DAILY NEWS
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ENTERED McKEEL-RICHARDSON
STORE AND THE HARDY
RESIDENCE,
r ,
NOT BEEN CAUGHT
Stole a Number of ArUd*m from
Hardware Store a*d Were la the
Act of nmlln teto Hardr loai
When RdUnto Notified Police.
Thieve* last nlfht entered the
store of tbe McKeel-Rlchsrdson
Hardware Company, atole several
articles, and then proceeded to
break Into the Hardy residence at
the toot of Bonner street.
They made their entrance Into tho
hardware store without being dis
covered and after taking what they
wanted, they went down to the Har
dy house. They tried to break In
through tho basement, but . were
heard by some of the residents, wbo
immediately telephoned the police.
When Officer Hardlson arrived on
tbe scene, ho saw a burly negro
standing near the house. The police
man called to him and the negro,
with a sudden start, proceeded to
run. Hardlson fired In the air, but
the negro never stopped. Then Har
dlson took careful aim and fired a
galn. The fleeing man rolled over,
and It Is believed that he was hit In
the arm. Before the officer could
catch up with him, a number of
other person?, attracted by the noise
or the shooting, came running down
the stfeet, and the negro disappear
ed in the crowd.
it to not believed that they were
successful In stealing anything out
tof tho Hardy residence, but they
took a number of articles. from the
hardware store, among which were
a pistol, some cartridges, two raz
ors, a raincoat, a sweater and i
pocket knife. They also broke dn
to the cash register, but found noth
Ing th<*re.
In fleeing from tbe officer, the
^egro dropped the raincoat and the
yocket knife. The coat had Mr.
IfcKeel's name inside of It, and this
Is what gave the offlccr the clue to
the earlier robbery.
This morning, a resident of Pine
town, came into the hardware store (
and stated that he had purchased i
two razors from a negro at Bunyon.
He bad heard of the robbery since
then, but stated that he had no Idea
a? to the Identity of the negro, al
though he believed him to be a resi
dent of Washington. The police are
working on the case.
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BIGGEST DAY OFTHS YEAR FOU
WASHINGTON. MANY VISI
TORS EXPECTED.
HERE OCTOBER 26
Coning -Her? Direct .from Raleigh.
Washington WiU Re Only City In
1W? Section of the State at which
Circus Will Show.
Elephants, peanuts, pop corn, pink
lemonade, clowns, dare-devil trap
eie artists. dainty equestriennes and
hundreds of other attractions will
be in evidence In Washington on
October 16 th.
? Thia will be "Circua Day" in
Washington. The biggest three-ring
circua In buslneae today la coming
and will show here on the afternoon
I and night of the 26th. Big etreet
parade* will be held, all kinds of
[slde-ahows will be seen. Animals
of all kinds and from all countries
i will be on exhibition.
i The news of the coming of the
clrcna was received from the Nor
folk Southern railroad thla morning.
The attraction will come here from
Raleigh, travelling In a long apodal
train. After atopplng at Waahlng
! ton, it la understood that they will
! proceed <Mrectly to Norfolk.
Hundreda and hundrada of visi
tors from Greenville, Belhaven, New
Bern and other cities In this section
! are expected to be present and see
the circua. It promises to bef the
biggest day of the year in Waahlng
' ton.
EYE KNOCKED FROM
SOCKET WITH HOE
Bert Redding, Negro, De*la Wife a
Terrible Blow?la Jailed.
(By Eaatern Press)
New Bern, Sept. 23.?Late yester
day afternoon Bert Redding, a no
toriously bad negro, made an attack
on his wife, l<aura with a hoe and
during the encounter he struck her
auch a severe blow over one of her
?"yea with a hoeethat the optic.was
torn from Its sbeket.
Redding, Immediately after the
murderous attack, aought to escape
but waa rounded up and taken Into
custody and later placed in the
county jail.
The injured woman la receiving
tr-atment at Kalrvlew Hoapital and
la In a serious condition.
WAR VETERAN LOCATES
OLD FIGHTING GROUND
Locates Tree Behind Whjch-^FTeJbuRbt 52 Yeais Ago.
Also Finds BullefThat Fired at Him.
(By Eastern Pre?*)
Klnajon, Sept. St.?To K>u upon
the spot where he fought for his
country, After being away from that
place for 62 year?, was the exper
ience of George Thomaa Allen, a
Confederate veteran, here today.
Mr. Allen, who Is stdll In the beet
of health end who resides in Nash
county' arrived here yeetelday to
vlalt relative?. I*aat night, in the
company of two or three other vet
eran?, who bad come to talk w!th
him over old time?, the conversation
naturally drifted to the Incidents
of the great war.
"It wae at the battle of Klnston
In 'If, that I hod my, most excltfn*
experience." Mid Mr. Allen. 1 was
detached from my company and e?nt
to the bank? of the Nouee to act as
ehspsbootv I remained there for
over four hours and during that
time 1 know that I Milled and wound
ed no lee? than SO ot the federal
soldiers. I had several narrow es
c?p<? and twd or throe Of the bal
lets hit la^tho tree behind which
I was concealed." . ,
??By the way." he added reflect
ively, "I wonder If that tree l? ?till'
stand In k I remember It wae a cy
pres? tree and forked about ten
feet from the ground. I've a good;
mind to co down to the river to
morrow and see if It la still there."
The other mea a#reed to accom
bin ??4 tit If mornlut th?r
?m forth. A? soon as they got to
tile shore of the river. Mr. Alleii
e#emed to know exactly where -he
was at. He proceeded along the
coursa or the river for about a quar
ter of ^ mile and then he stopped.
When the others came up to him, he
pointed '.mpreselvely at an old b^nt
over cypres? tree, that leaned oyer
the rlvef.
"That't the vory tree," he stated
emphatically. I remember It a* if
It were yeeterday. ! was standing
right where 1 am now, and the Yan
kMl were acroe* the river. Yes, e".r,
that'? the tree alright."
Suddenly, ho became possessed
with another Idea.
"Boys, I remember that one of
thoe* bullets came within two In
ches of my head and landed In the
tre#. If-any of you haVe a sharp
knife, wo'H d-*.g*ror It. I know Ju?t
about where It'i at."
The knife was forthcoming and
tliey set to work. The blade broke
before they made moen progress
and they used another one. At last
the potnt of the knlf? cajhe In con
tact with something hard and dn an
other minute a bullet fell to the
ground.
Mr. Allen pteked K up almost rev
erently. The others were also vis
ibly Impreeeed. Putting U Into his
pouke^ Mr. Allen then ent off one
of the' branches of the tree, to taks
home wfth him, and th? little party
returned to town.
ANOTHER fliJSSlAa Sn?CN3H0LD CAPTURED
. 0r?dr">. Just captured by the German force?. It to the !a?t Ruwlan uronihold on the Koyno Brcm
Litorsk defense Une to slve In to the Inraders.
Washington 'Market Offers
As Good Prices as Any For
Good Grade of Tobacco
To the Farmers of Beaufort County:
Gentlemen:
While there aro many of you who
seem to realize the true existing
conditions with regard to the local
tobacco market, there appear to bel
some who persist in thinking that
they can gel better prices for their'
crop elsewhere and who are hauling 1
their crop to Greenville and other
markets, In tho hope of securing
better prices.
. The action on the part of this
latter class, la not in keeping wiith
the good, sound business judgment
that has always been displayed by
the farmers of Beaufort county.
They not only lose both time and
money through their transaction,
but they hurt the local market, thoy
hurt the county, the city and they I
hurt themselves.
Tho same companies are repro
n.ned on the Washington market as
>n the Greenville market. Why
then, should It be thought that the
latter will offer better prices for
jrour tobacco than the market In
thla city? Thero is absolutely no
reason for believing that.
You come to Washington for your
food and your supplies and you sell
your vegetables, eggs and produco
here. You do not haul theae arti
cles to Greenville, you realize th*
foolishness of such a procedure. It
is Just as foolish to haul your to
bacco to another city and take the
business away from the local mar
ket.
The warehousemen in Washing
ion realise that they must push your
tobacco for all that It ls?pprth in
order to keep up the local market.
And they are doing it. They have
a personal interest in every load'
that Is brought to this city. The
warehousemen In other cities, know-,
in* where you are from, will prob
ably do their best to boost the pried
a little *ln order to induce you to
bring future loads there and to tell
your neighbors about your transac
tion. You can't blame them; it's
good business.
We wish to repeat, however, that
your tobacco will bring just as good
prices right here in Washington as
It will anywb< re clue la the State
You can't get away from that lac
no matter what arguments are of
fered.
A large part of the tobacco sent
to Greenville is probably carried
there through forco of habit. The
local market is a comparatively new
cue, while the Greenville market
has been established for a' consid
erable length of time. As a result,
those farmers who carry their to
bacco out of the county do so be
cause they are afraid to change.
But you have absolutely nothing
to fear. Your Interests will be bet
ter looked after hen at home than
in some other county. Why not
take the trouble to Investigate? Why
not bring a trial load here and find
out how It Bells? Why not ask
your ueighbors, who bring their
tobacco to the Washington marke:,
what thr y think of it?
And. in conclusion, we aga'.n wls'i
to impress that important fad on
your mind?you get as pood, if nor
better prices for your tobacco here
In Washington, an you will any
where else in the State.
A REV lil
Cmc of Morton va. Light A Water
( ('Dipaijr is to be Tried Again.
Decision* Handed Down
in Other fWn.
The Supremo court yesterday. In
the ceia of Morton va. Washington
Light A Water company, granted a
n w trial to the plaintiff. The cane
will be tried before the "Superior
oourt in Beaufort county.
Metsra. Morton, who, at the last
trial, were allowed approximately
$t,500 for damage due to their
prop rly when an Insufficient supply
of water was obtainable, appealed
the case to the Supreme court.
A new trial was also granted by
the Supreme court yesterday in the
caae of Fowle vs. Warren, of this
city.
The court found no error In the
case of Elliott vs. Railroad and
Lumbar Company.
The caae of Cutler va. Cutler was
affirmed.
AT THE
BELLMO
TONIGHT?He ana 10c?TOXIQHT
Thfl ftSlat Bpdeodtf of the
")(IIA.M>N DOULAR MYSTERY"
The Document# In the Tr???ur<* Box
The Sel? ure of th? RumIid Agent.
Keystone Comedy /
"Wh?m Ambro? Dved Watm?
Special Production in I Act*
"THE ARROW MAIDEN'
JMp't FMI to Re? Th?? Wiow>
BUSINESS IMPROVES
THROUGHOUT CO.
Ft-?leral A<lvl*or) Council Meets in
Washington City.
Washington, Sept. 22.?Business
conditions throughout the country
are showing lm;?rovcra nt and trade
generally ia picking up. according
to members of the federal advisory
council which held Its regular quar
terly session today with the federal
rtserv?-- board
Although several members of the
council did not attend the session,
virtually every section of the coun
try was represented. The discus
sion of conditions was brief but the
opinions expressed were Identical In
tenor that improvement Is apparent.
The council did not take Up th?
credit-loan by American bankers to
the alllos.
CORKK4 T I >11'KKHHION
OF WOMKN'B CXUB9
Willlamston. N. C.,
September 22, 1916.
Kdltor Washington Dally News,
Washington, N. C. '
r>ear Sir: ?
Having seen an article In your Is
sue of September 11, concerning the
jWoman'n Club of Wllllamston, we
wish to nubmlt the following to
your attention.
Thla Woman's Club Is of very re
cent organisation, having for It?
object the betterment of our town.
Asr yet only one department of work
has been planned, that of sanitary
improvements.
Our reason for writing this letter
is to correct the imprcaelon which
you evidently received through read
ing an article written In The Wlll
lamston Enterprise of September 10
as we cannot claim to be the club
mentioned In that paper {
Yours very truly.
The Woman's Club of Wllllamston,
Mr?. W. H. Harrsll, President.
Should Senate He Called Into Extra
Sctsion. It WIH II? About
October 15th.
Washington. Sep:. 23.?President
Wilson in lncl'ned to favor an extra
s* anion of the seuato to be call?*-1
some tlnv next month to consider
the Colombian and Nlcaraguan treat
Irs and some form of cloture In the
senate.
The President's attitude wav
made known at the White House
this afternoon aft r he had talked
v/lth Senator F. J. Stone, of Mis
sourl. chairman of the senate for
e'en relations committee and oth?T
'nfluentla* statesmen. Should th"
President d'dde to call the senate
Into extra session he would prob
ibly set the date for October 15 or
thereabouts.
LIST of letters
Remaining uncalled for In this of
flee for the week ending
Washington, N. C.. Sept 18. 1915.
MEN?
M'.ller Card well. R. E. Currln,
Oard'.ey Bafthua, Isaac Kln?ey, Shu
ard Martin. W. J. Moore. Hannln
Lee Reese. E. W. Staton. Clarence
Salisbury. Mr. Sues. Jas A. Wheat
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WOMEN?
MI ms Elvy Grass, Miss Heste*- Ken
Ion, Mrs. Helen Little, Miss Ruth
Loft See, Mrs. OH*or Murphy. Mis?
Thelma Reynolds. Mis? Patsy Wll
liams. Mrs. Maokdeller Whiter*
These letters will, be went to thf
dead letter office October 4th, 1916
I' not delivered before. In calllnn
for the above, please say "Adver
llMd" giving date of list
N, HENRY MOORE. P M.
K IF K m
LARGE AUDIENCE
SEES "BARBARA"
Acting Wan Excellent Hut In the
Mind? of tli? Audience There
Were Weak Spots In the Plot.
"The Winning of Darbnra Worth'
which was shown at 'he New The?
tre last night more than ilxed up t
expectation? and made a most (
vorable impr ssion on the large a
dlence present. The characters we:
excellent In their part? and *her
wag not a weak point !n the play
The acting wan all that could h
desired, but much dlscusHlon wa
heard after the play as to the merit!
of the plot. The majority app?are<i
to feel that Abe Lee. who discover <!
Barbara in the desert, who showed
his honest character by confe*H'.ni:
?hat the work In the dam was rot
ten. who made a desperate ride for
the pay-roll money and who was
wounded In his escape from the
Mexicans, was treated rather ahab
Iblly. He didn't get a thing for it?
excepting to lose his Job on account
of his hon'-aty. He didn't e%*en ap
pear to have a look-in when It came
to winning Barbara. Instead of
that. Barbara marrleu tier first cou
sin?or her brother?the play does
n't make It exactly clear
Senator Burton Give* VirvvN
\V'luii KfTcct the> War lln* ?
IUU* of Inimfit.
Denver. Col.. S- pt 23.?Higher
average of rat?? of Interest in the
Untied States, will be one of the in
evitable results of the European
war in the opinion of United Stat?*
Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio,
princ.pal speaker hi the annul'
baniiuet of the Investment Hunkers
association of America here la^t
night.
Senator Burton said the following
results may be expected froin th?*.
present war:
"An enormous decrease in capita
available for Investment.
"Temporary shrinkage in the ag
gregate volume of commercial ari
industrial actlvitrs.
"Higher raies of in'?rest aiu!
greater degree of di^ ?? llnat.nn 01
the part of the Irv-eat:. pub!! ?
"Inter1-?! cn h:;? i t !e b ndw
posslb'y v 111 *'"cllr. ?
"Certain cl:. s"s * doiaostlc en
terprises, "t^h: : ng liie building of
electric ruii- ayi and possibly th-*
bulidlng of steam railroads will ex
perience a material doline."
MANV FATIIKKM DIE OF
TUnKRCILOSIS IN 8TATK
Of Twonty-flve Orphan Children,
Tlilrte<*n had Tubercular
Parent*.
ltalelgh, Sept. 2.1. Of twenty- j
Ive children recently admi'*'d t<
ho Odd F' Hows' Orpbr?n Home a
oldsboro !t was found thit n' '.h
fathers of the twenty flv> chili-"',
dmitte.d ihirteen died of t'tberci
?osls. The application blanks whir'
?II for I he cause of death of t h?
fathers, for no child is admit t d ?'
the institution whose fsther in liv
ing. revealed this noticeable fact.
Hut the above fact* do not close
Ihe story. It hngr developed that
those little children are falling vic
tims to th? same disease. One of
the children has been sent to the
State Sanatorium for the Treatment
of Tuberculosis while application?
have been made for two more. Un
less provla'on can be made whereby
these two children may be given
treatment, they will have to be sent
away with no alternative but to die
Here. It seems, is the county's op
portunity. The laat General As
sembly passed an act whereby a
county or a town may pay the coirt
of treatment at the State Sanator
ium?one dollar a day?-of any In
digent tubercular patient residing
In that county or town. No more
appealing or deserving case could,
call upon th? county for aid than
that of a child coming down with
tuberculosis.
IS PASSION
OF TODAY
1'REACIIKD STRONG SERMON ON
??TilK MAX WHOM GOD
CALLED A FOOL."
MANY PRESENT
L-i Conpiyaltug Wm Uie
I Uiltflft of the Week. K\n:i|(rlut
Ls Making (irt-fti Juiprcsaion oo<i
Iuit'ifst In IiHTtiu-liiK In Revival.
The man whom God called a
."ool." was th?- text of a strong ser
?ot: delivered by Evangelist Loftln
st n ght at the Baptist church.
The congregation pr sent was the
.rges: of the week. Interest Is ln
-reas'.ng daily and much comment
has been heard of the Impresalvo
menaces d livered by Mr. Loftlo.
Mr. Loftln cited the parable of
:he man whose crops were so large
tliat he decided he would have to
lu'.'d larger barns tn order to hold
them. Th< self-satisfaction of the
man. his evident complacency and
his totai Ignorance of anyth'ng con
r. weed with his salvation, was the
th* :ue of the evangelist's eermon
And God called him a fool.
"Thou fool!' are the exact words He
used in rebuking the man In these
modern times. If there Is anything
?...at a man dislikes. It It to be call
ed a foo). We a!h Imagine thai we
fcno'v jubt about >ver>thlng there
i? to be known about running our
'Ive?. AVe believe we can do If
without any assistance or h1 'p. This
nun In the parable was evidently of
.lie same belief, lie had w-alth. he
;ad power, and he probably occu
pied a high social position. If he
were In Washington today, he would
irobably be one of your leading
itizena, a man greatly respited.
:lut nevertheless, he would still be
i fool.
'lie was a business and aortal
uccess; why then a fool? Dut my
rlends. listen: there are many bus
r. ?* and roclil suoresM's in this
vim-Id today, who are uiter failures
ind who ore fools !n the sight of
? od. We shoul 1 p?*t It fixed in our
n;nds. and get ;t fixed firmly that
uojjpy or soda! poMtlon eannnt np
n the gat"* uf Heaven for us.
"The man Ic the parabl- reason
? JuxY iike an animal He wanted
He wanted to sir down and
?i . !i:s wea'th In comfort and en
j liy Himself. If I may digress
?r c "lornent, I wish to say that !t
and mon y that the people
ihis world today are af er. It
not he;r salvation?that :s m?re
a minor IncUl^r.t. Th" passion
.* the hour Is MONEY, becausa
aoney is all that will give raso.
?et money! G t It honestly If you
an; ?-hu? #r?t money! That Is ap
?arently the law of today
?"1 have married many couples ;n
iiy time and I have burled as many
i* probably any other minister in
his section of th' Slate. And ev
ry tlm?> I marry two young per
on?. it I? not iinestions of the man's
haracter or business that I hear.
? 1? "how niurh Is he worth?" "la
f we"I fixed?*' And when the poor
,evll dl h. thf? ?ame quest'nn is ask
1: 'Hnw much did he leave?'
"At;d. geltlng bark to th" parable.
O you notlre Hie number of times
he man mentions the T In his talk,
t Is 'I will tin this.' and "I will do
bat ' II?* U egotistical another
asuli for calling him a fool. He
hlnks th?* world circulates around
ilm He never took Ood Into con
Ideratlon.
"The Lord alsn called him a fool
?eraucc be thought he could feed
its soul on potatoes, corn. peas, or
whatever cl?e he raised Frlenda,
'ou cannot feed your soul on ma
erlal things, things that decay Ood
done can Rive you nourishment. He
ilone can comfort your soul. You
:annot find the true comfort in the
hlrgs of this earth.
"And the man reasoned an If* his
loul was his own, with which h*
?ould do as he pleased. Hut God
tave yon that soul, my friends, and
Sod will take 4t from you again.
And He wants that soul to he as
Mean and pure when it In returned
to Him as it was when He gave It
lo you. Won't you listen to His
word? Won't you jplve heed to th?
warning?? Won't yot? confess you*
ftltb in Him?"