DAILY NEWS
tonight. Modtrat* ?uterl7 wt?_
AFT liKNOON NOVEMBER 2. 1915
No. 1U2
BULGARIANS
n,* . W jfrffi*
ARK SHELLING OUTER WORKS!
OF STRATEGIC CITY. FALL
IMMINENT.
HEAVY FIGHTING
WhI'e Position of Serbian* in IHffl
ctUt, it U not BfUfiTed to b? Dm*
per*t*. French Giving Ort+t
?fat? M>
London. Nov. 2. ? The Bulgarians
are closing In rapidly on Nlsh and
have advanced so near tbe city that
their artillery has begun a bom
bardment of Its exterior forts, it la
claimed in a Sofia despatch via Ber
lin.
Only minor engagements between
the French forces and the, Bul
garians in the Serbian war theatre
are reported in the current French
official statement.
Rolgan Purwue Serb*.
The Bulgarian war office report
ed today a contrlnuation of the pur
suit of the Serbians along the whole
front, considerable progress has
been made In tbe direction of Nieh.
Repulse of a Serbian counter-attack
in the Upper Morava region is
claimed.
Bulgarian troops attacked a
French advanre post on the Vardar,
near Krivolak In Southern Serbia,
but were obliged to retire after sus
taining heavy losses, a Salonika
despatch states.
Vete? IWopturod.
According to an tAbens despatch
to a Paris. ncwa agency the recap
ture of Vele9, in Southern Serbia,
by the Bulgarians has been officially
confirm* d. Turkish reservists who
had be*m engaged on the Qalllpoll
peninsula have been aent to Bulgar
ian Thrace, according to a report
from Constantinople.
Trying to Cot Off 8erhUiu.
Greek military authorities, Ath
ens advices state, believe that while
the position of tbe S rblan army is
difficult, it Is not desperate. The
campaign is developing as expected
by the Greek experts, with the Bul
garians trying to cut off the Ser
bian northern army, which la en
deavoring to retreat to its new Una
of defenses.
flrwe and Bulgaria Friendly.
Relatione between Oreeee and
Bulgaria continue .friendly, It Is re
ported by a Bucharest correspond
dont, wlvo points to the succesrfSJhf
a Greek commission in negotiations
for the purchase from Bulgaria of
wh< at, which Is to be exported by
way of the Dedeaghatch railroad to
?alonlkl.
CIVIC CLUB
WILL MEET
Important Meeting to be H?-id at
Public library Tomorrow
Afternoon.
A meeting of the Civic Club ofl
Washington will be held tomorfow|
afternoon at three o'clock In the'
rooms of the public library. Plans
for the Reciprocity meeting, which
(Continued on page four)
We Serve
Peerless Ice
Cream
Made in Richmond, Va.
The Palms
FORBES
Orchestra
Wednesday Night.
ITALIAN BI6 GUN IN THE ALPS"
one or ihe.iip&vy gmiH with which ih* Italians have been battering me
Austrian forllfleatlonB In the Tyrelcw Alpa Klevatod to an angle of 45
dncreen. It ran drnp a sliMl with nr.- ir nry some flftfen w'Im away
CONGRESSMAN SMALL
UNBURDENS HIMSELF
Did Not Like Editorial in Daily News. Emphatically
States that Home Demonstration Work is
Not Political Move.
When a Dally News reporter en
tered the olBeo of Congres&man
Small this morning, ho was greeted
with a rather lengthy discourse rel
ative to an editorial paragraph which
appeared in the News last w ek. |
The paragraph urged that all poll-!
tics be eliminated In the appoint
ment of a superintendent for homci
demonstration work, and tnat the]
superintendent for th!s work bvi
selected from Beaufort county, h*
there were !ad'es here who were
eligible to properly manage tlv|
work. Referring to this. Mr Snia'.l ,
had the following to fay:
"It is to be regretted that an at
tempt has been made to mix up pol
itics with Ruch an Important work, i
I believ ? I know from whom that
edltoTial originated and iJito has'
evidently been a mistake soia.wber?1
and a lack of tact shown oti the pari
of one of the county school officials. ]
"I b'lleve that we shou d try by
all means to secure the lady for this1
work from Beaufort county. But,
you know yourself that in public]
CHAUTAUQUA CLUB
MET LAST N1GIH
Intrrrntlng Papers and IHwutmlon^
a Feature of the* MminK< Many
Members Worn Prtwnt.
A highly Interesting and enjoy- 1
able meeting of the Chautauqua!
Lltorary and Scientific Clrele was I
he'd last night Jn the rooms of the!
public library. A large number of.
members were present and some es-i
peclally good papers were read.
Mm. H. W. Carter read three ex
cellent papers on "Early Industries
of the Colonial 8taten," "The Farly
Newspapers of thin Country" and
"The Limitations of Male SlilTrage
'In the Colonies." Miss Llda Uo 1
man read two papers on "Selene* "
and "The First Colleges Yale. Har
vard and Mary and William." Mr*
J. W. Dalley's paper on "The Rarly
Conditions In New York, Boston anrt
Charleston," wa? greatly enjoyed.
The club la studying American
history this yar and Is assured of
a highly- interesting course of stud v.!
Meetings will be held every Tuesday
night. The officer* for the club are
Miss I^ena Wlndley. prenid nt and
leader; Mrs. H. W. Carter, vlc??
presldent; Mrs. Charle* Sprulll. sec
retary and treasurer.
MKA. CASI)V 1)1 Kl>.
Mm. Charles Candy, who died'
Friday afternoon at her homo on
Watar str<et. wan burled Ruturdiy
afternoon. Per. R. I*. 0 ay ofTclat-l
Inf. Tha remain* were taken to
Blounta Creek flha |? aurvlvad by
I ?T?B ohlldren,
I work a person from-the outside of- 1
ten L;?s considerably more influence |
I than someone from home. For ln-|
ftSauc . a doctor, a lawyer or a news-'
I paper man, wltu has lived In a cer
j tafia community all his life, will not
meet with the same consideration as
| a persju from otusido. Tho people
i wi'l not look tip to hiui bei-au>e. J
living known him so long, they
! \** 1 11 ".ak r> the attitude thai he does
not know any more than they do.
j "This home demonstration work
I is exceedingly important. 1 went up
1 41 Chowan county last week to a!'*
nifi: in inaugurating the work there
? and not for the purpose of in
stalling canning clubs, as you uti
I fortunately printed in your paper.
"The pcrfou who was behind that
editorial remark, took up the home
' -If mftnstration work i^pon my sug*
Igcstlon and 1 am sorry that this
.discussion has come up. Dut 1 wish
to atate that I have no ax to grind
1 :.r. thi? matter and that It originated
; solely for tlu betterment of condi
tions in tho county."
STATEN GETS IT
CiOING AND COMING
Four Monlti>t for AhmuK. IW-miiio
I Ti^lt' > Indignant unci <iot
Thirty Days Mute for
Contempt. ?f Court.
Jh< k Stat n, colored, charged
with alleged' ntt?n>pt to rob Adam
Mclloy. an aged farmer In Choro
winlty township, was tried ynater
dr.y afternoon. The recorder's court
hid no Jurisdiction in this case anrl
he wr?? bound over to the next term
of Superior court.
Hta'cn was also tried for assault
ing Hilly Minor, anothpr negro. with
a pistol. Jtidgp Vnughan Rave him
four month* for a?s*u'.t and carry
ing a concealed weapon. St at en
th^n arose anrl pror ed^d to make a
j Utile apeerh, the gist of which was
aofoHows:
"i'ae goin' to take an appeal,
'Cause I wants to have this rase
fried In a court where I kin got Jus-,
tlce. What's mor . I ain't goln" on
the roads"
The Judge looked at hint gravely
for a second.
"Thirty days for contempt of
rourt. Take him on the roads to
morrow. sheriff."
Staten has gone.
HAVS HAKRIt.
Th?? portrait of mother can't ho
loo highly prltfld. Even If you
?h ?u (I go to hfrnt up the most fa
moui artist of this country If would
only xhow your wllllngneea to want
a true ilknnean of your mother. It I
Ip a sura thing you can't -nlwaya
have her with you in person, but you
i an h?ve h r llkenew.
BAKF.B'8 StUDlO.
MM
HIIIIM
, IE1 SATURDAY
WILL U1SCV8S WOKK AND POL1
ciks or ^oiIsty hchools
TltlS '.YEA 11.
MEET AT 10:30
vloonllght School*, County Com
mcnct-mwrt, iCompul?H>r> Atten
dance Law and Other Subject* 10
lie Brought Vf. j
The first monthly meeting of
teachers and committeemen will be
held in the Graded School building
in Washington on Saturday. Nov. 6.
at 10:30 o'clock. It 1b the plan of
the county school authorities to
have only two of these meetings In
i Washington this yrar. All the other
meetings will be hfcld in the various
| townships each month at convenient
'places. The main object of this
first meeting is to get the teachers
and committeemen acquainted with
one another and familiar with tho
school policies of the county for the
ensuing school year. All teachers
required to attend and it is hop
ed that a large number of commu
te emen and others will be present
also.
Among the topics to be discussed
are. County Commencement, opera
tion of the new Compulsory Attend
ance I. aw, Moonlight School work,
Teachers' Reading Course for the
y ar, how best to encourage cooper
ation among the patrons, commit
teemen and teachers, upecial tax
campaigns. Girls' Canning Club
work. There are several discuss:ona
that will be exceedingly Interesting,
among these might be menuuned a
discussion by Editor Ooerch on the
relation of the county papete to the
rural schools, Mrs. discus
sion of th ? Canning Club work, and
the County High School and its re
Lation to the school system by W. A
T'.iompson.
1 feel that this meeting la going
lo be a sort of "Get-together" meet
ing for the educational forces of
th couniy, aud every one who at
tends wl!l Icarr. somethlug that wlll|
be of persona". Interest to him.
Respectfully yours,
W. G. PR1VETTE,
County Supt.
Ifi HOIEL BLDG.
Raid Mwlr Yesterday on J. A,
Hughra. l,lquor Wan ConrMled
In a Holt* in till' Floor.
The police yeaterday vlalted J. A.
Hughes, at the old Nicholson hotel
They wer*> after liquor and although
Mr. Hughe* endeavored to per^uad'
them that they were on the wrong
track, they persisted in the search.
Their search wan futile until Of
ficer Hardison happened to spot a
small rug on the floor. With ateath
ly thread he advanced upon the rug
lie picked un one corner, and no
ticed where a small hole had been
idrl'iled Into the floor. 8tlcklng one
I finger through this opening, ho pull
, ed. and a board loosened itself from
Its neighbors. The officer then;
stretch'd bis hand Into the aperture
and drew forth one black bottle.
With a suiil^ of satisfaction, hp re
peated the operation and drew forth
anr>tli??r lisark bottle. He kept up
this operation until h*"> had drawn
forth twelve quarts.
Mr. Hughes' trial will probably be
he'd within a day or two.
INJURED WHILE
While nt work unloading 1?>K?.
Delmar Tl'lott. won of Mr. and Mr*, f
Opo II Rlllott, of Ka*t Main atreat.j
wa* ?#rloualy injured jrMt*rday af I
ternooo and rpndwrad unconscious
I for four hour*. Ha was brought
homa and til* condition today la!
greatly Improved. It la brllartd
[that nona of hla Injuria! will ba of
a laitlng yr ptfmampt patyr<\
IN NEW SUFFRAGE HAT
Miss Alberta Hill, a prominent mil-;
frage worker of New York, wearing ,
tho new hat designed for the "vot??9 '
for women" advocates. It is of felt,
trimmed with a band of suffrage col
ors.
I.
May Sell ilorso urn] Tnirk and I'ur
Auto. Other Muttcm Were '
lirought l |> l.iiMt MkIii.
At the meeting of the Beard yf I
AId?roi?:n last n'.KSit. plans for im
proving the Are department were
liacusaed. The advisability of ne'.'.-j
tug the horBe and htw wagon ar. 1
,.>urcha.",.n(r a motor-driven apparau.n
waa dlrcus=ed at )eugth, but no ac
?Jon was taken in t'/e matter. The
board a!*o dis: J?.?el the matt r of
having a spcria] roam arranged for
'.ho flr-men. with variout game*,
where they could spcud the even
In^.
Mayor Kuglrr having resign d
from iti?* school board. the alderman
elected T. Harvey Myers to fill his
place
The ?el'lng of oymers without a
Uocrhv was broughgt up before tho
board li was moved and carried
that all those who are not paying a
tax for this prlvl1eic<* at the prosem
thne, ho made to pay live dollnrs. |
It was also derided that th'* board
rrfu** to Rrant permission for tiler
?h1? of any more fire craekfrn aft? r
the m^rrhanTs have disposed of their
pres nt *toc*
m BICYCLE
Arrldtnt Offum-d VHPr?l*j' \ft#
n?*?n M !!??? Corner of Main
hid) Market StrM*.
An arcld*?nt. whirl) dr w a larjro'
rrcwd otclfod spectators to tho
&cen?, oomrred ynst^rriiiy afternoon
whctn an automnhilo. ?lriv?n l.v Mr.?.
f!lyd?* Paul, collided wJlh Kobrrt
Jackson. who wa? rl'line on a bicy
cle. C'onlllr''.nf? r"p'ir?R arp given an
to the exact rn'ivo of thA accident,
hut ey<? w|in??r:se* claim thai Mrs.
Paul wa* not t-i lilnni? ami that
Jackson shot in front of her on his
wheel. One of |hn whwU of the
rar ran over the young man before
Mr*. P*ul ronlrl brln* the rar to a
stop Hi* was painfully Injured ami
was takm into the nflir* of I ?r
Brovrn. wh*?r' he was treated lflo
wrist wan hrokpn and ho h Inn sus
tained a number of bad briilae*. No
'nternal Injuries were sustained. pf
wording to report* from the honpjtal
tht? morning
IIPORTANT IIUERS 1
TAKEN IP III HE IEEIIK
OF CHITT CIlllSSIOfiERS
^ ? '
Regist-:^ appointed for Bond Elec
S* .on to be Held January 4.
APPOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Will Act In Conjunction With the Board to Supervise
Expenditure of Bond issue on Roads In Township
The ordering of an election In
Washington township on January 4.1
for the purpose of Issuing $50,000
road bonds, was the mowt important
bunln s9 taken up yesterday a: the'
regular monthly meeting of the'
board of county commissioners The!
following persons wore appointed '
registrars and judges of election 'n
heir reaper live precincts
Registrars ? 1st Ward. VS" K
Jacobson; 2nd Ward. T. W. Phillips;
3rd Ward, W W. I*eggett; 4 th War J
H. H. Davis; Tranters Creek. I. P.j
Hodges; Old Ford. Hen Hisbop 1
Ipinevklle, Jae H. Corey.
Judges of election ? to be appoint- 1
ed by the county board of election |
Registration books win be opened
troni December 3rd to December
25th
It was ord<rrd Tnat C C. Cocper.
keeper of the Washington bridge J
be allowed to place a suMtltut-*'
keeper at sa d bridge until the u?-\'
meeting of th' Hoard. the ^a: i
Cooper's bond to be held responsible ?
for the act? of said substitute. 1: (
wan n'.po ordered chat the clerk of!
the board advertise for a ko- per of!
the Washington Lrldge. the bids fo
be opened the flrst Monday In Do- ,
cumber. If there is a satisfactory
bid, the board w i '. 1 r lleve Mr. Coop
or. :he prtMT.i .Ke?*ppr
The f u> I : : v\ ; : . it r.v.w'.ui'on WU' pft?s
ji-d: H'-i-jIii'U that It is tin* i?enso
j<>! I Si's lii?ard *ha; in t!;e ? v?*nt th#
!??:? < f .-r L<ot:d ;i?su?? for roads :n
\Vu.<n:rif!:uii :i>w;.sh!p shall carry,
. W'lJ n : i ! ,::i;<ru\ enjt'U'.ji pro
n!iI iL f..r 41 !'-?.! t:j the diabur^faifiit
of i5:?- sa.d h<i:id* a rion- par* :san od.
vlt?orv conxrutiv, fror.i th?- o?n
?!:ip. OUts.df i>f t.:?. iM'.y. t) appoint-.
t>d to co-op?Ta> with T'.'upcct to all
:n a tiers per:a.!.ii;p ih?-reto
Tin* foauw .:.^ r.nrn?d persona
drawn : ? as :urorh at ih?
No wrjiber terir. c.' ipvr'.or court of
l"<".?ufori con ::!y, whirls <*o:i\?*noH
\i. ,vriIiit 2J:id K lward J Marsh.
r ? W 1: Ox. I? H WIN
k ,:iso: J ?; Mr.; C M. Urowu.
'r . <\ ? ?. .\ifr?-d M Kwio !.
it it a : i; :? .u . j k ror*v.
K 1. Am:.. \[ lut.'ltff. W
M Lie 11. A : v.* V Utl?*?.
tii'O \ 1 -Ciun ?? > W.
A .. :: W T!
J: Ft:.:.- r tl r. J T
J : I u r ? i. l. v. i. tjofln W J S.
W T ii: * . II 1- I'. * er. T
i: '*u:3or. >U>*r Wal'.uc^. M V.
Ptj'pin. W O F Mason, l?-aar T.
Clark, Sr . !?* I. Merrill. E J Co'.oy,
r<"ontinurd on pap# four)
BOARD OF EDUCATION
HOLD REGULAR MEETING
j School Conditions In Various Uarts of County Discussed
Changes Made in Districts.
The regular monthly meeting i>f
the county board of education was
iie'd yesterday afternoon aud several
important matters were brought up
A misunderstanding between pa
trons and committees of i!ic*.r. ?
Nos. 1 anil 8, Bat;l township. rati ;
up fr>r adjustment 5'atr< :
I district No H ti-our.:- that .wir '
chiJdren wrr ? : led ,r> a >nd <
school in Dj -rict No 1. wi-.'ch
No. 8 fo ..ierl> i p : . and In
Fistrd th.it lh- had a ri^lii to do
so The i!. airman for the H^ard
i-xp'alapd that tli y were only al
lowed this prTvilego until the 1910
session wn?? finished. Th* Hoard re- 1
quested the committee of No. H to
finish th*lr school house an soon as
possible and start Bchool therein. I
An offset of $70 was made lia'h
No. H for work and lumber contrib
uted by ih? district towards th??
erection of th* new schooj house. A
previous offset of had already
jtce-.i mad'*
WAYOMECI.UB
MET LAST NIGHT!
| Organization ??f Hoard i?f IMrcftem'
Completed. Will Mti-t Agntn
Next TucMlsy,
Tho Wayom? Club held a wp||
?M?nd<v] m MilnK In night. Tb?
pr? ai ?lon i hflnK abn??nt. the rbair
whh fll>d by th?* vie* pr*??ld?*n?. Ifu
Iit t EIIIr It oil rail and ml-Mit*,t'
A-nro road by th^ Porrnlarv William
Kin*
In view of lh? ab?<<iiro :>f tl>? var'
>r v??ry 1 1 1 1 ; o )? it : n
ivir traniar-t?d Orcanlxfttion of
tho board of dlr??lor*. rompopod of
111' must prominent m*n of
Mb? <*||y. writs rpportfd The naxl.
mpnlini; will l>n li^'il Novrmbor 9th
f
MASONIC MKKTIN<;.
H^edlar m^'tlne of Orr l.od*<? No.
H'4. A F & A M . (bin fvonin* a'
7 3f> oVlork All Manttr Masons
' fttrrn^lly invl^ei)
W. ft fjlnnlaton. Maftirr
O M Wlnfl#)4, Sfty
Th*- privtl'ir" tf v ? it i Kit
?f*!vr?s In as pari fir t :4 <-? .own
rnid"cl wh<. >: il.f.Tlrr, upo:: consent
..?? I'lnflown rummittt'e. was r:v
? V W F HaMiunn H:id
l< liny.j . n: ;.i r?-|j.{? ciif'ir eliil
:: ..?:???! :.m- vt-hitoi n I?l?r
7. .;.c at- ?wwtiMnp
" h?- ? .1 : . 1 r- a < f I"n%u3 H-.vrl w?r?
; frniji l?isfrict N.i T to
t istnr: Nr. t> r.:i n r-r-i?n ft ? 'if tJif
rrowd'-il . :i i>f t li ?? No. 7
?Ph>?l
fvr?Hssi iiatr -n- .>f l-:fr ? No. 2,
WH'hir.p in :-?wri-h!p ;n :!;?* poni
|miin:ty r Mr. W- Willlairi:-. wi?rt*
I nl'.T.v- f| n iij'j.r'.ji-.wti'in wl'.h
whi< !i '.a i nnl'i- ' ft niis*;?>:; H'hr?ol.
T.'im j>f?rr? i:s '-n : li Mr? n)?- norili
? nrl of Mats]'* I' . ill w?t?- allows]
fur r : i *? piirpofs'*
f T All?*n wa< appointed srhnol
t f?:j: jR|-trrriia:i !r I >is* No, 1,
f? Ma a.), A <;
< Cr?n* hni?-l 'mi papi? fcnir ?
j TODAY'S COTTON
QUOTATIONS
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