North Carolina Newspapers

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 TO-WlfJnT. MRARIIT-SEIJO NEWS War Pioturfts ?RlM? 2 ?OTIIER RKBLft- I TOMORROW NIGHT Ind Bplaod* ol ' "THB MAKTRR KKr Mid? ? OTHBR RJDftLfl?I PrkMk I? M? l?c