GOOD PROGRAM
'? ?(!'? of Um Inclement wWther
thla morning. over 75 bun, their
wlree. loeal baalnraa mea and U
dlee of tha city, vara praeent at
the opening at the rarmere- meal
ing which la balac held today. The
moraine eeaalon ni hetd fn tha
aadHarlam at Um kick achool The
aftarnaon aaaatoa ia Mat bald In
tlM New Theater, where tha lecturet
ara botng lliuatrated by motion pic
ture* and ataraoptlcon rlawi
The meeting thl> morning aurtad
kt W. S. D. Eborn ?u
??B(airtlr. Congreeeman Small
made k brief addraaa of welcome to
tka awembty. la vblcl ha elated
the pwpuae o: tka meeting and the
nature of tha program
Tka laetaraa thla morning pro*
ad moat intonating aad received
elooa attention on tka. part of the
audience. Tka ?aaaUona under
dSacaeeton dealt directly with the
problem* that tha farmer haa to
awat with erary day. A number of
?aaatioo^ followed each . lecture.
A larger namber were la
at. tka New Theatre tkla af-j
NEGROES ARE
ACQUITTED
M Vtn Wm ol "Hoo*Mw"
t. ItaMta. ViHM of '
frttf * >??!? |? Take*.
Oeorje Dai and J. R. RJIllbtww.
two necro*a who muriut were on
Mil for barlni to* mnch liquor to
their poeeaaelon, waro turned looa*
by tb* eovrt aad tbalr liquor re
turned to tkam. Tka trial ni hy
lory. The a*** w** turned orer to
thM at oaa o'clock yeeterdey af
ternoon aad at aaraa they had
failed t* arrive at an Imaant,
The Juror* returned to the court
room *t that time aad notified the
Judge that tow war* to tow of
aoqattu# and two f* ooarlcUoa.
By ooamont conaant of attorney".
It ?M dcelded to (ab* the Tartlet
or tka tujtrttr end acquit tba de
fandaata. . * !.tt
Tba Jurore in tka aaaa were BlUali
Alllfood. Blancy Torn age. J. P.
Koee. U. U Wo* lard. Ira <3. Contfe
ton and 1. H. Dixon.
T>?m aad Kllllbrew ware ? treated
br one ol th* city policeman at tba
couth aad of th* county bride*. They
h*d Br* gafoaa of "nBaonekta*1'
llqnor In thalr posaaaato* at the
tin* (hey war* apprehended
' , f/) * f ; 1 * ' V, ' .
A mm toucan. . '
Wa want ta make a picture of
*?*ry worn**. aaa and child in
Beaufort, Pitt and Martin ? coaaty
batwean do* aad Chrletmee.
BJUCKR'6 stowo.
ORTR POUR MONTH*
POR SnUURO BICVM.K
Ton Praak Peele, colored, waa
triad before tba raaordVr'a court
yeeterdar afternoon on th* ch*r?e
ot having stolen a bicycle He war
fouad (Ullty aad aenteneed to toar
month* on th* road*. > i. -
AT THE
BELLMO
"TM? BBTTBR WAY"
"?OGL OP THB VASE"
r??turla? Beatrice Van aad Robro
Adklr. . i
? "tSSiSSX! $?;.
EXPERIMENT ~
IS A FAILURE
.J.,/. .. - ? * 4
Aa lfctrraaMag experiment, whieh
.? reported ?o hare bw mtda Or
C. 1. Ovortoa. at Sonfh Creak. hu
:nrned out to aea fatlare, and u
a reault, 3tT. OtiiUi haa aereral
jettlng< of alligator <*ge, ?U?k be
?nil Mil at rauoaable prices to
parties iJealrln# thou. ? ,
Hi. bretton recently fonad a ne*
of 37 gator tEii Th? mother had
Matanr dfwrted bar >w eo
Overton gat&erad them la a baAet
and' took them (rank. Ho waa n>.
loot to ?*a whether he couldn't
?u>? one. of his Hem hatch tham.
Accordingly, he took half a dosea
ol the t&t acd_ placed one of hi,
boat setter* over thorn. That wah
V?e laeued forth. Ttay .are
iareaUy nighty dad to (at Into
.he world, and In order to ahow
their gratitude, they playfully nip
>ed their ntMMill Thia waa'
something out of the ordinary. No
chicks had erer acted that way be
'ore, and the hen, HHth wild cack
'Ing, fled from the neat. Tha 'gators
kept their UW Md ' whM Mr,* Over
on arrived upon. the scene, tha hen
*?? dashing around la circles, with
tha 'gators hanging on like grim
death. Ovrton succeeded la cap
turing the has and rescued her
rroni her affectionate foster -chil
dren. The hen immediately flew qp
Into a tall tree. No persuasion
could maka her come down. She
remained hi the tree for three daya
and Anally dropped to the ground ?
lead. The alligators also died.
W. H. Mayo, of South Greek, was
In the city today,- and brought oae
of the alligator eggs to this oflloc.
It waa taken from Mr. Overtoils
nest and looks like a mighty good
egg. We will try It for supper. -
SHE DANCES;
SHE'S JAILED
Pespeadksl^r *wrv8t?f>. Proves too
Much for the Court's Modesty.
New York, Aug. SI.? An 111ns
tratlon of a dance known as tho
"perpendicular two-?tep." (Iran by
^Primrose Trainer, II, pf ?r Mauler
street, Williamsburg, proved so
shocking to Maflttrat* McOuire in
the Manhattan avenue police court
that he committed her to the Hoosr
of the Good Shepherd for six
months. ,
The woman, who was wall dress
ed and, according to. the police, la
addicted to the use of cocaine, was
dole? somo high kicking at North
Eighth and Havemeyer streets, tfll
llamsburg, when Patrolmen Tucker
and -Havana arrested her. Two yodng
men, Louis Meyer, of 98 Ten Eyck
street, and frank Canada, of SOS
Ellery street, who were playing hsr
monlcax far (he dancer, also were
arrarted.
When the prisoners were tek'h to
court tha yoeng woman was asked
to go through tha movements, which
she did. The magistral* ordered
her to stop., and he committed' her.
Then he gave the men 10 days each,
in the workhouse.
WORK ON WHITES
SI.AVERY CASE
wm nr Vt for Trial at
Ormntlt DM ?vk.
- .
(By Eastern Pres.)
Neijr Bern, Kng. If . ? Oov?rnMiit
officials hero atate that they beflevo
tHajr will hate a prfetty air on g <**e
a*alnst F. A. Edmondaon, the for
mer Oreenrille, N. C., hanker whO
1 a accnaed by Hulalla Dudley of thia
aity of carrying her oat of ihe State
for Immoral purpopee. Blnce the
hearing waa poatponed a few daya
ago to September Ith U la known
that the offleeri hava been worklftg
on the oaae and, according to state
ment# made by them. th*y bg re ee~
cured additional Information Whleh
they c?alm will rofcterlftlly aid than*.
8f voral New Hernlang have gWen
aflMarlt. ii to th? font charailat <M|
t?a ro?n? aroman who alalrai Mi
h?V baen ?rioiinallr aaaanltad br
tba Ora? arllla man ii4 t baaa will
probably to to Graaavtlto m Maa.
day to atfaA tba preliminary haar
Kit wK?c? M W kf h?l4 tllff* ?t
?h?t
Hiss Elizabeth burke
Miaa I&llsalMth Barter tewfctar of
foraar
kola, now tramr of th? TtaMB
SUIW, hu Jut NtDM to h?r ka?
In WudlnctOB mm W ?MriaCfA
SHERIFF HELD
RESPONSIBLE
'TAUQUATAX
Anon JIB* GENERAL, l.VSMTtt
IBAI TAX . SHOULD HAVE
BEEN' COIiUgOTED.
AMOUNTS TO $120
?X Ti % * 4 .??V
Cluiatauqaa Did Xpt Pay Tax Here
J*?.-.Y?ar. Nor 1>W They to
P*J In Ktlaaheth City:' MAtter m
. Attracting JpUrat.
Whether he will be forced to pay
to the 8taie the amount of tax.
?b!ch the Attorney General has im
posed upon the Chautauqua, held
here this year, la a queation which
Sheriff Wlndley 1b debating at the
present time. Mr. Windier has had
correspondence with the Attorney
General over the matter and as
\h!ngs stand at present, It appear*
that he will be held, responsible.
The Chautauqua was sllowed to
,how in Elisabeth City without be
fog subject to an "amusement" tax
and was alao allowed to show 1l
thli city In 1914 without being mad>
to pay a tax. Accordingly, "Mr
Wlndley felt that, by the rules of
preoedfchce, the organfsatidn was
subject to pay no tax hero this year.
The Chautauqua went from here
to other cities and finally arrived i
Rale!gh. An attempt wss made ii
thdt city to collect a tax and jth
managers were indignant. Ttoej
told the tax collector that they had
shown in Washington and Elisabeth
City without being made to pay a
tax and that "they did not see why
they should have to pay In Raleigh.
The matter was brought before the
Attorney General and he immediate
ly took It up with Sheriff Wlndley
m
r^Tbe Attorney General claims that
;^he f'hautgttqua is an' amusement
feature, that they show motion pic
res and other numbers on
eir program which rendef* them
object to a tax.
The outcome of the matter will
be watched With great Interest on
the part of residents in this section
of the 8tate. The tax amounts to
ISSUE CALL FOE
EVANGELIST
(By Eaatara Pmil
Rock? Mount. A?s. II. ? ???.
Li* lagrtonr Jaknaon. oi? of tb? baat
known aa? moat faraaabla avaofa
llala Ib tin Slats. I> bala|
?kimiI by tka Flrat BaytIM ehircb
al thin ?Hr to aandaat ? ravltal
ikm... Dr. Jokaaoa. It Ui baHarad.
?nil aaar* tka oall. wblck la katM
mart" la maat arcaat tarma
M Tha data ft ">? rartral kaa not
kt|i aaaeuneai) bat vlU prob
t>? kfM 4?rlo| Ut afrlj Pari
GIRLS AftG STRANDED;
GIVEN AID IN KINSTON
Members of Vaudeville Troupe, De
serted by Manager, in Hard Luck
GIVE BENEFIT PERFORMANCE.
n ' ?? - -+-4-T . . ?> ? . ? ?
(By Km torn f*r?ss)
X Inst on. A u?. II.? ?trand<d lb
Klnston. hundreds of mil en from
their homes are Agnes Hammond
and her eottain, Mabel Hammond, of
Cllffalde. V. J.. Blanche Wetse. of
New TOrk, Btella Weet of Jersey
City Heights, N. J., and Mae Kramer
of Jersey City, N. f. "the quintet
were members of a traveling show
playlng small theaters tfc this sec
tion. The production was thrown oft
the boards at the DlsftriHere last
week after playing two nights. The
manager, a man named Bernett.
[who called the outfit '^Bernett's
Honey Girls," went to Raielgh, tu
"book In," he said. He Returned,
got three men and a WOSULD of the
troupe, supposed to be his Vlfe. and
left again, deserting U? ftve girls
here.
Two of the young women came to
The Free Press office todsiy and told
of repeated attempta by men to take
advantage of them. On one occasion,
they stated, an effort waa iBiade to
introduce "one of the rlcliest men
of the town" to them, il blazon
proposition was made them, ;ln which
$10 bills were mentioned. None of
the five has drawn a penny of sal
ary In the five weeks they hive been
out, they stated
J. M. How land, proprietor of a
Blount streej boarding house. the
young women said, had befriended
them. They have been entirely de
pendent npon hla generosity. He has
kept them and known that tbey
were absolutely without funds.
Interviewed. Mr. Howland stated
ouequivocably that the young wo
men were the "best behaved" he
? rer had in his house. He has posi
tive knowledge that they would not
receive company at the hous?, and
that th?y were "respectable."
The young women will be allowed
by Manager StalllugB to give a ben'
dflt performance in the Grand
Theatre Wednesday night. A good
part of the proceeds will go to them
In addition, Mr. HowlanO ?*Jll b?
on hand for the purpose of recelv
ing any donations which may be of
fered by people willing to help them
get home. He stated that he har
seen letters from the gins' rela
tives. Several have mothers de
pendent upon them. For surti rea
Hons they have been able to receive
v> assistance from home. One ha
a letter from her mother .stating
that that tf she does not send sonu
mouoy home by the first of the
month her mother will be unable
to pay her rent.
FORM ASSOCIATION TO
COTTON CROP
Tarboro Has 'Honor of Being Birth
place of New Organization.
BELIEVED OTHERS WILL FOLLOW
Tarboro, Auf. 31. ? The first or
ganisation in North Carolina for,
proper marketing of cotton was ef
fected here Saturday and George A.
Holderneaa was elected president. It
:? known as the Tarboro Cotton
Market -Association and It covers the
entire county of Edgecombe. Mr.
Jam? of the N. C. Division of Mar
xets was present.
Last year the experts, under Mr.
Camp's direction, did cotton grad
.ng work at Tarboro for Edgecombe,
is an object lesson snd the result of
his work wss so great that today's
organisation is the net result. There
s an odd itory about the way the
oovement started. Mr. Dan T. G'ray
if the lire stock division of the Ag
Icultural Department, was "slated"
*o be at Speed, in Kdg> combe, to
lrganlse the Btock growers of that
'.oiinty, but his coat with bis tickets
and money was locked In his office,
thanks to a spring lock, bo he faded
to connect and Mr. Camp took
charge of the meeting and turn'd It
in. the direotlon of the proper grad
ing and marketing of cotton.,
Edgecombe county then last year
got the first demonstration, the ex
perts of the experiment station and
the office of markets co-operating.
Gins handling SO, 000 hales agreed
to co-operate and 10,000 bales were
officially graded. It was found ths*
only t 1-2 per cent of this cotton
wan undqr the gradf required by the
New York cotton exchange, that !?
7-8 of an inch staple, in "future'
PUT NEGRO UNDER
$1,200 BOND
Ch*?n?* A gal nit Neffro In
Rocky Moan* Who Wwt
Arrwrtwl
(By Eastern Preea)
Rocky Mount. Aug. 81. ? Nick
TVl?r. the aeftro who waa Arrested I
In thle city yeeterday morn fug aft:ti
1 en exciting eh ate by OAImt Taylor,
wear flren a preliminary hearing to
day. - Re will be held e**r for the
nr*t term of Superior CObft ?*4er
? bond of 91.160. *
?Th're are Are coaata agalait ?'m
'XMIpH ? t *PWi ???
contracts. The work done was
watched with keen ltnereBt and Mr
Frank Shield*, a large grower of
Scotland N-rck, In Halifax county,
who observed It closely, Bays he prof
ited by *lt to the extent of $1,000 in
selling his cotton at Norfolk . In
other words, the grading done by
these experts enabled him to sell on
he Un'ted States grade instead of
that done by ordinary buyers.
President George Holdern ss says
that the system today put In effect
will yield the cotton growers of
Rdgecombe at the very least $20.
000 during tho coming cotton sea
son. It had a like result last sea
son. Mr. Ho'.derness In * large
farmer. Another most active agent
In the work is Col. Jotiu L. Bridge?
and he says the system will have a
wonderful rffsrt in putting money
in the pockets of growers of cot
ton.
Congress has authorized or Axed
the "grades" of cotton, but as yol
ha., not authorized the actual grad
ing. The U. S. Agricultural Depart
ment thuB puts It In the way of the
farmer to easily know the correct
grade before he sells. The work
| done in Tarboro last yoar was spec
ial. and for demonstration purposes
It was certainly convlclng. The aa
su'iatiun will rent the 2.000 bale
warehouao of Mr. Holdorness and
In'er there will be a 5,000 bale ware
house Tarbaro Is proud of the bon
u of being tho first standardized
otton market in North Carolina. Of
:ourse others will follow.
NKCiKO IS rH.%RCir?
WITH (JRAVK CRIMK
(?By Kaatorn Prenar
Kinaton. Aug. 11.- Henry Cobb,'
colored !? In Jail today, charged with ]
ln~eat. The complainant Is bin own
daughter, aged 16
Magnetic Mountain*.
**otuw?!na of Porto Rloo am eo
that they attract aunrwyora*
0??ob r.nmn and It haa baa* found that
?tio* old aurraya ara tnoorraoi ay
>*' " n?IU or ? o?r*.
flary, larcany and realatlng an of
An lDTMtl(?tlon la Mm Mi|
1T?4# of kit record la ^nlncton,
Vhtra |t I* b*lltv*4 ha j? w|nt?4>
b SMALLEST OF DOCS
Edna Goodrich, former wife of Nat
C. Goodwin. arrived from Europe re
cently bringing wit* her "Hofco." t^r
Japanese spaniel which has the dip
Unction of being the smallest dog Sr
:he world. Miss Qoodrlrh served na s
itod Cross nurse with the Belgian dl
vision for seven wooks. and did a lot
of relief work In France on her own
Initiative. While in Prance she saw a
good deal of the Canadian soldiers and
she was Impressed to see those "mag
nificent specimens of manhood, .who
had been wounded, begging to* be
owed t? grtUr to Aerk fee
front."
HIT BY LOG
INJURED
MAN DIES
TRAGEDY OCCURRED NEAR
BATH. SAM WHITE WAS
THE VICTIM.
WELL KNOWN
? ? v'lHtf*
Wounded Man Lived Horn'- Tim
After the Accident. 7 a Su' .lved
f?jr * Wife ami Tw*. .will ("'ill
dren.
8am W; Ite, ompo/ed .r. a log
glng camp In Path towusblp. me
with a fa',- ac: dent in loading a
bunch of ii ?.j when one of them
mddenly swerved outwardn, catch
.ng him in the pit of th? trtomacl
ind crushing him badly. He livec"
for several hours, but was unabl*
to survive the awful wound. Hi
suffered untold pnin before d*atl
came.
White is about 35 years of ag'
ind Is survived by a wife and Iwr
maJJ^chilclren. Mrs. White wan Misr
Skyles before her iiarring* and s
nurse In the John Hopkins bosplta
at Ha'Mmore. White ts well knowr
throughout the county.
! 1CK WAGOX8 AH HKKK CLCKH.
Top- ks, Kan.. Aug.> Si. -'Toi
owing the Ice wagon" Is the new
*ay Topeka detectives locate resort?
where beer and other Intoxicants
iro being sold. It is proving un
usually successful.
The new system Is worked prin
cipally in the "bottoma" and the
bad dlstflct of the East side. A de
tective goee ahead of the Ice wagon
| or with It. At each houae h* notes
'he amount of Ice that la bought. If
;ome ramshackle shanty ha* the Ice
notation turned to the 100
pound mark, the detective believes
h< has ground for suspicion.
With the amount of ice that !?
sken as a basis, the detective begiur]
'nveetlgatlon. He la able, from the
looks of the houee and the genera'
?pp^arance. to pretty accurately
lodge whether or not the occupant*
are engaging la Illicit liquor telling
After he thlnka. ha has otfcor itI
lenoe of worth aside from the goto
Utr of Uf tk" occn???u of th* fcouf?
Oka, k? noting tta* yolto*.
KILLS SELF
BY m SET
FOR_ THIEF
TKAGQbY OCCURRED AT NEW
liKlfN. AGED WOMAN MEETh
HBK DEAlfl.
instantT death
Jlad a lYitp 8e< for Chicken ThJi-f
*nd Then AccfclenUtUy Walk* In
to the AIT air. Shot Entered the
Lower P*rt of Neck.
New Bern, Aug. 31. ? A very sad
.loath occurred In tfcls city this
morning about & o'clock when Mrs.
Hob* Wat?on was killed by a gun
?>hot wound In the neck, caused by
her own hands
Mrs. Rosa Watson, a widow ludy
years of ape, who reaLdes wjth
her tteveraVpons on Stanly street in
the northet^ part of the city, has of
In e been very much disturbed at
n ?ht by chicken thieves. So she
went to work to rig up a trap for
,*Jt> unwelcome visitor.
She secured a single barrel shot
".u and put a heavy charge In It,
a::d tl.un placed the barrel of the
?;ur. on the window bIU of the kltch
?ii wii.Uow, with the end of the bar
-1 sticking through a hole In the
window blind The barrel of the
| :un was held up' by a rack made for
he purpose. Sh^ then fastened a
.-troug string to the trigger of the
tuii nnd ran it through the window
o the gate where It was made fast.
The weapon was go arranged that
my one who might open Ungate
dlachMWvtho gnn which wan
iflreetly 'at the gate. :,Z>.
This mbrnlpg about 5 o'clock lfrer.
Watson heard her chickens making
. great deal of noise, so she started
or the hen houBe to see what waff
he trouble, forgetting the fact that
he had placed a gun In a position
o kill any one who passed through
he gate. Ab she swung the gate
?pen the gun flred and the full toad
tiered the lower part of her neck
naklng a gneli about three Inchcs
'ong.
After she was wounded, she
.'alked about 25 yards to a pump
vhere she fell dead. Her young son
N'athan who In confined to his bed
ufTerlng an attack of frver was the
Irt person to reach the wounded
and dvlng mother. From the report
of ill gun and screams from his
vc .. dtJ mo;her caused the young
an : leave his "ick bed and go to
r a -j a. stance, but he was too late
or the end had already come.
Mrs. Watson leaves three son*
ind oen daughter to mourn their
ass. The funeral services will be
nnounced latfr.
GETS 18 MONTHS
FOR SHOOTING
ten llurmn. Who 8h?rt Jark MUMnn*
llrrt .veil Hcntenrc Yewtcrdajr.
flen Bnrrus. who shot Jack flia
? both rolored ? a week a*e. was
r'.ed before the recorder's court
csterday. Ilurrus was sentenced
? 12 months on the roads for the
.ootlng and 6 months for carrying
eoncr. led weapon.
The shooilng occurrrd In the col
j red s<rtion of the city about a
I rek ago. nurriiR fired a bullet
hrough Staton's I high- The whoot
ug Is said to have been the result
?f a dispute b'tween the two men.
IOMGHT
Y "Quality of M*rcy"
3 Reel?
"Patho Nfw?"
1 Reel
"Th* Diamond Broker"
t Reel?
The Tryaat Qt the Vel4tM
I R??l
"r|C* 5 fc