JHRHL.
HPS WIH APPEAR BK
thb county COMMIS
SIONERS AT THAT TIME.
PETITION SIGNED
Coataftna the fllgaafmwi Of Ov?r
One-fourth of the Qualified Voter*
of t he Township. KImUm to bo
Co'led Within Thirty Doya.
Monday, at the regular meeting
of the Board of County Commlssion
era, a committee from the Chamber
of Commerce will present a petition
calling tor an election to laaue $60.
000 bonds In Washington township.
The petition has been duly signed
by more than one-fourth of the
qualified voters of the township end
reads as follows:
"To the Honorable Chairman, and
Board of County Co mmiasl oners of
Beaufort County:
"We, the undersigned residents,'
tax-payers and qualified voters of'
Washington township, Beaufort '
county. North Carolina, being desir
ous of having the public roads and
highways of- said township laid out.
established, altered, repaired, grad
ed, constructed and Improved, and
that machinery, tools, etc., neoeeaary
for auch improvements shall be
purchased, to the end that the move
ment of produce over said public
roads and highways may be facili
tated. the cost of same greatly re
duced In the saving of wear and tear
on team and vehicles, and In time
required for moving said produce,
and further to the end that the so
cial and intellectual welfare of the
resldenta of said township, and par
ticularly those of the rural sections
may be largely fostered and promot
ed, do, .pursuant to the authority,
terms and conditions of Chapter 123
Public laws of North Carolina, 8e?-'
slon 1913, entitled, "An Act to Pro
vide for the Working of Public
Roads of various Townships, snd
issuing Bonds for the Seme,"- re
spectfully petition your honorable
body to call, within thirty days from
the date of presentation of this pe
tition, and under the terms of the
Statute hereinbefore referred to, an
election of the qualified voters of
this township, to vote fifty thousand
dollars of coupon bonds, to run for
a period of tweaty-flve years, snd to
bear lntereat not exoeedlng five per
cent per snnum, payable semi-an
nually. the proceeds from the sale
of said bond A to bo used for the
working of the said public roads of
Washington township, as herelnbe-'
fore sot oat. and under the terms!
and oondltlons as prescribed In saidj
Statute.
"Respectfully submitted.
(Signatures)"
WILL REMOVE
DRAW BRIDGE
T# Rep"?e? Drew Or?r Rtnyon
ClWk With Two FUed ftp-n*.
He*rtn? November 4tfu
The Board of Commteelonera con
template removing the draw t?.the
county bridge over Run yon Creek,
near Washington, and replacing tftla
draw with two fixed spans.
A public hearing will he he14 at
II o'clock on November 4th. In the
Federal hnlldiag here for the pur
pose of aaeertalnlng the view* of
Interacted partial. All pereone in
terested In th?? matter are requestPd
to attend. > ; ? ,
IDEAL
Pressing Club
W? call for your clothe*
' We inspect them thoroughly *nd
mike |U mwiwry i ipt ir|, J
W? claw and p r?M th?m to jout
pArvonnl MtlrtuUon
We return I km promptly. *
W? Mk for ?o?r p?tro????
Tailoring kr I M?N R ?tranaa
Co of CbleMO.
work a tpMlkltT
CW'B #1.00 PUR MOXTH
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B. O. W??ton
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CHARTERS MAY BE C.\.\CELUin
IF RATB OP IXTRRBftT ARE
hCcbssive.
3 IN THIS STATE
Mm y BMka Chwglnc M the Rate
of 19 Per Cent ? Month, or 130
Par Cett a Ye*. PtmUcc Must
Be Discontinued.
? (By Parker 8. Anderson)
Washington, D. C., Oct. 29. ?
Comptroller of the Currency John
Skelton Will lame today again warn
ed' national banks to discontinue the
practice of charging excessive rates
of Interest tor loans. Mr. Williams
intimates strongly that unless this
, practice is discontinued he will can
set the charters of the hanks found
to be violating the law. In a recent
speech before' the Bankers' associa
tion of Kentucky Mr. Williams stat
ed that many banks charge a rate of
interest of 10 per cent a month, or
ISO- per cent a year and that many
of them have even exceeded this ex
orbitant rate. In his Kentucky
speech the comptroller gave the
numss of stktes where banks w re'
violating' the usury law and stated
-that three of these banks were In
North Carolina.
In discussing the situation Mr.
Williams said that 1,020 banks in
different sections of the country of
a total of 7,600 had admitted that
they were charging an average of
10 per cent or more, an average of
18 per cent for loans. These banks,
he said, for the most part, are lo
cated in the south and west. The
borrowers he said usually were per
sons who had little experience In
baaklng and In a majority of casos
persons who could least afford to
pay the high rates.
The abstract of thfe conditions of
national banks of North Carolina at
the close of business September 2
as reported to the comptroller of
the currency show's the fdHlowing |
condition; Reserve_he*.d at 18.17 per
cent; loans and discounts, *45,6 49,-;
194; gold ooln, $262,820; lawful'
money in reserve, $14,422,251, and I
CAL. JORDAN DIED
IN WASHINGTON CITY
Wu Well Kaows Here. Remains to
Arrive Here Tomorrow. Funeral
at Ten O'clock.
Word wii recoived her? today of
the doath of Cal. Jordan, aged 37,
at Washington, D. C. Jordan di> d
Wednesday night end his death wan
doe to. heart failure. The remains
will arrive in thla city tomorrow
mornlog and the funeral will he
held from the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Carn<-s tomorrow morning at
ten o'clock.
Deceased was formerly a resident
of Washington, and la the son of
Mm. J. P. Carnes He also has oue
brother living, W. A. Jordan, of
Klnston. He was a momber or ih
Masonic and Blk orders. For the
last seven yeaFs he has' been em
ployed as linotype operator on th"
Washington Post.
The pall bearers will be R. L.
itwsart, 3am Hsldr Frank Wright,
Isaac Haghea, M P. McKeel and
W. W. Walker.
PKJMBYTBRIA* SYNOD VOTES
TO PROHIBIT MANY THINGS
Washington, 0?t i ?. ? Unanimous
authorisation to t ? petition to Con
tra* to submit to th* matea a na
tional prohibition amendment was
t?t*d todaj by U* Presbytrrlan sy
>01) of Baltlmor*. In annul >Mifon
bar*. Patltlons a'so war* approved
asking t?r a fsdaral censorship of
moving picture flits*, and ? prohi
bition Malnat tb < exportation from
tba United Stat** of Intoxicating II
qaora to Africa.
Bach of the petitions. U waa laid,
troold ba supported by a national
aaofament ?( churches to b* Initial
ed by the synod ' J " 5
DAXC1! LAST NKIHT.
The opening d?nca o( Ul? ?W"
!4u kIt*d by (he Halcyon Club ?t
l ha Elkf Home Mat ?l?hi A large
tratiti vara present and anjo ret
tha occasion The mu*ic ih for
nlahaO br forbai Orch??tr?. .
NMHtt | i fc
SHELLS FOR THE GREAT FRENCH OFFENSIVE
__ . , ? ? . ? ? ? s?li III im.iir
This photograph of great stores of shells, which hits lost reached America, fives some Idea of the preparations
made by the Frcnch for the recent off en sire In the western war too*, ^he picture was taken uear a hidden battery.
D HI
K HELD I
81 HO
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ALLEGED TO HAVE THREATEN
ED TO KILL ADAM CcROY
OP chooowlnity.
IS UNDER ARREST
Jack Staten Said to tiave Lured
| Farmer Out Near, the Colored
1 Cemetfry and H^il Him Up Yc*>
tcrd?y Afternoon.
A bold attempt at highway rob
bery te al'egcd to have been made
fcy Jack Staien, colored, against
Adam McRoy. an aged farmer, who
resides In Chocowinity township.
Staten has been arrested and will be
tried next Monday.
According to report, Staten visited
jMr. McRoy yesterday afternoon and (
purchased a bushel of potatoes from
the farmer. He then told him where
he- could wit four more bushels at
[sixty cents a bushel. McRoy got
Into the cart with him and when
they werd near the colored ceme
tery, Staten 1* Raid to have suddenly
[turned on the man and threatened
to kill him u n '.ess he gavo up what
money ho had. McRoy called for
holp and was so loud in his call that
Staten took fright and ran away.
The horse also became frightened
and started so suddenly that McRoy
was thrown from th*: wagon. The
animal proceeded on to town. During
is run both wheels of the cart came
off and when the horse appeared on
Main street It was dragging only a
toard behind It. 'I
, Stat'n was latter taken In by the
police and is now In jail.
TARBOROFAIR
TO BE NEXT WEEK
Irrnilw* to be Rigger and Brtter
Than Any Tliat Ha* Ever Hem
Held Refore In That City.
A large number of looal Residents
are panning to attend the Kdge
combe county fair, which Will be
held at Tarboro November 2, 3. 4>j
and 5. Sprcial rates are in effect
orer the Coast Line. Those who eol
desire, may leave here -in the mora-'
log and return the same evening. j
The attractions at the Tarboro
fair . will be la'rger and better than ?
ever, according to advance informa
tion. The exhibit of livc-stocli and
agricultural produce promises to be
especially good. The amusement
features have also been well looked
after. A number of free attractions
[will be on the program. Of special
latere* will be tho horse races.
I These have always been a big at
i traction at the Tarbero fair. A num
ber of entries have already been re
ceived and some good races msy be
LUMRRRMAN KI1jLRT>
BY OWN LOCpMOTlVB
Willi* maton, Oct. IS. ? Attempt
Inf to board his own locomotive in
the logging department of the Wil
llameton Cooperate Company today.
Peal gmlthwlok fell beneath th*
wheel* and was fatally Injured Ha
dl<? an hour later. Both limba
were severed and ha Buffered later
al injurlei. H* wa* 10 yeare old
I ?nd u ?arrlttd ?r ? *!?? MU? two
??)*<-? ' . r'-.i'i'y'-J, ;X* i
OCRACOKE PREPARING
FOR HUNTING SEASON
Rex. Beach and Party to Visit Island
Again this Winter. Interesting
Items From the Island.
(Special Correspondence)
Ocracoke, Oct. 28. ? Since the
writer's last communication, James
Garrlih, in his 65th year. Mrs. 8arah
Gasklll, In her 79th year, and the
Infant child of Amasca Fulcber, of
the J. W. McWIUIams Co.. havo
passed away. Mr. Oarrloh Suffered
from dropsy for a year. He was a
good citisen, a kind neighbor and
highly esteemed by all who knpw
blra. Mrs. Qasklll, the mother of
W. D. Cask ill, had had several
stroked Of paralysis and died after a
recent attack of one of them. She
was a kind-hearted and most esti
| mable lady and was a niece and ben
eficiary in the estate left by the late
Mrs. Mary Dlramock. formerly of
Washington, who died In iXlaeens
boro.
Shore fa Washing Away.
The shore from Springer's Point
to the upper end of the island, is
very perceptibly waBhing away,
caused principally by the horses and
sheep pawing up the grass and roots
that grow to the water's cd*e.
Horses also dig wate* holes In tha
sand when others have dried up:
Late in winter, when graars has all
been eaten, they feed on the green
growth to be found at the bottoms
of the fresh water ponAs. The writ-,
or has seen them feeding, with their
h ads Bubtiftrged and only their ears
to be seen.
Goose "Round-up" Day.
?A there l? ? pony penning day
at the Islar.d, (here Is also a "round
up" day for decoy geese. The round
up took placr last 8a(urday. It wfil
not be long before' the - thrilling
"honk" of the migratory ones will
be heard wtlh that of the quavering,
brant. Somtr of the hunters do not I
cat the wings of the young geese, j
but leave them for flying decoys.
Sometimes when the old wild goose
and gander have been killed their
brood will follow the domesticated
ones to the pounds on the shore,
where the decoys are corraled. W.
D. Oaskili, who has a hunting sta
tion on Deacon Island, has caught a
number of wild ones In thlt way, ?y
gently drivlhg them Into the enclo
sure frnd clipping tbelr wingi. They
*oon become domesticated. A pair!
of geese remain mated for life. When J
one Is killed, some, after a much,
longer Interval than most persons
observe, will mate again, while oth
ers never do.
Rex Bench ComiHKf
Rex Beach has written to his at
tendant that he wants to oome her?
for his annual hunting trip some
time In Novmber, but as his guide
has engagements that win. conflict
With this, It will probably be lata. ii\
December when .J*4 comm. Mr.
Beach stated that a party of hit
friends were coming here In a yacht,
to- make sketches and to take ?lew*
of the .hunting sections, batteries.;
blinds, equipmsnta, etc., also the
porpotfte fishery .at Hatteraa and
methods of catohlng them.
Famcme Boat Here.
Occasionally the llfcikadsD fleet,
that catck flsh for lbs oil factory at
Morejiead City, come to Ocracok*
and among them there Is one larger
and aatlrely different In model and
build from the others. A person
would lltUs tW?H that tile craft,
now relc gated to sue* hambl%
vice, was oartVrMftt of inUra.
U*??l l?r?s, m hsr performsnoe un
der sail, In connection with the
American Cup 4%ces, was flashed to
all parts of the world, wherever
wherever there was a cable laid or
a telegraph wire strung. The boat In
question is the once-famous "Pil
grim."
Dr. Small at the l?Can<i.
Dr. 8mall paid a visit to Ocracoke
and met with euch a warm reception
from everyone that it must have
bern very pleasing to the doctor,
who lived here for nearly eighteen
months.
Peculiar Blindness.
In 1878, your correspondent, who
was then a weekly contributor to
the Tarboro Southerner, gave an ac
count of the remarkable nocturnal
blindness of th? three Howard chil
dren, cousins of ex-Chief George
Howard of Washington. They were
Homer. Wheeler and their eister, !
now Mrs. Dave Tolson. Their sight
waned as thd aun set and at twilight
hoy became totally blind and re
mained thus until sunrise the fol
lowing morning. Their sight, dur
ing the night, was in such an ec'.lpsrl
of absolute blindness that the bright
est light could not be seen by them
when held before their eyes. They
gradually outgrew this defect of vis- 1
ion ae they grr* in "ears. Now their1
sight Is above normal, for both
brothers passed for years the annual
rigid examination for color blind
ness that members of the Life Sav
ing Service are subjected to juat
before going on duty after the sum
mer vacation. The item attracted
considerable attention and was ex
tensively copied by other papers, a
mong them being the New York
World.
HATTERAS FLIGHT
BEEN ABANDONED
Aviator Itecjun* I#ost In Heavy Hbo
Fog and Wm Forced to (Jl*e
Up Trip.
Ocean City, Md., Oct. 29.? Beryl
H. Kendrlck, who left Albany. N.
V., at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morn
ing In a hydraeroplane In an attempt
to fly to Cape Hattera?, N. C.. lo*t
his way In a dense fog after panning
Seaside Park, N. J., and when over
*aken by darkness wan obliged to
land in Asnawoman bay, near her<>.
The trip to Hatteras will be aban
doned and Kondrlcks, with his ma
chine, will leave tomorrow for New
York.
I Kendrlck followed the Hudson
[fiver from Albany to New York 1
Bttjr- And then flew down the New
I Jersey coast. Several stops wiere
! made during the day for gasoline
and to adjust machinery.
Keodrlek made the flight In com
petition for the Curtlss marine
flying trpphy and a cash prise. He
w*s accompanied by Frank Mills.
TODAY'S COTTON
QUOTATION
Lint rollO?? 110.
(Md ?ot?o?? M.IO.
BALKAN CAMPAIGN
.-"lY REACH EfiVPT
aw mi
iiwija
Acddrwt OocuiTod ia Klnstoo Lam
Night. Automobile Crashed
Into Horw juxl Boggy. Oc
cupant* U?<11) Injurtnl.
(By Eastern Press)
Klneton. Oct. 28. ? C. R. Sydes.
?n automobile mechanician, drove
bin machine Into a horse and buggy
last night In which Jake Beckton
and Edgar Herring were riding The,
vehicle was dashed Into the curb
with considerable force. Beckton
waa seriously Injured. Two rlhgj
were broken, his shouluder lacerat
ed and It Is feared that he will suf
fer from coacusslon of the brain. He
was also badly bruised In a number
of places. Herring received minor
Injuries.
Sydes has been arrested and Is
being held in Jail until next Tues
day. when he wfll stand trial.
COUNTY EXHIBIT
IS ON DISPLAY
H?? Been Returned from Raleigh
and Mux .Vow IV 8wm at tho
Bank of Washington. A
Creditable Show ing.
The greater art of the exhibit,
which was sent from this county to
the State fair, la now on exhibition
at the Dank of Washington and may
be seen there by those who are in
terested.
The exhibit took fourth prize at
tha fair and la one of. the best that 1
hag ever been exhibited there. It is
a Credit to the county and gave
Beaufort a large amount of excellent
advertising. It has been attractive
ly arranged at the Bank of Wash
ington and makes a most creditable
showing.
REVIVAL AT ROBKRSON V I LLK.
Robcrsonvllle, Oct. 29. ? R. W.
Stanclll, an evangelist from Ohio, ia
conducting a sereia of evangelistic
meetipgs here to continue this and
next week. The evangelist use* a'
chart, entitled "The Bible Plan of!
Salvation." In which he exp'alns < iel
Divine and human j -rt In mm i
salvation. Mr Stanc ! has b**n i
vang lixlng In North Ca-ollna -ii.ee
August- 1st, 'tavii-s held vera" ?uc
meet. ???.
KTTA K . PA PARTY
TO BK CJ1YKN TONMJHT
ViinounroTumt th?t Hallow^Vn I'ur
ly Woald T?k? Pine? Saturday
Night Was Krror.
. The Hallowe'en party, to bo given
!?y the Etta Kappa Club of ih*? Wish
ngton High School, will tak?? pla^'.*
it the school auditorium tonight,
instead of tomorrow night, a* hod
be-n previously announced. T.nn
announcement of the flrat dat?* was
a mistake. Tiioao who de?lr? to at
tend thn party are requested to not<^
the change of date.
I.AIU.KST HWKKT POTATO
)H BROUGHT TO TOWN j
Weighed A Inioat Thre<< Pounda. Wa?
Urowa by Mr. Cora)' In
Martin County.
I One of the largest ?we"t potatoes
over seen In Washington was brought
to this office this morning. It was
grown by Jsmes Rome Corey, one
of the prominent farmers of Martin
county. It raeasurad rleven Inches
from Up 'to tip end weighed a little
{short of hree pounds. Mr. Corey'
I has a number of others that are al
I most as largs.
KARTHQl'AKE shocks
FKI.T AT ASHKVIIXB
. Athevtllo. Oct. l?. ? Two
rarth ahocka wtra lalt In thla city
at 18:35 o'clock tht? morning. Ttifl
ahoclta ram* about two mlnutaa a
part and laated tor only a few m?
onda aaeh. Ho?aaa In all !>???? <"
tha ctty wara ?M?a. aad piany ?ao
I* *W? ???? ?>T?'
a 'it'
THE SITUATION
ICAUSES WORRY
RELIEVED ILTIMATE AIM OP
CEKMANti IK TO REACH
EGYPT AND INDIA.
A HOPELESS B.VTTLF
St-rhlaim An* Urlng ClutMxl In by
Hwift Advance of Teuton*. Italy
Clalnui Advanc<> Against Aus
trian*. (iiTtimni. Itepul^e HuMiana
London. Oct. 2&. ? Germany's
:hruat Into the Balkan* la being
.iiken more seriously by England
than an> phase of the war yet de
veloped It is believed the ultimate
end of the Germans In the Da'.kan
campaign, in to reacu Egypt and
j India, and as this Is a danger to
England only, she must meet It
without outside help It is esti
mated that a million ooidlera must
be had. Turkey is only waiting for
German munitions before taking the
.'.eld.
Serbian* Fighting Hopelessly.
The Austro-Germats and Uulga
"ians are closing swiftly upon the
i*'. rblans In thr-e directions. The
Teutonic Iron: Is moving reslBtlessly
southward a'ong a hundred-mile
front. A junction with the Bulgar
ians will open a clear road for
munitions to Turkey.
Ilu'i"ns Claim Advance*.
Adduces arc claimed by the
Hr.iians in th lr new offensive move
ment against the Austrian*, Home
declaring ihat ground has been
gained in the Tolmlno region, in the
Plava zone, where a Held fort was
taken, acd on the Oarso front,
(ierman* Itcpulso Itu^siaiu..
In Russia the Germans report the
repulse of Russian attacks on posi
tions recently Lake a by Field Mar
shal Von Hlndenburg's troops in the
iH'insk region and an advance for
Genera] Von Linsingen in the south
r:; sto:or. where Hudka. west of
?/artnrysk, lias been taken.
Mori' Kocrults In England.
A marked Snrrease In recruiting
ir Great Rrita'r:. attributed largely
by mitlsh n< witpapwrj? ? to King
Georges appeal anil the execution in
Belgium of Miss Kdlth Cave i. is re
ported
HWE GINNED
2,781 BALES
Quantity Is Larger in llcaufort
Count)' Than I.11M Vr?r, Bat
( ro|> Will lie (irivtth
Itcduriil.
The report of t It** cotton ginned
In Ucaufon county up to Ortober 18
shows that the yif d of Ihf crop up
tu that time amounted to 2.781
bales, h *? compared with 2.597 iaaf
year.
While the amount ginned li larg
er this year than for the name time
iaaf. th crop will. nevertheless, be
mnaiderahly letra. Cotton opened
up u good deal earlier ihla year,
owing to the favorable weather.
In Hyde coun'.y the crop baa alao
be n greatly reduced. It Is under
stood that \jery little was grown
there thin year
phone inquiries from vark-u* points
in the surrounding country Indicated
that the ?hock waa general. So far
an can be learned no aerlouj? damage
waa done,