rj- '
tlUm. Ar? Vrgrd b>- ImI DmUH
lo Krc, ('?ratal Wslch.ua ' : .1
*Mr Dally BaMta, ".I
,? ? - '
Local pliy*lelan& have jio_ way of
telling Ju?t how m?j?y cases of la
grlppe a ail pneumonia there are in
Waahlajron at ifcc praafnt tlms bat,
it la milmatad that more than fifty
HTKU ara afflicted with tMs malady
kuu ifc? u?nb?r ,li Inoreialng mcA
day.
Tha phyaielaaa <?**, warning tha
cltiiena of Wa?hi?*ton to oar ex-!
treme care In their dally hablta.
They have been toU to refrain from
the geotle art of aaculatlon, from
tn<t??MMIlhi ?Woto?U H.KIIH ?n4
to k*<p their MM vara *?? *n a?d
ilio to (at pl?ljr of (nab Air
In CtUfaqMftjvt'
n?7?n|'?<Mi aeaqaM to tktah
It noUHx unul M M on ?Ion?
on *oct a loos trip. Hmmr, tba?
war# ratb?r rMlcent la racard to
themMWu and tbalr plana Tka
rutkttu tar* about. and mj th.j
ha? had M tronbta (tatwmt thai
tar oa mail tri??.*imUaantai motor
tonr.
KINSTON LAWS
ARE ALL VOID
U void la the etartllng statement
that Judge T. C. Woo ten. of the re
corders' court, will make to the city
council. Council Monday night
Epyon Judge Woo ten to explain
i phasea of the eondact of hta
i He prefawed a reply to a
I lettfT from the a U*k of the council
and that for TliAiHim sf other* pnn.
Ubmfcnta are " uncertain. "Jbr which
reaicma he has tried offendde ander
state <Hiajes. Council, anotg oth
er things, waHlMlo Im? ??uy the
recorder #dfd not abide by the local
ordinances. Some of the dtty laws.
Jnd^q. Wooten ear* date back to the
18th ceatdty. when Ktnaton was a
croee- roads Tillage.
EDWARQ L. STEWART
DISCISS MEANS
wear or product from mill* u4 tae- J
lories ir? to b? taxed la order that
a few mo re mm is. frtxteou, nephews
and even If couelas of admirals. r?r
admirals, major* feneral. colonels,
captains and even a tow Ueoteoaata, '
may wear eUlecrs uniform, there 1
wilt ?k ? bowl ttaajt ??a b? twd !
from CmlHoroJ* io Wmlti*- A,*a whan
U? tw?aer53Fi
BARACA MEETING
lass Wllh Meet as Ifeual Tomorrow
Believing that all the members of
thfc class have reepvered from the
effects of the hanqu't. which was
held Thursday night, the executive
oommtttee of the M. B. Baraca claaa
hare decided that the ctM^wJll meet
fcATifQ THEIR DUST.
-Hodo? in tpok int SpokMmin R?vl*w.
istei
<m Career of ?
J oat Ice W. R. Allen. Dwk Seen* ,
LU? Pfubable Choice.
. (By Eastern Press)
?Kinalon? Jen. 8. ? The 9 fap Press
* us authoritatively told t Jit*, indu
ing that the President h&? called tor
the reoord ol 'Supreme Court Jus
tice W. ft. All u, wiio was Thursday
crdors^d by Senators Simmons *n4
Ovorman for the place on-ihs Uni?od
State* Supreme Court bench made'
vacant by tb? recent d' alh of Justice
l.atuar of Qtorgia. Mr. Wilson has
askttf for a Complete: history o I the
North' -Carolina jurist's career.
Measrs, 'Overman and Slmmona are
now getting the data to svbpvit to the
President. A telegram received at
'Cldldsfcovo called for information.
rNtaMadMM
I* Washington, - Jan. ft. ? Fifty or
I more letters Knd telegrams* ytyro re
cftltrd- torfay by Senator* fflmmons
and fehrtnbtof from aa many counties
[1* the state, recommending . Judge
William R. Allen, of <*pldaboro, for
appointment to the Supreme court of
the Wotted State* to saeeoed the late .
J lu sice Lamar. There la little donbt
that ehoutd a' North Carolinian be
sslecled. President Witt*i would five
the appolgtmeat to the North
LUSITANIA CASE
BEING SETTLED
OfrmOy Agree* to Pay Indrmnlt)
fur: Amica ii Llvei Loit In tlie
Sinking of British Liner.
Washington. Jan. t. ? Count Von
Beraslorff, the German ambassador,
presented to Secretary Lansing to.
day a proposal to pay indemnity fot
Americans loet in the Lusltanla dig
aster and thereby conclude that eon
trovcray and gave assurance* tl:a*
any German submarine in trie Mud
Iter ran ?an would not attack no:,
combatant 6bips of any character
without -warning or destroy them
without opportunity for non-coiu
bat ants to reach a place of safety.
While offering Indemnity In the
Lu?it*nik ^aaa. Germany makes tb^
reservation that it ljr_d<Mi*,' without j
admission of wrongdoing. No ofll
clal Indication waa ^Jven its id- We1
acceptability of the proposal bat one-!
set of American officials took the
view that it would end the contro
versy. ? /. /
MANY WOULD JOIN
MILITIA COMPANY
Believed Tli*t There Would Be lit
lie Trouble in Securing Enough
Members to Make l"p Corn
l?any II ore.
That a large number of lora
young men would jola the ranks of
a Washington militia company. If
such an organization were -.formed,
is practically certain. 81nce Infor
mation was first given oat that this
city might be selected as the loca
lon for a new company, the matter
has mot with considerable discus
sion and It is believed that there
would be little trouble experienced
in securing enough men. to make up
a company.
?THE CHOCOLATE ftOLDIETV
"The Chocolate Sbld'er" with Its
beautiful muslo. correct and hand
some costumes, and that dreaifty
?evcr*to-be-forgotcn waits that keeps
Running through ones' head, win be
Mo Offering at the' Now Theatre,
mklllay, Jan. 18
r C5f- world-wide fame, "The Choco
? .Soldier" which will be Inlor
teH by a company of forty play
' '? 4nn^ft?l. catchy and dreamy.
>?h4 an trancing "My Hero" wai.z
has been played an<$ sung In all lander
ThO story of "The Chocolate Sol
dier'* has to do with a young Swiss
gentleman foroed Into the 6 rvlan
army, and frfco takes rofug* In tho
house of a Bulgarian dttlone!, and
captlvakslif his "wlflc l>ia<young cou
aln. and also "Ills daughter. The
Swiss chsp 1s an engaging fellow,
whom Art has been restricted to
chocolate drOpst -Out he la most vig
orous in Ills lots making and creates
?o snd of fttmptlcatloas.
A" capable prodoeMojt and company
Is promised f*r the presentation In
Washington!
! ? d ? , ?
ri/St Lawysr ? Did his speech car
ry coavtctlon?
Second Lawyer ? ti did! Wo oMoat
dot ftro years, ,
WOE ME TOMSK
IRTi DIE flSIO mSTHIEr
PU-w BONOS EOS UK
MOSS LUMBER CO.
WINS US CASE
Sccuree Judgment of
Against Kim City Lamhw Co. te
Superior Cown YeeCertUy.
In Superior court yesterday after
noon a verdict was rendered In favor
of tK>-*i*lqttff in the case of Mom
Lumber Col va. Elm Clt j Lumber I
_o. for ll.9lS.IO. The enlt va i the
reauit of certain lumber contracts. '
The case of Dixie Lumber Co. va.
Gray Harris will be taken up for.
-rial today.
WILL MANUFACTURE SHIRTS; 1
Oi'KUAlOBI ARE WANTED
Wilmington, N. C.. Jan. I.
A new manufacturing enterprlM
JT this city It the Wilmington Shirt
-oinpsny, which baa lease^ the plant
?t the W.T.ard bag factory, corner
ihlrd and Kidder aireets, and will
ib soon a* the machinery can be In
? tailed begin the manufacture of'
? ork and negligee ahlrt# for the ,
trada The company will be lncor
>.*iud tnis week with an anthorls- '
-d capital etock of 925,000. of which
5,000 will be paid in. Thoee ln
tareated in the new company are
Ha) or P. Q. Moore and Mosara. J.
. and B. D. McKoy and Jamea H.
Scull.
Mr. J. C. McKoy will be general
manager of the concern, and Mr. L.
Wjclard, of Washington, N. C.,
vho ha? had 20 years of czperlenco
n the busipesB. haa been aecured as
superintendent. It la planned to
mploy from 70 to 100 young ladiea
In the plant.
A contract haa been cloeed. it- la
stated, with a largo Northern firm
fi.r tho next two years. The factory j
wUl be able to turn out from 300 to
1.000 dozen ahlrte a week. All of!
the ehlrta will be chipped by water
to New oYrk direct and distributed
from that point.
The Wlllard Bag Company, which
ceased operatlona several weeks ago.
formerly operated aua overall factory
In eonnectlpn with the making of
bags and this part of the machinery
haa been purchased by the new
eompany. The entire plant hai been
leased and the machinery ordered
and la expected to arrive thlo week.
The offloe of the new oonoern will
be at No. 1101 South ^fdrd street.
Mr. Woo lard haa already arrived In
the city and will ?orfn at onoe mak
ing preparations for opening the
plant within the next several weeks.
Experienced operators are wanted.
l.8-ltc.
I
NO MORE SCHOOL
AT OLD FORD
4
School Work Will Have to be Aban
doned for the Remainder
of This Term.
it is -very probsble thst school
work ai Old Ford will hare to be
abandoned far th" balance of this
to- -u. The aeetructlon of the echool
he ve by fire and the inability to
a ~re another building haa made it
, n c< for the Bosrd of Education
( it d'm>s thr faculty at the school
; ,r r'malndor of the etrm.
!oad? of brick hsve been
h ultd and It is expected that work
on a new building will be started
within a short tim". But even then,
it will take quite a while before a
new house can be erected and prop
. fu..i n rall'd.
British Submarine Sunk.
1 en don, Jan? I? The sinking or
1 a British submarine off the coast of
* Holland was officially announced this
' n om{n| ' The crew were saved.
The admiralty statement says th?t
thd submarine. the name of which Is
'rot glveii, was sunk yesterday * off
th; Island^of Texel, the JirgOrt aid !
moei^ southwesterly Of the Frisian
group. ThS entire crew, numbering
tt, was r? eeoed by the Dstsh crui
se* Noord Brabant, and broufht Into
the Dttt^ port of Heldsr.
RtiMtaa boon Fifty IWanl.
Vienna. Jan. t. ? Runstan loooea
on tfeo Boesarablaa frontier and the
St r i pa region daring the New Year
flthtlng were at least M.MO, ao
cording to the official statement la*
S?e3 by the war offloe today ^
cuooowtxrrer and una icu
May be joined to wa
. . INUTON TOWNSHIP,
ISSUE $100,000
Planned to Circulate PeCltla**. Ad
draasid to N?rt Rfprewntolira
end Mnke It a $100,000 Bond U.
mm in All for Road Work,
| Th ?t Waahlngton. Le og Acrt and
Chocowlntty township* may be un
ited loto one road district and a. bond
issue of 9100,000 floated fer im
proving the road* of tbeee other two
townships, la the opinion that baa
lately been voiced on the street* of
the tiij.
| It i* contemplated, according to
Information glv?<n out thl? morning,
to Circulate petition* throughout
Long Acre and Chocowlnlty and se
en ring signature* of th? necessary
number of rotor* to make these pe
: tit ion* effective. They will be att
dreasod to tho next representative
at tha State legislature and t^trmec
him to form tho thres townshlpe in
to one district. Tfcla plan will be
aduallf effective to calling an eleo
tloo and will also be much more in
expensive. Should Choflowln^tjr want
te Join Washington ujygic Am
r*fu*e, or vice vsrWfU^^MW#
thst desires to 6o tnclude^Jn the
good road* work can do the
other left out
The poople of Washington town,
?hip. having a'.ready put themselves
on record *s favoring good read*, it
will not be necesaary to circulate a
petition in this township to f organ
lalng (he road dlatrlc?. la fact. It
is the opinion of the majority of the
residents that the road district should
be created, including the three town
ahlpi mentioned aheee. V
Wir5?h>gton towwR^ wltl Sot have
to wait until the legislature meets
in order t9 start work on h4t roads.
The f oO.OuO bonds voted ikta^ week
w 11 be added to* the *100.00V<which
It 1* propoaed to Issue for the other
i*o townebips. making $160,000 in
.1'. Whatever amount Washlng^ou
*-nriB befor the legislature acta
:: the bill, will be deducted firom
:'.r apjortionr-cnt.
1ENEW WORK ,
NIGHT SCHOOL
Small Attendance at C1mh6* Thin
Week on Account of Wcntlier nrni
NumerouH Cases of Illness.
On account of the InctomenL
weather and the lllnesa of *e*eral of
tha teacher* *nd pupil*, the atten
dance at thfe night school this week
ha* been rather slim.
Beginning next Monday, it is hop
ed th*t the work will be reeumed
with renewed energy. \ If there are
any in Washington vfho dealre te
enter the classes, th ejf may still do
ko. Teacher* are also badly needed
and It Is hoped that /volunteera will
come forward to ald^ln th* work.
Isn't prartWd bjr '
c'.eaD'ng, prcsalng
ing cloihe*.
"QUALITY" 1* our 1
We serve to serVrf' ag4ltt? . Te
?erve you would be a~gf{>flwa.
WRKiHTB RTtt/Uft
PREMINO WOntl
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