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WASHPWTOH N. C THIJKSDAT AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER 16. m? Nol U kardkco turn RECTOR Or LOCAL CHVKCH fob 4a run. SPECIAL^SERVICES i Sunday wlM be obNrvad ?t St. ?eter'e BpJecopel Church U tljo1 4 S ad anolver?ry of the- rectorehlp of Bev. Nathaniel Harding. Da? to the |i?nl reepect -and love in Which Mr HardlM Is held by the city. U U expccted that the church sudltorlam will he ailed to Its ca pacity with h la many friend*. Inter esting services have been arranged. Thf morning prayer will be bald at etavfrn o'clock and the prea&or will be Rer. W. E. Co*, rector fit St. John'* church al Wilmington. Right Rer. Thomaa C. Da rat, D. D., will be the celebrant. aaeUted by flier. I>r. Drane, of PilSfMan. the life-long friend of Mr. Harding. The collection will be for the charity fund of tk* parish. ' At the evening serptees. tka preacher will ba Blabop Dnrst. The . blabop .la well knows to many tn Washington, and an intereaklng and instructive sermon may be asp? ad.' Tba mutic Vlll* be ander the direction of Bdannd Harding, organist of the pariah and the so? m tba rector. On Monday the Bishop win tM lally yfstt at. Paul'? church m this city and will ordain the flescon tn chargc. ftev. John B. Brown, to th^ priesthood. Mr. Bar die g will VfVMfe the ordination aarman an^tbiiu* tented by Rot. Dr< of tte "M* " tor the white poo rs ay dealre to attend tba ordination and who win be cordially PLAY SEASON HAS OPENED Loral Tluli ii Oo?r? will. WHMW 1*1 Liaawiju or "!>?( 6' My t%mn" XmKM. If*"' The local theatre seacon open? tonight with "Peg O' Hy Ifeart," at the New Theatre. This pleasing play vii Mea by Waahtngton thea tre-goers laat year, and so treat and sincere wae the praise given it. that the maaageipent decided to book it agaja for this seaaoa. Other good playe bare been book ed for the eea*on. "The Weaning of Barbara Worth*' will follow next week. The curtate tonight will go ap promptly at ? * AsoUvcr Prmdi Loan. Paris. Sept 1?.?Minister of P( nance' ltttfot today announced that the government eooa would iseae a large loan. > TBKS HHjHiTi Bl'IT TO BE GHT CP IN 8VPRRIOR ooty-* HELD IN DISPUTE DlMgmrarat Followed" toning of Option by Mr. SnudJ to HMImwii; Wh.n th* Utt?r Derired to Pnr ehaoe a Certain pint of tli? Park. On? ot the moat Important cm to be brought up at the Superior court next, month, will be the ?uit of Hathaway vs. Small, which la relative to the sale of a certain part Of Waahington Park. Mr. Small wttr the original owner Qf the park and several rears ago. Mr. Hathaway came to this city and 'Was'engaged to develop the prop erty. A number of hpmes have ?laee" been built there, hot there is ?a large tract of land, which la still pwned by Mr. Small. Mrt Hathaway some time ago dcetred to purchase | this property and aaked Mr. Small for an option cm It. Thet?pU<m waa given- Later Mr. HathMray aaked for a dead, staling ?fcl? willingness ?to buyjtbo tend. A disagreement thon i followed, it appearing thai Mr. Small tfttrtqed t hie property to be sold un der the same conditions as the bal EIM4 been to the other property rs at the park. Mr. Hath a war, Wr, claimod that' these condl tlpM were not inserted jn the op tion, and therefore woald not be .inserted In tho deed. * In the meantime the development 'of the park has been practically at a stand-still, and It Is hoped.that the matter will be satisfactorily ar ranged in oourt so that the devel opment plan may be proc??|A^Vltt>. la own | Mr. Hal represented by Messrs. | Ward and <3rtme?. IvrersTTir^ ?W?J tmr repruanted bj COOLER WEATHER IS ON THE WAYl Weather Bureau Promises Relief | * 1 * Throoxh Showers. At last U Is definitely staffed that tfooler weather is coming. Weeks of one of the hottest September spells ver known here will be succeeded J&y day? at least of seasonable and pleasant temperature*. The Weath er Bureau promise* It. It will con tinue warm in the Middle Atlantic seetlon for forty hours longer, but on the south Atlantic coast and far ther south and west, refreshing. Showers with lowering mercury will certainty come tonight -or Friday, K la lUted. ' In Pittsburgh J'uesday the schools were closed because of the heat, | with an order that no more sessions I bo held untH thd hot wave is-b^oken, while in Kansas a snowjlrlft block ed a train at one point. An inch of snow fell IB that State.' Three died in Philadelphia from the he4t. in New York, Elizabeth Fepley, daugh ter of the president of\a, Lodtavllle, I Ky., bank, suffering with heat, com mitted suicide by leaping from th4 e'ghth story of a building to the vement. ' VMS F nut Mili [w?wnw oMomom axes t-j LAJIGB-XTUBBR or >?A. rA?? , ?' PLAY 7 GAMES Wlmr .ci Ftnt roar WOI B. Ito.1 dared Ctiampioaa. Mj.n and Te?f?e to do th? Ttrlrliag la ?Ms| Aftfi (By Eastern Pr^r) Rocky Mount. Sept. 1?.?Rocky Mount of the Virginia el-a? us and Mount of tb? Virginia League and todajr- began their battle for tb? championship of Virginia and North Corollaa. Weather conditions arc excellent and a record-breaking at tendance la expected at the opening game today. Many vi*ltlng faoa began arriving In the pity early thla morning to wltn^ssr the game. Seven gaipee will be* played The flrat throe will be ptoyed tin Rocky Mount and the other three In Ashe vllle. Should a seventh gam- bo jneceeeary. It will probably be /?e elded by naiktual agreement Manager Jack Corbett of the i Ashoville team, this - morning an nounced that "Chltf" Myers, form erly of the Raleigh club, would do the twirling for the visitors, with Perkins on the receiving end. Teague and Ulrlch will act aa the battery for Rocky Mount. .Blackburn of the Carolina league and Busaey of tho Virginia league, will inspire. The Aahovllle team la strength ened by Ave members from other North Carolina teams. The Rocky Mount team will begin the eerie* with the aame players that were uaed in lighting for tb* champion? skip of (ho Virginia league. KITCHENER BELIEVES GERMANS ARE ALL IN 8pr*kji of the Rerersm They Have Met In Their Fight In Rosnim. London, Sept. 16.?"Tho Germana appear almost to have shot their bolt." said War Secretary Kitchener In an address today In the houae of lorde. "Their advanoe In Rueela, which .at one time averaged Ave mlles-a day. now has diminished to less than one mile a day. and we s e the foroes which they boavtlngly declared as defeated ^ and broken troops flying before them, etlll dog gadly and plucklly lighting along the whole line and In some places, In deed, turning on the Jaded Invaders and Inflicting heavy losses." Earl Kitchener made only a veiled reference to the poaalbllity of con scription, which Is under considera tion by the British cabinet. "The response of the country to cajlls for Tecrulto h^a been little short of marvelous," he said., "but the problem how to Imrure the fle^d force being kept at full strength le engaging our close attention- and irlll, 1 hope, soon receive a practical solution. I do not for one Instant doubt that whatever sacrifice may jprove nocooeary will be undertaken cheerfully by our people." HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW Redfera Models? __ DEMONSTRATION ONLY TWO MORB DAYS Thev are marvel? of corrttry-betutiful to look at and delightful 10 wear, with shaping qualities that make them qyite the corset lor Jhe new (Ifpire. tour?a combination that call? for the hl(heat skill In derfftnlng and making;. There i* a wonderful ranee of models?a style for every woman. Red fern Corsets Our corsetiere will skilfutiy fit you to your model, and there is one for you. Mwa Bal) Cormtirid ' t.vt Bi.. BIQ NEW DEPARTMENT STORE. ???>???? ?? ?? ?? t. . ORGA XIEATIOX * 1* teLAVFOKT TO BE FORMED COUNTY IN FinVRK. NEED $1,000.00 .. ? *? OmmM?* to A* Bawd of Coutj OI !??? I I ukI Bow? of rd urKtiM tar Mo, Government) Will MM(e AiMttnaal 9AOO. At Uk? n?t meeting of the board of edueatioa end the board of county MBaMooeri, a committer of ladtftf wtll appear before both bodla? (*r (he parpoee of ssking for assist**#? ta tke establishment q{ canning slab? Sa Beaufort county Th?y wltt aak the commissioners to] donate for fthla purpose and] raqueet the board of education to *ut up ? M he amount. If they are . ilus?fu>, the government will do aats 9M Additional, making $1000 In aH. 4he government will slso] aend a lady to' Beaufort county to supariaMM the work. It lb baHered that both boards wOl readily grant the ladles their request. The oaaaing clubs have proven most successful In other counties aad have been of Immense benefit to tboee who took sdvantago of the IritmetJoBB given. WON RACE WITH DEATH (By Xaatecn Preae) Klnaton, Sept. 16.?The last wieh on this earth pf Mrs. Annie Cox wa< realised when her mother, who re sides in Durham, srrived in thi? city shortly before her death at nl o'clock this morning. Mrs. Cox was taken seriously ill and her mother was notified at once. She came a? faat as automobile and train could bring her. She won her race against death by but s short margin. OFFERED FIVE BONES FOR EVERY HOMER EnthiMiMm Coat Fun Forty Iron Men When the Fielder* "Lajr Down." Charlotte, Sept. 16.?A fan pres ent ?t the flnsl seme of the season ysterday between Raleigh and Charlotte offered etch player |6 for every home run knocked during the afternoon. Eight circuit drives were made, costing the enthusiastic fan 40 hard iron men. But one of th'?e drives wai really m homer, the one being made by Chief Myers, it clearing the left Held wall with se eral feet to spare. The other "home runs" were long flies to the outfield that thq outfielders allowed to roll along unmolested until the hitter had made the circuit. The fan made good on his promises and Charlotte won whatever the thing played was, 8 to 6. Money was real plentiful. fori Slats" Ledbetter was presented with a purse of 920 by some un known admirer. Umpire I^auzon making the speech of presentation. The umpire drew the closest atten tion from the few occupant? of the stands when he stsrted his remarks by stating that he was going to pre sent Ledbetter with "night onto a million beers." SUPPOSED "BOMBS" PROVR HAHMLKHH New oYrk. Sept. 18.?The two glass beakers found b?alde a hatch of the White Star liner Lapland, lying at her pl?r here, were today learned to have contained liquid for refilling tire extinguishers, and not. seld calculated to set Are to the! Ship The suppoeed bombe were takes to the pollee "bomb bnrtas" aad analysed. The snaljsls tend*-d % to further mystify the pollee. for the ehsmlsts foaad the llqnld could not poeeibly cauoe an exploslsn or Sif, The ship's officers ware then oos enlted They iwegsl?d the beak era st once. Fire husdred similar onee We*, leaded late yesterday, sad It I? suppoeed tha two'found by PROTECTED AGAINST POISONOUS 6ASES FACTS IN CASE WERE MIXED Baby Wa* Not lWt on the Doorstep of Mr. uul Mm. Moore of Chocuwlnii). About two week* ago an Item ap peared In tbe Dally News regarding i baby, wblch waa found on the loorstep of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Moore 3f Cbocowinity. As we obtained this information from u resident of that rillage, we took It to be true. Judg ng from a letter wblch waa received t hie- morning from Mr. and. lire. Moore, however, our Informant was ?lightly mixed up in the facts of tbe ;asc, as the letter will show. Editor Dally News: In Monday's issue of your paper of September 6th, we notieed an ar ticle in which it le stated as follows That on Saturday night an Infant In i basket was placed on our door stop and deserted. No part of this natement Is true. The facts are these: We knew of this baby which was brought to our house on Wed nesday morning, not at night; not I In a basket n^r wat* it deserted or 1 placed on the doorstep a? stat ml. : The parties bringing the child came | n the house and talked quite a while with my husband and myself. And I will gajr her** that we would not take anything on earth for our dear little girl baby. 1 am prompt ed to write thin letter as I detest the practice of p acing helpless ba bies on doorsteps, believing It to be both cruel and heartless. MR. ana Mrs. Bob Moore ; Group of French Infantrymen In the trenches equipped with respirator? | *?8gl*B BB P rot cotton again?! the poisonous case? used by the German? TRIES TO SET FIRE TO JAIL Rocky Mount Prisoner, While In toxicate?!, S?* Flr? to HI* Maltit***. (By Eastern Press) Rocky Mouul, Sept. 16.?Will Fowler, who. while In an Intoxicat ed condition, wan taken off the At lantic Coast Line train here and placed in jail, thin morning made an attempf to burn up the entire jail. Quick discovery o,* the fire frustrat ed his attempt. Fowler, who ?ays his home Is in Dukes, N. C., was coming through1 from Dupont City. Va. He became; very disorderly on the train on ac- j count of his intcbclcated condition I and the conductor bad him arrested here. When placed in a cell, he tore up the mattress, piled ft Into a corner and set fire to IK Borne ne gro women saw the smoke and they screamed an alarm of Are. With the aid of chemicals the fire was ex tinguished before much damage had been done. Fowler lg still Intoxi cated. NRtlKOKH WANT THH?K HTfUEKTH PAVED -" A w (By Eastern Pfess) Kinston. Sept. 1?.?-Negro real dents of &oath,lOftaiJa will, within a few days' t'fn*. petition the city to pave several blocks of 1? their -section of the cfiy. ling in the some paying fof the work. 3r"*""" xsro-v; I? 0? ?h* cut 0? 1 CITY WATER IS HEALTHFUL Analyst* for Tbt? Moatli H hows WMw to bf In (iond Coodhion. Aqua Pura toper? in Washington ned have no fear of their* henlth In drinking the city waters. According tc the report which has Juat b??n received from the Slate department, the local water la extremely health fnl. The analysis follows: Sediment: Very slight. | Color: Very alight I Odor: Very alight. ! Alkalinity, in terms of calcium carbonate: 26.2. Chlorine: 16. j Colon baclllae: 0. Baateria at 20 d. C. per sc: 30. At 38 d. C.: I. Acid producing baclllae: i. BOY DROWNED IN THE RIVER 10-Year-Old Colored Boy Fell Off Dock Yesterday Afternoon. While standing on on? of the dorks on the riverfront, Noah Grist, a 16-year-old colored boy, yesterday afternoon fell overboard. He never appeared above the surface of the water and it Is believed that he elthor struck h'.a bead on something or else ho wa^ taken with heart fall ure or som? similar alckne^^. 1*1? body was recovered later. BOY WHO WAS .SHOT IS N0S7 MI CH BETTER Howard hI Ha* Fully lUcavtrad l'Vom III? Gun*hot Woond*. Some time ago George Neal and hid Hon In kneepanu. Howard, wore shooting bird? nix miles from Ocrt coke, their home. The lad is Neel's only son and his Idol. Thf father accidentally shot the little chap, the better part of the load lodging In his face, fortunately missing his ?yes, however. George Neal poled his sail skiff, with no oars and no brerae, the six miles to a doctor, the hoy lying bleeding In the boat. A resident doctor hsd hlnf**ent Im mediately to a hospital in Washing ton. Burgeons have patched up the boy's nose and Hps. parts of which were shot away, until only one very little scar on a side of hfs nose Is left to remind him fo the accident. The little fellow Is handsome, and an good-looking now as before. U8T OP liRTTKKN Remaining uncalled for In this of flee for the week ending Washington. N C, Bept. 11. 1915. MKN? Tlltnan Cradcl. Joseph Glbbs, Rueth Houston, Julius Hicks. Joe Harris, Carles I*oe, W. F. Perkins. Raymond Pullman. Ren Randall, J. Earl Shaw, Claud Satchel!, F. B. Willis WOMRN? Miss Henrietta Bryant, Mrs. Ber tha Curry. Mlie Maa<Wll*r Dudley, M las Pearl'e Daniel. Mrs. Lucy Dan lHa. Mr*. Hattle'Ferrell. Helen P*N Tie*. Mr*. Maind* Hollmd. Miaa Jalta Ml? Jull? H?rdl>. Mitt Mill? Kl| Ml H?rdr, MU? ? I GERMANY WILL NOT KELP OON? 1 1TION IN THIS COUNTRY. CAUSES WORRY As Lon? A* Cotton mm3 Foo4 fltalTe Are Not Shipped from thU Coun try, Gfrautnjr Will Male Ef fort (O IWJoto attention. (B7 Parker R. Anderson) Washington, Sept. 16.?Oermaoy ?leea not Intend to facilitate the ex portation of dyeetuffa to tbla coua try aa long aa the United State? makr-t no effort to move shlpmenta of cotton and foodttuffa to Germany according to unoflloial Intimations received by the foreign trade ad vlsera of the aiato department today. Under the Brltlah order In council neither cetton nor foodatuffa caa be shipped from thla country to Ger uany. and according to the beat in formation obtainable here, there 1? kot much prospect of a change in h? present alteatlon anytime In the near future. The Berlin (oversment has hinted that In the caae of an extreme 'memency some dyeetuffa mlgbt he permitted to come through. Just what would be considered an tx reme emergency, In not known iu Washington. k There la no attempt to coneeal the real altuatlon In thla country, ?lany textile mllla have already been 1 forced to ahut down on account of he Brltlah order in council and uany others will be compelled to do ao unless the American govern ment can And a way to forcc Great Britain to let up on her attempt to tarvo Germany and at the same -ime cripple tho cotton and textile nduatry in America. An investigation of American 'onaular officer? at Rotterdam shows, it is said, that only 24 tons >f dyeatuffh are on the docks there iwa!tin? shipment. Thes?* ram* from Belgium and are of German or :gin, and consigned to - a Boston lrm. A New York delegation represent ing the dyestufffl interest* in this ountry called on the foreign trade advisers today, but It 1? i>ald noth nr new developed from the con ' reree GETTING READY FOR FOOTBALL High School H * port/? to Hm? aa K v re] lent Tram Thin Year. I'ronpwrt* for another >(i*oe?sfsl football season for the Jural high i icbool ar? excellent. A' a reoeat ?i?ciinK. Jo? Wilkinson ?-ik Alerted manager and has already started on th* echedule for the coming season, which will h* announced In a week or two. Only three of lent year's men have left school and with good I material to select from. It Is ex pected that a good team will be built up without much difficulty. Greet Interest I? being shown by teli boy?, and with the co-operation of fhe cktaens of "Wsehlngten. they hope to be able to turn oat a team that alii be a credit to the city. T'lncolu Juhi le* Rntl?. Chicago, 111.. Rapt. lf.?Th? Lin coln Jtibllce and half century annl vernary cpl?bratlon of negro fr#a dom. In progreu hare for thrae ?eeka, c'osfd today. It km llllnoli Day and Mayor Thompson and othar mem bar? af tha city administration addreaaad th? delegatea and vial tor? I NITKI) HTATKS OONTROIM HAITIKN (THTOM8 POUT* Washington. H??pt. 1??Al| open customs port? in Haiti now ar? un der ^United States control. soil* Smith. Min Miri Tiller;, *. Willi?. Th?M latum will b* Mat * Is t h? dMd Mt?r offlo* Mplombor 17th, 1*11 It Bet 4?tlT*m4 b*tor* (? <*lliMf for <h? aM*?. ?Imi? ur "*4nr?iMd" (Irtaf 4?W or iiat. K. H?H*T g??*?, '? *,
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