MR. FALLIS PRESENT
VowMhlp Owd Ro?d
m which OT.T thirty i
MMI iaat ' Dijbt. i
auu M(k?r ?dBMi
l?t?rr?Uni u?. .aluafi
*ardlng road work tm'<
Wrta .,Ja,?u ?W
at him l#raold ort?r 1
b*ra prMMt, who deal
lUbtened retarding t
o* the work.
Mr. rants . was tut r
la. Stewart, mrctv} -(
your road condition* till Iwv*
ta be thoeoughly Investigated u<
leoked fnto. I am ready *to -do this
Ad everything elee that might he
<* assistance to yon. If* there
*e any questions which eomp of the
gentlemen here topfglii ^Wotifcd like
to eik, I would be gUUfl*. answer
Wr. Warren? I would lH^to-ask,
Mr. Fallls. whether you fofe gone
iArer ell of the toade in ib^town
Mr. Faille? I've Just driven over
them in a car, but have' Aot fpade a
detailed observation^
' Mr. Wdrren ? iWh?t dfc **nr M'lnk
would be the but to
build? 77 t*
Mr. K.m?
*m ?<??'<!
?ow.rer; 1 am
tfur engineers hW*
weeks and thoroughly laveatlgate
jtour condition*
Judge Bragaw ? I would* Uke- to
mk. Mr. Fallls. '? ?
itatw fund proviafc<fv f6f engl
. , , *> -
Mr. Faille? Yes, Mr; an eteo fjt.
: SS>- K
if: Judge Bragaw ? He
ifce territory himself ti&v flffak'e? pre
tralnary InveSTTgatlonsf ! V
Mr. Fallls ? Y^s. " ".Iti? "?
Mr. Arihbell-tAnd #oe*
M*. Faille? Yes. And th*tt t will
come back and |ook over the situa
tion again with aim. lit pot a man
here ' who Is thoroughly afeqealftf*d
? 1th the oaster^ part of the State
And competent to do ^the work.
Mr. Warran-*-You would then
strongly advise jhe township to em
p'oy an mglneej|?
Mr. Fains ? AH. the tine. I would
Have the entire work done under fcle
supervision.
Mr. Warren ? What, salary woold
Me draw?
bellMo
today
BILUB R1TCHIB
I* m l-twl IrKO Com?4y
"ROOM AMD BOARD -A
DOLLAR AND A HAW
JANS NOVAK
la a !wo-r??I drun*
THK ORBATKR C0HRAOE"
Mr. Mora* ? What la the cost of |
maintenance per mile per year?
Mr. Pa) It* ? It runs from 95 to|
160.
- Judge Bragaw ? Woqld ?)ie prob
lam of proper drain age evolve more |
MrTTralHa ? Tm, to aom* extent.
Mr. Stewart ? What would be the
beat metkod-of operation ? for the
"Bttfe highway commission to work
*ith rbe en glower?
Mr Falll#? Tfce beat plan would
Ve fe* jolt to appoint ^a committee
ef -threO' ta?n to act M an executive
'wMtnHeei
l4t>,?lfct#?rt ? Would it be nec
aery to pajr them a salary?
' * Ifrrkllta ? -No, it is not euatomar
,w; z\-'J \ '
L. Mr. ?tewart ? If we apend 150.000
here. ihoyiM we (hen employ a com
petent man to look after the roads r|
Mr. ran>a?Br>i! re?
Mr. atfw^rt ? What after? would]
we hare \o pay kim?
Mr. Faille ? You would not Hare
to be* the same kind of a man aa
you dtd for yo4rr eonatructlon work.
Iffa irark would be largely dragging
and keeping dttcheaopeo. Ton ought
to get hfifi for aboet II# a month.
Mr ParrUher ? Mow Wtte wooHfc
you ad rlke building the roads? '? j
Mr. rattle? Thirty * ' ttf eh ?
you'U hare a right of witfjftlnMt/wtll
be there for future work. It 6oet?j
little mor?*o bnild a wide road Ckeo;
Mr. Qrlmea? How mrfny men are
uauelly employe* In a gang? . ?
Mr. Pallia ? It *ip00j| ^ vtt?
nu fiber of B>?les. If >Ou <ha** Jlfi
mulda. yini ought te taave abort
equal number of M. It aleo de
da upbn tke aomat of drelnaii
| work.
Mr. Qrime*? Can yoe uee as many
ae'il pneiea IB one g?ng?
Mr. FalUe ? Tee. and II mules If
Mr, Orhtfta ? How many ganga
?git we tw me?
Mr. PelHa ? Oee big gaag would
yard* of excavation up to the pres
ent date.
v The original cost of excavation was
estimated at about II 7 0.000. This
baa been increased over $50,000.
thus making the ooet of the excava
tion over $320,660.
Entire new equipment was par
chased for this Job, erected In Bel
he reo. and- .towed to- the work. The
coat of the plant, read? for worki
was near $100,000.
The main ditch, from the sound
to the pumping station, is seren and
one-half miles long, seventy feet
wide, alfht foot doep at the month j
and six fQet at the pnmping station,
4^ e., below sea level. From the
pumping station In the lake, the
opata canals run east and west.
8maller canals load ont of t U?M
running north, and are one and oflft*.
half miles apart. The odd numbers
running to the boundary levee, the
even numbers running Just across
the lake.
* IN -
TO START DRAINING LAKE I
MATTAMUSKEET JUNE I.l
Engineers Expoct to Have Work Finished by That Time |
Contract signed For Excavation In July, ?13
Unless something unforeseen oc
curs to delay things the pumps will
?tart draining the MeUamuskeet
Lake on. or about June V next. This
Is one of the greatest drainage un
dertakings ever attempted in tfei*
country. Those in charge of the
mamnpoth scheme are optimistic as
to the Una! result and ij; begins lo
look to the outsider that taetr claims
will hold good.
The oon tract was signed for the
excavation of the ditches hi Lake
Mattamuskeet district on July 16.
1913. The time for oom^letlon was
thirty months from this date. It
was contemplated then that the work
would amount to about i ninety.one
miles of ditches and three million
two hundred fifty thousand yards of
ewaratlon. Since that time there
has boon added to this about fifty
miles of dltchee with nearly a mil
lion yards of excavation. The largest
ditches have all been completed, and
there haa been nearly three million
NEGRO WHO SHOT
OFFICER GETS
FIVE YEARS
(By Eastern Press)
Rocky Mount, Jan. JJ. ? Bud
Waller, the negro who on Christmas
Eve shot Officer Walter Bartholo
mew of this city, dangerously wound
lag him. and who came near precip
itating g lynching, waa tried here
rn 45 lustlon. which It
? r?d Would be atiemDtML-if
tire' negro *jas allowed to remain
Wk '
He was sentenced to Ave years
Imprisonment yesterday. Officer
Bartholomew. It is stated, will re
cover. "
{PlTKBURtiH TO HEAR FIRST
SPEECH ON PREPAREDNESS I
Washington, Jan. 12. ? President
Wllaon plans to speak In Pittsburgh.
CI ve'.and, Chicago, St. Louis, Kan
?as City, St. Joseph, Dee Moines and
iJavenpor ton the first trip he will
take to lay hla national defense pro
gram before the country. He expects
to leave Waahington January 28,
and remain away one week.
Preliminary plans tor the second
trip to be made about the middle of
i?aat month, already are being con
sidered. This Journey probably will
lake the President' as far west as
Denver, and if possible he will swing
througk the sooth to stop at Bir
mingham and other cltiee.
Pittsburgh will hear the first pre
paredness speech, Saturday, January
19th.
Mr. Fallis ? As tbe work progress
es I will be glad to run. down here
as often as 1 can ? at Imh onc? jt
month- ? *nd advise you to the bfcat
01 my ability.
Mr. Stewart ? What is pie pleas
are or the association regarding
suggestions to the board of com.
Snore retttlve to the sppolnt
Df three mo? to act aa an exe
committee?
Swindell ? 1 don't believe any- .
will b? done bjr the board re- 1
gilding this point until the bonds
ai4 accepted. Relative to sugges
tion*. 1 believe that the board will
b* glad to have them, but at the;
name time, 1 want to say that the
board will nee Ha own Judgment re
gardless of wke is reoom mended or
Who makes the recommendations,
r - ft whs the* moved that the matter
Ii)q deferred until a later meeting.
Judge Brngaw read the following
I resolution, which was unanimously
I adopted:
"iUtolved: That this auioclaUon I
Dledfe It* hearty co-operation with
any other townfthtp In Baanffrt
county, which may In die* to IU 4#
slr? for coed roads In tweh town
ship. a ad IU aid is ovary way poaal
ble to anoonraga and foator tha
*?raa? of tha good road movamant
In Baaofort eonnty "
Jgdge Bragaw. on hahalf of tha
aaaOdatlon, also avproaaad alncora
approclatlon and thanks to Mr. ftl*
:w? for hla Intarast In tha good roads
mpv?tnra' hara and for tho aaaU
I t* ft <? th?i h ? has randarod.
I |h?r baslDoaa balng baongbt
^fww'ara. ?h# mooting *d}o?road.
CHILDREN AND
TAKES HRIl OWN LIFE
Lyons. N. Y., Jan. 22.? Mrs. Ed
win Payne, 34 years old, banged her
four.year-old daughter, her two
year-old son and herself with three,
separate p'eces of clothes line at
tached t? * hook in th^ celling of
the family hem* fa i AlloWay, three
miles sooth of bore. yestMay after
"noon. *r. Paytoe found ^the bodies
of his wife and children^ when he
returned home from work last night.
He told the coroner's jury his wife
had been acting strangely for sev
eral dayB.
" ? r ?
CELEBRATED THE
ANNIVERSARIES. OF
LEE AND JACKSON
Daughters and Children of the
Confederacy Prepared Inter,
estlng Program.
The anniversaries of General Lee
and President Jackson's birthdays
were observed In Washington by an
excellent program rendered last
night at the court house under the
auspices of the United Daughters and
Children of the Confederacy. An
appreciative audience attended the
exercises.
The program was opened by the
singing of "The Old North State"
by the Children of the Confederacy,
which waa followed by & prayer by
Bev. E. M. Snipes.
\M1? Bessie Connolly sang a most
beautiful selection In her nsual tal
ented manner. Mrs. Harold Wash
burn recited "Mars' Robert Is
Asleep" with exceptional impres
siveness and feeling. Her part on
the program was one fft the most
enjoyable of the evening and she
waa aecorded generoua applause.
Prank Bryan appropriately intro
duced the speaker of the availing,
H. C. Carter, Jr., who delivered an
interesting address on the Ufa and
deods of the two heroes of the
South. He paid high tribute to thoi
characters of both Lee and Jackson,
told what the two men meant to the
South and gave as extremely enter
taining and also educational account
of Jackson's valley campaign.
Miss Glasgow sang two selections:
"Annie Laurie" and "The Last Rose
of Summer," which wore especially
appreciated by the old veterans
present. The singing of "America"
land the benediction by Rev. H. B."
Searlght, ended the program.
FIK8T PRKSBYTBRIAN CHURCH.
Services at 11:00 a. m. and 7:80
p. m., conducted by the pastor. Rev
H. B. SeaiiRht. Subject of mornln*
sermon, "Perplexities of Prorldene*"
Theme of evening discourse, "Btead
faatnene of ralth."
Banriay School at 3:00 p. nv, H
O. Moat. Supt.. J. B. Sparrow. Aaet.
Bupt. and Macher of Men's Bible
Claaa.
Strangers sod travelling man are
eotdlall? invited to aft 4 he services
of the church. "Come tbOu with us.
and wa will do thee good."
WVISTOX MARKKT CORFTBD RREF
it E. K. WILLIS, both stores.
1 Il.lt*.
wux HI liata our y or nm
? lai U.ll? H?wi. ?
. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF GERMS.
The Wife: "What are you prancin' round like that for, AbnerT"
Ab: "Goth, can't ye eee I'm a-dodgin' grip germiT"
? R?hH In New York World.
WORST FLOOD IN DECADE j
IS AT HEIGHT IN ILLINOIS
Chicago, Jan. 22. ? Northern 1111
l&oln last night faced the worst flood
'conditions of a decade. Small
streams had become torments and
! larger rivers inundated thousands of
acres, marooned hundreds of homes,
and did damage estimated at many
hundreds thousands dollars.
The Des P'.aines river' inundated
Rockdale to a d^pth of six feet, and
flooded the lower section of Joliot.
Whole tactions of AuVora were'
fciciai'. - ? ? ? . . j
The Rock river and its confluents j
th? Pt*cft tonka and Sugar rivers,,
threatened the destruction of Inter-',
urban and steam railroad" Idges.
ft oats and rafts look^tpe i ace ofj
?tbgons and automobiles In" many
iovvns and cltioa.
No loas cf life was reported.
I*a ngvrrt Marooned. *
Peoria, .tan. 22. ? Fifty passenger*
on a Chicago, Burlington and Qxilp
cy train wore reported marooned 1 1
miles weat of here today.
Ottawa In Darknens.
Ottawa, III., Jan.>?2.~-Hum4r?d?
of families ha?e been drivatl from
their homes; man/ IUt? bs?n
<C||* rojf n<? a^d ;?<?>? hss-of fa^arto?
sro closed .ajj^ibtotatult-tfcm fft?d
|irhlcl)r is sweeping through Illi
nois and Fox river valleys. v
Ottawa Jg In darkness and thare
is no street csr traffic.
FEDF.RA' T * -
iS or." ?< .lj ji SMALL
Washington. D. C., Jan. 22. ? Con- I
gressman John H. Small, of North 1
Carolina. loday expressed himself as
being very much opposed to the
Hughr.s-Smith bill, which provides
for Federal censorship' of all motion
picture - films. In speaking on the
subject this morning, l*o had the
following to say:
"The Hughes-Smith bill providing
for federal censorship of all motion
picture films Is only one of the many
activities seeking to have the fed
eral government take over the Iocs ,
police powers of the statos, and su
pervise the moral of local commun- 1
ltles." said Representative John H. .
?mall, ot North Carolina. "The State i
of North Carolina and all other 1
states are ampler prepared to sup?r- '
vise the morals of Its Citizens a9 any I
commission appointed by the Prel- 1
SPLENDID PROGRAM
AT NEW THEATRE
^ The New Theatre will offer their
patron* tonight- a splendid program,
In whicl^here will be a fine three
reel feature by Essanay entitled,
"The C^l| of the Sea." There wUI
also^tWo single reels of good com
?dy in a drama. For Monday night
thla house will have a seven reel
program. :n which th *y wf*! offer thr;
flrat episode of what they bel.ev.
will be the beet serial that they have
yet had a chance to present. Francis
Ford and Grace Cunard, those two
great characters that made such a
l^t here in "Ladle Love" will take
the leading parts In this new serial.
"The Broken Coin," which wlfl run
for fifteen weeks, with two reels
every Monday night. It la predicted
that the house will be crowded
Mosday night.
. AT THR BAPTIST (THt'lWTH.
Rev. Edward B. Jenkins, of Bllt
moro, will preach at both morning
and evening service*.
Subject or morning sermon: "The
Maaaage froqfgthe Early Church to
tlA 16th Century Church."
Subject of evening r'Woii "The
Mttaton of the Menetah."
i ent or by T'V.ijreas. \
"I fre?-.. 'lit t the popularity of
m. tlon . c.*v** aud their perman
esry as educational factor. Like
tho preas ;nd the drama moving pic
tures may be obscene or may violate
good morals but they will be regu
lated and controlled by the force of
public Hentiment through the aeV.
oral communities and the Btates for
med by such legislation as may be
tec BBary. So far as I can obnerve
this agitation la mainly advocated
I by a few ultra enthusiasts who are
acous'oirted to look to the federal
| governrn- nt for the rectification of
any public evil and to hang around
WaAh'ngton instead of deleting their
'nntlvtin* to. thy t?etterm?pt? it their
r?spt" communities acd states. I
wll! d/jdI assuredly vote against the
Hughes bill."
CANNING FACTORY
FOR ELIZABETH CITY
Movement <m Foot to KfiUbbllfth a
-Factory There. Farmer* Asked
to Co-operate.
(By Eastern Press)
JTt'zp ?' iV'.y, J?n 8-2.- ? A more'
iue.it is ou foi?L to csinblirh a can
J'ing factory In Eltiabeth City.
Messrs. Foreman and Derrick son
of the Foreman->l)errlokson Veneer
Company, are behind the movement,
which means that If definitely un
dertaken the plan will be put
through.
These gentlemen nay that they
are ready to erect a cannery if Paa
quotank farmers will oo-opera%?
with them by undertaking email ??
perlmenu la tomato eultura tkla
year. If for lnetanoe, one hundred
and twenty-fivs farmers will agree,
to plant an acre in tomatoes thlsl
year, the matter of erecting ? can.)
nery will be begun at once.
SUED POTATttBS. 05JOK i*I?.
iiidn mwi ni hm o?u ?t a.
I: WIU.18. botfc iCOTM.
I
MTIft.W
TO HIVE WILSBN
nijiM.
AH INVITATION HAS BERN KX
tfcNDED HIM BV TUB CCR
KJtNT TOPICS CLUB. '
THINK HFLL COME
A a Cttj I m LargMt is Kltchia'| DU
Ml mm MaJm Mf Lm&t to
OppoMtf to TUM. BellMrf'Wtt.
?on Will AeeepC
<By Eastern Pro*#)
Rocky Mount, jaa. St.? Prcaldent
Wilson baa been exfendeA an ^tita
tlon by the membership committee
of the Current Topic* club this
city to Includ* Rocky Movant ip hit
"awing aronftA the drele" to eXplala
hie v j?wa on -the preparedpeaa fcuee
tion. "" T. ?
| Newt was received here this form
ing that as Bocky Y#unt tk the, larg
est city in *r. Kitekln'k dloUlct end
as the latC?f -!e Je^tl^fco atone*
unturned to make &ta iocntttllieote
endorae hfa views on mdttaB&J de
fense, the !&YAt*tl6n from tlda city
will be serlouBly" CcmJldered. \
It Is expected that detnlto word
from Washington will he received
shortly. Should the President no
cppt, special tralne will be to
Rocky Mount from every city (9 the
eastern part of the State and piasy
thousands of visitors will nndpubt
edly take advantage of the oppor
tunity of hearing and seeing the
chief executive of the United Spates.
^ Will Visit BUte.
Washington, Jan. 2 2 .7? President
Wilson informed Senators 81nunon?
tffid Overman today that he'ifftnJd
not be ablo to visit North Carolina
on hla first swing arqund the circuU
which begins sou<6 time next yeek.
but that he will make another trip
ahorUy* after he returns and if ex
pect* to vlalt at leaat two ^orth
Carolina cities.
HAS BOUGHT OUT
PURE MILK CO.
W^ni End Dairy and Pure Mll^c Co.
Will Be Cuiuolldated In
the Future.
Jamen A. Hackoey. Acting aa agent
for tho Weit End iMlrjr'Co., hu pur
chased the Pure the offlcea
of which have bee* located ^t the
corner of Third and Market afreet*
Mr. Hackney stated this morning
that the Pure Mtlk Co. would ^n the
future be operated with the WMt
End Dairy %ud that the power and
water, of th* latter plant would be
used entirely.
ONLY A PKW 1>AY8 LKKT TO BUY
at cost. Buck man Broe.
1-22-llc.
SHORTER HOURS,
And more pay to the man
regards Ills personality as an
asset. We. want to ke?p you
looking "spl? and span' ,a#w
we?
<1?antmt. tuff,
WRKJHTB STBAM
PRRBBING WORKS
Phone 211
A8T?TttM la tn? D?!lr (few*
TO-NIGHI
r Eniannf pr#??nt? >
( "Tb* Can of th?
S T?\ f?t?M
"Tkft VfcnUMni Of OBW
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"Tb? Loom of
Cb*ne?" ? 1 r*ol
Momdar HUht :
'Tke Brok?a CoM^
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