DAILY NEW/ THE DAILY NEWS PRINTS KOBE LOCAL NEWS THAN ANT OTHEB FAPER ? *| " WASHINGTON, N. C., SATURDAt A FT EJRNOON", JANUARY 29, 191?. . / NTJICBBI ITT. KRT MRK MDSTMSSIST JHKHHE t XX'A L MAK. INTERESTED IN OP - l-OSITION TO MR. SMALL, GIVES OCT STATEMENT. DENIES THE REPORT ?ay. No Stepe Are Bain? Taken In Mr. Small is Not a Fmosuri One. That reports, to the effect that a fund is being raited In Washington to financ? Judge Whedbee's cam paign agalhet Coogreeaman Small, ere false. vas the statement given eiA for publication -thin morning by ?no (X the local men who Is said to be interested in the 8mati opposi tion. * ''There is absolutely ho truth in this fact,", he stated, "and you can Inform your readers that no steps have be' n taken In that direction. It is tree that we are planning ot oppose Mr. Small at the next elec tion. but the fifht Is not in any way ? personal one. "I don't fcntfjw from whom the report originated that we are raising the money here In Washington to ?saist Judge Whsffbee. I noticed that you mentioned this in the first Interview you publish? d regarding the matter. There haa been some mistake made; Whether deliberate or accidental. I cannot say. At any mate* you can fest assured that the report Is false." SFEIK BEFORE UFMIEIK 4. W. Pxofflt W1U Inspect Point* of Interest Here and Make Ad drnw on Frbruwj 3rd. Mr. J_,W. Prolllt, of Providence, R. 1., who la traveling in the Inter eat of community interest and com munity advertising:. hat included Washington in his Itinerary through Eastern North Carolina and will h in thla city on Vebrusry 3. He will, arrive here in the afternoon and will sf*nd the afternoon visiting the var_ ious points of Interest In the dlty and at night h * will make an address to the Chamber of Commerce. MKJ*roflft"l# JMr fn New Orleans where he is fcoofced^for an address before the National Foreign Trade Council.' Mr. Profflt has already spoken at Raleigh, at Kipston and ft New Bern. On the 4th of February he all) leave for Wilson -where he wl]l spend the day an .VICTOR POTBL in an I^p Cotn*djr . "BY RRTURN MALB" J-KK MORAN-KDDIR LTON8 \ In ? N?stor t "Her friend, th? MllUman." NATHIM DAILY?4 P. U. SCHOOL OmiiDRBN Ac ANTE-BELLUM RELIC HAS PEALED ITS LAST Bell in City Hall, Put up in 1356, Give? Way to Modern Improvements. Has Warned City of Thousand? of Fires. For sixty year? a guardian over Um home? in Washington; ever faithful and ever ready to mtt?, the old ball in the city hall tower, -which has warned the eitteana of lire since the year Jt'lS? has pealed Ita last Modern Improvement*. In the way of fire alarm ay stems, have doomed the hell to make room for the mor? np-to-date "tapper." It will still ha remain In the tower, but 1^ the fu ture it will be'stationary and nut allowed to swtag. There is a world of Interesting history 'connected with the old relic and there ar? probably a few of Washington's older realdents who will remember when tt vas Install ed. Previous to 1855. th? alarm of fire waa given by means of hitting a hammer against a huge Iron wheel. OFFER HELP TO GNMMTr Washington Good Ro?k A^ocUtioa m? ~ - - sen to Ltad Amd?mm ce. : ' A series of letters to the promi nent residents of Chocowlnlty towu slilp, regarding the good roads pro ject in that district, are being pre pared and sent oat by E. L. Stewart, secretary of the Washington Town ship Good Roads Association. The purpose of .the. letters Is to advise the 'parties to whom they arc addressed that If they -will take tb? responsibility of advertising tfar lttnttrr and freeing foe voters ^and tax payers In person and Arranging for a representative meeting at an early date, advising the Washington Good Roads Association of the time and place, the local organisation will arrange to take one or two car loads of our most enthusiastic workers, go over to the meeting, outline plans under which an elec tion will have to be held and.asfljst hem in perfecting s working c iganlzat'.on In addition to this, ,af ter the organisation is completed the secretary's office of the Washing ton Oood Roads Association will be. open to tho Chocowlnlty association at all tlmee and the secretary and other members of the local associa tion will be glad to render any practical assistance In their power in the way of advice, speeches, writ ten articles fc?4 otherwise tending to mske a success Of the proposed election for good road9 in Choco. wlnlty townships. "XBAL ^ NAVY" DKRW A CAPACITY HOI,'HE "Neal of the Navy," with the oth-' ? ? OF THE TWO OWNERS WHO IS THE HAPPIER 7~ ?R?^H in N?w York A'orld. 688 MOONLIGHT SCHOOLS 5,540 PUPILS IN THE STATE Former Superintendent of Local Sc ools Congratulates ? Washington Upon Night School Here Raleigh, Jan. 28. 1916. Editor Daily News, Washington, N. C. My dear Sir: t Several week.? ago a friend of mine in Washington wrote me a vory enthusia&lic letttr. telling about the beginning that wtfs being made in the night aciidol conducted there, and requested that I make some statem nt concerning It through your columns. Naturally, 1 feel a hesitancy In complying with this request because of my non-residence. However, I am very much de light d to know that Washington Id conducting a splendid night school. I was in Washington a few days ago, and had the pleasure of conferring with Supt. Campbell about the Wglit school work, and wag delighted to hear from his that the school is wo'.l attended and that thTe Is much In. tereat. It is very encouraging to have these reports coming to this Department about the night school work, particularly the effort on th> part of many adults to learn to read and write. It may be interesting bo your fe&defa to know that to thia date 638 moonlight schools have been organized and conducted in fifty countles In North Carolina and 1000 teachers have been at wcrk In these i schoola. and that 6,540 persons have j been enrolled. Reports from the' other counties have not yet been 1 recoived. This means, as you se<\ that a good start is being made In this work to reduce our adult Illit eracy and place North Carolina In the column of states having tli? least pcrcentace of Illiteracy. Very truly your?, N. C. NEWBOLD. / ALLEGED MULE BEATER WAS TRI! D YL STERDAY Testimony Introduced Showed That Smith Had Pitch fork in His Hands. No one Saw Him .Slick the Mule, However. Charged with cruelty to one of his mules, W. B. Smith, of Plnetown * aa tried yesterday afternoon before Recorder Vaughan. Mr. 8mlth, ac cording to an article whleh appear-1 rd in thia paper a few days ago and which wan sent In by a resident of j Plnetown, stuck a pitchfork Into the-i mule and injured it lo such an ex- j tent that the animal died. Among those who testified in the! caeo yesterday were C. K. Jefferson,' Asa Respass, Mr. Harrison and M \ Btubbs. Jefferson stated that he had seen Smith with a pitchfork but that h? had gone back into his store. When asked whether he had seen Smith thrust the fork into the mule, be replied that he had not; that he had turned away bo as not to see It, Harrison testified that he heard a noUe in the stable at'Cbout dusk, went there and saw Stnith poking at the mule* with the ptteh-fork. He did not, however, see Smith ?trike the mole, nor did he see any blood on the animal's bide. The testimony of Sttibbs was tr I .the effect that he happened to be pasting Smith's stable and saw the mule with Its head betweea two j planks. He went In and told Smlth'r wife, as he feared the animal Would oboke t? death. "V ? Jeffrrson stated that the Mile was one of the most contrary he had ever seen and would always kick |when an attempt was made to bridle Mid h. atrcr ? Smilit . a pitchfork Into lb* animal. StDlth alao tkal k* itmck the an'mal and claimed that It died as the result of bruises and Injuries due to kicking against the barn timbers. Mr. Vaughan heard the testimony and decided not to pnna sentence until Monday. GOOD CI OXHES r A R E i? rital to the life of youf garments. We clean, preae and repair them In a most palnxtaVirf* manner. THE WAY ?OU LIKE IT. WEIGHTS ?TEAM PRESSING WORKS Phose 231 BPMTIi ?HI FIIR Asaociatlua '"'111 Hat? Ca|>iuU Stock of flO gharea ImumI in ^AtiOD? of 95. wiflcate of Incorporation for ^ aurora Agricultural Fair ?sal tation 1? being drawn up and the charter prepared by Stewart & Bryan *M this city. Tbe association will have a capital stock of 910,000 and a paid In capital alock of 9300. Sharea will be Issued Ln denomina tion? of 99 each. Tbe incorporators are W. H. Hooker. R. L. M. Bonner. B. H. Thompson, S. T. Wilkinson, C. L. Stewart, W. A. Thompson an>l others. J. T. Wilkinson la the efficient secretary of the organiratlon ar.d anyone desiring to purchase atocK can take the matter up with him LoCal eltlsens are cxpected to inter* eat themselves In the project In a financial way. theteby assuring its permanent, since It contributes a great d< al towards the advertising of Beaufort county and Beaufort coun ty products. BEEN BIG WASIE Resident of Choeowtntty State* Why People Aro Dubious Ai to Futurv Work on the I loads. Wllmar, N. C.. Jan. 29, 1916. Editor Daily New?, Dear Sir: I notice that quite a lot it being said in regard to the road bond is sue, but It seems that the recent load meeting held at Chocowlnlty, has cast a gloom over the bond pro 'ec'. so !ar as Chocowlnlty township is concerned. I further notice, ac corditg to an article In tho Dally News of late date, that It was In ferred, If not plainly asserted, that the poople of Chocowlnlty township a'd u_t want good roads. In regarl >o this, 1 with to state in behalf if every man in this township (who pays road tax) that not one of thesn is opposed to having, or doliig their part in order to havo better roads. I jflll say further, that every man wlfc observes the present condition oJTroads, will tell you that they are ^olng from bad to worse ail the tlma in spite of revenue going into the treasury for road improvement. Of course some work has been don^, but it w II be Been that the very worst roals now to be found are the enri wh'ch have been worked by convicts, or county labor. 8uch work l.a?- been principally that of digging down or leveling clay hills, and as a rocjlt much of tho roads which hard before, have been heaped iwj;h el?) which becomes sticky, miry and alnfost impassable, as soon as they get wet. It Is generally con ceded, as a matter of course, that' | rainy, freetlng or thawing weather I takes serious effect on roads of mud or clay. However, all this goea to show that most of the work prev iously done has been done so unwlso |y or unskillfully that the roads have become oven worse jn consequence than if they had not been touched. A very good reason why the people | over here maintain their present at titude toward road bonds, Is because the present road scheme has turned out to be such a farce, and who can i be sure of the success of a road bond IssueT i Yours very truly, t VICTOR O. WILLIAMS [ I Mokr >'nn,? Himn*!?*?*. Memphis. Jan. 29.?A thousand families are homeloas because of flooded Arkansas rivers. Train ser vice In sections Is suspended. "GOOD TASTE" CRY STA L ICE CREA M Makes bad feci in k people feel good. And good feeling people feel better ^ This good sunny weather. TRY IX. CRYSTAL ICE COMPANY Phon* 83. Washington, "N. C. CHI?! Mill ffltJW CONTINT'l Mmr RELIEVES THAT GOVERJfMXNT SHOULD DIILD UP AND STRENGTHEN NATIONAL GUARD. GIVES INTERVIEW Ikx* Not Bollrrp President If Def liil(