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HOUR CHANGED
? Ondfrar WtU Ik tka
Tba moit Important
brought up at the moetlbi of the
Chamber of CMmna laat nl?bt?
m tli* appatapaaat of at?adln?
coatmittaaa far the aintai rmr:
Tka following war? appolatad:
Indaatrlaa aad bualbaaa ontarprlaaa:
F. 1. Barry, J. D. Crimea. N. L.
Blaaou
Adaartlalai, publicity amt member
?aklp":
J. O. Bmsaw, Jr., Carl Ooareh, C.
O. MottU.
Edaaatlonal kad Public library:
J. B. Sparrow. W. O. Prlrctt?, C.
M. Campball. Jr.
Pa kilo roada akd aabarba:
M. T. A rab ball. Harry MoMullan.
John Coray.
Health aad Sanitation:
Dr. R. iw. Cartar. Dr. J. C. Rod
man. E. R. Moore.
Talaphona kad T^la?rapb:
Frank W Cox, Jamaa BUlaon. W
B. Rodman, Jr.
Yraeaportatloa and Ezpraaa
M. R. H lion, a F. Bland. Jamaa
Inanrmaca
A. if. Dttmay, J. F. Back man. B.
F. Da ww a.
Btraata, Parka aad Pobile Improre
I ?*- """B: ?
J. V. Cowall. F. C. K velar, a C.
Cart/.
W. C. Rodman, Harry MaMallan,
j7 t>. Orlmaa. . ' ?
information aad SUUaUoa:
? R. A. Q. Bana?, D. W. Ball.
. Honaa: .
rl ... "Walter Cradla, Dara Fowle, J_. T.
Bland.
All of tba chairman of
Mr
ka poaalbly oak, a/a raqueatad to
fraadat at nary meatlnc hal
the future.
A. U. Dumay. chairman of th?
?ood road? com mitt??, mada a ra-<
port on tka coat -of bulldlnc tka
road oat of Waaklatton toward?
Chocowlnlly ,H* ?aa raqueatad to'
avstlana la ?over aad aacartaln tha
ooat at ahall aad afe?H-ro?k to eorar
tk? eoat of pattlac tfcla road la |ood
?kapa *A ipaclal meatikc ?111 Da
called I? raoaira Ik? raport .
Tka maofla* *>er rf tka Cham
bar kaa baan chen*.d (rant 1:1? to
I o'clock and all fatura klaatlnia
win katfk at tkta kaar.
j.
Parle. Baft II?A Oana*a aub
marla? kaa keaa torpedoed and auak
by a ?Mik tar pa do boat totwaan
Mytlllne and Tanadoa. aaya ak Ath
ana dlapatck Ik tka Joarnal.
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[CONTRACT
IS LET FOR
FIRE BOXES
N TO UVB MODKRN
AS? UP-TO-DATE KIRK
TO GOST $4,415
Tk? city officials have let tke eon
tract for Installing a modern and
up-to-date lire alarm system to the
j Osme well Cotapany, who trill hare
the system Installed by January l?t.
It will coit $4.415.
The equipment and apparatus will
??** * <? boxes of the "smaah
ln-the-glaas" type. These will be
connected with a sounder at the
fire house and when an alarm Is
turned In, the department will hare
the advantage- of knowing at once
the exact location of the fire.
It hr also expected that a material
reduction will also be made in the
key rate of Insurance. A further
reduction may be secured by the
city If notices are posted Offering a
reward for the arrest of persons
committing arson.
SHIPPED COTTON
FROM KJNSTONi
Kinstxm Mill* Hare Been Shippiagj
Large Amount to Booth
(By Eastern Prem)
Klnston. Sept. 16.?J. r. Taylor,
general manager of a' local cotton
mill, this morning denied accounts
which appeared In the papers ye#
|ierday, station that tM OrWkTni?'
|Cottton njllli were the Urat in this
taction or th? State to .tip good? to'
South America. Mr. Taylor stated
that the Klnaton mills kad air gad r
?hipped IfiO.OOO pounds of gooda
since March flret
Entertained At Oarda.
Mra. W. B. Wolfe, of North Mar
ket stfset. yesterdsy entertained at
bridge In honor of Mra. Ceeil ruber
Of Norfolk, who ' ki rtalttng her
mother, lira. Harry Mayo.' There
were two table?. Mra. Caleb Bell
made high ? score. . Refreshments,
consisting of a salad courae, folio w
[ed the -games. Thoso present were
Krs. Fisher, Mrs. Caleb BeU, Mra.
Malcolm Worthington. Mra. Jack
Nicholson and Missea Adeline Mayo,
Etiiabatk Warren and Mary Tank
ard .
MAJlJtlKD THIS MOR M NO.
William H. Roberaon and Mlaa
Kota Watton wero married thi?
maralo? at the brlda'g homo. Her.
K V. Hop?, pastor of tho Christian
eburch of thla city. officiating. Ira
mtdlitaljr after the oeremonx. tho
couple left for Norfolk, from whor ?
they will go Jbo Baltimore. Wash
ington and gther northern cities. B
HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW
Models?
DEMONSTRATION ONLY
THRQE MORE DAYS.
Thev are mnrwl* of coraetry -beautiful
to look at and delightful to wear, with
shaping qualities that make tham quite the
coraet for the new figure.
Although bonded they nrie tight and flexi
ble, and they poxess the firmness necea
sary to mould the figure into a perfect con
tour?a combination that calls for the
highest ?kill hi designing and making.
There it a wonderful range of model??a
?tyle for every woman."
Redfe*~n Corsets
Our coraetiere will tkilfully fit' you to
your model, and there it one tor you.
Mi? Baft Corttitre
BIO NEW DEPARTMENT STORE.
MISS SWANNER
BADLY BURNED
Wan (Tcaaiag Oloree With QmoUm
Whem Thej Caught Fire, b
MIm Emma EHnor 8wanner met
with'? painful accident last night
whan she severely burned her hand
while cleaning a pair of gloves. Miss
Swanner had one of the gloree on
i ber hand and Van cleaning U with
jgasAline. She broaght It too near
the Are and the gasoline caught Are.
i In an Instant her whole hand was
?blaze. U was several minutes be
i fore the flames coald be smothered,
i She is today In the hospital and Is
restfng easily. A great portion of
lth*-8kln of her hand has been burn
ed away.
34,000 POUNDS
SOLD TODAY
Warrlxjnst? tm Expert Big Salr*
Tomorrow and Friday.
About 84.000 pounds were sold
at tbe local tobacco warehouses to
day. It wa* divided as follown:
13,000, 11.00,0 and 10,000. The
wareltousemen expect a big sale to
morrow and "also Friday. It Is ex
pected that both of these sales will
average over 100,000 pounds.
RUINED RUSSIAN DEFENCES AT JAROSLAU
In an effort to check the Germana, the Russian forces intrenched themselves in what they bellered was an
impregnable position Just behind Jaroslau, a fortified city In Gallcia. The Germans forced these positions, however,
and com pell Qd the Russians to flee before them. In the upper photograph a group of German soldiers aro seen ap
proaching the scene of death wrought by their guns In drivfcig out the Russians, while In the lower photograph two
German officers are seen contemplating the havoc wrought by their forces In their succcssful forward movement.
ROADS
(By Eastern Prem)
Kinston, Sept. 15.?The Chamber
of Commerce, at their meeting la*ti
night, paesed resolution! asking; the'
Board of County Commissioners to
call an election for a 1260,000 bond
lrsue, vhlch Is Co bo used In devel-1
oping th? roads of I?enolr county.
It is generally believed that the,
commissioners will act favorably on
thla measure. It will be taken up
within the next two week*. Ther-?
has been considerable agitation In
favor of good roads reoently, and
the request of the Chamber of t*oih
merce follows out the deeire of a
big percentage of the voter*.
SUtewitk Prohibition Win*.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 15.?'Re
turn? received here early last night
Indicated that statewide prohibition
woe in yesterday's balloting on tho
referendum by which the voters of
the state were to decids In favor of
retaining the present local option
system or adopting vtatewidc pro
hibition.
Relief From Heat Promlnwl.
Washington, 8? p t 16.?Kellef
from the heat wit? wis promised by
the weather bureau tonight for those
states south of Virginia, where local
thunder showers and rain will'begin
possibly' tomorrow.
I In the middle Atlantic states and
north, the forecast?/ said, the heat
would continue unbroken for anoth
er 48 hours.
American Money In Favor.
Havana. Sept IS.?By presiden
tial decree, none but American and
Cuban money will be accepted as
legal tender In Cnba after Novem
? 11. Circulation of flpnnlab gold
'and silver, aqd French gold has
eaused much confusion .
?Hirer. DeaUte In Philadelphia
Philadelphia, flept 15 ?Tb? of
flclal thermometer h*r# rsfffstered
?0 degrees yesterday Three depths
and S number of prosi|>tl^#s srst#
HOLD REVIVAL
AT OLD FORD
iul**r?NUng Meeting?? Bfing Held at
Rev. R. W Stanclll, of Ohio, 1?
conducting a series of revival meet
ings at the Old Ford Christian
church this week. The evangelist
uses ? chart entitled "the Blbl<
Plan of Salvation," which expiaint
the Divine and human part in ac
complishing a man's salvation from
sin.
The revival is being well attend
ed and great interest being man
ifested in the meetings. Mr. Stan
clll has preached som'1 excellent ser
mons and a number of additions to
the church have been made. The
meetings arc held every night,
starting at eight o'clock. They will
continue over Sunday.
DETECTIVE LEAVES
FOR OTHER PARTS
E. I. I>uk.\ Who Tried to OM Local
Buy Into Ha? Departed
Prom Kliurton.
(By Eastern Prow)
Klnston, Sept. 15.?tS. I?. Duke,
the "Correspondence School" detec
tive, who trlod to mike trouble for
Kugcntt Harris of Washington, has
loft the city for parte unknown. He
departed Immediately after the ac
tion taken by the court, in which he
was given his choice of a heavy
sentence or getting out of tywn.
IMMi LOOHK OX 8TRKRTH;
Al'PKAl, IH HADF
Mis. Myrtle Simpson watt brought
Wore the recorder yesterday after
noon, charged with having allowed
her dog on the street? without
chain. She was fined $10 and costs
An appeal wa? taken.
Heber Cowa-d wan charged with
n?sault and wae fined $10 and costs.
HOLD M KRTIN? J OR THK
O. HRNRY ROOK CLUB
An important business meeting of
the O. Henry BcoV Club will be hold
tomorrow afternoon " at 5 o'clock
with Miss t. T. Rodman. Titer? la
considerable ba^nen to be brought
up and It I* hoped that every m?m
her will muke a determined egort to
be present.
Another lammfltkm Hi Portaol.
Paris. Sept. II.?A new Insurrec
tionary movement has broke* oat
not o?ly in Uebon but In the prin
cipal provTslonal cities of Portugal,
say* % Hybrid dispatch tq the Jour
AGREED ON FINANCES
FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS
Joint Meeting of Commissioners and
Board of Education Was
Held Yesterday."
3 CENTS ON $100; 9 CENTS ON POLL
Above T~ ?? Will be Made. Will Yield the Schools
vX>unty an Additional Revenue of About
> * $3,200. No Appeal Taken.
And whereas. od account of the
failure of this Board to maka the
levy of 7c on the $100 valuation,
aald Board of Education ened out
a writ of mandamus against aald
Board, and the Julge ordered the
levy of 7c on the $100 valuation
anil Sic on e*ch poll to be made.
And whereas, this Board appealed
from the decision of the trial Judge
to the Supreme Court of North Car
olina. which. In a decision handed
down on Wednesdsy, Sept. 8th, or
dered a new trial In satd eaae. at
the same tithe Suggesting to the
Board of Education and Board of
County Commissioners that the
matter be aatlsfactorlly aettled by
the two Boards if possible.
And whereas, It ha? always been
the desire of this Board to work in
harmony with the Board of Educa
tion. and to maks such a levy as
would be in accord with the actual
i needs of the schools of the countv,
land this Board has always regarded
tho request of the Board of Educa
tion at the June meeting as unnec
essary.
[ And whereas, In accordance with
th? suggestion or the Supreme
Court, this Board ha? agaJn care
fully examined the estimate submit
ted by the Board of Education and
haa duly taken Into consideration
'he various contentions made by said
Board, and based on said Investiga
tion this Board believes that a levy
of 3c on the $100 valuation and 9c
on each poll Is amply sufficient to
insure a four months school term
for the year eglnnlng July 1st. 1915
ind that any higher levy would be
unwarranted.
court, the board of county commis
sioners and board of education yr?
erday met In Joint session for the
purpose of agreeing upon the a
-nount that is to be apportioned to
he schools of the county.
The board of ednca '.on originally
\sked for a lovy of 7 c nts on the
1100 vsluatlon a .1 21 cats on the
poll. Ycttirlay, ly ma'.ual apree
ment. It was *rrarr*4 tcu make an
additional lei - of 3 retns on the
TO ENABLE PATKON8 TO
HEE FEATURE PICTURE
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To enable t hone who are keeping
ip with the Million Dollar Mystery
*t the Belimo to see the exciting and
thrilling eplvodo Thursday night and
"Peg O* My Heart" also we will
show the Million Dollar Mystery
promptly at 7:40. This will allow
ample time to Me It and not mist
(he show. Don't mtar thin episode.
It is too exciting aihf- lulling to
miss. Remember the Diamond from
'.he Sky Friday night.
HAI.KIOVI VOTE* BIO BOND
1H8LR MY LAIUiR MAJORITY
Raleigh, Sept. IS.?Twelve hu?i
dj-ed seventy-seven vote? out of s
registration of l.flS eetabllshed a
record for bond majorities yester
day end overwhelmingly put the
9100,000 hmue over.
Mayor Johnson Mid last night no
such unanimity had marked any poll
In hie day. Lom than <0 voted a
telnet the bonds which will be de
voted to new school buildings. All
factions vanished today.
HchoeCa IMsanlas ItocMwe of Hm>I
Pittsburgh, Pa.. Sept. 18.?Sev
enty thousand ehlldreo were die-:
m ?seed from the Pittsburgh public
schools today because of the heat,
and Superintendent Davleon order
ed that no more eeeatoM bo heM un
til the heat war* has pasted, the
government thermometer retched
? I decreet today.
. ? . 7>l tr
9100 valuation and 9 c?nts on th?
poll.
This levy will flv? th? school*
about 93,200 mor? annually. Th?
?t the augg??tIon of th? Suprem?
original levy r?qu?ated. would yl?ld
a revenue of about 98,200. Th? la
create will mean a rale? of only on?
cent Id th? tax rat? of laat year,
which wac 88 centa, for at' th?lr
mooting laat June, th? commlaslon
era lowered th? county rat? two
centa.
The board of oducatlon, It la un
derstood. will make no appeal. Th?
following resolutions were adopted:
Whereaa, at th? Jane m??tlng of
the Hoard of Coramhwloners for th?
County of Beaufort, th? Board of
Education~of aald county r?qu?sted
t h? levying of a general county
achool tax of aeven centa on 9100
valuation and 21 cents on each poll
to maintain the public achoola of
Beaufort County for four inontha.
as required by the Con?tltutlon of
North Carolina.
And whereaa. aald Board of Coun
ty Commtaalonera. after careful
consideration and investigation
chad the ronclitalon .. that aald
levy, aa requested, was not only un
necessary but waa exorbitant and
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Board of Commleeionera for the
County of Beaufort: ?
lat. That a levy of 3c on the
9100 valuation and 9c on each tax
ablfi poll be made on all aubjecta of
taxation In the County of Beaufort
to appear of record aa of first Mon
day In June. 1915.
2nd That the proceeda of aald
levy shall bo ulaed to maintain th?
public schools of Beaufort County
for a period of four months.
3/d. That this tax ahall be col
lcr'r?d In the same manner an other
C3ttn'y taxes are collected.
Th'a Sept. 14th. 1915.
Wing for the reaolution: Mr.*
ChfU.man, Commissioner* Aycock.
1'ragaw, and Eborn.
Voting against the resolut!on and
for a 2c levy: Commissioner Whit
ley.
SHIP TOBACCO
TO LONDON
Kighty HognhiXl HlUpprd from Um
Kin*ton Mark ft YMtrrday.
(By Eastern Press)
Klnnton, Sept. 16.?Eighty hogs
head of tobacco left here yesterday
for Baltimore, from wherr* they will
be shipped to I^ondoa. The exact
dete of shipment Is being kept * "
secret.
Local business men take this as a M
aim of the general loosening up of
trade to foreign coantrlea, due to
the let-up In the submsrlna war
fare. It in expected that tB par
cent of the local market will b* id
sent abroad.
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TO OPICN MIMICAL HTUDtO.
I MIm Ophle Morris, instructor la
niuaic at the Waahlngton Coliagiala
Institute, will op*n up a musical
studio In the city In the near f?t?rt*
and will teach her claasea on Wed
nesday? and Saturdays. The bal
ance of her time will be devoted l* ?
her work at the Institute.
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