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VOLUME 7.
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WASHINGTON, N. C? WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5, i?i?.
NUMBER 158.
: NIT MIKE PEEI
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1 I PEISII USE
UNDERSTOOD TEUTONS WILL
f DBOLAIUC THRY WERE JUHTI
j KIKI> l\ BLOWING UP SHIP.
4
| CARRIED GUNS
General Impression In Entente Caj>
lt*ls Ttiat Incident Will Iteaalt In
Stwiou* Cljuih Bhwm Central
Power* and United State*.
London, Jan. R. ? -Tha opinion la
ezp recied here that the central pow
ers are likely to plead a* Justiilca
% tion for the reported failure to give
warning to Meditorrsneao liners,
that theae boats frequently , have
carried a hiary sun for defensive
^ purposes. There aeem? to be a gen
eral impression In the Entente cap- 1
Itala that the loss of American life
aa the reanlt of the sinking of the
- Britaih steamship Persia inust inev
itably reanlt In a serious clash be
tween the central allies and the
j United States.
Iluwliuia Are Making Gains.
The most complete account yet
| published of the new Russian cam
paign north of tho Rumanian bor.
. dcr reached Loudon last night from
j??etro2rad. This indicates the evac
TtratTotf of CsernowTts by the Austrlans
? aa among the probabilities as the re
sult of tho Russian successes while
tho Russlhn u >vemeiit In the direc
tion of Kovel threatens one of the
most impu .-tit points of communi
cations botwotn the Austrian and
German /ronta.
/ Situation ft Salonlki Complicated.
The aituati^ at Baloolkl haa been
complicated tnrough the arrest by
the Entente offlo rs of the eonaula,
not on'y of the central powers, but
also of one n> utral country ? Nor
way. Swift roprisala by Bulgaria
and poealbly by othera of the central
allieb already Is Indicated. The ar
rests appear to have been part of a
campaign begun sometime ago 'aim
ing to p.urg* Salonlki of spies or
aaspected spies. The number of
persons arrested In the course of.
thl? campaign already runs Into three
? figures.
TO HOLD* BANQUET
Bararae Will Make Big "Bplarge"
at Elk? Hall Tomorrow Night.
All Member* Expected to
Tomorrow night at eight o'clock
at the *Ik*? Hall the Baraea class
will enjoy the banquet which ends
the menaoeraklp campaign conducted
by the elaes during the last year and
/ which is to be given by the "Reds,"
J the losing side, to the "Blues," who
were declared the winners in the
oontest. : v ;
The banqnet promises to he a
, grand affair. ? general massacre
haa been made ameof the turkeys
and the epolla of the' slaughter will
furnish one of the ohlef articles on
the bjll of fare. Thqre will be
? plant r of "trimmings, and eren
with men of suc/h appetie aa Claude
Gardner, R. G. Bklmxr^/<. A. Squires
HArry K<?ar and ot^e^blg eaters In
the crowd.
UIID WIDTH ID
P.C. MliilE TSIMT
5MST.il. HOOGES
' VAI-UK OF HEAL ESTATE IS
THAT MUCH GREATER UE
CAUSE OP BISECTION. *
PRAISES STEWART
Htat*<? Too Much Credit Cannot Be]
Given E. L Stewart for Part Ho
Played. Farmers u* a Whole Are '
Grateful for Outcome.
, . "The value of real estate In Wash- J
lngton township can be considered ?
just ten per cent higher today than
It was this time yesterday," stated
T. R. Hodges, ono of the prominent
farmers of tho township, this morn
ing in discussing the outcome of the
I' good roads election.
"It Was unquestionably one of the
finest things that ever happenod to
Beaufort county," continued Mr.
Hodges. "and I realise that it will ?
be mighty hard for the country peo- j
pie to ' ever reward the residents of I
Washington in helping us carry this
..loction. tl means an awful lot to
us. It will h lp us Improve our
tanue, it will afford us hotter facili
ties for transportation and it will
?ave us a lot of inohey and time in
ways too nnmerous to mention.
"When we got a report "6f the
election from the city yesterday at
about noon, I thought sure that It
'was going und r. But I thought to
myself that those boya would do
some tall hustling, and they certain,
iy did it.
"I don't believe that we can give
too much credit sto Ed 8tewart for
the work he has done. That boy
worked practically day and night in
th^-tffterrsts. of the project. He's ^ J
Wonder and he can't be praised too
highly for the important part he f
played in the campaign."
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MPT. HARRIS DEAD!
Died Suddenly on Hoard of Boat on
Hie Way Home frofa Elisabeth
City. Well Known Here.
News was reoei/ed by friends here
today of the sudden death of Cap
tain Graham Harris, of Hyde coun
ty, who died while on a boat going
from Elisabeth City to hla home.
Captain Harris was well known- In
Washington and the news of his
death will be received with sorrow
o? the part of hi* many frltftids
here. *' %
SAYS BAKER.
I never have bren so , well pro
pared to make pictures a* I am just
now.' Onr Christmas trade was a
record breaker. The fewest klcka
we have erer had; all of our custo
mers w'll pelased. This year we
want to do our very best. We have
made a good start. Business nearly
double that of last year so far. We
expect to be a live wire thHr year
and flash some big headlines in sepie
of the leading pafrera In eastern Car
olina. Wo can deliver the good* and
they are going to be In big packages
I In 1916. Keep your eyes open.
| BAKER'S STUDIO lor iervlM. |
SAFETY FIRST: "WE NO HURTIE SELF NOW."
-Evant Li-itimor? Ami
'TAUQUA MEETING
Circle >kt Vprtwday Evening un<l
Enjoyed Ii?t ?. resting PftpiTs urn}
Cocfse of Study.
The Chautauqua Literary a*' 1
Scientific Circle met yesterday even
ing for the first time since the
holidays. The mooting was an in
teresting one. A paper o? "I'.oui
Tar" was read by Mrs. H. W. Car
ter and another by Mrs. J. W. Dal
ley on "The thirteen original
States." Both papers wero excl.
lent. brought out many Interest!^
points and showed careful prepara
tion and much thought. /
A large map of (he United States,
presented to the Circle by Congress
man Small ,waa used in connection
with Mrs. Dalley's paper. The causo*
of the Civil War </as the subject for
study and discussion at the meet
ing.
WILLIAMS-HACKNEY GO
INTO PARTNERSHIP
Will Re Associate In the liunisi
lltuineM in Hun City In the
Futuro.
Tho following announcement was
given out this morning:
| "I. wish to announce that Oeorge
Hackney, Jr., has become associated
with me Id the Insurance buslnees
and we will appreciate your patron
age and support.
"C. MORGAN "WILLIAMS."
ENTERTAINED AT DRIDGE. f
Mrs. K. K. Wlllln Gueet of Honor at
llrldfte Party Given by Mn?.
Ellison. *
Mrs. Jam^s Wilson was hostess at
a bridge party yesterday afternoon,
whloh was given In honor of Mrs.
E. K. Willis. There were six tables
of bridge. High score was msde by
Miss Elizabeth Warren. Mrs. Willis
was awarded the gur?t prko. Dainty
refreshments were served In two
courses.
suit <Jver Mur:>.
<MiU"k Is AwaMlt-d $24H> Darnel's in
'Jum* AgainidVWUItchurst. Brought
Up' fn OBCH'Ti^ji'filtv
-fur Trial.
In Superior court yesttrdry Mi
r.h caso of J. H. 'J lav.-.
Wliltehuret, a verdict va.- ; 3. d 1
n fRvor of th* plaintiff to tu? /?
ir.ount $f $200.
Th'3 case was the result of Wli.ti
hu-jt's borrowing u mulo from
Clftrk'a stab'.o without the owner's
^corsent. Tho mul-1 died while in
Avhltehurst's possession and Clark
t.uod for the amount which he claim,
ed the mule was worth.
i "PRO." BILL IS UP
CongreaMman Wf*>b Brought Mm
are Iteforo tJjo IToiwc at Yent*^
day AfU^ruoon'a Seas I on.
Washington. D. C.. Jan. 6 ? The
nation wide prohibition bi!l waa In
troduced In the House yesterday af
ternoon by Kepresentative Webb of
North Carolina. The bill Is very
little different from tho Hobaln bill,
which was Introduced In the last
| oo.-gros
W. C. T. U. TO MEET.
The Women's Christian Temper- !
anee Union will meet tomorrow at- j
^ernoon at 3:30 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. O. B. Carmalt. All members
are urged to be present a? this will
be the Irst meeting of the new year
and there Is oonslderable work of
Importance to be brought up '
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BALE WILL LAST
THROUGHOUT MONTH
lr? yesterday's lusne of the Dally
News It was stated that James B.
Clark's sa'e would la*t for ten days
only. This was In error. The sale
(will continue until January 31st.
CARRY BOND ISSUE
IN TOWNSHIP BY A
MAJORITY 50 VOTES
469 Vot?s Oat of Maximum Regis
tration of '$45 Were Cast in Favor of
the Is&iie Yesterday. .
The elect !ci. held yesterday in
Washington township to decide
J-w? other l&C.viCi) bonds should be
Issued for pf-.d roads In the town,
ship, result, u .1 an approximate ma
jority of flf 1.. votes for the issue.
The exact .jority cannot bo as
certained unii'. it is known how
how many, if any. votes were chal
lenged. It is ftuawn. however, that
!0a votog wero ;.?st in favor of bonds
an<l as the original registration was
84 5, this would give the bonds 4 6
majors ly at the lowest possible fig
ure.
l'ho voting was as follows:
Wiirds. RejiLsteml. in Favor
First 190
Second 164
Third 83 * 52 I
Fourth 10G
Old Ford 127
Pinevllle 70
'?'rasters 105
Total SIS 489 ]
outcome of the election was
... ...j until after four o'ebwk yea
.. Au ' .tftcrnoon. The voting In the
.i*. wuj j ry light up to noon and
those who kept up with the number
cast <jcpre8iied themselves as prac
tically sure that the Issue would bo
defeated. After dinner the voter#
began to cornti iu fast and from that
time until the polls closed the num
ber of t>& Hot S in favor of bonds in
ireased with pleasing regularity.
When the polls Hosed in Washing
ton and the result* of the city wards
made known, it was found that i>4
votes were still lacking to carry the
Issue. Tills meant that Old Ford,
c'.v k aud Plnevllle would
havo to produce the necessary bal
lots. It was extremely -difficult to
get an> authentic information from
iht-be places until after Ave o'clock.
Thcwi ii was learned that Pinevlll.)
had run true to prediction and that
Old lion', had als-dPcast <a number of
votes !:i faxor of the lasu^. Nothing
was h'>ar<l from Tranters' Creak,. but
it was figured out that oven If" ev
ery votb at that polling place wan
cast aK*-K>-t >he bondn.it would still
r'.vo Ihb .b>ti.: a majority of about
?3 vat-*. Lot last night word came
from iiui '\:e k that 13 votes had
been caat in favor of good roads.
This settled it for good.
WIRE FROM FALLIS
.St icUi <'o>^rratulAtkm8 Over the |
Oulcomfl of the/ Kleotion Held
in Tvwrutiily Yesterday.
| A wire of congratulation over the
| outcome of the good roads bond Ibsuo
election held h-<re yesterday, waa
I received this morning by MegBrs.
' Lnach and Dirmay from W. S. Fallla,
State highway engineer. Mr. Fallla
, waa notified of the result of the
.emotion last night. Hit wire reada*
as follows:
I "Leach & Dum&y,
"Washington, N. C.
I "Congratulate-you on oarrylng thej
bond IffBue of your township and |
tender the service of the State Com
mission at any time we can aid you.
"W. 8. FALLIS."
HOYTTO HAVE SALE
RnUre Stock of Establishment Will
Be Included. Many Exceptional |
llnrgainn to Be Offered.
Another big sale starta in Wash
ington Friday. J. K. Hoyt, who is
carrying a full page advertisement
in today's Issuse, la announcing this
big merchandising event, in which
big reductions have been made in all
departments. The entire atock of
this store if to be Included li> the
sale and many exceptional bargains,
will be otferod to the buying public]
of Beaufort1* county.
C. M. Barnes, of New Bern, spent
yesterday In the city, attending to
business matters.
FIRE AT SIMPSON
Home of 8. P. Tucker and All of its
Content* HeMrojed by Fire
I?to Yesterday.
I By East' rn Press)
Greenville, Jan. 5. ? Fire yester
day completely destroyed the home
of 8. P. Tucker, one of the moat
prominent cltiitnn of Simpaon, In
Pitt county. Nothing waft waved
with thA exception of a piano and a
suit of clothes. The house was a
| In ft frame etructure and cost rpt
I eral thousand dollars. The amount
of Insurance carried Is not known.
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I (3. R. ADAMH VKRV ILL.
O. H. Adams Is coaflned to hCs
I home on East Second street with a
serious attack of lllncsB. His con
| dltion during the last few day* has
been critical, but physicians have
not given up hopes of hla recovery.
J)ont Fail to Visit Lewis Calais' Big 10 Day Cost
SALE Both Stores. Sale begins Wednesday January 5, Ends Saturday , Jan. 15th.