NEWS
No. 43
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LAGRANGE
noaoKK
onrr b^oaobd in i
TKRIXAr EVfiXHJG; TOLIOW
1KO .
BADLY WOUNDED
Alleged IWt Grovef C. WeK Pulled I
On tram Foctat *od Fired Bui
/- ii tlirtaih Brain of 8. J. Myers |
Chaocei for Rccotmt BUfhL
(By wire to the Dally News)
KloBton. Aug. II ? 6. J. Myers,
of Lagrange, Lie* at the point ul
death today m the result or a shoot
In* which took plane in I?a Grang
yesterday evening. It is stated tha
the shot was fired by Grover C
West, also of LeG range, The hul
let entered Myers' forehead and
lodged tn his brain. Myers hai
been rushed to the hospital and -doc
tore stated this morning that hU
chance* of recovery were slim.
It Is reported that the two m e<
met on the street and had ? dispute
which Is said to hare originated in
family crcles. Myers, it Is alleged
struck West with his fist snd thi
latter pulled a gun out of his pocke
and fired. West was Immedlatel)
arrested and is being held withou
bond. A hearing will be held thii
afternoon.
The two men married the daugh--<
ters of Mrs. George L. Taylor. My
ers la a Kentocklan, having been a
resident of this section for about
three or (our yeara.
THRILLS BIG
AUDIENCE
8*<<ae? Performed Daring Stunt* or
Side of Buildings AJong Main ,
Street
"Satonet" thrilled an audience v.
over one thousand people this noon
when he climbed the 8avlngs and
Trust Co. snd the Buckmsn butld
tugs on Msln street. He scaled th<
wglla easily and performed a num
her of stnnta for the crowd. wh?
eagerly watched hie every move
? part of "Satenet's" program
Consisted of shouting "DONT FOtt
OVTV to which several kids in th
audience would reply with "SAT
ANSTT!" He finally gave it up how
ever. when one youth, brighter than
aoue of his fellows, aaswerpt th'
query with "BUDWRISKRI"
WILL SETTLE
CHAUTAUQUA |
Guarantor* to Decide Whether En
tertafaunowta Will be Held H fee
Next Year or Not.
At the meeting of the Chautauqua |
guarantors last night? at which
large sud enthusiastic number were!
absent ? the proposition of having I
the Chautauqua here next year wai|
thoroughly discussed.
Several weeks ago, the guarantors I
decided that they desired to have|
100 tlcekts pledged, before * con
tract was entered into wlih thcl
Chautauqua association. Slnee then,
?bout 4M tickets have been pledg
ed. Not knowing hdw the guaran
tors decided to set in the mstter,
the secretary waa last night in
structed fh send letters to each of
the guarantors, asking them whether
they were li favor of signing the
contract of whether the matter
ahould be dismissed altogether
Just what action will be taken in
the project, will depend upon tho
answers that the guarantors aend in
to the letters. Another meeting will
probably be held in a week or two.
LAWN PARTY,
There will be a lawn party at]
Pinevllle Saturday night, Aeg. t?.
The perty will be on the church
grounds for the benefit of Wares
Chapel. All are cordially invited to
attend and bring a pocket full of
th? am. am
MUi
WALLOPERS 1
TAKE FIRST;
SCORE 104
UO.IRKRS umm |K I. (Ml
" - ''J FURHUj BV luvt
NEW MEN GOOD
duos I) Of 1
l?y TtW? New Players. Home I
Bun bf Minton. Oarrow Mtk^
r T
THE FRAME OF FAME.
? ft uwjw" Mtotoo. < ..*]
Minton appeared In a Waah- ?]
' iugton uniform for the flfat
time yesterday, but he made
good at the start; hence the * |
? prominence that la fire* his
* name today In this Nlchn $>t ? I
' Notoriety. "Slugger" played *n *1
' errorless game at first; he made *|
' came pretty stops and catches
% snd he secured four hlta; one *1
' of them a home run ? one of *1
' the prettiest wal'.opa ever seen *|
' on the local grounds.
The Wallopers yesterday proved
heir bight to the nickname which
ihas been hung on them. They wal
oped old Brother Pace for fourteen
afe hits and they defeated Aurora
by the score of 10-4. The local*
were strengthened by the appear
xnce of three new men on the field
tnd the nowcomera showed up lr
:ood style. They hit hard and thry
iut up a good game In the field
- The Boarers started ofT In the first
inning as If they were determined
?o sew up the.gaipe at one. An er
or by Phelps, a two-bagger by E
looker and a single by Churn acor
;.d two runj for/ the visitors. Aft*r
h,l. wMt ?
core until the. ninth, .^wh^n . a , cou
>le of hits by Hardy Thompson and
?cce and an error by Jim Hackney,
md a wild heave by Barneo.
?rained two more runs for them.
Keith drove In the first run for
be locals in the second inning, driv
ing out a two baggrr and sondinp
Barrett, who had singled, across th<
fate. In the fourth inning the
Wallopers scored three more runr
mtl In the sixth, they proceeded t<
H-w up the gam" In good fashion
Minion's home run, with Hackne?
on base, took place in the seventh
frame.
Barnes only allowed seven hits.
?td cou'd probably have reduced
this number If he had been forced
'o do so. The fielding feature of
bo game Was the spectacular run
ning catch made by Carrow In the
tcvonth Inning, when he ran over a
hundred feet after divers' harift hit
ba'.I, catching It near the fence In
left field.
The Summary.
Aurora A.D. B H. E
B. Thompson. It. ... /4 ;CL " I
Lanier, cf. 4 0 0
E. Hooker, Sb. ..A.. 4 %
Churn, c .. 4
II. Thompson, air.. .... 4
It. S. Thompson, rf^lb. 4
divers. 3b. ... . . 3
Pace, p. ........... 4 0 ? 0
J. Hpoker, lb 3 0 0 0
Bland, rf 0 0 0*0
Total 33 4 7 I
Washington A.B. B.-.H. E.
CaTrow, cf ' 5 X 1 .0
Hackney, 3.b 3 3 1 1
Minton. lb 5 3 4 0
Hornlg. If i * 0
Brown, rf .S.-Jf ?? 'j|"fc0
Barrett. ?n 5 1 2 0
Keith, c S 0 1 0
Phelps, lb 4 0 3 1
Barnes, p 4 1 0 0
R H. K.
Aurora SOOOOOOO*-~4 7 6
Washingt 0 1 0 3 0 4 3 0 *--10 14 3
Struck out: by Barnes, H; by
Pace, 9. Base on balls: off Barnes,
1; off Pace, 3. Home run: Minton.
Three- base hits: Pace. Two- base
hits: K. Hooker. B. S. Thompson,
Carrow, Keith. Sacrifice bits: Blv
ers, Brown, Barpes. Double play;
Barrett to Phelps to Minton. tJm-|
plre: Arthur Elliott.
P? 5
SOIjD MICH TOBACCO.
Abmrt Fifteen Thousand Pounds W?
iKjaed of at Market Ts^yr. .
At the local warehouses today,
about IS, 000 pounds of tobacco was
sold. The average kept up W"1I and
the farmers are well satisfied with
the prices that they grs patting
rt?ir
COMMENTS
ON SIGNS OF
TMTKHJSokut ClUS WASH,
I*?^,^L?l?pSF,SBC
, crw or ia^B stats.
NO "HAwFwffiS'
BmIdih bA Avpnim to (w BMir
st*2? jE
~U U?r? l? ?ny "town to t*? cd/ra
try that ah owe sbsoltttelY.no Indi
cation pf *ba?d, tlmee/thst town la
, Washington."
The aboTe statement waa nude
this morning by A. J. WilUson, a
prominent travelling man, .who. -to
well known In the city and who
visits this section frequently.
"I have been all over North and
South Carolina and Virginia dUTlng
the last couple of months." said
Sir. WHlison, "and I can truthfully
?ay that Washington exhibits .the
greatest sigm of prosperity and ac
.Ive buaintas, than any town 1 have
been In during that length of time,
i-waa in another city in eastern
Carolina a week ?*go and I aotually
Counted twenty-one empty stores a
oug Its mala atfeei. That is no ea
aggr ration? It la a fact.
"Here to Washington, however. 1
have yet ta.Md a store that hasn't a
tenant. Not onl^ H^t, to*t. you'ro
erecting a number of new buildings,
and on evsry hand one eeee signs of
prosperous stores. Washington peo
ple are to be congratulated upon
their city. There bn!i another one
like it when it comes to shutting the
door In old "Father JHsrd Time's"
face." v .
RALPH PHILtlPS
ONSCHOOL BOARD]
Local Young Man ia Elected to Ifflfj
* Vacancy Hcbool Board at
v Hotxland Neck. ? ' Z.
Ralph A. Phillips, eon of Mr. andl
Airs -J. L. Phillips, of this /illy, and!
wen -known to many . persons ? In]
.Yashingtoft, has been elected
ncmber of the school board at 8cot j
and Neck, as the following article |
a ken from the Scotland Neck Com
n:>nwea!th, will show:' *
The school board made a wise se
Section ln the sholee pf Mr. Ralph
\. Phillips to aucceed- on the boarf
:l?e late E. T. Whitehead. Mr. Phil
":ps came to Scotland Neck from
^ashinfftop, $?T. C., and has grown
more populajf each year with boUi [
social .buainese life of the j
town. He Is now manager and _
heavy Btockh older in the ScotTsnf
Vack Furniture Company. We are
onfldont that tpe .board ?ould not
^ave p'eke?l a man who could fill flu
, bUl hardly a* ?4e11j as "W<& are sure
Mfc ftrrtptf win. -
I ' a ' :
"OKT OUT Of THE BOX."
With a roan on flrnt base and |
when tb<r batter knocks a foul ball,
it appepfa'to be the enstom of th?
local fang- to Immediately set ub a
hblfer of 'Nfet'&it of the bo*. JaMt."
or. "Go ?bMk and .touch, your baae.
Mil." 1 ' ?
There la nothing In th* rules a
the batter getting out of the
hfflK and awastp of
time for him to do *0. H!s staying
the box getflilfrs6uf ^f ft, haa
no'thing to do with the aafety of tho
rnnner en tM"baees. Neither Is the
runner forced to go bsck andrtouch
his base. The pitcher must give him
time to get back to the baae he has
left aa0 if he fall* to do so. the
run/i er may proceed to the n?hrt base
without going- bark and tonching
th* tola* to*. '
Hffijgfi-f
?"S
Isipsrifd
Ooaat WIUi
M Committee.
I 1
?<>?M H.
tfUrnoun
flu, II went with other mmnbora of
tli* Ntttoaat Rlv?r? ?nd |trlw'n
CoBBltt** to Inipect the harbor*
?o*ti ?i?n, tlx w?t?ni m*t.
PROFESSOR INVENTS WIRELESS WONDER
?teora an automohU^rfre^ tcxancm*' hS! J?i ^ 8",a11 T^?le8a machIno wfth which ho operates a seven foot boat.
onj8, r D8a aud does mauy other tilings. Tho ir.achine hca no
yW-mflZimiah imari
1
mKKNVII.LE BANK AND TKl'ST
COMPANY TO HELP FARMERS
TAKE CAKE OF THEIR
OOTTOIf 4?ROP.
Xowsf*
Greenville, Aug. 25. ? The Green
.llle Bank and Trifst Co. aunour.ced
today that they would lend money!
to the farmers of that section for
whatever amount of cotton the lat
ter were holding at the present time.
The bank will issue notes In order
l?o enabl? the farmer to hold his
:rop and prevent him from dtapo*
I ng of the cotton at sacrifice prices.
( rh- news has been received wiih
treat. satisfaction on the port of
| nany -of the farmors who were '.n
ho elty this morning and there l?
10.^ doubt but that many will take
I advantage of the proposition.
COW AND GOAT
IN FIERCE FIGHT
(uhnaon-Wlllarri N crisp Iljid Nothing
on fit? One That Wan Pulled
t Off in Mr. KllU-m's Itark
<? J Ysril Vfstsrflnj'.
Considerable excitement was caus
ed ye-terday in the back yard of
\V. H. Ellison ou West Second street
vhen his cow and his little son's
coat did a "Willard-Johnson." in
which the cow played the part of
r Ll'J A'tho."
Jt Is not known what caused th"
dispute ? probably Brlndle got the
goat's "nanny"? but at any rate,
the two animals were soon engnged
1ft mortal combat. "B]lly" dodder
tr add out between his advlsaryV
legs and Brlndle found her also a
bis disadvantage. She tried dor
porately to horn her small opponent,
hut Billy managed to keep awsy
He'd back off a ways and then come
forward with the wp'ed of an ex
press train. His head would lodg<
in the cow's side and the cow woult'
>mlt an outraged bellow of pain
Billy kept this up for about ter.
minutes and Anally Brlndle turned
tall and fled. Billy is cock of thz
yard today.
BOSTON FIRM RRFVHEft
TO URAL WITH THE
ATLAMTA MERCHANTS
Atlanta. Aug. J5. ? A Boston firm
which for the past two years has
been furnishing the city of Atlanta
with oaulklag yarn* and tools ha*
refused to have afty further dealings
? with the municipal authorities until
those who are responslb'e for the
' TfSWhg M "Frank arepunlshed. This
statement la made by W. ?. Cham
Vfr?. V* frgrcbMtng agent
MRS. DAVENPORT
WANTED TO SEE
EX-PRES. TAFT
Mr. Tuft, However, Was Not at
!I?>?e to Mrs, Lev I>av?-u|M>rt
(of Portland, Ore.)
There are probably many "Mrs.
John 8miths" and "''Mrs. Tom Jones'
lr? the country, but Washington up
to now had probably considered her
a^Jf the only possessor of a "MrsT
Ul Davenport." Tl??t this Is not
the cane, however, and that the well
kii'jvii local lady haa a nam *ake In
:h?' far west, may be seen from the
d in
Portland. Ore.. Auk 24. ? Former
President William H. Taft declined
to rcc- lve a party of. congressional
union buffrnKiats at his hotel here
yesterday It became known today.
Mrs. I.ce Davenport of thib cfty leil
he delegation. uhlch was composed
of about a dozen women. Th y sent
ivord to Mr. Tafr that they desired
Ir !a.v before him their propaganda.
Mr. Taft sent back an answer say
ug hi* Efbedulc of engagements for
the day was full and that he could
?jot possibly rec lve tbr?m. Mrs.
raven port split up an insistent re
ply, but the former president stood
firm.
NEWS FROM It. F. D. No. 4.
Rev. J. J. Lewis hrld services at
/.?bury church Sunday.
MIrs Annie Congleton and Vcnla
Alligood vlsilrd Miss Mamie Lewis
Wednesday afteruoon.
Curtis Nelson and Lonnle Dixon
???ere the guest* of Carl Nelson Sat
urday night and Sunday.
Lawrence 8pencer spent n few
davtf last week with his daughter,
'??'rs. L. F. Cotten.
Leonard Cotten left Monday to at
nd the Farmer's convention at
(nleigh.
Quite h number gathered at the
''Onie of W. A. Congl'ton Saturdny
-.'.ght. Music on the organ, banjo
?nd guitar was very much enjoyed
Misses Claudia Spencer and An
-.Jo Congleton were the guests of
?Irs. W. n. Woolard Sunday.
Mrs. William II. Congleton re
urncd home Saturday aft r npend
ng last week with Mrs. W. A. Con
:leton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B Woolard am
ended preaching at Wares Chapel
Sunday afternoon.
?Mrs. Olive Nelson was the guest I
of Mrs. Beesle Aliifrood Monday af
ternoon.
Mrs. W. A. CongV ton spent last
Thursday with Mrs. M. F. Congle
ton.
Mrs. H. E. Gurkln and Mrr.
Frances B Waters vletted Mrs. Bes
sie Alligood Saturday night and Sun
day.
Mlsa Claudia 8pencer visited Miss
Annie Congleton Saturday night
Cecil Gurkln. of Plnetown, visited
hla tfater. Mrs. B. F. Alligood, laat
Thursday night.
EXPRESS
REGRET
CKKMANY SAYS KlNKI.Nd OF
AR.1BIC WAS AGAINST IX
STKi:(TU).\i, A.SKh U. 8.
^ ^ TO AWAIT DETAILS.
Washington, I>. C'., ug. 23. ?
According to official advice*
received today by (he Gorman
nmbne^ador from Ilrrlin, tli**
act of torportuing the .Vrtlrft
woji against tilt' Instruction? of
the German government. The
t'nlted Stat*?? government liiu
Ih?u aflkrd to defer action in
the matter until Germany ran
report, in detail.
PARTI" LAST NIGHT.
Ml 83 .Yddell O'Brien charmingly
enfrtalr.ed taut evening at the homr
of her sister, Mrs. C. G. Morris, in
honor of her guest, Mias Nellie Arm
strong. of New Hern, N C. Pri
rresslve conversation was ;?lay
during which fruit pir-'i wc acr>
?d. Those pret< > ro: .V 's* m i
?Nellie Am- trotr. K "* B; ' *rd.
Krancc; i ea. \ Tl. ma y.yo, 1: ^ta
Warren. Irat ? Jo 1' " n Lewi*.
Dorothy r;:o* . 1: Ima L'ggett.
Virginia T*. nC". cf Wilson. Mary
tthodes. ( ; .tine aud Mary Baugh
mi, lle'ene Ifudnell. Bertha Bus
nan. Mary Robbiut., Lucille Credit.
?f Hyde. Maud Swindell, Nela O'- '
irien, and Virginia Bell; Messrs. '
"iarV a T. Harding. Henry Handy,
li^gene Coley. Bruco Tankard. Rich
ivd Leach. Edward Lee Archbeli.
'-?th Cordon. Arms'ead Hudnell,
'obert I>all. George Lench. Mc
Thomas Bobbins. l/ouis 8m man
Surellus Willis, John Johnston, Art
Kfsingor. Dan L"e Simmons. Lloyd
Lewis. Willie F Freeman, Roy Ken
snger and Rnlph Hodges.
The affair wan a lawn party th"
porch and yard being decorated In
Japanenn lanterns. Ml*s Neta O'
Brien presided over the punch bowl.
Ice cream and cake were served.
l'REHENT RIROIUAN CONFLICT
WAS PORRCASTKO HV TOI.KTO?
Atlanta, Aug 25 ? -Declaring th.v
Leo Tolstoi predicted the l**adlnn e
vents of the present world-war be
| fore he died, the editor of thr An
I nulty Mrssenger, published in At
lanta. quotes from a remarkable and
little known piece of writing by that
great author.
"The great conflagration will
rtart about 19 It. i"t In the coun
tries of southeastern Kurope. It will
deve'op Into a destructive calamity
In 191 3. In that year 1 aee all Eu
rope In flames and bleeding. I hear
the lamentations of liuf battle
fields."
And then comest he part which
Is of the newest and keenest Inter
eat. for the writer la quoted aa say
ing: .
"But about ih* tut 1*11 ? strung*
!ft?urt (ran th* north. ? ??* N?
LARGE SUM
mm
f FOR ROAOS
CIU\1!r OOUIfTY PLANS TO
HPE!fD ONE HI WED THOL'H
AND IN LMPnO\1NQ HI Oil ?
WATS.
A BOND ISSUE
i .'onunLwionijw Heid Special Session
V?<M(rrd?x Afternoon and Voted to
Improve Many MUeo of Highway..
(Special to the Dally News)
New Bern, Aug. 26. ? The Craven
County Board of Commissioners, in
a rpeclal session held yesterday de
;Id'd lhai a sum In the neighbor
hood ol one hundred thousand dol
lars will be expended on the roads
In craven county. This amount will
be expended on several of the ronda
leading Into New Bern and perma
nent roads will be constructed of
Cape Fear gravel. which Is a mix
ture of sard end clay, and a Tar via
or??parai !on. Three miles of perma
nent road will be constructed on
er... of the following thoroughfares:
ri i:e rond leading from the foot of
:lu Tr? lit river county road in the
direction of Ileaufort. the Pembroke
Trent. N uso and the Vanceboro
roads. and another road on the
north side of Neuse river and the
Oaks road from the end of the Na
tional Cemetery road to the Neuse
road. The roads will bo construct
ed of a layer of the Cape Fear grav
il. covered with a Tarvla dreasfng
which la to cost two hundred and
Ifty dollars per mile.
It was stated by members of the
Board that to build these roads It
'ould require an output of about
"?ne hundred thousand dollars, but
?o plans have yet been made to
alse this fund, however. It Is ex
pected that bondts will be sold for
?liis purpose.
CATCH SNAKE
IN RAT TRAP
iiitrcMinx Catt-li Made by Mr. Ford
ham of Klnnion.
?special to the Daily News)
I* ton. Aug. 25. ? A three-foot
xnakt* wa.i found In a rat
rap nated In the dining room at
te home of David Fordham, who
esldeg about two mile* from here.
The snake had put Its head in th?
rap and was choked to death when
ihe trap was sprung.
Magnetic Mountains.
TVi mountains of Porto Rico are re
magnetlo that they a?oact min'ojort'
vlumb Knoa and l? bus been found that
xsme old fcurve;* ure incorrect uj
ifcW .> mil* or lunm
On# of Wif? Evil*
Edmund Burke said : "War km*,
be rules of obligation, and *r.
ong suspended is !n danger cf [?
n#Al!v abreast *4 -
polean. entera the stage of the
bloody drama II* ]w a man of little
military training, <\ writer or Jour
nalist, but in IiIr grasp most of Ku
rope wil) remain until 1925. The
end of the great calamity will mark
? n?"w political era for the Old
World. There will bf? left no ein
r?*rps or kingdoms, bit" the world
Will form a federation of the 17nit*d
State* of nations. There will re
naln only four great giants? the
Anglo-Saxona, the Latins, the Slavs
and the Mongolians."
New Theater
TONIGHT.
"THE BOMH BOY"
Three Keel Feature
"HIS PHANTOM pWBBTHWART"
On* Reel
"The Other Woman'! Picture"
On* Reel
"BIX EP BBAUTUtUt H1.RKP"
O*. RmI ComMr
pmcw ? f, ..a id,
V v mrr ' ' M