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Cause was Heard befor
! day. Defense
feSRail.
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the evidence ae Introduced in
' tho^preltmlnary hearing of the
> Bthte n Joshua Mills, for the
kHiing of Benjamin Ormondf
\ heard befote?Justice of tfco
Fence Charles M. Brown at the
Court House Monday last. The
y evidence would have been published
sooner but for the fact
the otetvographet- fcad hot pre
[' pw^d it In time.
Vosa Hooteu Wan Summosed and
Mxamtaatloa by^Mr. Daniel:
_ 1 ljvc In Washington'. Was in
tha hnrhnr nhnn hDn thin ifilnv an.
cnrred. 1 recall Den Ormond coming
in, also when Josh Mills otme
in. It was about II o'clock. Ormon4
k?d been In the shop about 10 I
or 1& minutes when Mills came In.
Ormond was standing close to
badt door near the stove. Were
three ehairs In the shop, the stove
Is near the backdoor. 1 was waiting
about 5 or 6 feet from Ormond
whoa Mills came In. Ormond did
not have his coat on; he was standing
up. I#do not know w.hat he
was doing.* Mills had his overcoat
[ __ on. I don't know where his hands
were. Mills came in the front door
( >and walked hack aboat where Or I <
mond was standing. Ml)ls did not
say anything when lie walkel in.
About tbe B.st remark 1 heard. Ormtfnd
said hello Josh, and 1 think
he said hello Uc|; the pexf. rpply
was.' Ormond said Josh you would 1
not let ply mule Hay in the stable. I
^ and 1 don't know whether HI till
r ** made any, reply to that or not. The
nn<) (lilnv Ulllu what la I I
- that jrou hav b??eti talking about t?
tables anyway, and Ormond aald T '
have said so dimn much-I don't '
know what \ have kaid. The next !
thine the" .a lick struck. I '
aw the fist up but I don't know ?
which one ' .it. x . 1
I couldn , in which one struck' 1
the Urst Ko I saw~Mr. *Mllb 1
hand up.' I, on't Jcnow that I did I
ee Ormohd'^ hand up. I was alttine
in the ' 'r. Job Boone wa* [1
next to mo I saw something gltt- 1
taring In Mil's' hand and I said Joe. j :
that looks f a pjstol. and 1 saw ( 1
him make are and then saw the 1
blood fljr: then I said Joo it Is not
a pistol. I alkod on the street
and stayed until they came out; Ormond
walked out in the street. I
don't know h6w he came oat. 1 saw
s " him when ho got on the sidewalk. 1
and he walked across towards Sua- 1
kjn & Berry's place and started to
pot his foot on the sidewAlk. and he
aid, Oh, God. boys, Mills' has cnt
v. " mi to detth and Mills said. I haven't
done half what I will do. Ormond 1
walked np the street toward Hotel
Louise. Mills went on^bOhlnd hjm.
I never noticed how close he was 1
* on -him. When he got in frdnt of
Rum' p]ace the sidewalk was blocked
and Ormond got around the
crowd and went on. When Ormond 1
came out of the shop he vu bloody
alf down' th* front of Ills nhirt. I
oould not eee any wound, only the
bteod.* He VuT going ddwn* fee
street pretty fast. I d{d not eee
Mills aay more feat night. I dlln't
' eee anything In Ormond'a hand; I
didn't eee Ormond strike a llok.
1 eould not telj who struck the first
lick. Ormond was standing back
to me, Mills was between Ormond
and fee front door. < I was out
. something like 6 or 10 minutes before
Ormond came out. The others
were going oht. There were eight
In the shop, I think. 1 remember
there were three in the chairs. The
lick was struck soon after Ormond
said I hare said so damn much about
your stables I don't know what 1
have said.
Cross Examination byNitr. Rodman.
1 think Mr. Jonea came In with
Mr. Ormond. Ormond was drinking
some. He took a drink while
he was in there; he had been in
there about 6 or 10 mlnuteo when
he took the drink. When Oromnd
first came in he. asked how long
before he could get a shave; the
barber told hU? to be seated. He
did not sit dbwn; he began to go
t - around tho room and asking who
would let'him get a jfcare firsts. 1
think Mr. Adams said, me and Air.
Hoot en are next and he "said being
tnat you and me are couslne I know
that you will .let meSget a shave In
jour place, and he then came "to me
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4bd asked how about getting a shave
in my place, and offered to pay for
my shave, I said my fcinnd, you
don't have to pay for my. shaves,
but you are .in a hurry and want
to go' homeygo ahead. He pulled
his coat off, and he or .Jonea one
said, I bet you a dollar you have notj
get a drink and Ormond\fald. he
had a pint of whiskey; run his hand
in his coat, pocket and Jonea said
1 will not bet you because 1 know:
you have, and he reached In Jones'
pocket and pulled out a pint, and
held It up and. said, good old^corn
liquor and took about two swallows.
Ljdid not hear him case any. Mills
cWe in about 6 minutes after he
took that drink. I did pot hear
an* iyinvar*aMnii KbIhtoi." ? r i i I ? ~
Edwards. Ormond was 6 or 6 feet
toward the back of the shop from
Elwards. The ljck I heard was a
pretty heavy sounding lick. Jt'
sounded like a man's fist. I don't
know'which of Mills hands J saw n*
Mills did not make amy effort to
satch Ormond after he came on the
ttreet I suppose he could have
caught him had he tried. Ormond^
would we^gh about 210 or 21fr?
pounds, he was a powerful looking!
man, about , the same heighth or
Mills. He iookcd to be about 2G
?r 30 years qld.
J. H. Rcklln Testified. . J i
Examination by Mr. Daniels.
I was Iff the barber ahop the. night
Ben Ormond was killed. I did not
jcnow who it was at the time. I
was In the back chair , of the barber
jhop. Elmund Edwards was shavng
me- and this "man, which they,
said was Ormond and another man
In a?out tho time l.got*4n the
chair. It was shout a quarter to
tdeven. o'clock. When this fellow
3rniond came in he was talking aSout
getting a shave. He seemedj
to be in a' hurry. Joe Boone asked
him how he was going to get across
the river. He said he was not going
across the river, that he was
going out here back of town some
where. He took off lila coat ' and
?v, vusw vu ui? lues ana
aid something to this other fellow
stout whiskey. He then walked up
Lo this fellow Jones and took & bottle
oat of hijj pocket and took a
uk. Pretty ^oon I heard s&no
pu step in the front door and some
a said hello Josh; he was coming
ui and ttla^fellow sAid," Mills you
would not let my mule stay in your
itables. Mills said no; what In tho
h "is that you hare been saying
about my stables, and the fellow
said*4 'don't know what I have
sa'd; I have said so d much and
t. en I heard him say. Mills' don't
cut me, and when I heard that I
turned my head towards them and
opened my eyes and 1 throwed my
eyes on.the knife in Mills hand. 1
Uegan to get out of the chair on the
other side Quick as I could and
when I was getting out something
(truck against the chair. Ormond
was in the act of going out the door.
Ho struck the glass and broke it
out. Mills was making towards
him. Hjs overcoat hung in that
thing they heat water with and hullsi
him one aided, and when tib was
getting out the door Mills caught
up with him and slashed htm In
the back S or 3 times. Mills came
hack. I looked up and saw this
Tellow In front of the place. He
said fellows I am rained or Ml^sjiss
dxed me, or something like that,
snd Mills said d? you, If you are
not fixed I trill fix you aud went out.
I stayed in the chair and got neck
shared. I should judge there was
it. least half a gallon of bjood on
the floor. I did not see a knife In
Ormond's hand. Mills came back
after this fetlow was on the sidewalk
He did not get out of the shop. He
Sid not get out. Edmund came out
of the back room and he aaki,
where la my hat and Edmund 'got
hie hat and gare it to him. Ha did
not come back afttokjQiat.
Croee Examined by Mr. Rodman.
I know Ormond was drinking. I
law- him take a' drink. He did not
appear to be drunk. I should judge
he would weigh 2IB to 2J5 pound*,
i had toy eyes shut when Milla came
In. When I heard somebod/-nay,
ktel]o Josh. I opened my eyes and
looked. Joeh Iboked about like he
always does. He had the same expression
that Ji* generally has, perJSk
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Mills denied
iectly normal./ I have known Mills
all my life? ever since I was big
enough toknow anything. I was
not expecting trouble and did pot
pay clqpe ^ tie ratio a. When Mills
camo he walked right and' did'not
halt until theee.tMrd* were spoken, j
and the only time I )tenw he/ had |
stopped was when I heard this maxi^
Ormond say Mills don't cut me, when
I opened my eyes ho was standing i
right by my side. His back wife not
18 Inches from my bead. He waaJ
Just a/ little bit beyond- my ni$*d. I
Mills was right by my chalfTOr-1
mond was In front of him facing i
him. I'don't remember hearing any
tje*. 1 can stand as much beof
bwod as anybody, but when It
comes to human blood, I can't stand
much of ft.' After It woe all over
Jones tame out of the back doof of
the barber shop. When I sot out
of the chair, there was" not anybody
in thet'e but me and Mills and the
man. When I came out I went to
Dr. Tayloe's drug store to get a
cocoa cola. 1 don't think I was
scared. While I was in the drug
store Mills came out of the back
,*eom and went to the spigot and
trailed his han&s. I don't know
whether hiy/left arm w^^b&ndaged
up. I did not notice.
A. C. OrsoDd Testified.
Nomination by Mr^DanieL
*^."4 am brother of Ben Ormond and
qualified as his administrator. I
renwmVr the occasion when my
brother - was killed. I believe it
was the 22hd of November. I was
with him from about 8.30 that night.
If .ho was drinking any I could not
toll" it. We wOnt to Mr. Mills -stabler.
Boa asked the man if he
could'put bis mule there. He tol^
him that it, was getting late and he
wanted to shut up and Mr. Mills
came up and told him that he would
have to take his mule out, that he
wag going to shut up. and he said
all rights that he would tie-the mule
on the street. 1 think' Ben said he!
J wished the top of the stables would
fall in or something rikfc that. Then
they left and wont up tlio street.
Tw said to the barber shop. I
flroVo tho toule abound there and
,-jjas on the street holding the mule
and Mills came down from Water
street and w^iked[ around to hifl
ataxies. He came back and wa]ked
in the barber shop and he walked
back there where Ben was at and
I saw him make a pass at Ben and 1
jumped out of the buggy and started
into the *ehop and they run over
iff? coming out,-and I couldn't get
in. Ben came to the door and
broke the glass. Mills was bebinjl
him and he came out In *he street.
I, asked him what was the matter,
and be said Josh Mills has cut mej
to death, and Mills said I have not |
done half as much as I want to do j
to you, and he walked down the
street about SO feet and stopped.
Cross Examined by Mr. Ward.
| am the younger brother. Bea i
stayed out here aTStrut three mile*!
from town with my father. He Had
a wife; she stayed up near Ayden.,
I sued Mills for $26,000. and attached
all of the property I could And.!
Brother left one child, Hying with!
his mother. Question?You' expect
about $7,000 out of your brother's
death? Answer?I understand that
all-right. '' '.r1
was not arrested for baring a
pistol la my geekeb a few days after
that. I did not hare any that
nighty I did not go up to Ayden
to consult my brother's wife beforebringing
this unit. They were dtorced
and she Is married again.
. Dr. J no. O. Blount TWiflrtl
Examined by Mr. Daniel.
Ormond went to -my office after
he was hurt. He was pretty badly
cut. There were ^7 wounds in all.
He had hot spit up any blood and
vtfi did not think his lung had been
punctured, but when we began to,
sew him up and turned 'him over we
heard air gurgle and then know bis
lungg had been punctured. He featd
while he waa lying there that Josh
Mills had cut him ahd he had not
done a thing. j
Cross Examined by Mr. ifrtcLcaa.
Ormond died next day He would
weigh about 226' pounds and was
a man of tremendous vitality, t
had not known him before that
time. Ali of those wounds could
have happened In a flgbt or difflcuitr'
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AFTUMbOM. JANUARY 21, U 14 I
SCBtiB FROM BEVBRI
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Who is to be $upei
Of Bkaufo
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Mr. W. L. Vaughan. the efficient
Superintendent of Schools of Beaufort
counter, has offered his resignation,
the same to be effective the
end of thle month.
It will be impossible to find a
man in this county or oat of it who
can take up the work laid down by
Mr. Vaufctan and perform the duties
at j>nce efficiently as ?ie. Of
Bourse, Wy-*gOofl-schodl man can
le^UL^hut one of the necessary re/mluites
in school work is exper'lenco.
This Mr. Vaughan has acquired
during the years of his incumbency,
and M?r Vaughan today
can administer the duties of county
sunerintendent better for Beaufort
cqunty than Hon. J. Y. Joyner liimsolf.-^VVhy?
Mr. Vaugban Is acquainted
with the special needs of
Beaufort county, he la acquainted
with the people of the different sections
of the county, and -Mr. Joyner
la not. Mr. Joyner makes this acknowledgement
hlmaelf.
Notice has been published that
tho Board of Education of Beaufort
county, will on next Saturday, the
24th, elect a County Superintendent
of. Schools to fill the unexpired term
of Mr. Vaughan. resigned.
This question waa considered and
received much' attention when Mr.
Vaughan was elected superintendent
ovgr five years ago. There seemed
then to be a small sentiment tha?;
Beaufort county did not fiave a
man big enough for the Job. But
after careful consideration and
some reconsideration, the right man1
was found in the person of Mr. W.
L. Vaughan, who baa proved to the
satisfaction of his constituency and
to our Stato Superintendent, that
his dutteB have been most efficiently
performed in strict accordance
with tho Public 8chool Law and to
the wholesome and progressive Improvement
of the Beaufort county
public schools.
That some sentiment that Beaufort
county has not a man well
enough versed In ppbllc school management
to become Mr. Vaughan's
successor seems yet to exist among
a few of our cltlsens. But' that
sentiment is a phantom. Cdn If be
said that Beaufort county containing
a population of over thirty thousand,
property persona} and real
worth over seven million dollars,
and land area over'eight hundred
p.qunro miles, lawyers, doctors and
school men equal 'to aay in the
| "Old North State," many of whom
t are -college and Univereity gradu!
ates, I repeat, can It be said that
I Beaufort county cannot furnish her
own county superintendent of
' schools? We do -not boast that
Beaufort county people are better
than elsewhere, but we. do say they
are ejual to any In their special
line of vocation. Now, if Beaufort
county has a man jutallfled to flill
the office of cdnnty- superintendent
The state then rested and the defendant
offered po testimony. The I
oornmtttlng magistrate, Mr. C. M. ]
Brown, refused to admit the defendant
to ball.
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intendent '
rt County Schools
of schoolB, then why not olcct blm?
If the man cannot be found in this
county, who shall possess certain
ualificatldns prescribed by the
School Law of North Carollnu. tlien
find him elsewhere. But wo have
it on good authority that there ar?
.men In Beaufort county who ac
college graduates, and who have the
pocecsary qualifications for the of
- Jee^-of cqunty superlntendon' oi
schools.
With the above mater a .'i,, which
our County Board rnay nja';
a selection, it appears that it will
not be necessary for thrm^io "*>
hoyokd our borders to elect a
ty Superintendent of Schoo *. w'-'i
can and will perform the .'in:1
with honor and "-edit to ?'*. >
. JO! 'X. G. TOOI.F. .
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The regular annuoTj meeting ol
the stockholders of the Harris Hard
ware Company waa held in thi
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday morning at 11 o'clock
Eighty per cent of the stock wai
present and voted in person. Th<
stockholders named the followini
directors for the ensuing'year: Geo
T. Leach. T. R. Hodges, Cbas. A
Flynn, C. F. Bland, J. F .Cow&l
William Bragaw, J. Ml Rodges
Charles.P. Aycock, and B. F. Ea
gjes. The directors subsequent^
met and elected the following offl
cers: President Geo. T. Leach
vice president, T. R. Hodges; treas
urer, Cbarlea A. Flynn; manager
C. F. Bland; secretary, J. M
Hodges.
The Harris Hardware Company
was organized in 1903 with a cap
ital stock of 9*2,500 paid in ant
from that time the capfft&l stock hat
grown to its present proportions
The sales dqrlng the past year wer?
the largest in the company's history
I No concern In Eastern Carotins
| does a more extensive business, both
I wholesale and retail, due in a ]argc
measure no doubt to the affablltj
From the-very first they gained the
esteem of the entire community and
this confidence has. broadened ,and
expanded ^o such an extent that they
today place goods in nearly every
town lb Eastern Carolina. The Harris
Hardware Company Is surely a
cfedft to Washington and this paper
takes this occaelop to congratulate
the firm upon Its past "success and
wishes for It continued prosperity
in the future. ? CJ_ ,
After the business of the company
had been transacted dinner was
served to the stockholders at Hotel
Louis*
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III IS
CELEBRATED
X.
Delightful Program Carried out
At Court House Last evei ing.
Large Number were present.
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APPRECIATION
I wish to express my heartiest
' thanks to each and every one
i who^ in shy way. aided In the
Leo and 'Jackson memorial ex
. ferclses held in the Court Ho,use
lust uveStng. 1 am doubt? fcP-/"
preclatlve as my arms must be
strongly supported.
MISS LENA WINDLEY,
President Pamlico Chapter, U.
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The one hundred and twenty-seventh
anniversary of the birth' of
Genera) Robert E. Lee was fittingly
and beautifully celebrated by tho
(Daughters of the Confederacy, Children
of the Confederacy and the
old veterans at the Court House last
night. The program as carried out
was a most delightful and enjoyable
one. . It was arranged by Mesdames1
H. W. Carter, 8tephen C. Bragaw
and W. H. Williams, the committee
of Pamlico Chapter. The addressee
of the evening were de]lvered by
^ev. R.' L. Gay,' wbo spoke on the
life and character of Robt. E. Lee,
and Mr. John G. Bragaw. Jr., who
! spoke on the life and character of
"Stonewall" Jackson and the Conr
deracy. The Dally News will give
: 'ts readers these two admirable adi|
in tomorrow's Issue.
The Court room was attractively
j orited for the occasion. Rev.
i W. H. Call was the master of cere!'
monies and performed his task In
|? wav to attract and please. His remarks
.opening the exercises were
hannV. The exercises were
opened with prayer by Rev. E7. M.
Snipes, -pastor of* the First Methowh'ch
was fol]owed by
, ~ sv the Children of the Confederacy
entitled, "Lee and Jack
-vt feature was the address
of Mr. John G. Bragaw, Jr.
tb*? speaker h?d finished his
'-t excellent and timely remarks
n-tot composed of Messrs.
Potts' Harding, Stewart and Shaw,
'creu nit; uever-iu-uu-iorRou?n
song, '*Tentlng Tonight." After
j "ov Mr. Call read a poem on
- ' fnc'rson written by a lady
| in Washinton who said Mr. Call j
i "nt allow, ita authorship to
bp known.
. n'he second speaker of the evening,
Rev. R. I>. Gay. charmbd his
hearers in remarks on General Lee.
Tt was greatly enjoyed. Following
I address a quartet consisting of
. vMsses Bragaw and Rhodes, and
I Messrs. Harding and Ayers rendered
a selection. - The closing hymn
was "How Firm a Foundation." the
f favorite of the great Southern chieftain.
i The benediction was pronounced
1 by Rev. C. p. Malone of the Episco\
pal church.. Every number ,on the
8 well arranged program was enterB
taining and enjoyed by every one
present.
NOTICE
These garments are pressed right
' by Wright, who presses right. If
they are not right, let Wright know
f right away and Wright will make
" them right right quick. Wright's
Guarantee.
EXCELLENT VAUDEVILLE ACT
NEW THEATER
r With specia] scenery and stage
" setting and electrical effect* no betl
ter act ever played at the New Thea
1 ter than that of last evening. Wm
terman and Hopkins opened last
) night for a two day egagement and
presented an act of singing pantof
mime and music of Indfan character
1 and went well with the audience.
1 The motion pictures are among
' the evening's bill that carried off a
good part of the praise, while thel
1 vaudeville bil] far surpassed the average
act that comes here.
Today's program offers these, .artists
and a program of pictures that
has pleasing qualities and something
that can be appreciated.
Miss Mae Ayers returned home
yesterday afternoon via the Norfolk
Southern train from Hertford, N.
; C., where she has booh the guest of
| Kites Mary McMullan for ^he past
| two weeks.
TROUSERS PRESSED IS l-2o A
I Leg. Seats free. Wright's.
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MOT IN 1
WERDELLJ
One of nhom entered.-the
Of F. y.Von Eberstine atC'Acowinity
Sunday Night. Now wj
In Jail here.
Sheriff Geo. E. Ricks went to Wen-f
dell, N; C., 'n station about twenty. .-3
miles this bKTTT'of Raleigh, yesterday
morning and rotorned on the eren- . ,M
ing txuin bringing back to this city
three colored men. Gus Vines, want- ?
e,d in Craven county for celling whiskey;
Jerse Jsimo? Pritchnrd for entering
the store of Mr. Fred Von
Eberstein at Chocoyrinlty last Sonday
night, and C. Clark. Ttffr three
men were located at Wendell due
to their purchasing a block ticket
from the Norfolk Southern agent.at
Chncowinlty. In consequence of
this information Sheriff Ricks wired
the authorities at-Wendell to locate
the pgftlcs and .srrrst them. Thin
was dofie.jo' the sheriff went and
secured his men. The authorities In
Craven county were not Hied of Vines
arrest so'deputy sheriff Odeon, s^
companted Sheriff Ricks to Wen'ts^
Vines Is wanted in New Bern f<Tf
retailing and a- capias has "been issued
for him. Prltchard, when arrested
was wearing a suit of clothes
taken from the store of Mr. VonEkcrsteln.
The third negro who
claims his name is C. Clark and a V
native of Leecbvllto, N*. C., is being . 4
held by Sheriff Ricks. Possibly ho
Is wanted for some crime In another
county, lie Is' of a dark ginger
cake color, nearly blu< k and looks *1
to be about 2d year old. Ho 1b
about Ave feet, eight inches tail, ... 2
and weighs between 150 and 160
pounds. Sheriff Ricks wil] endeav- H >i
or to ascertain whether he is want- f
ed elsewhere beforo ha is given his '
freedom. Vine* In now in Jail at
New Bern and Pritchard ami Clark
are inmates in the jail here.
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DHOnblDtJtib
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NEXT FRIDAY
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The Warhington High School *111
have its (first basketball contest
against New Horn High School next
Friday night at the old skating
on North Market street. The
ington boys have been working : arj
and with plenty of mntcfial to pick ]
from?wi]l be able to turn out a fast. 1
team to represent tlio blue and
white. It only requires five boys
for a team and with fifteen to select
from the proBpects are very bright
for' success on next Friday night.
Fred Moore ha* been elected captain
of the lo&l team and he is a
very good man for the. place. He ^
an all round athlete. In the gamo U
last Friday night h*j missed only
two out of seven~trles at feet throw
which is considered very good even
for an experienced player. At this
writing it wl) be hard to name the
otner players an there are a good
many tryng for tho respective places.
The game is to be pulled off at night
so as to gve the business men and
others whs work in the afternoons
an opportunity to witness the game.
This is the first matched game to
be played In Washington and it is
to be hoped that a large number
will attend. The girls will ad ho
play, thus giving the public a chance
to .see two games for the sum oC
twenty-five cents, general admission,
and fifteen cents for ladies and
school children under twelve years
of age. ,4
If the citizen* of Washington de- *^3
sire to witness an exciting game of
basketball now is their chance. The
local team needs the support for
the boys at home cannot play ball
I unless they are encouraged In* a ' S
financial way by the conHmmity. A
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