DAI L ? HEWS PETRT8 MORE LOCAL NEWS THAU AST OTHEH PAPER IX TAX STATE.
WASHINGTON, N. C., WEDHESD AY APTERN?)ON, MAKCH 22, 191#. x
ENTHUSIASM IS HIGH;
VOTES ARE PILING It
V ? ? ? >-? . ?
Race For Big Prizes in Daily News
Contest is Now well Under Way
OTHERS ENTER
Nomlutfooi Are Coming In Dally.
Contestants Who S^art Now Havr
An K?ual Olunco to Win. Much
latere** la Shown.
The champion" optimist of the
world hgs set a pace Chat will he
hard for the rest of us to beat. He
Is the man ^ho foil from the roof
of the fjfoolw^rth Building in New
York, and wae heard to remark a*
he pasted the sixteenth floor in his
fall, "All right so far."
Th^Ms the spirit that should pre
vail in the T>lg contest for summer
vacation tours and prises. It Is all
right so far, for you at this early
stage of the game. It is anybody's
rice. No one has forged ahead of
the field, because the race is Just
getting started. Enter your name I
today, then get one subscription and
earn the twenty-fire thousand extra
rotes. Then you can join the cham
pion optigilst and say, "All right 50
far." ? You- ca^ get right Into the
lead tomorrow, and stay there If you
' are willing to hustle. Just a little.
The more you think about this
glorious opportunity the Dally New*
la offering to you, the more strongly
It ought to appeal to you. The
sooner yod~ begin active operations
the^aooner your_votes will begin to
pile" up, *nd the more Intense will
your enthusiasm grow.
Simply clip the nomination blank,
fill It in with your name, or the
name of a lady friend. That starts
you properly. A subscription re
ceipt book, a list of the subscribers
:Jg Information wll^(be furnished
rou, and every effort made to fet
ytfT**H?r?i the right track.
If you cannot see opportunity
spelled In- gTeat- flaming letters in
the affef. (Pf sixteen prizes, ypu are
not the eoergetlc, ambitlojis eprson
to whom the Daily News would ap
jyi.
Any Prise Worth Struggle.
In vrorklng for a prite you com
pete against only a small section;
against tlje members of your own
district alone. The smallest prise
offered is worth double the effort
that will be required. The big sum
mer vacation tours are worth more
than any effort that could be made
during the few weeks of the cam
paign.
The contest has been planned In
a manner that make the prises
eeay to win. In fae^ anyone who
works canpot hardlj^fall to win. The
distribution will be widespread and
all have ^qual opportunity regard
less of what part # of this territory
they may reside.
Soon to End.
The offer outlined on the big bal
lot which is printed In this paper
will soon be withdrawn. Read the
conditions on the ballot and take I
advantage of the opportunity while
It la preset t.
"During *the contest noN subscrip
tions will be collected except .by
oonteetantf. All subscribers will
please co-operate with the contest
ants and Malat them In making their
work m success. No subscriptions
w|l> be credited fo r % lees amount
than 9* Si
TOT CHAMCK OP OOtTR^GB.
"The Ohallce of Courage" was one
of the best picture* Unit has been
shown at the Now Theatre. This pic
tore ran for <%ree months In one
house In New York ftlty and that'
. goes far to prove that the pl<
IDENTIFf UD
mil typsiES
us cuss em
PICTURES OP STOLEN BOV WERE
RECEIVED IN THE 'CITY
THIS MORNING.
TREATED BADLY
pocal People Bay Child Was Forced
To Go Barefoot and Was In a Half.
Starred Gondii ton While Hrre.
A letter from Mre. C. L. Glass of
Jersey City, mother of Jitamle Glass,
the boy who is believed to have been
with the band of gypsies Id this sec
tion recently, was received this mornr
Lht by a prominent lady of the city,
who had notified Mrs. Glass of the
presence of the boy here.
Trie letter oontataed a circular on
which appeared two photographs of
the Glass boy.
Two ladles have positively Identi-j
fled the pictures, an being exact like
nesses of the boy whom they saw 'u
the gypsy camp. ? I
The gyps!es, it Is understood, are
now in the vicinity of Oak City.
Considerable indignation has been.!
expressed by local residents because
the boy was. not held while the gyp
sies were ere. One lady stated this
morning that she pointed out the
boy to two police officers but that
they refused to arrest him, saying
that they had no authority for doing
so. \
It was also learned today that the
boy was allowed to go barefoot,
while the other children In the camp
wore shoes and stockings and wero
fairly decently clothed Mrs. W. F.
Clark's cook one day took the child
to her home and gave the boy some
thing to eat.* She Vates tfiht he ate
everything before him arid then
picked np the crumbB that had fallen
on the floor and ate those. ^
TO DISCUSS
BOAT LINE
Mfetlns to bo Held In New Bern for
That Purpose Tonight. Plan to
TCtflfcbliah Line.
(By Eastern Press)
Klnslon. March 22. ? Agents of a
proposed ^steamer line from* Balti
more to New Bern and other North
Carolina ports will meet with the
New Bern Chamber of Commerce to
night to discusa the project. It Ms
believed the line can he established
wlthont any considerable difficulty.
"Klnstou and Goldsboro mer
chants," snys the J*ew Bern Sun
lournal, "are much Interested, as It
would man a big saving to them In
frpi rhj? to have their goods shipped
to Ne1?- Bern and re*hipped via rail
road ? smaller river hoau. Sev
eral ^nsinpss raeft from thoae towns
%H expjMjted to attend the meeting'
WILL BUILD
WAREHOUSE
OreeviTllte M?ui to Rrect New Tobacco
[ Warefcooae at KMaii. Permit
Ha* Be*n faa?Mw1.
(By Eautern Praaa)
Kihuton. March IS. ? A bnlldtn*
permit ha* been leaned to 8. T.
Hooker of Oreenrllle for a tobacco
warehofte. to jba bwflt of brick at
the corner of Leaotr and Indepen
dent atreete. The estimated cost Is
ts named
will make
LIBERMEHS
MIKTMDS
BID HILL HUD
FARMERS AT OLD FORD AND AT
ORIMKSLAND WnilKO TO
V LEND ASSISTANCE.
ALL SHO\jnNTEREST
Local Finri Makes Especially Libeml
- Offer, Prortdins That the County
Commissioners Will Make Appro
1 priation. -
Not oniy the residents of Wash- !
lngton nnd Chocowlnlty, bat those
living In otber parts of the county j
are ready and willing to glvee*ery
assistance in their ptfwer towards
building the Red Hll! road.
Marcellus Cooper, a prominent
farmer near Old Ford, stated this
morning -that he would be glad to
give free labor to the project.
Thagr Hodges, another well-known
farmer of that section, made the
same offer today.
William and James Faucette, of
Orlemsland, stated yesterday that
they were willing to provide teams.
A local business firm this morning
gave out the following statement:
If the county commissioners
will give $5,000 or any sum
17; above that airtount, we will be
willing to give tea per cent of
aay nm thejr give towards
building this vroad.
Other liberal offers have been
made.
^DOPT RULES
FOR CLERKS
Meeting of Bmtefw Men's Associa
tion Was Held Last Night.
Rules to be Poated.
/ .
At a meeting of the Washington
Business Men's Association, which
was held last night in the roomB of
the Chamber of Commerce, a set of
rules, tor tbo benefit of local clerkB,
j^i-cro ?l;avj up and adopted. The
rule*, In effect, are as follows:
1. Thai all men clerks be in the
stores where they are employed not
latdr than 8 a. m.
2. That all women clerks be at
work not later than 8:15 -a. m.
8. That no clerk leave the store
during bueiness hours unless having
first obtained permission from the
manager.
4. That an hour be the limit al
lowed for meals.
These rules will be printed and
posted in all of the stores that are
members of the association.
| It was also decided at the meeting
: that the regular dues of the asso- j
, elation in the f&tifre be 50 cents a
'i month.
i
WRESTLING M^TCH j
TOMORROW NIGHT j
Willi* of This citr to H?< Condi- ]
(Wfl for Middleweight Cham
of the Country
A special wrestling carnival will
be staged at the old armory on Mar
ket street tomorrow night and will
Include* the beat exhibition of wrestr
IVng over seen In Washington. The
hk's program will Include a
' p# of excellent bouts. Pre
i|nary talent will be provided by
ilocil man. The graity nnal bout will
[be between Joe Willis of this city
and 8am largerson of Chicago.
1 Willis recently met LaReau of
Plymouth, In this city and wrestled
him for two hours to a draw. Local
fans atated at 4he time that this boat
whs one of the b$st they had ever
n. Tomorrow's bout promises to
be even better. Jagersop has met
some of the bqst middleweight n la
the country and ia considered a like
ly candidate for the 'middleweight
championship of the world. The ev
ening's entertainment will begin %i
8: SO o'eleek.
O. HKNRY n,m.
.The O. Henry Club will meet to
3:30 o'clock
BIG INCREASE
IN DEPOSITS
| Showing of Local; Bub la a Good
Indication of (Sen?iw! Prosper
ity of City Oojky
An. Index to the pfospcrity of
Washington and Beaufort county its
shown In the inafease in bank de
posit* of the thr?$ local banks.
From March, 1^15, to March, 1916
the increase was rfbout $126,000. In
spite of the recent business depres
sion this shoeing Is of a rather re
markable nature and is a good In
dication of the present prosperous
condition of business concerns and
Indlyldua'.s throughout the county.
Bank of |J*lhi*ven. N
A report of tKf deposits of the
Bank of Belhavenj also shows u re
marakble Ine
: which the Bank
th, it shows thst
the deposits wer?f $166,609.87. On
March 4, 1915, the deposits were
$134,801.66. This is an Increase of
about $41,000.00 *
In the statemei
issued on March
TWI
VEHDUISUDTO
BE ENDED
(By Unit# Press)
Paris, March 21<--The third, and
what was probabltfthe last phase of
the Verdun attach Obas ended, ac
cording to dispateppa. German suc
cesses near Avancojirt are of a minor
nature. *r
It Is not beUe&d thnt the fipr"
mans will renew assaults a!ong
tho northern front. soon.
Tho great drlvrfj has .ended what
the French bellev# to be the great
est German U'*aster since Marne,
\
ARE SECURING
SUBSCRIPTIONS
CominHtee Started Work Yesterday
Kaisine Funds for Hcltool
Comaioiicfnicnt.
The commlttco, in charge of rais
ing funds for defraying the expense
of the county school commencement,
which is to be held in this city next
week, started out yesterday morning
and made an excellent start in their
work.
They visited a number of the
merchants and secured promises of
subscriptions. About $200 was rais
ed In cash and in "promises." -It
(will take about three times this a
mount, however, to cover the cost of
the commencement.
It will take 25 barrels of apples to
give each of the visitors one of the
| fruit. -?
It will take 16,000 sandwiches to'
provide them with sustalnance. '
These two Items alone will give
some Idea of the slse of the under
taking.
i It la genernllr -r-l'sed' that the
commencement will be* r. ' '."f
i advertisement for the ctty and liw.
'the merchants will do a big dwy's
I business while the visitors are here.
For that reason it Is expected that
not much difficulty will be enooun
tered In raising the necessary funds.
OLD SOLDIER
DIED MAR. 10
G. W. Lupton, aged painted
away at his home In Edward on
March 10. Rev. W. T. Trotman of
ficiated at the funeral services, which
were htfd at the M. K. Church In
Small. The interment was In the
( Prlm'.tive Baptist burial ground on
March 11. tie Is survived by his
wife and two children. A host Vof
friends also mourn his loss. When
'ninelfcdn years of age, Mr. Lupton
' answered the call of the Bouth and
{joined the Confederate army. He
participated in some of 'the most im
portant battles of the great conflict
hut escaped with only a. alight
wound. He s>o took p^l in tAe
battle bt Gettysburg.
'His death wm due to pneumonia
and he suffered considerably befor^
he passed away. He bore his ??f
I fnrln* .-J . ? >
hwew' ,nd wtth
DM UNO
SMALL DEBATE
GflLLEDA DRftW
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARD COX.
CHESSMAN AND OPPONENT
DEBATE PROHIBITION
QUESTION.
STRONG ARGUMENT
JJcith Brought Out Good Points in
Favor of Their Hide of the Ques
tion. Rejoinder Was Spirited on
Both Sides.
(Special Correspondent)
Greenville. March 21. ? Fads may
come and fad*- may go, but tho lore
fo* a gentle debate abides forever,
as is shown by the crowd that gath
ered to hear the Hon. John H. Small
vs. Hon. B. C. Denwlddle fight *
sixty minute draw on the advisabil
ity of altering the United States
Constitution so as to provide for
National Prohibition. The affair
was advci wised some days ahead, and
today the Superior court adjourned
(or two hours to allow the general
public to ' become acquainted with
both sides of the question as pro
ponded by the two distinguished
gentlemen who so obligingly came
to our little town to do the said
propounding. .> ***&*
The debate was a corker from the
first to th? last, and the general
verdict of the spectators was tbftt it
| w*s a draw, which is the only*way
1 of deciding, since the laws of the
meet did not admit of a referee's
decision. Mr. Denwiddie opened
with a forty-live minutes speech. In
which he pointed out the general
good of prohibition, and the need
for an amendment to the constitu
tion by which prohibition would be
icomo effectlvo, and liquor barred
from Interstate shipment. He con
(Contlnued on page 4)
T1N0FFTRACK
Three Trainmen Injured. Piuwengers
Had Narrow Escape. Many Fires
Caused By Storm.
(By United Press)
Marlon, lnd., March 22. ? Three
trainmen were injured and a score
of passengers ha'd narrow escapes
when a cyclone early this morning
blew three cars of a train near here
down an dmbankment. Passengers
flew from the train in their night
clothes. The storm unroofed a num
ber of houses and caused several
disastrous fires.
CHANGES in the
NEW THEATRE
' I
T?. ft K d a i: y,\ TI K hovo
.j'jhas-ed T. O. Blow's interest Id'
the New Theatre. They will take I
in active Interest In the management
if the theatre. Mr. ,Capehart has
issumed Mr. Blow's duties as ad
vertising manager.
It was announced this morning
that "The Birth of a Nation" has
been booked for Washington. The
exact date of the appearance of the
picture here la not known.
WANTS DYE MILLS
LOCATED HERE
W. H. Ht.nclll Declares There U No
lM la HHjring Upon Kurope
to FnrnlfltLJ>j-e*.
"Thlajjs aren't like they used ;o
be," remarked W. H. StancUl, one
of the prominent farmed of the
townahip, who *aa In the city this
morninc.
"1 it- member when I was a boy
my uglier used to mpke all of our
clothes and dyed them too. The
coloring made ae pretty a suit as
you over aaw. .
"Now, however, we read in the
papers that there Is ho dye to he
had en account of the war and that
| folks *U1 probably hate to wear
I white <f the wk doesu t ead
IN VESTIO ATEJfi NKING.
Copenharen? "Lpe 2?ortafc?4?
government has fskcd Germany
for an explanation regarding the
sinking of the 4)ark, Silius, carry
ing seven Americans and the crew
of the 6teainer, Langeli.
GERARD STAYS ABROAD,
j Berlin. ? Ambassador Geiard
announced today that he had ean
ceilod arrangements for his va
cation. He will not return to
America this summer. No ex
planation is given. It is believed
that he feels that matters too im-i
portant to be entrusted to a sub-!
ordinate are liable to come up. |
newspaperman insane.
Jiurhuu, N. C. ? Brooding over
the German losses at Veidun caus
ed the mental break i< v. n of Hub
ert S. Covyan, Spanish war veteran
and a prominent North Carolina
nowspaperman. He was a Ger
man sympathizer. He was com- 1
mitted to the State asylum today.
DENIAL GIVEN OUT.
Berlin. ? Aekernian, the Berlin
corcrepondent of the United Press,
has been authorized to liighl.v deny
the rumor that German y is re
sponsible for American troubles
in .Mexico. Germany, it is claim
ed, followed America's steps in
recognizing Carranza.
COMPLAIN OF RATES.
Washington. ? The Scott paper
company has complained to the
interstate Cmnmerce Commission
relative to'' thl unreasonable rates
from PhtJadeJvbia to North ami
South Carolina, Georgia and Al
abama.
MUCH DAMAGE BYJ5TORM.
Muncie, Ind. ? ilaitford Cit>
and Alountpeliar advices tell ol
i/.ousands of dollars of damagi
done last night in the iierce storn.
that visited this section.. A gir,
is reported killed at iiouLpuIier
ihree factoring aro wreokctL Jlu*?
ncss blocks have be:n unroofed.
GERMAN SHIP TORPEDOE1
Bucharest. ? The German ship
Esperanza, seven thousand ton?
carrying food to Constantinople
was toipedoed and Riink by a Kit?
sian war ship near the Rumania!
>jrt of Kaliakra. The crew o
the German vessel were takci
prisoners. The war ship fle\
Spanish and Rumanian lings.
[FIRE DESTROYS FACTORY
Coppcrhill, Tenn. ? - Assistan
Superintendent George Strohl wa
kille<i and more than a mill io:
dollars worth of damage was don
in a fire which destroyed tw
buildings of the Tennessee Co|
per Company's factory here.
DISCUSS ARMY MATTIES
Washington. ? The House i
half-wav through the Hnv arm
bill. Th? Scnnte has joined i
considering preparedness lceisl:
tion. The passase of the Chan
berlain bill, doubling West Point"
capacity, will be followed by tl?
army bill. The crucial test of tl
TTV- l.'ij I- ,1. ? A i-!.-' % m ??
?;? I'/i'A J ?? UC lii<>
REINFORCE ON BORDER.
Washington. ? 2,700 cavalrr
men are speeding towaPds the boi
der to reinfojee Pershing. in r<
spouse to General Fnnston's ar
poal. Traiqs are speeding to th
border from all sections. It i
that more will lie needpd
tia is now in progress.
?pjrsjqT \ys tTFprr
Torj;*! T1" <%+* \ \ -
1 ci u]y asdauitiii# Yen iiindoi;
bursts front alone the south and
southeast lines. The attack Wa?
repulsed.
CLOSE IN ON VILLA.
Ran Antonio. ? Ocnera) Per J
nhinjr in at Lake ftabricofa. T>od<*
i* between El Ville and Namif|iii
pa. A third of the American col
nmn is at Carmen. Contact with
Villa's forces seems inevitable nn
lees Villa escapes through the
territory between the American?
and Carranza's men. Should he
succeed in doing this, it will be
woek*. and probably months, bp
fore be is captured.
"Ws could maks dyes hers In
Wa*h!ttgtoa Just as wall as thsy can
do it In Rurop* I belltre' It would
bs ? Rood Idsa for so?m of <**r
i Ittlftta to l~k into tt)? >
gatE FU1S
ren MOWMEIT
MPS
XO WORD ms BKEX RECEIVED
FROM JMER1CA.N8 SINCE
YESTERDAY MORXIXG.
I WIRES CUT DOWN
?
. \ IUa's Men Have Srvervd Telegraph
Wire*. xT\\v AvUtors Are Facing
j Starvation in MoantAlnous J>?s.
i ????? ? - -
(By United Press)
El Paso, March 22. ? ? great si
lence has fallen o*er the operations
of Persh:ug in Mexico. Communica
tion Las been entirely cut off. v The
Meld wire ess apparatus has failed
to bring any information. Villa's
men have cut off the telegraph wires
to Juarez.
No word has been rece'.ved from
the American troops since it was re
ported they were nearlng the ban
dits yesterday. r
An effort is being^nade to locate
the two American aviators who are
believed to be lost in the . desert
mountains and facing starvation.
Y HOMES
WRECKED BY
E
(By United Press)
Amsterdam, March 22. ? Hundreds
?f houses In the Austrian towns
JriLar and Grizane were destroyod
?day by an earthquake, according
o Vienna dfwpatehes. * No word as
?i the number of lives lost has bean
ecelved.
SAME OLD STORY
?ill Mack Tri<Hl Yesterday h;
for Ilnying Too Much lilq
In His I'mutetaloo.
Bi'.J Mack, colored, arrested on tb*
^'.rgc of having an over-snpply jf
lonkey rum in his possession, was
?!ed yesterday. Harry McMullan act
ig as his attorney. ? Trial was by
iry. The verdict rendered was the
sua! one.
O TTTE TAXPAYERS OF BRACT
FOKT COUNTY;
AM parties owning real estate In
ild county and which taxes have
ot been paid, will be advertised on
le 27th day of"^4arch and sold on
ie first Monday in May for the
m-payment of said taxes. I shall
Ivertlse all parties on tax-books,
nd no not propose to show parttal
<* ' r> '???* ;\?'-! a"d
sit or witte iu? Sutriff or u!.> tfvp
lies and pay 4atd taxes and avoid
?st and embarrassment.
Respectfully,
W B. WINDLEY. Bberlff.
17 to 4-1
WASHINGTON MARKET
Corrected by
R. H. HUIMJON
Successor to B. Mayo.
ut Oottoa + 11 S-tc
3c to 4 Ho
ten Eggs
;oom Eggs
Jreen Cow Hides HVio
felt Cow Hide* .-If?
Try Cow H'.des fN
">eer Hides (green) .,**+$9*
Deer Hides (flint) Me
Sheep Skin* .......... . SSe to l?o
Umb Skins SSc to K?e
<B?rlinc? .I#c
Wool (free rrom Hat) ........ S9e
Woo! (burry) 12c to tte
Qoat Skins 15c to'lSe
Been Wsx .He
Tallow 80
Rug*, per hundred ..fl.tO
Bone, per hundred B?c
Auto Tires (outer casing) lb.... lie
Auto Icner Tubes to/
Rubber Boots end Shoes. ..... 4o
Corn, bushel 7#e
O'.d Hens lte
Old Roosters ?c
c'"- *