No. 37 J
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OPENS HERETOMORROW
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MBHTKDKS WRKRK IT 18 V'K
DBRSTOOI) ATTACK IB TO
TAXI PLACK.
FIGHT LAST NIGHT
.
Om? V. a. Soldier KIT led ?td A?oth
?r Om VoibMM. MmlcJHU W
U| Large Nu^n cm
*v4<3tte Mwfcaa Bid* of th* Rio
?NMk.
Brownsville, Teg., Aug. IT.? A
force of Mexdcant, ranging froas I&O
to S00 man, to reported to have
'crowed the Rio Grande and to be
^ preparing for an attack on the town
of Mercedoe. about forty mllee from
here. Detachments of U. 8. soldiers
and Texas rangers are being rushed
?la automobiles to Mercedes to meet
tbe Mexicans.
A small band of Mexicans last
night attacked an- outpost of Ameri
can aofdkrs a short dtotarfoe from
Mercedea. One of the U. 8. soldiers
la reported to hare been klllod and
another one seriously wounded.
>? Large number of* Mexicans are
assembling on the Mexican elde of
the Rio Oraode. They are said to
be well armed.
It to beHered that affairs ha to
reachcd a> crisis. ?
NBGKO BEAT WIFK.
Jim Bonn, colored, ?a? brought
up before the recorder jneterday al
ter noon, charged with aas? ailing h?5
?M? ?? >M found guilty and wa?
Oned fS end costs.
FTNHD FOR SPBKpING.
J. Hodges was tried before the
recorder- yesterday afternoon charg
ed spredlng. He we* fined
; coeti of comrt. It vu alio* ed that
Hodge* was going twenty mtjea ?n
hour, although the defendant had
ite wltneaeea to prove that this Wt a
hp't ?o.
Mr. Young, of Roberionrllle, wa <r
alao brought before the recorder,
charged wtu having no rear lfghta
on Ma auto. He w?i fined coats of
rnmri.
LIBRARY CHANGES 0OVBDULE
Beginning with . tomorrow, and I
ulTtll the opening of tho graded
achoole of tho city, tho WuMtngtoii
public kfbrary will ho opon for cir
culation of books during the morn
lag from 10 tp II, Instead of cgch
?fternon from i to ?. Tho Mbrary
will oontlnuo to bo*open on Tueadfty
and Saturday nlgbta from I to 6, as
beretofdre. . ? >
UAl.YKSTON HIT HAW.
Oatlaa. T?., Aug. IT.? roll ef
fepta at Ah* terrMe welt Indian hnr
rlcan*, which peeeed through the
? ucAttn channel Sunder. were felt
?t gall eoget point* late today. when
the wind reached TO qllea an hour 1
aad alarm waa folt for the eafetr of
Tarloae porta, notably Oalreeton
At ( p. m? water from Oglreeton
bar waa being drtren Into the lower
part at the city along the wh*r'
front. In froat of the N*w? build
lag, the water >u reported one foot
IMP. ?
No early report, of low of life
were reoeirM. _
The new aea wall at Oalreeton
waa hplding ftrmlr althongh epray
from the breakera aplaehed orer It.
ODOff nrn TOMATOES.
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We an la receipt of a box of Bn<
r?d tomatoea. which were grown br
T. R. Hodge*. Mr llodiea makes a
apenlalty of railing tomato** and the
temple* he lift with n> are about II
dno at we bar* ever teen
*1 hain't help beta' euperattuoei
ihottf *rWay," aald ?nh it... -fc,t
I feeo'n\u dat It aln' eo Mao* wbul
rwt doee m rr:.l*r dat brlnga bad
kick a* whnt ymi aideatapa na Krldaj
*?' ar* er eta other dan ? week
hays baRhh.
The Waehlngton tobacco market
opona tomorrow Won't ??? root*
Hjonf. BAKRR'8 STUDIO,
Mob Wreaks Vengeance Upon Leo
M. Frank. Body Found Half Mile
From Mary Phagan's Home, k Was
Hung.to a Tree.
FOUND AT 10:30 THIS MORNING
(By wire to the Dally News)
M illedge vllle. Q+., Aug. 17 ?The
body of Leo M. Prank, who was
dragf?d from the Georgia State prls*
on farm here last night, was found
this . morning, suspended from a
tree, about half a mile from tbe
home of Mary Pheagan, the young
girl whom Prank was accused of
having murdered. The discovery
was made by the sheriff's poese. A
number of bullet wounds were found
in the body. T ho hands were hand
cuffed In front of him. The wound
la bia lag had been re-open^d. His
body was covered with blood.
No ono has yet been connectrd
with the deed, although officials are
making tireless efforts to locate the
men who carried Prank off. It is
reported that eeraral machines left
Marietta last night and the police
^re working on this clew. 80 far,
however, they hare bean unable to
learn anything. _ ?
^ prisoner ?in the M rn.de tl>.
st.tcment thla morula* lilt ?*
beard mat froaata? aa Ue nrtn
took Mm from the )m u< it l? t>?
Uered that the doomed man i<i8#r
ed untold i|od7 before death at lam
eatne to hie roller.
Frank *M ta*ea from the prison
at eleven o'clook last nlf ht' by abeat
thirty men, wh6 overpowered the
guard* and the prison o metals- Up
to the time or the discovery of the
body, it wee not known whether he
had been seised by his enemlee or
whether a party of friends had come
to carry him off to some other State.
?xcitovnent la at lever hut in
thU section of the Bute. Tbe tmk-l
ln( of Frank from the prlaon and
ttie BQbeequent diaeoverr of the body
have etirred reaMepta of this Mo
tion aa nothing haa er?r done be
WATERWAY ENTHUSIAST
VISITS WASHINGTON
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Capt. Davenijy Tells of Benefits That
Country Will Derive From intra
state Canals.
NOJES DEVELOPMENT HERE
Speaks of Changes That Have Taken Place In the City
Since Hi* Visit to Washington Two Years Ago.
"The change* that bavo taken place
In Washington aluce t*J former vltit
are surely of the eubiUDtig! lort anil
?pell permanent physical better
ment." ?
The comment upon the many ma
larial signs ot the city's growth In
tba matter at modern business
structures, and the Improvement of
b'r public build Ipgs, waa voiced to
a representative of Cbe Dally Jfewt
at the I.putee thla morning t* Cap
tain Wlleon I. Davegay, ?el? nwre
tary of ">* National Rtveri and H?is
' bora Con areas with teadqugrters Is
Washing tip, D. C, ? -
Captain Davnny, It >ar be re.
msplbered, delivered ?, waterway ad
dreaa in thla ally * little more than
two ysars ago,
"The new Pad aril butldlsg," said
Captain Daveajtf, "might entity h*
the envy of many oitlet la the eon**
try having (pur timet tM population
ot Waahlngtoa, aad It items to have
stimulated aa era of expansion along
modern llaee In new home*. (or not
a taw mercantile h on tea. And, all
la all, deeptto the generally nnsat
Itfactory hutloete condltlont Wseh
Ington arhlMta a tmlllag face to the
strangar" ? - ,yi
Captain Davonny arrived In Wash
ington from .Morahead City on ?nil
day morning, and left this efternoon
for Belhaven. Slnee hie former vttftj
to Waahlngton'tbe Captain, In the
prosecution of hit mission, haa trtiv>
eled more thsn'?l,000 miles, la th?
coarse of which ho travelled tha
PaeMc Coast from San Diego, CaS
Morale, to VaacouVer. B. C.*; and hai
recently made a second trip along
the Oulf Coaat from the Rio O rand a
to Florida. Besides making ad
dressee In lbs Interior oltl?t of Tcir
as he baa. since the Brat of the jeer.
dlsoussM warn rhnwnol develop'
men! before commercial and dvk
bodlee In gractleelly all tliv port clt
Louisiana, Mlsslwlppl, Alabama.
Oeorrla. South Carolina, and the
"North State." Ha win continue up
the Coast to Norfolk and complate
a continuous eight month's trip at
Washington. D. C.
Captain Davcony visited Senator
Simmons at his horn* In. Nsw Bern,
and u an evidence of Intarast In the
propaganda of th* National Rlrarn
and Harbors Oonj'reaa, the ^Senator
?art th* Captain ij'fnl Wtor at
Intro4uatl*n to tlx poop Is of Morth
Carolina. JnVh?oll hp said:
"I shall esteem as % personal fa
T#r ??y courtesy shown him or aa
??st?D?? (Iran Mm In the furth*
????? ot hit niMHii."
, rp? Captain Is tbrlM armed It)
til* (lot that h* a Up carrie# l*tt#rs
or IBtrpdmtlo* and lorllal (omasa
datlon (rpm Copgrssaoan John H.
Small, Wjip U Vl?a Pr?14*nt of tk?
Confra*# f pt' North Carolina aad
Seaator Jei, W. Ransdell, of Lo?t?
laaa, the tireless aad popular Pres
ident of tin organisation.
Speaking of tha provlotou la the
laat Elver and Harbor BUI, autho
orltlnf a reexamination of th* Nor
folk-Beaufort link la the iatrt-ooMal
waterway, Capt. Daresay aald, "Br
ery etudant of water-c hansel devel
opment, unhampered by anta?oalatto
affiliations, has arrlred at tha oon
elusion that the proposed Inside
f'rabl* that absolutely lnd? pa? a
l>le to the development of a oonnact
ed aad oompr*h*aslve system of
American waterways. Qrttlully
planned to aoord a sal* and shelter
ed war for oMrehaatmet and ma
rine#. avoiding the perils of th* saw
side root* that hare - taken heavy
human toll for the |Tav*taMe of
the Atlantic, th* event* of reeent
month* hsve Invested this prat**)
With . new poMlMIHy of Mafnutaes
aad a greatly Incresaed measure of
(Coatla?*4 00 tow)
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ROBERSONVlLLE
MEETS DEFEAT IN
FIRST GAME; 4-3
WAUbOFSftS WON OVT YKSTEK
?r mi nTni-nx.u
iXHXVO.
*"??' PW Wj? WwlM anamm
Whe"
Or FAME.
Scoring two at the jour run? '
made ky kla? team; getting ?
tkraa hlta Mt of tour tlmea it <
but ? ft (ingle, a two bagger and '
a triple ? and pitohlns a good '
CUM baatdes, are a (aw at th?
raawn'i why "P?u' " name has 1
been Jerked lata thu Acre or 1
Achievement today.
Th? squeeze play In the Una! In
ning won rent day's game for the
Wallopers and resulted in the ic
fe at of RobersOnrllle by the score
or 4-S. The game was witnessed by
a cood-slsed crowd of fans and ???
?ii. WW ? Ml"" mil? ^
T*a> .Wallopers made the lira:
?core i?' the fourth inning when
Brown started things with a two
b agger. Jm Hackney got to first by
taking one or Darden's curves a
long-side of his head. Webster
reached first safely on Leggett's er
ror and Pose scored.
Roberaoovllle tied It up In th'
fifth Inning. Grimes getting a two
bagger and James and Roberson
rille following with singles, seorlnc
O rimes
In thair half of the fifth, Wssh
Ingtoa draw' ahead again, Floyd sin
gling and later scoring from second
en Brown's hit. In the sixth in
ning. Robereonvllle msde two more
rus, Darden tripled, Roes {got to
"fir^t safely and (Darden scored. 4
Orlmee sacrificed and Rosa scored on
Mooro'a wild peg.
The locals made another tally In
tha eighth inning whan Webster
started off with a hit and Phelps
brought him In with a thrdo-bagger.
in the final Inning, with tha score
tkod. Brown triples to right field and
scored on Mooree' bunt.
H>? Nummary.
Roberson rllle A.B. R. H. E
Qy4ner. as. ^ 8 0 0 2
Leggett. 8b. 4 0 1 1
Uttle. cf . . . 4 0 0 n
Darden, p .4 I 8 4?
Roaa. o. ... . - ,4 1 1 o
Oray, 1*. . , . v . .. . . 4 0 1 o
Ortme#. 8b. 8 I 1 8
JMrtC, If 4 0 8 0
Robersoo. 4 0 1 0
Total I ? S
Washington A.B. R H. R
vitr*. ?. ,, I l I 0
Phelps, lb. ( 0 1 ?
Carrow, if. ......... ? > 1 1
Brown, |I. 4 I I #]
kfooro. Ik 4 (l 0 l
t. Hackney, Ik. ..... 1 ? ? I
Wottoa, Mr. 4 ? 1 0
Web'iter, K. . 4 1 I I
0*0. MMknoy, 1 f I 0 0 0
Total 4 10 4
Hobersonr 00001100 0?1 I ?
waihlmtn 0 0 0 HI #11? 4 10 4
?truck out: by Brown. I; by Dor
dsn. 1*. Base on kollo: off Brows.
0: off Dord.n, 1: Tkroo-kuo hits
Dard'n, Phelps. Two-base hits.
Oray. Orimee, Brown. Raerlfloe
hKs: Q rimes, Brown. Umplraa, War
ren. Maxwell and Carter.
j'-CHARMB OBAMJH"
HAH MKV' HHOKH
Tin Maw Thaatra ofr?r? thalr pat
roni ? aaran raol proiram tonight
Thf bMI pletnraa; aiaoni than Is
Chard* Chaplin. In "B j the Saa."
To aaa this pletora la to ?fill ,nur
aldA langhlag. LM ?Mk OfcMlli
aaarehed all over Ban Pranalaao for
a 'flaw pair at old ahoaa. Ha found
a pair In a aaeond hand atora. ail I
I- now buajr. galling tha right rtapn
lo# tham for bla mr?t*rlou? taat
ISONZO PEOPLE WELCOME ITALIANS
a scene in the Uonzo district when the long-prmyed-for Invasion tock
place The Italian soldiers were hailed a* the "redeemers" of the section
which for as far bnck as the Inhabitants could leraember iraa under Austrian
;-ole. Everywhere the Inhabitants turned oul to thorn fitting ireotlnf.
Iba photograph iho\rs women giving flower* lo the Itnlian troops.
NEW BERN GIRL CAUSES
ARREST OF GREENVILLE MAN
New Bern, Aug. 17. ? Acting un
der Instructions from Judge Win
ston of Windsor Commissioner C.
8. Hill a short time ago Issued a
warrant for the arrest of F. A. Ed
monson, a prominent banker of vio
lating the Mann wrbite slave act.
gia??d
ft Tnfa hands of Deputy Marshal
Ange who Saturday arretted Hd
jionson and carried him before U.
3. Commissioner H. T. King ai
Greenvlle. Edmonson was released
jnder a $1000 bond for his appear
ance at a preliminary hearing to be
held at Greenville August 2411).
The, violation occured in' July
when as the woman in the cas^, MUs
Eulalia Dudly. of New Bern. charges
Edmonson took her to Norfolk for
Immoral purpose*. The warrant
charges a violation of sections 2 and
3 of chapter 305. known as the Manu
White 8 1 a v r Act. This section pro
vides that no person shall transport |
in lntrretate traffic or between any|
territory or tuc District of Coltim- j
| Two Quun Have Bwn Arnngnl
Brtnwii tlie Wallopers and Au
rora. Will Play Here To
morrow and Thurmlay.
Aurora li coming back again. Not
aatlaflad with their defeat of th?
Wallopers In. the eerie* last wee*,
they are determined to atllj further
trample the pride of the localB in '
the dust and make them come out
at the abort end of the sooro a few
moro times.
Two games have beep arranged
between Wifhlngton and Aurora
for tomorrow and Thursday. Both
of thorn will be played on tho looal
diamond. It la raportad that Auro*
ra baa lhade ?everal new change* In
tha itne-up and that thay will bo
rataforood by playars from Frank
lin.
MAKING TKfrt OF SOT BEANS.
Inteecodag ItomMtxatioa Ooloc on
?Mt the Farm of P. P. UUuun.
L. E. Blanchard, of the U. S.
Farm Demonstration work, located
at Lombarton, Robe r son county, has
been sponding several day* at the
farm of F. F. Latham, near Bolhav
en. wh"re be ban been atudyinR tin
culture of soy beans.
Mr. Blanchard this morning ex
pressed hlmnelf aa- very much 1m
proekftd with this section of the
State, especially with the corn In the
Wilkinson swamp and other placcs
In Pantftfo township.
Mr. Latham Is tbla year making
a toat demonstration of the dlffer
ent varieties of 907 bean* and he
reports that ttriajs the inoaf Inter
esting and satisfactory test he has
ever mad*.
bin any woman or girl for lmmorr.'
purposes. * It hIho forbids the as
sisting in any way to procure a tick
et or passage for a woman 'o b?'
used for such a purpose,- If convict
ed tho penalty is a $5000 fine or five
years in prison.
The case was brought to the at
i*ntion of Commissioner ftnr wKo'ftt
once took it up with District At- 1
torr.ey Winston. As a result of an
Investigation Commissioner Ull) was
ordered to issue the warrant which1
he dfd. The preliminary hearing will
probably be h-Md before CommisHion
er King at Greenville.
? The girl who is bringing the
charges formerly held a position in
Greenville and it was there she met
Kdinoncon. She has in the past
bo|pe an excellent reputation, she
lisvlng secured a number of affidav
its from dmerent people in New
Bern in proof of thin.
This is one of the first car-s of
this kind ever brought In this sec
tion of the state, cormluiy hero,
since; this act wn? panned.
R. L of rf:j?1llp Recdvcd
Not of Vitvk Till# Morning.
T- Wyoot and a Number
of Hurt*** KUI?x1.
(By wire to the Daily Nnwe) *
Greenville, N. C-. Aug. 17. ? A
telegram * was received by R. L.
Smith, of thi? city, this morning,
notfylug him of a wreck of a
freight train which occurred nt
Mean, Va., early UiIa morning, and
which reeuled In the derailment of
several of the can, among them b*?
ing one which contained a number
of horeet belonging to Mr. Smith.
Two negroes, who were mending
to the horiei on the train, were
killed. Several of the anlmale alto
met tbelr death In the wreck, An
other negro had hl? leg broken.
The horaea were being brought
from the north to Tarboro, where
they were to be entered In some
racea that are to be btfld in that city ,
next month. Mr. Smith flgurei hii
Ion at aeveral thousand dollari.
FIB8T COTTON BOLL.
Grown bj Mlt* E rie Morgan, of
Thb OHjr.
The first cotton boll,? an far a?
we ham knowledge of ? ?U brought1
to thla Office today and was ratted
by Mia? Glaie Morgan. Mtaa Morgan
alio haa the ?dlatfnctfon of having
had the first cotton bloaaom to open.
Olttl I.OlKiK MTtKTlNO.
A regular communication of Orr
U>dK? will too held tonight, befta
n;n* at eight o'clock. All
?re roqnm?od t6 bo preeaat. 80
Joarsfag brat bran are cordially in
dued.
'? 1
IHHEE WAREHOUSES IN THK
CITY ARE IN READINESS FOR
HANDLING PIRST-DAY SALES.
BUYERS ARE HERE
? 11 u/ the Ltrgf Tobacco Companies
Arc H |>re#ented. Good Price*
Ale Augured for the Bctte. Grade*
cf I jImkxw.
Willi the three large warehouse*
in the city ready to handle this
year's tobacco and with more buy
l's on hand than have ever before
bioa a: the local market, it lis ex-*
.it tried that all records for first-day
*aleg will bo broken at the opening
j' ho tobacco market in Washing
U-i tomorrow morning.
yor the last month or more, rep
rer.ciitetlVeu of the Central, Wash
n^lon and Beaufort warehouses
have visited every part of Deaufort
'ouniy, have talked with the farm
ers and have secured the assurance
of the Utter that Uiey would bring
their crops to this olty. Qood j>rftes
are assured for the better grades q'
v'-ed and there is no question but
liat the farmers will derive a good
uoilt from their cop this season.
The opening of the local market
?s an event of considerable Impor
tance and it 1h expected that Inrg"
crowds wll be present at the differ
ent warehouses to follow up the
auctioneering. All of the principal
tobacco companies have sent buyers
here and tho prices paid for tobacco
here will be as high as is paid in ^uy
other market in the State.
While this is only the th'.rd sea
son lor the Washington mantel, it
is -xpecRd that over 5,000, 000
pour.ds w'l be sold here, L*ast year
the sales i-vvt-dud the three-mllllou
mark. It i* practically certain that
i his auiouni w'il ho ai lea . t doubl
ed.
The public Is cordially invited to
present at the opening aales to*
i ? " r o A and on any other day there
f T ? 1
Small IJreak nt Circcnvtlle.
The following telegram was re
ceived from Greenville today at noon
from V. It. Shelburne. manager of
the Central warehouse in this city,
who in attending the opening of the
market In Greenville todayr
"Breaks small here today. Offer
ings b-'lter than la?t year and prices
dollar and half average bettor than
last ycar.'iy offering. All buyers
ready to go on over sales tomorrow
and prepared for a big year's work,
SHELBURNfl,"
HA, 006 I'oundN hi Kinntnn.
( By wire to the Pally News)
K '.nut on. N. V., Aug. IT. (noon) ?
It |? estimated that 18,000 pounds
vre noM st the opening of the to*
banco market in th1a oily today. The
prices paid svereged much higher
than those of last year.
300. 04 K) l>tM. Hold nt Rocky Mount*
( By wire to the DallJ New*)
Rocky Mount, Aug. 1T.# 1 p.
The local tobacco market opened In
an auspicious manner here today. It
Is eetlmeted that 200,000 pounds
were sold and that 11,000 people
were present to witness the sale*.
Tb<> prlcea averaged from 8 to ? 1-1
cents.
New Theater
TOXIOHT.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
?to ?
? By Tine SWA"
"POUJO*fNO A CLUB"
TWO 9t??!s.
"DO LiH OP INTRIGUE"
Two RoU.
"HIS JltNOUt SWBBTHKART"
Ml RmI.
"PATH* N*Wfl"
Tho World B?for? To?r Bra*.
PRICES -to and 10c