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EDMONSON BOND AT (1,000 , GRAND JURY COULD NOT AGREE ON BILL AGAINST FORMER GREENVILLE BANKER. ANOTHER TRIAL Caee WW B? Takea Up at Some Other Tfrm of Court. Ell* worth Thompson May Also Be Tried Again la Federal Court. The grand Jury in the Federal court yesterday announced that they could not agree on a hill against F. A. Edmondeon, the former banker of Greenville, vho la charged with violating the white slave act. Kd mondson haa been placed under a $1,000 bond and hie case will be taken up at some other term of Fed eral court. This case was one of the moat in teresting on the docket of the court thtar week and haa attracted consid erable attention throughout this sec tion of (he State. There la no doubt that had the caae "Bee fa brought up for trial Friday morning, aa was giveu out yesterday morning, the court room would hare been packed to the doors with the largest crowd that ever attended a trial In the Federal building. Thompson Not Free. It was alao given out this morn ingg that Ellsworth Thompson, the young man from Belhaven, who la charged with sending obscene majp * ter through the malls, is not throttflft with the law, in spite of the faet that the grand Jury found no true bill X*1n? him It U highly frOb* able that thte matter will be takaa up In another court. CHILD DIES FROM EATING MATCH HEADS i. lS-MONTHMLD SOU OP MR. AND MR8. BISHOP OF HYDlB COUNTY FRO HKLF ON rOISON INTENDED FOR RATS. (Special .to the Daily Newt) Belhaver^ Oct. 21.-r^Jullan Hay wood. the 18-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bishop, of 8oranton,j Hyde county, has died aa the result of eating poisoned matches. Funeral aervlotf were held yesterday. Mr. Bishop purchased the matches to kill rats with in his home. He left them on a table and the child, seeing them, helped himself to a handful. Toddling out Into the yard he sat down and ate the heads of about sixteen of the poisonous matches. At about 'nine o'clock that night, 1*0 began to feel the effects of the poison and suffered great pain. A physician was called In ? and immediately saw that the child was poisoned. In spite of etery thtng that could be done, (he young srter died Monday morning. Ansyrtaar fWsg Natofaltetd. Three Assyrians, A. K. Hatetn. Joseph Hatem and B. Shebdan. of Oreenrllle. are In the city today, taking out their nataralfsation pa per* at the Federal court. IDEAL Pressing Club Exclusive agents for BDE8CO. finest m?<1e-to-m*asure clothe* made by B. fltreue* 4 Co. of Chicago. 8tHta? 91S to 145 Fit guaranteed. JOIN OVH PIIKH8INU CMJR. Rat??? <h?* Dollar a Month. Hyrrlal sttfattoa to ledlM' nmrmrmt*. All WOT* that WMKla rai?lrtn<. (lone lr? of PbOM ???'. E. O. Weston MK SOU FID SMI n BEING BROUGHT AGAINST THK A. O. L. BY ADM1K18TKATORS OP OSCAR HARRKLL. KILLED BY TRAIN W as Pat Off One of the Company's Tr<4n* Near Whaley, Vi, and Wm Killed bjr Train Running' in the Opposite Direction. A damage suit for *15,000. in which the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road company la the defendant and| the administrator of Oacar Harrell. of Coleralne. Bertie county, the plaintiff, Is today being tried In the Federal court. The caae will -prob ably be decided this afternoon. I . Harrell waa a paaaenger on the A. 0. L. train on November 22 , 1913. Conductor Jonea carried him as far ;aa hie money held out and then put him off a mile and a half aouth of Whaley. Harrell then walked along the track and la alleged to hare lain down on the tlee and fallen asleep. Another train, coming in the oppo alte direction, rdn over and killed him. The attorneya for the plaintiff, in yesterday's eeaslon of court, endeav ored to establish the fact ' that the englneer-of the train that killed Harrell, should have seen the man lying on the track. The accident occurred at noon, and on a long, straight stretch of road. The de fendants, In today'B testimony stat ed that the engineer's attention wis diverted to other mattera at the tinie. and that there ^as also a shadow on the track, which pre vented "tho engineer from seeing the nan until It waa too late. The train Iwaa stopped aa soon as possible af ter the accident occurred. ' . lf880N& FOft UaUTBRATSB. Issued To Student* uyl Teachers of. Moonlight Behoofs. Raleigh, Oct. 21. ? Lessons in reading, writing and arithmetic for the Ba? of tedehera and pupils in the znooaUgfct schools of the State were issued yesterday Irom the of fice of "Dr. J. Y. Joyner, superin tendent of public instruction. Tho lee sons are twftlve in number and look to the opening of the schools during the months of Nove mber. i i-HA WILL hk HELD TOMORROW P. M. A missionary tea la to be held at the home of Mre. W. P. Haugham on Weet Second stroet tomorrow af ternoon at four o'clock. All thoea who are Interests^ tn missions, both home and foreign, are cordially In vited. A silver offering will be taken. SEARCHING FOR LIQUOR WITHOUT WARRANT WRONG Judgt Coanor Made SUtoMeet from B**4 of Superior Court Yee tsrtky. should Be stopped. (By Eastern. Frees) KlnstOn. Oct. 11. ? Judge Connor, la BspSrlor court here yesterday discussed the habit of officers In de taining end searching for whiskey the baggage of paeeongers alighting from trains, when there Is no war rant nor eight evidence. It Should' be 'topped, He said. Judge Connor, said he was s member of the I'm latnre thst passed the search and selsnre Isw and that be at the time declined to pay attention to tho sug gestion of the meaeure's opponents fhst such a practice would result. ! He did not think (hers Wsre officers ia the ?tst? who would go Lo the extreme methods which 'caused him to broach ths subject. His honor' wae prompted by an occurrence At LaOrsngs la which, it was alleged, j a policemen held up a negro at the! point of a rovdlvor to search hlsj laggsge. He had heard of mattyi Instances In the section recently J "it la better that s dos*n people should bring whlsksy into Klaeton than thst one should bo detained for search without a warrsnt Boms day this will be resented. I am ? fraid. and a good officer, trying 4o J|l? fin 1W? Kit jlU." fllTEBflLU TQPLAY HERE Will Oppoee Washington High School on <?ri<Hron Tomorrow Afternoon at Fleming Park. *The Washington High School foot ball team will play the Wlntervtlle te^ira at Fleming Park tomorrow afternoon, the game starting at 1:80. The excellent showing of the lo cals against the Collegiate Institute team, indicates that th' y have made considerable progress since the game with Klaston. They are confident of putting up a good game against :h' ' ?' ' . BEAUFORT CO. TAKES 4TH PRIZE JUDGBfi MADK AWARDS AT THE STATE FA IK THIS MORNING. TELEGRAM RECEIVED by CAPTAIN LEACH. | A telegram. stating that Beaufort county, according to the opinion of the Judges at the Slate fair, had one of the fin est exhibits on display^ was re ceived this atefrnoon at two o'clock by Captain Leach from J. F. Latham, farm demonstra tor from this county, who 1b In Raleigh, he telegram reads as follower: Oeo. T. Leach, Washington, N. C. Beaufort county takes fourth premium for best exhibit. J. F. LATHAM. A LITERARY TREAT The Junior Auxiliary of St. Pauls' P. E. Chttrrh, Washington, N. C., will present Mr. Thomas H. Knight, ? rwdcr of national reputation, of Wilmington, N. O., in a dramatic Heading Friday nl?ht, October 22, 8 o'clock, ?t the Maoonlc Mall. | 1. Bolo? Miss McCallan. v 1 "The Ride of Jennie McNeil," by Mr. Thomas H. Knight. 8. Solo ? "Havana," by Mrs. Wil liam Boon. 4. "Jim Wolf and the Cat*," by Mr. Thomas H. Knight 6. Violin Solo ? Mine l. L Europe, violin, Mlwr Florence Randolph, piano. j 6. "Battle Of Bosworth Field," [from Shakespear'a Richard III, by I Mr. Thomas H. Knighfrr 7. Duet ? Mis* I) :ia Randolph and Mrs. McCallan. 8. "Bald-Hoaded Man," by Mr. Thomas II. Knight. 9. Instrumental Bolo. Admlnlon, 10 cents. 8eats will he rtperved for white people. MI38 KATE TRllVfAN. RKV. 1. B. BROWN, Dlr*?t?r*. (A?t. It-ll-IW.) VITALITY OF GIRL WHO 8HOT| HERSELF AT lf?W BERN IS REMARKABLE. SWAIN RAITING Mmi Who Warn to H?w M*rrlcl ' Yuunfi Woman Tiimd.) SUlea He U HtUl WUllBK to Make Her HU Wife, II She ilecoTen. <?T New Bern, Oct. ll.-^Montrary to the declarations of ciMtding physi cians, that death was only a matter of an hour or two, Dullie Price, the young woman who shot herself through the body Tuesday morning, 3till lives. A representative of the Dally News, who visited the hospi tal this morning, was Informed by the head nurse that MIsb Prlce'B condition appears to be somewhat improved and that physicians last night declared her chance for re covery wan not as small as first considered. They state that her vitality Is re markable. The bullet missed her heart by about an eighth 6f an inch, passed through her lung and went entirely through her body, lodging in the wall on the opposite side of the room In which she shot herself., Bruce Swain, the young man from Elizabeth City, who was to have married the young woman hore on Tuesday night, is still In the city. He stated this morning that he would remain in New Bern until the girl either died or was out of danger. He also announced that If she was wiring, and recovered from the ef fects of the wound, he would make her his wife Mrs. Price, mother of the wound ed girl, Is constantly at her bedside at; the hospital. A HMO It PLATS PLANT WOl U> COST, 910,000,000 If HofreUry Daniel*' I'lnn* Arc Ad?p<(Ml Tfi<H Much Money Munt lk- Provided. (By Parker R. Andereon) | Washington, Oct. 81.? -An expen diture of at least 910,000.000 and probably more, in addition to the' already enormous recommendations for money Which Secretary Daniels will make to Congress. wllT be nec-| <Raary If Congress adopts the policy, of Hie navy secretary, announced in. Raleigh, for the construction of a' government-owned armor plate ?>!ant. A special committee conttat ing of Senator Tillman, of Sotith f'arolloa. Representative Padgett, of Tennessee, and Rear Admiral Joseph Straus*, chief of the bureau of or dinance, Veported ?0 I'ongress sit the last s< sslon of Coagreaa .that armor., plate plant with a capacity of 20.000 tons per year would cost 910,311,900. A 10,000 ton capacity plant, ifrhloh Is said would be too ?mail. Would cost 90.09S.107. This estimate did not take fn the manufacture of proleetUtt **d it 1* suppose* the co?t will fe at Itott 50 p r hlghor. 111111 Mtt PLANS Rector's Aid Society to Furnish Supper at the "Get-Toffether" Meeting to be Held Next Wt-dnewlay Night. ? j A meeting of the committee, ap pointed by the* Chamber of Com merce to attend to arranging for the "Get-together" meeting at the Elks' licmo Wednesday night, was held last night in the office of Judge Stephen C I ragaw. A goneial discussion was held of fnatt.T s pertaiulng to the event. The committee announced that the Rec torfe Aid Society ot . the Episcopal fffurnh would attend to serving the supper. The selection of the speak ers for the evoning was left In the hands of Judge Bragaw and Ed. S. Stewart. Invitations are being printed and will probably be sent out by Saturday. Other details are being considered. Those present at the meeting were F. J. Berry, Wm. E'.lison. R. F. Bower?, 9. C. Bragaw, Ed. Stew art, A. M. Dumay and Carl Goerch. GRAND OPERA CO. HERE TONIGHT National firand Opera Company to Present "Riguletto" nt the New Theatre. The New Theatre offer* the music lovers of Washington tonight the best treat that lias ever been to this city in Ihc way of music and sing ing. The National Grand Opera Company will All a one night en gagement here tonight, when ihey will present the opera "Rolgolqtto" with an all star cast. This com pany's home Is In Rome. Italy, and Dn account of the European strife they are now making a tour of this country and Canada. Every mem ber of this wpII known company :s among the best singers of tl;? world and patrons of the N?w Theatre may expect to Hee an attraction tonight that they will long remember as being he best that has ever been, here. There Is ton eleven piece or chstra with the company that will furnish /the mijiic, which assure* j every one that the singers will be accompanied by music played cor-, rectly. When a high class attrac tion like this comes to Washington! U should receive good patronage in order to get more high class attrac tion# In the future. So if you have not secured your seat, be sure and do eo no#. Prominent Lawyer* In Town. Among the out of town lawyers who are attending Federal court here thi? week are Wlnstead and ( Matthews, of Windsor; Pruden and. Pruden, of Edenton; Col. Harry Smlnner, of Greenville; C. H. j Townee, of Wilmington. Manning and Kltchln, and Col. W. B. Rod-' man, of Norfolk. Charlotte claiming OVKR flO.OOO PROPIJ5 (Special to the Dally News) Charlotte, Oct. II,? The 1915 edition of fbe Piedmont directory of the city of Charlotte. Just issued, gives tho present popalatlon of the city as M.lfO, an increase ot 4,000 over tfco population of 1911, FUNERAL OF SUBMARINE F-4 VICTIMS - Pun?r*l proceekloD of the member i of the ??I tank In Honolulu harbor, an lie way to American submarine F-4 who perished when the rea ? ' cemetery at Waahlnfton. SERBIANS MAKING .<? DESPERATE RESISTANCE ? ? ?????? * AN EXPRESSION ? ? OF APPRECIATION ? ? Editor Daily Neva: ? I hare had In mind for sev- ? ? eral months to write you an ? ? open letter congratulating you ? ? upon the excellent dally paper ? " you are publishing. The Daily ? ? News la creditable to its mak- ? ? era and a distinctly valuable ? ? asset to this community and ? ? section. Its news matter, cdi- ? M torlals, selections and typo- * ? graphical appearance make it * ? comparatjrf with the best local ? ? dailies In the State. It dlscloees * ? from day a dlapoeition ? " to advocate progressive ideas * ? and movemehts and a clean and ? ? wholesome community life. It ? ? is evidently trying to avoid ? ? trivial or spiteful personal top- ? ? Ics and to preach the gospel of ? ? good cheer and optimism. ? ! ? This community and your ? ? readers generally aro your ? ? debtor* and I am sure I reflect ? | J their eentlments in this expres- ? ? slon. I ? I have no selfish or ulterior ? ? motive In this contribution. Ev- *1 ? ery community Is merely an ? ? aggregation of individuals en- * ? gaged in a co-operative enter- ? ? prise. Each man and woman * } should do their part and bear * ? their burden in making the en- * ? terprlee successful. Every one ? ? of us must consecrate ourselves * ? to service, some in one line and ? ? .some In another, in proportion ? ? to our talents, and means and * ? our opportunities. If one does ? ? well their part, the community ? ? should recognize such valuable ? ? serv4ce and give ungrudging ap- * ?+ proval. There Is no finer in- ? ? centive to continued good works ? ? than the hearty recognition and ? ? approbation of ones fellows. ? ? I am simply trying to follow ? ? this precept, when I doff my hat ? ? to the DAILY NEWS. * ? Sincerely, ? JNO. H. SMALL. ? JUDGE MANNING SPEAKS AT KIN8TOX BANQUET (Special to the Dally News) Kinston, Oct. 21. ? 'Former Judge J. B. Manning, of Raleigh, was the principal speaker at the annuftl ban quet of the chamber of commerce here last night. The banquet and the annual meeting of the chair.'jer, at which 20 directors v.* rr> electod and the city's progress In he 12 months was revle-sd. w-re heM In "the rooivi of th3 Cor merclul club. A number r)f pro nine nt local men were on the p-igran: with Judge Manning. Tit scrretary'B report Btated that the pant fiscal year had been the best In the organisation's history In the way of things realized WILMINGTON WANTS TO GET IN THE LEAGUE (Special to the lially News) Wilmington, Oct. 21- ? -Wilming ton will have a representative at th* meeting to decide what city or town shall take Winston'* place in the North Carolina Baseball league and it la likely that thin city will make a strong bid. In the event that Wln-f ston-Salem nalstls on withdrawing from the league, for that city's fran chise. Baseball fan* here are de termined to have organized bas'ball next season. ? "cutting down on ? ADVERTISING IS ? FALSE ECONOMY The merchant who wants to sustain his record of sales and exceed It knows (hat advertis ing will do It. If you "draw In" on adver- * j Using, you are robbing Peter ?[ to pay Paul. * By the expenditure of a ? ? reasonable sum In the DAILY * p NEWS you can bring Into your ? ? store the new impetus of hual- ? ? ness from many families who 1 ? otherwise don't see your adver- 1 ? tlslng. ? ? Art the merchant f ho tried ? ? II. ? (?it ? ? a ? ? ?IE HOOFS nut in BULGARIAN TROOPS HAVE CAP. TIRED 2, (MM) 8KK11IAN PRISONERS. j AUSTRIAN^ GAIN Have Made l'r< >grc?*H Touiirdtt Tak ing Ini|M?rtarit Strategic Points. Serbian Ca|itul lias itcen Moved. UulKurlujix < 'onreuf rating Fuiwx, London, Oct. 21. - Serbia's des perately rtalstitig forces continue to be forced back by the relentless pressure of the Austro-German In vaders. TodHy'B official statement from Berlin records the enforced retreat of the Serbians south of Lu elca and Bozevac, the latter plane being about twelve miles southeast of Pozarevac and som- twenty miles south of the Danube. Bulgarian troopa have taken 2.U00 Serbian prisoners aud twelve cannon. The Austrian* also have made progress ?ik moving on Shabatz, on the Save river w?.?i of Belgrade. [ French troops have succeeded in protecting the lower end of the Nlsh-Salonikl line aud large addi tions to their forces are on the way to Suloniki. a dispatch from that city states. The general move ment of the allies from Salonikl Is said lo be awaiting the concentra tion there of sulllcS'tit forces for their operations. Serbian Capital Moved. Salonikl advices state that the Serbian capital has been trans ferred from Nlsh to Prizrend. close to the Albanian frifntler in West ern Serbia. Bulgarians Concentrate. ^ Bulgarian troops are being con centrated on the frontiers of both Rumania and "Greece, according to a Salonikl despatch to Paris. Three divisions are being gathered neaj the Greek border, it is stated. Cutting the Xl9h*Salonlkl rail way line aotuh of Nisli by the Bul garians has compelled the ?i'.3,,,? rnailc corps at Nish to postpone Its expected departure for Monastir in South :n Serbia, an Athens dea atch rnres. GIVE LEADING TOMORROW NIGHT Infri NtliiK Program to In* Kondcrtd n( Mit-siinic Ha I Tniniirnnv Thoniutt II Knipht, of WiluiitiK Loii. h reader of national r**puiation, will give a public rpadine tomorrow night ni HkIii o'clork fit the Mannn ir hall. II#" in li^r- linger tho aus pices of tin* Junior Auxiliary of .St. Pa u I'm church. An In t??r^?*i itig program. given ?-?teewhere in today's paper, will hIro )ie rendered. TODAY S COTTON QUOTATIONS Sce<l cotton ? >94.75. Lint cotton- 11 S-R to 3-4. Cotton need $43.00. TONIGHT Natlona! Grand Oppra Co. ? Ill ? "RIOOLBTTO" With an all ?tar cast. Prlc**, 60p. 76c. 91. <1 60 and 12.00 Curtain 8:80 sharp J.