. 1 VM \ . vM il ' ' Hp ? s y?t? I - J.I.IW DIED E1IEI 1IIS DUE f Funeral Will Take Place From Residence Tuesday Afternoon at Two O'clock?Interment in *mi. Oakdale. ; H ^ Surrounded by friends and loved one* and after a life well spent all that was motral of Capt. John W. Dudley fell on sleep at his home, oorner of 8econd and Bridge streets this morning at 4.IS o'clock after an illneas of a week or more. The news of the death of Mr. Dudley while not unexpected was Indeed a hock to the entire community where * for years he mingled an<Vdid what, he could for the betterment and uplift of those witSk whom he came in contact. Contain Dudley first beheld the beautiea of nature at PorUmoulh, N. _ C.. March r. 1847. being > lot ol Dr. Samuel and Suaau Dudley. Ha waa a dutiful Boa, an affectionate huaband and devoted father. For yenra ho haa boon a reeldeut of Waahtngton and from the drat he Chined a warn place In the eatlmatlon of the clip which crew and developed aa the yeera came and went. He waa a man of at rone conrlctlon end what ha hollared to he right waa hla elogan m eunehlne and ahadow. Quick to reeeut. quicker atlll to forglre. He waa the eoet of honor. Hla llfa waa an open book known * and rend or all men. la hla home around the Srealde, , 'he waa bott known and will be mlaael meat. Hare It waa that hla Ufa and deeda were appreciated. AlC wnjru thoughtful, elytra willing, gleam thinking of the derated wife, and affectionatechildren. How that the Tacant chair of huaband and tether alia ellehtty tn the corner ' mamorlaa eweet and tender will ever linear In the hearta of thoee whom ha eerred aa beat ba could. The decanted leaves a heartbroken widow and four children to mourn their loan. The children bereft are, Km. A. S .Fulford, Mr. J. Waaler Dudley of thla citr; Mra. J. P. Duncan of Beaufort, N. C., unci Mra. Mark Latham of Waahtngton, D. C. For eavarnl yeara Capt. Dudley haa boon In command of the cat boat - , Maud A Reginald tor the Swindell A Fulford Flab Company. The funeral will take place from the reeidence Tuaaday ^afternoon. > No. 418 Waat Second atreet. The Interment will be In Oakdale cemetery. The following pall Lcarera hnvn Men nwv^i.. ' Honorary?E. K. Willi#, E. W. Ay era, W. K. Jacobson, J. Havens, 0. T. Leach, Capt. A. W. Styron. [ Active?J. T. Wallace. Edward Cot [ tens, W. E. Swindell. Robert Rumley, A. J. Co*. W. C. Johnson. BROAD CREEK HAPPENINGS ^ Mr. and Mrs. Tom Singleton and children spent 8unday wltfo Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Woo lard of Hall Swamp. Mr. Jesse B. Latham epent Sat* urday night In Washington. Mr. Josh Water? and sister. Mist -Mary, of near Plnetown, passed, through this place Sunday. The Misses Latham g'tndcd service* at Hawkins school house last Sunday afternoon. Mr. K. J. Reepfae tnd family of. this place will rnovo to Beaufort N. C., within ths next fen cays. We ragrat deeply to pert with them They will have the best wishes of all In their new home. * Our bury farmers are now getting j*> down to work plowing. Most al have sowed their tobacro seed al' ready. \ Misses Gladys Testation and Ool dia Whitley and Lacy Hollletor and Looter Aebr. Jathor TatUrtca, Jenar Latham ill Chetter whltl.v Wrr thn luwta or UIu Leila Cutler Bus V. Buy aftarooon loot. Mr- and K1 Chad- y Whitley .pent Saturday and Sunday with Mr.. Whitley', parent, at Jaaaamo. Mr. w. T. Latham vl.ltad Mra. jj? Noah Laa Sunday aftarnoon. Thera waa quite a gathering o: young people at the homo or'Mr. W. T. Latham Saturday night and f . all reemcd to enjoy the occaeloa lm Manor. C. C. Cottar and Tom Stnglaton warn Waahlngton rl.Hor. fASri] ? fc ' ? NEWTHEA 'w & -Jfi1^1 < . ipl JH KH8F9B. il ^H5!l i rflSmHB Seats on Salq Moi ?Ell RIMING ' I PEOPLE Dallas, Texas, Feb. 16.?An exhty- , It attracting much favorable com ment among visitors to the Nations Corn Exposition, w^ioh- was opened [ in this city February 10th, Is that | made by the Southern Railway, Mo bllo and Ohio Railroad, Queen and Crescent Route, Georgia Southern and Florida. Railwav nr.d Vlrainlj. and Southwestern Railway, and die playing agricultural products fron all the nine states in thlf^Southeas talong the Southern Railway and al lied lines. With a single exception no other railways In the country are making exhibits at tho exposition, and the Southern's exhibit Is the only one from most of the Southeastern' states, only three or' four of which are represented through their state colleges. The eablblt consists of corn grown along the lines of the, various roadB .nd to a great extent by farmers wh" raised tbolr crops under supervision rs* Iirnnta of ?h? Hallwav Com il moles' Dopartmont of Farm Imptov,; moot Work. Grains, Erase lb, bay, jotton, vegetables and other agricultural products, and apples and other fruits, both freeh and in jars, all I grown in the South, are displayed. I . A folder containing Information about the corn growing record of the South, issued by the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern RnUwiy Company. Ie being hand ed visitors to the Corn Exposition and Is also being distributed through ^ut the country for the purpoae of ittracting dcelrabld settlers to the Southeast. WILL HONOR ORB IT AMERICAN WOMAN * TUESDAY EVENING v > .1 In toner of one of America's great women, Frances "Willard, memorial servicer will he held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Edward T. 8tewart, on East Second street. If yon are willing to give 6 cents to help on her good work come. You- will be cordially welcom J I *' [NGT WEATHEI WASHINGTON, N. C.. MONDAY A TRE, THURSDA ' A Z from AcrT.JBao /*//a- W/rat/s ccs??> ~A/v Axr/$u? > fenti'"1! ! ) -i iday Hardy's Drug "Bought And Paid Played In B : l The Raleigh News and Observer of recent date fires the following comment on the attraction "Bought and Phld For" which la billed for the New Theater <hero next Thursday evening: "Bought and Paid For," a drama of to much Incidental comedy that ta best things get lost In the Irrepressible ahuffle ol?the galleries, nade its second visit at the Acadiiny of Music yesterday *rternoon nd evening. It la A Riinnrh nlnv with ? flna mil. I ome. New York lite, in the glar- | ng disproportions of the mlllionUres and the near-mendicants, is1 held up without treading upon those phases of it played up in the yellows >f the big cities but whispered in polite society. There isn't anybodv reverting from Ylrtuo to vlco. It Is rather the splendid picture of a woman, hcught and paid for, but one who would not remain !-o?;sht at the p^cc. In plot it is simple. Robert Stafford, weglthy man, weds Virginia Blatae, poor working girl. In his cups he tells her that he bought and paid for her. She knew It if he hadn't said eo. Like John L., it happens one-time,too many. The fuss, the eepsu-ntlon, the return to ' <t- - 1 ? II #A At# V* A av.4 n si k n A i me ppiuu iuoi ui ? ?" ??? then the reconciliation. That's the story. New York slang of the most ap' proved style is dealt oat wlfh lavlshness by Orrln 8hcar playing James Ollley, and Miss Virginia Elwood as MISTAKE O.WOLINR FOR KEROSENE; ONE DEAD New Bern. N. C., Feb. 13?Mrs. S. D. Watson is dead and Mrs. W. R. Weeks Is In a local hospital suffering from Injuries which are expected to prove fatal as% the result of the explosion of a can of gasoi line at tho home of the two women '.No. 188 Queen street. ' The two women had arisen and were preparing to start u lire with which to prepare tbo morning meal. A can of gasoline and a can of kor1 osene were sitting near the qtove. and thinking that she had the ker( osene can. Mrs. Weeks turned this up and began to pour the contents TJ' QN E t?Fair Tonight and Toe mSajt. Much FTERNOON. FEBRUARY 1?, (19.14 Y NIGHT, FEBRU . . . ' . * . - , L ' ' ^-SRfiE Sfe? v% '5*8 BjH - ^paMjil;/ /raLj^lW JHILb^ J * :?^.j4k -JmH Gf/7~ A /V0 F# / D Ft)#. ?rA/ts ? | Store. Prices: 50, MF^WefT laleigh Last Week I t.la ivlfa Thai furnlah tha anmoil* that ia so profuse tfcat one almost mistakes the offices of the play They make dreary life t producer of mirth. As Robert Stafford, Forest Zlmmer plays the complex character woll. Mr. Zlmmer may not do the thing altogether right, nobody knows t bet ho lmpreEie3 one as not trying b to overdo his role. He is the type t of man, verily buys and pays for hlr 1 wife, but he buys and pays for every- c body and everything olso. There's \ nothlqg cheap about Mr. Stafford. c An his opposite, Misa Madeline S King, Stafford's wife,' Is well up to 1 tho demands of a strong part. She, 1 doeg tho emotional, and it is almost ' all that kind, handsomely, is herself! c handsome and It requires no bulldoz-' > ing of tho imagination to. conceive t a millionaire's marrying her. That's j a fine sentence that eho uses when t the drunken husband asserts his t "legal rights," pho says. But in the j i reconciliation, she wins what Orrin > \ Shear, as James Glllcy, calls "a p?r-i 1 feet landallde." i \ In . the sisterly role of Fanny ' , Til. I.A ,kA ?.| fr. ?f T..n.. nill.l' . I Mies Ellwood plays true life. "Bought j and Paid For" hn3 'strength and lta | cast of eovcn is well ta'.ancod. Jusl I a single popular infirmity rnnrs it. j j The giddy geeao, who fcncw not the I , difference between tender affection . and primitive gregarlousncss, will guffaw and inesnsately snicker at ' j every manifestation of febling. But j the play goes in spite of such unln' telligent Interpretation. ! into the stove. She had taken tho wrcng can and immediately there wos a flash and the room was filled with flame. Beforo tho blaze could be extin- ; guished both women were horribly burned. ? YOCN'G AMERICA ACTED N'ICKIA OX SATURDAY NIGHT. VA!.I:\T1NE JflGHT ______ The small boy's deport merit in tbo city on Saturday night last, ll being St. Valentine's night, was Tar above tho average. Less complaints have ] been heard as to .their conduct than ! In roars. The Daily News wirhoa to] congratulate them and Impress upqp them to keep it up In th* future. !W'WrX-V lAlLi Colder. ARY 19th |j h KH|i* p !c 0 n r t 1 : - . ** ? . 9 1 75, $1 and $1.50 liD TIGEHS THRIVING II Wl Bin n A . n> > I 'Mill Mr. Editor:?From the signs or be moon this part of our county is ecomlng Infested with a certain title "animal" that needs exterminator:. This "animal" Is net dangsr1U3 to our stock or poultry if it vera our people would tlse up as me man and shoulder their old pins and hunt the last or.o out of hla section of the country, but this ittlo "animal" In Uonwn as the 'blind tiger" and Instead o( being langtrous to our stocic, they are vorse still, for thpy are dangerous 'or our boys and young men. Can the law-abitflng citizens of. xny community afford to sit still and xllow a certain class of people to ieal out a "stuff" that destroys its greatest heritage. Its your.g manhood? We think not. On the old road from Aurora to Sotith Creek x distance of about six miles, suspicion point3 to six or seven homes of those blind tigers, and we think It is time to call a halt. We do not dellsht to s:e any cac in the tolls cf the law nor do w: delight to see our young manhood debauched and degraded, tnd between the two we ray let the guilty suffer the consequences. OBSERVER. South Creek, N. C. It's Restful in_ Washington Park. FOR NORTHERN MARXISTS Mr. John K. Hoyt ltff this morning for northern markctc to purchase his spring goods. He was accom panted by - Mrs. Hoyt. They cxpec'. to Ije absent about ten days. FIRE ALARM THIS MORNING BRINGS OUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT T.ieie was a? alaim of Are this morning about ten o'clock. It proved to be only a chimney at a house occupied by colored poople on East .Fifth street. While the department answered the call promptly .It wai i extinguished before they reached th< ' NE \ 1 ' as IK CLASS ^ VAUDEVILLE ON TONIGHT [eith's Circuit of Shows Has Been Secured For The New Theatre?First Attraction on The Boards" Tonight The Washington patrons of motion ilcture and vaudeville houses will o^slder themselves fucky in the announcement by the New Theater hat in the future they will have or their entertainment the well mown high class "Keith's Vaudeville." There Is only four ^ther owns in the state running this class >f vaudeville. Th?t is New Bern. Vllmlngton, Winston-Salem and Charlotte. With Washington lnclud >d nn thn rlrrult with Iham Inrirar :ltles the patrons of the eNw Theaer will from tonight on have the ;>leasure of getting the best there la n the vaudeville line. As stated In thla paper they have !or the first half of thiB week Spero md Lovins, In the beat singing and comedy act that lias ever visited thla :ity. SENATOR BACON DIED IN WASHINGTON LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON Washington, Feb. 16.?Augustas Dctavlus Bacon, United StateB Senator from Georgia for nearly nineteen years and chairman of the foreign relations committee alnce the ascendency of the Democratic party March 4, 1913, Saturday died In & hospital here after an Illness of ten days. He was the first United States Senator elected by" direct voto of the people under the seventeenth constitutional amendment. Though Senator Bacon had been seriously 111 with kidney trouble and complication? developing from a broken rib, his death was unexpected. It came suddenly at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and news of the end fell upon the senate as a shock while it was in executive ecssiou. The immediate cause of the senator's death was dlagnozcd as a blood clot in the heart. Through out tho morning he had been in good colleagues that he wag feeling bet ter than for several days. Physicians had determined that an oper atlon, which had been contemplated was unnecessary. Despite his '{76 years, It appeared that the, affile tlon which he suffered was of recem origin, and specialists believed II would yield to treatment. This con elusion relieved considerably the anxiety of his friends and "assocl ates In Congress. Half an hour before his death th senator talked with his daughter Mrs. W. B. Sparkes of Georgia. Sh had just left the room when he rais ed himself In bed. As Mrs Spark re-entered* the room her father fc' back In colfapse and never regain ed consciousness. In the absence of Senator Hok< Smith of Georgia, Senator Overmai was notified and proceedings In th senate were abruptly Btoppcd whei the North Carolina senator announc ed the death. A brief resolution o respect was adopted and the s na: adjourned. HOl*R IB CHANGED. The Minister's Union of the clt at their. last meeting decided t change the hour for prayermeetln from ">.30 to 8 o'clock. This chang goes Into effpct on next Wednesday MR. WILLIAM PEDRICK HlSRK The many friends of ex-pollcema William Pedrlck are glad to see hli in the city. He Is now a resldet of Wampee, 8. C., where he Is ei gaged in the sewing machine bus ness. He returned this afternooi Not In Leap Year. They were quarreling. "Well, you can't say I ran after you said the wife. -"Neither docs a mouse trap run aft the mice, but It cotcliee 'em Just tl same," replied hubby. ? Phlladelpfa Ledger. . . Their Queenly Way/" It matters not . IIow fair her faoe Nor how bedlght With etlk and laee, , A woman at III Will trump an ace. } -Detroit Free Pre* , a >vs 1 No. SS 9 nr I delights his i job I Greeted by a Large Congregation at The First Presbyterian Church at The Sunday Moming Service. A large congregation greeted the Rev. E. A. Rayner, principal of the Academic department of the Washington Colleglato Institute at the First Presbyterian church Sunday mora: eg. Professor Rayner filled the puipit on account of the abscnco of the pastor. Rev. H. B. Searight, who preached in Qreenville. Mr. Rayner's sermon charmed his hearers and was listened to attentlvely and thoughtfully by his hearers. Tho discourse was presented-in a way to attract. The music at the service added much to the enjoyment of the occasion. There was no service at the evening hour. | Let'* I) uiUl in Washington Park. mm SUSTAINS AN JCCIDENT -j While Attempting to Raise \yindow in Court Room This Morning?Injury May Be Serious. Deputy 8herifr John F. Lucas met with a painful if not serious accident this morning and In consequence he is now confined to his room in' the county j&fl. This morning he went to the court room for the purpose of preparing same for the session of court. Seeing one of the wlndowa down at the top he secured a chair and attempted to push it up by standing on the i window sill- The officer's hand slip- ? ped and he fell heavily across the hair and one of the benches. In a.ling his side was struck a heavy low. iVjCgister of Deeds, G. Rum.ey, hearing the fall rushed up stairs where he nxuad Mr. Lucas. Help l was secured a?d he was carried to his room. How badly he is injured .s not known. It is to be hoped by his numerous friends "not seriously. Mr. Lucas has served in the capacity of Deputy Sheriff for a number of years and has a host of friends .iroiighout the county who will re irel to hear of his misfortune. Ha. vas a brave Confederate soldiery nd is sixty-six years of age. MMM ' ERECT NEW ; BlilLDl y p Rumor has It that the congregation of thf First Daptiat cliurob, of which 7 Rev. R. L. Gay is the popular paar?r tiro n>.or (ii?rilfislnp .lll.fltlon. ' a new church building. It is to n be hoped that the rumor has founn Jatlon, The Baptists have made ,t , treat strides in Washington during the past several years, go much so that & alrger and more commodious n o*>urch edifice is almost imperative. Although this paper cannot state -j| at this time what the plans of the congregation are along this line it ..Jl j* can say with safety that's movement j Is now on foot looking towards this J *r end. lie . ' COMING WEDDING. Mlu Martha Coo par ot Winterrtlla, Pitt county, N. C., and Mr. W. 1 F. Forreet of Bloqnts Creek, N. C., :-z wilt be married on Wednesday at ten o'clock at the home of thp bride. All friends of the couple who may L w(sh to be present will be welcome. |

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