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DAILY NEWS
WEATHER?Fair ttftltht. D Imlolrtlnt \orihw??l winds.
WASHINGTON N. C- THUt^VV AFTKKNOON JUNE 24 1915 ^ Mo. 1?
TWO BUlLDINtiS OOMPIJBTELY
\ DESTROYED; OTHERS DAM*
AUKD BY FL.CMES WHICH
BROKE OCT SHORTLY A ITER
DINNER.
BUCKET BRIGADE
DOfeS SERVICE
Difficulty in Securing fitter. Wuth
lngt< n Fire Department Callctl
t'pon for AmliUnce. Flame?
Now I'nder Control.
Fire this afternoon threatened the
destruction of the entire town of
Edwards. Four buildings wore
damaged by the flames, two o*f then;
being burned to the ground. The
entire population of the little vil
lsge was convertrd into a bucket
brigade and toiled for hour? In thr
attempt to subdue the fierce b'aze.
After considerable work, the fire
was put under control.
, ..TlU^flr') was flr?t discovered ir
the upper story of L. C. Tripp?
store. This buJIdlng was turned trt
the ground. The flames spread to
Dr.* Oswald Kafer's residence, nex*
to the store and th!v. was also com
pletely destroyed by Are, very little
of the furniture being- craved. It D
understood that no insurance wo
carried on either these building*
Mr. Tripp's home al*o- caught tr.
firo. but the flames were put out b*
forj mr.rh -.vas done Tfi*
wards &. Dowdsy'r. store was threat
ened ard the "fire <*ausi'd som?* dam
age tfcor^ before the buckct brigad"
could put it out.
The Washington fire deportment
was notified of the fire and s-fced
to render a*slRtaneo, Chief W ???
flold ordered the steamer lo be lak
en out and put on a special t*al*>
which was to take :t tr? the sce?i"
Of the flre. Before the engine wft
'placed on the train, however, an
other phono tnesrawe was received
Having that the flre was under con
trol.
Edwards in located ibotil 23 tnlle
frntq this eity. on the Wa~hln>:ton
ic Vandemere Railroad.
Domestic Science
Teacher Elected
to Fill l*oslt ion Dur
ing Neat Year. IHuh School
Faculty Rc-Elccted.
Miss Maude MeClees, of Durham,
has be'-n electod to fill the position of
domestic science teacher in the
y Washington high school. Miss Me
Clees taught in Washington som?
tl?r?o agfl, having in charge tho do
mestic science department of th?
New Bern and Washington schools.
Bhe 4s well known in Washington.
It was also sta4ed this morning
th?>t alt of last year'? high school
faculty would report again for duty
at the beginning of the fall term
with the exception of Miss Dalrym
ple. wtio did not apply fffr work.
POPULAR
-* 4Silent Play"
THEATRE
TO ORGANIZE
PERMANENT
TAUQUA
??.?
I'LANNKD TO HA\1 HNGl'LAK
MONTHLY MEETING? FX)R
ClflLOKKV
PLAN DISCUSSED
>11otlng of Ixiral Ladlot Held Ye??
U-rday Afternoon nHb MIm
Oppcnlander.
Tbe formation of e permanent
local Jan!or Chautauqua Assoc'a
tion, was the subject of discussion
at tho meeting held yesterday after
noon at the Chiira-.r.ua tent and
at which about tweuty Washing: in
Utiles were present. Miss Nan Op
ptnlander, who Is In chars? of the
branch?_of Chautauqua work, made
a most Interesting talk at the meet
ing sod explained the many bene
fits to be derived from tho forma
tion of the junior association.
"We are endeavoring to form a
district In North Carolina and Vlr-i
Ktnla," said Miss Oppenlander. "and
'but a lady in charge of the work.
It Is our aim to get twenty cities
Interested in the proposition. The
lady superintendent will then visit
each city once a month, holding
meetings with the children In play,
tell them stories and advis? the
mothers' and teachers In plans of
recreation for their children.
"The cost of this project Is very
moderate. It nniounts to $65 for
?janh city. Tho children's contribu
tions of flvo or ten cent* and the pro
ceeds of a little play, which will be
riven at the close of the year'?
work, will easily cover the erpsnae."
Those of the ladles who w?ro
nresent at the meeting were enthu
siastic over Miss Opper'andcr's plan
nnd while no formal action was tak
?n, It Is believed tiiht Washington
?*UI accept tho pr'tTOSt'.lnn. Another
. meeting of the mothers will be held
?n the noar future.
Mirt.OppenUnder left, this aora
for Wilson?" wliTe she will be
??latforin superintendent at the
"hautauqua Ihere,
Anti-Typhoid
Work Propresses
Cani|ialpi 1? HoominK in North
ampton County. Many Have
Applied for Treatment.
Kajelgh, N. C.. June 34.?The
antl-typhold campaign is on in earn
rtt. It 1h booming up in Northamp
ton county. Th? first day the dl?-.
pon3arles oponed 860 m<"n, women
and ch.lldren applied for tho treat
ment. ^ Tho doctors report an ex
ceedingly hard day's work. Tb'-v
were as busy as they could be every
minute of the time. Two sets of
dispensaries are being operated, on
lor the white people and tbe other
for the colored.
In Wake county 592 people ap
plied for the first dose. At Raleigh
noarly 50 peoplo Applied before the
dispensary doors could be opened,
and some twenty or more were
turned away aJiopr the dioponsary
was closed for the day. Ope sla
p'.flcant fact about tho Raleigh' dis
pensary was that the first two per
sons to apply for the treatment
were doctor?." and throughout tho
day a total of 16 Raleigh doctois
applied for treatment, practically
all the other? having already bee*
!mniuiilce4.
EXPLAIN WHY!
* BIDS WERE
NOT MADE
LOCAL MSROHA.VT^DlHCU88Ef |
DIFFICULTIES IX THIS
"PAMLICO- CASK.
UNEQUAL BASIS
New Bern Business Men Have Ad-1
vuU|e of Nq| ibrlo? Co Pay
Freight, tofonuatlou
Vague mm to Articles.
That Washington merchant? were
unable to bid on the supplies for the
coast guard cutter, "Pamlico,'' ow
ing to the fact that details a? to the
mature of the goods wanted wtre not
stated and on account of being on
an unequal footing with the mer
chants of New Bern, was the state
nent made by one of the local bus
.nesa men this morning.
"It has been my experience to bid
3n several government propositions
of this kind,'' said the merchant, j
"and it le only the fellow who Is j
on the inside' that can successfully ''
hope to contend with those parties !
who have been filling contract? in j
the past. The details, a? to the j
grade and price of articles desired, |>
are very vague and there is really
but very little definite information
given on. which the prospective bid
der can figure his price?.
"In the 'Pamlloo' case, this; cr I
ter is stationed at New Bern and
?lie government, in securing bids'
provisions and supplies, requires the |
??rices to include the chsrgeB of
placing tho articles on the deck of
?he cutler. Of course It can readily
lje seen that the merchant who is
closest to the vessel and who does
not have to pay freight charges, has
a big advantage over the business j
men of other citlce. I am sure that i
't would have been useless? for any
merchant In Washington to have
?submitted bids on furnishing sup
dios for the cutter under these con-.
Iltfcjns:' irtlte'' hotter had been sta-"
?loned-at Washington, It mixht have
nut a different light on the propo
sition, but even thni, It would have j
been hard to secure accurate infor
mation as to what was wanted. The
men who supply the cutter at pre?- ?
?snt have been d-olng so for many J
v*ars past and are acquainted with
alt the details."
Elks Leave
For Convention
ltotemilned Kffort to l?r Made to
Accuro Next St* to Con root (on
for this City.
Betweon twenty and twenty-five
members of the local B. P. O. Ti. i
lodge left early this morning to at-,
tend the State convention in Char- ,
lotte aud also to lend the Influence |
of their presr-nco In securing next
war's convention for this city. Tb-fy
left In a special Pullman car and
will return here tomorrow night.
Among those who took the trip
wrro J. F. Tayloe, 8. F, Burbank,
W. A. Blount, Jr., C. A. Little, W.
n. Robinson, F. J. Berry, M. N. Ber
ry, C B. Sterling, John H. Bonner,
Geo. F. Ricks, Hugh Paul, Alien
Obauneey, Caleb Bell, W. E. Proc
tor, Hermann Carnow, Walter Cra
dle, Jim Billion, Will Ellison, John
Oden, Hoyt Moore and W, R. Rob
inson.
Friday & Saturday SpecialsI
Arbnoklu CetfM. p*b Ik I l'. ... t ...?<? 1 M... t 1?
HtfhMt Grade Bttttw, per lb. , tic
Armour'* Star Hamsi ?? lb. . ft lip
r. r. v. hmui m ib /??
Morgan 4 ?r?r ?bokld?*. ttr II *>??
,Um. ?prth it'o: ??? u>. i?? y
00 Shirt. at . 80c
at>r fchlrl*
t? ?1 / 40c
Mt&LaM3n!it/? Orerall? at Me
ihM?' ir ?w*,to
y loaf prion? on Shoe? ?n d Dry Ooods. Abo*? pnc*? ar?
i iiS? 4Uh fOlf. Regular prtc?? for ail charge account*
? ititim iimitilil,'itilHliiiinint.iiUl.iiHiiHirii.ini;
BOM UP VHH SON OF MR.
AND ?1? I?. to. STYItON, OF
this i. ;rv;'iWAa pound in
TUB KlJfiato Tin? MORNING.
FELL OVERBOARD
Wm U?t 8?S M HI? Kattaer'a Store
Yesterday BvfeUng. lSeileved
Thai llo leU from Dock
In Rear ot JE. H. M lion'*
tftore.
Ronald StjrrO?, the clne-year-old
?on of Mt. and, Mrs A. K. Stjrrcm.
was found drofteed In the Pamlio^
river this morning at about eight
o'c^ck by wen who had started
dragging tbe river thcr? for his
body. E. R. Mlxon. C. G. Morris
and Mr. Miller, wen- among those
who were engaged In hunting for
,the body and who were present when
It waa discovered.
The boy waa l*st aeen In hl9
?father's store at about ?even o'clock
yesterday evening. It Is supposed
that he went ar^lind to the rear of
E. R. Mlzon'a afcoro on the river
front and fell overboard. Hla par
ents became alifmed over his ab
sence last night iand a thorough
search was mads this morning. The
thoory was advanced that ho might
have fallen Into the river and sev
eral men at oncs'began prodding a
long the docks to see whether they
could locate (M,' body. A negro,
with a fish 11ns, to which were at
tached neveral book*. Anally found
Jt alongside of Jh?.dock in the rear
of Mr. Mlxon's aiotf. The boy was
unable to awfcm. Iti)* -olothss were
-fotm* on -tbwbodf when- -tt was
brought to the ssrface of the water.
The body baa been carried to the
home of the parents.
Chautauqua
Ends Tonight
"Man From Home" t*> he I*re?ento<l.'
Other Interesting Number* on
Touifcht's Program.
Some excellent slnglns: by thej
Varkony-Hlnes Co. and Miss Eliza
beth Oliver and the performance of
"The Man from Home." will be the
program nt tonight's Chautauqiuv
This Is one of ?he most Interesting
evening's entertainment on the
Chautauqua circuit and a large au
dience 1? expected. H will be th?*
concluding performance of I lie
Chautauqua In this city.
SAY8 IIAKEK.
JuSt to see who reads our ad .? >r
I tisements. and wish to take the a1*,
vantage of same. Any young ludv
cutting out this ad. and briugirg
with it one new silver dollar. wlJl
g"t one dosen of our nice dra^l
postcard pletsres. This only giod
1 !or tomorrow. Friday.
I BAKER'S 8TUTMO
"GOOD TASTE
RYSTAL ICE CREAM
DRLICATF. IN FLAVOR
SMOOTH IN TEXTURE.
Delicious, Substantial aWd Wholesome.
Fresh Peach Today. TRY IT,
Crystal Ice Company
IWOWfe ffr .. WASHINGTON, N. C.
HOME
Building And Loan Association
Will.Opena New Seri?? July 3rd. COMF, IN.
Call at Ranking House of
j; Savings & Trust Company
For Booklet Explaining It.
AUSTRIANS REPAIRING BRIDGE IN GAUCIA
Aiulrlan troo|>F at work rri>a1r'.ng a bridge on the Gallclan slope
Carf;'.ili:acs *i.lch I?.*U been blow? up by the retreating Ruralana
Odd Scene Witnessed
By Pinetown Citizens
Surry Parker Gives Interesting Account of Actions o/
the Fish in Woods Swamp.
Ldltor Daily Now?.
Dear dir;
The writer bad a rather unusual
experience recently, which l?c be
lieves may bo of interest to ttouie
of your reader?, especially those wht
ere Interested in fleh and the.:
habits.
Wo are now making a new road
01 Acre Bridge, where thore is. af
ter a heavy rain, a ford about 900
.'eot loug in tho county road. l*ast
week, while at tliis polni, planning
the work of eliminating this ford
with Mr. JiodguH. auporlnUudtyit of.
thr road force, Burton Osborne, of
>?iear Plnetown, came over to where
we were standing; and offered to
show us something of a tuost un
usual nature.
We fo'lowed him to a point in the
ford about two hundred fert from
v here we bad been Standing jyad saw
h vrjyr largo black fish.^jjx^CJrlnnel"
n ?. ho called ltT~-ttr~was complete)
surrounded and coverod by a black
j in h sb , which a]ipear> d tu h*4 just dark
j Krass or R^methlnR of that sort. but
which, upon closer examination,
I proved to be a mass of small flirh
I swimming along up tho swamp very
?lowly. Clone on tbelr trail was a
S Hugo cat fish, which wan eating up
I the smaller fisb aH fast n* It could
1 leather a mouthful. There must have
i b en from 5,000 to 10,000 of the
' ?mal) black fish In the lot, oach about
j two inches long. The sire of the
I ont!re mans of fiali was from 18
20 feet long and from 2 to fi feet
wide and fro:? 4 to 8 Inches deep.
It. took ihem fully 20 minutes to
cro*s th^ county road, which in about
20 feet wijje. T^he old black flsh
was about 3 f?et long and the cat
flsh. which was destroying the little
ones, war. about 18 Inches long and
looked like a deep wster fl?h. as It
wai very brightly colorrd and not
of the dark muddy hue of the swainp
"cats."
The stream at this point was sot
more than a woods iwinp. Th*
county road ta or wu lower :han th**
flirrounding lands, being worn and
washed away through >cars of u*e.
and It la supposed that these, nn'i
had Jol* tho deeper part of the
stream in the center o' the swamp
to try and got away from this par
ticular catfish which war deatroylug
tne little fish as fa*; as it could
?wallow them.
We stood on the footway and
watched the sight for enme 16 or 20
minite*. 1 Fuppo*? incidents of
this nature aewml f r the fact thai
such large fl?h are being foand eo
'Nr*""apfm ?ni wptH^nrattp.V-*
Verr f nl> yours,
SURRY BARKER.
Plnetown, N. C.
Ward Makes
Welkin Ring
Made Ht Irving Sprwh I Night,
I'l-fring Hnpport of Cltlsens for
the (1iBUUai|ua Nml Year.
Hon. H. fl. Ward, orator par ex
ccllcnce. gave the audience at last
night's Chautauqua performance an
onjoyable treat when he ascended to
the platform a moat stir
ring Hpeech. ^nTing the eupport of
the peoplj^pr next year'? Chautau
qua*.
" Mr. Ward a speech-wa* of the kind
that an audience need war hut once
to remember for a life-time. His
delirious tenor voice penetrated to
the furthermost corner of the huge
tent, and outside f-or ?ever a I hlnokn
away One resident of the city,
who was sitting on his porch on
'Stcond street, below Harvey, stated |
this morning that he heard Mr.
Ward distinctly. Th* only error be
made was (n thinking, that Mr. Ward
was catling upon hell to fire Its
support to the Chautauqua. The
speaker uaed the word "help" In
stead of th* othr* one mentioned.
There la no doubt, however, but
thai Mr. Werd'a words had the de
sired effeat, for a large number of]
additional ticket# were purohased
and guarantors secured, fie was
aeeorded vociferous (good word)
applause upon the eonclualon of hie
addraa?.
105 Signed. Up
As Guar alitor s\
tielleir*d That 1.U? WUI Rr Rob Up!
to IBS. AddltMnaJ TickMm
Hut? IWn P1?dfMl.
105 local ra?n hare alrnH th '?
nam** a? guarantor* for a**t y?ar'?
r.hidUnn^ Th* Hint t? not yet
complete. and U I? th? aim of th*
commflttaa In charge to aaeur* at
leaat 1SS. Quit* a nnnrtwr of thos*
who attended th? Chaataaqoa p+r
fermance last night. algned their
nama? to the list.
Additional <tltk#U ware a Wo Hold
lent ni(bt. About $800 worth of
tteketa hats hasn ple*r?4 so tax
(at BKV WHO CUlut**q j*
TEUTONS ARE
RAPIDLY^
PALI. OP LKMBJ&KG PAVK* WAIT
POR PVRTHER GAINS ON THB
r.urr op no-; aiktko-okk
MAN POKCK8.
ZEPPELIN RAIDS
X?tj Yard? and .ineiul at Bo? t h
Shield? Were Destroyed by Mnl
of (i<rmw> Airship*. Seventeen
I'rr^mii Wrrr Killed.
L/ondon, June 14.?Lemberg, cap
ital of Gallcla. baa fallen before the
?iro-German armies which hare
^/?^.-?eeplng across the prorlnee
i. . * L0"*? month?. An official
annoti. the Austrian
hnadquarte. the ctty waa cap
tured by the eecond army after a
severe battle.
Austria ban ri?claimde most of the
province of Oalicla. occupied by the
Russians early in the war. The fhll
of Lemberg bad been expected for
several days and was admitted in
Petrograd to be imminent. The
Russians arc reported to have with
drawn most of their forces and sup
plies from the city, which waa
threatened with Envelopment by the
Auetro-German armies advancing
from the north and south.
South of Lemberg, In the Dniester
rug'on, a strip of Austrian territory
(.I'll is in Russian hands, and an
official Petrograd statement reporta
an important Russian victory there
after a battle of several days. At
Raws Rusk*. 32 miles northwest of
Lemberg. and near the Bukowlna
border other Ruaslan succeane* are
claimed.
Italian Reinforcecarati
The Italian general star an
nounce? the arrival Jaf Important re
inforcements for the Aufcrlans
alonK the Isonzo front north of the
Gulf of Tries?., but declares they
were repulsed by Alpine troops In
a battle in the Montenero district.
Genrvs dSRpstchea Kay the Issllant
have captured all tb* positions de
fend'rg Mslborgeth and are bom
barding the fortress Itself.
*?.r. *?l*h Steamer* Captured.
Pive Swedish nteamers hound for
England with lumber were captured
in the Raltic yesterday by German
warships.
Nitvsl Yards IHvrtroyod.
A message received In Berlin
from Chr!ntisnla save the nary
yard? and arseml at 9onth Shields,
on the northeas* coast of England
were destroyed by the eppelln raid
of la*t week. The caenaltles are
placed at sHventeen persons killed
snd forty Injured. The official Brit
ish account ef the rsld gave the
number of dead at sixteen, but did
not disclore tho name of the tow?
stisoked or the extent of fh# dam
age
Might Victory fo*
A minor French ricterf en th?
? heights of the Mmii" and a defeat
in the Vosgea are reported la the
' Parit offclal statement todaf. Oer
man attacks in the Arras dlatriet
and In Lorraine were reptilsed. Th*
Prri rh advsnee in Alaaes was ?ei<
t'uatid, leading to eeeupatlon ef the
village of Bondernach ea the Pecfct,
fHrtvatto? ?f "Cam?#*.*
MMr, th? aatflcUad *nrm of tte
Uatln oomaadl*, La dartrad froar t h?
iraab oomua, a faatlva proeaaatoa, u4
taldanl, to ting. bemrlnf o* ?ba ?4?
Minf d?rtat tba
? rwara ?f th? Kut.
Tli? daapar tba nit tba bari?? tt It
PB t&a vahlola and tha mora It rttarto
apaod Find a waar way of doto? ibo
aid work, ba a road bulldar and >ot
* rot matear
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