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w t -. jWS .r> . :Y' i T. = *?: i '1 1 ? Vol 8 ' Attractive Pr For 'Mem Has 3 R. V. Taylor Of Mobile, Ala. The Speaker Extrdm Begin In The New Thootrg at 10 A. M. On flnt"jv urdey. A Gela Day Is Looked For. Many Expected. r* ' -? hi has keen previously announced la U? Dally Neva Memorial day will bo celebrated In Washington this yew on Saturday May 9 as the tenth comes on Sunday. Everything now points.to a gala <day for not only those vrtio wove the grey, but the eudty and oonnty an wall. Thai program tor the day-, axerctaes are _ practically complete and the committee on arrangements are to bo imagiadelaleg agon their good work In this respect. The Mercians tor the day will he held la the New Theater hag are announced to begin promptly at 1# o'clock and every cdttaen or Washington and Beaufort county have a cordial Invitation ?'ftl <W?A mwarnrnVmr wilt ho Ur R. Y. Taylor.'of Mobile, Ala., a son of a veWrana and a native ot North Carolina Ha emaea from a far JUmtaat atata as recount once Again1 tha dead! and haralam at tha bravest of tha bram. Tha pvagram for tha dar follows: (aa Ihatkrio a. m. of ceremonies; Rer. W. H. OUL Bone, "Carolina," choir. / Prayer, Rev. R. L. OaVRon *11. Her. W H. Call. 80 np, Children of the Confederacy. ^ 4 Introduction of Breaker, Captain AddrSaa Mr. R. V. Taylor. Mot.Ua, do. Praaaatatlon of croaaea erf honor, ChHdraa of tha Confederacy. Hymn, "For All .Thy Salnta." ~ '.V; XVihnar Almost J By Wim (Bpaelal to tha Daily News.) . WUmar. N. a. May I.?The real tornado which atrack thla place yaa tarday about S: 16 p." m. and raged for peaaibly twenty mlnutea, haa leti ' ampin pnof In Its dlaaatroun wake Wllmar la almost damollahed aa thi reanlt. Boraral bnlldlogs, Includln, tha Dominion Lumber Company'! mill, toppled lata mangled haapa o rntna before tha 100-mlle an how gala. Camps wan erartnrnad am mo* arary bouse in tha tillage wai naraadad. ' Tha etore .house of N. H. Battri ultdrnd Injury, one aide having beer * F HEIEII I I inn I mom I i The members of thfe Paint an I Powder Club of Now Barn arrived I the city this merelm end will tc oigiit at New Tbeater appear I the east Of "As American CItUen." H ' ' * * lOltil 1 - V Thla paper la pled to welcome th nnembera of thla organization to th city, and haapeaka for them a war welcome from tip theater goeya an othera. Their home papaya apeak ^n til ,!. very blpboet tenoa of their preaeeti tlon of the above play In their ctt; I and we can aaaere all lovera of tl [ . dramatic art that no company hi . appeared la our mjdat thla aedac that will eo pleaae the theater Voir f** WKLCOMK VISITOfc. Mr. U Bptadetl^ one of Hjr( to bi? bomoi ' ? ffipcaa zi*. ogram | orial Day een Arranged choir. Banedietlon, Rev. Nathaniel Hardln?. y I"' Parade. ' ha AX tar tha exercises hawe been com- th pleted la the Theater the parade will ln form on Main etreet ln front of the th theater b sliding and march to Oak- te dale cemetery la-the following order. Chief marshal, W. H. Patrick. Assistant ^arshals. f t Washington Concert Band. Unlteg States Naval Reserves. Confederate Vethrans. Speaker and others la carriages. Daughters of the Confederacy. Ladlea* Memorial Association.^ Children of the ConTederacy. At Oakdale. Arriving at Oakdale cemetery the ladles will decorate all the graves of the dead heroes and after this the monuments placed at the foot of each veteran will be dedicated by < Rev. Nathaniel Harding. The dedicatory services will be followed by a hymn by the choir, "God Be With Ton Till We Meet Again." Dinner at Armory. 'j Th# parade will then reform and march back to this city and to the ?] armory building on Market street, where the ladies will serve dinner to the veterans, the speaker of the day th and a few Invited guests. One of Bt the features of this -part of the day's 111 program will be the presentation of Cl a cake, the gift of Miss Bettie Farrow to the Confederate residing ti/ ,'s the oountry, who has attended the most Memorial day excises in Washington. The speech of presen- . tatlon Is to be made by Rev. N. Hard- I] & r Free Matinee. * After the dinner and the presentation of the cake all the vetatjins will attend the New Theater In a bpdy (or the puf-poie of witnessing a free matinee whloh the management has kindly consented to give for their benefit. Demolished I Storm Yesterday L crushed In by tte terrific wind* also o l considerable damage was done to the * store of H. B. WUUamsVwhich was P i partially unroofed. Property dam- H t age In the village la estimated at . from 13,608 to 14.000. Community 1 t reports say that farmers sustained c ; injuries such as the unroofing of 11 i buildings, the lifting of some off their t f blocks, smashed windows, blown up 1 r trees and mangled fences. > I The oldest cltlsens of this section ,c i call yesterday's storm & real cyclone, h being the most terrific of any storm ] r ever kno^n of In these parts. No \ i personal injury la reported. *1 mm i CORN AND OUTS F HflSJRRlVED d The large three-masted schooner a Edwin and Maud, arrived in port h yesterday laden with a cargo of corn . D She hae aboard fifteen thousand bushels of corn and two thousand J busneis of oats and U now dlscharg ? lng her cargo at the Havens grain e mill plant. The schooner is from II Baltimore. This is one of the largd est shipments of com and oats to 'arrive at this port in some time. it ? r? -- . l* Subscribe to the Dally News. r. . T? ' DKMOTRATir 8TATB 1 iB r cow n ; " FOB JUNE 4 AT HOON. Thomas D. Warren, chairman of , the State Democratic Executive Committee has. called the State convention of the Democratic party to meet in Raleign on Thursday, June 4, at IS o'clock noon, to nominate a cattprove the nomination of the various ' judges of the Superior Court, to do=?! ?<* num* ?......?. ._i.. / VGTO 1 111 1 ~ I WEATHER: WASHINGTON N. OH HIGHS I CROSS BAI& FRW OF!. The W*?hln?to? Hl?b School box ill clob will play 1U Ksft k>m? or : e mhoo Friday afternoon at Flem- , g Park on Wcat Third atteet when , ey face the strong High achool , am from Tarboro. The battery tor ] Slg Jim*' Weston Mound Artist FrU day. te local* will to: Weston and Fow ice. A close and excltifig contest looked for. The came will to tiled promptly at 3:89 o'clock. It to be hoped that a large number o( ins will to present and aid the Dme boys financially. iliT AT BRIE ID lira. Lee Davenport charmingly ntertalned at her home on Pierce treet yesterday morning and evenQg. The home was beautifully decrated in spring flowers and the funclon was thoroughly enjoyed by those resent. Auction bridge was played -the hostess having eight tables. Mrs. Davenport was at home from .1 to 3 in honor of her sister Mr*. Jecil Fisher, of Norfolk, Va.. and oarried ladies were the callers. A wo course luncheon was served, " rom eight-thirty to twelve the oung ladies were" the guests >f Mrs. Davenport, p,t which time she tntertalned in honor of the Misses Davenport, of Paetolus, N. O., slsors of Mr. Lee-Davenport. A salad ind Ice course was served. Quite i number were present. His ARC HI lOJEATRE T^e New Theater will have behind its root lights for the last half of this week a vaudeville act that i* sure to please every one that attends. . "Horan and Van?' those Kute, Kunning Komedy Kids, wid present some of the latest songs and oomedtea out. Tliere will be plenty of good dancing along with it, and a complete change of program each night The prloes will t>e 10 and 15 cents. FROM SMALL, N. O. Messrs. A. A. Holadta, C. W. Hoi* die and J. A. Hardy, of Small. N. C. were Washington visitors today They returned to their home on tin afternoon Washington and Vends mere train. ? The Dally News, in the name a the city, el tends a cordial weloomi to the district oonventien of the 1m proved Order of Red Men in eeestoi here today and tonight. May they al come again for the latchstring alway hangs upon the outride, ralBfoV i rur tottlckt Old Tbursdaj.. Cool*. C. WEDNESDAY A^RNOO lSl' Disiinni at"1? Panama May $.?An explgalon resterday morning at the guVem d meat of Panama dynamite m&o^Do ai resulted la the kilting ot eight ^er- tt ode. Nineteen others were sertogs- O 1/ Injured. The property warf fe- * Kfiftd. " tir' - ?*Jf- m The explosion was canted > 01 brush fire which made Its way to "1 the interior ot the building. Six hi d the, dead and most of the woutdid n are firemen who were summoned to 81 combat the flames. A man and a woman who wegp watching the blase from a dietanfle were torn to pieces. The explosion In addition to ofl r' literating\ the magazine, was tMN p cause of considerable other proper? " damage In the neighborhood. Sj t( Chfldrca Lowe Washington Parte. U| ALEXANDER f JURY KEN I) The criminal docket la being clearJ j ed with dispatch bj Judge Ferguson* c Quite a number of cases weib con-i h tinned yesterday and several verM1 tried, but as jet the court baa passed sentence. Tetrdaj afternoon the case BUte vgrffcl!) Branch, colored.|abJpfa ed tkeTnurfW WJiBWTRwW? ' holered, Blount'* Cfeek, last Chrlstmaa day, was begun and before court adjourned for the day the jury had been selected. The introduction of J evidence sUrted this morning and In 1 all probability the case will be con- 1 eluded today. The solocltor only asked for a verdict of murder in the seoond degree. The prisoner through his counsel admlU the k|hing. The case of SUte vs. Ous Alexander, colored, for the murder of i Frank Brooks, was set for tbday ] at 11 o'clock and a venire of fifty j men were drawn from the box from ' which to select the Jury. This case will start Immediately after the concision of the Branch case. As we go to press the indications are that the case of 'State vs. Bill Branch will require the beat of the day for trial and that the case of State va Qub Alexander, will not be called until fomorrow morning. Inasmuch as a venire of fifty men were drawn and reported for duty this morning his honor, with the consent of counsel, ordered an Intermission in the Bill Branch trial and selected the Jury for the Alexander case. This was done in order to allow those chosen Jurors to return to their homes. The following citlxena compose the Jury for the trial of Alexander: T. A. Tuten, J. W. Cheeson, D. B. Sawyer, H. H. Mlalllson, C. W. Bowen, J. E. Mayo, H. W. Clark, N. B. Berry. George F. Best, Thomas R. Calliper, J. R. Cason and E. A. Cayaon. T ' Subscribe to the Dally News. H r H |->wi i Qen. J. Thompson Brown, Richmond, . Vm, Commander virgipia DM.ion U. CTV. at the Jacksonville Reunion 8 In Msy/ PPIPHPPW4 A u ! ULY N MAY 6, 1114 m i k nans BY TflU TRIBE, A large number o( Red Men from ' liferent Motions of Eastern Carolina re in Washington today attending le district mooting of tbe'Ito&proved rder of Red Men. The bualnesu ksslon of the council was held this fternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the hall f Tan Tribe over the Tayloe drug ore. Prominent members from the Ifferent Irtbee ^sre |>resent. Tolght the risltors will be given, a moker by Tau Tribe and a most leasant occasion is anticipated. * . i TO ROANOKE RAPIDS. Mr. W. H. Jones and family have amoved from Edward, N. C? to loanoke Rapids, N. C. Mr. Jone? 'as a resident of Edward for sevenson years. liir DAMAGES THE ? 11LL PLANT *The high wind which was forecast-11 ta in inn uauy news lor iui nigni, ihlle It did no damage to property f n Washington, at-^feragaw, a station in the Norfolk Southern between ipre and New Bern, the report Is that he roof the of mil] plant of the Do fetfon Lumber Company and sevHal smokestacks were blown down. Jttp two small houses were raxed by ||?^rlnd. No one Vfta^hovt fortunWatch Washington's tobacco market this season. Last year 11 went Wr beyond what was expected In the quantity of pounds sold and the price obtained. This year with tho Increased facilities for handling tho weed a great season is looked for. Already activity prevails in and sround the warehouses. ANNOUNCED 1 HID TflliirUT iuii lumum The annual debate of the Washington Public Schools under the auspices of the John 11. Small Debating Society wHl take place at the school auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock. The contest -will be for the C. G. Morris medal. >" / The query is: Resolved. That the Monroe doctrine should be continued as a part of the permanent policy of the Uni^d States. The debaters are: Affirmative, Hubert Ellis and John Cotton Tayloe. Negative, David Smith and Elbert Weston. The Judges will pot be announced mntil Just before the debate begins. The public is cordially invited to be present and hear the debate for the medal which t*s' been given by Mr. Morris for the past several years. | ton. W. ft. Haider Major General Commanding Kei tueky Division UnKed Confederal Veterans at Jaokepnvllle Reunion. . 5 : NE\^ Election Of / Supervise By The HT WILL OPED ipiow The Washington District Confer5nco for the M. E. church wili conrene at Swan quarter tomorrow afternoon. A large number of the Clerical and lay members are expected to arrive in the city this afternoon and tonight and will be the guests of the, members of the First Methodist church. They expect to leave for Swan Quarter tomonrow morning via ga^boat. The delegates from the church here to conference are Dr. A. S Wells, C. F. Bland, W. K. Jacobson and E. R. Mlxon. The pastor o1 the church here, Rev. E. M. Snipes, will also attend. Rev. J. T. Qibbs. D. D. will be the presiding officer The sessions of the conference will last through Sunday. ifllETY B HERE . IS EKE The 'Beaufort County Medical So ciety will meet In this city tonigh at 8 o'clock. The society will b entertained at the home of Dr. Loul Mann on Market street, the host being Dr. Mann and Dr. Nicholson of Bath. At the business session of the so ciety Dr. S. T. Nicholson, of thl city, and Dr. W. T. Potter, of An rora, will read papers and report c cases will be made by Drs. J. C Blount and E. M. Brown. Dr." P W. Carter is president of the soci< ty, and Dr. John C. Rodman is set retary. REACHES DISTANT HOME. Mr. A. Huron Phillips and fam!l who leftWashlngton about two week ago for Eureka, Montana, ha\ reached their far-distant home sal and sound and Mr. Phillips has a ready begun the cultivation of h | large farm there. 1 It's Kctjtrui in Washington t'arx* 1IANKS CLOSE MONDAY. The different banks of the city wl observe next Monday as a holiday i the tenth of May falls (his year c Sunday. With a graduating class numbe ing thirty-one the city public schoo close Friday. This goes to show ho well Washington believes In educ tlon. Pan-American T\ Meet In Niag< Washington.?At the War Depai meat *oday It became clear that : advance at Vera Crux was intendt nnleaa. to repel attack, but It w known xhatN^ definite course of i tion had been outlined in the eve of a resuraptioiyof hostilities at Vc Crux and the extension of the ca palgn toward Mexico City. In tt event Majot General Leonard Wc will be in "supreme command w General Funston directing the i vance beyond Vera Crux and Gene Charles B. Bailey, of the artllle assuming command of the base Vara Crux. Secretary Bryan announced t the three South American mediat In the Mexican difficulty would m at Niagara Falls. Canada. May "to receive representatives of the i ties to the controversy. Tie text of the mediators' i 2 to Carranxa, made publio during , day. stated definitely for the I time that all the difficulties wl r contributed toward thd present ! IS ir .. No. 39 Assistant >r Deferred County Board Request For An Election Is Granted Five Hundred Dollars Borrowed For School District No. 4 Washington Township From Capt. David Hill The Board of Education tor Beaufort county met In the superintendent of school's office In the court house Monday last and transacted the following business for the month. It -was decided that action as to the Section of an assistant supervisor be deferred till a latter date. The board voted to get a loan of | $500 from Captain David HiU to be reloaned to district No. 4, Washington township, so as to enable them 1 to complete their school building. Said loan is to be paid back as soon , as a loan from the State is available In February, 1916. Tlje committee composed of Messrs. L. A. Taylor, George McKay, ( 11. H. Hill and Isaac Clark, appointed by the board at Its April meeting, to make a report as to the proper place for a school building in district No. 10, Chocowlnlty township, recommended that the school house now Known as uucx scnooi nouse, remain, where it la at present located and that a mission school house bo built at some convenient place on the Gray road. The board took no action, but lef: (ho matter open until next meeting in June. A petition signed by a good ma- .A Jorlty of. the freeholders in district 1 No. 2, Bath township, was presented asking for election In said district *'?*1 . fo'f 4 special tax lory for school phr. poses. The board granted the re- /'4 0 uest. s In order to secure a competent s teacher for Bath district. No. 12 the committee found it necessary to ' pay the said teacher $5 per jpontu K more than the regular apportion8 ment- for that district. The board L. voted to pay one half of the extra ' . amount out ot-.the general fund. 1 The usual claims allowed and au[ dited. L ATTENTION, CHILDREN! All the children of the Confederacy are requested to meet in front of y the post office building, corner Secj(s ond Market streets, Saturday morn0 lng at 9:30 o'clock for the purpose of taking part in the Memorial day j. exerclaes. v Is ?PRAYER MEETING. There will be prayer meeting services in all the different churches of tho city this evening at the usual 11 hour with the exception of the First ib nieinoaiBi. m " VISITORS TODAY. r- Mrs. C. 3. Whichard. of Vande1s mere and Mr. D. C. McCotter, of Caah w Corner, were passengers on the a- Washington and Vandemere train this morning. dediators To ara Falls May 18th rt- tion in Mexico bear either directly no or Indirectly on the solution ofv the \A. pending conflict between Mexico and , as the United States. The mediators, ic- therefore announced that **11 these tnt difficulties should be made the snbsra ject.of consideration In the negotiant tions." .\\SB tat They also Informed C&rransa that oil they considered a suspension of hoslth tllities as Indispensable to his parad tlcipation in the mediation. r M r%l NOTE TO CARRANBA. iry, v The text of the note *as as folat lows: "We have received your telecram hat in which you are kind enough to tell ors U8 that you deem it Inconvenient for >eet the constitutionalist cause to suspend 18. hostilities against General Hnarta >? <? the mat pat (Ms mmmtm would only uccruu to tko booodt of iota Huorto UMI In whleh yon declare that ?j the the lntern.tionnl oonfliet katwooe Brut Muteo mod tko Cnlted BUtoo to* Ito" whooo eolation you ooooytod our (ood too- (Continued on Face Four.) ? j -? -4i
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