1ST !?. HIS
TO ISSUE NOTE
Brownsville. Texas. Aug. 10. ?
?With the expedition that the Unit
ed States eoldlers sent to Noria>
reach last night will relieve the elt
uatlon there caused by the attack o!
Mexican bandits, border officials to
day turned their attention to report?
tbat 800 Mexleana had created tb?
border into Hidalgo county, Texa<
In email parties, and apparent!}
tration point. Unusual precaution
hare b^en taken by peace bfflcer
and ranch owners to prerent ?mi
break*. /
To Iasoe Maaifciyrf:
Galveston, Teat.. A? yp/ 10. Genera
Carranaa la preparing < a manifesti
to the American people in which h?
plans to rarlew the Mexican situs
tlon and make public the oorree
pondence between his governmen
and the 8tate Department. Notic
of preparation of the document wa
rroeirad yesterday by.Jean T ijom
eoudlllloulM corienl here.
DISCUSS
INSURANCE
Hi* Bern, N. C.. Aug. 10. Th
?rat meeting of Uie twenty elghti
mill convention of the Stmt* Fire
mens' Aeeoclation, being held her
this work, was called to order b
Prealdent James D. McNeill, of raj
etterllle. In the oonrt housl las
night at bum o'clock. This was i
mooting of the chiefs of. the dlftei
oat companies throoghout the Bute
y tad was lor tho purpose of starting
ap loveetlgatlon which will event
aally reveal why the Insurance (atet
oontlnuo to Increase, with tho in
creased eBalcncjr of tho Are depart
ments.
The Chiefs of the Are departments
of different towns tbat hare organ i
Hit Ore lighting facilities declare
that tke amount of Insurance rec.lv
ad far property destroyed by Sya .li
oaly about atteea pey cant a(. th?
apiouot of tka premiums paid the tn
aaraaaa ooqtpanlee. .The total I0a>
by fly* Is tha ?tate last "year wa\
is reply pay aaat of tha amount of
? premiums paid, but the greater part
?( It was la Tillages and rural sec
lions that hare no organisation for
?fktlN Ira.
Wadaebon, Aug. Iff. ? At a ? par
lal errr!e* for women held In the
Presbytertaa church at Polkton yaa
terday afternoon Rev. Mr. Olll. ol
Charlotte, atataa that of orer seven
hundred eeavens la his meeting!
last year only sixty-five war* women
Be laid tka woman owed more to
Christ thaa men. Before Hie corn
lag woman ware slaves but He had
honored them above man. He eald
women of today do not appreciate
Christ and what he did for them.
Mm *re more religious than women
9HRINMM JOURNEY TO
TIUB COAST THURSDAY
iMorshaad Oky, Aug. lO^Af.
rangements for ths entsrtalnmept of
the Noble, o t tha Mystic Shrine of
North Carolina whan they arrive
hera Thursday hare been compute*
and Indications now point to the
largest assemblage of Shrlners that
hat aver mftred to tha coast.
_ aqual to
the expanses of the gam*. The D^lly
N'ewtr has quite a circulation in the
lelghborhood of Orlmaaland and Mr.
riaary's remarks eanght the eyes of
levferal backers of the Orlmesland
"cam. Th*y immediately proceeded
; to hold a council of war and tha' out
come of this meeting was a hot and
Indignant epistle, which was receiv
ed by the News today.' Dr. Jonas'
signature Is affixed to the letter. Doc
| is well known hare and It la also
Lwell known that when he says
ihing he means it. Here's the let-!
ier:
Grimesland, N. C., Aug. 8, 1915.
ad 1 tor Daily News.
Washington, N. C.
?ly dear sir:
We see a statement in your psper
jI August 4th in which yOu quou
Manager Cleary as proposing to
Orlmesland DOES and CAN plaj
mil. She ba? defeated teama tha:
lave defeated Washington ? Green
ille for one, and she has mad<~. rc
seated efforta to get a game with
Vathlngton In order to wallop the
Gallopers, but it^ seams that Waah
ngton has evaded every challenge.
*.nd no game yet. Orlmealand l>?
*lllitfg to play Washington on ab7
>qual and reasonable terms.' Orlme3
and will not pl&y a free gama with
Washington. She charge* an ad
mission fee on her own grounds and
expects Washington to do the sam\
\nd make suoh division of gate re
ceipt* between winner and loser as
?nay be agreed on. Our town has
Always maintained, pleasant social
ind business relations with the town
.of Washington and if Washington
proposes to place a boycott on our
bhseball team, we will find somjs
means to retaliate. Manager Qleary
Tears a little matter of expanse In
?layliig Orlmaaland; we think ho
had better fear defeat If he ehouM
condescend to aocept a challenge so
often repeated -by the Orlmesland
u-am.
Remember Aflius Ceasar aoorned
the Rubicon it was his undoing.
lOoliath scorn^ tha ibafhasd boy
[David, and was the vfetfr.
Wa do not desire to kick Wasting*
ton Into a gams, but ws would llko
to cro*s bats with her.
Respectfully.
^ ' DIR. 0. M. JONBfl.
SWANNER GIVEN HEARING
WILL HOLD A SERIES
BE FARMERS' MEETII
START AUGUST 30|
Number of ;
A mtIm Of Camera' mrtlm difl
aoon be held la the cobhUm of (W
first Congressional district These
nee tinge havs boon M4 here la
"ormor years and horro proven moot
successful. baring aroused great In
-ereet and boon of material benefit
to . the"* farmer# of the community
where they wore hold.
A series of loot are* will be bald!
at tbe meetings by men who know I
: heir sabjeota and who are 1n the |
employ of the United State* agricul
tural department- There will be s
lecture on 'The fundamental* of
publie health," which will inelnde
sanitation and the prevention of dla
eaaea. Another lecture will be de
voted to stock raising and tick ered
tcatlon. A third will be an tnapira
tlonal talk, showing how the farm*: |
ruay better hla condition and 1m
prore his crops. There will also he|
a talk for the farmers' wires and J
daughters by a prominent lady lee-)
- urer . from the Department of Ag- ,
"(culture. She srill talk on 'The
Home and Home lCeenlna." Motion
Congressman Small la one ot the
tew Congressmen in the eouatry
who arranges for theeo meetings and
there is no Question but that the
farmers in hla dletriot appreciate
his interest in their welfare.
The following is a partial Itlner |
\ry ot the place and date of the
meetings:
Swan Quarter, for flyde county |
Monday, August 10th.
(Washington, for Beaufort connty.J
Tuesday. Aagpit Slat.
Greenville, for Pitt county. Wed [
neaday, Sept. 1st. %
WlUiametoa, lot Martin county. |
Thursday, dept. 2nd.
Plymouth, for Washington count; |
Friday. Sept. Ir|
Columbia, for Tyrrell oeunty, B
urday, Sept. 4th.
ANIMALS PARADE
ON THE STREETS
Oow, aad Pmmum OmiiJ tawka
1MB I+M Nlffht, Ttm Cow* Art
- *ow 111 Uv* v*r Fom?j.
Ur* ?o?k la Wa*bin*t#n want on
a rampa** la* Cow* parad
*t gp aad dowt lftlni alraat, nut
in t|a? rto? wlndowt M< oat of
ttiwn actually ita'tad to wUr th
hot*l. T*?r ?*r* ??t particular a
bo?l utlaf til* atraata aHhar, but
motndarad if and dowa tka 44*>
wtttt tnd iiiHfKJo ka parftctly
at homo. Folk* oflwrc caukt tan
?f them tad tfcay lure baan m
pounded- It l| kaltarad that Html
oth.ro not awlr
Caafht 'Ponan on Mala Una.
Not only war* Uia *0W| ant an
th* ttraatt, but * couplt of 'pom tun
aiao tlrollad. down tka ttraat at a~
boat two o'clock thla moroltf Ntfkt
Clark Tartar of the Hotel Loatae
cauffht on* of (ham aad ha* It at
prcaaat at tka' kotal.
U. S. FLEET GOES TO MEXICO
v - >v; ' e*A
A bulletin was received in thf# office at 8:80 th\t aft-moot* to tflfc
effect tfi?t the Atlantic fleet of the Tailed 8ute. t?*j h?d ton
ordered to proceed to Ven Cm* M owe on ?ocount of the ttti
foreign tooling wkleh b*? wddenly tfrnm nf W *Ut cltjv
An attempt to "beet
vie, who wu formerly eal ployed b>
thto efty as private detective, wa?
recently made in
yenng man from Washington, i
cording to Information given out
hta moraine.
The man. It la elated, met Davit
m the streets of Norfolk, and stop
?ed him.
"Hallo, Darls," one of them It
.Meged to hare said, "did you knov
your father waa in town?"
Darla replied that ha had no in
3d the Washington fellows, who lead
him op to a room In the third story
3f a house in the residence part of
ihe eltj. Whan they had him In
the room they slammed the door and
ua<H him a prisoner.
"Now we've got jou juat Where I
we want jou," said one of the men . [
"We've been laying for you * long I
thne, you ? ? ? . We're |
folng to beat H out of you."
Before starting operations; how
ever, the three men felt the need of
woe liquid refreshment and one oT
hem went down for some beer. Tho
loor was left open a few Inches.
Oavis watted his chance and grad- 1
tally edged nearer the door. At last j
*ie made a break for liberty, ran
town the steps and out on the afreet
What became of the Waahington
boys la not known.
It Is supposed that the me(T were
laslrous of avenging themselves on
Dwvla for the part that he had dem?
'n aeeuring evldenee against certain
blind tigers In tbla city.
NBOHO BMW HIM UTIt
TO QVT OVT OK WORH
Oraaoabaro, An*. 1#. ? T# hfor of
a airo committing aulolda la ?n
uaual, but tor oat si thl? r*W t ti
Hi kla IK? to ?ht?p wor* x aoine'
tklng oartalalr out or tba ordinary
Tint It lait what 3. A. Davldaon. In
oharfa af tka ??rt?t WW of Oull
tord orutt X, ballavai h??pa?ed ytt
tortUgr wktn ? s?cr? ooarlot oimvl
Stuart ?4M bit Ufa kr drlnkln?
dlalafaetlag Sutd and aatlat amp.
?fka aatro waa a atraatar to Oraaa>
bora. It la Katad harlot baooma In
ralrad la trouata al aoaa aort about
lira months afo wblla a traulant
rial tor aatf aubaaaaaatlj drawing a
aaataao* o i II maatha aa tka coun
ty roada. Hr. Darldaon daelarct
that tkla particular naaro hatad work
worn than an? Indlrldnal ha aror
aaw. Ha ballavaa that la tba ona
and only raaaoa why ha aniad hla
Ufa. Ha haa ao tdaa at aU that tba
man vaa laaaaa.
CiBRMAN PLRS5T AT GULP
OF RIGA IUBPV1AED
Patrofrad. Al| 10. ? Tba follow
ing ofBoUl eommaalcatloa waa In
aaad lut atfkt:
"A Omu iMt of DIM baUla
ahlpt aad twalia erulaara with a
lar#a aambar of tory?4? boat !?
acrorara i?r?!.t Mlj attacked ?ha
aatraaoa to (ha 0?U ot Rita la a
day, bat umrtwi war* tapated.
'U. eralaat aad two lorjuh ko>t
4<?rer*ri wm*
EMMANUEL AT THE FRONT
The king of Italy mounted on on*
of hi* favorite chargers. The pret
ence of the king ha* imbued his sol
diers with p-eet confidence and en
ergy. The king has had several nar
row escapes from death while watch*
lng shell fire.
HOLD MEETING
AT MOREHEAD
bounty Commltfftlonm Prom All
Over tlic State Are Meeting
There Today.
Today the county commissioners
:f practically every county in North'
Jarolina will meet at Morehead City '
.o attend the annual meeting of the
. itate. Association of Commtasioners
be la session theri 'for
?iro days or more. W. M. L?ong, of
Charlotte, is the president of the
association and ho has done every
thing possible to secure a large at
tendance at the meeting this year
*ud there is every indication that
?ho number of members present will
>e larger than ever before.
AmOng the most important sub
jects to be discussed will be that of
good roads and also the stock law.
Thla latter subject will probably re
ceive more attention than any other
one matter and a number of speak
er* will use this as their subject. At
the conclusion of the meeting the
commissioners will go to New Brrn
to attend the State Firemen's Tour
nament.
HE'S OLDEST BLACKSMITH.
Lyons is Eighty-nix and Still Hhcxw
Hwiw.
Homer, Mich., Aug. 10. ? The old
est blacksmith in Michigan ? prob
ably the oldest In the United States,
tlyat'a what Jacob J. Lyon of Homor
believes be Is. He will be elghty
bIk years old next January, and If
there ajo any competitors for the
honpr Mr. Lyon hopes to remove all
doubt by remaining ?t the anvil for
many more yeara.
"You see. my father lived to b->
eighty-two, but he had two brother*
wbo lived to bo ninety-four and
ninety-six years old," he declares.
"9o I have a few more good years
In me yet."
Mr. Lyon hasn't missed a' day at
hie shop In years. His arm is as
powerful And he la as activaa as the
man, forty years bis junior, who la
hla employee. '
TWO MEN FltiHT WITH LYNX
North Dakotana Kill Vlolouo Animal
In Flaro* mania Noar
Davlla Lakl.
Davlla La**, N. a? In * batUo la a
?tot flald * half mil* from Lakota.
frod Hanaay ui v ii*rlf? Tramlcak
war* ratarned riotora oror a vloloua
famala Ijrai. th* Drat arar aaaa la th*
lako regtoa.
A dray cube ?u uaad by Trar-1
aleak to MU th* Irti. which waa
?-aoy to ?p?m at Hanaay, who waa
unarmtd.
TrafHa OWWar Bound ftaro, 9m.
Naw York. ? yrtilla diractlni tr*fl)o
at BroaAlway and '-imoora Mraata.
PoMoomw MaArarery, of tha traBa
*<iuad. ia-T comathlni aparkl* la tka
tut tar. .1* pick ad It ap lad touad It
waa a (old trroooh w with au ??
aorta ?pi worth
FEDERAL COURT HAS TAKEN
CHARGE OF HERRING CASE
Swanner and Spencer Placed Under
Bond for November Term
of Court
TRIAL WAS HELD YESTERDAY
Mayor Kugler and E. Weston Summoned a* Witnejses.
Hearing Was He'd Before U. S. Commissioner.
Before U. 8. Commissioner 8t?nv
onson at Norfolk y?twd?- ^
Swanner, forme*' _
city acd Freem. -?r. book
keeper for tho wholesale liquor
bouse of H. Q. Williams In Norfolk,
wore given a hearing on the charge
of having v'eated provisions in the
U. 8. liquor law. Swanner was
i placed under $1,000 ar.d Spencer
under $500 bond to guaract e their
appearance at the November term
of Federal court in Norfolk.
The caae is the result of an illepal
shipment of liquor to this city from
Norfolk, of which Swanner wn?
found guilty in the local court sev
eral weeks ago. The Federal auth
orities have taken up the matter and ,
.believed that It rill go bard
he offenders.
H. O. Williams, personally, can
not be connected with the affair, as
he wae not In Norfolk at the tlm<i
of the shipment and knew notbiaf
of it. Hl? Arm, for which Spencer
acted as agent, may be involved la
the ease, "however, and the suppo*l
tion is that they may have to pay a
heavy fine.
Mayor F. C. Kugler. of Washiag
ton, and Clbert Weston, clerk of the
recorder's court, were In Norfolk
yesterday, having been ordered
there as wltnesar? in the caso.
It is understood that Mr. Swan
ner Is now living in Norfolk, having
secured a position there and moved
his household good* to that city.
IS BUYING UP
MUCH COTTON
New D??n> Dealer is Hn-urlng All h**
Can. Paid 8 1-8 Cents Per
L.t,-. Pound for Lu*t Uot.
New Dern, N. C., Aug. 10 ? On?
of the largest cotton deals made in
New Bern in some time wn? consuin
ated Saturday when J. A. Jon1 s pur
chased one hundred and sixty five
bales of the fleecy staple at 8 1-8
cents per pound. Mr. Jones ha*
been investing pretty freely in cot
ton during the past several month*
and now he ha* between fifteen hun
dred and two thousand bales cn
hand.
WOMAN BHl'NN \N1CE JAIL.'
Decline* 14ght Sentence and A*k*
For T**rm in F'rnintent lary .
(New York Sun)
Mr* Margaret Blrkenahaw, 60. is
on tbe way to the federal prison at
Leavenworth. She declined to ac
cept a abort sentence In a 'nice Illi
nois Jail" when she was before the
Federal court at Sprlng3eld charg
ed with using tbe malls to defraud.
?'Getting In Jail has required more
ofTort and ingenuity thou anything (
else I ever attempted," i?a1d Mm.
Blrkenshaw In her ploa to the court
for a heavier sentence,
The eourt considering her age. |
coupled with the Impression of cul
ture she made, was Inclined to be
lenient.
"I went to get Into prison for at
least a year." she said. "I want to
study orimlnology and penology. [
can't do that In *ny nice Illinois
Jail."
McAPOO I w NOT FINANCING
NBW OOV^RNMIXT IN MEXH O
Ntw York, A?|. 10.? WillUm O.
MoAdoo, tacratary of the treasury,
who ?p?nt today ?t tha New York
?ub-traaturjr and la th# Intnolal
dtftrlct, danled tonlfht that his mic
tion had b??n to dlaovift plant for
floanoint a posilbla new fovarnm^nt
In Maxtoo.
KKftOLt.TIONft PRAWI
WILSON'S FOREIGN COL'RAK
Lot Angola*, Cal., Aug. 10. ? Rh
olutloni praising Pr*?ldrnt Wilton's
courao in handling forolgn compli
cations worn adoptod todny at tfea
annual convention of tho Interna
tional Ooographical Union
W. A. Bnydsr," ttoo president of
the general commit fa on arrsnge
?MU, said the gross earnln** or
tha members of the Union during
the mr endlac May II. 1118. were
M1.1U.HI. *> ncroaaa of $U4.
411 oter Us prions wr
L/GHTNING PLAYS
.STRANGE PRANK
Broke Crystal In Man's Watch at
Bridget on Yesterday Evening.
-New Bern. Aug. 10.? During th?
Thunderstorm that passed over this
section yesterday afternoon, light
ning played at learf one queer prank
The bolt referred to struck some
where In the vicinity of Wyatt'a bath
hous?e at Brldgeton and In addition
to severely shocking Henry Wyatt.
who wrs lu the building at the time,
troke the crystal of his watch which
he carrird In a small pocket undT
his belt. Mr. Wyatt was not able to
eay where the bolt struck, but stated
that h?? plnlnly felt the a^ock. How
the crystal of the wateti was broken
and tl>e wrarer not more painfully
hurt, is ? mystery.
Washington, Aug. 10. ? The Unit
ed Stato* will eont In tin to act alons
In representations to Great Britain
rcgnrdlrn neutral trade, Negotia
tions begun by tl? " Swedish legation
hero Stoking 10 a conccrted protest
by neulrule iiav* brought no results.
Th? latest Hwedibh proposal con?
(amplated identical notes of protest
by netitrela.
AMRRIOA WON'T JOIN I>"
ANY TONTBRTBD I'ROTMT
The state department already bad
rejictf?d a previous suggestion bf
Sweden for u Joint note.
Home details of the Swedish pool*
tlon as to trade Intertorenoo by
Great Hrttaln, It Is said, aro Incon
sistent with coutantlont of tha Amer
ican not** to London. Reports of
strong German sympathiof la Bw?>
den also are brlieved to htva bttn
considered by the state departmtBt.
?AYR IVYKKR.
If you have a vliltor In youj
home thli wok and you are golnf
to take them around to the differ
ent placet of Intereat, don't forget
our rtudlo. We think wa hartf tha
moit attractive place in tha city.
Our atudlo la well equipped and u^>
to date In every particular. Wa
eater to and for tha beat trade la
Bactern Carolina.
B.\KKR'8 8TUD10.
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New Theater
Change Program
Tonight.
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