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WASHINGTON N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER U I?S Na M
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AKNOVVGMnr TO THAT KK
FHCT WAS MAD* TWTIR.
DAT MOR.MXO. Y: y.
I GOES TO ROCKY MT.
win utfti
Re*. R. V. Hope, who for tli? last
?I* rear? has boon pastor df the
Christian church of this sity, 7
terdsy tendered hi* real gnat ion, to
take effect to ninety daja, or lees,
if It can bo mutoallj agreed upon.
Mr. Hope has aeeepted the pAstof
ate of tho Christian church at Rocky
Mount.
During his stay In the rtty. Mr.
Hop? haa made a host o{ friends,
who will learn with keen regret of
his* departure. ? He came her* from
Alabama and has labored hard an*
WhfuUy (In the lnfcrreots of Bit*
church. Tha growth of the church
haa Men largely due to h Ur own
poraoaal efforts. H? is popular In
all olrclee and one of the most e?
teemed residents la Washington.
Mr. Hope's successor has not yet
GUARANTORS
MEET TONIGHT
A meeting of the Chautauqua
guarantor? will be held In the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce to
night, starting promptly at eight o'
clock
About two weoka ago, cards were
seat to each of the guataatorf, ask
ing them for their optnioa regard
lag next year's Chautauqua. The
majority of these cards hare been
returned and a report will be made
on them at tonight's mooting.
It will bo definitely decided to
night whether the Chautauqus will
eome to Waahington nert year or
not.
All guarantors are requeated to
ba oa hand promptly at eight o'clock
IMh D THE LAST DAY.
The 16th 1? the last day you hare
to pay electric and water bills.
Fifty ecnts will be charged for re
eonnoctlons.
Municipal Electric A Water Dept.
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AT THE
BELLMO
TONIGHT.
"BAD MAN AND OTHERS"
2-raal RtlUnce Faaotre
A stirring drama.
"Hungry ' Hank la tho Country"
A alda-ipllttlng Alwin comedy
VANDERBILT-HE1R
? t
Thlf Interesting mapahot of Wil
liam H. Vanderbllt waa uk?n at the
tennis tournament at Newport. Ha la
tlie oldest son of the late Alfred O.
Vanderbllt, who lost hla life In ttie
sinking of the Luiltanla, and inherits
the major part of his father's millions.
This 1? the drat picture taken of the
youth at any public taction since his
father's death. At present he lire*
with his mother, Mrs. Elsie French
Vanderbllt. at Newport, who wai Mr.
Vanderbllt's Drat wife.
ROBBERIES AT
ROCKY MOUNT
Occurred H?turday Night. Thieves
Were IM&covere<l Before They
COUld M:?ko Ha) With
Plunder.
- (By Eastern Press)
Rocky Mount, Sept. IS.?An un
snecessfll artcnjpi to" burglarise tfis
safe at th# OniAd th^aTre occurrcY
Bar day morning, shortly before
throe o'clock, when persons at
tempted to enter the safe that con
tained Chp receipts of the perform
ances of both tho Grand and the
AUno theatres.
i)^fM?e of the employee of the tfces
tre, returning to get his coat, foand
the men at work. They had opened
the dooc of the safe by combination
and were at work trying to open the |
Inside door, when thoy were dlscov-1
ered. Upon the approach of the
employe, the men fled, leaving their
tool* behind them. Entrance to the
theatre'was gained through the ven
tllation opening.
It Is believed that the same par*
tie* also tried to enter the new An
chor store building, which was Brok
en Into during the night. They per
fected their entrsnce by breaking
oat the window lights In the base
meat and crawling through the
basement up the stalra Into the
store. Thry could not, however, get
Ihe safe open. *
Ateemer Picks t?i? Poor Men.
London. Sept- 18.?A Dutch
sfamer has picked up four men of
the crew of the English trawler.
Nlmrod. which has been iunk.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW
Redfern Models?
DEMONSTRATION THIS
WEEK
Thev are marvels of corsetcy -beautiful
to look at and delightful to wear, with
shaping qualities that njflUe them quite the
corset (or the new figure.
Although bonded they ara light and flexi
ble, and they posses* the firms?*! neces
?ary to,mould tin1 figure into a perfect con
tour a combination that calls for the
highest skill In designing and making.
There is a wonderful range of models?a
style for every voman.
Redfe^n Corsets
Our corsetiere will skilfully fit you to
your motM.and there is one for you.
Miss Bail Cortttirrt
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BIO NEW DEPARTMENT STORE.
CITY SCHOOLS
iVfiLLOPENON
NEXT MONDAY
LARGE E5ROUiMK!fT W BX>
MBCTED XT THE OPBKIXG
or THE fall term.
SOME CHANGES
Ummtnmm Com* to be
School op?ns next Monday.
Superintendent Campbell stated
thW mornlug that the vaccination
law will be atrtetly enforced t bit
it. All children who have not
been vaccinated against small-pox.
must either be vaccinated by their
family doctor or by the county phy
sician, who will give vaccinations
free of charge. Dr. J. O. Blount Is
the county health offleer.
There Will be severa! changes In
the course? of study this fear.
No tuition will be charted for
taking the ? business couree, which
will be an elective branch ot study
and will be und?r the supervision
of Mice Annie Cox.
Tuition will be charged for those
who desire to enter the Kindergart
en. This department will be under
the supervision of Miss Ellsworth.
Domestic science will be taught
by Miss Maude McClees. of Durham,
who for the last five years has
taught at High Point.
The music department will be
under the supervision of Mlsa Macye
Glasgow. She Is rated as one of
the best music teachers In the
State, being a graduate of the con
servatory at Chicago. She has taught
in the Southern College In Florida
and for the last three years has hsd
charge of the music department at
the Lumberton high school. 8he
will teach piano, voloe and vloUn.
A large enrollment Is expected
?? ptamt. ar? t?p*eU11y ?rg
ed to see ttet the children aro pres
ent at the Drat day of school, In or
der to avoid loss of time In their
studlen.
KINSTON HAS
CURFEW LAW
Old I*w Will lie Strictly Kn forced
11?'fanning With Tonight.
. (By Eastern Press)
Klnston, Sept. 13.?Beginning
w<th tonight, the city's "enrfew
law," which haa been In existence
for pome time, but never been en
foA&d, - fellt be strictly adhered to.
iMi boys under 16 years of age, who
are found ont on the streets after
ten o'clock at night, will be arrest
ed. Exceptions will be made In
case the boys are accompanied by
their parents or have written per
mias'.on to be out.
The police Judge thla morning
stated that he was having consider
able trouble with the boys who re
mained on the streets until all
hours of the night, and that this
practice must be stopped.
LOCAL BOY
WAS VICTIM
OF A GRUDGE
OP C1R.
f'.VDKR
ARREST.
IS RELEASED
?L
KiBMton to
,, Who Tried
Id Aii UBl Him. Wfcaie Que Prom
to be a |Ww. ?'
(By fcasta^Pres)t>
K1 cut on, fcept. 13.?Eujene Har
ris, of Wfclfclaftota, N. (X. appear?
to ba the victim at a plot, accord
lng to events which transftred Sat
urdajr o if* t and 8uoday. Happily
Harris hm been releawd of all
blaiA# In b<mtaetloii -with the affair
Harrii and Oacar Aba?, the latter
also bataf o f Washington, wire
?leap In the Hotel Tuli jreBterday
morning, when E. L. Duke. *ho calls
himself a detective, appeared in
their room with a warrant for Har
ris, chargiif him with carrying a
conoaaled weapon. Harris was con
Hlder%bly surprised, as he had no
weapoft of anj kind with him. and
he told Duke aa much. By this
time, Jo?l Stephenson, mwnngpr or
the hotel. and several others, ar
rived an the scene They protected
against Ouka disturbing their guests I
and asked for his authority. Duke
told them he wu a detect'.?*. When
asked to show hia badge/ he con
feseed that ha had none.
Upon~ thla admission, tbe hotel
men proceeded to search Duke. They
found a revolver on him. which
they kept. The ontire affair wan
brought to th? attention of the po
lice and a trial waa aet for t hi?
morning.
At the trial, Harris j/as exonerat
ed of all blame, it being supposed
that ha was tbe -victim of a per
sonal grudge. Duke, however, fail
court He will be given until Ave
o'clock thfs afternoon to show np
and If he does not appoar by that
time, he will be arrested wherever
he shows himself. Harris haa re
mained over here to prosecute Duke,
should the latter appear thla after
noon.
FOUGHT 60 COPS
FOR SIX HOURS
Yonng Foreigner (tattled Officer*
I'ntil Dawn and T1i?>n Com
mitted Suicide.
Han Francisco, Sept. IS.?A six
hour battle between 60 policeman
and George Nelson, a foreigner 2b
years old, wanted for complicity In
the robbery of a Lor Angeles bank,
ended at dawn today when Nelsou't
bullet riddled body was found
stretched on a cot In a rooming
house. He had ended his life by
srndlng a bullet through his head.
The police condurted the battle
from an upper window of the resi
dence of Bishop Edwin H .Hughes,
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
across the street, and from adjacen!
windows and house tops. A power
ful searchlight was placed (n thr
w!nd6w of another j>earby dwelling j
The rooming house Is In a popu-,
lous section and thousands of ape?:-!
tators watched the battle. Police-1
man Peter Hammond was shot
through the arms and kgR by Nel
son, and Hugh -McBeth, a lodger in
the same building a* Nelson, was
possibly fatally wounded. Hardly a
square Inch of Nelson's room escap
ed the raking fire.
, With the coming of daylight, the
[officers enured the building and
burst NeUon's door. He bad be*n
dead more than two hours. Three
automatic revolvers and some an
moDltl i lay on the table near the
body.
There was a bad wound near Nel
son's right elbow and the police be
lle re his Intense sufferings, combin
ed with the knowledge that daylight
would result. In his capture, caused
hi roe t o kill himself.
HAYH IIAKKR.
Til ore t? a lot 1? flnlahlnK of a
picturp Wa lorn tha tin-?
flnlib product la tha war of ra
toachlnif, ?ifhlM. aouldlst, of tar
?radio la thla cooatry, Pro?? It to
tka fOTtrarr. BAKBR'S gTVDIO
DEAD AT THEIR POSTS IN A TRENCH
rime? sanitary ometrs Inspecting ? c*po.reo German trench in *Uicn u
en unbroken Fine of dead soldiers wh'- wor* ktlUd nu they fought
COUNTY OFFICERS ARE
SUPPOSED TO KEEP AN
EYE OPEN FOR WHISKEY
All Officers of the Peace Are Required to Search for
^nd Break up Blockade Stills. Not Revenue
I '
Officers Alone.
Following is a copy of a circular
letter Just sent out to all sheriffs in
he State by Superintendent of the
N'orth Carolina Anti-Saloon l.eagu
ft. L. Davis:
"To he Sheriffs in North Carolina:
"I desire to call your attention to
the law passed by the General As
mmiy of i9o$ touching twe duty of
iherlffs, deput'es and police officers
TO SEARCH FOR AND SEIZE
HLOCKADE STILLS.
"Sections one and two of this law
read: ?
"Section 1. It shall be the duty
if the sheriff of oach county In the
-rato and of the police of <-ach In
corporated city or town In the *tatn,
o search for ahd seize any distillery
>r apparatus used for tli? manufac
ture of Intoxicatiuf liquors in vio
atlon of the hwi of North Carolina
"Section 2. That it shall be the
luty of said ofllc-rs to seize and
hen and there destroy any and all
'iquors which may he found at such
distillery, and to arrest and hold
'or trial all persons found on said
-?remises engaged In distilling or
liding, or abetting in the manufac
ture or uale of Intoxicating liquors.
This law passed Immediately
?fler the state-wide prohibition law
became effective. When tli? liquor
"ould no longer hp legally manufac
tured and sold In the stat'4, the
General Assemb'.y realised that I
there would be a tendency to block-1
nde, and, therefore oassed this law.
irrqulrlnfc sheriffs to stop the illegal
I manufacture and sale.
HAH OLD PAPER IN
Ml? POSSESSION
Postmaster Moore ban In hi? pos
session a copy of the "Washington
Dispatch." which was published or
November 20th, I860. Richard
Oranger was the editor of the sheet
which w#s piihliHherl weekly. The
advertisement and reading matter
are oxtremely interesting.
flAKKR HAYM.
By all means 'oad your ko'dak
with fresh films and watch the re
sults. We are now handling all
makes of Alms- the Ansco. the
Hawk-Rye, the KasUnnn N. C. Illmi.
Our every day experience teaches ua
one make of films is Just as good as
another so they are fresh. Kodaks
-all makes and styles. Youra to
pt a?e and serve
BAKER'S STUDIO.
CRAP (1AMK HROKKN
tr PV TRK POLICE
(By Eastern Prwia)
Oreenvllle, 2cpt. IS.?In march
ing for a coup)? or eneaped convict?
Saturday night, t ho polic? stumbled
on a t>tg crap in t ha mill aec
tlon of tka city. Pour negroes and
ona neg" woman ware taking part
in the game. All of them war? ar?
rtat?4 and will \>*> tried today.
I "Although som?* of our sheriffs
are complimented for their ?olive
work in breaking up blockadc ?tllU.<
I many complaints have com** to m*
that othor sheriffs are not doing
'their duty In h ti? respect, and some
|arc even accused of being friendly
I to t lie moonshine ?till. 1. therefore,
desire to call your atteutiun to this
iaw and to emptiairtxe the fact that
t r> quires all sheriffs and police of
(^pern to SKAHC11 FOR AND SEIZK
blockade hi ills. My opiu!on is thai
ihe majority of the people will not
be sat'.efled unles8 their sheriff
measures up to his duty.
There are at work In this ataio
l?>** than thirty deputy collectors,
known aR revenue officer* There
are one hundred sheriffs and possi
bly three times as many deputy
sheriffs. The responsibility of th?
sheriff TO SEARCH AND SK17.K
blockade stills is the same as that
placed upon the deputy collector by
the Federal Government, and the
authority to each is virtually 1!
sauie. Ther? are more than te
times as many sheriff* * id d' puliet
as there are rev nue - leers, but*
the revenue ofHc art destrt ? ng
more th: ? ti ree r ies ? in.ay
blockade *til.v 8.. li ? ?";?arlson
causes th p<*o: '? lo i mp.aln at th
inactivity f t'.ie sheriffs ? and
rightly.
"The Anti-Saloon league stand:
for the enforcement of law. and
therefore, will urge the people to
elect sheriffs at the next election
who wl'.l wage Active campaigns a
gainst blockade Rtllls."
MEETING CHAMBER
OF COMMERCF
Will Bo Hi<M Tomorrow Nliclit.
MciiiIwj', i(p<|Urstril to In*
Cmrai.
An Important int-oting of th?
f'hamber of Commerce will bp hrld
'omorrow night. The meeting wil'
??tart at &:3f> ami * nperlnl requen'
ha? b?'en (sailed for VI members to
be pro*' nl. There are several new
matter* to be brought up for dis
cussion and it in desired to have a*
large an attendance aa possible.
OFFICKR54 tJKT STILL;
AltKKHTH ARK MADEI
(By Eastern Prew)
Kfniiton. Sept. 13.?Countjr and
United State? revenue officers this
morning dlacovered a 50 gallon still
near Pink Hill. A whit? man and
it negro were al?o found near there
and have been arretted. They were
brought to this city, where they will
be trlsd Ths still was destroyed.
A oonsldsrable quantity of Hqnor
alio found ?>4 toaHd not.
ROCKY MOUNT
M AN TRI E S J
TO SUICIDE
K. L. HK1NXRR FOUBB DL'LUCT
? THKOtOH HU HEAD THIS
MORIflKQ.
HE WILL LIVE
Although W'uund la Serloua, Be
lieved He Will K?oo*cr. HWa
tirri Rudicd to in Time to Krtp
HUu from Firing Second ?hoi.
(Or Eastern Presp)
Rocky Mount, 8ept. i v.?R. L,.
Skinner, of Westerly?, a ?mall town
about four miles from here, this
-morning attempted to take his own
life by firing a" bullet through his
brain. That he was unsuccessful
wan due to the quick work of rela
xes who heard him lir? the first
?hot.
Skinner went Into hi* room short
ly before nine o'cloek, evidently
prepared to di?. Hie relatives heard
a pistol -hot and rushed Into the
room Just an he was preparing to
shoot agan They seized him In
t'.me to prevent the act and he fell
Into a swoon. The flrst bullet had
p ret rated through the aide of the
train. H?. was rushed to the hon
-'tal. where his wounds were treat
ed. His chances for recovery are
?>.d to be good
Skinner was formerly engaged In
*!?c saloon businen* here. Since the
?o!oou* went out of business, he hsa
? en un*uecesful In locating In bus
uess. This, coupled with falling
't alth. is believed to have been the
r??a?.on for h!? act.
11c has a wife and several chll
Iren lie I? about 4f? yearn ??f age.
WERE FINED
$2 AND COSTS
Mntsr*. Monro Wnr Trii d Saturday
Afternoon at- liath.
At the triaj which wan hp|d at
Bath Saturday, Postmaster N. Hen
:>? Moore anil Allan Moore w ro each
:ned two dollars and costs for "In
ject at exposure." The other mem
' ert of the party, who visited Bath
i week ago Sunday, were rrleased
with flne.
The trial wag t lip result of a trip
?hrough Ba'Ii on which tho visitors
'??ere attired In batliin? suits and
"air mats. Thi* seemed to greatly
Y.v't the s'-n.?? of propriety of the
,ia?' and Measra. Moore were later
no-' i <1 ?hat they would have to
ipp? r .n court.
I>K< ISION (OMKS TOI>AV.
t By Eastern Press >
Rocky Mount. Sept. 13.?With on?
?-mainlug game in 'hp ehampion?
hip race that is to decide whether
"h^ hunting will he thrown to the
?rper.es in a North Carolina or a
Virginia pity, there Ik a manifest
?nterent upon ihe part of baseball
followers throughout Carolina and
i hope with the supporters of th?
Tar Heel*? that today's clash will
wind up th* season in favor of the
'srolina team which has already
von three to Portsmouth's one, and
he fourth game i* the covetpil prlr.?*
>f both CSreat clashes have featured
hp Ram ? that have been played In
'Ope* of a deelsion as to the aea
on's work and both Kooky Mount
nd Portsmouth have gathered an
iRgreration of fast ball players, anrf
?vhlle the Tar Heels have much the
anie club with whirh ih'-y ha*e
battled all season, Portsmouth has
brought Into the circuit the cream
of the South Atlantic league
to-night
"Exploit* of KUIne"
?3rd Kplaod?'
"POLICK DOO No. 5"
1 Reel
"The Prince of Pmm"
, 2 RmIh
?A BtWCH of MATCHES"
1 Reel J
Prte? 5 k.tie,