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COMMITTEE IS URGING OWNER*
OF MACHINES TO GIVE CSK
Or THEIR CARS.
sendTetters.
Oommnnlc?tlon? Have Ben Sent U
Vartoos Ante mobile Owner, h
Township I leq nesting tho Cm o.
Their Cars for Frldaj.
Preparatory to making final ar
rangemcnta for h complete succor
of the Automobile excursion to bt
bold on oefl FrMsy. December 8rd
under the caro and direction of the
Washington Township Good Road
Association, for the benefit primer
lly of the country people, the fol
lo win* letter u being mailed out to
day to automobile owners in th*
city:
Washington, N. C.. Not. 14, 1116.
? Dear sir:
At a meeting of the Wsshlngton
Township Good Roads Association
last night. It wai decided to hare ao
automobile excursion from Wash
ington Township to some soluble
point In Pitt or Edgecombe on Fri
day, December 3rd.
You ^wlU perhaps rccall that thl?
excursion was 'originally planned
for Sunday, Nov. 18th, but npon re
\ flection, the Association has decided
\hat It ould not be well to undertake
trip on 8nnday; and 'Friday.
December trd, hss been agreed on at
si Batter time.
A^ one Interested in good roadt
and trip development and progress of
Washington Township, wo write to
aak if tou will furnish your . auto
mobile to be used on that date for
this purpose.
It will le necessary thayeach au
tomobile owner provide A simple
lunch for the occupants of his ear
and that the cars si! assemble In
front of thi> building occupied by
the Chamber of Commeroe at 9 o'
clock on Friday morning, Decem
ber trd. \
, For yohr convenience in replying,
we cnclose self-addressed postal
cards. Please fill this out, and sign
and mail same AT ONCE, so thst
we may know exsctly how many cars
*e are likely to have, and conse
quently how" many folks we csn
take.
Very truly yours,
EDWARD L. STEWART,
/ ? ' Secretary.
Enclosed instils letter Is a postal
card reading as follows: .
Dear sir:
We wilt be glsd to furnish
automobiles on Friday, December 8,
to be used on the Oood Roads Ex
cursion. We w!!l havo cars at the
stated time and place, provided with
simple lunch for occupants.
Very truly,
It Is earnestly desired that these!
postals be signed and mailed at once1
to die end that the Association may
know just how many people can be
takeh 6are of on this excursion. The
cards are already addressed, and It
will be fonnd to be very little trou
ble to All In the blanka and m^ll
them. In fact the effort haa b en
made to ao minimise the work of
writing and addressing them, that
they can be mailed almost aa soon
as the letters ars taken from the
postofflce.
It Is very gratifying to the Asso
ciation, and to all thoae interested
In good roads and the development
and progress of Washington, Wash
lngton township and Beanfoft coun
ty, to know that the country people
are responding liberally to the Invi
tation to go on this excursion over
the bad roads of Beanfort county to
thf good roads of eeine adjoining
oouotles for the purpose of msklng
aetual comparisons of extatltig con
ditions. It will not only do the
cause of fpod roads a vast amtftnt of
good for this excursion to be held.
^ but to take the day off next Friday,
and havs a general oUting and in
termingling *f town and oonntry
o?*., will do sort t?waril? ?llml
natln* prajudlca nnd raolint. and
aatabllafclnc that firm TaUtion o f
harmony and good will which absuld
pro parly axial batwaaa all mnmbari
' of a community, than anything ??
know of ^
80 l?t the (0*0 folto raaftond |i?
' erooi'.y with their antomobllaa. lap.
pi lad with lunob and <af? 4rl??r?;
lat th?<? car? ba at tb? Chamber 01
Commtrca Bulldini promptly at nln?
#'ol??li cm Friday aoraini. and i?
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&v>\ 2 ;? ?? JJg jg
GRAND JURY MAKES REPORT
AND OFFERS SUGGESTIONS
Inspected Conditions of Court Houae. County Home.
County Jail and the Convicts Camps. Advocate a
Number of Improvement*.
We the Grand Jdrymen appointed
o luspeet. the county Jell do here
with submit the following recom
mendations:
b That bucket* be placed to Ihe
aegro apartment for prisoners to
3plt In, the walla now being oovered
*lth tobacco Juice.
t. T^at the walla be whit washed
horoughly, and the floors cleaned
md washed.
8. ^ThUt the old fence be taker
lows from upend the Jail e? it is
iow rotten and serves no good pur
pose but can b^ used as a shield for
outsiders to work In to release their
jrfroaer friends.
4. That after the fence ia -token
lown electric lights be plac d arounJ
;ut aide of the Jail to keep it well
Uuminated to the paaslng public at
ill times of night as a mesna to pre
sent the escape of prUonerv.
We would suggest that thla above
I recommendation be acted upon at
once. And further we would rec
ommend that the Shrrlff'a office ]j_o
moved out of the Jail into the court
house so aa to give the Sheriff a
bettor office and makS more room
lor the prisoner* and tho Jailer.
Also we won'.d recommend that
an annex be bnllt to the Jall-doubl
hg the aize of the baek wing ao the
negro paleonefa' cells can be arras g
d differently that they may have
aore room poaalble end a corridor |
tflth double row of cells which could
be kept clean and sanitary.
Also recommend that the Jail
iewer now said to be choked up be
clraned out.
Very respectfully submitted,
E. L. ARCHBELL,
V Foreman.
REPORT OP COMM1TTKK.
1. Clerk's office is in good aanl
lery condition, also the vfcttlt ad-'
joining Clerk's office is in good con
dition with the exception of a hole
!n the wall whero the electric con
duit that enters the vault. This
should be plastered.
2. We Inspected the Register of
Deeds' offic? and record room at
tached and we recommend that some
shelving be provided for the county
records, as we noticed that some of
the books ere piled up on the boor
and on top of the old shelves in
vault. We alao notice that tho Reg
ister's* office was not In as sanitary
condition as it should be. Wo rec
ommend that a suitable wood box
be provid'd tor said room and coal
be kept off the floor. We also notice
that there were a number of tin
cans and lota of waste paper under
the shelvrs and against the walls
and under the table In the rooms.
ELKS Wlii HOLD
MEM'RL EXERCISES
Will Be Obeervcd Next Sunday. Mr.
Turner to Make the Memorial v
/- Address.
The local Elktr lodge wlll^Jjpld
their annual memorial services next
Sunday. An lntereatlng program,
consisting of addresses and good
music will be rendered.
Tho memorial addreae will be de
livered by Roacoe W? Turner of
Elisabeth City. ,
Negro Dies From His Wounds.
Rocky Mount, Nor. 29,? Allen
WIKlford, the negro 'who was shot
three times by James Bloxom on
Gold Leaf street thanksgiving dfed
yasterday afternoon In a local hos^
pltal whore he was taken following
tho call for medical atentlon. The
negro was struck three times out of
Are shots fired at hUn. Bloxom fired
the fatal s^ots 'following a disagree
ment over some whiskey.
Negro Hanged by Mob.
Henderson, K y., Nov. 19. ? Ellla
Buckner. a negro, charged with hav
ing attacked a young gin laet sight,
was taken from the county Jail here
today by a mob of about SO masked
men and hanged to a tree * short
distance bolow Henderson.
jibe country people aVali themselves
of this opportunity compare gooJ
roads with bad ronde, and spend
generally a pleesant day as the guoat
of the town people, end with abso
lutely no tost to them. The excur
?Ion Is to be fref \o all country
This should aii^ be cleaned up and
this room be kept In a sanitary con
dition.
room and found U in in unsanitary
ocdltion with lots of dirt and filth
ying about in corners of tha build
ng. The toilet was In very bad coa
lition and should be tleaned and
jf the rooms aad leavs it. We also
>otlce that the mala entrance of the
:omrt house is In tcry bad and un
anltary condition. Ws recommend
.hat It be cleaneiToht and kept clean
*nd suitable cuspidors be provided
or all the rooms that need them.
4. We also find the Grand Jurors
room Is la a bad and unsanitary
.ocdltion. We recommend a thor
ough cleaning and that said room
lie kept clean.
ItEPORT ON INSPECTION OF
COUNTY BOMS.
Inspection made November 26th,
Hit. ( ?
General condition of white depart
ment fair. Found that there was
ono white woman said to be insane
who was conflfeed to her bed on ac
count jof not bc[!ng allowed Wire.
Some arrangements should bo made,
by which she can have flre. We were
told that she had to remain in bed
'.o keep warm. This condition should
be Riven' attention. The remainder
if the white department seemed to ]
be In fair condition.
Yard and premises in good con
dition.
Colored departments ftx bad con
dition. Found unsanitary conditions
In one room In which there was a
:olor*d man sick especially bad. The
3 dor bplng especially bad. Some
trrcngements should be made to im
prove the sanitary conditions of this
room. General conditions of the
:o!ored departments bad.
All inmates stated they fared well.
* REPORT ON CONVICT CAMP.
We have examined the camps and!
Bed them in good condition. Find1
ane slsk man In camps and qurstion
sd h'.m as to his treatment. HU
roply was that he was well treated
We alto talked with the convicts
>nd they all said they were well
:nated and got plenty to eat.
Sanitary conditions very good.
We recommend that the County
Physician be instructed to make at
I ast one visit to the camp^ once a
month whether called or not.
8. Next we examined the court
E. L. ARCHBELL,
Foreman.
EE. L. ARCHBELL.
Foreman.
ADIEU TO MR. StVAIN.
H. B. Woo lard Rep'lee to Articlt
Which Recently Appe'red In
tffh Dally News.
Editor Dally News,
Doer sir:
P ea?e allow a few words In
yotir paper to answer Mr. J. D.
Swain and also to bid him adieu.
I have made no threats nor given
Mr. Bwaln any slurs as he has me.
I simply wrote my views on the
matter and this I sm standing by.
I said their proposd boundary took
In part of Fork school district. This
you will not deny, will you Mr.
Swain? Then why will you beat
aroand the bush and try to make
the public believe that somebody
h he lied whefl they have notT Tou
ca'.l me a law-glvr. Turn to page
101 of Webster's. Look at the word
district] see If It means child or
family.
Ntfw. Mr. Swain, road my article
of the 19th over sgaln and see If
you art pot off the track; and when
you write sny more, don't use "he"
for "we," or "yon" for "Board,"
but stay to the subject under con
sideration.
You are wetcpme to keep these
articles of tnlno fifty years for fn
turn reference should you lite that
long, but excuse me, I must bid you
adteu
Respectfully,
H. B. WOOLARD
TODAY'S COTTON
QtJOTATl6N5
LINT? llHc.
SBSD COTTON-^ 4.60.
COTTON SEED ? 140.00.
ANCONA AND HER CHIEF OFFICERS
0? 't,lm,Ulp AncODt ?hlcl1 ??? In tb? Mediterranean by a submartffe flying the Aunr;>
zltzk EflSftESXEtj* th* rw,t c"< ?*? m?? ?? * ?r,n
AUTO PARTY
FROM OHIO
Hade Trip la Two Omm. Were on
Rood Since * Week Ago Lut
Thursday.
Az automobile party from Ohio
trrived In Washington yeatorday for
he purpoao of Inspecting the re
ources of Braufort county with a
flew of making thi? their home.
Two cara were used In making
he trip, which 1? aald to have been
i most pleasant one, the Voada being
n fairly good condition for prac
ically the entire diltance.
Tho personnel oHW party waa
&a follcrwa: Mr. and Mrs. William
Price and children, Mr. and Mrs. M.
J. Norton and children and C. ?.
Norton and John Barker.
GKAVES ASSAILS BOTH
BIIYAND AND KITCHIN
^ay# -Bryan is an Ambitious Candi
date for President; That Kitch
tn's District Has Repudiated
His Views.
Charlotte, Nov. 29. ? "I am sur
prised,'* said John Temple Graves,
director of the Navy league of the
United States, "that the public has
lot long ago come to appreciate the
actio* of William Jennings Bryan
n he position ho is taking on na
lonal defense.
"Most obviously, be is an ambl
ious candidate for nomination for
-he Presidency at the next election
and the question of national defense
's an Issue upon which he has hoped
.hat hr? migbt gain sufficient support
to make of It an Issue. In selecting
this subject, Mr. Bryan has used the
dea of building up the military
branches of the government, to such
an extent that It will bo unsafe that
we should be attacked, is today the
question of them all. over which the
American people are most enthusl^s
tlo.
"It has bren obvious since the
Baltimore convention that Mr. Bryan
has had his eye constantly upon the
possibility of again securing the
nomination of thSt highest post !n
the gift of the people. It waa Bryan
who fathered that plank of the Bal
timore platform which provides for
a single term In the White House.
When he did so, he had his eye on
a nomination at the succeeding con
v&tflbn.
"Tfiero are but two men occupy
ing positions that claim any consld^
erable public attention, who are
fighting preparedness ? Mr. Bryan
and Hepresentltlvs Claude Kltehln
of North Carolina. Mr. Kltehln hai
recently been repudiated In all parti
of his home district and stat4. It li
being shown that almost none of hli
constituents agree frith him In thl)
matter.
"If one has followed the caroer ot
Mr. Kltehln he has little difficult]
in determining the reasons for th<
position he takes. He has a wet
developed policy on ill Issues tha
srlse. That policy f? to Oppose Is
sues, which other meo and parties
lar'.y his own party espouse. Tbl
takes htm out of tie run of his fel
lows and get s him talked about. H
has taken this position of oppoetni
tho accepted views of his party li
practical \j til of t*s great Issues o
LARGE CONGREGATION
HEARS DR. lHANCHER
Made Interesting Address at the
Methodist Church Last Night.
Is an Exceptionally Ablo
Speaker.
A congregation of over 450 per
sons listened to an extremely Inter
esting address last night by Dr. J.
W. Hancher, of New York Ctty.
Dr. Ilancher took as his topic "The
Real Boy." 'His comparisons and
Illustrations were exceptionally good
and he brought out his ^olnls in a
clear and distinct manner. Ho show
ed how the boy came Into the world,
Vra?tlc?lly useless* from every point
of view. By training and education,
however, the boy yearly Increased
In value until In young manhood he
reached his zenith. The doctor used
as his comparl&on a piece of |fon
ore, practically useless. By refin
ing, this ore Is reduced to pig Iron,
and has a certain specific value.
Through another process, the pig
Iron is made llito material suitable
for crow bars, wagon tires and other
art'cles that receive hard usage.
Through still another process, it Is
cha iged Into metal that is used for
cutlery, and Its value ir still further
enhanced. Another process, and ft
Is made Into main springs for watch
es, and Its value is 200,000 times
that of the Iron In Its original state.
Still further refining and a metal Is
made that Is used for hair-springs
and Its value is two million times
that of Ihe original metal.
Dr. Hancher took the "real boy"
through his various stages of devel
opment, comparing each stage with
that of the iron.
His ta1k last d over an hour, but
h!? congregation was as Interested
and intent on Ills discourse at the
close as it was a t the opening of his
address. v
"ROMANCE OF ELAINE"
NEW THEATRE TONIGHT
The New Theatre will open for the
wek tonight with an exclusive pic
ture program. Tonight they will
offer the SUh epln?*1e of the "Ro
mance of Elaine," a'so four other
reels of good photoplays. For next
week this house will offer tholr
pr.trons two of the best musical
comedies that they have yet pre
sented. On Tuesday "September
Morn" In all her splendor will be
here, and then on Friday that great
mirth provoking comedy, "Me. Him
and I" will he feerc.
V?r?llct for 96,000.
Elizabeth City. Nov. 29. ? Virdict'
for $6,600 was awarded the plain
tiff In the caee of Rosooa W. Turner
vs. the Southern Gas Improvement
Company. _
BAKKR SAYS.
- Com* along y?* good people, have
your likeness taken every once and
a white. Have It for your wlfe'a
sake, for the children's sake, for
your frteada' lake, and If you ?r?
?ln;;!q have it fofr the aake of a cer
tain young lady ? I Will not mention
her name. Do It today. We can
pie., a you. We can detlve# th<
goc ti; | C 4 BAKBR'S STUDIO.
| the : aat. He dote to for ?4WtItl?|
!,ptir?0^i and get. the advent*!*;
REPRESENTING
INSURANCE CO.
Mr. Hackney Mm. Mecuifd Agcncj
for Well Known Company. Is
Located With C. Morgan
Williams od Main Street.
George Hackney, Jr., has accepted
the local agency of the^ Union Cen
tral Life Insurance Co., of Clncin
natl, O., his office being located with
C. Morgan Williams on Main street.
Mr. Hackncy is confident that he
will do considerable business for th'
flrtn be represents, which is stated
to be one of the moat reliaV'a in
life coulQy. * In order" to call the" at
tmtlon of his many friends in the
city to his work, Mr. Hackney Is
running a series of advertisements
in the Daily News, the first being
published .today.
MRS. CAROLINA WILLIAMS.
t>p tarboro. ends her lifk
Rocky Mount, Nov. 29. ? Leaving
her home in the early morning hour
Mrs. Carolina Williams, of Tarboro
wifn of Henry Williams, of tha
place, drowned herself in Hyatt'!
spring on Stoney Creek Saturda;
nornlng, according to lnformatlor
received hare. The deceased was BS
v ara old and had been known to
suffer from melancholia, while ra
.cently she had declared that sh
would take her life giving as her
reasons that her advanced year;
rendered her lucap ble of wor!:, and
since she was out ">f a position at
this time, and winter approaching
cho cought death to a life of suCTcr
ing and privation.
Tho woman lived on St. Jame
street in Tarboro while the scene o'
tho point of heT drowning was onij
a short distance away.
CAR CAUGHT FIRE
GaiM>Une Ignited bj Lamp Dtm*gi
Wm Slight.
M. "G. 8lngleton, while maklnf
<orae repairs to hit automobile las
night, met with an accident In whlo*
toe car caught flrr, doing a dlgb
amount of damage and also s'.lghtl.
burning Mr. Singleton's hand.
Mrs. Singleton was holding f
lamp to enable her husband to se'
what ho was about and In some wa;
the gasoline In the car caught lire
It wit extinguished before much
damage was done
UKKTINU EX-MEMBER8
OP HALCYON CLUB
The ex-member? of the Halcyon |
club ere requested to meet tomorrow
n'.gbt at eight o'clock In the oflflct
I of William Bragaw & Co. 8omf
special business It to be brought up
and It la hoped that every member
will make It a point to be preaent.
BPBC'IAI, MASONIC MKKTINO
I Orr I.odge No. 104 A. F. * A. M,
? Will hold * per i d 1 communication
Tueidar, Nov. 30th, it 7:30 p. m.,
. for work In Writ dofroo. All entor
' ed ?ppr#ntlc?, follow croft* u<
1 suitor moooni frotornolly Invito*.
W. ?. ?INOUBTON, Hutw. ,
US
HIB
JIM BTATON IS SENTENCED TO
22 YEARS FOR KILLING
JOHN HOWARD.
COURT ENDS
I s ? ? ?
Concluding S<*?lon of Superior
Court Wae Ho d Saturday. Da to
Urlnuniff Ccti 18 Iran. Other
Decisions Handed Down.
Superior court for Beaufort county
nded Saturday afternoon with de
cision! rendered In several lmpor
ant case?.
Jim Staton. co!ored, chargd with
tiling John Howard In this city a
out a year ago, was sentenced to
wenty-two years In the State pris
>n. lie convicted of second
.egree murder.
Dav orlmmage, colored, charged
? Jth the killing of Spencer Borden,
?as found guilty of manslaughter
?nil was sentenced to a term of flf
?en years.
Andrew Everett, charged with
?ous breaking, larceny and receiv
ng. was sentenced to three years In
?rison Everett broke Into the
larrl* Hardware Co. store about
rtur years apo, made his escape and
;as capiur.d about two months ago
a Wllaon.
Charles Easnn. calored. was found
:uilty of retailing and was sentenc
d to thirty days on the roads.
32 MEMBERS AT
BARACA CLASS
Utcniluiicf lU'corda llroJi?A A^aiu
Yesterday. Ample Accomnjod*
llnns for ClaNK Bring Madv.
Eighiy-two persons attended th?
nectlng of the Baraca class yester
lay morning? the largest attendance
ret. A number of new members
verc added to the ro'.l, the Blues
elng still in the icad.
A report was made by Flavius
. illgood on the providing of more
ommoclious quarters for the class.
!o stat' d that by next Sunday (ho
.nnex to the church would be par
tloned off so that room would I 1
urnisbed for all members and vis
tors. ?
The li ?on was conducted by W.
M. Kear in bis usually capable
naaoer.
S REAPPOINTED TO
TUB COAST DISTRICT
A telegram was received this
nornlng from Rev. J. H. Warren,
atlng that he has been reappointed
o the coast disirlct of the Blue
tldge and Atlantic Conference.whlch
as held at Newton last week.
Mr. Warren has pr-sided In this
ilstrict for the last four yeara and
Is many friends in this section will
?e glad to know that he will work
ere for another year.
CARD OF THANKS.
On behalf of myself and my wife's
arerits, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Ramsey,
desire to express my slncre ap
rec!atlon ^or the many acts of
Irdness and expressions of sympa
hy extended me during the Illness
nd death of my wJfr. I wlBh to
?nure my Washington friends of
otb Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey's and my
;ratltude to them.
R. H. VERRELL.
TO-NIGHT
34th eplflod* of the
"Romance of Rlaine"
? aluo ?
4 -OTHER REELS-- 4
COMING! COMINOl
?SEPTEMBER MORN"
PriCM Tonight
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