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WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS
' WlATIlt<-Ou?nnj fair tacit bt.
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^ifcSrNCTON N c. TUESDAY \TTER wqoNi
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)N N O TUESDAY AFTER NQON NOVEMHe* 2J, r?i5 Na lj0
DEEP WELl
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KBfl. JOHN WHITFIELD TOOK
HB OWK LIFB NEAR
ROBERSONVHiLB. I
CAUSE UNKNOWN!
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Wm Apparently la the B?m of
Spirit*. Body Found Two Honrs
After Act Wm Committed. Lmtc?|
Uosband and Poor Children.
(By Eastern Press)
Greenville, Not. S3. ? Mrs. John
Whitfield. agrd 35, who. Htm near
Robersonvllle, committed suicide
here some tlmf yesterday morning
by Jumping down a well and drown
ing. Whlie of considerable depth,
the well Is only two feet In diam
eter. The body was found abont
two hours after It Is supposed she
took her life. No reason has been
given for her act.
Mrs. Whitfield attended church
Sunday and appeared to be in the
hest of spirits. Monday morning she
attended to her domestic duties as
usual, got ths children off to school
and went on about her housework.
Later she disappeared. Her hus
band, becoming alarmed made a
search for her and found the body. .
She is survived by her husband |
and four young children.
I~REPLY TO WOOLARD
J. D. Swain Answers Htatcmrarjt |
Made by U. B. Woo lard Regard
ing the Rural Schools.
' ~ , I _ ^ ,
Mr. Editor:
Will you please allow xue space in]
your paper to reply to Mr. H. B.
Wooiard's article of the 19th? Wo J
deny his statement and demand ofj
him to giro us the name of one sin
gle child or family whom we ha've
taken In our tax district that belongs
to the Fork school. I thought the
prophets and the law-giver paBsed
away over 1900 years ago, but it
seems as if there has sprung up an
cth r '.aw-giver in the person of 11..
B. Woolard to lead his district a-|
cross the Red Sea. 1 have been
thinking for some time that there]
was a law-giver or a law-break'T <
near his plsce. By the way, our
revenue officers have been visiting
and hauling a still out of the bushes
In the hollow of their hands. They
seem to bosst of their boundarlos
lines. That is something new to
me. I never knsw there was any
such boundaries to tho rural district
schools before. 1 always thought the
Board of Education ruled the
schools and assigned the children to
whatever school would be to the
best sdvantage, not to work hard
ship on the children. But ss Mr.
Woolard seems to know more sbont
the law and what should be law,
maybe he can give us the book and
page where we can find It.
Mr. Woolard goea so far as to say
he would not "wonder if It don't
lead to something bad." This threat
will be k<*pt for future reference for|
two years snd If anything bad hap
pens, Mr. Woolard will be brought
to give account for it. He goes so
far as to slur our Superintendent
because he discharged bis duty.
Now, Mr. Woolard, come right
down to the truth and tell th^ peo
pie you tried to have a tax district
within "hollering distance" of the
Hawkins school house and because
we got ahead of you and jou were
defeated that your only chance to
make good of ths "whole hog"* you
spoke of is to stir up malice and
envy to try to defeat our election
so you can walk to and destroy our
school. Ton ask us to meet yon
before tho Board on the first Mon
day. Ton may feel sure we will be
there. t J. t>. 8WAIN.
SAYS BAKER.
We have In stock at present 14
new up to date Kodaks. Will make
excellent Christmas presents.
BAKER'S STUDIO.
FOR ANOTHER WINTER CAMPAIGN
Dunns tfte coid weather the new sleeping bajs ot sbeepsiln will be ;
gTeat boon to tho soldiers of the silled troops. The lower photograph aho*
one of the men comfortably Incased. The upper photograph nhows how th
bsgs are examined and folded before sbtpmeut. Uricuui calls for more sn
more of such bags ere made In England.
EVERYONE URGED TO ATTEND
"GOOD! ROADS" MEETING
Washington Township Good Roads Association to
Hold Important Session Tonight.
(Contributed) i
| Let everyone who Is interested iQ<
sood roads attend the meeting of
the Qood Roads Association to be
held at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms at eight o'clock tonight. Let
us wake up in Washington, Wash
ington township and Beaufort coun
ty, work in harmony and co-opera
tion of spirit and effort, and in this
way obtain for ourselves the place
to which we are rightfully entitled
in the State and the nation. Other
^communities abound us are going a
head by 1 e a p s a *b ouu8 s", VhTT6~ ttfo,1
with resource# vastly superior to
tholrs, are doing practically nothing.
We need progress because pro
gress means health, wea'th, pros
perity and happiness. All of our
cltlzenB (and they are as good as
any In the world), whether they fa
vor the propped measure for good
roads or not, will agree that the first
step toawrds progress in a commun
ity la a system of good, well kept
highways. Unl'Bs we have these our|
social, inte'lectual and commercial
exchange will always be retarded,
and instead of going forward, we
will necessarily have to go back
wards. i^et every man thun, who
PRINCESS HERE
In Direct Descendant of Queen Cleo
patra. Made Address to
I .adieu Lawt Night. I
Washington la entertaining a real
princess today in the person of Miss
Qeorglna Fres of Egypt. Mis? Fres
is a direct descendant of Queen
Cleopatra and la In this country for
the purpose of completing her edu
cation. She was converted from
Mohamedlsm to Christianity about
eight years ago through the work of
the Presbyterian missionary flelil.
She is at present a student of Col
umbia University and is now trav
jellng among the churches of this
section of the cojintry.
I Sunday afternoon. Miss Fres made
a highly Interesting talk at the
Presbyterian Sunday School and
also made an address at the Paynr
Memorial church that night. Last
night she addressed the members of
the Ladles Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian church and also a large
number of the ladles of the church
congregation, tit the homo of Mls:
I Dettle Harvey. She will be In
[Washington for a few days.
TURKISH TRANSPORT SUNK.
ALL ON BOARD DROWN KI)
London. ?o< 28. ? Sinking of a
Turkish transport which was carry
ing 600 soldiers aoross the sea of
Marmora la reported In a tneaaag<
from Zurich, forwarded from Am
star dam by the Central News. Th<
> message says the transport struck ?
mine and that nearly all on boar
*ere drOwned.
lias th : good of his community at
heart attend this meeting tonight,
and if wo aro agreed that the roadi
n Beaufort county and Washington
township need Improvement, and
uere is anything wrong with the
n'asure tow in force for getting
his much needed improvement, lots
ret together and remedy the situa
ion. If It 19 only a question ol
method in obtaining this improve
ment, and there 1st any Inherent de
cct in the system about to be.lnau
jurated known to any cltlCen, ther
TTSTlrB dirty- of e*?ry rlffcuhlnking
nan to attend this meeting tonight,
express his views, and lend his as
..stance towards the working out ol
a plan that will be mutually accep
able and satisfactory to all, or r.
arge majority of voters, and no
stay at home and cuss those who art
.rying to do something for the good
of the community.
Let every one como out tonight
and if you are not a member of thr
flood Roads Association, then ge
your name on the roll, bury faction
alism and prejudlco, and let's al
pu'.l together (or the good of Wash
mg:on, Washington township ao<
Beaufort county.
HONOR ROLL AT
SINGLETON SCH001
Friday Closed First Month of Schoo'
Work. Bo* Party for Thanks
giving Night.
Friday closed the first month o'
school at the Singleton school. Th
' honor roll for the month is as fol j
Iowa:
First gradp ? Olah Mar? Woo! aril
Eula Bill#. Louverna Jackson. Ear
Cheseon.
Second grade ? Essie Wi1!ard
Johnnie Ball, Ossle Grey Jackson.
Th'.rd jtrnd? ? Jessie Chesson, and
Charlie Woolard.
Fifth grade ? Lillian Willard and
Leona Woolard.
Sixth grade ?Ira Willard and
Harvey Singleton.
A box party wl'l be riven Thanks
giving' night for tho benefit of the
school.
"On Time Deliveries" ? The Ideal
HAYS ItAKRR.
If you can't go to see that friend
it yours this Christmas, send their
?our photo. It will be almost like
a personal visit.
BAKER'S STUDIO.
Patronise The Ideal Pressing Glut
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Yeate*. oi
Vorfolk, Va., who have been vlsltlni
heir brother, A. B. Yeatee, on East
raln street, returned home yeet^r
LOCAL OFFICII
WOMAN WHO[
HIM IN MAKING
This morning, while urn
a half-erased oolored
? Officer Njre, of the local police *|
? force, brought his club Int^
? and bent tho woman ovr
head to inch an extent
inflicted cute which drew
The woman. It Is stated,
a stubborn resistance to
fleer*' attempt to arreet h>
proved more than a mai
him and one or two oth<
sen* who were, on the
also scratched Mr, Nye
the face, nsed profane
and ie said to have
prominent white lady
city.
Those are the faete as
them quoted to ne from
ble sources this morning
? we have every reason for
lng them to be true. In;
' of the women's resistance
1 actions, there as absolu
' excuse for tho officer usil
? club. She did not kno^Jpha!
' she wu doing and waa not re- *
sponsible for her deeds, ?hat ?
she Is colored makes no dlfer- ?
' ence; she Is a woman and np of- ?
1 fleer or any otb?"r man, unless ?
. he defends himself against ser- *
"? lous injury ot death, should ?
' take the responsibility upon *
? himself to use physical force a- ?
? gainst her. ?
' Officer Nye has proven ?lm- ?
' If to be a capable officer on ?
- the local force, but we do not *
? believe that the cltltens of ?
Washington will countenance *
4 any further actions on his part ?
' of the nature of those h? com- ?
? raltted this morning. ?
OPPOSED TO 1 ,
BOND IS$UE
'eaufort County Farme* QifN Hi.* |
Reasons for Not Supp^ttse the
Proposed Ooo& Roadk feUe.
Editor Daily News:
Will you allow mo apace in yoarj
aper to ray a few words on m> |
leas of the Beaufort county farm
rs voting the fifty thousand dollar |
ond iaaue for better roads?
1 dont soe why the farmera of I
'?eaufort county want to vote for
omethlng to put more taxes on
hom as there Is already enough
irced on them without voting for
nore. By the time that a poor
irmer pay? his fertilizer bill and
rocery bills and taxes he has not
nough left to buy winter clothes
or himself and his family. I don't
lame the clly man for wanting bet
or roads. It will add more to their
kasuro in riding seven days to the
eek with his wife In an automo
I'.e. They won't get Jolted so bad
n a smooth level road and of coursc
. little more taxes added on his list
on't hurt him aft he Is going to
ave his anyhow whether the farm
r and hip family get anything or
ot. Now the Idea of a country
armer voting to pay more taxes to
mprove the county roads Is rldlcu
ius as they are alright for him to
aul what little produce he can raise
o town and th y certainly are good
nough to haul a'l what ho la able
o bring back from town.
If every other man was of my
jplnlon taxes for keeping up the
onnty roads are as high now as
hey ever will be. What wo men
vnnt to do. Instead of voting for
nore taxes to make better roads that
?ro good enough for us la to go down
nd take our spare money and make
?ore and better Improvements for
he b noflt and pleasure of our dear
neR at home -the ones that help us
o till the soil, to make our bread,
o pay our tayes, and tho onea wej
olemnly promised to provide for.|
f we go down and mako dry walks
Ground our yard to keep our wives
.'rom plowing through tho mud while
jhe In doing her work we will be
Joing a far greater work.
I think that OOd would reward us
more for this than if we voted to
jay more, tax's for better roads.
Then. If we should have a little
noney left, give It to help Improve
he roads after we have our homes
mproved. A FARMER.
THE IDEAL presses right
GERMANY STILL ADDING TO HER FLEET
Although the UermBi nany huA>evn bottled up bf-&?fle>-? Ulftini
(hat fact does not prevent- her from toil strict ing other worships. The upn
photograph shows, tho launching* qi t ho* latest Qertnan crulecr. with the m
fn-^l'X68101 ,?k '"if d?Wn th6 w*sjT^ lo?er rtj>*oeraph shows th* launch
' g P^gyjpwlth Pr?u von Hln<J??frg. ?lf?.\?rF1?ld Marshal von Hiuden
PH.rgJfe-.the launching bridge.""jL- ?>.
SCORE A SUCCESS
"Submarine Girls" Make IMg Bit *i
Now Theatre. One of the Ucai,
Shows Here Thb. Son son.
Tho "Sub'marltiQ Girls," who are
appearing at the New Theatre all
tills week plr-ased a large audience
last night with their first pcrform
mce. The company Is an exception
ally good one. and the voices are a*
good as many a high priced 'how
hat has been here. The cosiutnes
ire new and attractive. The comedy
?nd is well supported by Prank King '
ind Jess Myers. The Paramount:
?vour ia one of the best quartets that;
>as ever been hrre. The WalBomj
Ulsters did some of the best singing
bat any slstor team has ever put
>ver In thSa town. Mersereau, Le
;'.air> & Morsereau, "700 Pounds
if Harmony," did their part in tuak
?g u success of last night's perform
mco. Wallace and Van. the re lined
nlerialners, were not behind the
.?est In pleasing e very one. A nil last
Jut rot leas?:, Lo;u? l.e Claire and
her beauty chorus wa a the best clior
as that has ever bceu in Washing
on with a popular prired attraction.
Take the whole attraction through
jut, and i; ran be said that every
one went awuy la?t night well pleas
ed, with the Intention of going back
yvery night possible.
Thcro wlil brt a complete change
it bill every night. On Thursday
?.hero will be a special Thanksgiving
natinee. with a special holiday bill
or the offering. |
The pictures at this house are still |
jp to that high quality that th'yj
have been presenting for tuind tiuiej
>ast.
16 MEMBERS AT THE
MOONLIGHT SCHOOL
Night School Work nt Plnevllle I*
Highly Succosnful. Three Mrm
bm A(]<l?'<l l?ast Night.
The session of the moonlight
tchool at Pin- vllle, held last night,
was hlgh'y successful. Threo nc#
members were addod to the roll,
making a to'.al of sixteen In all.
Great Interest Is being shown in
the work Mies Spain I* Instructing
thr members of the c)*** In th? rud
iments of education nrd her pupils
are making fast proves*. si Is ex
pected that others will Join the
school.
MRS. VKRRKI.L DIED.
Mrs. R. H. Verrwll panned away
at her home ot Second street last
night, after a short put painful 1
nrss. She Is survived by her hus*
band and a 11 -months old baby.
Mr. Verrell, although he has been
a resident of Washington for a com
paratively short time, has made
many frlond* here and the sincere
and heartf< It sympathy of these i
extended to him In his bereave
ment.
TO GIVE PLAY
Cornelian Club Has Arranged Inter* j
eating Program of Entertain- I
meat fur Tomorrow Night. '
"An Open Secret." a comedy in
[wo acts, will b? given by the trou
sers of the Cornelian Club of the
Washington High School tomorrow
ight u; th?? school auditorium, be
ginning at 8 : 3u o'clock. The play
has a plot that 1? both Interesting
.-.ml amuelng and furnished many
h ug L^blu situations. An admission
price of twenty-five cents will he'
charged. The following program
will be rendered:
r. A Comedy In two acta, "An
Open Secret."
Cant of Characters.
Madge Apthorpe. a college girl.
Laurie Branch.
Jean, her confidant- . Eleanor Berry.
Mrs. Apthorpe. her mother,
< Dora Bonner.
Grace Apthorpe. her slater, age ten,
Adell* O Brieu
Classmates of Madge ?
Ed.th . . ... .Dorothy Bro\v,\
Eliuor . . .L nora lilounv
Carrie . Klalp Kelly.
May Gladys Alligood
Kate . Recta Warren
Agatha Meade, a girl not In the
secret Blanche Bob*
| II. Scarf Fantastlcs.
j Kathleen Latham, Etb.-l M.on.j
Gladys Alligood. V :>renc Ha r .1:-. J
| Dorrl# Jones, ! alia Liitham. The. ia
, Mayo. TL Ima egg' ? Allc Whho.
W 1 VT : 'RESIDENT'S IIP.
I Washington. Nov 23, Opposing
forces on the woman's suffrage ques
tion will seek the support of Pr si
dent Wllron during the first two
weeks of December. An engagempM
wan mad" today for Mrs. Arthur M.
Dodge, of New York. pre?'.d lit
the National Association opposed rr?
woman suffrage, and a delegation t">
*ee thn President December 14 Ar
rangrm nts already had been read1
for 300 sufTragi*!* to call a* tti?
White House December 3
HfG om;\'8!VK MOVEMENT
BE .INS AT IMItlMNF.I.I.Ef
I Rotterdam, Nr?v. 23 The f'ologn*'
Gazette reports that a gr?>at offen
s|ve movetmnt has bo?n Initiated nt
''ho Dardanelles by the a'.lle*
I S|>< ? ln| MtiKonlr Meeting.
^ Orr I.ndg? No. 104 A. F ft A. M
| will have a special social m?etln*
Jnnd smok r tonight All Mn?ons
fraternally Invited
W. B SINGLETON. Mm fer.
HAVs ll \ KF.lt
If th?r? Is no one that wans your
' photograpli as a ClirUtma* p:aent.
> you ran be counted as frlendl**** and
are to be pitied
BAKER'S STUDIO
I
VICTORY
IILGARIANH AKK S.\1II TO HAVE
8USTAIXKD ENORMOUS
LOSSES.
HI<R WAR NEWS
Wlill I'uiIixridisJ in Hrr
CjcrtimtiH <"ulni Victory
|um1uiik. Lit do Activity In
3. - The repcrt that
have won an Important
Bulgarians near
.Mkovats^B^; '*>? N'lsh-Salonlki
iailrcad. t wer ty-fHv miles south or
>!!?h, !s corroborat <1 in a despatch
"eJel vi d ? 0'!ay f-ota the Serbian
?sinister at A: hi us. The message
ays that af'i-r a battle of several
lays jo which the D.ilgarlnns sus
alued enormous lo?s a, the rem
.n: '.a of t:u*Jr army P.?'d in disorder
the casu-ru bunk of the Morava
river.
Grocce Foam Germany.
I.TtJon, Nov. 23 ? The British
! ? vtrnm nt h:.1* not yet Intimated
*. i ? a : Grrtcc ims com pled with the
1> ma: d? of th-"4 alll*. .?>. Greece !b
described n-? prey or conflicting emo
'Ions ? fear of (J rn.any, whose rail
tnry *ucco*s?>* hav<? brought the
Balkan w. r the-vro nearer, and he
:autral ??:;]. r.thf for the cause of
!;c a!l.? -. t!itta:!tig opposite paths
:tt of hi r pre.s n* difficult neutral
ty. Sc::io Greolc newspapers regard
he blockade of Greeco a? a vlola
of inurnatiora! law. it has
?lUfced a profound impression, upon
hVu immediate action is predicted.
lillSsinnK Driven linck.
Hvr in. Nov. 23. ? Little activity on
.I'ner the Russian front or that in
franco and Belgium is reported by
r.t-rman army headquarters in to
lay's official statement, it is an
.ounred that th ? Russians were
! river, bai when they made an ad
. aiu* u'.?r l'.!oul:.-t in the Dvlnak
vision.
Ifnli. in* Ailxuruv.
Hju.o. Nov 2:! ? Italia:s troop*
.nvt! an important advance nn
he ihrmza front, especially on th"
iclRhts nor:hwfj?t or Oorlzla. ac
cording :<? an official atn:- rrnt la
lied yeMcrdny a: the ! .uartera
?f the general rtafT. Tuo ground
?*ain il ivao ti a.nol i: ;< claimed,
bjiite of v.gorju* .Au trlan cou;.
.? attacks.
1 i:\ii FCJOTIJ \ l.l. a vmk
HF.HF. Til INKSCilVINCi
ArrarK^mmt.t arp under way for
? bip foottal] g?mr at Fleming Park
Thanksgiving afternoon at throe o'
clock. Thi* r.ronilse* to b^ one of
?h" to-- r:i r jj r- - n? the ?pnson And 5t
i* hoped that a lirco number of
? r? ?i:' bo on Ji.md to wit
ness t
| T Si :i : -rfiviru- Pressing The Ideal
TODAY'S COTTON
QUOTATION J
U- t- lie
cotton M fifl
C oti.m * .1 -SSR.Oft.
All Ladies Coats , Coat Suits & Dresses at Cost , Prices $ 7.50 to $1 8.50
Terms of Sale Cash. - ? ' - - 1%WI$ V CALAIS, w,aUT~ "?