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VOLUME 8.
NUMBEfc 83.
HINGTON DAILYNEWS
TH? DAILY HKW8 PRINTS MOM LOOAL NSW* TEAK AWT
Hi TH 3 BTATB.
BIG OFFER
FOR VOTES
' WILL END
ONMT SHORT TIMS LEFT TO
TASK ADVANTAGE OF PRES
ENT OPPORTUNITY.
LAST OF ITS KIND
Never Again in the Contest Will
Contestants Have a Chance for
y Becvring Such a Large Number of
Extrp Vote*.
Wednesday night at 'nine o'clock
la the evening will be the night of
*11 nights In the big voting contest.
That la the closing hour of the big
clubbing offer now In force.
Immtdlately after that hour the
table fpr Issuing vote* will take a
big leap downward, and never again
will sgbscriptions earn as many
votes.
Any candidate who holda back any
of her yuhscrlptions at this time will
be deliberately Inviting defeat. Some- 1
times upon the advice of mistaken
friends contestants are tempted to
ho'd back some of their subacrip
tlons, but when the absolute guaran
tee la given to the effect that sub
scriptions will earn fewer votaa af
ter the close of this offer there la nc
excuse for any candidate to hold
baok Mangle subscription and suite)
the Ibefof votee that would be nec
easarlfc Involved
DOROTHY ARNOLD
BEEN MURDERED
SAYS PRISONER
(By United Press)
Providence, R. I., April 17. ? Ed-'
ward Qtenoris. an inmate of thej
State pflbon, today told the police J
that he helped to bury the body of
Dorothy Arnold, the New York heir-|
eu, whq has been missing since De
cember, ?19 10, after she ban been j
murdered. The poli9e are making
Investigations
Gtendfrts said that s "mysterlqus
man," pfusested of great wealth, hir
ed him find another man to dispose
oh , hady-Jp the cellar of a bouse
n Point.
Explain* -Some False Statements
About Ford Gars
Having been asked several times
recently, "Are Ford cars as good now
as (he plder models," wish to say
that eonjo one either falsely or un
intentionally is grossly misrepresent
ing the ford.
The fford Car Is better now than
ever before, and the SAME GUAR
ANTIEE and MORE CAPITAL Is be
hind thfrn now. Why should they
be lees good than older models? Stop
and thl^k
The ffict Is, Ford Cars are giving
some nqe a great deal of concern.
Have you ever noticed that any thing
a persog knocks. Is the very thing
that Is bothering that person most.
Catch 1L
There wore made in the United
8t?tes Ifst year six hundred thous
and automobiles by ALL auto fac
tories. Of thlv number three hun
dred arid eight thousand were Ford
Cara. Why do over- half of auto
mobile buyers get Ford Cart? There
la a reason ? stop and think! Buy a
Ford aJld put the difference In the
baa* yes. Ford cgra are better to
day thah ever before.
Mr. 4. and Mr. B. went to town
the oth# day. Mr. A. bought a Ford
tnd Mr, B. bought a- Oolng
home Ifr. A. passed Mr. B. In his
larger opr. When they got home Mr.
B. asked Mr. A. what he heard rat
tling when he passed. Mr. A. re
plied tfcst was the money in my
poeket that I saved by getting a
Ford. In three months Mr. B. sold
his oar end bought a Ford; now lie
hksitootey In his poeket too to rati lb.
COMMITTEES ARE REM
10 CANVAS THE CITf FOR ?
TIE REO HILL ROAD FUOD
Liberal Offer Has Already Been Made. Letters Have
Been Sent to Business And Professional
Men of the City.
LIBERAL OFFKR TO
RED HILL ROAD FUND.
MADE RY KMPLO\|E8
The following offer of assist
ance toward financing the,*#*
Hill road project. was received
today by Captain Leach:
Mr. Geo. T. Leach, President.
Chamber of Commerce.;
Washington, N. C.
Dear Sir:
The members of oup associa
tion which is composed sfrlctly
of the employees of the Harris
Hardware Company, realising
the advantage of good roads to
the town, and the help to our
business wish to be allowed to
contribute $100.00, payable to '
the amount that the Chamber of
Commerce have attempted to
raise lor the improvement of the
road leading to Chooowlnity, N.
C. This contribution Is In' no '
way connected with Harris
Hardware Company and Is In "
addition to any am q ant the firm 1
may contribute.
Employees Association of the
Harris Hardware Co.,
R. O. Latham. Seciy.
With all of the preliminary work
ittonded to. the committees, appoint -
>4 Chamber of Commer<|^
joliolt fjmda tqr the impravemejgfrt
'the Red HiH road* will begin makUm
i canvas of the merchangp in the,
city this week. The three commit
tees met last week and divided the
buslneae section pf the city into
three parts. One section ^(Tl he ap
portioned to each committee.
Following is a copy of the letters
that have been sent oat to all of the
prominent business and professional
men of the city.
MISS JACKSON
DIED YESTERDAY
Miss Clemmie Jackson, age 30
years, (laughter of the late Bracej
Jackson, died yesterday afternoon at
her home near Old Ford. The funer
al services will be he!d from the old
homestead this afternoon at three
o'clook. \
Miss Jackson has been an Invalled
all her life. She is survived by
three brothers and two sisters.
"PECK'8 BAD BOY"
AUTHOR D1RD TODAY
AT THE AGE OF 75
Wu One of the> Mo?t Prominent Clt
iMM of Wlaconsin.
' (By United Prewi)
Milwaukee. April 17. ? George W.
Pock, author of "Peek's Bad Boy."
twice governor of Wllconsln, ox
mayor of Milwaukee and former edi
tor of the Milwaukee 8un, died today
after a short lllnoHn. He wai seven
ty-fire years of age.
DROPPED 1? BOMBS f
ON GERMAN WARBIIIP
(By United Pr?M)
Paris, April 17. ? A French avia
tor dropped 16 bomb* on a German
warship In the North sea from a
height of 300 feet, the war office
announced here today.
Violent Cannonading.
Violent Cannonading 09 the west
bank of the Meuse was reported late
last night. No Important Infantry
I lights occurred.
I. DLL IN FIGHTING
^LONG ALL FRONTS
19 TODAY'S HRPORT
(By United Pfmt)
Berlin. April 17. ? A loll In the
Verdun fighting cont'.nned laet nlirht
The war office reported that nothing
important ha* occurred on the we*t
: front. Along the eastern theatre the
j RuMlent are aotlTje tlong the Drlnsk
? r'rldgehead.
I Roadttors II90.#*. Touring Car)
' $440.00, Tftrn CkftMOOO. f. o. b.
factor?. Act' an oVat half tha ?thar
'auto buybra ara: GET A FORD. j
I WASHINGTON MOTOR OA* OO. I
To the Public*
A committee appointed at a meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce
Fill call upon you at an early date
to aoliclt contributions to a fund for
the purpose of building a permanent
road from the foot of Washington
bridge to Red Hill. To earry out i
this project it will require liberal
contributions and perhaps sacrifices
on the part of some. There Is not a
business of any description, or an
Individual in Washington, or Beau
fort county that will not derive somo
benefit. Every merchant bas lost
during the passed winter m-ore in
profits than he will be called upon to
contribute, and in view of the fact '
that Pitt county is now engaged In
extending good roads to the Beau
fort county line In Chocowlnlty town
ship, our merchants stand to lo?e '
many times the amount desired. '
therefore . it Is absolutely necessary
that funds be raised immediately to
prosecute this work.
We confidently anticipate your
b?rty oo-operation, I am.
Very truly,
GEO T. LEACH.
^ President
CIAS. VENTERS
BACK IN JAIL
Charles. Venters. who escaped from
tfca county Jail several months ago
with W. T. Mercer, wan captured
yesterday at Berkley and has been
brought back to Washington. Ven
ters was In jail on the charge of big
amy.'' He and Mercer made their
way to freedom by removing three
or four bricks fro mthe wall of the
Jail. Nothing Is known of Mercer'a
whereabouts.
EDITOR COULDN'T
LOSE HIS CATS
Snow Hill Journalist Ha<l Curious
I Experience When He Made die I
Attempt Yowtertlay.
(By Eastern Press)
Kinston, April 17. ? Qeorge Albert
Jones, editor of the Square Deal, a
paper published at Snow Hill, left (
there in a buggy yesterday morning ;
with eleven cats tied up in a bag.
Editor Jones was determined to get
rid of the animals and whence was
about seven miles fr-om /fiome, he
untied the bag and threw it and the
cats out ^>f the vehicle.
He proceeded on to this city, trans
acted what business he had to attend
to. and returned home. When hej
arrived in front of his house he was:
surprised ? to put it mildly ? to see
nine of th4 cats, ho had thrown out
of the buggy, sitting calmly 'on the
front porch. As he Rtood there he
heard a plaintive "meowing" behind
him. Turning, he saw the other two
cats strolling toward* him from the
I road. 1
t*ubMrtb? u> ib? Dttly N?wi
SELLING FOR THE
Retailer
Mr. Manufacturer, which is
th? beat way ? to load up tho
deftler and let him worry out;
or to keep the goods moving
from hie shelved?
There la leu selling cost in
constant repeat orders, is
there not t -
A satisfied dealer doesn't
wtrry you m?cly does 'Kef
The easy war to help your
dealers and to-^t^ase them is
through newspaper sdvertls
??*?
Information on this subject
#111 be given by the Bureau of
Advertising, American N
paper Publishers Association,'
World Building. NewiVork.
PWERMOSS
OF FIRES MS
FO FNOHES
MICH DAMAGE IB REPORTED
FROM FOREST FIRES IK THM
BECTION OP STATE.
BUILDINGS BURNED
_ I
Church Destroyed at Soatbporc 8e*.
eral Hotuea at Beaufort. Fire* near
Klnston and Aurora Alao Re
ported.
With a present damage of many
thousands of dollara, forest fires In
this section of the State are contin
uing to rage. Much valuable tim
ber land haB been burped off, a num
ber of houses have been destroyed
and other damage haa been done.
Clouds of smoke almost obscured the
sun yesterday, and the nvoon last
night had on a dull red appearance.
Fires Around Aaron*.
Aurora, April 17 ??m. city was
niled wltli smoke all <J*y yesterday
from forost fires which burned
around the outskirts ofc town. At
times it was difficult to see more
than a few yards. No damage Is re
ported, with the exception of some
timber land.
Church 1a Deetapyed.
Kluston. April 17. ? -forest fires
yesterday destroyed church at
Southport. The lossVqf Several build
ings near Beaufort Is *Sto reported.
Two fires occurred on the outskirts
of this city, with a loss of about
$1,500.
Burned Out Near Nnr Bern.
New Bern. April 17.-? The fires,
which have been raging In the Bay- 1
boro hectlon during the lew days,
have about burned out end no fur
ther damage 1b reportefl.
House IxiRt Neair Here.
X. T. Wlllard, who ngtdes about
three miles from Wag}?g?ton, lost
his house through fire Saturday
morning. It was not covered by any
insurance.
Damage Over Half a Million.
K'nston. April 17. ? 2 p. m. ? The
fires have spread Into Wilson, Hall
fax and Nash counties. A conserva
tive estimate brings the damage well
above half a million dollars.
GREECE MR! BE
DRAGGED IN WAR
AGAINST WILL
ALLYR8 HAS-E REGl'N TRANSPOR
TATION OF 8ERR1AN8 TO
SALON! RJ.
UNFRIENDLY ACT
('?cm -any and AnMrta H?d Notified |
(Jrftrc That If Hhe Perm I Med Act
of Allien, It Would lie Considered
"Unfriendly.**
(By United Presi)
i.onaon, April if. ? Decisive steps
by the alttds have forced a new crisis
at Athens with the possibility of the
Greeks btfng drawn Into the war
?against their will.
Overriding the objections of the
Greeks, the al!1es have begun trans
porting a newly equipped Serbian,
army overland from Corfu to 8*lon?!
lka. Germany and Austria, several
days ago. said thai they would re
gard this art as deliberately un
friendly If Greece permitted It. Tfc*
| allies refused to use the water rout#'
| for fear of submarines.
BARACAS TO PLAY
ANOTHER GAME
Another basebaM game. httwgpn
I the Army and the Naty team* of the
| M. B. Bat-aca clan*. It scheduled for
i Friday afternoon. The Army, after
their defeat last Friday, ere some
what Hied and are anxious to eren
stores With the Nary In the com In*
game. The contest will start at fonr
o'clock. No admission
. ed.
LEAVE TO
IDENTIFY BODY WHICH
IS SAID TO BE VILLA'S
CLAIM SWANNER
WANTED TO COME
BACK TO WASH'N.
LocaI Moo iVU of Talk* They Hud
With Mini. Ilod) Htut llo-n
Tnken to Stllleys.
Several local men, wlw saw Wil- j
tlam Swanner in Norfolk since he
left Washington last summer, stated
today (hat they were not greatly'
surprised to hear the news of his
death. They said that they talked
with him 1^ Norfolk and that he ap
pearer utterly disconsolate and was
evidently worrying greatly.
I "I saw Swanner about six weeks
ago," said a prominent merchant.!
"and had a long talk with him then. I
He told me that he wanted to come
back to Washington and that If he
only could, he would let the liquor
business alone. I noticed at the time
that he was greatly upset and I
couldn't help but feel sorry for him."
At the coroner's inquest at Grimes
land Saturday. It was four.d that Mr.
Swanner had close to $200 with him
at the time of his death The body
was sent here and taken down to
Stllley's staikon. on the Washington
& Vandemere. where the funeral
took place.
LEAVE TOMORROW
TO INSPECT ROADS
Boud I*hqc Commission to Visit
Near-by Count it* ou Two
" ^ l>ay Trip. -
Early tomorrow morning the bon<l
lsiue commission, composed of
Messrs. Daniel, Morris and Standi),
and the chairman of the board of,
county commissioner?. W. E. Swln-J
de'.l, will leave on a tour of Inspec
tion over the roads in near-by coun
ties.
They w'.ll go from hero to Green
ville. from there to Tarboro. Rocky
Mount and Wilson, taking in all of
the work that has been done in those
sections recently. They will pass
through Pitt. Wilson. Nash. Edge
combe and Halifax counties.
HONOR ROLL OF
HIGHLAND SCHOOL
l?t Grade ? Ehu Leggett. Elizabeth
Latham, Mamie Heddard. Ethel Da
venport.
2nd Grade ? Margaret Leggett,
Elizabeth Hodges.
3rd Grade? Lydla Dell Dixon, Sol
ma HqdiceB.
4th Grade ? Ruth CJvlls, Bain
bridge Leggett, A. G. Williams. An
nie Mae William*. Elsie Civile.
5th Grade ? Mae Moore.
7th Grade Emma Leggett. Ohpel
ia Latham. Lester Latham. Alma
Leggett
| 8th Grade ? Frank Leggett.
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CMDIOIU M SEMTfi
A totter from Van R Martin, of i
P'.ymtfttth. relative to hi* candidacy'
(or tU% ?tT5c? of State Senator from ?
this district was received thU morn-'
In*. In part, it read* an follows: I
April IB, 1916 j
Editor Washington Dally News. t
Washington. N C.
D?mr Sir:
I havi decided to announce myi
candidacy for nomination to the'
8enate from the Second . Renatorlal '
District In the primary t? be held on
June I, im
I have twice before represented
this district In the denate and hare
been urged at this ' time by strong
democratic party workers to enter
the race.
There is at this time no candidate
. io my knowledge except Mr. Lindsay
of Mr W 8
By E. T. COXKLE.
l/uitrri I'rcs* Staff t'orrwjxmdcnt.
El Paso. April 17.? A train left
Juarez for Chihuahua City today
with a Kin a 1 1 group of American*,
who knew Villa intimately, to exam>
ine the hotly that was taken from a
lone'.y grave in the mountains west
of Satevo and which la said to be
that of Villa.
General Pershing . ii Is claimed,
knows that Villa was recently near
the spot where the body was ex
hu med.
Messages have been received here
to the effect that there Is little doubt
b<it that the body is tha of Villa.
Several Mexicans, who have seen i.
ENORMOUS SUPPLIES
Kl'KHKI) TO MEXICO
Foil the 1 . S. TKOOI*S
iU'ing Sent to Soldlprs from Coluni
bus, SuOlcltsit t4i Liu?t UO I )?> *.
(By United Press)
Columbus, N. M., April 17. ? Enor
mous supplies of reserve rations are!
being rushed to the army in Mexico1
as a "precautionary measure." An
official of the quartermaster*! enrp
said tiiat there was a sufficiency to!
laat until May 15 .even if no more
is shipped.
TO fSE AEROPI-AXKS
AT NORFOLK. VA.. AS
COAST GUARD SCOUTS
Will Hp Kmployed to Pick up l'iwi>
t ions of Steamers In Plstm*.
(By United Press >
j Washington. April 17 ? Assistant
.Secretary of the Treasury Newton
! announced today that aeroplane* w!ll,
I be tried out first at Norfolk. Va.. as
coast guard scouts to pick up the
! positions of steamers in distress.
U. 8. CITIZENS ON SHIP
WHICH WAS SIWK BY AN
AUSTRIAN SURMA RINK
(By United PreRsi
Washington, April 17. ? Gustav
Olsen .an American citizen. wan
wounded h ya shrapnel when the
Russian ship, Imperator. lumber
laden and hound from Gulfport.
Mils., to Marseilles, was cannonaded
by an Austrian submarine. The Unit
ed 'State* consulate at Barcelona.
Spain, cabled the State dopartmenr
after 8wnensaon. another American
citizen, escaped uninjured when th?
submarine set flr*? to the ship. The
Incident occurred near the Colu
Bredo Islands.
Davenport and myself of this county.
[ have been told by my friend* that
Mr. Davenport will not run agalnat
me. however. I have not had the op
portunity to talk to him In person
and should he deride to make the
race. It will be only neceasary under
our recent primary law to have a
primary In Washington county to de
cide who shall he declared a nominee
to run with Mr. Warren- Davenport
or myeWlf an I understand It ? unlesa
another candidate enter* the race.
Mr. Warren will be declared one of
the nominees and It will be a Ajcht
between Mr. Davenport and mysell
should he decide not to withdraw
from the race I am not * rendldat#
again*! Mr. Warroa.
Your* very truly.
VAN B. MARTIN
(Advertisement)
Body Has Been Exhumed Near Spot
Where Villa is Known to
TTave Been
^oiAKEN FROM A LONELY GRAVE .
Mexicans. Who Have 6ten it, A re Emphatic In Their
Identification of it.
are emphatic In their Identification
of tt. Officials here, however, are
somewhat dubious and will not be
convinced until it Is definitely known
that the rebel chleftlan Is really
dead
Pershing to 8w the Body.
San Antonio. April IT. ? General
Pershing this afternoon left Cual
huiriachio with a detachment of cav
alry to view the body which Is being
taken to Chihuahua City, as Villa's
headquarter? announced. Pershing
should be able to let headquarters
know positively within a few hours
j If it Is Villa's body, unless the corpse
is in too bad condition to permit
I Identification.
ICOIUIMUNICAT'N
TOEEHMJUir UY
GO OUT TONIGHT
(By United Press)
Washington. April 1". ? President
Wilfon's communication to Germany
on the submarine isaue will probably
to out tonight. It was stated at ths
White House today that the PreBl
den devoted praeieally a'.l of hii at
tention to preparing the paper Sat
urday and Sunday. All prel)mln%
ies have been completed and he wfll
probably not confer with Seem lac?
Lansing again.
The cabinet already has ratified
the general tone of the communica
tion, so there is no necessity of hold
ing It up for tomorrow's cabinet
meeting It is stl'l held l!kely that
1 he President will go over thp final
draft with members of the House and
Senate foreign relations committees.
The conients of the communication
will probably not be published be
fore Wednesday or Thursday
IUSKIAN8 MITIMKD
HKCAISF, OF THE ILL
TlfflATMEXT RECEIVED
Kir?l ItnrmrkK. 27 SolfHer* .Arc R^
|Kirt?1 to Hnvc T'cH*he?l.
(By United Press)
Berlin, April 17.? Russian* at
Nikolakevsk mutinied on account of
ill ireafm^nt which they rerplved at
I he bands of Rua?!ao officers. Die
patches said that 27 soldiers perish
ed
KAYS BAKKK.
I am going to proph*ry that the
whole of th? European wars will
rome to nn miiiI by Juno 15. All per
?onf? special ljr Interested In my pre
diction mm* up at once and have
their co'id look* taken.
RAKERS STUDIO