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tNOON AUGUST 4. I'M* BRITISH GAIN ; t - ? > Hare Tmkm OeM of Oalll poll Pen- | Insula. No Chug? Hm Ta* Place l? tba VkMtf of Wat? w. I London, Aug. 4? The rilattrt In activity ^on the western front appears to h4ve Undergone a sodden change. A despatch from Amsterdam report* heavy lighting on the British froilt near Ypres, wKb a steady strssm of wounded men being brought to the rear. British lfak? Gates. Ths long silence on the situation of the allies In th* Dardanelles was broken today by an official London announcement (hat *e crest of the ridge oo the peninsula ' has been gained- by British troOps, thui proving the British position. .The situation at Warsaw show* no .material chaage. The German en circling movement continues. A Russian official report says desper ate fighting is still going am oa the banks or the NareW oonth of Oetro leaka, and that there have been eq?aUy heavy engagements between the.VU concentrated positions." while both kuki .of Ik. VUyra they haTe| repuleed th<- enemy. Atutrlns NmaM. On the Other hand an AaKrlanl ortclal atateneat aaji that Aaatrlenl rectraenU have been ?ucceeetal at | Ivangorod, capturing mora thaa 1,000 men and numerous euppllea. Chock time., itucta The French offlctal roort relate, the cuetomary night activity with artillery, bomb, aad hand grenade, together with MTeral Infantry at taoka by the German*. all of wbleb vera checked. Still Coming In Wf fU ?M ?Uo K lniuic?t?a ??< NOTICE! After the 10th of Augusi COUNTY COM MET MONDAY The commissioner* of Beaufort county "met in regular seoslon this tMk with m. E. St wtndell. chair man. H. C. firtia*, W. 8. D. Short; and C. P. Aycock present. It wii ordered that W. J. T. KeUy of Bel haven he released of poll tax for Us real* 111 4 on account of be mr. 'The following resolution waa read nd adopted: Whereas It it necessary to borrow be sam of isjroo for tbe current exponsee of the (county, it to ordered 'hat the cbaliMap and olerk of the board be snd Wteby are authorised to borrow said amount for a period of ninety days and pledge the credit of the county for its repayment and execute a bond of tbe eovnty there for. delivering the proeeeds thereof to tho county treasurer. Mow. therefore, be It resolved that the chairmen and the clerk bo and are hereby authorised to extend and renew said bond at maturity from time to time until the county shall [be la a. position to pay same. < WALLOPERS VS. NEW BERN t ' ? J-'.'.T-y;)!' .? * WWMfa ?*4? OOHWfl fhqm *mr ww vow oahu " : i HEM TOHORPOW, ?IU Be Pfck erf KoW taw in thM at?,.' oun^iiuHi Ate Wwtf ? W wtt?) tke I*cf4 tmm. y?n ftm nw; Kmm CawlHtOM, f wfn ??!? , V % What will probablj be 0(4 ?( tka matt Intlrettlog - KM pUrM M the loeal Irotinde- w to tkU M4ua, will Okt place tomorrow aftaraoon when the Waaklagton I Mat playe New Born bare. Tkere ui four ihw la tW? l?i and It la understood tkat the team tt?t to. to b? ml to WMklngton It th? pick of tko bmaek. For tkto hutn, ?n netting ooatMl la pre dicted and ekonM WMhln*t?n win tk? lama. tkey wilt tore a .trong claim for the chanpfcnaklp a f tkla ?action of the State. - ? GHmmwUumI ymtn Manager Ctoary stated tkl? mafn lag that ka had rooelved repeated roqucaU from the Orlraeetaod teem I (or a game hare. It la (MrM tkat If a game la arranged, enough apaa f latora will aot turn oat to pay tka 1 eipeaeee of Ua rlaltlag iMm Tka Walloper. af? wllllag to |rt*f the > r# gaa*. to wklok all of \U faa. *111 V without thftHfe. WASH-OUT ON COAST LINE ^ ? r , r HKAVT RAIN VWITBD ROCKY MOUNT BHOIION LAHT ?GR. TRAFTIC ? Of WCMORAIilEKD condtoon. nunn prom WBLDON BRING DBTOCRKD. (fly phone to tbe Dally News) Rocky Mount. N. C . Aug. 4?Af er ?xtmrtoBoing on* air th? be?*leet rain# which has vtstted this section in aetiral jnti' time, traffic on m ions division? of the Atlantic Const 'In? Is today demoralised on accoant of n serious wash-out Mar TUlary, i small station above Hobgood. Tbe road-bed of the lino is reported very soft In other section* and orders hare been given each train to pro ceed cautiously. Trains from Weldon 4o Parinele ire being de toured by way at Rooky Mount and Tarboro. Wrecking ,cr<ws have proceeded from bare and ! other points to Ttllery and the dwn ?ga Is being repaired as fsst a* pos sible. ' 1 r-- * >? "? - - I yesterday's game hardly merited ? sticking anyone's autograph in ? here. e The ltes Mid fcbout mtirdu'i ;ame, the ?>etter. The Vanceboro Wn while they tried herd, were eo -leerly ovtclaeeed by the Wallopera ?.het the i*mo proved e moet unln ereatlng one lor (he hmndful of tene o witeh. The only good thiol that he seme aecompllehed wee thet It *are Forbee e chance (or a try-out n the box. The youn*et?r pitched :ood bell la the three inning* he worked and when he fcvcdmee a little more confident lh himself. ?u(ht to -sake a food relief pitcher (or the Vaneeboro A.B. R. H. E, Aldrlch, e( 1 1 D I Tyndall, e . t 1 1 ? Blaort. aa. 1 0 l l toyaer. Jb. . . . ? ? 0 f Cotiacton, |br 4 0 11 I Uaedea, p. . ? J ? -? White, If. i 6 o | B?r,l?. |b. b 0 0 1 Jacktou, r t e ? 1 a Tot*l ,T, I ) T Weehtnitea A.B. R. H. B Dareapart, e. , . ,v , . , ( 1 . ? PhetM. 1. t ? Carrpw, ??. I ? e Moore, Ik. 4- I I * Brow*, p., it ,,,,,,, I ( ? 1 Mt?N. ?? I ? I I W- , . i ? . , , , . ( I $? t* WekMer, |(. i ? ^6r$*e, Fl?t p. ( I t $ T?t?l .11 II II I ?. h. a. Vaneeboro l 1 1 ( 0 t t 1 t- I i 1 W'rWnTn 1 I 1 1 1 I 0 1 1- II 1( I Hltai 4ft Bro*a, I la T UBlMfl a a ForbM, 1UI laalan. (truck oufi by Brown, T| by Forbe?, I; by Ba*d?a, ?. Baerttloe hit*, Blaad, Tyadall, Phelpe, FuKard. Wfb.t.r Three baa* hit*: Bland. Tayloe. Two ha** hlte, Phelpi. C arrow. Fulford. Umpire. MUjW. -V BRITISH AIDING THE SERBIANS Soow of Um But tepodttlonary party of British scnl to Serbia rightiui OHldi trench?# " MEETING CO. BOARD OF EDUCATION YESTERDAY New Committeemen Appointed. Other Matters of Im portance to Various Townships Are Taken Up. ? " i4BKL The Catutr Boar< ,af Education i met yesterday la tttfc**ourt house and transacted several important matters of business. The flr&t mat ter brought up Mm tfc* board was I the appointment of committeemen in Chocowiatty district No 6 in asmuch as A. 8. Wsrrea had refused tb qualify, the pa<4*>s sikqd IT. A. Emm bs sainted stead. TThe board appointed Mr. Pftcgrds. Committeeman were appointed for District No. 1, Long Acre town ship, as follows: James Alligood, 3 years; A T. Alllgood. 2 years; L. L. Cox, 1 yearr A petition was presented for a special tax election in District No. IS, Long Acre. The board postpon-' ed action on same until the boun daries conld be rearranged so as nnt to overlap the Plnevllle special tax district. In view of the fact that an elec tion for a special tax In District No, 4, Chocowinltjr township, bad been lost, the petition represented by B. V. Nicholson asked that the school building bs not moved from its pres ent location. The superintendent was asked to write the commltteR Was Arrested On Charge of Embezzlement I x Aptm Was IM(m4 HofNi-r, Tnm^nl to* Apologies of lb* Krt>oo) nop#. Or ?k??a t? the' poiir Hews) Arrested ?boat a BUMtb ago t>K tba echoot bov' #1 Ar4?? n the charga ?t ?nb*iil*RMt, fret W. A Ingram, ??perlnte?do?t of th? lehaole pf Ihgt Sltr. w? yesterday Meeted from th? charge. tbs record ot the <M* wei expunged (ran the court hooka bad a paper *ir |Ir?n Prit, Ingram on which tha school bagrd apologleed for tha aetloa they hat taken end expressed tbalr rafrct or?r tha matter. During tha laat school tarn, Prof Ingram aaeomed pemonsl responsi bly tor eome bllls-whlch th? school ewW not pay at that time. Tba board latar Indicted him aa tba oharge of embaoelemeat and a pre liminary hearing was hald about a month ago. fllnoe than tha school hoard Interviewed several la\ryer? la tha mattar and tha attorneye In formed them that there was abso lutely ao cose agataat Prof. Ingram sad that tha Uttar had )uat grounds for brtacln* a counter-salt against tha school hoard for Isles arrest Tha aohool board Immediately sow Prof Ingram and aotlfted blm I hat they had withdrawn their 'haw a.d aakad ha* Iba mattar ha dropped . Tba professor at drat re taeed. hot finally agreed to let tha matter bo oloood providing that tha ?M* ka aipueged from Ua book. - a ; A and advise them to take no further action with reference to a relocation. Patrons from District No. 13. Richland township, raided objections to Walter Mixon serving on the school committee under appointment of the board made in July. Both sides were asked to be prepared to preeent their case before the board purpose 'of aiding Ju the erection of an additional room to the school building In District No. 7, Bath township, the board appro priated $100 from the building fund -as an offset for money rained pri vately; the above amount to be a vallablc after January 1, 1016. C. C. Mayo was appointed nchool committeeman In district No. 2. Richland township, in the place oT H. C. Mayo, who refused to qualify under an appointment by the board at the July meeting. XW. M. Butt and the superinten dent were requested to meet with two members of the Small and ldalla school committers some lime be tween now and September to adjust the matter of a boundary line bo-; tween the two said district?. No other business coming up, ti-* board adjourned. Will A rrange For Moonlight Sch6oh Here Kx-Offl*4o Adtk^l to <??!#*? Vy Committor. Meeting |a to l*? HclcJ Morning at (lit Court Under the 8|?te plan for tta? or ganisation of (he ''MooajfflUt" echooi ays top, |p U'pln operating In Beau fort courtty ulth the ensuing trhpol year, an ea-offieio committee of fH tgens in the county baa beon a<1<M to the regular county oomraittr# |n order to aid In the movement. Tble committee consists of Mayor Kug ler, of Waibtagton, Mayor Tooley, or Belhayen, Carl Ooerc}>, editor of | the Washington Dally Nwe. Mrs, H. W. Carter, prominent in local wo gicn'a dob <worh, John Arthur, edi tor of the fielhaven Journal, Jim 8lngleton, chairman of the Farmera' Union in thla county, W R. Austin, secretary of the aa?ne organisation, and John P. Latham, county farm demonetrator. A special meeting of th? ex-of flc'.o and the regular county com mit fee will be hetd la the court house Saturday morning at 11 o' oloek At this meeting details re garding the work la the "Moonlight" eoboola wilt b? thoroughly dlecaaaod and a course of notion decided upon. ani tho school *?oard algn a docu ment formally reloading him of the churge they held against him. TW* the ***d at dm ?tff. EIGHTH - ^ ENTIRELY RUINED Blaze Started at Midnight and Flames ? s ** Spread Rapidly, Fanned By High Wind LITTLE INSURANCE WAS CARRIED Buildings Burned Were Si* Stores and Two Dwellings Fire Started in Store of S. D Parker. New Bern, N. C., Auk 4.? Fire which originated In th<> millinery I and dry goodB store of 6. D. Parker at Drldgelon a few minute* before midnight, completely wiped out the business section of that tov,u, de stroying six stores and two dweiliifg houses before It died out and eMail* Ing a loss of I3S.OOO. - Just how the Ore originated if a mystery to all. It was discovered by a resident and (he alarm given as quickly a* possible and the entire population of the place waft on the sc~ue within a few minutes and do ing everything within their power to control the blaze to the building in which It originated. Tlxiii structure, however, wag ocn structed of wood throughout and. this being dry. It burned like tipder. Se ing they could not. stop the march of the flames the citizens then began the work of removing the contents of the buildings but the fierce beat interfered with th!s work ? they were Aeon forced, ?? aeslst. ?- X arrow Kncjhm*. ? The 0*m*a apj?a<L-lram..iIr- PAT ker'a store to the building owned by C. C. Lfe and occupied by Fred Mozlngo and his family. Mr.'Moz ingo rr sided on the Focond floor and conducted a meat market on the first loor. He awoke just in time to gel 'tis family out. In trying to nave a few belonging* he was overcome by smoke- and had to be attended by a physician. The next stores to fall prey to tht flames were those of C. P. Fulcher and Dr. II. B. Smith, and that oc cupied by J. H. Ogelnby. Next the stor-- occupied by Tingle Ilrothers, loeated on the opposite side of the street from the other buildings, be came ignited and was rapidly de stroyed. Spectators, and there were CONVENTION IS 1ft SESSION COLOMCD BAPTIST Sl'NI>AY tK<HOOL CONVENTION BR ING HKM> ffEUH. liAfK* KWQNr ?f ItatafpMf* IVwH. Hoptp Rfflifjeiit nt tl>o Opofj|ng ?w?U?n of M?e ('onventlopi 1-oW Njtftol, Over s| 4U(OOd colored Baptist* of the State are brio* represented At tjie convention of the colored Haptlst Bupdgy School*, which I* being held in th|? oil jr. About 800 delegates arrived in Washington yesterday and attended the opening aesalon. 800 more tre expected today. The convention will )Mt until Saturday. A. B. Y. P. U. meeting ?m held yeaterday afternoon end the conven tion proper was opened last night, Rev. R. L. Gay. pastor of the local Firat Baptist C^prch, made the ad dreaa of welcome on behalf of the white churchea of the city, while the pastora of the vartoue eolored churchea also welcomed the dele gates. Some exeollent addresnes were heard at the meeting last night, which waa held at the Spring Oar den Church. Among the beat wait the speech made by Dr. Origgs, of Atlanta, Oa. I>r. Griggs le one of the leading members of the colored race In the South and he ie a moat Corceable speaker. It la being plan ned to have him make an addres* before the white paople at the court houee sonrn night (hie week. / The convention la continuing to day. a large number of delegate* having arrived la the city thle mora lag. Mara are ax*eeted this after ???** % Lu Wv. 4L: , rv several hundred New Bernlans a mong them by that time, thought then that the flro would destroy the whole place and for a few minutes it looked as though this would be Hie case. The wind *ak blowing a gale aud the aparks were (ailing In ahow~ era all over the little town. Prorl dence intervened, however, and the {lames went no further on that aide. Hack OH the opposite aide of the .iireet, the side on which the Are first originated, the flames had leap ed to the dwelling owned by Hilllard Harrington and occupied by a Mr. ISrlnkley. The occupants of this had !me to remove a few of their be longings and theeo were saved. The !;u'.ldlng occnpled by Luther Foy abk aleo burned. It was nearly 1 o'clock when the ire had died down to such a degree hat it was thought that ?1*"""? was no further danger scene that vvti-i pres<"M<*r^0 those who vipwed ruins, was -one which was indeed disheartening. Yearn have be' n -pent In building up the business action of Brldgeton and In less than had, laid In ruins. - Just what tho loss will be cannot e estimated now but the general >p!nlon of those who were familiar %*lth conditions, was That it would hp In the neighborhood of thirty or thirty-flve thousand dollars and but cry little Insurance was carried on ither the burned bulldlngH or thrir ontents. To say 4 hat pandemonium relgp-d 'upreme while ?hp flame* were Jav-. ig'.ng the town, would not In tho I ait be an exaggeration For a time looked a* though the entire resi dential acctfon would be destroyed ?nd ther*- were many who moved ou' their belongings whll" there waa plenty of time. WILL TALK AT COURT HOUSE OH. GlUGGH TO MAKE ADDRESfl TOMORROW!* NIGHT. 18 ON? OF THE GRRATE9T ORATORS or THE COLORED HACK ISf THE COUNTRY. Dr. Gr:ggn, pf Atlanta. Ga.. who is <>!>* of th? mott prominent m?n of the rojored nice, and who la at tending Ui^'yiiw tition of the color ed Bnptjat Bunri*y ftchooU of the State, h a* fomented to nuke au ad drcae to *be white people of the Ctt/ tomorrow night at the court hove*, Dr. Origt:* i? teld to he one of the mom learned men and one of tfc? mort ImprcMive opeakere and or? tora among the ooqired race In (hla I country today. It Is expected that g large number will b? proeent at the court Tiobse tomorrow night to hear him. He w'.ll begin hie addreaa at eight o'clock. W. C. T. V. .MEETING. The W. C. T. U. will meet tomor row afternoon at the tome of llrift O. B. Carmalt. The meeting will begin at Ave o'clock. All membera are requited to toe preaent. New Theater - Vt-i ? 1 ; Change Program Tonight. h
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