WASHINGTON IDEAL LOCATION
Flfl TOY AND PAPER FACTORIES
XH. PROFKITT MADE INTEREST.
INO TALK BEFORE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE LAST NIGHT.
V
?V
GOOD LOCATION
?ftj Xia
That Washington fs^ost strateg
ically located for factor Ida and has
advantage* la the way of general
resources mad transportation facill
tie* that are unsurpassed anywhere
in the Untied States, was the state,
meat m*de last night by Edward W.
J. Proffltt, advertising expert of na
tional reputation and community Im
provement worker. Mr> Proffltt, who
Is visiting the various cities of North
Carolina in company with Col. H
8. Leard, spoke laat night at a spec
ial meeting of tbe Chamber of Com
merce, at which ovee,;(ifcy men were
present
Mr. Proffltt began his talk by
stating that he had lust come from
embarrassed lb that jm to have
about half of his au'^lmee composed
of promtnent ladles, jfe was great
ly pleased with this n^fj^of interest
on their part and vr^ff the mom
berv or iho local Chamber of Cobb
merce to enlist tbe ladles In civic
work and to make all el i2e various
organisations in Ae city, subsidary
to tbe Chamber of Commerce. In
order that nil might co-operate and
Wt with . >?ttor rMulj*
in speaking of condJUlo&i through
put tbe 8outh generally, Mr. Proffltt
stated tbat be had notWed the i
tabUshraent of nioro faojorles and
more mills all along U>e lines of thi
different railroads P* be bad ]
HHHHBftjlipipH
"This is ae a he cou-j
tinned; "tor no e*etusfV*ly agricul
tural country can rrer hope to be;
suoeessful. During tbe last ten years
. tbe South bas realised xttore than
BELLMO
TOD A y
HELEN HOLMES
"The dare-devil of the Mm*"
1a a thrllllBf railroad ttorjr
In 1 parti
?The Mettle of J*rry McOulw" :
Max Asher and Gala Henry In
??Hie aoth Century SusJ?"
Ben Wilton In a Rax drama
of Lone Mountain"
MATINEE DAILY ? ? p. M.
SCHOOL CHILDREN 5c
17,000,000,000 from Its cotton crop.
What becomes of this mono*? The
greater part of It goes up North to
purchaso article* that are maaufac.
tured In northern factories. How
ever, the South Is beg Inning to real
ise Its mifttake and everj r section is
now endeavoring to secure mills and
lactorlea. A factory will employ
more persons and yield a greater
profit than 10,000 acres of your
most fertile land.
The great problem Is how to attract
theeo industries. A gigantic adver
tising campaign has Just been start
ed by the'Souihern Industrial Asso
ciation and It Is planned to spend
$150,000 In advertising the resources
of the South In other parts of the
country. This campaign Is bound to
bring a number of Inquiries and ?t
is up to you people here In Washing
ton to connect up with this project.
Vou -ought to have very little trou
ble In inducing factories to locate
here. Everything in the way of geo
graphical location and trinsporta
tion facilities is In your favor. I
went over a part of your city this
afternoon and I can truthfully say
that Washington Is as desirable a
site for certain factories as there is
to be found in tho United States.
~ "The best way to get in touch with
some of the smaller factories, the
kind yon want to get. Is to Insert
advertisements In some of the trade
papers, to acatter booklets and lit
erature where they will do the most
good; In short to do everything you
can to put Washington, North Caro
lina before the class pf people yoa
want."
Mr. Proffltt stated that with the
vast amount of timber 'that goes to
waste in this soctlon, a toy factory
ought to prove a big success here, aa
the row material could be obtained
i?o cheaply. Ho also gave Mr. Flynn,
dietary of the Chamber of Com
O&nik/t he .name. and address of a
large New Bogland paper mill, which
he understood intended Changing Its
location and might be lnduoed to
*como here. . ,
Mr. Proffltt was ' introduced by!
Col. HI S. Leard, general passenger
agent of the Norfolk Bouthcrn, whor
also made a few interesting remarks,
promising that the railroad would do
everything possible to assist Wash,
ington in securing new factories and
industries. Several of thoae present
enjoyed nn Informal in'k with Mr.
Proffltt after tho mooting aud aakei.
him nujnerouk questions regarding
the type of factories that might ba
sreured and the best steps to take
towards getting them for Washing
ton/ . ~ .
lUa.lalk was a highly interesting
one and was received with the clos
est of attention and interest on the
part of those present.
Advertise In the Dally News.
Solve This Mystery for Yourself
' M ?>
Somewhere, in til is city, in a person with whom you have
business to transact*
It may be that'yottr business this person if to sell
or to rent properly ? to sell usod furniture, machinfery, fi*
turea, an auto ? to interest this person in some enterprise of
your own. Or, it may bit that this person, aniojrg all the
people of tho oity, 'is your "logical" employer.
But the person is elusive. Ton do not know the name
or address. Yon do not know whether the person is man or
woman. Yoru do not know whether you tfave ever met the
person. So far as yon may know it tnay be someone whom
> you do know personally. 4 '
It's a real myatery ? one calling for your own solution.
And, if ybu have a little of vision, a little of o6urage and
I persistence, you can soIyo the Uly*t?ry ? get acquainted
with the person with ?whom you have business to transact
Tou can solve it through your intelligent use of clasaified
advertiaing. Your offer or "your qnfeat, segregated with
others of like character in the classified columns of this
newspaper, will attract the_ attention of ^our elusive "some
ltswt-sr ?'
'KWiy* . ...: - .*.??? _#y ?
?Vol. perhaps, in a day ? although that frequently hap
pens. . Bu{ jvith the same persistence which you apply to
other, perhaps lesser, tasks yon will be anecesafnl.
Tt'? an amacingly interesting experiment ? this matter of
making a classified advertisement a tVacor, a detective, an
investigator ft.-r ytm-r-and a salaaman, a* w?|ll
The DAILY NEWS will bring result*. ,
t* .i - : / -? ? 3? .
HIGH OFFICE -
OF COASTLINE
DIES SUDDENLY
Word wm received hrre to
day of the sadden death of
Alexander Hamilton, general
counsellor for the Atlantic Coast
Line aqd First VlcerPreeidont of
that railroad- Death occurred
at his home In Petersburg. Va.
Mr Hamilton was well known
to many residents In Washing
ton and had sevoral Intimate 1
friends in the city.
BoiiiiED
GHM6EMHRDEH
In Accused of Having Burned Body
of Wife. Grand Jury Has Found
? True Bill Against Hint.
(By Eastern Press)
Elixsbath City, Feb. 4. ? At the
session of tho Superior court for
Washington County. Just adjourned,
the grand Jury returned a true* bill
agsinst James O. Bowen. charging!
him with having, murdered his wife,
Mamie L. Bowen ou Friday night. |
November 19, 1915, and burning tho I
body near Plymouth. Bowen wa? j
admitted to ball In a bond of $2,000.
This case attracted much atten
tion at the time throughout Wash
ington aud adjoining counties. Mrs.
Boewn's burned body was found
under her house, having dropped
through a bole burned in the floor
by her sister at 10:80 o'clock Satur
aay morning, November 20. Circum
stances pointed to foul play, but the
charred remnants of the body were
burled on Sunday without an In
?iuest.
Later suspicions were expressed
publicly and so much feeling war
worked up. that a special coroner
was appointed", "the Vtfify exhumed
and evidence taken by a Jury. The
Jury declared that murder had be~n
committed but did not 11% the blame
on anyone. The' husband was sua.
pected, but was not arrested because
the county ofnc{.a-s who could mako
the comifiaint declined to do so. Ev
idence of a Very strong character
wre brought out at the coroner's
investigation, but of an entirely cir
cumstantial nature.
BOARD WON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO SAY
One of City* Official* State* He Doe?
Not Believe Hmt# Is Any Ex
planation Doe.
In speaking this morning of an
editorial, which appoared in yester
day's issue of the Dally News regard,
log the delivery of the contract for
additions to the city hall annex, onej
of the city officials stated that tho
board probably would have no ex
planation to make. He added that
the board had taken everything into
consideration and that they felt that
they had been tfeftking for the best
IntereVf of the city in awarding the
contract as thyo had done. Most of
the cltlsens, he claimed, would real
ise this fact without any explanation:
.jThe difference the figures of
the two bidders^ was not "several
hundred dollars" as was state^ in
;he edttorial yesterday, but only
fty?elght dollars.
HELEN HOLMES OK THE
^USIVBRSAL PROGRAM
Helen Holmes, tho former star of ,
Kalera's f?moun serltfs of railroad
stories, "Tho Hatards of.Hftlen," has
lift the employ of the Kalem Co. and
la now appearing on the Universal
program. Her Qrat appearance frith
T?y? Target Aim maniAoftfrtiif^
conoern in tha universe" l<f. entitled
The Mftttl* of Jsrry McOulro" and
It to In two huge reela. It 4s a real
reel thriller, one of the scenea show
ing Miss Holmes Jumping from an
automobile to a freight train, whlli
both arc runnlrg < ag break neck
spaed. There la "punch" to this
ptcture.
The old time favorites, Ben Wil
son and. Dorothy Phillips ar^ appear
ing 1* a strong Rex drama, "Los 'of
Lone Mountain." and Max Ashsr is
again making them langhx with a
Jokar -comedy. "Hie 10th CeatMT
GOING UF!
? Chapin In St. Louia Republic.
IS CHARGED JV1TH
EMBEZZ^EMEK'l
Elizabeth City Mad Under Arrest 01.
Charge of Misappropriating
Firo Company founds.
(By Eastern Press)
Elizabeth City, F^b. 4. ? Glen
'anl Is, formerly of tljis city wher?
or a number .of yean* he heid a
rosition with Kramer Bros. & Co.,
?s brought to this city last nigh:
jider a charge of embezzlement
The 8heriff was met at the train by
\ numbr of Daniels' friends, who
aaked that the prisoner be taken
o the court h/ju&e until they couhi
arrange to give bond for his ap
pearance at the March term of court.
This was fixed In the sum of $800,
and I. M. Meekins, W. O. Saunders
and J. H. LeRoy are his bondsmen. {
~The charge agalSkt Daniels grev.
out of hlB handling of funds belong
ing to tbe_Ellzabeth City fire com
pany of which Danl ls was treasurer.
The grand Jury fou^d a true bill |
against Daniels at the September
term of court; but the sheriff ea/s
that the capals was not put Into his
hands until Friday.
Daniels left Elizabeth City some!
Limn after the charge that he had
misappropriated fundB -which he held
in trust was made, and, It is stated,
has been at work as bookkeeper for
a sash and blind factory in Ports
mouth since that Clme. The Sheriff
says that he found Daniels In Ports
mouth.
REPUBLICAN
MEETING HLLD
County Executive Committee Met |
Today. County Convention Will
Be Held on February 20th.
The Republican executive commit
tee for Beaufort county met today
The meeting was called to order by
county chairman, Hugh Parfil. Upon
motion of J. A. Buck, J. C. Meeklnn,
Jr., was elected secretary.
A motion was carried that the I
county convention bo held at tho I
court h'ouao on Saturday, February |
2$th, at 11. o'clock. The object of,
trie convention will bt> to elect del- '
'gates to the State convention ai .
Raleigh on March 1st and to tho|
Congress'.onsl, Judiciary and Sena
torial eon vefttlon* whenever they j
l; %o\nllM.
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If yoiur tenant la delinquent and
destructive, become a classified ad
vertiser at oncel
"Greatness" on ths Film. i
It la never wise to predict that the
miraculous will not occur.* There may
coom a time wheu careful critics will
award to some movie players the tree*
used adjective "ffeaL" But at the
present time certainly any snch oee of
the adjettive would be absurd. The
movie drama has uot yet shows Itself
nor given the allghtest lndfca
U ever tmn ebow Itself enpa
an actor the chance to
wtfSlter PrVchard En Urt
JUDGE WHEDBEE
SITTING TIGHT
(By Eastern Prrss)
Greeny. He, Feb. i. ? While
many rumors are going the
rounds and the press has had
much to say about the prospec
tive candidacy of Judge Whed
b e against Join H. Small for
the first district congressional
nomination, nothing has been
heard from him. He keepa his
own counsel and refa*M to eren
discuss the situation.
"XEAL OF TIIE NAVY" AT
NEW THEATRE TONIGHT
The New Theatre will no doubt
;>e packed to the doors tonight with
a crowd that seems as anxious to
see that great serial that this house
is running, "Neal of the Navy," as
they would to see the entire Ameri
can fleet of warships come up the
Pamlico river. This great serial has
certainly proven to be a great draw
power for thl? house, and aa the
mst episode of tho picture will by
ihown on next Friday, the New
Theatre has made arrangements with
the Pathe Co. to start on the same
night their latest and most success
ful serial, "The Red Circle." From
reports from cities that are now run
ning the "Red Circle" this serial will
equal, if not pasB any that the New
Th'atre has ever presented to tho<r
: customers. Tonight * there will also
be five other reels of exceptionally
strong plays, and should prove to
be among ihe best bill* yet shown
at this hous<\ Of course every one
In the city ksowa that "The Broken
Coin" with Francis Ford and Grace
Cunard, now running at this house
on Mondays la some serial.
MRS. JENKINS DIED
r?*wrl Away at th? Homo of Her
Mother In Tarboro Laat Night.
Mrs. H. M. Jenkins died last night
at eight o'clock at the home of her
mother in Tsrboro. Mrs. Jenkins
lias been la 111 health for some time
tnd during the last two or three
weeks was quite seriously 111. She
Is survived by her husband snd ?hr??
childna. Fun raj arrangements
have not y*t been announced.
MUCH WTEREST
OVER PURCHASE
by col. noDie
? I
has BOUGHT 0VS-'- 1-VVEXTV
ACHES OF* ..I EASTER- I
LY E.VD .,r' THE CITY.
DEED BEEN FILED
Report Has It Tliat Tract Ha# Been
Purchased for Norfolk Southern j
1 a Order to EiuMe Co mpany co
Straighten Its Tracks.
A lajjg^purchase of land at the
easterly end of tho city limits, sold
by the Beaufort Farm Co. of this
city to W. B. Rodman of Norfolk. ;
has aroused considerable talk and
speculation on the part of local res
idents who have become acquainted:
with the trews of the purchase.
This land Is located between the
two creeks, the Pamlico river and
an extension of Third street. Var-j
lous surmises have been made re- j
garding the purchase and It has been i
generally reported th?t the land has *
been bought by the Norfolk Southern)
railroad. One of the prominent men
of the city who Is In a position to]
krow the details of the transaction, j
said this morning that the railroad:
company had purchased (he land for
the purpose of str.irghlenlng out the
many curves in Its tracks.
The deed for the property, how
ever, Is made out to Co'onel Rod
man. The colonel Is general coun
sellor for the Norfolk 3flV.hern rail
road.
MADE AUTO TRIP
IN THREE DAYS
VonEbersteln Pnrfy Motorrd From
Heie to Savannah, Ga., in
Good Time.
A le:ter has been received by
friends in the city from F. H. Von.
Ebrst In who, with his wife and Mr.
and Mrs. Willl^pi VonEbersteln left
here a few days ago on an automo
bile trip to Savannah.
The letter states that tho trip was
made without accident of any kind.
The rngine never gave the slightest
trouble and the party had no tire
trouble. The roads, according to
Mr. VonEberstein, were "fierce" In
some places.
The trip was made In three days.
The car used was a Bulck Light Six,1
which was sold to Mr. VonEberstein
by C. L. Carrow of this city.
DIRECTORY IS
ALMOST READY
City Directory Will Bo Issued In
About Another Month. Will Give
New Census of Washington.
It le expected that Washington's
new city directory will bo completed
and ready for delivery In about an.
other month. Te canvassers. who
have been taking the enrus of the
? city and securing tho different
names, have practically finished
t their work and expect to leave the
| city in another week or so. Before
ithry leave they will endeavor to give
out the exact population of Wash
ington at the present timo.
, They have had very little trouble
in getting up the directory and all
those merchants, who have been
s^en -regarding the matter, havo been
"* !? " ? *.r spsce.
? I. com?' ?? *?<? u 111 ) *1 I he a
| credit to the city.
NOTICE
Members of the Washington Building and
Loan Association will please call at the First
National Bank, and pay their Initial dues,
Saturday Night, February Bth. Subscription
to itock stilt open.
B. F. Bowers, ? President
John A. Mayo, Secretary
prompt mm
PREVENTS ANY
MOB VIOLENCE
CHIEF OP POLICE AT HERTFORD
OUTWITTED MEN WHO WERE
ENRAGED AT NEGRO'S ACT.
CRIM'N'L ASSAULT
Negro Arreeted on Chary* of A*,
uultlof Four-Y ear-Old White Girl
Is Now In Elizabeth City JaiL
Special Term of Court Asked For.
(By Eastern Press)
Hertford, Feb. 4. ? Due to the
prompt action and shrewdness of
Chief of Police C. Ford Sumner, the
l.fe of Goorge Berryman, colored,
..:arged with an assault upon the
four-year-old daughter of Mrs. Sam
uel C. Phi lips, was probably saved
irom mob violence on the part of
local citizens who were enraged over
the circumstance and are said to
have made thrcsts of lynching.
Berryman Is alleged to have made
the assault on the little girl Tuesday
r.'ght. He was brought her<* for
<afe-kcepSng but officials, hearing
. eports to the effect that a lynching
was being agl'.aied, determiaed to
:ak" the ccgvo to Elizabeth City for
asfp-keeplng.
CK4rf Sumner made known his. In
tention of removing Berryman to
r.ome other town and had an auto
mobile stationed in front of the Jail.
Then, wbll^ the crowds kept theftr
eyes on this car, he worked his mas
out of the rear of the jail Into an.
i-ther automobile and make a quIck
tlrlve for Elizabeth City. Impassible
roads compcll d the party to leave
the machine at Chapanoke and beard
:he Norfolk Southern south-bound
? lght express with their prisoner.
The party fetched up at Edenloa ao^,
kept B rryman there In jail until
car'y yesterday morning, when
Sheriff Bray brought him to Eliza
beth City. The people of Hertford
were completely In the dark as to
he negro's whereabouts until early
lioon yesterday. It was then too latq
ior them (0 take any action, oveq
had they so desired.
Steps were taken yesterday to hav#
Governor Craig appoint a special
term of Sup rior court In Perqui
mans for the trial of the Berryiman
case.
SENATE CAN'T HEAD OFF
THE CHILD LABOR BILL
Few Relieve the Effort* of Senator
Overman or Any One Else Can
Prevent Vote in Senate.
Washington. Feb. 4. ? The concen
sus of opinion among the North Car.
olina congressmen hero today is that
:he Keating child labor bill cannot
be prevented from being passed by
the sonate. Few, if any, being that w
the efforts of Senator Overman of
any one elsr> opposed to the passage
of the bill can prevent a vote in thfct
body.
The overwhelming majority of
votes cast by the house yesterday
| shows that those advocating the bill
! have created an enormous amount
I of sentiment and thai the senate Is
I aJmdf? as strong for the bill a* the
lower branch of Congress.
I Congressman Webb, cha'fmtn of
the house judiciary committee, end
' who has studied Interstate laws
I more than any oen else here. Is will
ing to wager most anything that the
| law will be declared unconstitution
al one it is taken to the Supreme
'court of th^Unlted States. In fact.
! this is about the only hope the eot
mill m?n now have that the
. tughest tribunal In the land will' de
I clare the law unconstitutional.
TO-NlGtfl
13th ep1*ode of
"Neml of the Nary**
"THB REHEARSAL*4
S reels
"Fable of the Btatennfta
Who Didn't Make Good"
"Tho Peach at the tieach"
"Th? Unknown
Coon try" 1 r??l
V PnoMAlo jg