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Falls And
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Modem Eve Coompany ft Pal
Head, Back and Limbs. In I
Last night after the production of I
"A Moflren Bra/* had been present- j
ed at the New Theater and while 1
the members ef the company were \
engaged In removing their property 1
KfiSfe ?rom *** theaur to the railroad eta- c
Hon, ou ot the member*, Edward J. t
Kauaen, master or properties reeelv- r
ed serious bruises caused bp the ca- t
K 01? .01 cno e levator Dreaiuo^iweo u
1 r from the weight. Bereral Urge t
true he were on the elevator at the \
time, besides .Mr. Huron. When I
the cable slipped It caused the ele- c
. rotor to. tilt and la consequence the c
' . trunks fell over on him. FortunetoIX
gt the time of the accident the j
curator wu near the lowef leading. ,
If tke elevator had been tear the \
top floor when the cable laft Its fast- t
"ttfuf* ^e .doubt hot.what Haasen t
would have beea killed Instantly. t
Bflttf uear th^ lower.floor the oi?- c
aUr only dropped a few feet i
Immediately aftar the accident the H
X f r?5 '
Moving picture Fih
Showd
Memphis, Teun.. Jan. to?Sbtro-J >
lag the MlroUalppl flood devests 1
- tteu, Its magnttade aad tho means
' eg" WW llBlag the stream and pre- '
renting floods, one of the moat remarMtble
moving Picture Blm? sror t
exhibited In.Memphis wss shown to t
. a private, aadlenco at. one or the r
Majeetlc Theaters yesterday mom- t
log, ,
The flldl 1g goo feet long and was
, ??? roSUtS:
worst nedf Ifelens. Ark . |he Beu- t,
lsh crevasse, and the manner In
J ' ' whkh it was closed despite e high t
'stage of water. c
ThU film win be exhibited'.before
tr.Am>tAr? of the House and Senate t
fm Washington next week. John A- <
Fox, Sevctar/-mantg?er of lh? Mis- (
sisslppl River Levee Association, will i
use It as .an argument in favor of <
the Hansdcll-llumphrey* bill, the
ws.1.111
mis ii
(UK Bill
|C MreH. W. "carter returned tut
night from Che pel BIU. N. C? where
he went ta attend the coasell.?t
the gtate Federation or Woman'e
? ' Clnbe which convened there Thornday
and Friday of tut week. There
} were twenfy-eUtit delegates preeent
cot <t a membership of lhylty;Bve.
Mng the largest "number aver pre?teat
at a similar meeting. The coenI
?... cfl met In U)e Peabody bunding (or
Its hostnees seaeloni. On Thursday
re : st ana Mrs J. H. Pratt entertained
the delegate* et Vjunch900 The
eolor scheme ns.yUtw. the deco
at"'' jatlone being yellow candles and the
Fin* breath of Spring. TSu place
|| cards were unique and hJUeftlye
# being handmade On Thareday es.
entng tie council wet addressed hj
the elate president, Mies Adela
Frelss of Winston-Salem and Mrs
I Unglo of Dnvldson and Mre Hool
H v. of Charlotte, rrraay Wt noou km
_- Archibald Henderson gave a Ion
^ cheon In honor of the delegates
Ptne Iwaa the decoration. Friday
- ? .5- night Dr. Hunt of the Congressiona
J. ,.\V L0hrary, Washington, D. C.. address
[|- 'ed the eonnctl on the early hlstorj
j| of the United States Dr. Hendei
(S eon and Mr. Connor* also made uhoi
If ^ talks. Following the address
*0 the faculty of the University ga\
C . a reception In the library. R<
J. J tteshments were served. Mrs. Cai
I tef; enjoyed her trjp immensely.
1, AUTO SHOW I*OR BALTIMOItF
F:' Baltimore..- Ma.. Jan. JO.?T1
^ eighth annual ahoyr ot (he Balthn*
I. Auto Dealsra' AaaodaMon. opeu
111 In,Fifth Roglmest Armory toda
| Naw nlf-ntartlag deric?. and ?
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"ayloe reached the Injured man
rithin a ver? (ew minutes soon folowed
by *>r. D: T. T*yto? He was
arrlod et once to the hospital where
nodical and surgical attention was
endered. A phone message 'from
he hospital this morning states
hat Hanfcen sustained serious brolss
on his back, head and Htnb*.
Vhlle ho Is gettln* along as well
m could be expected the physicians
tfnnot now ascertain what the outome
of his injuries will develop.
Tha elevator at the theater . Is louted
on the back of ths building
ind Is used exclusively for the purpose
6f transmitting property to and
rom Abe theater. It appears to be
llinsily constructed considering the
r eight it Is required to Carry. One
>f the weights attached to the elector,
(theoen which broke looee)
teems not .to hate been incased.
ns will
Mississippi Flood
iM.0^0.000 flood measure now beoro
CougrMB, I
This picture wUl be especiall^stisble
to the levee cause as It ^bws
ondltlons Impossible to describe.
One -of the pictures^ shows 400"
eet of earth gradually'slipping into
he Mlsaislappi river opposite Heiea.
Art.; soother shows the water
eating the levees, from the tops of
reea as It rushed through the crevesee
at Beqlah. Miss.; another give*
big teres of men at work
s to^provent* further* caving. The
nanner la which the hlg net works j
,ro sunk near the levees and on the |
tanks of the river are shown most
learly. . j
Mr. Fox. in a few days, will have,
i "film made' sbpwlng actual levee <
instruction work. This will srhve j
o illustrate to tBe Congressmen
from the north, east and west the
effectiveness' of levees as a flood preventive.
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rXbKTTJUKD HEATHER
BUREAU FORBCAHT FOR
THE COMING WEEK
Somewhat unsettled weather will
prevail the first of the week over
tnuch of the eh on try, but the last of
'the week will be cenerally fair, the
wither bureau has anaounoed.
"There are indications," the official
said, "that rains and snows
west of the. Rocky Mountains will
be terminated after Monday. U
the plains Mates and the northwest
snows or' rains with continued higl
temperatures, are probable by Tuee
day or Wednesday, followed by fat
and colder weather.
'Kut of the Missouri rim th
wither will 1m fWUri, wit
snow, or raUe daring mack of th
wuk, pgcopt that It >111 bo genera
IT talr Tuesday In the great coatn
valley*, and OB Tuesday Bad Wat
neoday In tho lake regtoa and th
Atlantic states. . . ,iv ?
"In tho noatk tho weather will t
unaotted Tuesday, with load rain
followed by laterally fair weathi
the remainder b( the week
"It will ho warmer over tho del
ffml portion of th, eoaatry' and.,
Tuesday In tho out and south. I
r uDitaaally wold weather la India
I ed at praaeot for any portion
|the country."
. I usited mink wonmu gathi
u ladUaapolls, Ind., Jan. 10.?T
7 International convention of t
I United Mine Workers opened ht
t- today. An unusually important ?
7 aion is because the roct
tronble betweJh the anions and e
t ployers of this city will be disc a
8 ed. A proposal will also be me
? to change the -headquarters fr<
Indianapolis to some other ci
c- Perolri, 111:, Is anxious for the hon
The feeling against capital Is r>
strong here, as was shown $t
i first of the year When tho unii
i? withdrew between four apd flref
re lion dollars frosv.local banks, decl
?d Ing that the money* was being u
y. by merchants and manufaotui
a- for tho purpose of opposing labc
nt
RlVCfl RIAD STATION BR1F11
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rungo xitizens J
Treasurer E.
To I
He is the Mm far the Place The)
Castiag their Votes for Hkn
The following petition over the
nignatuea of a large nnmber of clt
lxons'of Pungo, N. and addresned
to the County Treasurer R.
Mlxon of this city, explains itself:
Pungo. N. G...
V" ~ January 1*. 1|14.
To Ur. E. R. Mix on,
Covaly Treasurer.
Beaufort County. N. C. !
: Bear Sir:?Wfe, the undersigned
JN$B!3L^d.Jj?-nayera of P-^xo- M,
abiltty in the offlce of Chuntr
-ciufo county, and know
lng the unusually fair and |u?t. way
in which you have handled thfe of- j
flee/take this metlipi of aekin* r???
to hpr'rte a candld'tf ff?r ryx ~
tion again.
%.? vivil
I W? nm ;* u??u>
; rc-a*-* yourself a<< bnuf> ? >*
" sort of pledge which you n>ado the
the people four yearn nqo, fhWi
I would prevent your running" again.
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* U J>.C. Win ho&Monthlv Meet
. ing in PubKe library Rooomi
r Tomorrow afternoon at 3;30
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t> Pamlico Chapter, Daughters of th
a Confederacy will hold their regula
I- monthly meeting in the rooms of tb
il Public Library on tomorrow aftei
I- noon at three-thirty o'olock. Th
ie feature of the meeting will be a
- address by Mrs. Stephen C. Bragas
* Her subject' wll be one of interei
s, to all members. AJ1 the members t
ir the chapter are urged to be pre
ent as the meeting la a very tmpo
a- tant one. * ?'
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lo RTOCKMBN COMPLIN OF RIG1
,t- DAWS.
Denver, Col., Jen. i.?**-Tlto flJ
outeenth annuel convention of tl
IK American^ Natlonel Live Stock Am
elation opened In this elty todi
be with a large number of the lendi
he -tockmen of the weet In attendant
re One of the matters to be consider
as- will be the rigltf enforcement of t
mt regulations of the Bureau of Ai
m- mal Industry on the manage qu<
?s- tlon, which the stockmen claim
ide causing them unnecessary expet
>m and hardship"
ty. S
or r is DCT AGAIN,
ery Tho friends of Mr. John T. PrlcH
will be pelaaed to learn that
3ns is able to resume his business I
OH- ties. For the past two weeks
lar^ has been confined to his home
aed Bridge street suffering from aa
era tack of la grippe. *'B
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VTRIOIIT DBV CXBANS AXYTHI
^ but tb? Pooaio Doe
T ooikt od W?twln. C?kH?.
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B8DAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY II
' MS**# ?*PM BBVEJj
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Desire.
R. Mixon
tecome Candidate
. '%
r my and want the Privilege of
i"'Hg.
1
If It be trae that you made a pledgs
to tha people, then tha. people can
release yeu frlm this pledge. Vou
are the man for tlie place. It is *
lie high' type of business man of |,
laimpeaebable character that the h
party** ne'eda- In * thia j t
3b*unty to handle Its fin antes. We,'J
therefore, as good Democrats, do-' 1
,mand that we have the privilege of rj>
jlrATOc'vc,aru^
vis, W. W. Chesson. R. B. Coopor. r
I,. B. Paul, O. P. Davis, Jlmtnlo At* I
ten. H. W. Allen, N. W. Paul. D. R. <
rUwiK p' -Allen, L A. Harris, ft. !
,-i it rr n? ..( n r Dnv'n *
fj. EjIIIB, n. ?. W, ,
At. T>avis, T. E. Allen, H. *0. Carter.
R. Llverman, W. E. .Allen, J. H.
'lavnor, E. Q Allen, Jamea Linton:
. T E. Panl. L. J. Allen, B. M.
olton, D. Panl, John H. Carter. J.
" ooper.
IT
tUlESTEl
i- TEHI!
* Is the Latest "word in life fighti
ing apparatus. Wat ?Oi.structed
be North Car. Concern.
a The West End Hom Company has
r Just received a very handsome com?
blnaUon serried and racing wagon,
constracted by tbe Cotton S.atcs
* Wagon Company, of Monroe, N. C.
n It la tg)d to be the very latest horse
r- drawn wagon in the country. It la
* fitted With Timpkeng roller bcar>f.
tags, robber tires and ngutppod with
5_ all the very latest Innovations in
fire wagons. The -wagon was pur
chased by the City Aldretten some
time ago and has only received 1
? daring th? past few days. N The wag
on Is now ensconced %t the statloi
of the West- End Tlsso eompau
v" whereat is being'much: admired b:
the clUxens.
?" The West End Hose Compnn
** I since Its organUatlo? haB alway!
? glyen good account Of Itself at fire
* and the city fathers ha*o sliowj
ad their "appreciation by donating t
he them an up-to-date wagon in appr<'
ll" elation of their past record. All tj.
members of the compahy are ver
ls proud of their new-fire-fighting appi
latus and in the future t :e otbt!
hose teams In the city inust loo:c j
L . jMr IjMig.. ; J-j
Bd" PlATK riliAAH FRONT
P? A plate glass front Is now Loir
placed in the building on' Mar .
ho Street occupied tyr the Wright P . .<
Pn fng Works, Idea!" Barber shop fti
Rt~ B. 15. Harding & 8on, rental agon
When conmpleted it will bo .Qui
? an improyement.
WRIGHT CLEANS RIGHT.
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?"**f?%KAlJSTARK
ARRESTED IN
in
* CRlilE HERE
*
>\'iley Stokes Wanted for assault
with Deadly Weapon
Brought bock to this City.
Bl?3!.tir Oeorge E. KlcU, in reipDnidto
i ltlioim received from
tlnston Friday last went to that
own Friday afternoon and returned
iatnrday, having In custody one Wiey
Stokes, colored, who wad arrestid
in that town and wanted in this
I preliminary hearing and placed
inder n bond which ho gave. Subse
ineatjy to this ho left for parts unknown
and ,was not fieard from
rinca that time until last Friday
"hen the sfcerin_w.an nonaco mai
he hail been or.ca'cl In Kinston.
E'cce S'okec ha* . '.n Kinston he
iS9 Veen employed a3 a drayman
for n bardwaro concern.' Stokes after
hie* nrrest In Kinston gave the
authorities tho following account of
his cilnio. Ho cays that two years
ego cn a dark night he was driving
on a country road near Whartcn.
N. C-, when two young white
men In another vehicle blocked the
ioa?l. Stokes Alleges that ho requeued
passageway but this was refnfct
]. Ho saya that the white men
curred him in tho presence wf bit
mother, .who was tiding with him
.Ho alighted from his buggj^&nd th<
white men leaped out of their bug
gy and assaulted him. whereupoi
he pulled his gun. and fired at then
slightly wounding both. Stokes 1
now confined in jai here.
m o ? 1 je "a
WASHINGTON OOWvN
MARKET FOR TODAY
!*'
Seed Cotton 4 cents.
, Lint Cotton, *11 7-S cents.
Cotton SMd, $16.00 per ton.
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LEADERS OF LUMBER INDUSTR
i GATHER.
Tnd nnnrolls, Ind., Jan. 20.?
' number of men prominent In tl
t, American lumber trade have arriv*
-|hrre to sneak at the-convention
1 the Retail Lumber Dealers' Aeso
f | at'.op which opened here today. O
f pt* the important features of t:
[mo- ting will " be the dUcssalon
y | plane whlch< will bring boat cloc
6 Interest between the 'Umber m
* { and their-cons, *o that the boys *
^icnqtlnuo In the business their fal
? J crn have established.
? TODACOO EXPERTS HOLD CC
VK.VTIOV
Tampa, Fla., Jan. 20.?An Imp
"-** tan^ conTentiob that began bar?
11? day 1a tbat of the government's
part tobacco examiners, who h
nsr-inblod from the various big
bacco import points of tho cous
** to exchange v'.ows and go throi
:t actual processes of examining tol
'* \o Ittrportntibn. Plans will also
"d diecut9ed during the meeting
L'- more generally stand arizing t!
** work.
? WRITE GLOVES CLEANED 831
White at Wright's. \
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HEW
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Choruses Attractive ?and the
Plot a good one. Soloist week
Edward Hume whole show.
"A Modern Eve" wee the attraction
at the New Theater last evening
and was witnessed by a packed
house with a number standing in
ine amies unaDio 10 secure seats.
While the show taken as a whole
was laughable It lacked in many esIrtimnftoHr-Wrn*
?* ?urnn ,
many shows net up to the standard
of -this Berlin operetta and too the
| theater goers have enjoyed others
Its superior. The music, especially
the choruses, were attractive. The
whqje show le Edward Hume, for
he is In a tin's a entirely alone. As
a comedian his stunts have not been
equaled here In qnfte a while. He
kept the audience In an uproar of
laughter continually. He proved
to be a At companion for the modern
suffragette.- A* stated above while
tho choruses and stage settings, tableaux,
etc., were catchy and attractive
the principals in the operetta
did not measure up to the expectations
of those present. The sole
voices were weak. But for the con
1 tlnual appearance before the foot
1 light* of Mr. Hnme interest in th
' production doubtless would hav
- lagged and the spectators sozqewhs
bored.
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1 BARACA.PH ILATHEA8
8 ELECT THEIR OFFICERS
FOR THE CITY UNIO
* At the union meeting of the Bi
* raca-Philathea classes of the respe
* live Sunday schools of the city at tl
* First Methodist church last Sundi
* afternoon the following office
* were named for the City Uah
* which has recently been organise!
? President. W. U Vaughan; fli
vice president, Mrs. C.. A. Powel
,Y second vice president J. T. Blan
third vice president, 8. J. Kirb
secretary. J. Elmer VanHook; i
A sistant secretary. Mrs. W. T. Hu
lie nell; treasurer, Jesse B. Boss; i
ad porter, Miss Ivey Harmon,
of 11 M
ci- GOVERNMENT HELPED HIM Ol
ne f OF JAIL,
he ; ?
of Hartford, Conn., Jan. 20.?Jo
ter E. O'Donnell, whom the Board ~
en Pardons recently decided to relej
111 from prison today secured his
th- lease through government aid.
Donnell la the same man whom T1
,dore Roosevelt once pardoned/
IV- whs sentenced to four years in p
on last September for burglary
or* Rtdgefleld. Attorney General
to- 'Reynolds and Pbstmaater Gen*
ex- Burleson sent earnest letters ash
ave his release on the ground that h
to- Invaluable to the learnt Ser
(try squad in* prosecuting post office i
agh herlep. ^ - , * . ' _
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be OtT OF (TTV
for < Sheriff George E. Ricks left
heir terday for a short business trip
Is expected homo today.
OW TAN GLOVES DYED BLACK
Wright'*
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n
tfflFLEIEl
ran
Takes place at Court . House I* j
night at eight o'clock. All |
CordiallyJInVited.
The celebration of Grn. Robert ^
e. L.ee'8 birtnday. takes place at the "*~?a
Court House this evening at eight -ji
o'clock and every citizen in Washington
has a cordial invitation to be j
present and witness the exercises. j
The Daughters of the Confederacy
have'arranged a very attractive and / 1
; interesting Urogram and all who at
tend this evening no doubt will b<
amply ;repald. Tl^a following i? '?
the program:
Prayer by Rev. E. M. Snipes.
Chorus?"Jackson and Lee," Chil- 4
. dren of Che Confederacy.
x Address?"The Confedereay," by
^Mr. John G, Bragaw, Jr.
\}uartet?"Tepting Tonight*" by
kfessrs. , Potts, Stewart, Shajyfend
Harding?
Address-?"Robt. 'E .l^ee," Rev.
R. L. Oay. * - I
Hymn?"For A1P Thy Saints,"
Choir.
1 Benediction by Rev. Nathanltf
Harding. t.. v
Rev. W. H. Call will be master,
of ceremonies.
ST
unci
up
ana "courage" and also "negro
mammy" and" fun". All these ingredients
are mixed up into the pretty
pay of "Beverly of Grauutark"
nnd make tor an evening of pleasure
for those who attend.tho per- '
fonnance at the New Theater Thursday,
January 22nd. All that scenery
and 'coeiumes as well as good
acting can contribute to tho success
of this production is given to the
1 public by this compotent company.
1 They come well recommended and
Manager Sparrow feels he has don*
well to secure this attraction. The
1 .fact that the play has been drama"
tired from the famous novel by Geo.
> B. McCutclieon only adds to the
" feeling of security.
8 LEAVES FOR
8 TO ATTEND WOMAN'S
1 MISSION AHYpixFERENCB
Mrs. E. M. ^Snipes, wife of the
pastor of the First Methodist church, '
expects to leave tomorrow, morning
N for Durham, N. C., where she goea
to attend the conference of the
l" Woman's Foreign Missionary Sociec"
ty oi the North Carollnd Conference
18 of thAMethodlBt .church. The meetLy
ing wgUSlaBt through Sunday and
will be hefeftin the Memorial Meth,B
odlst church* in that city.
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* HAMBURG UNERS TO STOP AT
QUEEN Sit) W N
yl Queenstown,-. Jan. 20.?The Hamia"
burg American liner Rhaetia, thej,
ld" first of the'German liners to call
**" at Queenstown. will receive a warmy
wecome when she lands today. The^ v
officers and crew will be tendered'
^ a civil reception The calling "*<>2
the Thaela at this port one day before
the opening of the rate
ferepoe In Paris, seems to indicate
? that the transatlantic steamers are
^ on the verge of a serious rate est.
?'" * RB^VLAR COMMUNICATOR
neo .7 .
He
Th- re wiU be a regular communl.
cation of Orr Lfflflgo No. 104 A. F.
and A. 34. at tholr hall, oornar of
c" Third and Bonner streets this evensra
ing ak 8 oklqck to which all mev1
bers aVe Urged (Jo be present. VIsft
* King brethren cordially invited^By
order of S. C. Carty. W. M.. O. M.
rob" Winfleld, secretary.
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Lyric Theatre
HB Ijjntire Change of
AT Program 7'oday;