WASHINGTON N. C WEDNESDAY AJTEBNOON SEPTEMBER 8. 1915 No. H
W. C. I. OPENS
TODAY FOR
FALL TERM
OUTLOOK M BM0BT 1*0* UIC
CMHV1 nu A* HODMj
1
PUPILS ARE HERE
A boat Tw>|?Th? Bat* AlrMdj
ArHred. Mor? An gj^wtul To.
day. At? CcMia? from All Parts
of the Stafr. 11 ' ?
TW Washington Collefiat? Insti
tut? opened for the fall terga today.
, About twenty-ftre students bate al
ready arrived aid others are ex
pected today and tomorrow. It "is
expected that the total eWollmeot
will greatly oxceed that of last year.
The pupils are coming front all
of the State. A number bar? en
rolled from Beaufort county.
Today is be}ng spent in enrolking'
the students, assigning them to
rooms snd classes and 'otherwise'
preparing for the year's Work. One
new addition has been made to tbe
faeulty. Miss Carrie Manney will
Instruct the pnplls In , domestic
science snd sewtng.
Superintendent Fletcher stated
.this morning that hs was faore than
* pleftsed with the * present: outloo*
sad that ho felt sure the Institute
would bays a most successful term.
HOLD PICNIC
AT WHARTONS
Will Be bi Nature of a School Rally.
To Take Place a Week
* ,k"4e *** ? V*
nature of a school rally?will be
held at Wharton a on Friday of next
week. Elaborate preparations hare
been mads for the event and several
hundred persons are oxpeeted to be
In attendance. The school there will
opea oa the following Monday.
EDMONSON
CASE UP AT
Greenville
VOILMEIt DARKER U BBIS
nuro betom c. ?. com
EXAMINE GIRL
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>C<4 a. the
Thl. Mana?. Hfi 1 Imprm
?4cm Apyuw to-be Tkal Kdnoad'
?? Will Go hw j[
*! or!' (Br Butam pr??y
OrMBTlU?, 8*pl. Tk? cue ot
Bulalle Dudley against P. A. Ed
mondaon. la wbleh the letter is
charged with e violation, or the
Mann white slave law, tal taken up
In the court here today before U.
S. Commieeloner I#. T. Klig.
ifjfo ?*oroln? mamin ?ai taken
up largely'with crose-examlnlng the
! gl^L Mr. Wart of Washlhgton, and
MesHr?. Harding end Everett of thia
city are representing the defendant
while Colonel Skinner Is acting as
prosecuting attorney.
The facte of the caee as brought
out !n the trial today are unprint
able.' The general impression a?
m on k those In attendance at the
coart appears to be tbat Edmondaon
will go free. A large number of
wftneee*e are present and these will
be placed on the etand this after
noon.
Edmoodwon Hoond Oxer.
Greenville, 2:30 p. m.?-Edmond
son baa been bound over for trial at
the next term of the Federal court
at'Washington, N. C. He haa been
ptacad under $1,000 bond.
W. C. T, U. WnX MEET
TOMORROW AFTERNOON
^1>ere wllV.be a called meeting 6f
w- T..U. tomorrow afternoon]
?r-Tojfo'^ffy wrurV&r-o* ir. Car-j
malt. Every member le eepeclally
urged to be present aa there la spec
ial business to be brought up,
mong which will be the appointment
of delegates to the convention which
will soon be held at Raleigh.
WASHINGTON RESIDENTS
TELL OF LIFE IN MONTANA
Interesting Letter Received From A.
H. Phillips and Family. Are Pros
pering on Their Ranch in
the Far West.
To oar Washington friend?:
H hu been more than a year since
we loft Washington for our western
bomo and aa 1 don't bavo tbe time
to writs to each one I'd like to, 1
am taking this method of letting
friend? and relatives bear from me.
I am living oa my 160 acre home
stead four aad one-half from
Eureka and about the samo distance
from the Canadian line. 1 came
bore about eight yeara ago and took
up this homestead and didn't con
sider It much at that time, But now
1 think It an Ideal dairy 'f^nch. Its
hlllfe are covered with green gresn
throe and four Inchoc high and SO
head of eattlo graao on IK. 1 have
about 10 aero? In.crop this year In
eluding oata, wheat, rye, fctfulfa aad
potatoes, the root is paawro land.
We hare had a beautiful oaring and
summer. Spring opened about the
middle of February an4 we havo
had no had etorm?. only pice rains
all summer.
Another thing I wish to apeak of
la tho beautiful scenery. Ve have
AT THE
BELLMO
Itlt OM
"1M OOWJT*T <H?L"
la i pirt?
"ON? WOMAN'S WAT"
rMtirlB? VlYUn
"TiHWX PRINT? Or'TATB"
1b I ptrti
TkiffOT. "MUllo* Dollar Mr-t-rr"
frl4?r, "Cl?*roa twn ?>? ttf.'
all kinds of green hills and plains,
and can see the snow-capped moun
tains of Canada the year "around.
The mountains we see from here are
80 miles north, so I've been told.
The flne mountain water Is a great
blessing; the water being aft ooid
as Ice water. I wish some of my
friends in Washington could spend
Just one summer here; It Is e^u%l to
aoy seashore resort; as I till my
wife sometimes, just like Ocracoko
Of ctourse It gets quit? hot during
the middle of the day, but nights
are always cool. 1 have been doing
all my own work, as labor Is hlfefc^
Haev been milking eight cows inost
of the time, making 40 and SO Ibn.
of butter per week. It made ine
hustle some. It's now harvesting
Urn's and I can hear htreshing ma
chines at work. The grain crops
aro extra good this year. I think If
frtends at home could see our ranch
they would think It a flne gift from
Uncle 'Sam.
With beat wishes to ajl.
A. H. Phillips and Pamlly.
H III crest Ranch.
BUSINESS MEN
MEET TOMORROW
The first meeting of the newly
I organised Butlness Men's Associa
tion, of which J. R. Hoyt has been
elected president, will be held to
morrow night at t:IO la the sooms
of the Chamber of Commerce.
? This will be aa Important meet
ing and It tg urgently requested
! that every member of the ?stool?
ttoh will 1* primt,
r
1 The couiUy board of education
mot la rynlar session in the court
I bouse this week and several impor
idnt matters were brought up.
Under the head of unfinished bus
uicot, the board heard a report from
W. M. Butt ..with regard to^hlrf ef
fort ? to secure a satisfactory set
tlement of the bound*?es of the
Small and Ida)la school districts.
Ho was unable to get the twu com
mittees together for a discussion of
the matter and after Investigating
the fact? as best lie could, he rec
ommended that no action be taken.
Under a promise of August sec-,
end from the Board of Education
to the effect that they would appor
tion 1100 from the building fund
for the erection of a second roon*
to the Everets school house In dis
trict No. 7, Batfi township, th?
committee secured thla amount from
a patron of the district on a not?
for 90 days, krtecegt on the same to
be paid by the committee. The board
authorized its ohalrman and secre
tary to endorse the said note.
. Additional facts were made avail
able with regard to conditions in
dlatrlct No. 6, Long >cre township,
which was discontinued at a prev
ious meeting, and said district was
re-establshed. Committeemen as
follows were appointed: Leonard
Keech, 3 years; James R. Boyd, 2
years; W. M. Boyd, 1 year. All
qualified before the superintendent.
A petition from district No. A,
Chocowlnity towfnshlp, with refer
ence to site for a new school house,
was presented. As this matter had
no action was taken.
At the"* August meeting of thil
board, Joseph Tripp said he wonldj
prefer charges against Walter Mix
on and W. J. Smlthwlck, committee
men of district No. 13, Richland
township. Two o'clock was set for
a hearing of this matter. Nothing
that could be considered as a charge
was made and as the difficulty
seemed to have arisen over tke use
of the Khoolhouse for certain re-j
llgloua services, the board ordered
.the committee to close the school
building to all kinds of- exercises
exc?pt for school purposes.
Petitions for special tax elections
were heard from districts Nos. 1
and 13, Long Acre township; No. 2.
Washington township, and No. 4,
Chocowlnity. All were passed ex
cept the one from Chocowlnity
which seemed to leave certain chil
dren out of any district and the
board desired to hear from the peo
plo thus effected before taking final
action. This petition Is to be con
sidered again at the next meeting.
Aa order for a bond Issue of $10,
000 for s<4ioo1 house building pur
poseR in Aurora graded school dis
trict, was paused. The local school
committee of the district was auth
orized to borrow $2,000 for 90 days,
samo to be applied on the new bulld
> ift* now in the process of construc
tion. Note to be endorsed by the
board of education. *
A petition was presented asking
that the arrangements for having
school taught in the second story of
W. P*. Wlnstead's store In district
^o, 2, Bath township, be rescinded.
By agreement among the committee
the old school houses in the dls
j (r'ct were to be put in repair for
the present seaslon and used for
school purposes.
Is view of the fact that the work
or the Board or Education is In
creasing so rapidly and no many
legal questions are coming up to be
acted upon, the board authorised Its
chairman to see Judge Stephen Bra
gaw to make arrangements to se
cure his services whenever needed.
8. 8. Leggett, clmmltteeman from
district No. Washington town
ship, presented hI? resignation,
which was accepted.
| s The chairman and secretary were
authorised to endorse reneiwal If a
note ror district No. 1,1. Bath town
ship, for $88 for ninety days.
Wi T* Qaylord was appointed
eommittama? la tfiatrlot Mo. I, Bath
lownahlp, to aae?a*4 f. f. Bart)*??.
r**lftoa4.
Jordan V. Woolard waa appointed
committeeman In Matrici Mo. It.
1.0? ? Arra townehlp.
WSU'l Cafto? wm aptoiMol Ma
uiitteemaB In dlatrict No. 10, Rich
'and township. to sacoaed L. F.
lawyer, resigned.
Jam?? Uwli vu appointed com
mltteemaa 1b diftilct No. 8, Choc
owlalty township. to vuccted F. L.
BrigW, who baa failed ta quality,
and who the board BBdaratants does
not Intend to.
The pfeeaa and dates were pet for
township committee meetings as
(oliowi:
Richland; Aurora. 8ept. 13.
Chocowlolty; Washington. Sept.
14.
Pantego; P ant ago, Sept. 15.
Bath. Bath, Sept. 1?.
Lcmg Aero; PlBetown. 8apt. 17.
Wasbiagtoo; Washlngtdn, Sept
The following attendant ofllcers
were appointed:
Richland?J. A. Hardy, j
Chocowlolty?W. A. Cralch.
Washington?-Fenner 8. Hodges.
Long Aqre?If. H. Cutler.
Pantego?Thomas Green.
No farther business coming up.
the board adjourned.
COL. J. B. GRIMES
ANNOUNCEMENT
PLEASES VOTERS
Will Undoubtedly be Well Supported
la His Campaign to Sttcceed
Himself aa Secretary
of State.
The announcement of'Cdlr J. -Bry
an Grimes' candfflacy for the offlcc
of Secretary of 8tabo, which was
made public a few days ago In
Greenville, has been received with
considerable satisfaction on the part
o{ practically every voter In this
section of the State.
Col. Grimes' able and efficient
performance of his duties during hi?
last term in this office, has prompted
bi? many friends to urge him to a
galn All offi<* during the coming
term.
As a memtfer of the Council of
State, the Board of Public Building
and Grounds, Trustee of the Publit
Library, and the various boards on
which be bas served, he haa had
constant, wide and varied experience
In all matters of State concern dur
ing It most progressive period.
As a trustee of the Unlveralty aatl
member of the State Board of Ed
ucation, he Is thoroughly In touch
with educational conditions.
A farmer himself, he has alway:
taken keen Interest in the agencies
which worked for their betterment
As a member of the Board of Agri
culture, the Granee, the Farmers'
Alliance, and the Farmors' Union
be has always been in the forefront
In his advocacy of better farm con
dition*.
COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS
DISCUSSED AT MEETING
Board Of Education Hold Interesting
Session. Changes Made in Com
mitteemen. Date of Com
mittee Meetings Set.
i
As chairman of the North Caro^
ll*i* Commission h? has rendered s
lasting service In bringing about an
historical awakening and Slate pride
which will place North Carolina In
Ita proper place tn the history of the
country.
As a Macron, member of the Jun
Order of United American M'chal
lea and Knights of Pythlaa. he la In
full sympathy with the purposes
and high aspirations of them great
orders, and his life Is an exemplifi
cation of the principles for which
they stand.
He has madr* the Secretary of
State'? office a model of efllcency
and service, and In all his activities
he hag worked effectively for the
welfare and progrcaa of the people
of th? State.
CoL Grime* Is a brother to J. -D.
Grimes, the popular and well known
attorney of this city. >
A iwuwno^nwn* of Marriage.
Mrs Hannah Watson
announces the approaching marriage
of her daughter
Rosa Jan?
tO 9
Mr. William Reily Roberaon
on Wednesday morning. September
the fifteenth
^nineteen hundred and fifteen
Myan-thlrty o'clock.
Mp sards )* th* dty.
CZAR AND CZAREVITCH IN~ UNIFORM
New photograph of the czar of Hus*Ja sunt his heir. t bp czarevitch, garbed
in the unKonn of officer i of th? Ku'aalan urtuy. The young man seems 10
have ouL?rowt> hla invalidism.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HOLD REGULAR SESSION
Aurora School District to Vote on
$10,000 Bond Issue. Three Spe
cial Tax Elections Ordered.
Matters pertaining to the Interests
o' the various school districts In the
oounty, wew the principal subjects
"Brought-up at"(be regular meeting
i or the board of county comniiatfioii
iwrs this week.
A petltiqn was presented from rtie
board of education, asking that an
election be ordered for the Aurora
graded school district, submitting to
(he qualified votors the ratification
iT reJeetioD of a bond isSue of 110,
1000 for school purposes. It wan or
dered that the election be held on
Tuesday, Octobcr 11?. at the store of
H. L. Thompson and Bro. P. S.
'ulhrell was appointed registrar
and J. H. Brantley and It. A. Thonip
?on, judges.
Special elections, to decide wheth
r apecial taxes should be levied to
upport the public schools, were or
dered in three district*. All of the
?lections will be held Saturday,
October 16th. The judges and the j
o'.acen of election will be aa follows: |
'Little school house?O. Jarvle
Alllgood, registrar; M. L. Cherry
and C. A. Nelson, juugea.
Pluey Qrote school house-?A. f\
Wydaicre, registrar, J. A. C. A111
<ood and B. K. Piukham, judges.
HAD GAY UME
WITH BEARS
Mr. MiU'fllrmlJU' Hart KxritJng Art
venture on lita FBfm m lllmirrt*
i 'wk Ywttertlay.
J. J. Maralendnr, of Dlounts Creek
yesterday hud a rather thrilling e?
per lonce with a moccasin and
oeuple of beam yeateiday. The r?p
H|f and the two hear* made an ex
tremely Interesting day for Mr.
Marslendar.
Yeaterday morning. iff. M (well
cal Ihim that to save "pace) atarted
work at clearing up Rome brush on
hla farm. He waa cutting down
?mall tree near a creak which croea
ed bis property when a huge moc
casin reached up out of tlje water
and took a playful nip of Mr. M's
finger. Thla gave him an excuee
for knocking off work for the rest
of the day. which he proceeded to
do. Mr. M. meandered oat to hla
corn field to aee whether any bearfcj
were In eight. He had teea a num
ber of the anlmala In the la?t few
days and he waa anxtouf to kill
some of them. He hadft't pnjneeded
far before he heard a'jboie* up In
a tree. Mopped, atat hie eye*
aloft aod beheld a hug? black bear
perched up on a limb. Mr. Bear
looked down at Mr. M, And Mr. M
looked at Mr. Boar. ,
Arming himself wit* ? elab In
I .V
Singleton school koube?S. L
Willard. registrar; Grotor Lilley
and Joshua Lesgett. judges.
A report of th? ?l?ciioa held an
Thirsday, September 2nd, In Choco
winlty townililp, district No. 1, wan
reeeived at the meeting. The elec
tion csllea for a tax of 90 cents on
the poll aod 30 cents on the 1100
worth of property. Eleven voted
for It. find seven against. The elec
tion was ordered carried
L. H. Ross reported a re-purvey
of the line between Washington and
Deaufort counties.
A r'solutlon was passed relative
to tho five-percent Increase of tho
State tax fti lieavfnrt county. In
brief, It read rk follows:
That In pursuant of action taken
by the Srate Corporation Commis
sion, sitting as a State Ro-rd or
Kqualicatlon, It I-4 orderd '?at i!?e
assessment on all t .'I pro rty
Heaufort county be reasr 1 fl\
percent of h? i sen' I val
uation Ti n n< to !ud?* 1 ank
or bai ng rorp ".tlo , or real
proper!;- rf ? ij i Iroad company
outside thi r right of way.
No fur.s?r buslnemi being brongbi
before the board, the meeting ad
journed.
order lo keep the hear up In the
tree, Mr. M. set u# a loud lioller f*?r
holp. hoping that noiun niAmhrr of
hi? fnmlly wou/l h ur him and bring
him hln gun. He yelled several
tlmea without results.
Huddonl? ho heard n twig hr*?k
hehfnd him. He turned quickly And
his startled gaze encountered the
confident and smiling countenance
of another hear, if anything, larger
than tha ona up in the tr*e.
Mr. M. ducked behind the trre
The bear sprang after him. Around
and around thay went. Mr. M man
aging to keep ?.lightly ahead, al
though hla trousers suffered where
the bear's <*awa occasionally caihe
lr contact with them.
Thlnka Mr* M: "This won't do."
He made a sudden break for home
Ttte bear wai but a stride behind
For a hundred yarde?which was
covered IA something under six sec
onds?the bear pursued closely.
Then, for some reason or other, he
lost interest in the fleeing Mr. M.
sad he gave up the chase. Mr M.
kept up hia speed until he was safe
behind the locked door of bis home.j
I It waa an extreme lylntereatlng
t day for Mr. M. He has learned his
? lemon, however, and he now totea
a gun wherever he goes.
I
j NOHWBOIAH HA l!K SUNK,
j lyoadon, Kept. 8.?Tha Nerwef
I Ian bark Rtoreaand, 1.?!? tout.
; which sailed from Iqulqaa, Chila,
ApH! I?. for Liverpool, has ijeeo
?sunk. Her crew fM ?aved
? ? , ; <
SHIPMENT
OF LIQUOR
IS SEIZED
I-OUCK MADE HAUL FROM NOR.
FOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN
OVER 9 GALLONS
Wbole TnuJn Full FaDa Into Hand?
of Police. Houry Clark, Colored,
Arrested ?od PW?4 I'Mkr m
*3IOO Bond.
Whin It come* to smelling out
shipment* of liquor luto Washing
ton, Chief Robert? appear* to be
<>Ddowed with unusually keen olfac
tory nerves. He nabbed another
shipment yeaterdey afternoon, and
a? a result, there is sorrow and de
spair in the heart of oue or more
residents of the dty today.
Roberts was at the atatlon yes
terday afternoon when the train
came in from Norfolk He noticed
a trunk leaving the baggage car
and also noted that it was being
laudled with extreme care. Henry
Clmrk, a drayman of colored hue.
?ook the trunk, placed it on his cart,
?nd proceeded to drive off. Instead
I U driving to whatever destination
, uo had in view, however, he was
I nstructed to drive around to police
???adquarters.
The trunk was opened there and
'"hlef Roberts' suspicions were
tijund to be correct. It contained
nin< toil!?nt and three pints of falr
j iy h'gh-grade liquor.
Clark was placed under $200
bond, fie wi!l be g.vcn a hearing
this afternoon.
STOCK LAW IN
CRAVEN COUNTY
IS DEFEATED
Election Held YwrtcnUy, Hup lto
fe?te?l by a \om of H (o 1.
1 By Eastern Pres* >
New Bern. 8ept. 8.?Incomplete
return? received last night show
chat there will be no stork law in
Craven county on the South side of
N'euse river Just at this time. An
lection wa* held yesterday and this
resulted In an almost overwhelm
ing defeat ter the measure.
The advocates of the law had
rounted heavily on the city vote but
n thta they were mistaken. There
?" ' ha\> been several hundred In
?' r of the adoption of the law and
1. ? obliteration of the frrn range
hu ~>iany of those failed to vote
while practically every man who
was opposed to the law walked up
and cast his ballot.
In thp country the rote against
the law was very heavy and fair es
tlmnles place the defeat of tha
measure at 3 to 1
FIVE GALLONS
IN SUIT CASE
Found in n .Miniature Bar-room Af
f?4r at lhi< Kins-ton l>?*pot
Tills Morning.
(By Eastern Presni
Kinston, H'pt 8.?A suit eaae,
with a tin lining. containing five
gallons and n *tipply of corks, was
found this morning at thf> railroad
station by the local police. Th? suit
raw? had been checked her? from
Richmond. It was taken to the po
lice station. No one ban put iu a
claim for It.