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VoL7 WASHINGTON N C TUESOAt AFTERNOON OCTOBER?, WIS No.78
CLASSES HI BE
WILL BE NEXT STEP TO UE
TAKEN IN WORK IN BEAU
FORT COUNTY.
HAVE AGENT HERE
Affnt to 8wd R?pr?cwtatire
to WMhtaftoB to TrtrtJ Throagh
County Md Select Places Where
ClMNt Will Bo Htfd.
Now that they have be?n success
ful in ??curing an appropriation for
the canning club work In thla coun
ty. tho Civic Club will Immediately
take step? to have the work started
at eoon aa possible. A telegram waa
sent yesterday afternoon to Mrs.
McKlmmon, Stat* agent. Informing
her of the action of the two county
boards, and she will notify the De
partment of Agriculture, In order to
secure the additional $500 appro
priation. Part bf this appropriation
also -comsa from the 8tate.
Mrs. McKlmmon will send a rep
resentative to Washington In the
nesr future, who will travel over the
county and select places where cann
ing ciaaaev are to be held. The ex
act number of classes la not yet
known, but they will be held in the
most convenient places andwlll con
sist of from twenty-Are to thirty
members. The Civic Club will as
sist "Mrs. McKiicmon's representa
tive In every way possible.
That there are a large number of
persons In Washington Interested in
the proposed work was shown by the
number of telephone messages re
ceived by Mrs. H. W. Carter, presi
dent of the club, yesterday evening.
Many inquiries were made as to
when the work would Start and great
satisfaction waa expressed over the
Civic Club'a success In securing the
appropriation yesterday,
^fro namer wtjre^lsft out In tbf
personnel of the committee that ap
peared before the county boards
yesterday. The committee In full
was as follows: Mrs. H. W. Carter,
Mrs. 8. R. Fowlo, Mrs. J. W. Dalley,
Mrs. W. P. Baugham, Mrs. W. A. B.
Branch, Mrs. John H. Small, Mra.
F. H. Parker and Mrs. Oretchen
Bayne, the latter being from Fay
?ttevUle.
HALCYON CLUB
ELECT OFFICERS
P. 8. Worthy Chosen for IVMidrat.
October Danre to be Held Dur- |
Idr Latter Fart of Month.
The Halcyon Club held their reg
ular annual meeting last night (or
the purpose of electing officers for
the coming year. The following
officers were elected: President. F.
8. Worthy; Vice-President, Charles
Cowall; Secretary and Treasurer.
Jos. W. Mayo. The regular October
dance will take place sometime the
latter part of this month, the date
to be decided on later.
BELLMO
TONIGHT?Be and lOo?-TONKJHT
"THE MAN WHO WON OUT"
A stirring two-reel Domino feature.
"OLD JANE OF THB OAIETY"
Thanhouser,/In one part.
"P. HEHRY JENKINS AND MARS"
Falstaff Comedy in one reel.
DROVE A WAR AMBULANCEI
Mrs. Bartlett Boder of Whitustone
Landing, L. I., who has returned from
Prance, where she has been engaged
In the strenuous work of driving an
army motor ambulance. She has come
home to organize her own motor am
bulance detachment for service with
the allies sod will soon return to
Europe.
IUrport Shows That She IIom an K\<
imndy Hixh Rute and
Ix?w Birth Rat?. Kinntun
1? in Same Fix.
Raleigh, Oct. 6.?,kNot a few
town? in North Carolina are show
ing bad aanilary Indices according
to the d'ath certificates turned In
for August and September," said
Dr. J. R. Oordon of the Vital Sta
tiatics Department ofthp . 8i*J,e
I Bofftd of Hearth ^fe?t?rday.'^TKe'
sanitary index of a town as explain
ed by Doctor Gordon is bas^d on
[ tho number of deaths from prevent
able or postponable d'neasea per
1,000 population. As tho number
j of deaths from preventable diseases
are high or low in a town, the sani
tary index of that town risen or falls
acoordingly.
Bald Doctor Oordon: *N( w Bern
la showing perhaps the worst sani
tary Index of the fifteen largest
towns in the 8tato. ? Furthermore,
she shows a death rate much groater
than her birth rat"."
When asked the cause of New
Bern's bad showing. Doctor Oordon
said: "It may be that the local regis
trar is not reporting aH the birth*
but the number of deaths reported
Indicate that sanitary conditions In
New Bern are not what they should
be. There'a one thing certain, how
ever?she will either have to clean
up and reduce her death rate and
get behind the physicians and mid
wives for accurate birth reports, or
accept the fact that New Bern Is
destined In a few generations to bo
como depopulated."
Other town? showing bad sanitary
Indices aro K'.nston, Wlnston-8alem.
Fnyettevllle and Concord.
ORR IjODUH TO MKRT.
A regular meeting of Orr Lodge, i
No. 104. A. F. A A. M. wllf be fceld
tonight at 8 o'clock, at the Masonic
hall, corner of Third and Bonner
atreets. Business of Importance is
to be brought up and officers and
member! are urgently requested to
be in attendance. 8oJournlng breth
ren aro cordially Invited.
WUl Show H err October 15. H
Over 1,000 Per ?o? mm! 800
A alma In. la a 9S.OOO.OOO
Concern.
The Carl H agen beck -W allaoc
Show? Combined will visit Washing
ton on Friday. October IS.
For more than a quarter of a cen
tury the Great Wallace Clrcue was
the best In alt the land. Several
rears ago the big circus was consol
idated with Carl Hagenbeck's train
ed wild animal exhibition. Carl Hag
enbeck, before bis death, was the
"animal king." and the combination
of tho two shows for a single prlco
of admission makes it something un
heard of la the amusement world.
With few exceptions great arenlc
acts originate In Europe. Thoy are
lnvariablr Introduced in America by
the Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus,
which maintains agencies In Europe
and Asia for the purpose of keepiug
In touch with the latest achieve
ments.
The Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace Cir
cus has either originated all great
attractions !n the past few rears or
have searched them out from dis
tant lands. It has offices in London,
Liverpool. Paris, Berlin, Hamburg,
Vienna. Constantinople, Calcutta,
Hong Kong and Buenos Ayers. Its
agents are always looking for nov
elties. B. E. Wallace may be Justly
called the "circus king," an he ?s
the largest individual circua owner
In the entire world. His name has
been lisped by tho mouths of two
generations of children.
Today the circus has reached a
size that is giving the railroads
much concern. If the three trains
were any longer they could not han
dlo them. It enrolls almost 1,000
people, who travel along with the
show. It has over 810 horses and
animals, together with three herds
of elephants. All of the equipment
throughout this season Is new. It
cost the owner, Mr. Wallace, 13,
000,00*. ?? JThe parade alone repre
sents a cash outlay of $1,000.000.
The menagerie is worth half as
much. The best circus artists in
the world have been engaged for
this season; there are 400 of them.
Doors to the big show will be
opened at 1 and 7 p. m. Performance
will begin an hour later. The pa
rade l'avcs the grounds at 10 o'
clock.
ALDERMEN MET
LAST NIGHT
IiHlle Business of Importance Waa
Brought t'p at the Minting.
Mayor Kuicier Absent.
In the absence of Mayor F. C.
Kugler, C. M. Brown, mayor pro
lan!, occupied the chair at the meet
ing of the board of aldermen which
was held last night.
The street committee reported
that they advocated the purchase of
a p sir of mulea or horses and a road
drag. The report was accepted and
the committee was ordered to con
tinue in power.
No action was taken on the re
quest of Mr. Moore to leave part of
the city dock property. The com-'
niitten was requested to continue in
the matter.
A claim of former police officer,
J. W. Traylor, was presented hy his
attorney. Col. W. C. Rodman, for
salary duo him for the month of
August. The matter was referred
to the mayor and the city attorney,
with power to act.
A few other small matters of rou
tine were brought up, after which
the board adjourned.
IM MIIS
WEALTHY &AV1D0ON OOl'JTfY
MAN 18 JCMLKAHED FKOM
TBlk ON ROADS.
? ? TO
SERVED 10 MOS.
\V?m Mixed Up^li Chain of Murdrra.
(iovernor Oitatrd Htm Pardon
IlecMae <>f HU P?*>r Physical
Condition.
Raleigh. Oof, 5.?Governor Craig
has granted ti! W. LeRter Davis, of
Davidson coutfly. a conditional par
don after a afrvlce of ten monibsi
on the roads. ^
Lester Davi^ is perhaps the weal
thiest prtaoaer now working a North
Carolina turnfllVe He was convict
ed in Davidso^ county and after ex
hausting the tribunal?, his ease go
ing through Uie Supreme court, he
was forccd to.take his sentence and
began it In fiqe physical shape. The
main reason for granting the pardon
it hla physical condition. He Is from
30 to 40 poondt lighter than he was.
Governor Cftaig says that Capt.
F. C. Robbies* Zeb Vance Walser,
H. B. Varner, I 8. W. Finch "and
many other (Opd citizens who stand
for law and ordar," ask for this par
don whllo "hig.Bardon is opposed by
many good cltlsens." It is the nat
ural thing.
Davis was a brother-in-law of
Henry Clay Grubb who killed Obe
Davis, brother of Davis and of Mrs.
Grubb. This occurred in October of
1904 and in Mfc'y of 1905 a Rowan
county Jury acquitted Grubb. The
charge was mttrder and the shootfng
at Plney Baptist church, October 16
of that year Was the most exciting
circumstances jthat Boone township
ever Inspired. " The men were weal
thy distillers,^ had quarreled, were
afraid of e?cta^Qtficr, went heavily
armed always atid the first time thoy
met in shooting distance, Grubb
killed Davis, who had a big pistol
in his pocket and a shotgun in hla
buEgy
Later, after acquittal, Grubb was
shot from ambush by Nat Crump
and Frank Halrston, who testified I
that they had been hired by Grubb's
-nemlcs to commtt the crime. Crump
went to the penitentiary eight years, i
Years later Grubb beat Lester Davis
and kept him In a state of terror.
Still later Grubb was killed by Mrs.
Grubb, so the coroncr'a jury found,
after having whipped her. This oc
curred.ln August of 1913.
Governor Craig, therefore, sat up
on no common case when he gave
the shadow of lister Davis the lib
erty which the corporal Davis en
joyed so much. The charge against
[.ester Davis, of course, was retail
ing.
OFFICER GKTH nK\V.\ltlt,
OrtfnvlW Policeman Brought In
Fifteen (iDiir In tJie <4u*t
Two Month*.
(Ry Fastern Press)
Greenville, Oct. 6.?Officer Tav
lor won the prl*e offered by the re
corder for bringing In the greatest
number of pistol* and guns In twj
months' time. He captured fifteen
weapons in this period, easily out
distancing his competitor* The
prize was a handsome silver-plated
revolver.
FIKHT KNOW OF H K A HON.
Rt Paul. Minn., Oct. 5.?The first
snow of the season fell here today,
the light flurry continuing only a
few minute?
Met In I<?nxliin(hour I^uJIHag I<A?t
-N'UclU and Elected (Mflcfr*. The
MrHing Was Well Attended.
The first meeting of the Young
Men's Club In th"lr new quar^V""',n
the Laughlnghouse bui'-*' * ''l
held last night an?* **
ed. Step? - *fce
organ. one. Of
flcera ? + to serve during
the cot. ? rear. The purchasing
committee was also glveu funds with
which to buy suitable furniture for
the club A donation of a desk and
chair, for the use of the secretary,
was received from Miss Sadie Wls
wall. Miss Wlswall was extended a
vote of thanks. Following Is the
roster of the club:
Henry Webster, president: Hu
bert Ellis, v'.ce-^rcildent; William
Ellis, secretary. David Whitley,
treasurer; N. Henry Mc?re aud Clay
Carter, board of governors. Mem
bers are Waller Morgan. WllUe Jef
ferson. William Campen. Hubert
Ellis, Roy Kesslnger. Jar* Mceklns.
wftliam Rhodes. Fred Moore. Joe
Wilkinson. Rhonda Ricks. Eugene
Harris. Uruce Wilkinson. Ren Hrad
dy, Charles Allen. Marvin Wright
and Walter Warnor.
TOBACCO UKOWKltS TO
DISCUSS SITUATION
WU| Meet In Washington City to
Heljt Tobacco Situation in
Country.
Washington, Oct. 6.?The Treas
ury Department through the office of
the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, is inviting tobacco growers
and manufacturers to send repre
sentatives here within a week or two
to go over the situation with gov
ernment experts with a view to for
mulating a plan by which Informa
tion that will help all tobacco peo
ple can be gathered and sent out. It
<a the purpose of the Washington
authorities to help tobacco men. as
It does cotton people.
A number of farmers all over the
country lay the blame of tobacco
prices on the warehousemen, where
as In realty, the general situation of
things Is to blame
JIM WESTON PLAYS
STAR GAME HORNER
Made Two Touch I>own* in Satur
day'!? fVinlwt An<l Was Chief
(intund <>atn<*r for liln Team.
According to an account of the
football gam* between Horner Mili
tary Academy and Charlotte High
School, which appcmdd in yester
day'? Issue of tho Charlotte Obser
ver, Jim Weston of this c!ty, who
is a member of the cadet t-am. Is
proving himself a star at full back.
Weston majle two touch down?.
He scored the first by breaking
through the line and failing on a
blocked punt, and the second by a
run of th'rty yard* around rlglit erd
on a fak?-punt play. He also prov
ed to be ihe chief ground gainer for
the cadets and repeatedly made runs
of from ten to twenty yards.
TRAXTKKH < ItKK.K MKKTINfi.
Itev. C. F. Outlaw, of Roberson
vlile, N. C., will b^gin a ser lea ol
meetings at Tranters Creek Chris
h'an church t*?nr Washington to
morrow night. Services each nigh
will begin promptly at 7:30. Tlv
public has a cord'sl Invitation t<
attend.
COMMANDS FOURTH INFANTRY
Thin Is Col. E K Hatch. cotnniunU
ing the Fourth Infantry, U. 8. A., uuw
at Brownsville, Tea
MAY SETTLE
PARK SLIT
Probable That Hotli'iuay-Saudi Suit
Way IK* .S(ttl?l liy Mutual
Aproinfnt, Will End
Till* AfUTlUKtD.
Ves'.erday ? session o t the Super
ior court was taken up with the ault
of Hathaway va. Small, and occu
pied tho attention of the court for
the entire day. Work on the case
waa resumed this morning. It is
understood that a settlement may
he reached In the matter which will
be satisfactory to both parties. The
case will probably Be end' d in court
by three o'clock this afternoon.
??LADIES" HAVE FI(?HT
W1TI1 THEIR SHOES
Wrangle Pull?*<! Off on the Street*
of CireenvlTe Yesterday Af?-r
n?K-n. Are Now in (' urt.
(By K--,ii?rn I'res> t
Greenville, ? t. 5. . Alii Ou ?
bridKc ar1 M.sr> Jin* two ?vojn n
pf <'?lorei". hue. id a ?'ispu'e yes
? ?rdr. aft noo: which waxed too
, ?"arm for < ?rdr Alice. therefore,
rf-.-ht ! dow;i, pulled off one of Iv r
'shu.?; a.ul proceeded 10 whale Mary
Ofllcer Taylor nabbed both and
trotted them to jail. They will tie
tried this afternoon.
K1HTOR HORNE TEACHES
SI NDAV SC'lltMH, CI.ASS
Edtlor |.?'Ii?1m HI* Aid in Teaching
lli?? Voung to Follow the Straight
and Narrow I'ntli.
(Oy Eastern Press)
Rocky Mount, Oct. 5. - Editor
Home, of the Rorky Mount Tol*
gram. has recently taken up thr
position of teacher in one of the lo
ca| Sunday Schools lie has prover
i himself to be a most capable tearh^l
and ha?i made a visible liuprc**ioi
upon the young boy a, who enjoy lh<
I privilege of hear'ng him explain tin
I lessons
IS 19 BE HELD
. 9,10,411
COMM1T1KKK ATPOINTKD TO
ATTK.MI TC? WHMH8 DE
TAILS OK KVK-NT.
. MEEHNG^HKLD
Man) WiTr I'ivhomi u( Meeting to
IHm-us* Coming I Air, Will Ik>
l-an*'"?! in the HtMory of the City.
Nuim-rt'UH \iiiu>?-iiiciil?.
(Special to the Dally News)
Aurora. Oct. 5.?-A; the joint
meeting cf th?? Kalr Association and
i he Farmer?1' I'nlon, which was held
Vre. 1: wan derided to hold the
Aurora agricultural fair on Tues
day. WVdii- *?lay and Thursday. Nov
??inber !?. 1?' and II A large num
ber *erv present at the meeting and
much enthusiasm was manifested
ov?r Ih?. coming event.
Vur'ous committee* were appoint
ed to attend to securing exhibits,
rrar.tnc concession* and Attending
to other details in connection with
prelumsinry preparations The ex
hibit eomm'tiee lias already started
work and have secured a number of
agricultural exhibits.
The iinm-enient feature of the fair
?;ll b" well provided for. Thero
will be a number of aitractions of
different hind? and a good time is
assured ever>one who visits the fair
next mouth.
THE RED ROSE
HI< HE TONIGHT
Sill?- of Seal* Has IJcin Heavy.
Audience K\|nt1<<l al Tonight'N
lVifori.miu. (?! Mii.ilml
(.*OIU?*?l> .
The advance sal* of s^ats for to
night's performance of "The Red
ItcW is ui'jro than double that of
any previous ?how that has been In
WaKhiuctnn t lit *? MMiiton. Practically
every boat iu llf* orchestra was Bold
out by noon yesterday. A capacity
bou*e i? cxpn-ii'd tonight.
This play has mad?-* m most favor
able impression wherever It has
been eh-?\Mi and is without ni'-stlon
ont* of th*? best niu*iral comedies on
the road today.
The rurtniu will ri^e promptly at
8 no
IIAIIVFnTKKs MKT.
?Tii?? Harvester*" of the Presby
terian ehnreh met last night with
Miss Mary l.illlan Kl'sworth. at her
home on West Second street. A
large number were present and a
most Interesting meeting was en
joyed Kcfr*'-h?n?'i:ts were served.
& CALAIS,
Washington, N. C.
Succeeded in purchasing three lines of Sample Suits, featuring the modes
on which Paris has set the seal of approval. Will be able to have our opening
sale Saturday, Monday, Tuesday. This will mean a saving of 15 to 25 per cent
to the trade through our one-piece system.
NEW YORK*'OCT* 4, It)Iff. Tf LEWIS.
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