DAILY
WA9WWGTON N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST ;0 HI'
?oL7
IIS THEE
n**-* ? ? &?
WOStA* ATO men CHILDRVN
MSB SATURDAY XIOHT -
BURNED HOUSE
While it work sewing on a pair
?f trousers for be* email boy.
lightning late Saturday night struck
Annie Sparrow,- wile of Henry ?par
row, colored, of Vandemere, killed
her Instantly, etruck two children,
killing then; killed two chickens
and two turkeys under the house;
eet Are to a bedstead, and burned
np ono end of the house before thr
blase could be pat out?
Thp woman's breast was cut open
by the flash and she died almost
instantly. The death of the children
was also Instantaneous. Sam Laugh
Inghouee, engineer on the W. * V.
railroad, who brought the acconnt
of the accident to this city, has the
trousers, which the ' woman was
working, tn his possession. The
lightning took the Mat out of them
as neatly aa. If the work had bren
done by a sharp pair of scissors.
DEATH DUEL
IN JAIL CELL
On* Co Killed am atlwr Mmj
We ?? Railt of Fight
Trvntov, -itrng: ??.? T*P
Italian convicts In the state prison
here fought a duel with knlree In
their eell. By the tine keepers
could get the cell door open and
separate the saen one was so wound- j
ed that he died two hours later. The
other la ao badly hurt ho may aot
live to be tried for the murder el
hta cellmate.
John De Augustina, of Cumber
land county, who was serving a It
year sentence for larceny, ta the man
who dkd. The mea who Vlll be
tried for hia death. If he lire*, la
Joaeph Ferrato, of Middlesex conn-!
ty. who ta earring an Indeterminate
sentence of from three and a half to
seven year! for laroeny.
Owing to the crowded condition
of the prleoa. many eoavftsts are
doubled up In eella. These two men
worked In the aame shop and were'
cellmates without friction until re-j
ccntly. when, ao far aa the author!-'
ties can laai u. they quarreled and]
continued to quarrel.
Early In the morning the convict#
In adjoining oelle were awakened by
the mea fighting. Neither made anyi
outcry. An alarm was given and
keepers rushed In, to find the men;
locked fn . each others arms and
wieidlng their knlvee as fast aa they;
could. Th* knives were taken from
the ahop where the men worked.
12,000 POUNDS
SOLD TODAY
Good RrMk flfcjoyed mi. Loal W v?
*r . llMMM T*.J J, - - ? HI? l
nouM*. 1 1 k w MMum ni*n.
Tka local warafeaaaaa mHtyri a
good braak at today*' aalaa About'
1 1.000 pounds won told Tha Cao
tr?l warabousa claims tor b?T? told
S.B00 poundi and th* Baaufort 6,000
pounds Mo raport waa racked
from tha Waahlngton warako
bat It la uadaratood that It ijas
twaan 1,000 and 1.000 poaada.
?Prlaaa for tha kattar arada of to*
baaco rontlnua axaallmt. Not oat
"kl?k" baa Ma nada by tba (arm*
ara aa to tka prlaaa tkagr raaataa far
tbalr crop.
AT THE
BELLMO
, "DIAMOND n?OM THE SKY
Chaptar I ? I parts
Wlnlfrad Oraaawaod
and Bdvard Craan la
"H? Omi.lOATION"
'XBMLT A MAMIBB MAK"
Cra?r?0M h*>
rj
INDIANA MAN GETS A PLUM |
George E. Downey, comptroller of
J?e trea?ury: who ha* been choaeu to
Cirthe vacancy so the boach of the
f;nlted State* court t_T claims enrth1
*?y the retirement of Justice Howr/
rle comes from Indiana,- where for t?.
/ova he t. cliroit jtidge.
? INVITED TO ATTEND *
? PAKMKK8' ME8T1NG ?
I ? ?' ? ?
[? A special invitation has been *
? issued to the residents of the *
? city to be present at the high ?
4 school tomorrow morning, at ?0 ?
? o'clock, when the opening of the ?
? farmers' meeting will take ?
?place. ?
? Wives of merchants of Wash- *
k* lAffclP ar.p .especially requested ?.
' to be present and bring their ?
? lunches with them. The presl- ?
?' .dent of the Civic League Urgent- ?
? ly requests the members to bo ?
? present. Other ladies' clubg in *
? the city are expected to be rep- ?
? resented. ?
? It Is hoped that everyone in *?
?' Washington will make an effort ?
? to be present at the meeting. *
'? ' Bring y6ur lunch with you. ?
? ' ? ? ? ? ? ? ???
IS TRYING TO
FIND BROTHER
\tL: H. l im, Parmer ReakSenC of
I Washington , is Being Sought
By His Brother of this Oity.
T. J. Harding of /this city Is artx
louely endeavoring to secure new.
Of the Vherrabouts of his brother,
H. H. Harding, a former resident of
Washington, but who has been awa
trom this city for a numbor of years.
Mrv Harding left here in* 1877
but twenty years after his depar
ture. he returned to Washington and
since then he has not been heard
from, except Indirectly. It Is ex-,
pected that he Is somewhere in th ?
western states.
BI1JLK 18 KX<T8K FOB
HTJI'VINO M.AltBI \?K
h Mf ? York. Aug. 30.? Mrs. Mellle
Kos wick was in the seventh heaven
i of bliss over her approaching nmr^
raleg to William A. Walte, and had
her trosaeau prepared, when Sud
denly her prospective' husband delv
ed into the Bible and there learned
that the Scriptures declared It wrong
for a divorced map to re- marry, and
so he broke the engagement, accord
ing to ft suit before th? Supreme
Court. The disappointed wtman
seeks $100,000 damages from 'Mr.
Walte for alleged breaoh of promise
of marriage.
They had been engaged. for a year,
Mrs. Koawlck asserts, when he en
tered hor home one night imme
diately following her refusal to In
vert money In his Van Storage Cor
poration. He said that "he bad
been reading In the Bible that we
wer* bat sojourner* here below,
while we had to live for hundreds
and thonsands of years hercaftet.
and that the Rlble taught him that
If he, as a divorced man. shou'd
marry again here below he would
hav? to suffer for the vame In the
world te come, aad that, therefore,
lit coH4 ?ot mtrrjr thli yktatia."
tarSMMt*"-"' -m
ONE W1FETO
1WOMEI
a wnhaiwhal www mat
i ntN a
TWOSUITS
i
WomMi from ItapUa Cooaty Matted
Km Aged VO, After Havtag Al
ready Bmi Manted to ftittew.
(By Butero Pnn)
Klnston, Au| 10.? <Mrs. LUllS
Engllsh-JLee. of I>opUn county, last
week vai powwwl of two husband*.
Events which hare transpired sines
,then, however, would tend to show
thst she will soon be without any.
One of the bushsnds has already se
cured a divorce and ths other Is
suing.
Mrs. English came to Klnston
from Duplin some time sgo. She Is
22 years of age and pretty. She
attracted the attention of Louis Lee,
aged 70. and thsy wera married.
Later Mr. Lee found out bow mat
ure etood and he entered enit for
divorce. They were separated by a
decrec from the court Saturday.
Mr. English, l| Is stated, has
heard of his wife's escapade and he
also going to enter autt for dl
vorce. according to information that
7S9 made public this morning.
GRfMESLAND
PLAY THREE
GAMES HERE
First Game Takee Place Tomorrow.
* CnMmlk CfcMga h Um "
up of Walloper*.
The Grlmesland baseball team
will Invade Washington tomorrow
'or a three-game series with the
oca's, to be played Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday.
There will be considerable change
a (he line-up of the Wallopors.
Most of the out of town players have
?eft the city and their places will
Se taken By locsl players. iBrown
vlll probably pitch tomorrow and
Weston Is scheduled to work in one
f the games.
CAPTURED
WALKING
ARSENAL
\K?JRO TAKEN IN ROCKY MOUNT
WITH FOUR OUN8 IN HIH
P()8MKHHION.
Was rteeo Coming Out of Hoqbo of
I*rtrratnent RenMcnt. Betleved to
He Wanted In Wilmington.
(Br Eastern Press)
nocky Mount, Aug. 80. ? With e
lulpment in h!s possession that ri
valed that of an -arsenal, Nick Tay
?or, a "bur!y negro, was captured by
Officcr Sid Taylor this morning after
a long chase. The negro carried
four revolver* In his pocket, all of
different calibre and all loaded.
?,The man was seen coming nut of
ih* home of J. K Bums, 116 Ar
"Mncton street. Neighbors, knowing
.'hat Mr. Burns and family were out
of the city, notified the police and
Offleor Taylor appeared upon the
scene. The negro appeared willing
->nough to give himself up until Mr.
Taylor made an attempt to search
bl;n. The officer put hUr hand on
one of the revolvers In the man'f
pocket and upon that, the negro
broke away and started running up
the street. The polloeman flred sev
eral shots to scare the fleeing man
nsr?.'8ar?as
ktib from under a porch where he
hnd hid. A atarch revealed the re
volver#. three watches and a bundle
of letters.
A perusal of the lattara would
seem to*' show that the man was
watted I* Wilmington, as they
wiratrd him to liaep away from that
city and to taave Roeky Mount as
?oon as t>o*alble. It Is thongkt that
Jhe negro was aatarfng Mr. Bnrns'
h erne in orlsr to eaeuro ?n?elatti
<no4? win whlft t? !???? tk? ?ttf,
$903 IN TAXES
?H" TW TbJ, A??i M. cxd
?a tn^ Ro?] from
C"hooowi?H/ Co Wa^kimn. ln-|
-- ? excellent suggestions re
garding road work in Beaufort
county, were received thl* morning I
by A. M. Domay, chairman of the
"Good Roads committee" of thel
Washington Chamber of Commerce
The suggestions wero embodied In a
letter from J. D. Orlmob, which
reads as follows:
Mr. A. M. Dumay,
City.
Dear 81r:
My exceeding Interest ' In roail
matters Is my only excise for writ
|lng you so much sboht them. II
[think that the cohdltlpn or tho
swamp road from Chfeowlnlty to
Washington will have { a material
bearing on the success or failure of
the tobacco, market which you, a
mong othere, hare tried so earnestly
to establish here.
I waa In Raleigh one day this week
and ascertained that the tax from
automobilea from Beaufort county
for the last fiscal year, which ended
on July 1st, amounted to $1128.75
Under the law, 80 per cent of this
fund Is payable to the county of
Beaufort to be used In road build
ing. Thla amounts to $903.00; I
understand it will be paid probably
this next week, or wltXIlf ten days.
L^et year the County Oemm lee lon
ers divided this fund, wlilcn las:
year was about |C00, Into six equa
parts and paid It to the six town
ships to use for road work, and no
one township got enough to realtz
any material benefit. 1 suggest that
you go before the Board of Com
missioners and ask them to take this
entire fund for work on the road be
tween here and Chocowinlty. Wltli
this fund we ought to get the con
victs for over a month, which would
enable us to have the road thor
oughly ditched, crowned up, rolled,
and dragged; In other words, make
It a first class road. I believe that
tho commlssioneri from Chocowln
lty and Rlchlands Townships would
favor this, also the one from Wash
ington Township ought to favor it,
as this road Is by far the largest
feeder to the town of Washington
of any road running into It. 1 think
If the Chamber of Coramerne were
to take concerted action, and before
the matter came up see Mr. Aycock
and Mr. Rborn. pofislbly It could be
gotten through without any oppo
sition. It ought to be done. If at
all, within the next week, because
the Board of Commissioners will
meet on Monday, the 8th of Sep
tember, and 1 presume will pats on
the matter at that time. If necen
sary, an agreement could be made
whereby the other townships would'
have the fund for enough years to
come to offset this amount; but I
personally feel that this road Is not
so mnrh s road of Chocowinlty
Townshlp. but a road of the whole
county, and certainly a road of the
town of Washington froin a business
stsndpolnt.
I suggest thst you take this mat-'
ter up with the other members of
your Committee and slso with tho
President of the Chamber of Coni-i
merce. I sm mailing a copy of thlij
letter to Capt. Leach, the President.
With personal regards.
Yours truly,
JUNIUS D. CRIMES
NUMKItSACI/l-KII BY I.IOHTVIX,.
Frankford. Del., Aug. 30. ? Light-:
nlng playod toother one of Its pe- J
collar tricks when it Jumped Into
thf> home of Walter Long, of Frank
fort, while supper wti being eaten
klllod the pet dog which was under
the table, but scared all those eat
ing except Long htmmlf. 'who wan
knocked out of his chair and stun
ned.
At the eeosa time, at Dog* bar?
Lory Courtman Granvll!? A. Cannon
hud Just finished hla supper and'
wrlked out on his front |*wn to look,
?t I h% f ty, when n belt tnrned him
oter. be tree ontfer which bc
*too4 t|i ttm w ptM?,
NEW YOHK POLICE 30ATS ARMED
In order that the New York hartior police may ho prepared for any
eventuality, and especially to holp the federal government in the enforce
ment of neutrality, the boats of the forco bare heon armed with machine
guns and the crews trained in their use.
WOMEN WILL PARADE
AS "FRIENDS OF PEACE''
Ten Thousand Will March in Chica
. go. -During Peq,ce Convention.
MISS ADAMS TO PRESIDE
By Kutledge Rutherford)
Chicago, Aug. 30. ? Tea thousand
women all drcaaeU In white, wearing
emblems of "The Shackled Mara,"
the official insigi:'* of "The Friends
of Peace." will parad< up Slate street
during the Nationu) conven
tion in Chicago. September 5 and fi,
sieging the ten peace songs that
have been 8cl cted for the occasion,
?ccordlng to plans formulated to
lay.
The women will march into the
conviction hall, where they will
?end to" ^he convention petitions
4'giK'd by M0,or>0 cltlzns of the
United StaTPs1 askicr 'or peace and
for an embargo on the shipment of
inns and ammunition. Mis* Jane
*ddanig will preside at that session
which will be in the afternoon and
the rniiYfciitlon will appoint a com
mittee to present these petitions to
the President of the United States
It will be the mttH imposing pa
rade of woin^n ev r t)en in frny city
at any time, it i? declared. Standard
bearerB wl!l carry the "Shackled
Mara" emblem, and women will
brandish the insignia on flag* and
pennants that will wave from all
paits of the vast tin ? of white Kown
I ml femin'nlty. Inscriptions on
runnier* arid transparencies will
ell of the sentiments that inspire
111" iiiib|uo d^monslrntlcin.
' We are worn n who would read
SPENT DAY AT
PAMLICO BEACH
1 Popular Renoit Agnin Vlaited lly
Many From Thin City
Vcntewlay.
A iarg- number from Bath. Wash
ington. Belhaven and other polnta,
visited Pamlico Beach yesterday and
enjoyed a most pleasant outing.
|Aiiong those who wont from here
wtre Misses Kvr-lyn Jones. RHsabeth
Crrrow. Mae Blount, Rllse Marsh,
8? lie Carrow, Mar* Wat?on. l.a'ham
Jones. Oretchen Parker. Mary Clyde
Hassell, Mae Bell and Kathetine
Small. Janet Wh'tAore, Iwabelie
and Robena Carter, Rllaabeth Hill,
IfcHTO. Rarl Forbes. Cecil Cobb.
Mr. Olsen. Arthur RIHott. Charles
Sears. O. F. Clark. WIIHatn Baifh
in; Phil Olds. Con. Lucne, Henry
Jarihaon, Dare Hill, Mr. and lira.
Wm. Rum ley and Mr. and Ifrv,
Jems? Ellison and M. A. Smltl?f
i lly FarriflcB our sons for the nation
al honor," one will gay. "but noi for
the further enrichment of Wall St."
"We arc marching lu evidence of
the fact thai we have detected the
plot of the money lenders lo drag
jur .sons Into this war to make good
iheir war loans." another declares.
And here are still others.
"If tlio millionaires want war, lei
:hem go, and we will pay their pas
sage and supply them with arms,"
"We refuse to sacrifice our boos
?o the greed of the eastern money
end ru,"
"To protect the American Jla;-. we
>kdge the lives of ou ? fins in'
>wretheart8 and li-,rbar-' but v.ol
to protect l"ne Briti "i fla" "
"Future hlai-ry v !l r -d tl. ;
unaprakai . ahi :*io o' the i i^ltallsi
controlled p" as >f th ? day whlcl
>nt its co; f)8 .,o readily to the
money lendt.V conspiracy to drag
ihls country into war."
"We deny thn statement of the
New York Herald that this in a
British republic."
"Th" American flag forever."
"We want pnacn with honor no
war with dishonor."
"The stars on the American flat
stand for honor, not dollars."
"The British campaign of 'mould
ing public opinion.' wan organised
'n 1R42. and ban Mpread not only tc
Aniprira, but to Italy and wherever
newspapers are publlshod."
W9MAN HELD
FOR ROBBERY
t ll?gc<1 That She Fleeced Man Who
Was In Her Company M
(JrcenvillP.
(By Rastcrn Fresg)
Greenville. Aug 80. ? A woman
from the segregated district wag
brought into the magistrates court j
? big morning upon complaint of W.
II. Klnth, who claims that he lost
all of his money while In her com
pany. He had about twenty dol
lars. Th > defendant was placed on
ler $100 bond for appearance at th'
cxt term of Superior Court.
IIAKPR HAYR.
Some timet when you are think
'of. why pot think of the very day
*nd hoar that y?* are f dint to fca*f
.'hat rroHI* Of fstir* taken.
BAKSR'I (TUDIO.
fii m 5
HAD FIGHT
AT OLD FORD
EXCITING TLMK AT MXHINU
WHICH WAS HELD THERE
YESTERDAY.
f |j _ i
ONE ARRESTED
Otto Moor? and Nom*n Oliver H?<1
Dispute Which Knd?xl In m Fight,
(?no Play la Allegrd to Have Bwu
Tlir?*teat-<L
There ?t? considerable excitement
at Old Ford yesterday when a dis
pute occurred between Otto Moore,
who resides near there and a young
man, named Norman Oliver, who. It
<s Mated, at one time worked for
Moore. It la alleged that Oliver
brut Moore with a horsewhip and
.hut Moore started hunting for
Oliver with a gun. The following
account of the tight was brought to
Wa'hlngton this morning:
i'oore, il is stated. w nt 10 the
meeting at Old Ford yesterday and
met up with Oliver. Words ensued,
dur ng which It U alleged Moore
ustV ?evera| ?trong words. Oliver
fcrcupht his flstb Into play and Moor
wn* knotted down. Oliver then se
out d h!s horsewhip and it Is re
yo" .1 thai he used I! effectively on
Mi. jre. The latter, according to ac
conn i. drev: out his knife and start
ed frr Ms aesallnnt. Oliver kept
liir* off with a stick. Moore 1b then
..les'd to h:ive staled that he would
fet a gun and put an end to Oliver.
He drove off.
Word was sent to the sheriff In
Wasli': gtou. Warrants were issued
tills morning and Deputy Pedrick
went up to Old Ford. It is oxpected
that a trial will be held here in the
near future, although the date has
^9^ M. 7*X been announced.
Ofllcer Pedrick returned 'from Old
Ford thlB afternoon with Moore. A
! hearing will be held tomorrow af<
I ternoon.
CHANGE MADE
IN WASHINGTON
BUGGY CO.
Owing lo a genera] breakdown in
health, George Hackney. Jr., has
withdrawn hie connection wlih th<*
Washington Buggy Company and
his ??.Iier. Qeorge Hackney. Sr., be
ing largest stockholder, ha*
aU iargp of the business and
il: . "tiuue operating the same ?h
reiu rrp. >fr Hackney. Jr., owing
a> peibonal obligations. has Been fit
to put his property in the hands of
a trustee. This, however, in no way
affects the Washington Buggy Co.,
which Is a corporation. The action
v/as taken becau.1"1 of his enforced
nlm' nee. If forced upon the market
now, come of his property would
-.rotmbly not bring more than half
l?o valuo. whereas If held for a
time, until the markets asnutne a
? ore normal condition, there will
?p sufficient ass Is to much more
h:iri pay (iff all of hl? indebtedness.
S'nro locatlnK In Washington, Mr.
'Inekney has been one of its most
irogressive fili*en? nnd has made
-oats of friends, who will regr*?t to
am of hlR Illness and who will
???sh him n speedy recovery. Ho is
xpcc.l"d to return to Washington
'pun liln recovery avd resume his
iisiness connection here.
Th? Wsnblngton Murky Company
" on?* of ?ho largpnt Industrie* !o
'be city ntnl the residents of Wash
ng'on will be glad to know that It
will si 111 continue operations.