AILY NEWS
tki*. ?fUrnoon. Pair iMlftt mud tomorrow.
WASHINGTON N.C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON JULY ?, IMS No. i
lSir* VJO
BY
MR. FOWLE
18 BB1NU
BUtt/T Q!f MAI \
COST $50,000.00
Oo. of ?h* l*r?*,t landing pro
la W^tngtoa 1? NCWI yrare
la Ma? CUIM oorby 8. H. fowl*
on hla propartjt.oa Main atre*t. it eat
of low b tfcrw-atory bona
la?? an to b* *r*etrd, extendi*?
from 8. R. raw)* * taa'a ?tore to
>.k* building of E. R. Mlxon. Th I
win cow a fronta?? of about 1?0 ]
hot
Work OS Ike building next to Mr.
Fowio'i store la prograaalng aatia
facto riiy and tk* walla ar* alrrady
half a p. Tka old building or tk*
Carolina Dlatributi ng Co. la b*lnr
raxed and tk* |m*ftf next to E
R. Mlxon'* will k* filled la to n
l*r*l wltk tk* r**t of the ground
?11 tk* nalldlnga will k* of brick
and will b* thr** atorlaa kick. Tk
groaa4 floor will be d*Tot*d to
atoraa villi* office* will b* locate
oa th* other two floor*. Although
an fl?ur*a hare b**a given oat, It
la *ip*otod tkat tke project will coat
batwaaa M(,ooo and ieo.ooo Ko
arrangement* ha** k**n made ai
y*t far t*nant* la tk* building*
Tearing Down
Old Buildings
on Harms
5 KmcO. Other
1 Intend,
IWork was atari *? today In tear
la? down tk* old kalldlnga on tke
H*T*a* prop*r4y oppoalte the poat
offlc*. Two of tk* balldlaga are to
be coBlpl*t*lr raxed. while th* one
fea th* eoratr la to b* repaired and
pat In ?ood a bap*.
Whan ao*n thla afternoon and
aaked wkether he contemplated
?ractla? an y saw building, on tha
property. Mr. Harena aUt*d that he
did aot Intend taking any action* In
tk* n*ar future.
BJY8 IMKKlt.
S'ttlng upon my porch laat nigh
with my eye* opetl, looking upon
tk* world movraunU. many tklnga
running through my mind. 1 uld
to my**U. "Wonder how many
bona** th*r* ara on th* block In
froat of aa*." 1 counted them an
foaad twelr*. 1 found In thoae
?w*It* r*ald*nc*a that ther* wero
oa* widower aad e!?bl widow*. I
aald to aayaalf. "Or..t heavena.
?l^ht agalaat oa*." I thought "Be
certainly eaa't !aa? Ion?." ,
BAKER'S STUDIO
?. H. Browa. of N*w Bern. !a
?pending today I? the city on bol
Specially posed photograph of Jtflsa'
.une Morgan, who has neully
?pened a camp for working girls In
sterling forest. Grocnwood Lake, N. J.
Miss Morgan Is the daughter of th?
?ate J. P. Morgan.
MAYOR TALKS
OF THE PARK
'PROJECT
bkuevkh dock property
GOULD BK USED POR
PARK PURPOSES.
HAS OTHER IDEAS
11 Dwlitoi of Tearing iKmv City
^ Market Sojne Tlnic In Put are
Plcr There.
Whon asked this mornlhg wkelh
?r H was feasible to uue the d'.v
dock property for park purpose??
Mayor Kugler repll'd that he le
lieved a part of tho property could
be used for a park without Incon
venlenclng the shipping In any wp7.
"The matter will, of course." I
said, "have to be brought np befor
the board of aldermen for decision
You could not use the Immediate
waterfront for pnrk purposes, be
cause this would Interfere with boats
loading and unloading at th" dock,
liowever, If a fence were built, dl*
?ldlnj the property, the probl?;
might be solved satisfactory for
both reoreatlon and business
"The park would not be very larg "
?extending back only about If
f*et, but It might answer until other
arrangement? could be made. I'
would be only temporary at that,
for If It ever becamc necessary to
use the property for mercantile pur
pose?, we would have to give that
preference. f
"It has alwayp been my Id a to
tear down the elty market som"
time and build a pleasure pfor upor
Its site, where the p'tble could
J07 the breese from the, river. Th
f.ty dock property would mske a
go?d leestlon to whleh the markei
ewrtd ke moved. However, It will
pffobably be seme time before th<<
project can be earried out. I be
lev? that hte purrhase by the rtt? 1
of ^ deck property was oae of thr
wsett Investments that we eoulr*
kau made aid vt *>? bound tr(
rwU? ?r??t banaflta from It Ir
anp war It ???? ba & aunbar of
m?a batom tki? bappana. but It Ir
bound to ??a?r aa??rUalaai."
Guarantors to
Meet Monday
<?"1 W?ct Mhm for Xan rear
aad Appoint Coramtttra. M?k.
In* at Ctuunlier of Ooa
Wiw Hon??.
Tha rhatttamnia (uarantora will
naat la tho Chanbat of Coinmorca
room? Monday nl?kt for tha purposr
or dlaru..in( plana far aaat ??ara
?orli. N'w officer? ar? i? be el'et
<d and rariona oanimHtaaa ?111 he
appointed. All of tha (aaraator,
ara artently reqoeited to ba prevent
The meeting will atart promptly ai
Whea ran elevate ?a*r wort tba
ww* VlU aloirata y??,
Urges County Farmers
To Erect More Silos
J. F. Latham Explains Many Advantages to be Obtain
ed From Us4 of Silos. Five Already in Use
County Farm Demonstrator J. F.
Latham stated this morning that he
.expected to Me a number of.addl
t'onal silos erectcd la the county in
the near future. According to him
there are at prevent rive silos In
operation, with one In the court*
of construction.
"The bulldlnc of a silo Is one of
the finest Investments thai a. farm
er can make." said Mr. Uathaa.
"??d It Isn't long before the 4lo
has paid tor the money expended
In its construction. By using a silo
the farmer has the beat poeatble to
lutlon for his feed problems, and 1s
enabled to secure the right kind of
feed the year round. They are not'
at all *xp#ncive to build and cort
vory little to. keep up. I sincere'}*
hope "that more of the farmers in
the county will Investigate the ad
Tells of Life
At Encampment
Seargent Major R. R, Handy O Ire?
Interesting Account of Camp
Idfe at Morehead "CUy.
Tin following letter was received
this morning from Seargeant Major
R. R. Handy, 2nd Infty., N. C. N. G.
It gives an interesting account of
the encampment at Morehead City.
"Wo are now settled down to
camp life In earnett and everything
1? working fine. The regiment ar
rived Tuesday; 690 strong. With
the service carps and ofkers detail
ed here for service and wkb the
number of men and officers Is about
''SB. The adjutant general of the
North Carolina National Guard Is (
rrescut. as arc also four U. 8. army
officers, detailed by the war depart
ment as instructors.
"Our d-iy'a work begins at 5:15
every morning and lastn until noon.
Afttr that there is nothing to do
with the exception' of dress parade I
at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, so you '
soe that although we have lots of
work to do, there is plenty of time
for recreation. .Taps sound at ^
11:30 p. m.
"The dally work consists of work
on the rifle range, tent pitching, in
dividual cooking and trench dig-|
Ring. Monday we will have a prac
tice-march, pitch a shelter.tent camp'
and possibly rnd the day with a war
problem. I
"This is one of the most orderly
camps we have ever had and prom
ises to be a most successful one
from a military standpoint. The en- j
tire regiment Is very fond of Cel. |
Rodman and while he Is kind and
"O.urteous at all times, he Is a strict
disciplinarian as well.
"The officers of tho regiment are
contemplating giving a military ball
at the Atlantic hotel Saturday night.
\VKMM*r MfUA M AK I
VKOHKW*A? Kon 8RL0IAR8
woido?, Jul* T|). two m'lia
horo whl?h aianiifaotar? un4?r?r?r
lor m<> Ki ruMtnf ?Ifkt and Uj
to fill ft contract for % lorn? roa
i'n?n of nick taodo ta k? u??d
br ih? Bolivian armr. Tkn mlllo
?III to toKod to tholr foil coHetlr I
lo fill Ik* eoatraet kr tho ro<alrod i
Mr. W. T. Shoor. a 1(14 (rad-1
??to Of tko A. ta? M Collo?, attar
warklot far a roar la a lastila mill,
la Daa?llK Va., lilo roturnod la'
Woldon and la la oharfo of Ooo of
tkoao mlllo.
HOY8 ROB UUOX,
thrn kili. kkbpkh
Oh loaf o. loir I.?Tkroo boja.
a^od from II to It, otoppod Into
Jokn Moalor'a aaloon rarlj
dor and ordorod toon Ao Moilor
not tho drtako oa tko kor oao of
tho trio drorw a rovoLvor. Tkroo pa
iroao of tko aalooa waro rollooad of
tholr tnaall rkA(o. ond fit ?a.
Inkoa from Iko raok draws,
Tkoo Mnxlor una .hlo eaatom*ra
WOro ordorod to boot It to tko baoo
mrat l??il?r wo. olow In ofcoriat
tha command and oao ?f Iko boa
dUa flrod throo ohota at htm. oao
bullot striking hlra la tko koad and
MIMat k Ma laatontlr. n?
run nUw nod
i vantages that ar? offered them
through a silo an d t ha t they will
put than op on thalr farma.
'Mf any farm're ia the county
ar? considering erecting a silo in
the near future, I'd Ilka to have
them see me about It,'for I can se
cure them a man to supervise th"
erection of the alio without any
charge, excepting hie blard while he
is at work. Thla la possible through
ths Stats Agricultural Hoard.
"Those of ths farmers who havo
silo? on their farma are loud in
their praias over ths benefits i
s re deriving from their use and
could hardly get along without
t ham. They are one of ths biggest
Improvements or Intentions ? or
whatevar you may llks to call them
?that hare been made for the ben
efit sf farmers in recent ysnrs."
Shot Mart Who
Spoke to Wife
FUaabeth City Man? M*4 With Je*|.
ousy, Kills Cule Korbee, Also
ftariden* of Hist City.
Elisabeth City, N. C., July g.?
News has reached hers that Cale
Forbes was shot and Instantly killed
by Ben Hewett at the latter's home
Tuesday afternoon at about 3 o'
clock. Forbes, -who lived about
three miles from the Hewett home,
came up to the house and was talk
ing to Mrs. Heiwstt through the kit
chen window when Hewett apprared
on the scene and ordered For bas o(f
the premises. Hot words sosued and
Forbes, who ta a man of eqtOfidemfele
hare threatened to tear Hewett limb
from limb. At any rate, Hewetp
pickcd up a t*hot gun and standing
barely six feet away Kom Forbes
fired, the load enkrlug tho umu'h
body below ths left breast and tear
ing a great hote through his side.
That Hewett objected "lo Forbes*
attentions to his wife is tbo reason
assigned for the altercation. Mrs.
Hewett was formerly Mrs. Oeorgo
Sawyer. She was divorced by her
rirw husband, who married aga n
after nhe left thr state with Hewett.
Mr. and Mrs. Hewett returned "to
Camden county after Sawyer's sec
ond marriage.
Hewett was arrested and carried
to Camden. He was held for Su
perior Court and released on 1^50
bond.
Forbes Is survived by his wife
He had no children.
COMBAT ILLITERACY.
State is Prrpartag to Reduce tlir
Namber of Illiterates Within
It? Limita.
Raleigh, N. C., July 8?W. C.
Crosby, of ths ?tat* departn?:nt of
education, today s?nt to the printers
ftvls d proof* Qt his forthcoming
bulletin on ilUtsrscy lp North Caro
Up# and plans for combating H.
Moonlight schools in ths fell w?H be
tho megns employed *nd tegcher?
Will volunteer for ths WQ'k. TVtre
era 80,009 adult whits toum In
North Corollas, tfce bulletin ft|l
?how. 1ft.000 wfcUo Illiterate? 10
ytarg and older, and 161.000 Illit
erate negrost. The pereeatage of
white m a of voting age /i&ges frorr
t per oeat 1b flew Hanover to 16 0
is Stokes. illiteracy If most com
mon iB the monuttla eeetione, ec
cording to the ballstle, the peroea
tags thsrs bslag IT, iB thn pisdmonj
IS BBd'lB Jhs eastern section II?/
? Baverags of 14 per oent for the
ertlre slats.
frab caused scicwn.
OIsb Covs, July l.-^That the
sile!?*' last r/:ht of Frank Holt,
v lie shot J. P. Morgan last Safur
day after setting off a bomb In thr
Capitol last Friday, was caused by
j his growing fsar ths wan eoon
to be Idanttftsd as Jrieh Musntsr.
alleged Wife murdsrsr, was the
! satoment made here yesterday by
District Attorasy Lewis J.. Smith,
of Kaaeuu csuBty.
"HOlt," lie Mid, "evidently fslt
ths web of Identification that was
bMat woven about him and
thonght It beet to kill hhnsetf be
fore he was eon groaned with ths
[??tdeaee thnt he wna Mnenter '
INGENIOUS POSITION OF SERBIAN BATTERY
Ertabllahed under the protection ot a aolldly constructed rallwny ?rrti
too Serbians are bombarding tbe enemy's position with comfiratlvc eafi.
County Commissioners
Hold Brief Session
Fix Days For Complaints as to Property Valuation,
Convicts Hired to Richland Goods Roads Association.
The Commissioner!? of Beaufort
county met this week in rcgula
monthly session. Present: Messrs
W. E. Swindell, chairman; W. H.
Whitley. C. P. Aycock, W. S. D. '
JjJboen gndll. C. B ragaw.
It was ordered that all peraons |
desiring to mako complaint a? to
the valuation of property on the tax!
Mat for the year 1915, appear before'
the hoard as follows, to-wit:
Befhaven Precinct, Pan t ego, Long
Acre and Chocowiulty Township, on '
Monday. July 12th; llichiaud and '
Washington Township nnd City of
Washington on Tuesday. July 13th. j
ind Bath Township on Wednesday.
July 14th All I!*' lakers and its- ?
Monitors arc hereby notified to b? i
present on this day that their r I
-."peetlve Townships are li be hear.1 I
Game Tomorroiv
Starts at 4:30
Crowd of Fans Expected nf
Ball (Jami? Between Washing*
t*m nnd Plymouth.
The Plymouth baseball team will
arrive here tomorrow afternoon and
111 proceed directly to Fleming I
Field, the game starting promptI;
at 4:30. The visitors wilt don th<"lrj
uniforms on the train In order tb*t
there will be nc Vlny when they
arrlre bere.
A Urge crowd of fans are ex
pected te be out to s 4 the gam?
omorrow afternoon. Word has
oroe from-Plymouth that a number
of rooters will accompany the team
from tbftt elty. Owing to the feet
hat this li the opening game of
'be season en (Re local field. It If
?Istf bell'ved that several hundred
ocal baseball enthusiasts will be on
*and to >?? the Washington team
n Its Initial epnt*"?.
Owing te the rein yesterday, thf
ocal team was unablo to Indulge In
any praetlee. They will all be out
??n the ft old this afternoon, how
ler, to get into shape for tomor
?ow's game.
iOVKRNMKNT TO ABANDON
PROSECUTION OP HUKltTA
Washington. July 8.?It was be
'evod hero tonight that the ease
galnet General Huerta, charged
/1th conspiracy to violate American
leutrallty by Inciting a new Meil
an revolntlon. might be abandon d.
Huerta !s due to appear next
veefc before e "United States commls
loner for a hearing. Althoogh of
Icla's are reticent, persistant re
torts are current *??et there will be
10 prosecution and that Huerta will
tgree to leave tbe Mexican border
and tak^ up ble residence some
where In the northern part of tbe
United States to interfere no ?ore
In Mexican politics,
Failure by the parties interested t<
Appear on the above dates will i i
the board from going into these |
natter? after this time.
It was ordered tliat the convlr!
be hired to the ltichland Towu
nhlp .Good Konti? Afceooiatiou for tbo
month of August or longer If #.h*y
want them.
It was ordered that $50.00 bf
(ami the same is hereby* approprl
ated for the u?e of the Washington!
Naval Reserves.
It was ordered that $50.00 b< |
(and the same is hereby) appropri
ated for the use of the Belhav-"
N'nval Reserves.
Klecllon returns for Aurora achat,
district were as follows: Ntimber |
of regUfred voters. 112.
For school house bonds. 86
Against school house bonds, ?3.
Police Discover
12 Gallons Rum i
!. C'utsler Arrested. Revenue <)
fJcem Starching for StUl Where
Liquor Was l*urrliii??e<l.
The police last night arrest-d 1?
Cutaler. who accompanied by a lady
?van driving into town In a bugg>
The police scurried lilt vehicle am
discovered two gallons of "monke.
ruro " Cutsler 1? at present confine?
lu the county Jail, ?waiting hi* trial
It has been learnod that he pur
chased t)ie liquor from other par
Ilea, Federal officer* ibis mornlni
left the city on a search to locatt
th* fiMH from which Cutsler ob
tained the rum
IIRVAft OLAD HV. WA8 HOIJHKR
IX HRAMHH AMKRK .W WAI
Pan Franolsco, July 8.?Wllllan
Jennings Bryan, former secretary o
(tare, while strongly In favor o
universal peace is not an advocatc
for "pea<5e at any price" he said In
an address at a luncheon tendered
yesterday to the Cuban exposition
con mlsstoners.
"I have been greatly mlsrepro
sen# d." said Mr. Bryan, f jut I
don"! mind. I am not visionary e
nough to believe that 1 can preveri
all wArs, but 1 do believ:, that many
wars could have hern prevented. 1
! believe in standing out strongly for
I pcace. but when every means ol
peacful settlement has been ex
haus ed fighting Is Inevitable.
"I am proud that I was a soldier
a* the time of the Spanish-American
trar. but 1 think the soldier should
be like the f'.reman v \ > is ready foi
flro without wishing for It. Bo th<
soldier should be ready for wai
without desiring R."
Pull long foe If you must, bui
hang a tkfcak nru It whll* others art
around
HEAVY FIGHT
IS WAGED
IN WEST
1HENCH CLAIM TO HAVE KK
Pt'LNKD TKE <?BRMA>>. FLAM.
ING LIQnrWi -t> BY
TEUTONS I.V ^^rHK!WH
JWNM. ^
.
V<*
DEFEATED
Were Mown Down In Firm* Attack
on the I>*nUB?<llr?. Expedition
?ry Force. Conflicting
Report* from Italy.
London. July 8?Heavy fighting
continue? along the western front.
Paris claims the French have re
yuleeil thf <l*rman atlacks north of
Arras nrd on the heights of the
Meuse Lut a limits that near St
Mihlcl German troops pt net rated
the first French line along a front
of seven hundred yard?. In the Le
Pietre forest a German attack, pre
??ded by the hurling of flaming
"oulds. ?a? repulsed. gays the
French report.
Turk? Mown Donu
Turkish troops in a general attack
jn the Dardanelles expeditionary
'oree July 5 were mown down In
?as'cs r.nd f:'lled to drive home the
?<*auli, according to the French war
lffce The attack was described as
he mosi important Bine- early May.
V Turkifh cruiser in the Dardanelles
took part, as did the batteries on
the Asiatic shore ai:d 1 urkish and
allied aviators.
k TVuton4r Vvecx * H|ackrua.
The force of the Toutonlc thrust
;n Southern Poland sceiwi In have
slackened for the time at leant but
Vienna claims the Auetrlaux *JIV
xro advancing ir. at lea?l one seitjr
of the front south of Warsaw.
Conflicting lU^Mirth in South.
Divergent claims come from
Vienna and Home aH to the situa
tion on I lie Auntro-Itallan front.
Italian headquarters says severe
less09 have been inflicted on the
Austrian* <n attacks on the Carole
frontier, the Tyr.f-Trentlno lln*.
r.nd the Italian position at Avostann
Peak. Austrian announce month de
?lare the Italians h t? v? been on the
offensive and have b' en repulsed at
several paints. Unofficial despatches
from Italy emphasize the violence
of the fighting along the Austrian
'rentier.
In the Caucasus the Russians re
port having eh' rked a Turkish at
tempt at an offensive weal of Ahla
rat.
Sink Turkish Venci*.
French de*troyer? have been op
erating on the Asia-Minor coast,
sinking Turkish vessels and Inflict
ing other damage.
OBITI'A BY.
R. B. Pmfer,
n TV Cutler panned ?way at his
home n ap Buncos yenterday evsn
nf al B:80. The funeral will Uke
place tomorrow mori^ny fit nine
o'clock, Interment being In the f*tn*
fly burial ground.
The deceased waa T4 years of aft?
and wai a consistent member of the
Kplsoopsl church. For neveral rear?
he held the position of Senior War
den In the parish of the fclon church.
He leaves a wife, one sister snd ley?
eral children to mourn their loss.
TO PRRAf'H AT BrVYOX.
Re*. Thomas P. Noe will preach
at the Zlon church at Bunyon Mon
day nl*ht, July llfh, at wh'ch time
th? Holy Communion will bo admln
Intared. The public Is cordially ?n
\lted to attend.
New Theater
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