llNGTON N C. FRIDA*
NOON AUGUST 20. WIS
(Special to the Dally Now*) '
Washington, D. C.. Aug. 10. ?
While no oBlolal InformatltA ' ha*
been glren out as yet. It la expected
that President Wilson will call his
cabin t together at once in order to
decide, what action shall be taken In
the sinking of the White Star llnqft
Arable.
The sinking of the reiser and the
action that the cabinet will take,
have born the principal topic* of
conversation in official circles today.
It is generally fait thai matters hare
reached a crisis and that the link
ing of the Arable will definitely de
termine whether the United States
will enter the war or not.
Mr. Wllaon 'thfia far has declined
to expreea himself on. the disaster,
stating that It would be necessary to,
await official "Information regarding
the torpedoing of the liner, before
notion could bo' taken.
HAS A NEW
. INVENTION
homl larator H mm Dnbtd Additioa
, to the OqBtwImn of the
\ Telephone.
A prominent local resident, who
doee not deelre bis name gpade pub
lie at the present time, has Invented
a derloe b 7 meaflg o f which the re
ceiver of a telephone may be hfted
from, the ho0k. although the person
le in another room from jarhleh the
Instrument la located. The Inventor I
does not desire l)is name to be gen
era 11 jr known nntll after he hae ae
eured a- patent pa hhr acheme.
The invention wQrk? thl* waj: On;
many occasions. after a person haa
gone to bed, he Is awakened b j the
ringing of the phone.- and is forced
to get up and answer !t. Br means
of thie new Invention, It Is possible
to reach 0rar tft the wall, preea a
button, and tfiereceiVer la automat
teaUj. lifted from the hook of
phoae. AH that then remains nec
eaeary. le for the person to gojdown
etalrs and anewer the phone.
FIRUT HHRIEA ?'WHO PAY?" ?
WSTW THRATKK TONIGHT
In their six reel program tonight,
the New Theatre offer* their patrons
the Bm Mrlei of twelte powerful
dramas depleting the twelve most
rltal questions of Mfe. "Who Pays"
kr the name of the aerlee that will
fee ihown ?ach Friday for IS weeks.
The subject tonight Is "The Price
of Ftm?," Ho might's patrons of
this house will eee what It cotts a
person to gain fame. Hhreryone
should see Chle picture tonight, for
there will he spen one of the most
powerful lessons portrayed on the
?creen erer shown In this city. The|
"Who VaysT' series are true to life, |
and wa predict they will he' olalmedj
the most powerful ' pictures erer j
ehown In the eltsr fit Wanhiriton,
Be sure and go.
RATS BAKHR. .
TIi* old aarlnt la. "Whora thara
U m *ni, thara IB & w ay." Wa ?nre
Ir (ot th? will, and tha way l? bolos
pared alnaa wa baa* gonn Into ttia
amateur kodak and 9Qfn baalneu.
Wa ara aolnr to pnat tha bualnaaa
Wa know wa nan lira aa (god ??r
?lea aa aa? stpdto. Raatdaa thla wal
can aall you fllnaa, dfHMr tliam goat'
paid anywhara In Baatarn Carolina.
Onr amataur (Inlahla* dn(*rtra?nt la
a?iapta<a. Wa hava th? balp; wa
haya tha ability; wa iaTa tb. k^
' 4aka; wa kara tha (lima; *? S*tb
tha batt wa can bar: wa bar* tha
papal* and tha Rradaa to aalt *11
makatlror. wa ha?? tha aartlea (o
*t?a. It'? yonra for tha aakln*
liltmi STUDIO
??od? t*rrtcaU<w men arfctrt by the Oermars to the AlsaUan
rill<y ?' R^oulevflle. aftt* It bad b<*en taken from the Fruneh.
SEVERAL WOMEN HUNG
in put in Years past
Not Since CivU War, However, Has a Woman Paid
tdhi; Death Penally.
?rccn?ni?. AaT" sen
tence of Mrs.' Warren to the elecric
chair ?? ma to have started the ques
tion of hanging women, - and has
North Carolina ever hanged them'.
" ' ? ? . "/ A 1
Several Instances seem to have been
cited where they havo paid the death
penalty. S. V. Lan&hingbouse was
right about a woman having been
hanged in Pitt, if he could 'not give
all the particular^ N
L. W. Lawrence, an octogenarian,
gave your correspondent the facts in
the matter. He w&s an eye witness
Xo the hanging. He gave the follow
ing ?<?ry :
? Watt Hanrahan was a very large
planter and land owner and owned
a great number ot slaves. Tp keep
them at some work, he bad a large
piece of land near the present county
homa. known as "Hanrahan's Quar
ters'' npr the keeping of surplus
slaves, pr those for whom ' he had
llttlo to do. At that place they were
employed clearing land, cultivating
It and making support If not omney.
The overseer was namfd' Griffin. He
had occasion to whip <me of Mary's
cfilldrep. a boy. This so enraged
Mary that while the whipping was
being administered, she. picked up a
large light wood kxot and gave the j
overseer such a 'low from behind I
on his head that he died. >\fary was)
j tried for the murder, .convicted #and
' irlth two negTo men, was hangod
! here la Greenville. The site of. the
FOUR GAMES
?FOR NEXT WEEK
uron* Ifn? AmngW for Three and
OrlmMlud for t ho Fourth.
.Fonr game* b?*e been Arranged
by, the Wallopers for next week and
all of them will be played on the
lloeal flelj. Aurora Is not - satlsfl d
and has -arranged for a seHes of!
three fames which will bo played
Taesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
On Prlday of- next week, Giime*l?nd
will be the oppononts' of the locals.
It Is reported that ? Bcott will
twirl one of the, games f?r .^Aurora
next week.
VRW pnPORB ATTRACTS
*fUOM attention
Dowor* Brother** new store o?
MalnNatreet which opened thta weft,
le attracting considerable attention
dally Practically (Terr, victor who
cornea t0 the city ha? no me comment
*6 make, pralaing tho appearance of
the new atructure Many hare Rone
inside aad .mad* an InapecUoa of
the arrangement*. . k ' ?
The atore le fitted out (nt the moat
modern way. The fixtures are most
ly of> mahogany aad are heivtlfal
in appearance. The west aide of the
establishment ta taken up with -the
ladles' department, while the men'*
department la located on th* east
aide.
. .
WIMi PHHAC1I AT Mrmomsr
KFIHOt/PAI, iWrRDI HCWDAY
Dr. It b5 R>tk, prnldont of Ar
kftnMn foof<.r?it. Coll-*., Arlmn
??? citr. will nil ttii puipu ?f ta.
Metkoflim rpi?codb| Cbarcli South
Similar next ?t 11 n'stook
' ;v ? I
hanging was about where Fifth
| street eroase? b* ravine going to the
I training school. , That was known as
| th" banging ground and baa been
the acene of several such^ eventa, the |
bodies generally being burled there.
The two negro men hangod with
Mary had murdered a man named
Haddock, the details of which crime
have not be|p learned. 'The' burning
of the court records in 1858 makes
matters of this kind npw tradition.
About three mllea east of this
city, at the aite df the old courthouse
on the aouth Bide of the road,* only
a few years ago was the body and
remains of ..some of the larger limbs
at % Wifr wWkto* was said to hire
: been usQd' for hanging criminals be
fore the Revolutionary war. And k
ie said a negro woman was hanged
from that limb for killing her mas
ter.
About the cloae of the Revolution
ary war, a .jiegro woman, named
Roae. was publicly burned at the
courtbouae for (he murder of her
mi8tress' John and 8ibbey Tyson',
his wife 'or slater, lived on the north
Bide of Content* creek, about north
o'f the present town of FramvlH^.
[They had tw oslavea, Shade and
Rose. Sibbey was very cruel to
them*. With the help of Shade, Rose
murdered her. Roao was tried; con
victed and burned at the courthouse
for the crime. Shade being only an
accomplice, waa sold and #ent away
! south. # ?
SAtES TODAY
WERE 12,000 LBS.
Good PHc^* I'fvltf for Toham> on the
IjooaI Marleet.
The <rmlM/ at the local tobacco
market today amounted .,t0 over
It, 000 Donods. Some of the tobacco
sold nigh is twenty cents and a
god average prlco was paid, being
above nln* cents.
The sales afrtbe warehotfee* were
rathef. evenly divided, none of the
three having more thaft-a few hun
dred ^Qiinda difference.
Yetierjlay's sales, ivfclch were pub
lIshM ar being 8,000 pounds, wer#
really^ about flv? thousand- jjounds.
Would Not SacrMtafc Kin Manhood.
Kington, Jtflg. %0. ? Been tin* he
would in at "Merita* hi? manhood.''
A. L. C. Hill, the. local .adventurer,
who ha* b^te^ Ob?<rvinf on the
Fr< nch war front for terertl month*
I* returning home on a Cunard ahlp.
By rofnulniB .to aall on an American
v. ^ 1 capfafn H "aieeriln* hl?
ri*hta as at) American cltUen," ha
wrOle to mtJJb4t{fe Tl$ American
people lure not booh apprised of
air the atrnettlpe *that% hare been
committed In the war, and he trera
! that many of th* thlnfcram I06 ter
rible to put on paper ,
? -
Ontt/ TWROWR ftAI.I, V :
? 210 FKB*, A ItHXHH)
?j?i| , : ? .; ^2 ./
/oiled.' Ill*
[world's record for wdtnen U hetlev
rd to hare baen made here by Ml**
Glenn Wh1H>, a 14 y*t old Jellet
flu. who pitched a baaehall 110
tW.
J?.
WALLOPERS
BEAT OUT
ROARERS
YRSTKRDAYH CiAMB ONE OP|
BKHT MKRN HEIUi THIS
SEASON.
HOMER BY*ARNES
Former W .ulO?U> T*lrler Mikn
Good on ;.j IMn to City. Score
of VestenlAy'r Gmm Wh ft.!.
THE FKAXB 6P FA.MK.
o*! nmrmm.
In Addition to knocking out' a
home ran In yesterday's game,
Barnes pitched * masterly
game, allowing only flte hits
and holding the Roftrere hitlers
for the first five Innings. His
work easily ?ntltlee him to hav
ing his monker stuck Into this
Sanctum 6i Celebrities.
Yesterday's game with Aurora
was one of the bent (hat has been
played on the local field this season
and the enjoyment of 'the fans was
not decreased any by the fact that
tho Wallopers trounced their rivals
t-c the tune of 6 to
Barnes pitched an excellent game
for the locals. During the first six
innings only nineteen ? men faced
him. J. Hooker broke his bid for a
no-hlt game la the sixth, whefi he
hammered out a single. Aurora
scored their1 lonely score In the sev
enth when Barnes weakened for a
moment. Rives clouted out a three
bagger and scored on Keith's single.
R. S. Thompson walked and Drown
reached [first by the same route,
filling the bases. Rivers at the bat
and Keith on third trlrd/the squeeze
play but the 'latter wa2 nipped at
the plate.
-Washington, jp*de thejji. first tally
in the' second inning when Haekney
singled, Davenport walked and Web
ster singled^ scoring Hackney. In
the sixth, the Wallopers made an
other tally, Phelps singling. Hack
ney sacrificing and Davenport scor
ing Phelps on a safe drive. In thf
seventh inning the Wallopers made
three more runs. Leggett reached
first when he look ouet of*RJvers'
slants in the- rlhs.^ CarrqslJlnnled
and Legget scored on Brown's ssfo
drive over third. Barnos lifted one
out to the rfght field fonce for a
homer and scored Brown ahead of
him.
The locals played good ball all
the way through yesterday's game.
Oarrow made a peach of a throw
from oenterfleld in tho sixth inning,
cutting R. Thompson ofT at tho
plate. Webster secured three hits
out of four times at bat. Tally
played a good game at first, although'
he was rather weak at the bat. It
proved a rbgular Christmas for
Barnes, for in hammering out his
homer, hq won for himself a new.
fall bat. a pair of shoes and a lib
eral donation from the fans. Two
double plays weer pulled off by the
visitors; one in the first Inn^pg with
Carrew at first and Tally at the bat,
and the second In the seventh to
ning with the same men at bat and
on first. The first one was worked
by Rives and J. Hooker and the
second by E. Hooker and J. Hooker.
Reddy Davenport was back in the
game and caught In big-league form.
As Summary.
Aurora A.B. R. H. E.
R.' Thdlnpson, W 1 0 0 1
H. Hooker, 2b 4 0 1 1
Bonner, ss 2 0 0 0
Rives, lb. 2 1 1 0
Keith, o, >4 0 1 I
R. 8. Thompson, rf. . . 2 0 0 0
Brown, cf. } 0 1 0
fivers, p. 4 0 0 o
J Hooker, lb 4 0 .1 1
Total 21 1 S 6
Washington A.B. R. H. E.
carrot, cf 2 "o 2 <f
Tally, 'lb 2 0 0 0
Brown, If 4 1 1 0
Barnes, p . 4 1 1 0
Phrlpi, 2b 4 1 1 t
Haekney, 2b. 2 1 1 0
Davenport, 2 0 1 0
Webster, rf 4 0 2 0
Lfgvett, as *,2 1 0 l
Total .20 2 10 t
R. H. E.
Aurora 0 0 0 0 0 01 0 0^1 6 5
W'asblngt n 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 t-4 10 2
Qtmick ou^: by Barnes, 2; by Riv
ers, 2. Bate da balls: off Barnes,
2; off Rivers. 2 Homo run. Barnes.
Three-base hit: Rive?. Two-bas*
hit: B. Hooker, Brown (Aarora).
Sacrifice hits. Tally (Ih Hackae/
NfANUfc HONORS ROUGET DE L'ISLE
On 'July 14, the national festival day of France, the nation paid flttlm
tribute to the composer of the national anthem. "The Marseillaise." The
body of Rongst de 1'Iule. tnt* composor. was exhumed from ?* e at Cholsy
le Itol and v.- 1th pomp and ceremony was conreyp^ ?ce of thf
In valid The photograph shows the processi*- .ugh the Arc m
Triorophe Ir. Paris. *
INTERESTING
CASE TO BE
TR>ED TODAY
ATTEMJT TO 11KMADK TO CLOSE |
STORKS ON OITSKIHTS
OP THK CITY.
Haro IU-cn K^<'|)1iik Om-n on Sun
day* in tlu? |ihn(. l>l?|?uto (?vcr
Manner In Which Flnwt Can lh<
An interesti&g ease will be tried
In the recorder'* court thin after
noon wlion an attempt will be made
to break up the selling of soft
drinks and other merchandise by
the small store* located on the out
skirts of the city. These establish
ments do not come uidar the Juris
diction of the city's "blue law," but
the. police, nevertheless, hope to put
an end to the practice of keeping
the stores open on Sunday. There
jure five defendants* In the case.
Untder the law, no place of busi
ness can keep open on Sunday un
der penalty of a forfeiture of one
dollar. This applies to all mercan
tile establjshments in tho State,
whether there is a blue law In effect
or not. The law, however, does not
specify how' this dollar shall be col
lected. Recorder Vaughan stated
this morning that ho believed It
could be collected through a crimi
nal court, but the aftorney for tho
defendants claims that the forfeiture
can only be collected through a
qultam action: ? that is, if suit 1*
brought ?galnst the defendants
through a civil court.
NEGRO FIREMEN
TO MEET HERE
Washington for Next. Con
vention of Oriored Fire
FUhtera.
?ocky rtount, Aug. 20. ? With
today pi von over U> the hose reel
races the 25th annual session of tho
negro North Carolina fltato Fire
men's tournament Is concluding at
Tarboro one of tho largest attended
tournamentr ever held. Tuesday
afternoon there was held the annual
election at which time the entire
I personnel of those who have served
for the pant year were reelected,
while Washington, N. C., was chosen
an the place for the next annual sea-;
?Ion over a lively bid by several oth
er towqs In the state.
WOMAN OF lOI IK
* AOAINHT SirFFRAflli
Newark, N. J., Aug. I0.r~-The
!wl?h of Mr?. Catherine Yourth on j
| her 101st birthday wag that woman!
never will get the rote, because It
.win "reduce them to an equality
with men."
rWlON BRKVICK8 8UWI>AY.
Rev. S. R. Ryan, of Blloam
fiprlriga. Ark* will preach at the
uni^n aerrlcee which are to be held
at th# Christian church Sunday
night. Dr. Ryan la a most eonvlac
iBf and forcaabl* apeaker and It la
hoepd that a large congregation will
be preaent to hear him.
Umpire. John Smith
A Mtoprtnt.
In writing up Tueftday's bmll **m?
an error ?u parked up acalant
Paul, who played right (told for
Waehtafton. ThWr was e mliprlnt.
Paul had <nn1 r ono chance and h?
handled thla without an wor.
KNIGHT FINED
$1(10 AND COSTS
Warrant Again* II im Wan Chang***]
to Read "Forroaltlo TrrMpaMH."
At the trial which was held yes
terday afternoon. th?? wig-rant a
galmt William Knight van changed
tc read "forceable ?respa*s." . The
defendant submitted guilty ttv the
charge and was fined $100 and coats 1
It appeared In the evidence thai
Mr. Knight was not entirely re
sponsible for his action* at the time:
of entering Mr. Ellison's store. It j
was stated that he was under the I
influence of liquor.
PROTESTS OVER
NEIGHBOR'S rfENS
Ik'ader Tluu. There Should B??
ft Uw, Keeping (tikkt-nn
at Home.
Mr. Editor:
1 read in your paper some days
ago an article about cows running
at large on tho streets. 1 have yet
to read an article on chickens run
ning on tho streets. What is more
destructive to a. flower gardeu than
chlckena ? unless it a oow? Yet I
so many persons are raising brood
after brood of chickens and turning
them loose on the street* to teac up
their neighbor's^ yards. What is
more, they do not care what harm
the chickens do. Juki a* long as they
And a good place to scratch.
The owner of a cow has to pay
for her pasture; why not make the
owner of the chickens pay too? Why
not pass a law against chickens run
ning at large? Then we can try for
a city beautiful, and not before.
Very truly your*,
MRS. a.
KX(1TIN(i 11AIX OAMK
A1 WApH I Nf iTON 1*ARK
A heart-rending ball game, full of
thrill*. featured by flafihy fielding
and heavy hitting, oc^irred at Wash
ington Ptfrk yestenlaj afternoon be
tween the Marvels and the Invlnei
bles. Tho game went eighteen In
ningB and was Anally called on ac
count of darluieRa with the acore a
tie.
Marvel* ? i
683792740* S U 2 8 " n
Invincible*-- ?
57R82742938870894 2
, R. H. H.
Marvel* 99 107 S2
Invincible* 99 112 48
?Hatterlon: Marvela, C. A. Flynn
and O, T. -Mayo. Invlnclbles. 8. C.
Pegran and Latham Tanfleli.
CX?.\HT LINK ofl?KHfi VKAKI/Y
I.OOO VKWKHT FBKIGRT CAKM
Wilmington, An*. 20. ? The At
lantic Coast Line railroad. had ju*t
placed orders for the early delivery
of 7 90 new freight care and ten
locomotives. according to a state
ment made by President John B.
Kenly yesterday. The delivery of
the car* la to begtn In three mopth*
and eontlnue at the rale of ISS dally
until the order oontract Is complet
ed. The locomotives are to be de
livered by Novinaber 1, The dew In
vMtment reports an ottlay estimat
ed at more than $1,000,00.
"We are simply patting our house
In order." President Kenly Mid.
"and while there la to Immediate
need for the new eqttpmeut, we
want to be la a position to mm tor
our future need."
STRONG FOIir
ATTACKED BY
GERMANS
HA VK BBGIN FIGHT HOR BRKV
LITOV&K. HTHONGE0T MI 1,1
TAHV STATION OP THE Hl'tt
MAN 8.
OTHER ftAINS
Have A I ??> AdvanctKl on Other Im
|NtrUnt FnrtrMMn. Kovno XoC
Vh ('aptuivd
Iyendon, .4?ig. 20. ? Russian re
ports do not concede the total lost
of Kovno. asserting the Germans
have captured only the fortifications
on the left bank of the "Niemen.
South of the Bug the Germans are
now before Brest-LUovsk, which Is
Russia's greatest military station,
and an Important railroad center.
Novogeorgievak, which has been in
vested for the laat ten daya, is la
imminent danger.
Reports from both Hidea indicate
that a desperate battle may be un
der way along a line parallel* to the
Bialyatok-Brett-Lltvosk railroad.
On the British section of the
western front there has been no
serious Infantry fighting since the
advance at Hoogp. The French,
however, are more active. Paris an
nounces violent artillery engage
ments in tho Arlois region. In the
Champagne, beyond the Mease and
in the Votsges. Attack swith grenades
by the army of the German Crown
Prince in tho Argonne are reported
to have been repulsed.
An Austrian squadreu attacked
the island of Pelagosa, in the mid
Adriatic, seUfed by the Italians early
in the war. Attempts to make a
landing were defeated.
There is no further change in the.
Balkan situation.
Berlin Announce* Advances.
Berlin. Aug. 20 (via London) ? A
further advance on the part of the
German army, which is attempting
to capture the important Russian
fortress of Brest-LltovBk was an
nounced here officially today. Tho
statement says that outer positions
of the fortress near Rokltno, be
fore Brest-I*ltov6k, were penetrated.
Announcement also was made of
the capture of two forts north of
N-ovogeorglevHk. which have been
Invested by tho Germans for Bev
cral days. In taking these forts
1,000 prlsollers and 125 cannon were
captured.
NEGRO TAKEN
NEAR WILSON
Ik ('ImrKwl With Having Ii? on En
rar?1 in Hh0otli)f( affray on
N. H. Train.
(By wire to the I>aily News)
Greenville, Aug. JO. ? -Paul Dixon,
the negro who several weeks ago In
alleged to have been engaged In a
Rhaotlng affray on the Norfolk
Southern train near thla^clty. haa
been captured at Wilson. The ar- ,
rest was made by Qeorge H(>ward. \
special agent for the Norfolk South- |
em Dixon has b*en brought to thla
clt* and is now lodged In Jail here.
H^wlll b?- given a preliminary trial
tomorrow.
HAYH UAKFR.
26 yearn ago 300 men of this oity
wore beards. Today there are only
three. An worm an they aee or hear
of thte ad. we will all ^ok alike.
Watoh the change. Baker'a Studio.
WANTHD: art jmuiwrw for
? Fall term. Apply to IfiM Rath
Hndoell. 701 W*?irt H^oond 8t.
8-1*-?tp.
New Theater
/
? TONKJHT.
"WHO PAW
"The Prlc* of Fame"
Three Reels
"A PIMjAR Or PI/AJIB"
Two Reel*,
?me OOULD MOT RXPKAFN'*
One Reel.
A Pr oRTtm Worth Seeing.
* pricm 1? ni in