a source of satisfaction to the dh tlngu shed guest 80 know that th campus of the Institute is beln thoroughly drained and the schoc building screened so as to affor : evcjry possible protection again? 'the malarial mosquito. Throug the agricultural i department th students are being instructed 1 -the science of good living. The work on tleTuTtdlng of th Institute is being rapidly puohc toward completion. On Tuesda the students were transferred t the school dining Toom where meal 1 are served regularly to the bonrc *"1 ng studsnTs" TJ^^jfhe-ebneenst - of opinion that the dinfng room 1 1 ,a very pleasant place and that th : board Is superior to that of th j ordinary boarding school. The o ? floe equipment will be transferee * to the offices of the building th > week. Next week the class room will be made ready for use so thi all parts of the building except tt ? dormitories will be occupied. " Porty-flve students have been rej ? ! iBicrea up wj auic ana more expe< r \to come. The work of the varioi f departments Is now fairly well o j ganized and teachers are' goii: 1 through the routine of class wor! r Prof. 8. J Klrby of the agrlculti ~j ral department is representing rt r! school this week at the State Fa f'at Raleigh where he expects to pu i chase some valuable cows for tl 1 school dairy. This department wl a be a feature of the work of the I: stltute. Already a poultry run h: 8 been constructed and the gard< ( made ready for plowing after a pe j feet system of drainage has be? t completed. Music Tonight will b< Of special interej L it There will b? services again th a evening at the First Baptist chur< e beginning promptly at 7.30 o'cloc to which the public has a cordial i vltation to be present. The subje of the speaker. Rev R. L. Gay, w , be, "The Runaway Boy; His Sn it ferlngs and His Return." ft The music will be of special 1 terest this evening. Mr. and Mi . ^*R. Mf>?a will sing a duet. Refus u The orchestra will assist la the m Meal program. The services last night were wi attended and considerable latere . wee manifested. At! havs a cc 1 dial Invitation. * Cotton Morket Lint cotton, 13 5-8 cents. JSeed cotton. 5 cents. ^ Cotton Seed, per ton,. $26.00. n " ' >r Whatever may be satd Of pur 1 ' 'melon Into the affairs of Shott ' ontinent, here at least Is a Wh k* ^an's Burden from which we ct * Tpt hope to escape_ The stars ; heir courses have marked out t - .jKh; and. hang back and gruml l" * we may. In our hearts wa kn f Ai shall follow tha stars, V 'J-' : , yti l 5lSi9M r '"-I ? MOON, OCTOBER 1>. 1*11 BETTER BAB! m\ ii5 STATE Fftlfi O The better babies contest Is an D der headway at the 8tate Fall grounds la West Raleigh. The first day opened cold and clear. Th< high wind of Monday had stopped blowing. So many babies had en tared eyery^-i^lnute of time ha< Dbeen engaged and a very close sched nle for the examinations was till result. 4 Very few or the mothers feared ? the cold, and so the babies weri ^ oj hand. Most mothers know thai * It does not hurt babies to carrj them through the cold air. If thei are wrapped up. In fact, the crisp ** oxygen-laden atmosphere of a clear sunny winter's day is a splendid ~ tonic for the tots as well as the grownups. Once on fair grounai n . . and In the Floral Hall, mother and ^ baby were made comfortable with^ out delay. The coxy rooms thai >e had been provided for examination! j_ and for waiting rooms had been warmed with stoves, bo there was no chance for baby or mother to g-it r chilled. The work proceeded with ease ^|and despatch. There were ladles ^ on hand to receive the mothers, and I the fathers, too. when they came. ! and usher them into the reception room and then as soon as baby's turn camo to take them Into tue ll'rst examination room, and so on ^through the others until the lob ^ j was finished and baby was ready to jibe taken back home. The judging k physicians were there In full force and they did their part of the work fast. Most of the babies. In the I p'uk of condition and the b??st of form, primed?tor. the fray, and Iuh*. ^ out of the bracing breeze of a perfect autumn day. felt well and so thefo were not many squalls to mil. i'gate against the peace and dignity j of the state. i One o_f_ the movt encouraging fea[b tares of tfie contest is the expreg. q slon heard fro:u so many of the ie mothers that they are not entering f. so much for the chance to get a 4 prize for baby as to see just where the little fellow is not up to stand 1B ard and just where he -Is. and tc |t learn how to remedy the shortcom L'i AT LYRIC THIS LVENiNf >'! u. j Today'8 program at the Lyric of Ie fora mm?t<-ar.iiri:s- and a progrnn ir of pleasing qualities surrounded b: r_ bits cf harmony that blend well fo ie an c/.ming's enteria'.nment. HI j The,Mis?es Shcpe and Wolfe opei Q. at the Lyric tonight featured a: ttS 'Those Swell Harmony Glrla" am >n j theater reports that precede then ,r_ ?,givc roaring praise of this act fo ?n their excellent singing, ^and ward lobe the best. These artists opei tonight for their first engngemen and no doubt will be well received ^ The mot.on pictures that appea today on the program have an un equal value and one that has wo unsolicited praise. Today's program is a brand net if? one an no doubt the many amuse ch ment seekers will take advantag k of this part. ? David Potter in !" Prerarious Conditioi n" The condition of Mr. David Pol rs. ter is such today that the end ma ,0 be expected at any time. He ma live through the day or possibly th night. He has been confined in th Bll Fowls Memorial Hospital" for sevei al days suffering from blood poisoi )r_ occasioned by exposure during th storm of September 3rd. Ever] thing possible known to medici skill was done for hie relief bt without avail. An operation wa performed Sunday T?y Dr. Rod ma assisted by several phyaiclans. H ts held In the highest esteem 1 the city and the news of his preci ? rionl NVBdRlon carries with it gei in- nine regret from all sources. ler ?:?* Ite Mr. mad Mrs. B. W. Taylor an in- Mrs. H. _Q. Sparrow- left tbls mon in lng.for Raleigh to attend the 8ta< he Fair. . >> i ow . F. B. Taylor of Greenville, la hfii 1 today on beetaeea. w?a 'hC ' v, jsvAr'i fteiljWi.w.nfcS . 1 mmw* NE^ >137# . -v>; u. * i ILLICIT DISTILL PREFERS LII A Pi 1 SHOULD BE ~ i TAUGHT II ; auw i Ab we have said before, the assumption that a woman cannot . teach the elements of agriculture p ?not farming, mind you, but slmp. ly the scientific truths that have I practical application in. farming? I unless she has been a field hand, is c an absurd delusion. She doesn't j I need to be a centenarian and a soldier in order to teach historv: it ta I not required ttat she travel around f , phy; she need not have written a a , book before teaching grammar; she! need not have robbed graves and ; [ dissected corpses before teaching * physiology. Why argue then that 1 she must have broken steers and I v .1 stemmed tobacco before teaching'" . the scientific truths about soil chetn. t ijistry and plant physiology that have'w {practical application in the business h 'of fanning? | J1 ! You don't have to know how to 1> , hitch a mule to a plow in order to K tenth why it doesn't pay to plow , o deep and cut the corn roots in two fi at laying by time; you need not .know how to imt n guano distrlbu- tl tor !u order to teach the effects of t< potash, phosphoric add and n.tro.lw , gen in plant growth: you need not a . know how to cure cow pea hay to e tenth liow ulinurm gathered by tc Tilth" will enrich the land: r* you need not know how to shuck H corn to ten-h whir Ir.vpe of ear Vas'a , icon fouud to ? . jest for corn pro- H (ductiem; ; not. even have n milked cows in ord' r to teach that d the Babrwk?test -will shew which j p .'dairy cows are paying and which a-e ?i r not; nor need you have butchered u Nlcers In order to toll that with a ti Jersey and a Polled Angus. the J"er- y (sey is? better for the dairy and the o <Anru? for beef.?The Progressive n Fanner. j d V Kiul F.v|H"< ted ! J] The condition of Mrs. Charles L. | Oden is such today that the end! may be expected at any lime. This j: is to be deplored by her many j , frUnds throughout the city ar.d coun p r |; 1 ' ^JV"*^Kcu.' rl"C"' h I Birch Tree Has M 1 ?i For Neiv J r _| From furnishing material for a ! ii1 canoe in which to hunt whales some:i X > hundred odd years ago to supply-M I. ling New Fugland factories of today h r Iwith 11,000 cords of wood annually c i.' for shoe pegs and shanks is. accord- < n ing to the department of agricul ture. only part of the services the v birch tree has rendered and Is ren. 1 dering the people of America. s e Sir Alexander Mackensie, the de- < partmcnt tells u?? in a bulletin Just Issued on the use of birch, hunted I whales in a birch bark canoe. The i animals were found at the mouth 1 of the Mackenzie river He failed I [| to strike the game, and concluded thatlj^as probably for the bejt. < WhlJe the canoes are frail. It Is < t- pointed out that the bark of which y they are made resists decay longer \ y than any other part of the trre. I e It would difficult, the depart- ] e ment goes on to say, to estimate the < t- value of the service of the birch < ?. bark canoe in the discovery, explo- i e ration development, and settlement i r- of the northern part of this conti- I il nent. From the Arctic Circle to | it the Great Lakes, and southward, i s for a century and a half, that light n but exceedingly strong and service, e able vessel threaded the lakes and n rivers, bearing trade and carrying t- civilisation where no other hoat *- cmrid go. The French explorers and missionaries made JourneyB of hundreds of miles in these canoes id often carrying cargoes' which would n- seem beyond the capacity of such te frail vessels. The range of usee to which birch wood is put la surprisingly large, re According to the' department, the articles Into which it goes range ' H;ja**..:< * ft r\ . , ' m' . v ' v* -li ... L.IeWiS'ii. m ? 5ERTY TO -i RISON~T E R M W. A. Barr^Says He is Guilty and Then He Skips IVas in Court Room a Few Minutes Before Case Was CalleJ in Consultation With Attorney. His Whereabout* Are Unknown. Among the cases on the docket it this term of the United States >lstrict Court wna ?k-? * - -?? vu?i vji uimeci itates V8 W. A. aud Branch Barr or Illicit distilling. noth defendants were umler bond 3 .nd in the court room yesterday uorning a few minutes prior to he calling of their "case. W. A. tarr just before his case wan called .as seen in consultation with his ttornev and subst fluently he left he court room. Within a short rhile his case was again called and Is attorney elated that he had list stepped out and uouM return % i a few minutes. The minutes rew into hours utid up to the hour f going to press the said Burr tiad lilFd to put in his appearance. Humor has it thin he went to A \c ferry runn rg from Washington i Cbocowinity and when on ChocoInlty side he bid his wife farewell nd left for parts unknown. Evry effort was made by the ctTlcera 1 i apprehend him but si> f..r they arr. his brother, siood his ground . j nd took his tmdU-ine |ik?? a man. olh of the d< fondants pleaded uilty. As ytt nothing lias been one in the case. Barr, know ng. orliiip*. that I'ncles Sutu took no -i took in making liquor without per. >b <n no uviii iur liiiu u set k Oilier parts und (his he did eaterday. No one closely connect- J d with him nor his* attorney knew f his intention. He is pone and oubtloHs will spend several months ;j acatlon far away from his unlive1 leath. 3(M? S(ud< nis Examined Pr. vonEzdoif the United State* lovrrnnient malarial expelit lias exlmined over thrrto hundred stitlenis of the Washington Public tehools to ascertain those who arc md liio*" who -arr net ?- !*'Ting : ~ torn the effects of malaria. '? any Uses England Factories Tonvchureh pew? to kitchen tables, \vJC from or par. p pe* to newel posts, kve may have our first sleep in si lirch cr Lb a:.U our last In a birch oflin. The spools on which we pet iur cotton and silk thread are birch m?ooIs. and the lasts on which our hoes are made are likely to bo hirch lasts., The largest of tho pools hold 12.000 yards, the smallest 20 yards. The wood's beauty itrength. and rigidity make it prom nent a? a material for musical In. ? anient?, and tho same qualities arlng it into extensive use for floor- -S ng. Many people have an Idea that ihoe pegs have nearly passed out use. but the amount of birch nrs. riously mentioned as made intopegs and shanks yearly .in New Eng-land seem to disprove' this notion. Birch, the department says is ofen put on the market in imitation jf other woods, and we may open 2 many a door, sit on many a chair, ".' -a ?nd wlrte on many a desk which wo p imagine to be mahogany, but which -Jj Is really birch staiued to resemble the genuine article. Nine species of birch grow In the United States, but sweet, yellow, paper, and river birch are those' most used. About 4 5.000 000 board feet of the wood finds It* n way to the market yearly. Paper birch Is ono of the few American ?? species with a hold on the forest stronger than it had when America was discovered. Large tracts are now covered with this birch where there was little of it a^century ago. It comes in after fire, and soma tracts it has taken possession of covhundreds of square miles.