COLUMBIA
or that citv.
SHOT THRU HEART
ii imlni In Waahlactao
thla morning ot the aalelda at Mri
CbarUa Rowtoo. of OotmbU. H.
C.. who ended her life by ehootlns
throofh tke bnart with
Death *u hKullUOU.
It li nportid that Mr*. Ronton
wu apMtlii kw bneband an the
e*eala? train from Norfolk, or eo*ee
???Hi from kia. In the prien
of KM! frleadp, Mn. Ronton U nl-j
lacad to bin nmirkid lUt ?
voild not watt Uf longer a
ntt to bar bom a, andr ??? ig, set]
Into bod aad than trad tba fatal |
ballot thro ash bar heart
She waa afterwards found daadl
by a roans *lrt lilllaa Davenport, J
who waa connylng to tba dead a?o-|
whleh naked bar to hire an aatomo-l
blla. (o ta Mack an and take the I
train for Norfolk, whare ba would |
?let bar. Dm telegram waa i
M oae hoar aad a halt I
Mr. and Mr*. Tawlaad had baaal
married tor aararai rear*. Thar ware]
people of prominent standing la I
community. Mr* Rowton waa >> |
?t ifi.
[FARMERS
ENJOYED
< > MEETING
n?i no.
<
| OTHER MEETINGS
clared thai the 1 w?r * 4
r??r^^5r"*
The above lUUowot in made
this morning by Farm Demonairator
J F. Latham, and referred to the
Farmers' meeting which was held
la this city yesterday. Mr. Latham
[ atated that ha had talked to a num
ber of thoae who were present and
that afj appreciated the program
that waa rendered.
A meeting at which the same pro
gram will be 'carried out. fa being
held today In OreenrUle for the
farmers of Pitt county.
A number of district farmers'
meetings will be held in various
parts of the county, begfnntng with
next week. They will be held at
the different school houses. Winter
crops, stock raising and other topics
of Interet to the"* farmer w til be dta
cussed. The meetings will be con
ducted by Mr. Latham.
Where the meetings are held near
the Pitt and Martin county lines,
the demonstrator* from these coun
ties will join wtth Mr. Latham In
conducting the meetinga. The lat
ter will alao assist In holdttg aer
It is exp^eted that all of these
nitons will ^T?e -Vdll attended by
the farmers.
CHILLY WEATHER RECALLS
BIG STORM 2 YEARS AGO
?
Cold Spell Has Hit This Sectioo. Reports From Other
Parts ol (he Country Indicate That the Cold
Weather is GeaeraL
Tomorrow algkt urU tka at*
alreraary of IIh U| atom which
(MM Washington two mn ego
and which did heary la tkla
city and other eectlone ol eaatern
Carolina. A aumber at eommaa'U
regarding tha atorm were made on
the atrcata today, bela'g brought on
hy tbo oold. wot and doady weathir
that haa bm la effect during the
laat tow dor*.
Raporu today from KlnatOa.
Orooovtllo and other polnte la thta
aactlon. atato that fee wind la blow
tog Quite heavily aad that damage
la feared to the crape from tbo cold
?Mil- A hard rata fall In Klaatan
loot night.
Now* from other portloae of ike
cJuatry la to tha afoot that tka odd
?fell la gaoaral. fht
Waahlagtoa. D. C.. ?o?t. l<?
?pread today orer tha arrthern part
of tho oouotry from tha Rocky
Mouotalna to tka Atlantic and aoath
ward woll Into the Oalf Stater,
farmer weather la la proagxt
W. 0. *? V. TO
A meeting of tka W. C. T. V. will
k? held tomorrow afternoon at the
home of If re. O. B. Carmalt Tka
a'ettng will atart promptly al four
o'clock. Baeiaeea of Importanaa la
to be brought ap aad a fall attan
dance la requaeted. . '{?
AT THE
"Tha flOORBT W IXJflT RIVBR"
la t Parte.
Rdwln Thanhouaar preeenia
Helen Badgaly and Lelaed Baalim
|a ? Tins TWO-CBNT MTOTBUY"
Boa t fall to aaa tklg.
.?mi^ONDO^R-V
TH17JWDA*
i.cw.it um?3WWlKa'" MHV
ed Id August were reported to the
wrather bureau generall y from the
Ohio Valley, Indiana, Illinois, East
ern Missouri and Texaa. UghifrostB
occurred- daring the night ip por
tions of Michigan, Indiana ahd Illi
nois.
Coldeat Au?nM In Chlowo'e HMoryr
Chicago. Sept. 1. ? Today marks
the passing of the coldest, wettest
and most unseasonable August Chi
cago has ever experienced. Jane
and July were Id the same category.
July temperatures were 3 degrees
below normal. Juno was 6 degrees,
and August **1.4 degrees under tho
averages. ijl _]
Front Rains Crop in Ohio.
Cincinnati, Sept. fl. ? Thla city
yesterday experienced the, ooldsit
August day I* the history 4* 'the
local weather bureau. The govern
ment btfldlA* twmonvetef ~ regis
tered degrees. Truck farmers suf
fered slightly from crop ruined by
light frost in the lower sections of
Southern Ohio. Jr.j
GAME AGAIN
POSTPONED
WfaUMT Man InDrbta In ItMalr
[r ' Betweee WnUnpcn ami
(IrtnnUnit.
Rrldentlr the weather man la a
Walloper fan and la afraid that tha
looala *ll| (at trimmed In IKalr
contaat with the Orlmealand team?
Hi any rata, h< haa twice cauaa4 a
postponement ?( fatnaa betwaeo
theaa two anracallMia
ftrlmealand wai to hate played
hera lajt week, hat r?ln Interfered.
Today, another ftam. wm achediUod.
but o'd Jnpa. Pluvlua la afata ?a
th-> ob. It tba w anther moderate,
tomorrow, tba contaat will be alar
c4. Tha faaa la both cttlei era
wrv Play An~ Alt.
AjwMini la mrornttUi |lrca
READY TO DEFEND THE ATLANTIC COAST
Thl. le oae <x tie war iHnth iU?|i?rtn coaet dafenae cun> m the tons h Ion j the Atlantic coeit It Is at
Fort wrlrkt OB IWW? I ? tall, at Maw L onion. Com. At tba rl*bt th? tout detenu division or '.be National Guard
la sew at practice wttk this (aa.
BOY IS SHOT I
BY ?IE
ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON CAMP.
1X0 TRIP NEAR CITY OP
CHARLOTTE.
VICTIM DIED
I Arnold Prftmm Ki'led by Shot Fired
by Jack Gregory. Shooting Oc
curred Yesterday Afternoon.
Charlotte, 6ept. 1. ? Arnold Prim.
the.xe^atf^M ?k **d
J. A. Prim, of Se vers vl lie, wostern
suburb of Charlotte, was shot and
killed yesterday between ll and 1
o'clock by Jack Gregory, also 16,
the Prim boy being ahot In the head, !
the' ball piercing the eye and lodg- ]
ing In tha brain. X>eath resulted in
10 or IB minutes. The boys were
members of a camping party at the
river. The Prim boy had walked
tome distance up the rlrer from the
camp and was returning, coming In
the direction of the tent which he
and Gregory occupied.
Gregory, was in the tent engaged
In rile practice through the front
opening of the tent, the target be
ing -a tree some yards distant down
the rPrer. He was alone and therr,
wag no one la sight. He ttad fired
several times. The rlrer bank 1*
sandy and the approach of any one1
cannot be heard. ...The Prim boy ran
ajong the river bank and between:
tfie tent and young Gregory's tar- 1
get ust-l'n time to get the last bul
let Jpred by Gregory. Tho ball struck
hlnv Id the eye.
ORIENTAL BANK
STAYS CLOSED
I>oors of Institution Have Not Yet
Ilecft Re-opened.
(By BmUtb Press)
New Bern, 8ept. 1. ? The bank of
Orl uUl, which hu been closed
since the cashier. 3. Will Miller,
committed suicide several weeks ago
has not yet opened Its- doors and
there Is much speculation as to
*h'n this will be done. An audi
tor has recently gone over the books
of the Institution but he has given
out no Information aa to what he
found or as to how affairs actually
stand. During the past week or two
It has been found that there are
several hundred dollars In deposits
which Miller never entered on the
b^eks at all merely placing the
credit on the customer's pass book.
On* Oriental isdy has a thousand
do!!ars deposited on interest and of
this there is no record. One man
bed sis hand red dollar a eredlt on
his pees boot bat there was no entry
oa the book at the bank. It Is the
opinion of thu people at Oriental
that Miller lost his money la specu
lating and' la living beyond h)s
m*ena. Hs wife remains at Oriental
but It la understood that she Intend*
w w**1
.. r-:.. ?ss'-su . r..=r
?tt tkl> idwMM. Ih. OrlaMlu*
?<*? III ariivH tn th? a(tr, ?n<
th? ???)? will tat. |n
tftw tt ?w WHMltti
ENGAGEMENT ANXOl'SCKI). 1
Dr. Md Mfl. Bimnel Timothy
N!chol?oo tiave announced the on
IKnvnt o( tholr daughter, Ml?
Oarlotta, to Mr. Harold Jennoll
Waahbnrne. The weddlnj will take
Place In October.
Trouserettes;
Ankle Watches;
Wrist Pigeons
France M?y Be at War, Rat She's
Had Time to Make up Some
Freakish Fashion* for
This Fall.
New York. 8ept. 1. ? Madam, tfce
Fall Fatbloiui h^v? arrived. ljJ.&
V?y rtott^ Una you will be gatbeil
In a ooat with a huge fur collar tha\
wfil hide jour face up as far as your
nose, and you will wear short, vol
umlnious skirts reaching but a very
few inchee below your knees; you're
got to ?how the tops of your boots
this season and they're making the
boots very high. If you want to be
dispense with thla ornament. In
purchaae a rainbow pigeon and car
ry It on your wriat. This will en
tat! getting rid of the family cat.
because it Is well known that pig
eons don't associate with felines for
any length of time. It will also
mean that, since it would be rather
awkward to ask the pigeon to move
every time you wanted to consult
your wrist watch, you will have to
really eomme It faut, you've got to
stead you will wear a watch strap
ped about your ankle.
Its rather a perilous procedure,
consulting an ankle watch while
walking the avenue, so the kind
Parisian dressmakers Naro sending
over vome divided skirts. They're
ometb'.ng like the directolre. only
nore so. The slit is about three
nches wide and starts at the hip.
Pantallettes are worn under them
and the trouserettes have little fur
cuffs at the knee ? which is the south
:erry terminal. This makes it a bit
easier to get the ankle in the strat
egic position necessary to consult
the watch, but It is probable tbat a
majority of the women will have to
catch hold of a policeman or a lamp
post to sec what time It is. ,
All this is according to the Euro
pean buyer* of the Fifth avenue
shops, a large number of whom
came over on the French Uner E&
pange today.
BANKS TO CLOSE.
The banks of the city will be
closed all day Monday, It being La
bor Day.
TO-MGHT
"It's a Ixmg. Long ^
Way to TIppertTy."
t Rwl PMtura
"The GuUcrsnlpe"
. 1 Reel
'A Night In Kentucky"
1 Reel
"Count Mecearottl"
1 flMl
Price 5 ftc !??
COTTON MILL
RE-OPENED
ATTARBORO
FOUNTAIN MILLS RESUME OP
K RATIONS AFTER BEING
CLOSED 12 MONTBS.
Genei ill . Pectin# of Optimism In
Naalt and Edgecombe Counties In
AU Lines of In^lurtrJes. Crops
Reported Good.
(By Eastern Press)
Rocky Mount, Sept. 1, ? General
condittonH In Edgecombe and Nash
counties ? both from a business and
agricultural standpoint ? are aasum
la#k-a most haallliy an 4 prw|?ro??
aspect. Crops of all kinds are well
above normal and Indications are
that the farmers will have a most
successful season. '
An event occurred this morning
which has added to the general
spirit of optimism that prevails in
this section. This was the opening
of the Fountain cotton mills at Tar
boro, which have been cioscd dur
ing the la?t twelve montha The
uiilln will be operated on an even
larger scale than heretofore.
All lines of business have recov
ered from the summer period of
comparative depression and on ev
??ry hand the opinion is expressed
that a most profitable season 1s
ahead for all branches of Industry
in this section.
CASE IS ARGUED.
The ca?o of the Board of Ed- ?
notion v*. Beaufort County *
Commissioners, was argued bo- ?
fore the Supremo court In Ra- ?
yesterday. The Board of ?
< duration was n |trr?ot?l by ?
Kmal\ Miu-1 ?'iui, Bragaw A ?
Itodmnn, wlii.'e Daniel i War- ?
rcn represented the county. *
It will prohalily be ten (lays 9
l:ofore an opinion in the cmo *
la handed (lows, ?
SEPTEMBER MORN
BRINGS BETTER PAY
I
Inrre?UM? in Wage* In Several Plants
nirtmgh?mt the Country I*
Announced.
Baton Rougo, Lb., 8ept. 1.?
Eighteen hundred workers at the
local refinery of tire Standard Oil
Company receive a ten perctn* In
crease in wages today. The men
'b<v tflHled are mechanics and lat
ortM
Springfield, Matt., Sept. 1. ? A
five pe*cej.t Increate In wafts. In
?he'form of bonuses, goes Into elf ci
today at tt*i revolver plant of ftm'.th
1 Wesson The bonus will run for
out year, and will be ptld quarterly.
Chicago. Sept. 1. ? Women work
ers of Illlnolt are celebrating in
Important victory. For the first
time in the history of tho sta r,
wom-n employees of the itott begin
today to r**t the same ?*ges at man
doing t:?e tame olaat of work. The
new p'an goet lata foroe In the 21
charitable Institution optrated by
tbt fcfett. gad affectt 1,60# work.
?rt.
ELIZABETH
CITY WILL
HAVE F*3R
*ZN* ^ ^ - ALBEMARLE
\ oK INVITED TO
TAKE PART.
PLANS^ ARRANGED
tssodMion Hm Bvca Formed. Of
fleers Hare Bm? Elected and
Stock 1* R?ln| Hold ml Tm Dot- 1
l*c- Pw Htuuf.
.* (Br Extern Press)
Elisabeth City, Sept. 1 .--Unless
ill signs fall Elisabeth City will
havs a real Fair thfa fall ? a fair In
which the nine counties of the Al
bemarle will be Invited to take
part.
A number of the town's most
progressive citizen* and most trust
worthy business men met last night
at the Southern Hotel and organit
ed a permanent Fair Association.
The Aasoclatlon decldcd to accrpt
the generous offer of ex-Sheriff F.
F. Cohoon, under which the grounds
will be leased to the Association
without any stipulated rental pro
vided that in case the fair during
these two rears Is a financial suc
cess, the board of directors wil!
then pay Mr. Cohoon a nominal
rent. T
Such an agreement with Mr. Co
ioon was then drawn up. and this
nornlng tho agreement was duly
igned and recorded.
8tock In the Association Is to bf
'old at ten dollars a share No -on'
person will be allowed to hold morr
than ten shares, and a minimum of
$2,000 must be subscribed to makf
subscriptions binding.
All this han quite a business like
'ook. and subscriptions to stock are
already being t&iien. Interest In
?.he work Is at high pitch and re
iqjts are looked for. .
DEBAUFORT (JOUXTY
WILL GET 9009.00
(By Eastern Press)
Ra'.elgb. Sept. 1. ? The automobll
revenue collected by the State for
:'renacB to operate machines amount
?d to $96,211. during the fiscal year
ndtng June 30. and under the law
iO per cent of this !s to be refunded
by the State treasurer to the coun
:les, each county to receive the 80
ier cent of the license taxes actually
aald In from the county. The state
ment on which thli refund is to te
nade was submitted to the treasurer
oday by the secretary of state and
he checks are to be mailed out thl*
week. The total amount of tta re
'u,rd Is $86,169.
TEUTONS
APPROACH
GRODNO
ANOTHER RUSSIAN STRONG
HOLD IS THREATENED BY
ADVANCING TEUTONS.
FRENCH ACTIVE
Atr Destroying German Trotxohrs
and Shelter Camp*. Little Change
in .Vffalre on GalllpoU Peninsula.
London. Sept. 1.? Nearer ap
proach by the Germane to th? Rus
sian fortrca* of Grodno U indicated
in today's ofTklal statement from
Berlin that they are moving toward
the stronghold from the east ani
south as well as from ihe west.
The advance on the Grodno-Vllna
ral' vuy Is being continued, and the
hesdiuarters of Prince l^eopold and
Fleid Murrhnl Von Mackenaen both
rer >rt that the Kusaluua are being
driven back along a wide front.
In the Gallcian operations, re
cectly resumed, the Germans hare
met with a check on the-Btrlpa riv
er. wht.e strong Russian forces
counter-attacked, and according to
Berlin "partially stopped" the
Austro-German pursuit.
D<??tr<uyed Alliee Poeltiou.
Constantinople reports the de
struction by Turkish artillery of a
position occupied by the allies nenr
Scddul-Dahr on the Galllpoli penin
sula.
French Active-.
The French artillery is auceea*
.'ully continuing its work of lnflict
'.ng damage upon German irenchea,
-.?hellers and camps at various points
along the front, the Parle irar of
fice reports.
Goal Strike Hcttlrd.
Settlement of the trouble in South
Wales which threatened to develop
Into a serious coal strike Is an
nounced.
Blow (.'|? Hrid^p.
It w&3 again reported today that
a submarine of the Entente allies
bad blown up a portion of the bridge
connecting Constantinople with the
suburb of Galara.
Aviator* Destroy It till (line.
^ I'ed aviators are reported to
ha^ lestroyed a Jargo building In
Gbr ? Tle'gium, usod by the Ger
>a: -. 'or housing aircraft.
"MONKEY F.UM" IS SAID
1 0 GIVE "PERFECT JAG"
Will Produce Most Hilarious |Effect<s. Can Run a
Ford on II. Is Manufactured at the
Lowest Cost.
Since the famous "monkoy rum"
brand of aplrltua frumentl has bo
rocently sprung Into the limelight
down in thla section of the State,
th're are many persons who are sur
lous to know Just what sort of con
coction this drink really is and a
sample of the "Juice" Is quite a
curiosity among those who do not
imbibe and who, consequently, have
made no purchases of It.
The rum veryn muoh resembles
water that has had some foreign
substance added to It and which
makes It if a sort pf milky co!or.
It gives off an odor something sim
ilar to that one would get If he pok
ed his nose over th6 bung hole of s
barrel of molasses' and In fact mo
, lasses Is the chief Ingredient from
. which the drink I a manufactured,
i Thla monkey rum can be manu
factured at a very low coat. One
(barrel of molasees added to five
RARRKR HHOP MOVKS.
/
The P>lte? Barber Shop hn
moved from the corner of Main Ml
Market street to the Bmell-M crimen
hutldtng. ?? tftrkft street, opposite
the city hell.
?HH : r f"**
i air. '
barrel# of water and allowed to fer
m nt and then doubly distilled and
a fow chemica's added, produces a
concoction that Itr about one hun
dred per cent proof, In fact there
1* po much alcohol Id the beverage
that a saucerfo) to which a match
Is applied will burn for fully five
minut's and there is a story going
the rounds that a local owner of a
Ford car who was stalled several
miles from the city a few weeks
ago on account of the lack of gaso
line. purchased a couple of gallons
from " a man driving along tha
road." poured this Into his tank,
applied the spark and came to town
in record breaking time. According
to all information thi* monkey rum
will produce one of the moat halr
ralslrg jags ever Invented and that
is one of the reasons that the F<8
eral. State and city officers in this
section are trying so hard to break
up ita manufacture and sale.
I I'ASSKNOKHM WORK
DmnncATiftii tam
New York, 8?pt, 1. -PtM?n|itp
arriving today aboard the H'amw
Kfpafne*Trom Bordeaux wore Iden
tification ta?a. leaned to tbhtq ba
for# tatting, no that t her m1*ht be
1 dent tiled to o *M German eobma
rine, should ?*?<) thMr vhtpt 14 th*
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