THE DAILY NKWB PRINTS MORE LOCAL MIWS TB.vX ANT OTJYT* PA.PITI IX THB STATE
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WASHINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY jyTERNOON, DEOEifBFR 18, 1915.
I
BOND OPPONENTS "MET
TO FIGHT "SLAVERY
AND BONDAGE"
CAPTAIN STUDDART, MARSHALL LEGGETT,
E E. HODGES, AND COLONEL ROD
MAN MADE SPEECHES. RESOLU
TIONS WERE ADOPTED.
At a snettlag held this noon la
the court fcoase. at Which close to
one hundred voters of Washington
towmhlp 'wwa present. nod which
vae called for the purpose of uc?r
tolniag the ieitim?oi of the voters
- . retarding the proposed bond lasue
tor good roads, some forcible apeech
?e were delivered, setting forth
point, why tba iaette abould be
*tr nuousty opposed.
The meeting wm culled to order
by Marshall Leggett. ft. K Hodge*
moved that John ? Ball be elected
chairmen. Mr. Bell took the chair
end called for the election ot f^MC
retary. C. H. Hardlsoa wee selected
to flH thfa piece.
Tho first speaker waa Captain
Studdart, a resident of thle city.
"1 am for .good road*," began, ike
captain, "but not as laid down by
the committee which has ths m^ve
cXuLtf IB WulliiUfi
township. If Washington wsnts to
grow and prosper it mue\ help thoae
who hetp it. There le no use of ba.
ins In a groat hurry In thle matter,
for we can Well wait until the next
\ seaston or tho leglelature, when the
great war may he over and when'
conditions will ho, mot% settled tt
this country of ours. - < "
"t have no quarrel with ttj- )t???
men who are behind this m^rSBM&t.
In their teal, however, they have
overlooked eome important things,
l^et th m watt a while end 1st them
> y; coasvU. wit*. some * o t jOldew
beads, bafors attacking, a. meaearo
ol thhr trthd. Their proposition Mt
not "a fair one. it^ij^ajrea out Choce
winity and Long Acre townships,
which help to pay the bills of Wash
ington. But that, my friends and
f< How cillsens, ia not all. These
people wbo are here today say that
they do not want a bond issue. Ara
they going to force It over these
man? ^1
"I say to jrou, my friends. don't
*ote tor taxee^f any kind until you
have running water Id your homti,
until ypu have cemfcot stds walks s
round your houaea and to your baras
and can males eondltlona easier for
your wives in the oountry."
Marshall i<?|iett followed Captafa
Btuddert. aad made a highly Inter
acting address.
"Gentlemen," he began. "1 cannot
understand this proposition of the
townspeople taking up good road*
on behalf of the country people, f
have followed thii good roadi move
ment from the very beginning. The
Arst thing I knew, however, waa
when a committee got together and
the next thing 1 knew they had sent
out Invitations, Jtf.k am ok sr. <t> rope
Irf the poor suckers. I Vent to tell
you, my friend*, that whenever you
aee thie uotnmlttes or thta crowd to
gethsr and making love to you, kssp
both eye! open aad -peep alert, for
you may be sare that they want to
do yon for something aad that they
hare gotten aomsthlpg up t|telr
sleeves. 1 tfll you my fTiaads, the
people of Waahlngtoh ought to J>0lld
atreete In their city before they
e?6?e off to the country and try to
build roada for we fermere.
"From the standpoint of taxation;
we are gro*nlng under It. An<J for
na to now go up to the ballot box
and ask for more to be put on us ?
is that consistency? Row many pee
pie of the rural districts will get
nui. h benefit out of good roads?
We've sot no more reason to believe
that the proposed bond Issue will 'be
Judiciously spent thsn the \monsy m
the past has been. You won't find
anyone In the country who Is In
favor ot the bond 'issue, but who had
something to .do with the spending
of the money in the past.
"This meeting was called for the
purpose or letting the people of
Washington know how we farmers
feel about this thing. I am the last
man in the world to raise any hard
feeling between the people of the
city and of fhe country^ ? i hare
heard silver-tongued lawyers say
tbut\,anyone who opposed th* bond
taeue did eO to create a sentiment
between the people Of the city and
the people 6} the country, but that
la not so. We are Ignorant and we
are eorry -for it and 'if we want to
he taxed, we want to be taxed for
education and not for aitibipQijiile
roads. The men who own automo
bile* are behind this moveinent. my
friends.
"They say that 11 will enhance the
value of your property. That only
means that your taxes will be doubl
ed. This bond issue will not raise
one more grain of corn on my farm,
or allow me to get any more cotton
| oft an acre. 1 urge you, my friends,
lo register and to down this prop
osition." /
Mr. L*f getl's remark* were greet
ed with h early ^ applause. - He *?
followed ?br H. "3 Hodges, who spoke
a* follows: ? . ;.r-f ... n
, "My friends, this bond issue is a
serious . qcoation with, me. If bonds
issues keep coming in on us the way
they have been doing in the past, It1
will not be many years before we
are serfs and slaves. They tell you
tliat It will er.hance the value of
79ur property, but what will that
do! It will cause the property to
?!*? into fli* Ui<ndr. ni a few. .nto the
i.auds 01 tiitj u;o;ifc/eu uiuu and the
corporatlous.
"Did you ever hear anything about
$50,000 bond issues before the au.
tomobiles came Into style? 1 want
to tell you that our forefathers
fought for Iibrrtj and freedom and
that they shot hell oat of those who
would oppress hem.
"They say (hat our present roads
m Beaufort county are a disgrace.
^That's no excuse for thier bond issue*.
We have a chain gaing. we hav>>
.paid thoaaande of dollars In taxes,
and yet we have nothing to show
for all this expenditure. We ought
to kick against this while we have
the opportunity to kiek. My friends.
1 want to teU you that I am a nat
ural born ktekcr. I've been kicking
?for fifty years. ) I want to tell you
that I have gone up to the ballot
box and voted against a meaaure
and that 1 was the only white man
who did so.
"And now they trjc to bring this
method of bondage f la very up
on us. They want the pdople of the
rural district* to take -Che .word of a
few bob- tailed lawyer*, who are al
ways looking ouj for No. X. Some
of them even come to yon and tell
you that bpnds are a bleeding. Rog
iater. my friends, so that we can
avoid this additional ta* against
ourselves and our homes."
Mr. Hodges' speech was exceed 4
ingly w4l delivered and he was fre^
quently Interrupted with applause
Are You Interested In ;
HOME?
A new SeriM of th? Home Bald
ing and Loan Association "will
open ob '
January 8th, 101O.
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W. ? SWINDELL, Pres., or
J. B. SPARROW, Secy.
end laughter, when lit scored torn*
particularly strong point.
Col. W. C. Rodman was the next
bpeaker called ufoa. He took up
the ??aeure of rood legislation and
gave hJs views on how the food road
work ghould be carried out in Beau
fort county. Ha bagan by stating
that he had no feeling in thla matter
except to act for the beat Interests
of the ? unty. He also added that he
had no criticism tor those who fa
vored the bond issus and that he
believed that- they believed they
were working for the host interest of
the county. HJhstated that there was
not a stronger advocate of good
roade in the county than he. (Ow
ing to the necessity for harrying to
press, we are unable to give Col.
Rodman's talk in full. He covered
those points which be mentioned in
his talk befors the Good" Roads As
sociation ^meeting and which he
brought out in various letters that
have been published by this paper.
? Editor.)
At the conclusion of Col. Rod
man's talk, Marshall Leggett sub
mitted the following resolutions,
which were adopted by the meeting:
Whereas, a bond issus of |60,000
for the roads of Washington towrn.
ship has been proposed and hae been
submitted to the voters of said
townahlp under the public lawa of
ll>8;
And. whereas, we, the citizens of
Waahington, Long Acre and Choco
wlnlty townships, present at this
meeting, are opposed to the propos
ed bond issue at the. present time,
under present conditions and the
surrounding circumstances;
And, whereas, we wish, at the
name time, to express our unalter
able desire tp &<e good roads all
over the county of Beaufort.
Now, in order thst the people of
the city of Washington. Washing
ton township. Chocowlnlty and Long
Acre, may know our views in this
matter.
Therefore, Be it Resolved :
(1) That we hereby pledge our i
allegiance to the cauiie of gocu< roads'
throng', out the lengh and oreadthj
of Beaufort ;<hunty and er.jHreaaly |
state that we will use our utmost
endeavors to see the roads of Bean
fort bounty improved in every prae
j?ioua<*l?l w?j.
( 3 ) Thatv in our opiniun. the
tajC' h heretofore collected for Long
Acre. ' Choeowlnity, and Washington
Townships, have not been economic
ally expended, but on the other hand,
have been wanted and frittered away
to the detriment of the tax payers
and those who have been compelled
to use the roads.
<3 That we favor the consolida
t!on of Long Acre, Choeowlnity and
Wanhlngton townships into one road
district, and that the taxes from the
city of Washington be expended In
a fair and equitable manner for the
Improvement of all the roads lp that
district.
(4, We deem it unfair for the
people living in tht city of Washing
ton to tax the farmers of Washing
ton township for th?* improvement j
of certain roads solely for the bene
fit ami pleasure of automobile own-j
ers.
(5) We believe that the roads'
should be improved for the joint:
bnnelit of the farmers and business
men of the city of Washington and
we farmers living outside of the city ]
limits in Washington township,
earnestly request our friends in the
city not to vote these taxes on us
against our 'will.
BENT OVER STOVE;
HAIR IS BURNED
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Ml** ML M. Cherry of River I toad
Narrowly Kfcrape* KertoMw Acc*
dest While Light lug Fire.
i Special Correspondence)
While starting a fire In the atove.
Mi*?r M M. Cherry of Hirer Head,
recently met wfth an accident Which.
| but for her quick work, might have
reealted In a fatality
. Mis* CherrV bent too close oror
the stove. Mr hair came In cpn
tart with th* flame and In a secoftl
It waa abiaco The flamea reached a
large celluloid comb and this also
catmht fire and burned
Bpar'ts settled In hrr clothlr;; and
this aho raufht Are.
"Fortunately there waa some water
close by and without loeli j? her
pre nee of mind Miss Cherr threw
It or?r herseu and quietly had the
fanci extinguished When she- took
an Inventory of the damage demo i(
wae found that part of her hair tUd
been burned Off. the melted comb
compactly gued to the top of fcgf
head and part Of her clothing burn
I i 3 ? y ?
Miss Lowery, one 'of le popular
teachers la the Aurora schools, pass
ed through the elty todsy eh route
t^ h*r home for the holidays.
WASHINGTON NOW
HAS TRAFFIC COP
Excellent Idea is Being Carried Out.
O?orr HtaUoaed at Omar of
Market ?ad Mala Streets.
Washington today ueamod an
other degree ot ? metropolitan sp
pearatfce. We tape a traffic
policeman at the corner of Main and1
Market streets. ar^p keops the ?s-j
hiclec straightened out and whose
duty Is to preve&t^sny collisions or
mlx-t^p in traffic.
Officer Nye was i the flrat man to
be assigned to UUf duty. The Idea
la an excellent olM^and it is hoped
thst It Will be kept up. It la of
especial benefit on .Saturdays, when
the traffic is hsa^ifr than uaual.
WILL ASSIST
MILL CHILDREN
Huperlnteadeat of Education in Le.
noir County in Isapm^ed by Nura
ber Who Have to Work.
Klnaton, Dec. 18. ? Prof. Jos.
Klnsey, Lenoir coqpty's veteran su
perintendent of echoola has been
Investigating the status of mill chil
dren. He finds that "work they
must, most of them, but why In
darkness?" He passed a cotton mill
while the operatives wore pouring'
out. and was impressed by the num
ber of boy? and girls in the crowd.
"ShoulA't that host of youngsters
be in Bchool?" he asked adults leav
ing the mills. TheVrown"uP opera
tive* readily convinced him that they
should not. Practically all of them,
he was informed, "labor to support
widowed met hers and younger al*J
ters and brothers, ami some, of
course, to keep sorry fathers."
Professor Kinsey today declared
his intertlon of starting a cam?-, s:
jfor public night school, at i/S t ..
latti'ndar.ce might or might no b i
n;;de compulsory. He wa^ts tiv I
Salens a week, between the hours |
of 7 and 9 p. m. ' /? (
MINUTES OF THE
?? CRESCITE CLUB
Mi*. Worthington Kntrrljtiu.il Or
K?nlzMllun Thurmlay Aftwnoou.
(Contributed)
Hostess, Mm. Ma'colm Worthlnjc
lon. Papers, "The Modern Wonders
of the World; a. Wireless Teleg
raphy and Wireless Telephone, by
Miss Janet Wetmore; h. X-Ray. Ra
dium. Antitoxins and Anesthetics, by
Mrs. William Rumley; c. The Aero
plane and Submarine, by Mrs. Harry
McMul'an.
After business part of the meeting
the hostess served s delightful
luncheon course, assisted by Mrs. E.
K. Willis. The club was also glad
to have with them Mrs. James "Cor
i doo. of Raleigh, as their gu'-at.
HItRAKS ARM IN
-?TRAXKIXli" AUTO
John (\ Thoina* Hnffers Painful Ac
cident Near Maple Cypreea.
(Hy Eastern Press)
Nev Bern, Dee. 18. ? While at
tempting to "crank" an automobile
near Maple Cypress yesterday after
noon, John C. Thomas had the mis
fortune to break one of his arms.
Mr, Thomas, In company with
[George A. Nlcholl, had gone out to
t ry : heir lock with dog and gun? and
wcr< preparing to return when the
sncldant occurred.
Mr. Thomas was carried to St.
[Luke's hospital where the injured
iriember wag given medical atten
tion.
WOULD DIVIDE THE STATE
CAPITAL AT GREENVILLE
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Greenville Judge Declares That State Will Have
To Be Divided Some Time.
i( By Eastern Press)
Green vH'.e, Dec. 18. ? If the plan
which a local Judge unfolded today
was carried out Greenville would
have no kick coming. Since learn
ing of the proposition to "swipe"
some section of this county, a piece
of Craven and a little from another
to enlarge Lenoir, the juflge has fig
ured out a much better proposition,
and it certainly sounds more reas
onable, he says.
The p'an is to divide North Car
olina into i wo States. One part of
?.ha present State would retain Its
original naiue. while tho other sec
tion would be universally known nte
Eastern Carolina, and would have
for its capital. Greenville, of course.
The plnn Is a mighty gr>od on?.
according to the way tho judge vlewa
it. and he ?ays that ho does not i *',,d
stating that he experts to ?ee i li.M
done some day when things become
congested in this country and :t is
found thai the states are too largo
to bo controlled by one Slate gov
ernment.
Of course, this plan a* proposed
by the Judge, can not be thought of
at this time, night row North Car
olina /in getting along pretty well
with one governor and the others
that are always trying to lie on Her.
tlon year.
"It will be expected." said the
judge, "that were such a proposition
as this to be put through some time
Mo the future, ther<- will be a 'iong
and loud wall beard from certain
neerby .ci?- - *urse, the
'moH' ^3^ * lQ Ea8tern Car*
o . the one to be favor
ed ?* me State government de
partment. and we all know what
town that is. Of courae. It it (Jreen
vlile." he concluded.
Whil? the plan may seem a little
wild to some, folku n?'ed not regard
it as being such, for Just such a
thing as this is inevitable, it is said.
I after several years, possibly fifty,
when the population of this Slate
has increased to twice or maybe
three times what it now is. Thea
there will have to be something
done.
Already, it i? naid. the population
of some of the northern States is
so great rhnt o:k? government "a pat
to it 10 handk- a.l the p?*:ty State
' vialneaa.
Hut local people will prefer to
wait until further developments be
for takirip any Initiative in this
matter, neither need any public
spirited citizens offer land for the
go'. erunieni buildings jubt at this
time.
. IIRY. i?. K. I'l'TOAM TO
l?ll EACH TOMOItKoW
llev. It. F. Putnam, paster of the
ltnxborn llaptist church, will conduct
? ?*rvieo* at the local Haptisi church
'tomorrow The public ia cordially
invited to hear h m.
! CASES BROUGHT UP SMOOTH STRONGER |
1 BE1 1 XI RE( OR OER HAD GOOD GRAFT
A nu***S * of can?s w- r? cvted and
ii.spo?o<*. o; .icforo the ecorder yes
terday aftc*'ioon.
?William Hlggn. colorod, charged
Ivtlth a pkir '6T glove's from
Huss Brer stove, was found ' guilty,
and recommended to b? hired out.
Ed. Red.hck, ?idlnp bicycle on the
sidewalk, \ 4H fined costs of court.
Joe Cherry, soliciting, was found
not guilty
Ka'hcrl:.* Mo-.>r? anJ Mary Sort!
eet. assault. were enrh flood and
oiip-half the COr.tf .
Carthene Moore, carrying ronceal
? d weapons, was found guilty and
lined S5 and costs.
Orleans, fr>r Setting pony run
at large on tlri at reels, wa * Sued
costs.
SERVICES TOMORROW
AT THE CO I' NT V HOME
K?t. u. B, Searight will conduct
services at the couuly home toranr- (
row aftermon at three o'clock. Thn
public Ib cordially invited to d
present.
\ Siiiren In Now ' llern ?n<)
<"??|l?fcte*j Quinine ?t n Small
Price.
< By Kasi- rn Press!
NV.w Here, Dim*. 1R. ? A vnioot h
talking- stronger cleaned up a n?at
mm in New Hern nevem! <lay* ap<>
wlieti he visited a largo number of
firtjes op- rated by foreigner*, pos>rt
u* a government agent and secured
mj a mmll price the stock of quiui'i**
v% nich these dfalera had on hand.
According to Uic atory being tolJ.'
the stranger would enter an eniab* t
I bhinout. tell tbe proprietor that he ]
was a government officer and that 1
the government was takin* lti all
the qutniive that waa to be had H*
would inquire as to the price paid '
for the article by the storekeeper
and agree to refund thta sum.
In the majority of caa- n h!s ai
trnipt proved successful and he is
believed to have necured a number
of pounds of qululne which is now
worth many times the price paid for
It by the dealer* who were buncoed
INVESTIGATE!
Choice lot* are offered for Male by un on Drowu and Char
lotte Bt?.. extended all lot* have 75 fer-t or more frontage, with
190 feet depth to a 20 foot alley, and are high and dry. Hps
?onablc restrictions assure your living among white people on]v
with desirable n' tft?ibors. Pe!*ct the Socntfnn n* ? ? i' b"
where you will be free ffom either natural or artihcia. uui
?anc?s.
Inveetlgate our property before buying elsewhere.
BEAUFORT FARM CO.
* By W. T. HUDNF.LL.
Frqm The Savings Account
to The Christmas Stocking"
How many stockings are you going to fill on Christmas morning ?
In how many of them would you like to put biirijer, hetier, prettier thing* ?
Don't we all wish every Christmas that we coitVi give father a nicer house coat, or
mother a finer dreiM, of the dozer ?r. , one ortie: n> i iljers of the family, sou.eiliing a lot
richer than our pock* r b. >ok -allow f
To help all who ^ vu such woftiiy desires ?? e hi^ve opened
Oar HoHuay Saviujjs Fund Which Starts December 27th
This plan Is so.admi>abl? that saving becomes sn easy matter.
You pay only a few cents a weel; for 50 weeks and then receive out check two
weeks before Christmas, for all your saving*, plus 4 per cent interest.
, Come to the Rank any day between now and December 31st, and start your savings
/ account in <ntt Holiday Fund. It if the one sure wny to "(ill the stockings" w ith the
things you Want the one sure way to have the kind of Christmas that makes us Merry.
THE SAVINGS & TRUST CQ,
WtLLIAMSTQN
TO GBIAFTER
DUPONT MILL
MARTIN COlJfTY CITY IS SAGS*
1^)9 KHTAHU8KLMKNT OF
I'UXT YEAR IT8KLP
HAS MADE BID
I-pWw Hm Hfdt |*? Head of
Powder ('ompaay mt WUmlnctoa.
k?ry? Tract of K\rHlnit Laad Is
\ rallablr.
'By Ktsteru Hre?|
Willlamsion. Dec. 18. ? On There
day. the ChanAer of Commerce wlr
*d '.k? Dupont Powder Co.. at Wil
mington. Dal., asking it locata ths
proposed ?1orvb Carolina plant ar.
\V 1111 AiriHtori Thi* iiKuwage hat beea
followed by a letter to which are
pet forth the advantage* vf the
town
With a magnificent water front on
a river on which freight Meatus re
go out into the coaraerct of the
country and yet the pound will not
admit of the paaaagu of tho modem
u arsblpa to this point, and with tha
Atlantic Coast Line touching alt
points. the town can offer .tha Wet
proposition to the Dupontl, which
can be made In this eastern section.
The Wilson farm .with its hun
dreds ol acres, lying ou the rlrer. is
the Ideal place for the e?ta?>ll*h
rnent of auch a plan*.
The people of the town are an*
f ou b to secure tbli? plant aud will
olTf-r a ilte and other consideration"
to induce It to come to WUmlnsttua.
CITY SCHOOLS
HAVE CLOSED
Touchers mid Papil* to Have Two
Wcekx HoDdny. Fundw Itai***!
lor Orpliaiiuw'tt and 1'lajr
grutuidH.
The city graded schools oloMd
yesterday afternoon for the Chrie?
mas holiday* and will remain cloaed
I unit] jBiiuary 3. giving the teacher*
an J papil* a two-weeks vacation.
' The pupils yesterday raised $16.4 ?
a* contributions to the Masonic and
Oxford Orphanages.
Pifty tloliurH have b?eu rained by
the pupils for equipping -a phtv
ground. The Second Y?-ar High
School raised, the largest fund. giv
ing $15 00 to the project. Work mi
ih playground will be xtarted *s
I aoon a? weather conditions are fav
nnlil?.
ITItST BAPTIST CHl'RCTI.
j Rev. I). F Putnam, of Roxboro,
j will preach at the niortiinu and ev
ening services at the Plrnt Baptist
church tomorrow All of the church
members are urnoii to b?- preaeat
We extend a cordial invitation tn
the public.
Sunday School at ?:*6. Bv alt
means como out io the Hara<* Ma**
W I,. Vuughan. eTarher
Miss Kdna Willie. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S P Willis, la home
tr> spend the Christmas holidays
JUST LIKE m
(s the way we always re
?urn your garment af er
cleaning, pressing and re
pairing it. We await yr Mr
command to call for your
? lothes
WRIGHTS STFAM
PRESSING WORKS
PHONE 2.11
TO-NIGHT
ENTIHK CHAKttK
OF PROOKA51
TONIOHT
PrltMCAlt