WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS Mod?M? North ?Ml North? VoL b A ?'? WASHINGTON N.C WEDNESDAY ^FTER.^OON M \'r, H 3 1915 Ho, jg ?mm uran Washington, D. C.? March t.?A echeme for the organisation of mral commnnitlee for both bnslnaae a aoclal purpoaaa 1? worked oat in an article which la to appear In the forthcoming Yearbook of the Depart meat of JLgrtoulture, and whloh has already beea printed a? a pamphlet for the nee of the Department'? Of fice of Markets and Bnral Organisa tion. e, Tke echeme caHa for ten commu te?*, Are of whloh are to deal, with hnslneea needs, and fire with aoclal needs. Brary member, of the organ lsatlon la to aerre on some one of these commltteea. In addition, there la to be a central or executive com mittee composed of the President of the. organisation, its Secretary, lta Treasurer and the Chairman of the ten other commltteea. This central body la to direct the general .policy the organisation, ralee all funds and control their expenditures. The committees thst sre to deal with the huwlneaa interest of the community i?r* nt follow?: 1.?Committee on Farm Pro d ac tion. 2.?Committee on Marketing. 3?Committee on Securing F^tr Supplies. 4.?Committee on Farm Finance and Accounting. 6.?Committee on Communication and Transportation. Similarly, the Are committees that attend to the community's soc ial Interests will deal with: , 1.?Education. 1.?Sanitation. S ?Recreation. < ?^MotfUcaHoD. * * ?Wr?n>M?hn1d economic?. The work of mo?t of thUSWtemn'"" t? invested snWclentlv H?er? *?? th?lr titles: for evamole. the con* ipittee on production can do much rood by 1 moro ?In# the breada .of lire stock in a community through oo-noeratlve purchases of pure-bred males. It can encourage the forms tlon of corn, poultry, pigs oattle canning and gardening clubs which have already demonstrated their yalue in the sections where they have beefeestahllphed; and It can carry on oleful studies of the type of arrioulture best fitted to local oondlttona. Tn the *ame way. the committed on marketing can secure the stand-, ardisatlon of the'community's pro-1 ducts and thus obtain better prices than are possible when nondescript | goods ere damped upon the market. The committee can also search out j the best markets, make contracts on a large scale which will he more fa vorable than any Individual can se cure for hhnself, end tn many other economise in the selling of the com munity's goods. Even If co-opera Jtlvs marketing la not aotually re sorted to. the Information which the committee colleots can hardly fall to be of great assistance to the in dividual shippers. . Just as the committee on market ing can facilitate selling, the com mlttee en farm supplies can econo mise in baring- Farmers are warn ed, however, not to undereetlmat? the cost of running a store or oojn merclal agency, and not to overestl mate the saving which this can ef feet. The co-operative society, o course, does away with the . nece? *'ty of 4.he store's making a profit but -omcbody must manage thestorr th*t somebody must bs pale" for his Mme. His salary, thsrsfore corresponds in a way to the ordinary ??o-?'? profit and It !s not alway *o secure a good man fe* ** won'd be able to mak for hlmpelf. There ar*' ??T?rn| methods of purcb ? ?arm supplies co-operatlvefr n t?Vh will he found to be of edven ? e*? The *1mp1est 1s ths Joint or d-r. in which a group of farmers car buy a given article t* large quanti ties, thereby effecting a oonslderabi' saving In the expense of handling commissions, etc. Sometimes wher this method I? adopted a warehouse v ?ddcxi wh'ch Ts owned or rente?* <-'>OT?er*t|vely.eT?d In which the good' are stored until the agMOlated par ehaeers need them. If theee two Methods have been tried and found successful, it may he desirable to carry them est to dnot a oo operatic store whWh res (CWUB1M4 OB r?trtrb ) SME CONTEST Of mum Chapel Hill. Mareh t.?A p?tt Interest In North Carolina la being aroused and maintained In the ap proaching State-wide ooatact of the High School Debating Union. Thia Interest embrace? In It? scope boys and girls, men and women, aohoola. rural oommunities, small towns, and large dtlee. Two hundred and ftfty school?, repreentlng 90 oo an ties of the state, with one thousand debaters, all told now hare their errrest attention and effort centered on the triangular debate* which w'il cccur on March 26/ All of ^he schools winning both of their triangular debates will send their teams to Chapel Hill on April 9 to compete In the final -onteet for the Ayoock Memorial Cup. This cup 1* the trophy which I ?he lnter-colleglate debaters of the j Tttxlveralty hare provided for the, school which wins out Anally. It ??as won*ln 1913 by the Pleasant Harden high school and In 1914 by ?be Wlnston-Salcm hl?h school. The. queetlon to ,l*e' discussed this ??ar Is one of much tlpellneee: "Resolved. That the United States hnnld adoot the policy of eub*ldlc ?ng Its merchant marine engaged In I foreign trade." At present only ?.9 *H?r cent of Amerloan shipping 1? car - the total audlencee. A? a nart of th? State Unlversl ?N no^'rv of er|And?n* Its helnful -??* to section of North Caro ls* th* Hleh School Debatln* Un ~n t?>e* hl*h rank,. It Is- safe to aeries of debates win the larxest In site and most far -??eohlng In Influence of ail debate "??rles to be held In the various "?ate* of the Union this year. Innutrles from other states* as to 'he nature and conduct of th<* De ntin* Union onme regularly to Sec retary E. R. Rankin. Prom th*? ?*ate unlver?1tlea of Vlrrlnla. Flor* ?la. Kentucky and California have Ttie Hnonlrl^?* about North Carolin a's-ytem of dM?atln*. The Unlversl -nd the high schools have given to ?he State a debate system which "srves as a standard wherever It Is vnown. The Waahlngton High School Is In a triangle with the New Bern a ad Elisabeth City High Schools. MRU. KNOX On Saturday morning, February ?7th, death entered the home of Hr. J. B- Knox at Robersonvllle. N. 1, and took from him hj^ devoted ?He,- Mabel, the daughter of Mr. T. A. Phillips of this city. Her suf '?rlng was only for a few hours. Mthough ehe realised that death -vas nssr, she was prepared end "tiling to go. All was done for her r her physician and friends thst ould he done, bot^ Jesus wan the ^n!y physician that oould heal her. the was a member of the Mtnlonary iupttst Church of this city. She -aves a heart broken husband, fath J*. two sisters, two brothers, step ??her, a little girl three years old *id a hcet of friends to mourn their '*?r home 1? vacant, Oh, how lonely? Her voice we no longer hear, " ?n?rl? ???k K? flight over yondf WhAre thIs no more tears. Written by s friend. ,?rH TiOOAIi M*RK*T TOOBIiWV Here Is a local market demand, nd a market problem that need* H b* eolred. Tke farfhera will rals? '"od products abundantly. If they **n oonvert them readily Into cash yt a fair profit; and not otherwise The market problem Is solved, ?hem farmer? get more for their pro ?nets and consumer h get more ft** heir memwr. Here Is the acid te*' if sim i? ytwiwhtre. ur Tira c wn. rr?1jli| Bld.r O. 1? KM ?> 'HW TMtwMf mtnit tWB jnv mrm in sam Raleigh, N. 0-. March S.?By a toU of twenty-six to. twen ty-two, the 8enate yesterday deter mined to throw upon the people of North Carolina the responsibility and harden ot any further whlekey legislation^ Aa to whether or not this ehall be done, will be depen dent upon the action of the House of Representatives on the Stubbs amendment as doctored by Senator Qllliam to submit the question of prohibition of shipment and dellvsry of liquor Into this State to the elec tors on the first Tuesday In August. 1916. Aiffor thla amendment was adopted by the margin of four votes, the 8enate passed the bill aa amend ed with forty-three ayes and but fives noes. The amended bill passed Its thlri' reading In the Senate yesterday a' 1:15. Practically the entire ses sion had been taken up In the dis cussion of the measurs. For sever al days the sentiment 1^ favor of I referendum of the bill has been j growing in strength in the Senate. It had been understood In the be-' ginning that the Republicans would probably stand by the bill without j amendments and a speech was ex- j pected from them on the aide of the bill. Instead, Senator Jones of Lincoln closed the debate on Mon-1 day night with a cutting, slashing argument for referendum and yes-| terday morning every Republican lined up for s referendum, and hav-j Ing the balance of power on this vote their ballot did the work to a man they then voted for the amended bilJ. The vote was first taken yester day morning on the amondment of fered by Senator Jones to Insert the word "knowingly" In the clausal of the bill which makes It a misde meanor to tifcnsport liquor into this State. The effect of Uie amendment except lxq^ocentylgents of the violation of the rKWf as. for exam ple, when a railroad, company ships j what sppears to be a barrel of mo-; 1aa*es and It develops that It Is s barrel of beer. The amendment was adopted and the vote recurred on the amendment of Senator Stubbs to submit the bill to a vote of the people as smended by Senator Qllltam that this vote shall be taken on the first Tuesday In August, 1916 Twenty-six to twenty-two was the vote by which It carried. TO THE LADTF9 T irlsh to announce that T have opened my millinery store next t*} Dr. Rodman's office and now am ready to serve yon In anything you need in this One. Your patronage Is solicfted. MADAME LITTLER, 8-8-3tc. FOR NORFOLK. Mr. Jno. A. Tucker manager of the Louise Hotel, left yesterday morning for Norfolk, V*., on a ?busi ness trip. WIIAj MEET TOMORROW. The W. C. T. U. will moet tomor row afternoon at 4 o'clock with Miss Bettle Farrow. Please notice the change of time and place. FROM BET,HAVEN. Messrs. Miller, J. N. Paul. Ru dolph S*lby snd R. T. Martin of Bel haven were Washington visitors yes *?rday. OHOOOWTNTTY NEWS. There will bs a basket frarty at 'he nnblic school house on Frldty. *srch 6th. ? ess We hare organised a Sunbeam Society at the Chocowinity Baptfst Church and meet at the church ev ??ry Sunday afternoon at t o'clock. Everybody is invited to come and *ake part with us. ? ? s s There will be a picnlo at ths close ef ths ?hoeowinlty school, which trill be on Wsdnssday ths 10th. We hops that everybody will come and brine dinner. A Mr. Harmon Taylor and M1ss Ma mis Moses wsrs out driving Satur day. (ComtimH tm fourth Fafs.) Raleigh, N. 0., March 8.?Pu? lng the 8enate bill appro pris ing 910.000 to purchase Mount Mitchell and providing tor the es tablishment of a park oa that his toric epot, refusing to concur In the Senate amendment* to the revenue bill, killing the easy divorce bill which started North Carolina In the direction of "Renolilnf" this com monwealth, adopting the bill of Mr. Thomas providing for . an amend ment to the Constitution, making uniform In drll case* the Jurisdic tion of magistrates, tabling the bill giving Wake oonnty two additional commissioners, regaled by an ani mated fish discussion bordering on the personal, the House yesterday disposed of a great number of loca' bills and proceed? towarJU LlUBi^np ?hr decks, looking V> final adjourn ment, which In tha natural course of eventa la bound to some In less than ten days tint?. X* The flsh squabble started over the report of Chairman Lsughlnghous? of the flsh committee who reported 'the bill establishing a State Fish | Commission favorably. Mr. Davi* [wished the bin referred to the com jmlttee claiming that the member* ; opposed to the bill had not had square deal. flfr. Lauehlnghouee | said he had triad to be fair and In j this he vm backed up by Mr Currio of Cumberland, and Mr. Mavo Beaufort, both members of the com mittee. Mr. Hgmpton of Currituck complained that' he had been rut) over by the "steam roller" but thi? unshot of the whole business waf that the bill went on the calenda the Issues to be fought out on the floor of tha House at the night ses sion. t Mr. Bowman moved to reconsider the bill amending- the divorce laws of the Stat* which pa*?#d It? thlM readlwr Baturdav and which on mo tion of Vsnn was recalled from the 8enate Monday. Mr. Bvn.im author of the bill foueht reeonsid eratlon and was sunnorted In his argument by Mr. Grler. The mo tion to reconsider prevailed by n vote of B2 to 40 and on third read In* the bill failed to pass by a vote j 'of 42 to 40. f PERFECT IBS A meeting was held at the Meth odist parynage last evening at 8 o'clock for tbe purpose of perfect ing the organisation of an Epworth League. About thirty members of the congregation were present, but more than this number were en rolled In the membership. The following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year: Mrs. E. M. Snipes, president; Mr. Prank A. Wright, rice president; Miss Louise Duckman. recording secretary; MUs Celia Brldgman, treasurer; Miss Brownie Olles. corresponding secre tary. The following were elected chairmen of committees: Commit* t^? on Spiritual Work, Prof. C. M Campbell, Jr ; Committee on Social Service, Mr. R. G. Skinner; Commit tee* on Recreation and Culture. Miss Cnrlotta Nicholson: Committee on Visionary Work. Miss J>fellte Mayo. The League will meet every sec^ ?nd snd third Tuesday In the month the homes of the members. MORE FOLKS NEEDED. North Ohrolina needs more people tt>.the square mile We need to bring our twenty-two million wilder ness acres under cultivation We ne servation. and I cannot become rec onciled to the fact that many, yes I dare say, the majority of owner* of car? will smnloy an Ignorant nn gro or an Incompetent white man to drive that car, when, nine times on* of ten. they know nothing whatev er about It. but how to start. how to ?top and how to give It ?ix?ed. I' Ir. passing strange that a man wll' not only turn over his ear to anch driver, bat will put bis wife an* children and frlsndt in the handa of sush a man. 1? you suppose any one would feel safe on a railroad train If they knew the engineer had never bsrn on his Job two months? Well, he would be ssfer than any are in a *ar slon* the country road, driver by the avera*e hired driver, simply because the train mln* of dally occurrence. It ?wrelr I? time for our law maker'' *o come to tne rwrn* of car owner* *?ho are. In manv Inatancea. pavlnr ?ood eelarlea to men to drive their **r? when a betfc:- position for them' *onM he drlvlnr a log cart at e countrv saw mill. T do not aay al' "chat?ffeiira" are Incompetent, hut T do claim a rreat majority of ?h??m sre not fit to lake a ear rep "?""?'n' hundred? of dollar? ?n?* ???d 1* with human Uvea which mon mr eennnft eetlmsteand run at the fool mania rate soma of th*m do. Jnet so long aa they contlnua to do ao. Juet ao long wtll accidents In cross?, and pretloua Uvea will he ?rnuffed out. Thar? are more chauffeurs to the T1NIGHT The ? 'healer will preeent to night in ^ *n picture? a reel featur ^ ?xl. "My Ladj^Raf flee," In "1 ^ ^terloua Hand," featuring Orac v *rd and Fran ci# Ford, who to*. 'eadlng parte in "Lucille Lov?." A BIRTHDAY PARTY. Master John Blount Mayo delight fully entertained a number of his little friend? at hI? birthday party yesterday afternoon from 8 to S o' clock at Mre. Bertha Thomaa' resi dence, the decorations were beauti ful In green and yellow color scheme with cut flowers, fern? and Jon gudlfl predominating, the immense cake was lighted up with eight green and yellow candles, these represent' lng the age of the charming and gra clous host who was the happy recip ient df many beautiful and useful gifts. The little guests were met at the door by the host'? mother Mrs J. A. Raw Is. who-took charge of [their wrap?. They were then ush ered In the parlor by Miss Carrie ThomA. who was graciously agist ed by Misses Chrlatlue and Bessie Thomas. In entertaining them with amusing game? which all seemed to greatly enjoy, last but not leaat was pinning the tall on the donkey for which little Miss Marguerite Mo Iver won flr?t prize and little Miss Dorothy Kill? won the booby, they were then ushered lnto._the dining room whcro refreshments were serv od. On leaving the gueats voted Master John Blount Mayo a most delightful host. Those prevent were: Misses Mar guerite Mclver, Dorothy Ellis, Mary Dixon, Emily Pollock. Marguerite Miller, Martha Hall. Mary Uepp> Rachfal Hancock, Ruth Love. Reba Armstrong. Louise Weddell. Master? Rudolph Duffy, Louis G. Daniels, Jr. Carf"* Chadwlck, Robt. Chadwlck. Warren Ell!?, Charles Slover EHIf Charles Woodel), Earle Taylor. Phil lip Dixon. Fred Dtxon, Richard Munger Bishop, John D. Whltford. Bon Wade, Russell Love, and Henry Armstrong.?New Born Journal. RETURNS HOME. Miss Eleen Wlnslow returned to her home at Hertford yesterday morning, after ?pending several dny? In the city m the guest of Mr and Mrs. S. H. Clary !n West Second street. HERE TESTER DAY. Mrs. William Peele and Mr*. Vance Peele. of Martin county, ?rpcnt ycstorday In the city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. McDonald Gotler. OPENS MIIiLlVKRY STORE Madame Tattler has opened her millinery store next door to Dr Jno. Rodman's office on East Main ntrAfft. -where she will h? pleased to ?e? her many friends. Madame Lit tier Is well known In this city and county. b*1ng one of the oldwrt mil liners, perhaps. In thl* connty. Her many friends wish he*, much sue cess. State than drngglsta, wliy not re quire them to register and put lax of 96 on them, instead of the hard worked druggist. It would raise mor* money, and at the name i time ?levate the chaffenr profes sion to the standard H should oc jcupy, and they could command salary, not In proportion to how ;reokleee they were hut In propor tion to how careful and competen' An engineer know? his ?ag1ne and quickly detects anything wrong. A .ship oaptaln knows his vee^el. and 'guards the live? on board. Rut an Ingnorant negro or an Incompetent white man. with air auto, freighted with precious human Mvee. dashes along4 oar central highway at the rate of forty miles per hour, know Ing nothing on earth *hout the car but how to etart, how to stop and how to accelerate Thl* la all need* to know to get a good salary and he thlnke the farter he ran run the better driver he Hi. MyT my! In It surprising that au |to accident? are of dally occurrence? I?W. B r ran ford. M. D. In the \Snwm and Observer. s IRE LATEST Ttfo United State? will to Great Britain and France an Inquiry as' to the methods to be punned by the allies In their attempt to cnt off trade to and from German?. Great Britain'* reply to the Amer ican proposals respecting the ship pin* situation is yet to be recelred. Germany bas accepted tho proposals Id the main, In a reply which prob ably will be made public in Berlin In a day or two. The attack of the An*lo-French fleet on the Dardaneles has been Interrupted by unfavorable weather, but sn Athens dispatch says that before the operations were sus pended the two Turkish forts at the narrowest psrt of the etralts hsd been silenced. It Is stated that the Turkish army masked on the penin sula for defense of Constantinople consists of 100.000. In the most Important operation* around Priasnr? the Germans are ?aid to have been defeated decisive ly and forced bock across the bor der. The French and German official communications today agree that violent lighting la under way In the ""hmpagtie r^iclon. where the allies began an attack several days ago. Berlin announces that new French attacks, made with strong forces were repelled In mo*t cases and that 'he French losses were enormous. The Paris statement claims prog ress for the allies at several points and assert s that the Germans suf fered very heavl!). Apparently the battle I# the larg est and mo--t severely contended of any along the western front since the engagement at Solwions Minor bat'le* have occurred In the Vospre* and n report from the Brl Ish commander. Sir John French say: rround been gained by his arr.i.-, but operation? In general a lonr the line are unimportant ex cept in Champagne. ST KRP OV F>E \R fim.T) SLER^ ON. Sle?p on you darling little boy. Yon h a v? no Borrow? No. nothing but Joy. Yottr brow In an clear A* thf? Angela above, You know not of this dreary world. Sleep on dear child, nleep on. You know not of the Borrow* and* Joys. Of thl* dark pathway That I have trod. Your conscience la clea*r ?e crystal snow, Your heart 1? pure You have no woe; Sleep no dear ohlld, al?ep on. You know not of the dreary night, That aurroundn yon With It* awful fright. You know i>ot of the Buffering ones, nread, nhelter and bed Have they non*. Sleep on ehllri. .jl?ep on. Yon know^ not of the motherleM onee, 1%Ct cry-#or help Rut Mill get none, You know not of the suffering ohlld That ha# no father to make hljn ?mile, Sleep on dear rhlld. ?le<*p on. *ut after all there !? one. | That la rhrlat. the mighty on#, He will ?heifer the darling little onee And take them Inlo Hla beautiful home, j Sleep on dear ohl1d,^*fe#p on. ?"By Ohaa. S. Bell. New Theater TONIGHT "MY LADY RAFFY.Bft" In Three Reel? in "THE MYRTKRIOUfl HAND" Featuring Oraoe Cunard and Franci? Ford of "Laellle 1x>re Fame. Frieze Ro and lOe.