North Carolina Newspapers

I- I : iHHBMBaaaMaManfBMaaBMMaaM Vol 8 * .1 ii iii iii i i SCHOO FOIJffijK 1914-15 ' Board Will Endeavor to Borrow 9500 from Raleigh Bank For District No. 4, Washington ; ,; Township. The Beaufort County Board of Education mot in the .office of the Superintendent of Schools In tb# Court House Monday last with all the members present. The following business was transacted: 1 The matter of transferring an acre of land In Bath township to J. F. Tyre, an heir of the original grantor. of a deed for said acre to the School Committee was passed on. The board decided that It h*d * fee simple title to same, and they did not | * - sign a Quit Claim deed. It was ordered that the. chairman and the Buperinteadent. Investigate the value of the acre of ground in question with a view of sellng same to Mr. Tyre. The board ordered that the children of W. L. Hodges and W. A. McWllllams be allowed to attend school in District No. 10. also the children of L. F. Cox fn Old Ford district were given permission to at-' tend for one year the school in District No. 10. -. in view of the fact that a loan o* $500 could not accural from ? local bank for District No. 4, Washington township, the superintendent was askef to take up the matter with k: Dr. J. Y. Joyner relative to securing said loan from a Raleigh bank. It was ordered that the treasurer of the school fund credit district No. 4 with $400 out of the general fund and with the same to pay a note of that amount due the Bank of yfrahlngfon by the said district. petition was presented by several citizens residing near the Stalllags Cross Roads asking that the school at that place, which had been discontinued, be reopened. No action was taken by the board. A petition was presented by several dtlsena in District No. 7. Chocowinlty township, asking that that district be dlvtded. The board de elded not to divide, but to aid. In supporting a mission school for ~ those living in the extreme western portion of the district. A committee consisting of the following .cltlzens was appointed to decide on the site for a school building In ths remaining portion of the district: L. A. Taylor. Oeorfh McRay, H. H. Hill and Isaac Clark. In the event they can not agree they are to call in a fifth man. Th? miMrlntcndent w&n r?nnMb>d to advise with W. L. Vaughan relative to the apportionment made to the Belhaven Graded School. The board voted to make Anal their recommendation. 4 Two of the committee having resigned in District No. 10. Bath township. the board passed an order allowing the anperintendent to approve teacher's vouchers over the signature of one committeeman. After securing all the aid from the State and the United States De- ( partment of Agriculture, the board voted to appropriate enodgh from the general school fund to em-, ploy a competent rural supervisor of schools and supervisor of the girl's j tomato elubs at a salary of $?00 per' annum lor the school years of 19141916. WILL OBSERVE WEEK OF PRAYER lfr?. 8. M. O.trom, foalional auptrlntandent ot the Sabbath Ibearrance Department ot tha Woman'. Cbrlitlan Temperance Union hai proclaimed a r?k of prajrer tor tbo bot - - tor nfkoerr&nco ot tbo Lord's dor. In contcj ucoco of tbl. call tbo local union has decided to obsorre from April 14 to April 1* aa tha lime for tbo annnal week ot prarer for tba hotter ob.or.anco of the Sabbath, I'M onlon: urge, nil the pnotoro of tba eltr w preach a opoclal sermon upon this nutation VASri ?= JCATION 0 EMPLOY A L SUPERVISOR FiE PIECE IF MI BED la win ? Colonel R. B. Neal and Mr. 8. F. Freeman returned last night from a short business trip to the County of Washington and In conversing with Colonel Neal this morning a News man was told by him that from the town of Plymouth to Creswell, a distance of twentyaeven miles, Is one of the finest pieces of roadbed he has seen In North Carolina. To quote Colonel Neal correctly he said: "It is just simply fine." The trip from Plymouth to Creswell was male in an automoble in one hour and thirty minutes and several minutes were consumed for water and talking to the' residents alons the route. On the return trip the machine made the run in one hour and eighteen minutes. ThiB piece of road Is being worked by a road scraper and four mules. "I wish every cltisen in Washington and Beaufort county, could take a trip over this piece of road?for it 1^ a credit to: that enterprising sec- | tion," said Colonel Neal. I Tragic Sermon on Freeh Air. X The innate corruption and depravity f human nature were perhaps nerer more clearly brought out than in the historic blnck bole of Calcutta. That atrocity stands nn rivaled a* an Instance of the utmost gufferihg humanity can endunp, passed through by n large number, yet leaving n few ^urvlvors to tell the fate!r>M*ny-more have been slain or executed at one time, death being anticipated, but probably only safe keeping of the prisoners was Intended, and only fear of breakiug a despot's sleep prevented tbelr earlier release Yet tbla torture, "unequaled In history or fiction, whose record cannot be read unmoved after the lapse of 150 years." waa produced merely by crowding men together lu an III ventilated room. No fires, racks nor aoonrges were needed. All that ifaa done or required to be done was to take from each the amount of air and apace to which be was accustomed. crush hlna into close proximity with bis fellows, and the thing waa accomplished.?From "A Farmer's Notebook." Near Brisbane, Queensland, CO,000 sheep were sheared at one station. which seen* to beat Wall street in its best days. The consumer docs not approach with pleasure the scheme ot adopting the hanger strike as an offset for tho high price of eggs. Tbe members of the choir of tbo cathedral of Alexander NiflU In t?t. j Petersburg are (til monks. They nre thirty In number and are chosen from tbe beet singers In nil the Russian ! monasteries. When the possessor of a j fine voice appears among tbe novitiates be Is bput to the monastery of AloxuudetvJJevskl, which adjoins the cathedral, where he is trained us carefully as an opera singer and remains there, doing little beyond assisting at the music at mass !u the morning and vespers In tbe nfteruoon. (ratiI he becomes aged, when he retires on a pension, j Many of the voices are of marvelous power and sweetness. The monks are all vegetarians. The rules of the orthodox church forbid'them to slnve and their baJr Is worn like a woman's. Double Barreled. Margaret and Von were breakfasting together Intc ono morning. Van was hungry and Margaret fractious. "Van, how can you eat so much?" demanded Margaret lrritubiy. "OU. I'm a Van. you know," returned be good humored ly. "1 can curry a goofl deal." "Yes," retorted Margaret; "you're n regular cafry rap." ? Indiana polls News. W?ry*e Wisdom. Tramp?Would you give a pore starrln* man something toent, mum? T.ady of House?1 nilgbt; but you are not starving. Tramp? 1 kuew dat. lady: but an ounce of prevention Is worth n pound of cure, yon know.?Huston Transcript What the Earth Is Made Of. Nearly half the eartb.fe oxygen: a little more than a quarter of the earth Is sUleon; nearly 8 per cent of It b> aluminium and nearlyper cent In Iron. He that buys vybat he dqes not want will soon want what be cannot bny.Blmmons. > ' '' . V"_" INi. r ===== . =J VTATHBR?Local I WASHINGTON. N.I Mexicans J ttBEH r^? 3Q 1 - "gy H*'" -" ''n?i> ?-*& I GEN. CARANzJ GREETED JE ' -.'i?? ' VIUa"8 spectacular fighting and 1 the ranks from which he rose bas t made him a very popular hero among 1 his followers. General Carranza. v who Is less spectacular, tout never- J meiess always on the Job, alsa has p a strong following who" admire his n more dignified form of warfare. His e Krause Carnival A< From Track . - _ Yesterday afternoon after the per tl formance in the Motordrome, one of V tho attractions with the K.ause ti Greater Shows, which are exhibiting n at Firemen's Carnival here, was con- ii eluded Carl Gregollet, one of the si riders engaged in presenting the c< show there was practicing on tho large circular track around which si the motorcyclists race, and while rl riding th^ very top of the structure tl In some way lost control of his ma- t< chlno and was thrown to the bottom 8] of the track, a distance of thirty ii feet, fracturing the large bone of his y< left leg. a! Drs. Tayloe were summoned and ai Birds That Fight Eagles. Tn Foula, oue of the Shetland Islands, the natives mako a business of ? rearing skau gplls In order to rid the * Island of the eagles that eougregate Q there and commit many depredations. The magnificent red sandstone cliffs J* that skirt the northwestern const becamo a favorite haunt of the eagles. c< and In this inaccessible spot they In- K1 creased so rapidly that they became a! P* terror to tbe farmers nud fishermen J fll who dwell on this isolated spot The' w skau galls are also strong and fierce' hl and the lnveterato foes of the eagle, j In battle the gulls nro nearly always w victorious, and so tbe Inhabitants of u Fonla hit upon the novel plan of feed- 01 log and carlog for tbe skau galls, 11 which, tboagh formidable to their feathered enemies, aro very peaceful! ? and docile when brought in contact b with man. b It fit, Petersburg and the Neva. When the river Neva rises St Pe- rl tersburg is always In danger of In- a undatlou. The city was built upon a 01 swamp, and tbe land has been laboriously reclaimed and Is liable to overflow by the Neva. That river divides and forms a delta, and this delta is, * embraced within the city limits. AI- t! though tbe main ^portion of St. Peters- * burg Is situated on tbe molnland (a pcniusuln washed on the east by tbe u Neva and on tbe northwest by tbe Great Neva), parts of the city stand on islands formed by the arms of the river. The islands.^wlth their gardens and Tlllas, ore a pretty feature of the 11 capital. Tho-various parts of the city are connected by over 100 bridges, the longest being tbe Troltaky. bridge, about a third of n mile In length ? " Westminster Gasette. k Hard Work. , "It la a good rnle to endeavor hour -* by hour and week after week to Igani to work hard. It is not well to take g four minutes to do what w? can ac-- * compllsh In three "?Charles W. Bitot. I o ^ Good Idea. j "Wbea they have* their pictures taken m people try to look pleasant. Why not |C wear that Idok air the time? It wlli B shorten no man's life!?Knoxvllle Tribune. ? > b Temper, not trouble, makes tbe mis- f brjipf most men s and women's lives. c ? , x . v. ON I > rains tonight pr Th?nd*z[ toMai. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNO Sxtol Him a - - 73hb L BEING iy gen. choa Irlends have great faith la his Integrity and reliability and hlB moveI lents aro watched and followed I Uh much Interest. The above pholograph shows General Carranza I pon big arrival at Juaraz. to which ilace he recently journeyed from Sa-, ora. He is here shown being grcetd by General Ohoa. ctor Falls Breaking His Leg 'ie Injured man was removed to the Washington Hospital,where the fracured member was set and the young lan was doing nicely this mornig. Dr. Tayloe states that Ave or * weeks will be required for the Dmplete recovery of the patient. Mfc Krause, the manager of the low, when seen, stated that the !dera had been forbidden to ride ie vertical fence, which la at the >p of the structure to protect the >ectatore; owing to the danger but i the absence of the manager the >ung man disobeyed orders. He I so stated that anothor rider will rrfve tonight. It Was In His Head. Balzac once promised Llrleux, the lanager of the Odeon theater in rarls, five act drama. "The Springs of ulnola." Hd was so busy with other ork, however, that not till he bad sen long nud urgently importuned did a promise to read Ids piece to the >mpuny the next week. The company nthered about blm on the day apminted, and he read his Ave act play uently through to the end. Llrleux as enthusiastic, ran up to shake nuds with the great writer nod turn1 over the page* of the manuscript, hose couteuU bad pleased biro uilghty. Pat what wag this? There were nly four acts. The Inst pages of the lanaserlpt were blank. In surprise id manager nsked what It all meaut alzac smiled and admitted that be ad not jet written out the fifth act. ut declared that be had It as clearly i his head as If It already stood on aper. "And." continued the poet inertly, "I bare In the same head two tore outcomes of the plot in caso the e I Just road doean't please you.'1 ? 3Only a Piker. Two Pittsburgh men were sooted In dining car the other d?y, nud while Jey waited for their luncheon to be srVed one of them said: "1 hear Brown l%i bought a place up ear yours." "Yes," the other answered. "What kind of a place la it?" "Ob, pretty fair. About 8,000 acres." "Hns he been making much money itely?" ^ "Not that I know of." "How con be afford to hare a place f that kind? Ia be keeping it op In ay kind of shape?" "Yen, it Jooka pretty well. I don't now bowiie does it" ? "How much do you suppose Brown's orthr* "He hasn't much. Maybe abdut 200,000. Getting along on bio nerve, ery largely, I guqu/'-Cfalcago Becrd-Horald. Japan la becoming noted for the tnonnt of listening It dan do without i the slightest degree changing its itnd. ' According to all that can be a seerlined regarding his legal status, a [Indu is a British subject without a o on try. y^ > 1 ?1 -1. > 'i 3AILJ ZuSHUM ON APRIL 8 1914. i no ROLE TAKEN nujun He is Certainly the . "Right" Man in the "Right" Place Possessing a line Basso Voice Shows Histrionic Ability. The role of the Happy Oo Lucky Mikado, without a care lh the world, and with the desire to make the "Punishment Fit the Crime," has been accepted by Mr. R. 8. Wright and pleading guilty to a pun, he is certainly the "right" man for the place, having a fine bass voice, some experience aa a musician and the t?ue intelligence of the actor tor carry off the role In & thoroughly capable manner. ,'Mr. Beatty will oe acceptable In tab role of Pish Tush and the part of Ko Ko, the Lord High Executioner, will be taken by Mr. Baker, the coach of the play, and his experience in. this role insures that it will be well done. . *? The choruses and specialties by young misses and children will add greatly to the cast and the production is expected to set a standard in light opera productions, by local talent. At the New Theater TiimiIs* April 14-under the auspices of the Daughters of tho Confederacy-. FROM R. F. D. JiO. 4. < Rev. C. B. Durhm held divine ser- j at Asburry Church Sunday morning. ? MIbscs Charity and Ethel Percer i and Mr. Willie Lewis Bpent Satur- B dgy night and Sunday with Mrs. r Olive Nelson. r j Miss Estele Hodges Is home to the .. delight of her many friends after spending several days with friends ; id Martin county. iMra. Carl Nelson spent Sunday dffrtrt with friends at Wilmar, N. D | C. B Miss Bertba Martin spent Sunday a with MIsb Cassie Woolard. Quite a crowd of young people p gathered at the home of Mr. W. A. Congleton Saturday n^ght. Mulslc on the guitar, banjo, violin and organ was much enjoyed by all. Those ? present were: Mr. and Mrs. Carl I Nelson, Misses Estelle Spencer, I Charity and Ethel Percer of Wll- U mar, N. C., and Stella and Annie Congleton, Messrs. Willie Lewis and Leonard Cotten, Grover Hodges, Johnnie Congleton, Charles Roberson, James Woolard, and Leonard Ormond. Miss Estello Spencer was a guest of the Misses Congleton Saturday night and Sunday. , Mrs. Queenle Bright and daughter Bertha Is visiting her mother for " several days. Mrs. Alice Ayers of Plymouth, has been visiting her granddaugh ter Miss Bertha Martin of this place. Rev. Mr. Parker held divine aer vice at St. Stephen's Sunday after- c noon. l( Mr. and Mrs. John Fennor Cutler were the guests .{p Mr. and w Mrs. J. G. Mlxon and Miss Stel- j, la Congleton spent a while Tuee- ^ night with Mlsq (l\3rtha aMrtln. ^ C No Recall For Him. U Mike-Do yon believe in the recall of t] Judges, Pitr Pat?That I do not. The . last time I was up before his honor In 1 aez: "I recnll that face. Sixty days.' 11 I'm agin the recall of judges."?I.lfo. 11 a t?run voutn. o It was raining hard one Sunday and .}< tho little boy nsked his mot hor if the? Q weren't going to Sunday school. "No, not today, dear," sin? au*wered u "it's too muddy and it's raining too h hard." * fj "Well, mamma," sold the little Turli tan, "It was raining yesterday and wo I went to the circus." The mother lramcdiHtcly mnde prepI a rations to go.?Ladles' Home Journal, ; ? p Didn't Fool Her. t "Sorry i'm sho late, m' dear." l>etrnn Tippler when ho arrived home along about midnight. "Couldn't got a oar before." "So the. op? were full, too. were o they?" rettfrued bis spouse sb a stnrt- t off.?Boston Thmscrlpt. t Fifth ion Note. Wlfer-Any fashions In that pnpor. Jack? .Tnck (who lias Just noltlcd a dressmaker's bill)?Yes, but they're no use to yotb dear.' It's yesterday's pa r I per!? London Opinion. f i 1 i Net Just What Bht Meant t Mrs. lYblttler?What delightful manners your daughter has! Mrs. Bller ;prcudly>-Y*?s. You see. slie has been way from borne so much ?Smart Set. fi * ' ' 1 w A * JY 1. C. PRELATE RETURNS TO WJLH1TOI Bishop Strange Has Greatly Im proved in Health But is Still Unable to Take up His Duties in the Diocese. Wilmington ON. C., Star. t;. Greatly improved in health, but as yet not strong enough to resume his active duties, Rt. Rev. Robert Strange, bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina who a"1" red a severe illness way*- .Sllie General Cojj.'cyot*5' vtio Episcopal chK^v* _i?ir"York last fall, and whdoiu&ii been recuperating at Lawrenceville, Va., returned to the city | early yesterday morning on the private car of Mr. W. N. Royall, general manager of the Atlantic Coast Line. Bishop Strange went to his home an Orange street, where he will rest up from his trip. Friends of the bishop stated yesterday that he expected to be able to come down town within a few days. He Is apparently greatly improved, a fact which will 1 Pftrnoii ttlth nnniiaHflnH nlasixra )y hundreds of friends, not only in tVilmington but throughout tho State tnd section. Mrs. Strange has been with the tishop throughout his Illness and acorapanled him on the trip from ^awrenceville. Tho party was Joinid at GoldBboro by Mr. George C. toyall. a brother of Mr. W. N. Ilfcy,11 who accompanied them for the emainder of the Journey. They cached the city at an early hour esterday, but DiBhop Strange reaaincd# aboard the private car for 2 he remainder of the night, going t o t is homo in the forenoon. A ^ lumber of his friends were at the j inion station te greet him yesterday, j nd to oxpress their pleasure on eelng him back and so much im- j roved in health. ( 1 ididren Lovo Washington Park. ( WM ! ATTENDED IT IMCROWD ,11 the Attractions Are Good p And Are Being Well Patronized. Free Shows Pleases the Visitors. A good crowd attended the Krause aruival Show lasc night and all at-1 t ending were carried away with the 8 iffereut attractions. All tho shown a ere well patronized from the open-. n tg to the close. The carnival is betg exhibited in Washington under j lio auspices of tho' Volunteer Hose i ompany and the citizens are patron:ing it generously. Tho outlook for he valance of the week Is encouragtg. if the attendance last.night is an idex. The free attractions are cred:ablo and worthy. All the members f fhe. company, from Manager Lrause down, are clever and urbane nd do all within their power to take the visitor feel perfectly at ome. There ill be another perormance tonight. DR. WILLIAMS HERE. Dr. John Williams, of Everetts, I. C., arrived in the city today on rofeeslonal business. He returned o his home this afternoon. > HAS RETURNED: .. , Rev. Dr. E. A. Lowther, president f the Washington Collegiate Instiutc; tilts returned from an extended " rip to New York, and other Noxthrn cities.? 8nak?s Fssr This Bird. Snakes In 8011th Africa fenr tbo secetnry bird and will even crawl away rotn Its shadow. This bird devours makes and can easily kilt s reptile wtce Its size. H? Is nnfortunnte and on the road to aln who win not do what be can, but \ ? ambitions to do what he cannot oetbe. No. 30 LUCILLE IS U6W OH 1 JLVAYS j Sunken Boat Was Raised Late Xesterday Afternoon-Ex p ec t? to Resume Regular Trips to Hyde County Next Week. The gun boat Lucille, which sunk at the dock at tbe toot ot Wh I taker's alley yesterday morning between 4 and 5 o'clock loaded with soja beans, corn, eggs and chickens, waa raised yesterday afterrco.i about 6 o'clock by M. M. Jones, contractor. The boat wa: carried to the Mutual Machine Company railways, where she was hauled out and Is now uaderKc.ug repairs. No puncture of the hull was pound. s4/t lently she filled witfi water, caused by the rapid fall of tlje tide n'ght before last. The cargo Is practically a total loss, although several chickens and turkeyB wore saved. sCaptaln Silver thorn hopel to jresunte his trips from Lake Landing ^ to Washington next Monday. IftYOR HAS TWO CASES I FOR TRIAL 1 There were only two caBes before .';.S Mayor Frank Kuglor at the City Hall his morning for trial. Those tried vere: Douglas Woolford, drunk ' K 31 md disorderly conduct. He was adludged guilty and fined and cost. i Jrbn Hardy, colored, was before His WorBhlp, charged with the crime >f cruelty to animals. After bear g all the evidence he was pronouod not guilty. Mi BEING SEER HEW THE1T1E 1 'harmacy Girls the Attraction Tonight. One of Best Vaudeville Companies to Visit Washington This Season "6?*u ?a?i niKui m vne rtew ineare "the "American Girl Company" imply delighted the large audlen?? nd the concensus of opin',. Is that 0 vaude le attraction in Wcs'uingon baa been Its peer. From everyiewpoint St is moro than worth the irlce of admission and compares faorably with attractions pulled off in his city when the admission price ras much larger. Mr. L. Edwards he manager of the production, has ? v?jw company of artists who are "makng good" so far as tho patrons of ho New Theater are concerned, here la to be an entire change of rogram on the boards tonight. Mr. ly Heath, the comedian, appears as i he "Silly Kid" and Mr. Raymond .ewls as "black face," both of whom ave already capitlvated the cltlsens 'he finale of the show is the work 1 Miss Marie Edwards, assisted by he entire company. Tho name of J9H ho attraction tonight Is "The Pharnacy Girls," a side-splitting comedy nil of wit and ginger. Besides this ,mutfin?~comody the management of he theater will display is usual firstilftfp movies.^ First performance ? itarts ab TtsWffhelJ^fna at 9. The . * rlce^ remain' the. aatt^r-leo and | wenty cents. do/t miss i(. I . * GONE TO SAVANNAH. Visa Ella TaylOe and Mlsaee Caddie Fowle. left yesterday after- 'S | noon Tie the Norfolk Southern for I Savannah ahd other Southern cities. They expect to be absent about two ,J It's Restful la taMftoa Park. irrtiil