THE WEATHER.
THE DAILY NXWft PRINTS MORE LOCAL
ruuraES'
IHESBPPOIT Of
I MlliniRHEflS
pbownbxt 0P THB ?ATB
?*? MAjnr TRLMiUjts TO
? *? roiwatsaniigi^
HIGHLY ENDOrId
iWU*?" M- Hmrvret,
Th** "" *<* Cm to Receive
Any Recommendation* f<
Place.
of 1 !
BIKmZ 8?"<or.
1BUBM1, .ad Overman and member.
trom' ">? state today
trgiag Ucm to do al] in their tww.r
to hat. Adjurant Oro.raJ Lawrence
">i ?! "" *' ot appointed aa
c.m. i "fcr"^" of war. Thar
ma from a.l erctloua of the Mate
"Mir icola.med tho
.^ pU 0,8 to hold
w'' "** '"tlmatad from the
? ** Uut Ur wl"? 4o*.
ihm r?*>?hian<atlon for
e,,bla" w
& fce knows that If- he deeliwa
"J **"*?? non this .object ha
' **n* ,or ">? Person he haa In
and look him ovsr p?raotnl]y
t0^ r K?rU C*?"? -???
tow and qongr'ssmen want to nr.
0ea*ral Toun^ and
?""?"turn la leauod from
the Whit, House forbidding .m-s I
"*? r??o?itad etlfc, of Qen'l J
-J?? Voon, ?m >0 ?**???. ?
*/"* - 1 * ? x --^>a
MAN$Stt"fl?NDED -
VALENTINE SOCIAL
Af^'0,Tf? *y Uo,
Ateha Proved Hoth Racial .,,4
PiuanriaJ 8 \.ccv*m.
A Urge number attended ihe Val
-nUn. 8?", ?hlch wa. u.
y -?>" Preahrterlan
ohnpb-at the Drown building '.ot
** Rofre.bm.nt. were Mrv-d
dnrln* the coume 0f thir.venlng and
L0^03""1" B""'<:11 *,0*nm ?><
carried cot. .court ?tln, of aaleotlon.
bf Forbes orchwtra and vocal nolo,
bj Mia. Madeleine Ell.worlb, Mr.
M. N. Berry and John Smith Tho
rtnrcfK quartette. compo.ed of
. *"? a"w'rt' "*? Stowift,
John Smith and Linden Shaw ai.0
?nr several selections.
From both a .octal and Rnanclall
standpoint, ths affair proved a big
success and waa thoroughly fjOojvd |
b r all who ^tended.
WANT W.T. OLD ON
RESERVE BOARD!
?Sort Betel Made to Have Norfolk ]
Banker Appointed to High
A. M. Dumajr, cashier of the First
National Bank, this morning receiv
ed the following telegram, asking
him to use his influence towards hat
ing W. T. Old of Norfolk, nominated
?gent of the Federal Reserve Board
of Richmond. The wjre reads aa
follows:
Plymouth. N. C., Feb. 15.
A. M Dumay:
Please wire and have yonr influ
ential friends also wire your ci
grresman and Senators Simmons and
Overman endorsing W. T. Old. who
"la atlll a North Carolinian.1' aa
{fatafct of the Federal Reserve "Board
at Richmond to fl:i the vacancy caus
ed by (he resignation of Mr. Ingle
and rfsk them to uan their beet-ef
forta In hts bdulf. Po this as
personal favor to me. please, t
?/yV; CLAKXNCE LATHAM
'
TAMENE8S.
Ther^are ? v?et number of
people who th'nk they irrWr
tueus m?rsly (se^ausa they ?re
teme awu iaef?*?isiv?. Tame- "
neaa is not a v.*ue: it kf merely
the absence of vfoe? John *lu
art Birr
EDITORS /DISAGREE
WITH LIGILLE WJGH
Muqh C^mmcmt Has Been Madetyi, Hfr Recent State
ment VNew Bern l'*per Voices Strong
Opposition to Sentimeat.
. Various. papers bar* had comment
I to imk* on tfco declaration recently
'volml by Miss Lucille Pegh. a" for
mer Resident or "this city, now a leaA-(
lng lawyer of New York Clty.-Mlse
Pugh- a few daya ago" ataied that
indiscretions in the attire of women
had no bad effect on the morale of ;
men. j
Amqng the latest of the preee to
proteat against this assertion la the
New Bern Sun-Journal, which ra
f rs to the matter ae .follows:
"MIbs Lucille Pugh, a daughter of
the Old Nort$ 8late who foraook
her native heath, went to New York,
studied law. secured a license to
practice and now got a around dress
ed In a fashion sorjt o* half way be
tween a male and a female, has
I secured considerable press dope of
lste by making a statement in which
she urges the fair and coy maidess
\Xo go right ahead wearing low neek
dresses, diaphanous gchrss and peek
a-boo waists, declaring that air this
talk about anch Indiscretion having
a bad eff'ot on mere man is nothing
but tommyrot.
"Now, Miss Pu?h may believe that
her advice aloof this Una may be
comet bnt ire have onr doubts
about It *nd more'n likely aha bead
ed -ont thts little -eerfnl of chatter
just to furnish "copy" for the aew*
paper boys over in Gotham. %
"No sensible gtrl Is cotng<to%fo to
extremis In foilowlsp out the sof
TO HOLD SERVICES
FOR MRS. WILLARD
- at the Methodist Charch
Tomorrow Night. *
Services In memory of Mrs. Fran
ces- Willard, will be held In tho
Methodist church on tomorrow even
ing at 7:30. Mrs. WH'.ard Is one of
America's greatest women, having
been the originator of the Tamper- 1
ance movement In the United States
asd the founder of the W. C. t!'U. I
An interesting program has bren '
arranged by fhe leaders of the W.
t!. T. U of- Washington. 'Thar.; will
be J?p*cl$l . music tor the occasion,
and a^aTk will be majle by E. A.
i>anicl, on Mrs. Wlllard's life and
character, it is hoped there will be
a good audience and that each one
present will come prepared to con
tribute at least one nickel to the
Willard Memorial Fund, which is
lined for the educational Campaign
against alcphol by public lectures.
Posters, showing results of latest
discoveries by scientific and medical
reserch, will be exhibited
feetlons of .this ftmale lawyer No
jtlrl with a handfnT of brains Is go
1 1^1 to take b' r words Mrlonsly and
: well might she not. Immodwt draw
[ SWT Dot bate any effect on the men.
jtmt tbe women want tba respect of
tbe men and ua lean they Mock to lint a
; of decency in tbe matter of wearlnf
| appare'., they will not secure or re
4ain this." w
Girl Proposes
By Wireless;
"v. *
f s Accepted
New York, Feb. 16. ? Leap year
proposals have taken a new twist.
1 he successful aid of tbe wire lesB
waa aummoned on Saturday by Mia?
Mllderd E. Whltehoase, who, hear
ing that Howard Whltcomb ha-1
aalled on the United Fruit steamer
lenadorea Cor a tour o t th Weal
in 4. oa, radiographed as follows:
"I bare changed my mind. Havo
jjjuT Wiralaaa 1mnaa4lif y.M
ATI yesterday morning Mlae Whlte
hoi/M b' alsged t he offlNa of the
United Fruit Company to learn II
they had received a reply. At IS: SO
p. xn. the following radiogram, ad
dressed to Misa Wbltehouse, In care
of the company, waa r ceived:
"God bleak you. Tbe best Valen
tine ever. Taking next steamer hacV
from Havana."
8t. Valentine's Day, L ap Tear,
and wire "ess telegraphy are tbe only
three real wcaders in the world, ac
cording to Mlsa Whlteh&uee *r)i> n ahe
^''wS^^^.^birs.vMi.".
Whltehouse Uvea at Round HH1,
Conn. ^ . .
MAKES RECORD IN
INSURANCE CO.
Geo. H*cknrjr, Jr., lUnks Second of
At] Ageutjt for Ilia Coropany
During Month of J?na mtj. "
A sensational record Id the Kile of
insurance has Just 'been established
hy George Hackney, Jr.. local agent
of iho Union Central Life Insurance
Co. Although Mr. Hackney has been
engaged In this business on'.y a very
short time he ranks second In the
entire Hat of this company's agents
for having sold the largest number
of pollcAs during the last month. The
Union Central employs hundreds of
agenU and Mr. Hackney's success is
one of which he msjTVell feel proud.
NEGRO SUES SHERIFF
, FOR A FALSE ARREST
ll* "i* ' jtr * " " *' ? ? \v.- , ' ; K'.e.?jt '
Pasquotank Sheriff Secured Wrong Man. Plaintiff is
y. Resident of XH:s County
Chla. Raid. Sheriff et CumUlk I
connty. la defendants > uiwtlonii:
daniago.tult T?a plilu t.:-'
ard M iffMt, eofol^ d, o: Kaiulort i
county- CM. W. C. Hodnap 1* the I
iila^tlff'e altorneyr. .jt,
in the eupimer ot ltlf Ike combi
nation task to ttae telle In -the Pit-,
quotank )?1|' wet left oi?an. Jnrattot:
of the Jallftfvlii* acfiets to the left
threw tho IrtlU W their -coji *>d
tnr?e made thoiy^ioece. ^ I
Amo;ig the thr^*ke etcaped ??*
one 3ot> Moore. ? Beaufort county
n' ere, wanted tor * robbery, Sheriff
Raid >u In for mod that Moon ww
:n Norfolk end could bo found lp a
c?ttnln locality et certmln honre. It
M alleged that Sheriff Raid- went taJ
Norfolk, found a man anewerlcg
Mobre'a description, arretted hi*
without warrant and brought htm
bajk to Elltabalfc city But the ne
gro that Sheriff Retd brought back
wat Richard Morgan and net Ray
"Moore.
Morgan allege* that Sheriff Raid
kepi hln. la Jail here (or t'veral
wkeka agaloat hit proteete, without
his mistake and' released feign, he
we# ndt 'fftobihwd with eq . .much m
the price of a ticket J>ack to Norfolk.
it U bell *?d ihAt^Wik ?m oil
tinuf ually atfdB^^ia.e. Ql^ef of -Po
lice Booth ThVikl^^sji/vie few
Mofgan after Boft^Wd Mm
imfM NorMkt ?'lUtfd ?WMPty
to look at him end fc? wfi life
K^.i. Bfl4 to&pMr.typjMft
*a*eAkeeptyour mo^th &?
eJo't.^ eoys Chle!TTioi3ai7 T"I .ook
,ed ?t the negro V<i ooi^al' ohdf 1ha\
Sheriff. Held ha? Ike wtoir 'A'ft.** J
Summons wsp|? eerred.on Oftrlff
R Id \et waok^.Jt .U^unfipfujpod
>that. the plaintiff will uk (or ?5,000
damages .
There woa a man la our town,
And ho was ^rondrona wine;
He swore Ml wae his pdflcy)
He #oat4 ftot advertise.
But one day he did adTortleo,
And thereby banga a tale
!
r' OOTT WANT TO 00 TMi*"
?-Chart* In at Mi Rwtibll*.
sthphlnI' ro d bill
creating much interest
Believed That Proposed Measure Will Meet With Fa
vorable Consideration. Provides for National
' >J Defense Hit hway
Washington, D. C?. Feb. 16.-?
since the introduction ,of Congress
man Stephen's "National; defense blgn
way bill, consld ruble disc uhs Ion has
,uee n going the rounds Regarding the (
proposed nMeet -and ??rsr appears
to be an . over-iocjeaslng seatiment .
n favor of tho measure.
Tho bill asks that a national de
tense highway shall commence at
Los Angeles. Cal.. and go eastward,
oucbfng all of the Southern coast
Slates and Eastern States, proc ed. |
ing on up to Maine and then going
westward through the northern boun
dary States back to the starting
,iolnt. It also provides for the fol
lowing:
That rights of way for the national
defensr- highway shall be' acquired
from the several States on condition**'
.-atlsfacUyy- to the President. j
That tfeimstrnction, Improvement,*
aud maintenance of the national do
' use highway shall be pnder the
direction of United Ststes Army En
gineers. and according to such spec
ifications as the President may deem
bdst for automobiles, .autotruck, and
wagon traffic.
That the use of the national de
fense highway shall bo under rule#
established by the President.
That all persons employed, cleri
cally or otherwise, in the construc
tion, improvement, and maintenance
of said national defense highway
shall be able-bodied citizens of the
MB. COZZKNS DEAD.
W. R. Cozsens. aged 39, died at
hi* home on West Third street Sat
urdiy, February 5th. t>eath was
due to pnsumonla. He haA hern in
the 6mp>er rtarnt of the city for sot
rral "fftars where Jie renderrd most
rttlclent, aoTTlce until h!? death. He
iras a member of th* C.. 9- H.< th?*
^'leiilafeM Fire Co. and of 'he
Christian church of which he wa
>n active psmber. Ha wi| th# son '
?)t Mt. %ad .Mrs. W. M. Cesssns of
this ^I^Vind Jearefi a wife and two
ehVdVeh;' thr o brothers, Messrs J
P., Gf jVand J. E Co6ens; one si*
Cer i MHi Little Cozsens, to mourn
th*r |o**
r*J^tvm?nt was la Oak dale oemo
?v:: . . t
?'? W ? ~ - -
ftttbftcribp to the Dally Nftrs.
United State*, physically and men
tally fitted for military duty, who
?hall during aald employment be
drilled and Instructed for two -hours
dally, except Sundays and national
holiday*, by Unltad. States Army of
fice ra, hi accordance with United
Btateca Army regulation!. ;J% ? \ ?_
That in order to ?etab
llsh, construct. Improve, and main
tain the national defense highway,
there be, and hereby Is, crrated a
fund to be known as the national
defense highway fund.
Jfhat for the purpose of providing
money for the national defrnse high
way fund the Secretary of the Treas
ury is hereby authorised fcnd direct,
ed to Issue snd sell, on and after
July 1, 1916, at par with accrued
interest, coupon or registered bonds
of tho United States in such form <ts
he may prescribe, and is denomina
tes of $20 ir multiples of that sum,
said bonds to be payable in coin
fifty years from the date of issue,
and to bear interest, payable in coin
semiannually, at the rate of three
per centum per annum, the total a
mount If said bonds not tl exceed
$100,00,000, and the issuo and sate
of same nit to exceed such amounts
as may be necessary from time to
time to enable the Treasurer of tho
United States to make payments
from the natloanl defense highway
fund to meet the obligations Incur
red In accordance with the prlvla
Ions of this Act.
TO GIVE CONCERT
AT AUDITORIUM
Pnplls of Miee Glaagow to Rrodw
Program Tonight. Largo Audi'
?nco Exported.
A large audience !s expect -4 to be
on hand at the high school auditor
ium tonight to hear the concert
which la to he given by the pupils
of Mlae Glasgow. There will be a
varl. tj of lattrnmm el and \o**1
selections and the occasion promises
to bo one of thai beat muslccl treats
that resident* of Washington hart
i*r*r listen 'd Mf The probata wilt
begin at o?ght o'clocn. Adir lesion
?111 bo free.
A
GAS IS CHEAPER THAN
PLUMBING BILLS
?* If you will bum the GAS in your Bath
Room your fixtures, will not freeze
W ASUNCION LIGHTING COMPANY
"WILSON AFRAID^
OF TWO T^i^.
ME AND kAISER,"
SAYS ROOSEV&T
Washington. V. C.. Feb. 19.
?The latest word on polities
from Theodore Roosevelt reach,
ed Washington today. Sam
Welle, an old-time Republican,
who represents the First Dis
trict of Tennessee in the House, ,
* hroafh t the tidings. Accord
lnf to him, Roosevelt Is credit
ed with ha ring made the fol
lowing statement recntly at
Oyster Bay:
"I'am hot for any particular
Republican candidate for Presi
dency. but am sgainst the re
election of Wooarow Wilson. He
has deaden- d the conscience of
the American people by bis |
foreign policy.
"There are only two thing* he
1a itfraid of. I am ooe, *ud the .
K*l *r Ls the other.*'
COLORED WOMAN
DIED AS RESULT
OF BAD BURNS
Ftaanea From Store Set Her Gar
ments on Fire. Neighbor! Ar
Hred Too Late to Sare Her.
Ann Thomas, an aged colored wo
nan, who resides on Fourth street,
l!ed last night as the result of burns
ecelred from coming In contsct
with flames shooting up out of a
itove while sh was replenishing tlis
Are In the morning. The woman wan
oo old and feeb'e to beat out tho
blase of her clothing and before
neighbors could rush to hT sld she
was horribly burned along the #n-'
tire front part of* the tody. j
Broke His Jaw:
A nd Starves
Woodland, Cal., Feb. 16. ? Fenn S.
Saxtoo, 33, died In a local hospital
as a result of Injuries sustained when
be fell from the county bridge at
Tancred. He suffer d a compound
fracture of the jaw, since when be
bad not been able to masticate food
or to take nourishment properly.
Gradually hs wasted away, liter
ally, from slow starvation. The vl>
:1m was an expert orchardlst and
had lived In Woodland for several
years.
U.S. POPULATION
IS 101,208,315.
Washington, Feb. 18. ? The Cen
sus Bureau Issued estimates of pop
ulation for the United States as a ]
whole, and each State Individually,
for January 1, 1916, and July 1,
1916.
According to the estimates the
population on January 1 was 101,
208,315, an incrase of moro than
800,000 since the preceding July. !
The estimate for July 1 next Is plac
ed at 102,017,312, an Increase for
the year of more than 1.600,000,
New York Stat* It given credit for
Tore than one-ten h of the nation's
to'.al population.
O ........ O
? THE BTKAJ>Y STRftCRIBKR. ?
aBlDlKf 1
LfEll 11111111
MfSUK
COL. RODMAN STACKS IXDICA
TIOSS POIXT TO SIXOMm
OUTCOME OF MATTER.
? ' ?i
MEN WILL JOIN
? ? - ^
Believed That There Win Be No
Trouble in Securing Enoagh Moo
to Join Ra&Iu. Give Oat Inflar?'
motion La Two or Three Daya. ?
"Indications for a military
roinpaajr for Washington are
ozceQeat. I believe we will be
able to pnt It through. There
will probablj- be come Important
Information to be given out af
ter two or three dan"
The above ta.tm^o. '-a*. made*
.$ mom ng ty Col W. C Redman
l ga.d'.ng the proposed organ .zhCoo
A * local con.pau> or nauoi.al guard
j!uce the announcement wu Bret
made In Waahlngton that plana wftr?r
under way for re-ettab". Ishlng the'
company here, mueh oomment htJr.
be n heard from various sources an
sentiment appeared to be heartily 1ft.
favor of the proposition, iiarfy of
.he young men of the city have al
tady express d their willingness to
join the company acd should the nec.
essary authority for organising the
company be given out by State of
flcials it Is believed there will be
little difficulty In securing the nec
essary number of men to fill the
ranks of the company.
In -the meaottme, these who ere J4'
Int rented will eagorly await ^ 'lor
further details regarding the matter. <
ELIZABETH GUI
WIlLfE FAIR
l'lana For Fair Association Wert?
Perfected at Meeting Which Waa
Held Last Night,
(By Eastern Press)
El zab th City. Feb. 16 Elisa.
?eth City is to have a Fair associa
tion with an authorised capitalisation
of 120,000. As soon aB half of t^iis
amount has been subscribed, sub
scriptions become binding and sa
organization will be effected.
Th 1b Is the prigram wblch was
determln d upon last night at a
meeting at the court house. Work
for a fair In Elizabeth City baa
been at a standstill because thsra
have be n two fair associations here,
and It was general'y felt that there
would have to be a union of forces
before the movement for a fair coatd
b' made as big a success as the op
portunity for a fair In this section
Justifies *ho people In expecting.
Last night th? hope for consolida
tion was realised. The proposition
of W. L. Cohoon to turn ever to the
association represented hy W. O.
CaUher ard others the charter and
euhjcript'cn 1st of th o-jrm raf'p
whUffTVe hid rff-ct d wi act- p el:
and it wax felt that 'the settl rn^nt
I ?f this vex!ng question cleared the
| decks for definite action toward, or
ganising a permanent Fair A?*oeia
tlon. The came consolidated
will He the A!be?alie
..fcntuiCural Asiivc.'atfbi.
V stead y subscriber, who pay* *
In advanco without skipping a *
mr; ? - " J ?
Who takoa out his money and ?
off ra It fladly, and casta *
round tha office a halo of *
chear, . ?
Who never says. "Stop It, I can- ?
not afford It," or "Getting ?
more papers each weak than ?
I rand." ?
Bift always says, "Scad tt, tha ?
whole family llkeo tt, In fact, ?
It la one Inflspensable need." ?
How welcomo his cheek or hta ?
crisp U. 8. dollar; how ha ?
makea oar heart throb and *
our ryee fairly dance.
Wa outwardly thank him? w%f
Inwardly bleaa him ? t
ataady subscriber who pya In J
advance. ? Rxohanga 4
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