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NUMBER 180.
WASHINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 2, 1016.
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SILL'S BILL
GIIEIM
BROUGHT UP BEFORE HOUSE
COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT
_MARI JfR AND FTBHpujfH.
- IS IMPORTANT ??
ITU* Effect Kt?7 OoMt ClCy Be
?worn Florida ?d Virginia. Does
A way With All Oonpolaoty Pilot
Washington, Feb. f! ? Friends of
the 8mall bill, which If passed will
do away with compulsory pilotage'
for barges la tow of tugs, had what
they 'termed a very successful hear
Ing before tho house committee on
merchant marine and fisheries. The
bill is of vital Importance to Wil
mington and all ooaat cities between
Virginia and Florida. Mr. Small
believe* the bill will be adopted by
both houses and that Its passage will
I greatly stimulate and encourage
| barge shipping to eastern Carolina
points.
Every seaboard state north of and
including Virginal haa abolished all
compulsory pilotage on coastwise
i shipping of every kind. Congress
L more than 40 ye*rs ago passed s law
ijSJtempti' ?se steamers
froip ? pilotage, Isaving
cul, Hcftooners and barges. With
the recent establishment ot barge
frafllo from Wilmington, Charlestflin,
8arannah and Jacksonville, to *ipe
relk. Baltimore "and Philadelphia
? through the NorfoIk^Beaufort inlet
waterway inside of itatteras, It watf
found that each of these aoufhern
ports auemptcd to enforce xompuh
sory pilotage on th? bnrfces In tow
t of the tugs, although the tugs were
I exempted under an tit of CongreAi.
i' As an Illustration bf the burd n -thus
Imposed, It may be stated thst on 4|
tow of these barges having' a draft j
of b^tMr jcn eight and r/.na'feet, that;
tho charges in and out bf Bfcdufort.
Inlet .amount to $135. The chargesi
at Wt.uingtoo, Savar.afch, Charleston
and Jacksonville as* substantially
the same. \ f J
| Tfc.# barge traffic Is In Its Infancy ;
L and there has been a well grounded
fear that this unnecessary burden*
[ would operate hi the discontinuance
& of these bargee. There were present
Sfeoday at the hearing, and who advo
cated the bill, sepakers from Phila
delphia, Baltimore, Charleston and
Savannah. Miyor Moore, of W1I-,
' onlngton, was also present
iMr. Small also submitted resolu.l
tloQi In favor of the bill from the
Chambers of commerce of Norfolk,
Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah'
and Jacksonville. Thero were geb
^ eral expressions to the effect that
the hearing made a strong' showing
!n favor or th bill. It was demon
strated by witnesses that state pilots;
.en the barges rendered no sorvice |
and were not necessary.
It haa.alwsys been tended' that |
the establishment of a free wsterway:
Inside of Cape Ratteras would de-|
velop a barge traffic between ports i
south of Hatteraa .and those north
,/>f Hatteras, and Mr. 8mall emphasis
ed the great Importance of encotr
tbls trsfflc, and Insisted that
not to be throttled for tho
of affording a revenue
Hots.
bearlnf was contlnuod
I IMPORTANT CASE
BEING TRIED
Involves 1,000 Acre* of Load. Roper
Laatber C\>. gain* T. B. Allen. -
Being Tried ToA ay.
An Important salt. Involving the
title to mor# than 1.000 acre# of
land at the head of the Pungo river
and In which nearly ev<fry xfcsiVnt
of pungo river section is Interested
In eitJUr aa a party or witness, is
being tried in Federal court today
wix. h Frank Bryan acting as referee.
Mr. Bryan was appointed referee in
t^e case by Judge Connor, Federal
Judge.
' Tlfe suit it that of the .John L.
Roper Lumber Co. vs. T. E. Allen.
The hearing Will probably take three
or four days. -The law firm of
Small. MacLean, 9rsgaw ft Rodman
Lb representing thfe plaintiff; while
Wllford Whitley. Ward ft Ortmea
Daniel ft Warren. John Paul and |
Harry MoMullan are representing
the defendant.
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ABOUT BONDS
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Have Bam Received Since Election
Lee i Moolh. Believed Bonds'
WIU Sell Above Par.
Three hundred and eight inquir
ies regarding the Washington Town.
bonds, hare been
received by County Attorney Lind
say Warren since the election was
carried a month ago. -From the
number of Inquiries and tbe fact
that the- bond market Is in particu
larly good condition at tbe present
time, it ls not < believed that the
county commissioners will 'have any
trouble In selling Tue bond* raxt}
j Monday, when they -will nw :or
that purpose.
i It is also believed *hnt the bonds,
will be sold above par. Due to thej
fact that bon*r of :hfr r .1? .
? mpt from the Federal income'
$ux, they are even more desirable |
than railroad bonds.
BIG WHITE SALE WILL
BEGIN ON TOMORROW
Many Bargains in "White Ooodi"
Being Offered at Store of James
E. Clark.
^ On another page of today's ls&ue.
James E. Clark Is advertising the
.opening of the annual white sale of
that store, which- wtt* begin tomor
jrow. A grest number of exceptional
lvalues will bt, offered during this
sale. A few of these are being pub
lished in their advertisement.
W. 0. T. U. MEETING.
The W. C. T. U. will meet tomor
row afternoon at four o'clock with
Mrs. O. B. Car malt. Members are
requested to bring their snnusl dues
(seventy-five cents) with them. Sev
eral Important matters will be
brought 'up for discussion and It ls
| earnestly hoped- that every member
will make an effort to be present
until next Tuesday, the 8th Instant,
at which time additional evldonce
will be presented In favor of tho
bill, a?d also by the pilots who op
pose the 1>ill.
? WHEN YOU WANT TO FIND
A TENANT
it jo or meant property is desirable ? -If It Is the best place for
some family to lire, or the Best place for eome man to conduct
hit business ? then It Is "rentable.'*
"Season" may have some thin* to do with the "demand" for
your house, or for you* business property; but "a? won" doea not
?hut tor you the door of opportunity, or make your tenant-quest
hopelesa.
Rather than lose a few more months of reatal income, spend a
part of one month's rental for classified advertising. Do not quit
If the first Insertion, or the second insertion, of you# "ad" doss not
find your tenant tor you. But HOLD TO TOUR TASK, and within
a reasoanble time, and with a moderate expenditure, you'll rent
your property,
AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE NEWS WILL H1LP.
K ? . i I
WHEN A FELLOW NEEDS A FRIEND.
-yHgfl* In Ntw York Tribune
MUCH COMMENT OVER
THE OYSTEFt SITUATION
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Th 6- condition of Am' oysters which
are being brought Into Washington
is causing considerable comment on
th? part of those citizens who have
watched the loads that the boats are
bringing in. One man elated this
morning that there were four boats
in port and that three of th-.se boats
ought to be sont back to the oyster
rocka and be made to throw their !
cargoes overboard. He added that
at the rate the oyatermcn were Rav
ing at present, it would not be long
before the oyator beds woul:i V en.
:4?xely depleted.
In speaking of the matter thlsj
morning, R. B. Weston, who Is o y.-1
ter inspector for this port. maile the
statement that he believed the car
goes of the boats were alright, and
that he was powerless, under the law
to do anything. The law on the
qurstion reads as follows:
"All- oysters taken from the
public grounds IT this State
shall be culled and alt oysters
whose shells l&easure less than
two and one-half laches from
hinge to mouth, except such as
are attached to a large oyster
and cannot be removed without
deatrovtpr the small oyster, and
alt i-t. taken with the said
oysters t><?* u be returned to the
public ground wnen and where
taken; and no oyster shall bn
allowc? vy'the inspectors to brt
markeie.i *aich shall conblbt
more than ten per cent of sut ;
small oysters and shells, excv;
?Voon" oysters and oysters
-largely covered with mussels;
Provided these muss'lefl oysiern
must not contain more than five
per cent of shells or small oys
ters under regulation size."
GROUND HOG IS UNABLE
TO SEE HIS SHADOW TODAY
Today it Ground ifog day ? not the
kind o( ground hng that goes into
sausages, but 'the animal which also
fs known by the name of woodchuck.
Tradition has it thai it the ground
hog comes out of Its winter quarters
? which quarters constat of a hole
in the groGad ? and boo Its shadow
on the ground toady, the animal will
have a stroke of apoplexy, neural
gia. grippe .whooping cough, or some
other malady which will necessitate
its staying in Its before-mentioned
place of residence for the balance cf
the winter.
Themlstocles. Alexander the Great,
Julius Caesar, or some other of those
old-tlmera, by the employment of
astronomy, biology and theology,
found that when Mr. Ground Hog
&ga.in seGks it * place of winter abode, |
housewives might as well plan to
dry th'lr wrphing Indoors for the
next forty dsya, for It will rain lo
-beat the cirs. On the other hand.
If the second of February proves to
be a cloudy or rainy day, so that
Mr. Hog cannot see hts shadow, he
will abandon his hotel and so out In
th" world, which, according to the
abov*-iren':on~d wl?e men, a sign
of fair and bright weafher for the
coming forty days.
Seeing jhat It rained all day today
and that t';e sun couldn't throw a
rbadow of ;my kind, residents of
Eastern Carolina may put their rain
coata, umbrellas and rubbers in hock
for the next month and a half and
begin to air their Pa!m Beach suits
and white pocks.
BOWLING LEAGUE
TO BE FORMED
A meeting of bowling enthusiasts
of the city will bo held at tho Mon
arch alien? on Market street tomor.
row atoning at It 10 o'elock. At tbls
time arrangementa will be made for
the organisation of a eitjr. league.
.It ia expected that a 'number of
team* will be formed and a aeries of
eonteita will be played off. There
are a number^ of excellent bowlers
la the wlty and some lntereefelng
games may be looked for. ,
All those who are interested /in i
bowling and who desire to secure a
place on the teams that will be
formed tomorrow night, are request
ed to be at the meeting promptly ?t
8:3Q'0V.ock.
SAYS BAKKR.
A visit to the Baker Studio mar
convince you we are thoroughly on
the Job when It comes to a real sHow
down, as to flnlah and quality of
work. If you have never vts!t?-d
our atndlo, coma up and take a look.
We hav* a real nice place, and lots
of beautiful pictures made up In all
the latent styles and of tha beat peo
ple of our community. We are here
with tha goods. BAKER'S STUDIO.
J. H. MCMULUR B. HHPS .
WIP&tol JOHN SKILL
Candidate for Office of Postmaster
at Edenton Believes Injustice
Has Been Done
Hits AT BOTH SMALL AND McLean
ine following letter wa? written
by J. H. McMullan. Jr.. of Edenton,
regarding the appointment of Mr.
Bond aa postmaster of that city. Mr .1
McMullan himself was a candidate
for that office and ^lalms to have
been endorse:! by th* big majority of!
Mr. Small'a c?.u?tltuenta In the Eden-j
ton district:
To The PaoMii of The Edenton |
I'ortofflce:
Gentlemen: ?
I take this my first opportunity to
thank tfffe b .ocratic patrons of
Edenton poe'.u-. c? who so generously
supported m :'or the appointment.
While I wh? j;ot appointed to tfc*
office still 1 a? happy in the conso
lation that 1 received the over
whelming e:?J moment of thoao who
have to do L: ness with the office.
And right hero I wish to at&te that
1 would rather have this testimonial
of your "ctreci without the office,
than to have tin? office Without your
ondoraement Had 1 received thu
appointment *v:* responsibility woiHd
^?Vft be n ?c ; and not to a little
band of poJl'-fV wirp pu!19ta. Know-'
ing Mr. 8m::' ? ibserviency to thc;
Bran nine iM -tiring Company,
and paatlc u'.A Mr. J. R. Wheel
er, I roali/<v with -their oppo
sition I lis. jph!!l fight ev>n
''ough ovt-r . ..-nth* ?.h" natrons
of the ofPco - :ed for ? Small
? ls?-i ? i ? rd that he ap
point mA t ;.o. 'tljn. Ev^n
? ouijh thi iun y Demount .i
.xicuti 7C ? '.*',cpt Mr. J.
WheoSv' . rater f.'r>uoty
i?jarU i j - ?'.? rv
?j&ty J-"" rr,
0.7 1u ' - J> "VA??
CO biii > tSiiie t?x<.op
*. uu ? .in 'v '.trau
? * stor . tf?. I'. rectors
fcnth b ?? ' u n'l Hie direc
ts of c/fi. t. "t uu-jn, exwt.pt the
Branning Cou?-?aiy. w.iu aot over
ten exceptions termer of auy
.. oMlnoiuv putroit of tho oiflce who
voted for Mr. Cmal*. iu the county
1q tho laat clicth n lr all twenty,
four more l) n<ciat patrons of the
ofllce ihan the to'.ul vote cast for
Mr. Small ir the cjir.ty in the la.?t
election. ev?iy Lilu.wter of tho gos
pel in JLdfnao xi. 5' one, ai d lie
waa neutral, unqualifiedly endorsed
niH for the bpjtointmo.-t ahd asked
Mr. Sin&lf to u.-c a.j iJauenco to tins
end. I makr* the assertion that Mr.
Small was actuated solely by the
endorsement of Wheeler and the
iiranning Company In Veputiatlng
the petition of tho nemocratlc voters
who were responsible for hi* vote in
the county. If there wrre other en
dorsement* which influenced him
ho owes it to hiimel' and to the
rublic to let them b? known. But
Mr. Small in writing the Editor of
the Albemarle Observer giving his'
EXCUSE for this repudiation make*,
no reference to ondoraements what
ever, and bases his decision upon the
groutfd of party aervice. Mr. Small |
would have tho people of thla com- 1
munlty believe that his appolnteel
waa the only person who did patriot- j
Ic work for the party in 1898-1900,'
he would have my endorsers stultify
themselves by admitting that they
were home asleep while hia appolni
tei- heroically carried tlie election for
them. Of course Mr. Bond did hia
duty then, and ao did every other
white man who had red blood In hia
veins, or the slightest patriotism;
but he didn't do It all. Mr. Small
Could not certify that Mr. Bond had
|takm any Interest In politics or
civic affairs for the last fifteen yeara
whatsoever, for It Is c'ommon knowl
edge la the oommunlty that no prom
inent cttlaen has been less actlv
than he within this period, so he
harpt to the pant hoping to make an
appeal to the feeling of that time to
find some excuse for thla aot. He
placet no Importaaec upon the fact
that there ban not be^n one year
since I came of age when I was not
In NON LUCRATIVE official service
of the party. Within thia period I
have servtod the party as either Pre
cinct Chairman, or County Chairman
continuously, and since I have been
County Chairman have out of my
own pocket paid on an average of
over 925 a year for local party adver
tising, etc. He places no importance
upon u<e fact that I served as Pres
ident of the Bryan-Smalt Club, and
olso of the Small.WUaoo Club. He
places no Importance upon the fact
that 1 have been an active worker
for civic reform evef since I havo
eeen* in politics. By ignoring any
reference to my record, and by ap
pointing another for alleged greater
party service, he has In effect said
that 1 have not been a patriotic par
ly worker. And by repudiating your
endorsement he baa In effect said
that you who have lived with all the
candidates all your life are not ca
pable of saying who has rendered
the most party service ? who is most
entitled to the office. He, has iu^ef
fJTt aaid that people don't know
what's right, aud what you want, so
:t waa up to him to make you take
the mrd'.cine which was good (or
you. If this was the reason actuat
ing Mr. Small why didn't he take
the public in bis confidence before
lie made bis final decision rather
than after it was too lat?*. The
m*rly thing for him to have done
..ufl to meet the people of th.is com
munity In mass meeting and lay he
rn re them his reasons, and th<m let
'"?m, his constituents, be the arbl
*"a of the matter. But he preferred
r* "''"g in secret Mr. Wheeler end
little coterie of wire puller* te
mi open and general meeting. I
..avu gone Into thin tedious ref rence
the reasons given by Mr. Small
- ?ause I know It la not his real
leiaon ? and It is due the publlo that
I give thr-m my reasons for this con
cision. Even for the sake of argu
ment should we concede that Mr.
Small is honest In bis reason assign
ed. Is he consistent whon upon re
view of his record In making ap
point monts In the District there le
no sinpte other Instance in which he
has glv. n this as a reason for hi*
?selection. I have In mind an instance
In which his action was just the an.
tlthe&la of the reason he gives In
this instance. I refer to his E!lee
beth City appointment. There Col.
Lamb who valiantly foupht In the
Civil War, and edited a Democratic
paper through reconstruction and
during 1898-1900, and spent tho
best years of his active life In pat
riotic service to his party and his
community, after receiving a much
larger pulillc endorsement than I)r.
Pendleton foe the appointment, was
turned down for Dr. Pendleton, and
In doing this Mr. Small made no ref
erence to party service. I am ad
vised that Dr. Pendleton was not a
native of North Carolina, and that
(Continued on page four)
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