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WASHINGTON, N. C? PROM 187
TO 1014.
(Special for The Daffy News.)
Many changes have been wrougl
In the town In the 39 years, sine
the writer adopted It as his home.
Not very many of Its present popi
latlon can look backward to 187
and note Its growth from what won!
Id till, any Be" <&n?l * tUIo*b <
not over two thousand souls to a clt
of nearly 8,000.
Looking westward from the count
bridge, on the water front, only tw
buildings were visible, namely, trti
toll-house at the foot of the bridg
and a kitchen on the river Bide lix
mediately In the rear of where Di
8. T. Nicholson's residence noi
stands.
The lots now occupied by th
handsome residences of Dr. Nlehol
son, Capt. Geo. T. Leach, Dr. Jno. C
Rodman, and the residence of th
late E. Murray Short. The latte
t
i
T'*
One of Washington's Largest M
having recently been purebred t
Ool. W. H. Williams, were vacai
lota given over to grazing plots f<
the numerous cattle and geese, thi
j In those days, roamed the streets i
will. The beautiful home of Mr. t
M~ Dumay also covers another sp<
that remained bare from the clo:
pf the Civil War, a9 also does tl
home of Capt. Geo. J. Studdert.
The home of Capt. Studdert w,
at one time twed as the freight ai
passenger station of the )ong-a|
dead Jamesvtlle and Waehingtt
Railroad, also as an hotel.
As an hostelry it was run by
Mr. Geo. J. Wilson, and later I
Mrs. M. B. Demlllo, and lastly
a Mr. J. B. Merriam.
Just across Washington strei
1 Which at that time was the weste
L ' boundary, was the handsome re:
R dence of Mr. James Grist, known
ft Elmwood. Mr. Geo. Hackney, J
has recently bought the old hon
removed and remodeled it, and tod
r
.
\TER
i Develomfen
owth of Wi
Beaufort (
[ marvelIx
of Industry Ha
as Been Arous<
3 Growth is A&
WTH HAS~B
baceo Market j
nd, Her Merchj
None Washing
rorld We Hav
*. T I n
l iNot De ourpa;
5 it is one of the most handsome and
modern homes in this section.
C)n the north side of Main from
it Washington street to Pierce, no
!*> changes of any consequence has
taken place, except where the present
i- modern home of Mr. A. D. McLean i
5 how stands, and In fact the same i
f Immediately 'upon 'ttii'Street, ufltif
y recently Mr. McLean Sought the
property and moved and remodelled
y the house. It was the home of his
o grandfather, Mr. Sylvester Brown,
e and in this very house I have been
:e informed Mr. McLean's mother was i
i- born, as was also the Hon. Geo. H.
r. Brown, now Associate Justice of the 1
n State Supreme Court.
The ground now covered by the
e property of the Messrs. Bowers and
r- Mr. Harrington on Pierce street was
1. vacant to Second street, excepting
e two or throe kitchens occupied by
r colored noonle.
i .gfe. '
rHE WASHINGTON BUGGY COMPAN
anufacturing Plants. This Factory Has
Carriages Per Day or 6,000 Per Year.
>y The residence of the late Hon. \V.
it B. Rodman, the late Allen home, and
>r the residence of Maj. Jno. G. Blount,
&t were at that time the only buildings
sit on that block. ,
IV. Coming on eastward, the lot npon
ot which the beautiful homo of Hon.
bo .Jno. H. Small now stands wan vale
cant, the home of Mrs. Satclnvrll was
at one time th'e residence of Col. D.
as M Carter, father of our esteemed
(.townsman, Mr. D. M. Carter, usually
So known as "Dave." The borne of Mr.
>n jno. B. Fowle. at the time cf which
' I am speaking, was known as the
a Wlllard house, and stood right up
by to the side walk. The two houses
by last mentioned and the residence of
the late Mr. B. F. Havens, on the
st. corner of Main and Van Norden
rn streets wero the only buildings on
si- that block.
as Still coming ? eastward, tho resl* .
dence now occupied by Col.' H. H.
t?. Carrow was built by Mr. J. J. Whlteay
hutst. and was until several years
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WKATHER?UlttoUttod <?I|
WASHINGTON N. C 1
'WAS
it and the
ishington ai
County is 1
FHER SIST1
s Gone Forwa]
ad to Greater j
sured.
EEN SLOW I
a Growing Inst
ants Hopeful, ]
gton Can Well
e Opportunity
ssed.
later, the only house on that block, ert
On the south side of Main street, ly
from the bridge eastward was a Fo
small shanty?directly where the ma
buoy yard house now stands/ It was hai
the office of Mr. L. M. Blakeley. who bu
it that time was a largfc shingle man- ter
ufacturer, and had the present build- ,
fug greeted for his private use whllo f
here In the pursuit of hla^llufc^
coi
This house, with the shed in the ^
buoy yard, the Havens' warehouse,
and the wine house jjf Messrs. Burhank
& Gallagher, were the only
buildings down As far as Gladden
street. n
On the water front, where the A. it0
C. L. freight shed now stands, was ^
Demllle's warehouse, and at one time
the freight shed of the steamer
Vesta that for a short while plied
between this port and Tar River ^U!
landings. Next on south side of wf
Main street was the office of the late ^'
Dr. D. T. Tayloe, father of our Drs. bel
N&
Soi
sta
_ lug
s
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a Capacity of Twenty Buggies and Ec
ft a
D. T., Joshua and A. K. Tayloe, also
the store of Messrs. Hoyt Bros. * '
dealers In hardware and farming Implements.
Where the store of MessrsWalter
Credle A Co. is now located
ns
was a vacant lot; so also was the ^
lot now covered by the Btores of J.
nu
E. Adams and Jackson & Roberson. ?
B\
The block of buildings adjoining ch
the Bank of Washington were Just th
little one-story buildingB until they he
passed into the hands of Mr. Beth
Bridgman and Mr, C. M. Brown. j01
who Improved them as they stand
today. th
The first banking house established
here after the failure of Burbank A ne
Gallagher, was opened by Mr. C. M. ot
Brown in the building now occupied
by the "Jefferson Furnitttfe" Co. ,n
The stores now occupied by Caro- ne
Una Dlst. Co. wore occupied by the
late W. A. Potts, dealer in staple
j dry goods, groceries and "nayal ^
| stores.",. .< * Ut
No changes in the adjoining, prop4
t
=====
ton i#ht and Wednesday. Proba
r -
ftjfcSDAY AFTERNOON Al
HINC
rid
Wonderful
SR TOWNS
rd. Her CitActivity
and
>UT SURE
itution, Her
Her Schools
Say to the
es to Offer
7, except the Improvement recentmade
to the store of Messrs. S. R.
wla & sin. and ibft imnrovempntq
de to the building that it scarcely
s any resemblance to the original
ildlng, especially upon the fhior.
rhe firm of & 1^. F?%le & So^ la
i- jU<tHwf*tnJtreod Lfigu** in th J*1 1
inty, and one of the oldest In
b section, being founded in 18IS
the late Mr. S. R. Fowle, Sr. At
i time when the wrtter came here
live this firm were large dealers
and shippers of naval stores,
ves and shingles. The stores andr
ngles were 9hipped to the West
lies, and in return the vessel
ught back molasses and salt.
They are one of the only three
dness houses in existence now that*
s doing business in 1874. Mr. A.
Thomas and Mr. W. S. Frizzle
ng the other two. Where the First
tional Bank, Jas. E. Clark and the
uthern Furniture Co. stores now
>nd. once stood a large wood build,
occupied by Mr. H. Wis wall, both
a business house and residence,
me time in the late seventies Mr.
iswall gave up business and went
his farm. The building was ocpied
by different people (or dif ent
purposes until destroyed by
b in the early eighties. From then
until about 1903 the.lot was vant.
Next ?o the Wtswall property,
til this day. stands the store and
M.a UlA r ont tt'm Shaw
io lias long since passed away; and
lere The Hotel lx>ulse now stands
is the home and business house of
e late J. N. Bel!, jeweler, and Mrs.
E. Bell, milliner.
The store now occupied by W. S.
Izzlo was at the time of which we
e writing, occupied by A. P. Crabse,
now dead.
In the shop now occupied by
Imund Edwards was formed the
icleus around which the present
rdware business of W. C. Mallin
& Son has been built.
iVhere the Hub building now stands
is also an old wood building occu}d
by various'people for various
es. It was finally bought by tho
te A. M. Buchanan. Where for a
mber of years he with hiB son, J. C.
ichanan, did a nice general merandfee
business until the death of
e elder Mr. Buchanan, and failing
ialth of the younger caused the
islness to stop, and the site was
tsed to The Hub people.
The most noticeable changes In
e old part of the town, a>e from
lion alley eastward, so far as busies
houses are concerned, both sides
Main street have been . entirely
anged from old-time wood hulldgs
to the present handsome huslisa
houses. There being now only
ur of the original buildings standg.
namely, the Greek Restaurant
Hiding, where Mr. Bridgman did
rslness for a number of years; the
(Continued on Page Five.)
biy thu nder storm0.
JGUST 11 1914
J TON
T6BICC01ARRET!
WILL OPEN UN
SEPTEMBER
. SEW I!
m xi
Other Markets Will Open on
Tuesday; Sept. 1. This Was
Decided Upon at a Meeting
of Tobacco Men Held at
Wllsen Yesterday.
The Washington tobacoo market
will open on Wednesday, September
2. Tho other markets will open on
Tuesday, September 1. There was
a meeting of the tobacco men held In
the town of Wilson, N. C., yesterday
and the above dates were decided
upon. The following towns were
represented at the meeting: Rocky 1
Mount, Wilson, Greenville, Kinston 1
and Washington.
It was first announced that the <
Washington tobacco market would 1
open on Wednesday, August 19, but *
the opening has been postpoued to c
September 2.
The prospects are that the Beason
will be In every way satisfactory as
the crop in this county la in fine 1
shape. 1
AanuabMeet _ !
Of the Chamber
i
l
The Washington Chamber of Com- r
merce will hold its aunual meeting |
at Its rooms in the Daugham build' (
Ing this evening at 8:SO o'clock. All
the members are urged to attend as
not only Lhe officers for the ensuing
year are to bo elected but business j
of importance Is to be transacted. <
Any other interested citizen, not a ,
member of the chamber is cordially j
invited to bo present.
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CARGO OF MELONS.
The schooner Susannah, Captain (
Oliver Lupton In command, arrived
In port this morning from Powell's *
Point. X. C.. with twelve hundred
watermelons aooara. i nis 18 inc
largest cargo of melons that have
arrived in port thin season. They
being of the salt water variety are
going like hot cakes. Captain Lupton
guarantees them.
It's restful In Waslilngton r*rk.
Let's build In Washington Park.
CARIXMDS OF PHISONK.ItS. '
(By the United Press.)
St. Petersburg. Aug. 11.?It is announced
that six car loads of German
prisoners of war were en route
through Vllna today. Their destination
is unknown.
ONE HALF
EXTRA J
Washington Is In capital financial
shapo to meet the gravo situation
which has been brought about by
the European war. About $500,000
extra currency is available to Washington
banking Institutions and no
alarm is felt about any legitimate
enterprise suffering from scarcity of
currency or for lack of money to
handlo the crops which will soon be
on the market.
Washington bankors and financiers
were alive to the emergency and
lost no time in getting a firm grip
on the situation to protect the business
men ami farmers of tbls section
and they are prepared for all contingencies.
*.->00,000 Extra Available.
Tn an Interview with a representative
of The News one of the bankers
said:
I "The action of Congress on the 4 th
! in permitting banks, both national
- .. . -| Pufi&J&a:
^ of. , .1^
fp
i ,
r.;wp in ills. Aug. 11^?Bew|y detach beats
of tbs FYwwA artiltary hav'*
puii'd here on their way. to the
iMit. The riven In the vicinity ?f
Liiego are now stained with blood for
allies. ' The garrison Is now apart
from the main army. The German
pontoon bridge over the river Meuse
it Herstal has been destroyed. They
will have to build a new one under a
heavy Are. Heavy siege guns have
been placed in front of Liege by the
Germans. The war office has anmnounced
that eight thousand german
troops have been captured and
ire now held as prisoners of war.
rhe allied army ^as moved north
from Namur for reinforcements.
The Belgian army and the French
irmy are now operating against the
3erman army at Meuse.
It Is considered that certain of
German army Is moving tdwards
Waterloo for a main army Invasion!
rom copies of the war plans capured
by the Uplan officers. It Is
ihown that the Germans expected no
>p post Lion from lielgium. According
to tlie plans made public the
Jerman war ofllco Intended to ocupy
Brussels August 3 and Lille
tugust5.
RUSSIAN'S REPULSED.
Vienna, Aug. 11.?The war ofllce
las announced that the Russian ad
>*ance on Austria was begun without
tuccees. The Russian forces wore
epeatedly repulsed all along the
line.
LOSSES ARE HEAVY. "~"
Paris, Aug. 11.?Fighting is practically
now continuous all along the
frontier. Tho French army is uow
noving northward through Alace. It
a admitted that the losses are heavy
>n both sides.
NOW lTP TO FRANCE.
London, Aug. 11.?Tho French
Embassy declares that ill s shown
positively that the Austrian army
;orps has advanced into Germany
iDd is now close to the French
frontier.
Such action being hostile to
Prance the French government has
aow no choice, but must declare war.
The admiralty has announced its
acceptance of Canada's offer to furBankers
to Ivleet i
To Form Cur
Mr. Jonathan Havens, president I
of the Bank of Washington; Mr. B i
G. Moss, President of the Savings &
Trust Co.; Mr. A. M. Dumay. cashier
of the First National Hank, and Mr.
George Hackney, Jr.. of tho Washington
Huggy Co., returned today from
Washington City, where they had a
oonference with Secretary of the
Treasurei McAdo and Mr. Williams,
Comptroller of the Currency, with
reference to the financial status of
Fastorn Carolina. They were advised
MILLION B
FOR THE B;
and State, to Issue new circulation
to tho extent of 125 per cent of their
capital and surplus has made it por^
einle to get the use of more thafli
$100,000,000 new money, and banks
know that this will give them entire
control of the situation. Under
this law the total amount the Wash
Ington banks could avail themselves
of would be more than $500,000.
"This privilege will be broadened
by being extended to all State banks
and trust companies who within 15
days will contract to become members
of the Federal Reserve Association.
New York Alive to Situation.
"The New York hankers are thoroughly
alive to tho situation and
are working !n perfect harmony with
the Washington, D. C., administration.
The New York banks are thoroughly
organized Into currency association
and are not hesitating to
,
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No,139 jj
noN I
liege i
miih
tor miles
nlsh two submarines for use oq Uu a
Pacific coast.
V CONDITIONS DE8PERATH. ^ ^4
(By the United Proas.) ~~?>m
. London, ^Aug. 11.?Special dli- 'm
patches-from Durazzo state that
Italy- is casting a covetous*eye on A1-*. . ? ' K\
\ banta with an eye of seizure. The *- ?
oou4itiona;there are desperate. - r"y
Tho Italian and French troop*?are
thero to i>rserve order, v- It la - expected
that-the FcenclfwlU be withdrawn.
Should Italy sqlze Albafcla .i
it means war. The Getmans. .It is
reported, (o be entrenching along tho
Alsne river. The Belgian and Russian
armies have begun an invasion
of Austria along the Styr river towards
Laimburg.
Iho Belgian leratlon denies that
I the entire German army la In Liege,
they say that there are only a fow
Germans in the city. The reat are
still engaged in an unsuccessful at- ^
tcn.^t :j reduce the fortification*.
MUST EXPLAIN.
(By the United Press.)
London. Aug. 11.?The Austrian
Ambassador has been asked to explain
the presence of the Austrian
troops near the French frontier. No
reply has been received as yet. If
a satisfactory answer Ib not received
it is thought that the Hrltlsh Ambassador
at Vienna will ask for his
passports. Cannot be ascertained
whether Vienna has demanded an
explanation of the British warship
shelling an Austrian boat.
, A noon dispatch 1b to the effect
that the Germans are making fierce
efforts to silence the forts at Liege
and that the defenders are gallantly
holding out.
>1
FRENCH EVACUATE. ,
(By the United Press !
Paris. Aug. 11.?The war office
has announced that the French were
compelled to evacuate Mulh&uaen,,
Alsace. If further states that the
army operating against Meu Brlsache
was driven back by the overwhelming
German army. It is now believed
that a general battle Is In progress.
VISITING COUSIN. 1
Miss Mildred Doughty of Norfolk.
Va., la visiting her cousin on Charlotto
street.
1 i
n Raleigh
rency Association
by the government officials that It >
will be necessary for the bankers of
the Stale to form a currency association.
In consequence of this suggestion
a meeting of the bankers is called to
meet in Italelgh lomorrow, August
12, for this purpose. When this 1*
done every national bank In the
Stale will have money available to
assist the people In handling their
cropa. This will furnish Eastern
Carolina with over two millions of
dollars Immediately.
<OLLARS
\NKS HERE
"v*r 0yT*;vn
* - . i $
use this additional circulation. The
banks of the country should co-oper- ^
i ate with them as many are already
' doing.
"Representatives of the government
were In New York in conference
with the bankers and with
members of the Federal R<saerve
Board.
"At a meeting of the hankers who
have practical charge of the foreign
business, it was determined that
England should provide funds for the
payment of cotton before shipments
were made, the bankers preferring
that the wa# risk should be carried
by those who buy and enport our
cotton.
"There was no hesitation on the
part of Congress in passing the necessary
legislation to the country
an abundance of &oney. Repubtlcansc
Joined as readily In the
legislation a? the Democrat#."