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PWMK & ' WASHINGTON N. C SATURDAY AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER 26. Ml* No. 7?
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REPORT ON THE
RAVAL MILITIA
CLAIMED THAT IT PUTS N1W
BERN MILITIA IN A. FALSI
LIGHT.
MAY DISBAND "
Both Men and Officers Are Angry at
AMrtta* MmU by
Christy of the K<
Take it op With DtiMt.
(By EuUrs Press)
New Bern. 8^>t. 25.?Members
and offlcers of the New Bern Divis
ion of th# North CaroHna Naval
Militia, ara highly Incensed orer the
report rent into the Nary Depart
ment by Commander Chrlaty, of the
U 8. 8. Kearssrgs In retard to the
?bowing that they made when they
took a cruise on this ship a few
weeks ago.
The report made by Commander
Christy shows the North Car ollna
men up In a very unfair light and
they claim that they hare been done
a grors Injustice. This morning one
of the offlcers of the local division
stated that the men went on these
crulsea in order to be taught tome
thing by the regnTar offlcers of the
eblp.
Ho admitted, and it might be sup
posed, that the North Carolina mili
tia is not proficient In the dutlee of
the sailor soldiers who are in the
navy, but they have done everything
possible to learn what they could In
regard to this work and they feel
that these cruiser are designed
merely to find out what they do not
know Instead of for the purpose of
teaching them aomethlng.
Last year practically the same re
port waa mads by the commander
of the ahlp on which the North Car
olinians cruised and, it seemed that
they weer singled out for an attack.
The matter was taken up with S"**
retary Daniels of the Navy Depart
ment and he succeeded In pouring
oil on the troubled waters and the
affair was forgotten. However, the
report of Commander 8hirley, which
has Just been sent broadcast over
the country, was. flgurately, the
straw that^roke the camel's back
and there is some talk of disband
ing tho entire militia.
Just what will be done In the mat
ter remains to be seen. It will prob
ably be taken up with Secretary
Daniels by several of the offlcers of
the different divisions and he will
be asked to make some Investiga
tion in regard to the charges.
e SEIZE ?
EXCITING CHASE OCCURRED
NEAR WELDON YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
MADE~ESCAPE
Occupant* of Gar Fed, Deeet-tlng
the Automobile and Ninety Uafl
lou of LAqnor. Police Fired Shots
at Speeding Auto.
Ninety gallons of liquor and an
automobile were seized by the po
lice of Weldon yesterday, according
to information given out today. It
Ij believed that the parties in the
automobile were either headed for.
Qreenvllle or this city.
The police officials of Weldon i
were notified to look out for the car j
and when It appeared, they ordered
I It to stop. Instead of this, the
driver Increased his speed, bent up
on making his escape. The officers
shot and riddled the rear end of the
car wjth bullet?. One of the tires
was punctured. Jumping Into an
other automobile, the police gave
chase. A short distance away they
came across the first automobile at
the side of the road. It had been
deserted by the occupants. Both
the llqnor and the car were taken
mack to Weldon. If the owner falls
to turn up <or them, they will ke
kept by the city.
CELEBRATES
ANNIVERSARY
I. N. Loftin Ha? Been Pastor at
Elisabeth City Nine Years To
morrow. Hal I>ooe Remark
able Work fca that Time.
Rev. I. "N. Loftin will tomorrow
"celebrate his ninth anniversary as
pastor of the Baptist church at Eliz
abeth City. Mr. Loftin will conduct
cervices there both morning and
evening.
He assumed charge of the church
when the congregation consisted of
but 45 members and was housed in
a rather poorly constructed frame
building. Since then he has increas
ed the church membership to over
eight hundred, started a night
school. Interested hlmse'.f in other
educational work and built a hand
some new church, one of the largest
In this section" of the State. During
the last year, almost 150 new mem
bers were added to the church.
COASTAL WATERWAYS
WOULD MAKE U. S. RICH
Small [and Moore Working for Project in Raleigh,
Would be to U. S. What Kiel Canal is to Germany.
Raleigh, Sept. 26.?Congressman
John H. Small, of North Carolina,
and Congressman J. Hampton Moore
of Philadelphia, worked 10 hours in
Raleigh yesrterday getting this city
Interested in the Atlantic coaatal
waterway, the project advocated by
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways an-j
soc'.ation, of which Mr. *Moore !s
president.
the two representatives, the first
from a North Carolina dtartrlct that
givea a majority of about 10,000 to
the Democrats, and ~lhe second a
Republican who \nkes his seat in
Congress each tlnke Vlth a majority
of about 10,000, are preparing for
the convention which ia to be held
In 8avaanah November 9. They
spent Thursday in Norfolk, left this
afternoon for Columbia and will get
to Savanuah the nert day. They in
tereeted several Raleigh people In
their big undertaking.
The Democrat says the handnom
est things for the Republican who
has done hie apprenticeship as re
porter and staff man for the Public
Ledger of Philadelphia. The Repub
lican thtnke that no man Is build'
Ing a more laetlng mauument than
Small la In hit development scheme.
Bach thinks that the coming of the
coasts! waterway will produce a
Panama end then several Panamas
for business and will make the Unit
ed States rich from the very day of
the opening.
"What the Kiel canal ll to Oer
thii COMtel wtterw^y would
be to us," Mr. Moore (raid this mdrn
Ing. Just now oar country In
greatly Interested in the question of
preparedness. In ths event of for
eign Invssion conceive what a sup
port to our fleets and to the cities
on the coast that this waterway
wou!d give. And if an enrmy's
fleet lay on the outside of our har
bori we should still have perfect
protection With the Inland waterway
which would give us chsnce to mob
ilise our resource? from within.
'I think this feature of the pro
ject must intereet every American
and it should be opened ss rspldly
as possible. Qovernment engineers
have gone over the entire territory
snd estimate the cost at $47,900,000
This stretches from the tfmw Eng
land states to Florida and when
completed would give to this coun
try the greatsst Inland waterway
system on the earth. It would give
to us the greatest protection In the
event of war. Secretary Daniels has
become grestly Interested In this
phase of if He is a member of our
association, ths only honorary mem
ber 1 believe that we have. We hope
to have both him and Secretary
Garrison at tl*e Savannah conven
tion "
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RrHisli Steamer Hank,
i/oodon, Sept. SS.?The British
vteemer Urblno. of 6,?51 tons gross
from New York Sept. It for Hall.
hM boos wo*, TU? ore* wm
TWO MORE NATIONS TO ENTER WAR
CAME 79 BORROW A BILLION FOR ALLIES
fS\ UhMWWOOO ^
VuMoenooo
Representatives of England and France, who came to the United States
for the purpose of negotiating a loan ot a billion dollars for the allies, are
shown In this Illustration. J. P. Morgan (1). as financial agent of the Brit
ish government, acted as their host- The others are: (2) Sir Edward
Holdcn of the Londou City and Midland bank; (S) Sir Henry Dabbington
Smith; (4) Lord Reading, lord chief Justice of Great Britain and bead of the
commission; ?S) Octave Honiburg of the French foreign office; (6> Basil B.
Blfeckott oi the British treasury; (1) Ernest Mallet, regent of the Bank of
France.
CINIK SCHOOLS
I
Xcnv Plan Being Worked Out He
ganlin? Taking Census. Hellcved
Total Itaroilment Will be
Above 7.000.
With several of the county schools
already opened for the fall tenu,
and with others to start Monday or
he following week, Indications are
that the total attendance In the ru
ral schools will amount to over
7,000. The enrollment last year
wan 6,820, which did not Include the
schools in the cities of Washington
and Beihaven.
A new plan is being put 'n effect
tli's year, which will materially in
crease the attendance, as has al
ready been shown In the Highland
school, which opened Monday. In
stead of the committeemen taking
tho school ensus, the district teach
ers are requested to arrive at their
schools a few days beforo they open
nod make a personal visit to the
homes of all the children who are I
ot school age. In this way thoy I
come in close touch with the parents
of the children and In the Instances
where this plan has been worked
out. increased enrollment on the
opening day was the result.
This plan ha* also - worked out
'successfully In the Chocowlnlty and
Plnctown schools. ** In the latter
school, an additional teachor has
{been engaged and the attendance no
far has been well above that of last
j The Idaiia school will open Mon
day. The tcachers have-already ar
r!vd,
At Aurora, the new school build
ing Is not yet quite completed and
school will not open until the new
?trneture Is ready for occupancy. It
Is expected that the term will begin
!n about two weeks.
AT THE
BELLMO
1 TONIGHT?He and 10c?TONICJHf
THE RU8E"
t Reel Drama, featuring W. 8. Hart
?.
"To Melody the Sonl Responds"
1 Reel
Vivian Rich and Jo? Oalbralth
An Interesting program, tbftt !?
w?:i wwm
K Gil
Meeting Held Last Night at Court
House Ww. Well Attended. Ar
rangement* Made. Another
Meeting Wednesday.
At a meeting which was held last
night at the court house, and at
which a large number of young men
were present, plans were formulated
for organizing a Young Men's Club
in Washington. It is plannod to
rent two rooms in tho Laughing
hous^ building, which will be ap
propriately furnishad, contain books,
magazines and various games, so as
to provide the young men a place
where they may spend their even
ings.
Hubert Ellis acted as chairman
of the m eting The following com
mittees were appointed:
Finance: Henry Webster, C'.ay
Carter and Honda Ricks.
Purchasing: Ben Braddy, Bill El
tis and Eugene Harris.
By-Laws and Constitution: - Hu
bert Ellis, Dave Whitley and Fred
Moore.
Arrangements: Henry Wobster.
Ben Braddy and Hubert Rllls
Another meeting will he held
Wednesday night, at which these
committees will make a report.
CONFERENCE
STARTS MONDAY
| Mr. Way. divisional secretary, will
be at the Methodist church tomor
row and will speak on Sunday school
work during the Sunday school ses
sion and at the morning and even
ing tervices. ?
The Sunday school conference of
the Washington district will be held
lu Greenville Monday night and
Tuesday. The following program
has been arranged for Monday night:
8:00. Song servlee by local choir
led by Mr. A. B. Ellington.
8:15 Devotion?, conducted by
Rev. M. Bradshaw, Wilson. N. C.
8: SO Opening Addree*: "The
Twentieth Century Sunday School
Movement." by Mr, J. M. Way, Div
isional Secretary. Spartanburg, 8 C.
It U expected that a number of
promloeot local church members,
Sunday school teachers and mem
ber* will attend the eoBfersnce from
urn ct<r,
(:
m rnxs
BAPTIST PASTOR DELIVERED
STRONG SERMON IN ABSENCE
OF DR. IyOFTTV.
MANY PRESENi
Wll Be So Herri cea Tonight, lUy
ular Service? WU1 Be Held To
morrow. Dr. Loftin to Return
for Services Monday Night.
Before a larg" congregation last
night, Rev. R. L. Gay preached a
strong sermon on the text of "The
Son of Man la come to seek and to
save that which is lo?t." Mr. Gay
conducted the services In the ab
arnce qt Evangelist Lofttn, who was
called by telegram to Elizabeth City
to conduct the funeral services of
one of his congregation.
'In a number of eases in the
scriptures," said Mr. Gay, "we have
told to us of something being lost
And the search that is made for It.
It makes little difference If the a
tnount lost I? small or large--the
?ame zeal prompts the search. The
shepherd who had 100 sheep and
lost one, left the ninety and nine in
order 'to hunt for that one?one
percent. The woman who had ten
pieces of silver and lost one. hunted
zealoutfly for that one piece?ten
percent. The man who had two j
cons, one of whom went astray,
prayed earnestly for that one to be !
restored to him?fifty percent.
fAnd all you unbelievers.?you
may not think you are lost, but you
are hopelessly lost"In the wight of
God, until you como to Him for sal
vation. You are already In the very
gates of Hell. You may think you
are happy and contented, but.
brethren, the soul is never rrally
and truly happy away from God. It
not In harmony with sin and
shame. It iff like a flBh out of
water.
"Christ came lnt othc world as
you and I. But what suffering, what
agony was his before he departed
from here? was tormented. He
wan scourged and He was crucified.
He suffered as no man ever has jr
no man ever will. Why did He do
it? To save YOU. my brethren, each
and evrry one of you. And still,
you won't listen to Him."
There will be no services tonight.
Regular services will be held to
morrow and on Monday Dr. Loftin
wll) return and continue his meet
ngs.
KEEN RIVALRY
INBARACA CLASS
[Hum Exjmx-I to (irt AIhwiI of
Tomorrow In Heeurlnjc More
Member*. Young Men Are
C.'ordlaFy Invite?!.
Members of the Baraca Class <*?
the MethodlRt Church are not hett-1
Ing men. and consequently they d?>
not wager on the competition thatl
Is being wagerl by the Rods and thoi
Blues. but the acu'e rivalry between
the two sides and the question an to
which will bring tho greater niim-,
ber of new member* to the class
each Sunday, is a matter of general
conjecture and discussion.
The Blues are now two members
behind the Reds, but they are con
fident that they will even things up
by tomorrow. The 8unday 8chool
commence? at 9:46 and all of the
young men in the city, who are not
members of any Sunday School class
are cordially invited to be preaen'..
EXPLOSION IS
STILL UNSOLVED
Xo SolatJou to >1 y Btrrlau? Report
Tbund?; night, AlUtuuffa A
Numbrr of Conjectures
Hair Ii?teo Made.
1**J
No solution ha? M yet been dis
covered for the explosion which oc
curred Thursdav t, although a
number e been msde
./fParker. who
_ on Market street, was
.-?uk up a stump with dynamite.
Rut as most of those who heard
the explosion are confident thai It
wss close to the Episcopal church,
this doesn't seem to fit In at all.
Another suggestion offered Is that
It was a meteor. Still another 1s
that somo bor? secured an old can
non. loaded it to Its full capacity
I'.mlt, fired It. and then hid It under
the grass in the church yard.
No authentic information can be
secured.
EDITOR'S BACK
(ireen\iUe Reflector I ?enounco* Al?
titudo of Wnxlitnctnn Pmmas.
Paper Has Become Filled
With Political Rot.
(From the Greenville Reflector) ,
It 1b not that we wish to meddla
In the affairs of the Washington
Ni va and the Washington
Wo stated our Idea of the afTa.r the
drat tluie we referred to It. but it
seems that the editor of the Progress
has become bo wrought up at the
owner of the Washington News that
he just must voice hla spjeen on
him.
Boih of these papers could be do
'ng a world of work In Washington.
We believe that the N1 ws Is dnlne
a world of work, but the Progress
has become so filled with political
rat that It cannot take t!me to al<l
In the work,
Tho dispute was brought about by
?he editor of the Progr ss casting a
slur at the News. WTe read the *?d5
torlal we refer to. It was unbecom
ing the modern form of Journalism,
or the clean form of journalism, to
let any such lt?-m get in a paper.
Naturally the News took It up al
that. The Progress delved back in
to history and brought up somr nas'
occurrence to throw at i'j?? N ws.
We tried to medlta'r but there ? ? v
no chance to Irfusr - y re?-in Ir1 >
the head Tf tl Prr;-:r ss" c-! tor.
BFA ? NHGRO
FRIGHTFULLY
(Dv Eastern Press)
Greenville, Sept. 25.?Snndie M-*
Gowan and Will Griffin, two while
men who aro residents of this coun
ty. were brought Into court this
morning charged with beating Tom
Moore, an seed negro They wf
placed under 1200 bond to await
the action of the Superior court
It is alleged that the two m?-n
stopped the negro a? the lat'er w
coming to town. They dragged hl'ii
from his wagon and administered
frightful healine to htm leaving
him half unconscloua hy the road
side. It Is claimed that they w?i*t
to the home of H. Hardy, who lived
near by and a?k??d Mr Hardy for
gun. The latter, not suspecting
their purpose, let them have
Moore claims that the two men then
rame. hack to him and that Grlflln
had the gun pointed at his head and
was about to shoot, whn McOowan
pushed th^ barrel of the weapon to
ono side, He al*o claims that the
men then beat him again.
GREEKS ARE
111*1X9 ARIA N OFFICERS IN
FRANCE LEAVE FOR HOME.
GREEK RESERVISTS ARE RE*
ING CALLED IN.
TO ENTER WAR
RoM?ved That Ruth Countries Will
Soon Hp Encaged in the War.
Greek Re?ervi?ts Here to be Hrot
Dark (u Native Country.
Paris, Sept. 26.?An Athens dis
patch today stated that the decision
to mobilise tbo (Jr-ek army waa
reached at a cabinet meeting yes*
terday.
All Bulgarian officer* ir. France
left for their homes.
Greek* Golnj? Home.
Home. S^pt. 25?All Grce'< ro
bcr\:HtB in Italy have been recalled
to the colors The Grepk minister
here hai? received telegraphic an
nouncement of Greek mobilization
jrdcrs.
'l'o Send Re?rrvl?U Hen' to Greece.
Washington. Sept. 25.? The Greek
embaasy today declared no word of
mobilization has yet l?e?*n received.
Anticipating the word, however, the
embassy has prepared notifications
to consular agents throv'iout the
country regarding sending Greek re
3 rvlsts home.
Bulgarian* Mohill/liitT.
Paris, P^pt. 25 ?A ir.ps aRo from
Sofia to the Havnii news n^rncy
ntnk^s the definite announcement
'hat mjbi'i2atl:?u of Qulcarian mil
-"v 'ore*?. reported to have been
*. r'd*(J upon
It says the Official Journal, the
organ of th?? Bulgarian povernm^nt.
published today a decree ordering
mobilization of the class-* of 1890
to 1912.
Mobilization Now (ioneral.
Sofle, Sept. 24. via London, Sept.
?Although a partial moblllza
? of th Hulrarlan army lias been
s T>uneed h??re rs Immln-n:. It i?
ri . general and comprises all tho
reserves since 1KHG, thu* including
men approaching their fiftieth year.
The total Bulgarian forces, in
rlud'ng Mar -Ionian*. la likely to
reach 70i>.ftOO. Those not included
so Tar are untrained m*n and a
small class which \a exempted under
taxation.
Sav? for an outburst of enthusi
asm tli" Huluarian capital la quiet.
AMIM T\TIO\ OF H.\XI>
M \ V XI ?T l?K S KI KHS.\ ItY
May He TIihI MIhn Swaniifr Will Xot
Hhvp to Imsr Hand W hich
Wns IturniHl.
Physlc'ana at the Wa?*h ngton hos
pital are still hoping that II will not
be neceasary to ampuinie the hand
of Miss Mary Flllnor Rwanner. who
?ev- rely hurned the member several
dayn ago whll* cleaning a pair of
kIovps it is believed that thero
rn:i> be enough live flesh on the hand
so that it wl'| h*>al. h?> Angers are
, v? ry badly burned.
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