No. 44 .
EXAMINE
TO SANITY
MURDERER
Y NOT BE TRIED
to death with a dab. the law wonlc
?(and >etwsan him aad conrlctlor
for m Im4 far which he was no
???illy responsible.
The defenee la aaid to hare a let
tar tram a Outoola, N. C., phyaiclan
who treated Hill. The doctor stated
that SHI, when aader hU treatment
had pellagrs and showed unmtatak
ahle itgaa of Insanity. Attorney Or
wand earn he entertains not the
slightest donbt that the alayer Is un
TAR PROJECT
IS POSTPONED
(Vy wire to the Dally News)
Hoekjr Mount, Aug. tf . ? Although
Congressman Kltohln #aa at Tar
boro last weak, the meeting that
was to hare bean held for the dis
cuseion of improving the Tar river
for narlgatlon, was postponed, ow
ing to the absence of some of the
directors of the Tarboro chamber of
Another date will be est for the I
mooting some Ums In the near fn
tnre. The project haa undergone
considerable dlacuaalon aad It IsjtoH
Herod If the matter la handled in
proper fashion, It can be carried
through emscesi fully.
CITY \mt
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I ??? ?
Little Rock, Ark.. Au?. 16. ? Food
end money here been teat from Lit
tle Rock to *14 the hundred* of
flood refagers et Newport, Ark., who
ere living on the seoond floors of
their hotoce u the reeult of e rise
In White river. A carload of oen
ned good* end breed wee expected
todey. i
The etrcete still were covered with
two to twelve feet of weter. The
eewerege system hea been destroyed
the weter end eketrlc light and ?ta
plentu were oat of commission end
rellroed eoennaeketlon still wm
eat of.
Offloer on the American batticahljj
Utah operating: the range finder dur
lag maneuvers. ?
Setting Down to Essential?.
. "Am a matter of professional cob
Bieuce," said the lawyer, "are yoc
"Whal e the use of wasting tine on
a minor consideration like that?" re
joined the up-to-date prisoner. "How
do you think I nwfaure up for inaan |
tt?r L
\UTO UPSETS;
CATCHES FIRE;
NO ONE HURT
IOC1DKNT CHXTRRBD TO AUTD
MOllILE BELONGING TO
HHAW BONNER.
,{o? Ran In Front of the Car, Cann
ing it to Turn Off into a Ditch. ]
Escape of Occupant* Was Mirac- 1
(Special to the Dally News)
^Aurora, Aug. 2?. ? The automobile
*)eloriltns to 8haw Bonner of^hIa
alty, turned turtle half way between,
irre and New Bern; the occupants
jf the car were thrown out and the
nacblne waa completely burned.
Shaw Bonner, Til ~pfcul, Ray Paul*
4r. Bonner's son and a negro, were
n the car at the time of the aocl
irht.
Mr. Bonner was driving the car,
when a hog, which had been rooting
ilongside of ther oad. suddenly took
It into his head to cross directly In
*ront of the machine. The front
wheela struck the animal and the
ar skidded ofT into a dlteh and turp
d over. Mr. Paul and one of the
'joya were pinned under the car.
which Immediately caught fire. They
-vere extricated from their perilous
position before the Arc had gained
much headway.
The eecape of the men and boys
was mlraeuloua. No one Buffered
my injuries exoeptlng a few bruises.
SMOKES CIGARS
AND ASKS AID
triad Beggar Puffs at Coatly Cher
oot* While Collecting
< Special to tbe Daily News)
Nfrw Bern, Ang. >9. ? A beggar,
whether a professional 6 r one who
Is really to need of help Is seldom
Indulging In the luxuries of live hat
occasionally this occurs^ and one oi
those caies look place at th? anion
passenger tsation yesterday morn
lag when a white man, who Is aap
pqped to be blind, was atandlng un
der the shed playing a banjo, t'wo
tanas for a nickel, and at the srftnft
time waa smoking a cigar, which ap
parently waa of no cheap brand. It
la not an unusual occurrence to aee
a beggar emoklng but usually his
parafrh&nalla oonslats of a corn cob'
pipe and a sack of cheap tobaccos
instead of high grade cigars. hm u
as a twenty-five dollars per week;
wage corner caunot alford. he puh^
lie should be careful in donating to
strangers who wear colored glaaeea
and claim to be blind for If their
financial standing enab'.es them to
barn up mopey In teL cent cigars, ^
they are not worthy o* the nlekcls
that they get.
SPECIAL BULLETINS
KJa**, A??. 96, ft p. m.~?
Ooof Mm, m irUl for ihf
mmrt to of 10a wifo, wan Ju<%m1
~ bMtM thte iftcnM ftjr tt?r
gata! 1 1 fomMlMtott which had
appointed b j Jpdf* 0o?.
On*.*Nr. Am- '
m. ? Dm- <w ???'?* "? *?
Pollock, who * ?? ??<?> '<?? ???
n,nr,w of FoMfMnM MmHfc t *
ItaraTlllr two r*?r? *??. -
b~. portpoBrf ?!' ??
atom of th* MiMftor ovart ??t
ROARERS TIE
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BP WITH THE
WALLOPERS
T** 1 iiwr ? "-'ft*]
VIKITOH8 TOO* HBCO.ND <JA)1K
VKHTBBDAr.;,,.., * j
SC0RE~WAS 8*4
Mook Chan Flora At?' 4t ij
D?. H?. BM Pttrfttrt OOM
B.U. fcin ?w? Sfcaky 8?|
*"*' ?jw ?' ; .
?(.il ' "MMV.'O '
TI1K TOAftE OF PAMK.
To make thrw hit* out ?f *1
four time* ?t bat ? oo? of th*m ?i
a tout ? and to drtr? la six *|
i roc*. l*n't a bad day'* work
and d4Wflc a lltUe extra WW ,
men*, b*nc* oar reason toa IsA- 1
tint "Monk'*" aama adore this *
Gallery of Oaala* today. In ad- ?
(Utlon to bates re*poa*lbl? (or ^
tba abors, "Old Han" H?o ?
? caught an. **ootl*at
? appeared *n ha?? a kaaak ot * I
? iu?*ai the wnkMM ot tb? ?!
?.local batter* ' 49 ' *1
? "D*t a'rlgbt, of Howl"
? * * ' * |* * *
It "MoBk" Cburi. lid
drowned when be Va* a yo?n*?t*r
and It "JJ*c" m#n4 had pal/ *txaof
led ov?r bla nursing bottle when he
was an Intent, tb* Wallop*r* might
ti?ve woa y**i*rday'? (am* Neither
Jf th*ie aecldent* ha>p?*d. bow
ser, and a*, a reeult. the Roarer,
defeated the locale by U? of
?-?.
Aurora played (be beet (am* y*?
t'rday that they h?* ***r P*1 up
on tb* loeal Md. Th*y ?'? Bland
excellent tupport aad only made two
rrora, *ae of whleb waa Iimwl>l*
tor o run. In tb* opinion ot man#
lixsa.-ssfts
tbit baa been etna b?r* tbte ?*a?on,
with the extaptlrfn of Scott.
Two rub* wore mad* bjr ttle vla
Uora in th* e**niok lanlng . ?wh?
Tionner hatamseed oat ? two-bagger
and Clm* ?nnf lit on* on thenoee
'for a bome ran The Walloper*
mad" their Srn ru? In tb* aeeond
Inning. Horning get tin* a eoratob
hit and scoring later *W%en Riser*
nude * miliar of Darenport'i
grounder.
In the third Inning, the Ytaltor*
made two more rune. R. Thompson
walked and Bonner reached *i??
wbon Barrett fumbled hl? jrOoadsr.
Churn (Isgled ?nd. both Thompson
mid Bonner gcorod on Barnes' iup
gllng outltt right ftolt.
In their bait of the rturth Inning,
a eucceselon of tbrei bit* bjr Mintdn,
Hornlg ,*?d Brown , r*^uU*d In the
scoring Of two runs, tor the locals.
No further eeorlng^ et|* done until
ihe eevonth, when Aurofd made
mad* thr** mor* la 1 Ilea. it. TboMp
aon singled and Lanier r*aeh*d Bret
on Hackney'* poor throw. Barrhtl
muffed Bpnncr'a grounder and
Thompson scored. Chnrn singled
and Lanier aad Bonner acored. In
tb* eighth Inning. Jim Hackney
started thing* rolling with a three
bagger and scored on Car row's atvi
?1?. Hornlg walked aad -?'"W?
singled. Riling tb* bawe. Ktlth was
| put In to bat tor Bavenport. and|
fanned.
Aurora made th* Baal score ot th*|
game lo the
IlnoSsr poled 3
**or?d
Lanier's ?ro
practically Mjgwfre *t thffk
players who *ra*Jt^?a'
[tall* thai w*r* wkH ,kl??Y* tb* I
jjfe'rs. In thhr r**pect. the gum* |
fidt bddlty In tt**rt? If Blaad
lai ball oyer th* plat* tkat yUa\
tb* walet. they w*rs few aad
Practically all of Ms
high one* and lh?y
tb* oatdolag of th*
Vatfop*ra. Horalg'a rannlog c*t^h
DEVASTATED BY CLOUDBURST
street. Id tH*. Pa-, just after the clcuddtirai and flood that caueed the deeth of tnor* than
" the destruction of a vast amount of property In that city. It was alon* this street that
and drowuod by the rapidly rising water*.
were cang'
AGED MAN
SUICIDE
(By wire to the Dally News)
New Bern, Aug. 26. ? Caswell
Askew, aged 74, a resident of Tren
ton, N. <5., committed suicide in a
boarding house on South Front St.
last night by cutting hi* throal with
a pocket knife. He was in the room
by himselr when tne tragedy oeccfr
red. No reason has been aaslgn'd
for his act
?skew owns considerable property I
te -Jones county and is well kuowh
Ul* section of the Staled
r.ARKWELL PARTY.
Miss Ma ?<le Hodges delightfully |
entertained at a farewell party Wed
nesday Evening complimentary to
her house guest. MIsb Elsie Mae
Dillon, of Greensboro. During the
evenfng music wsn furnished by
Misses ' Jessie end Esther Hodges
and Jamie Bonner, after which a
course of delightful refreshment*
was served- Quite s number called
during the evening.
of J. Hooker's fly In left field In the
fourth Inning, was a pretty p'.ay and |
kept Riven from scoring.
The Summary.
Aurora a d. r. h. e. I
R. Thompson, If 3 2 1 o
Lamtr. ef 6 1 0 o
Bonner, ss. 5 3 1 I
Churn, e 4 1 3 0
E. Hookey, 2 b 4 0 0 0
R, 8. Thompson, rf. .. 3 0 2 0
Rivera, tV ......... 8 0 1 1
Bland, p. 4 1 1 o
Total 31 8 9 2
Washington A.B. R. H. E
Hackney, 3b 4 1 1 l
Barrett, as 4 0 0 3
Carrow, et 4 0 1 0
Mlnton, lb 4 1 1 0
Hornlg'. it 3 2 2 0
Brown, p 4 0 2 o
Davenport, c 3 0 0 0
Phelps, lb 4 0 0 0
Barnes, rf 4 0 0 1
Keith 1 0 0 0
^ Total . r. 35 4 7 6
R.H.E.
Aurora 20200030 1?8 9 2
[Washing ton 01020001 0 ? 4 7 5
Rtruek out: by Rland. 16; by
by Brown, 9. Base on balls: off
Bland, 1; off Brown, 3. Home run:
Churn. 3-baae hits: R. S. Thomp
son. Hackney. 2-bsse hits: Bon
ner. J. Hooker. Sacrifice hits: R
Thompson Double play: Barrett tc
Ph Ips to Mlnton. Umpires: W
Thompson and A. Elliott
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Crystal ice cream j
Made with fresh Peaches , also j
deficients Red Cherry Cream. J
Crystal Ice Company i
j| PHONE M WASHINGTON. N C. J
WILL PLAY
GRIMESLAND
lntcir*Uii{ Game Tomor
row Ulien Grlmewland Gooa lip
Ag*lnst the Walloper*.
Owing to events which hare pre
ceded the game, It Is expected that
i large crowd of fans will be on
hand tomorrow afternoon to witness
the game between the Wallopers
and Urlmealand. It is reported that
he latter team have an exception
ally strong line-up and that they
will use every effort in winning the
contest.
It is not known yet who will work
In thrt box for the Wa!lopers. Man
ager Bell stated this morning that
he was trying to secure the ser
vices of auotlier pitcher, but could
give out no announcement at the
rresent time.
18,000 POUNDS OF -
TOBACCO SOLD
Cioutl ilrrak mt Loral Tobacco Ware
(mum-* Today. Malm Are
.Steadily I nrr easing.
Close to 18.000 pounds were sold
at the local tobacco warehouses to-,
day. One of the houses reported a
sale of 3,888 pounds, which sold for
$383.06. Another sold 3.964 pound
for an average price of 8 3-4 cents
The third eo'd 10.000 pounds for tin
average price of 9 cents.
The sales are increasing steadily
and by next week the local tobacco
men expeot to see dally sales of
from 25,000 to 80,000 pounds.
WILL TAKE
OVER HAITI
Washington, Aug. 36. ? Secretary
Lansing Maid today that iiio treaty
the United States hag submitted to
Haiti for ton years' A- m oilcan corn
trol of the island government's fi
nances had (or its sole purpose the
establishment of a stable govern
ment which could be entirely turn
ed over to the Haitiena themselves.
The Amurlcan charge at Port iu
Prince has asked the Haltlen gov
cvnm nt for an answer today. Sec
retary Lansing confirmed the out
line of the plan In despatches from
1 1'irt au Prlnoc and said:
"We have only one purpose ? that
, is to help the Haitien people and
. pr- vent I hem from being exploited (
by Irresponsible revolutionists. These
, are not properly revolutions; they
are unorganised enterprise* which
Involve no question or -"inclple and
they ar*? ruining the country. While
they are In progress people are
flirting in the streets of Port au
Prlifce because they cannot securo
the supplies 'of food which abound
In the country. Things have been
gning from bad to worse and sonie
, tiling must bo done. The United
States government has no purpose
6f aggresirion and is entirely dialn
tereated In promoting thnls protec
torate. Wo have not e*en asked
lor Mole 8t. Nicholas."
The secretary added that, of
comae. the arrangement would have
o be approved by the United States
Seaate.
\v; , ,
Ashovllle. Aug 2?. ? Tracd by
bloodhounds <o a mountain cabin,
four or Ave mllsa from Topton, Har
r> Wiggins and Merrill Miller were
arrested last night about 7 o'clock
chargcd with the murder of P. L.
Phillips, according to a message re
ceived this morning from Toptoti. A
dying statment from Phillips wa?
to the effect that these men are re
sponsible for his death. Wiggins and
Miller are now in jail at Robbins
t'llle and a posse is in pursuit of EtI '
Williams. Tom Jordan and Jim Na
hum. supposed to be members of s
hand or outlaws to which Mlll'r an<*
Wiggins belonged.
This morning a strong posse
tarte4 into the depths o( the Smoky
Mountains to capture Williams.' lor
Ian and Naburn. Jordan Is wanted
u ('lay county to answer the charge
of killing a man there about twe
years ago, -Naburn is said to liavr
murdered a young man about twr
*? eks ago. Ttanrn is a reward of
fered for "Williams for the murder
nt Mrs. Phillips, hl? mother-in-law
?.ud her son snd daughter.
MRS. WEEKS
PASSED AWAY
Well Known Washington R*s!clar
Died This Morning, Follow
Prolonged lilt:
Mrs. T D. Weel died at 1- r
home on Wett Sec- nd : * tli.*
morning t' 6:'fl o'<! 'k. The fu
n- ral serve s v'll be held at the
home tomo- ! v morning at oleven.
Rev. H. B. Searlght officiating.
Mrs. Week's death followed a pro
longed Illness. Her condition grew
worse several days ago and the doc
tors statrd at that time that It
would only be a matter of a few
days before sh<? passed sway. Her
many friends, however, did not give
Up and her death comes as a sor
rbwfuf shock to them
The pall bearers will ho Oilberl
Rumley. W. R. Pedrlck. W. K Ja
cobf-OD. J. I- Warren. Soph I,egge*t
and n H. Whltford
PATH Kit III NH OYKK OWN HOY.
( Special to the Dally Neww)
Rocky Mount, Aug. 26. ? George
Hales, a boy of eight years of age.
was run over by his father's auto
mobile when he attempted to alight
from the ear befor* It stopped. The
lad tripped over the running board
and fell under the wheel* of the
car. He Is suffering, from a broken
collar bone.
H.lYH RAKKR.
We make photography of excellent
quality. We will ship them out on
approval anywhere. You can thor
oughly examine them, show them to
your friends, compare them with any
work you ever ssw, at the price. If
you are thoroughly satisfied yon
can send us check; If not you can
return pictures at our expense. We
j have aent out over 100 doaen pic
tures In the laat six months, with
not a single picture returned, and
i every dollar paid In. We are yoirs
' to please and eerve by the simply
aaklaq. . BAKER'S flTVDJQ.
"SHOT UP" CITY
YOUNG MEN
ARE FlflED
hrlhavIn vol* no men had
GAY TIME WHILE THE
CITIZEN M SLlfPT.
ARE ARRESTED
?
Brought l'p Into Court ud Arc
M?V to Pay for tbo "Bl< Tin**'
Titer Had U?o Nl?ht iWorc.
&hoo*ng Occurred at Midnight,
(Special to the Dally News)
Belhaven, Aug. 10. ? Between
eleven and twelve o'clock at night,
while most of the law-abiding citi
zens were safe in tbe arme of Mor
pheus, a couple of young men tried
to "shoot up" the town In true wee
tern fashion.
The disturbers of the peace rod*
around the streets In a horse and
juggy. At frequent interval# the
algbt'e quietness was broken by th->
aolse of revolver shots. Several clt
zens. awakened by the shots, left
their beds and meandered forth to
ascertain the cause of the distur
bance.
Policeman Dillon got news of th?
affair and arrested the young men
on Front street and took them b*
fore Mayor Tooley, where they jn *??""
placed und^r bond. At the hearing,
which took place In the morning,
one offender was Aned $7.00 atid
coj-t-. and his partner 15.00 and
costs They were charged with *
violation of the toWn ordinance,
vhich forbida the discbarge of fira
. rms within the corporate limits.
GIVE NEGRO
A LONG TERM
KlHhton liurglar In Hrntrncfd to Fife
V'san on the Road.*.
(Special to the Dally News)
Klnston. Aug. 26.? -Judge Connor
n Superior Court sentenced Will
lorham, colored, to Ave years on
he county roads for burglary. Ar
-algned with him was his wife. Fren*
?oriipm Tho pair are behuvod 'o
:;ive peri-pirated a rtcri?.,!< of robber
s'* in the i*Dutliern part y' ihr oi t y
wlilt-h netted th?*m mare than >750
?n loot, moht of whlrii was recovered
when the police raided their home.
Gc:::im plead guilty to rifling the
hor* .?f M. Goldstein, on South In
1epv . nt street. He tried In his
Mil. to absolve his wife, who
... em^.cd to prove an alibi. The Jury
found the woman guilty. The court
reserved judgment in the case of the
wife, who Is a consumptive. In
working up the rase the police dis
covered that Irene florham cooked
in one or more of the houses which
her husband robbd. al different
times
WAD 5 GALLONS:
ARE ARRESTED
Two Nkrto^ Apr < aught u Tlifj
Wfr? Trying to Enter Cltjr
Wltli Too Much liquor
In ThHr Pnwmlon.
Gror*? I>unn and J. R. Kllllbrew,
niHrnhdrt; of the colon d race, went
apprehended nt th* county brldgn
!a*t nlirhr by Officer Ilardlaon and
are today reponinp in jail, dun lo the
fact that thAy had five gallon* of
monkey rum In their poaaaaalon at
fh? time they encountered Mr. Har
riliton The two negroea were rid
ing In a tranafar. They had avl*
dently aecured the liquor comewhere
acroaa tha rWer. The trial will b^
I held this afternoon.
New Theater
Change Program <
Tonight.
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