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WASHINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY fltSOB ISSUES PROGLAMATKH) FOR FLAG DAY to Otxenre June Fourteenth. KaBfc* ? pr?M> "* Washington, May 30. ? Asking that special significance be given to tb? observance of tag day Jan* 14, WHson today In an Infor mal proclamation declared: . fellow countrymen : Many elattUDStanoes have recently conspir ed ,to turn oar thought to a critical examination of the conditions of our tfttkmaJ life, of influences which it aeems have threatened to divide us ?within and forces wltfeoot that ffteemad likely to draw us away from the happy traditions. Therefore it -seems fitting to call /ffut, attention to the anniversary day $a which" our - flag was adopted. I -would suggest rm d request every oommhalty to jjfive Specially significance end thought to ?*r love for America add our camprehenalon of the mission of feberty and Justice to which we have unvoted ourselves. Also our deter mination to demonstrate io all thei werld America's vital sentlmsnt and. too our purpose of accepting only J thoee as true compatriots who give! supreme allegiance." SAW EXCELLENT ROADS *? O. Singleton Hm R?toned from . Extensive Trip Through f ? Carolina. -K. 0. Singleton left Saturday ] morning with Mr. and Mr*. J. G. j Nixon and J. M. Swindell, went to Bath el and then to Conetoe, than to! Tarboro, then to Rocky Mount, Nashville, theu to LmMuov and I from there to Henderson, from Hen- 1 deraon to Townsvtlle. The last town ? la in the Northern part of North | Carolina. The parties who were! With M. O. Singleton spent Saturday j night and Sunday with their par- j ^.ents; left Townsville Sunday morn-! lag with a party of four: Will Har ris and Miss Mae Harris, Bert Moore and Mlas Mae Harris. They went to Eagle Point, Va., and from there to Souden, Va. where' the?. struck the highway to Clarke-' ville, Va. Prom there they went to Buffalo Springs, Va., took the high way 40 Bullock, Va., then to Oxford, [ and from th?re to WlUlamsboro, the; secohd oldest town in North Caro- . Una. The brick's in the church were brought from England and were put On the banks at Norfolk and hauled to Williamsboro. The party upturned to Townsvllle. The roads were fine. The trip wis mads in a Ford. The crops wpre Sua throughout gll the section. The . crops consisted of tobacco and corn and wheat. The farmers up ' there art living seven days to the week. Htiae their, own bread and meat, own UlOe farms and fine homes, and most ?t the farmers own cars. The party spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. Richardson, who live on v the line of Virginia. When asked th> condition of the roads arouhd Washington, I failed to state eohdltlona at present, but Just wait a few months and ' c^me down and we will show you JpbQ roads. Mot only good roads but the finest farm h Ink jfcMon of North Carolina. A TWA parties nU left Monday at 8 o'clock an<| arrived at 6:80. Had ? M tlf it ?>11 MJi, A very ? pleasant trip with alL . ? .Ti ; t . ? . a. miflnmTBFur": TWO YEAR OLD BOY DROWNED AT BELHAVEN Sad OolUiUM Took Place Sudar Aftdraoom ITwr Pirati' Home. (Special co Dally News) Belbsven, N. C., Mar SO. ? Jerome Edward, the two-year-old son of Captain ud Mr#. John Sparrow, warn drowned Sal ur day afternoon. The body waa r ewesed within a short while ud while everything: waa done to resonttate ? him. It proved of no avail. The little fellow was pitying in | the back yard at his parents' home, which Is situated ' on Water street, and getting too near the water In some way fell overboard. The funeral took pif^ce Sunday afternoon and the interment was in the {Norfleet^rburylng ground. The sympathy of the Wtir* town goes out to the grief stricken parents. P. H. JOHNSON WHi ADDRESS THE CITIZENS Will Speak at tbe Courthouse Wed nesday Night. Ladlee Invited. I Mr. P. H. Johnson, candidate for the Hons# of Representatives in the next General Assembly of North Car olina, will address the dtisent or Washington at the courthouse Wed nesday evening at eight o'clock. Mr. Johnson will dlsonis the issues and Is mora than anxious to make known .his vlows to the voters of Washing ton and section. The ladles are cor dially Invited to be present. -? Mr. Johnson is one of Beaufort county's most industrious and up to-date farmers and also president of the North Carolina Drainage Asso ciation. The News feels confident all who hear Mr, Johnson will be more tban repaid. It is to be hoped that a large number of the citizens will be present. ITALIANS TO EVACUATE Austrian War Office Says TTiey Pear of Being Snrrounded by Poet (By United Press) Vienna, May SO. ? The Italian forces are now preparing to evac uate Asslgno. which is .the largest Italian town threatened by the Aus trlans since the great offensive in Southern Tyrol began. The war of fice bas issued a statement saying that the Italians are in danger of feeing surrounded. NORTH CAROLINA 18 INCREASING RECEIPTS . Washington, May 19. ? The office I of markets of the Department of Agriculture is Issuing reports that show that North Carolina ts Increas ing receipts annually from new crops. There was a time not many years back when cotton and tobacco were the only crops shipped out of the State to any extent. ifcow there are many orofts. ^ \ Statements Issued last week show tEaV In one week North Carolina skipped W~ears of cabbage. The. records do not give the fig ure# for celery. onions, new pota toes, Hd frmtfll's $?) \ 1%e reports say that 613 earn of ttrawfctrrlaf w?r* morad la tk*J5Caj-l ol(n>* up to May 22. vj . ~rr.i--.w- . ? ritOVKM A f. isgmk 4il flip. tho followrti: ujk - him fclmch Wmcou BfthUWji I* * b?r(ia? wdrthjr ef mratMB. Tin ??rtle*l|ur? ?i* m follow,: (JRTkll* tSt|(u te'Paaiga rl??r ?! cirnoon TUt. S. C. KatMr, U?? flpln Mrp41 'nfalnur of 8t. Ju?yVml <iu thtlag unahls to swim, began to sink when Miss tance, fas overcome In her efforts to sar* hi a Miss Blanch Weseott, though quite a distance, reached them In time to save them both from a watery grare Mr. KaMey waa go | in* down for th. third tlma. ui ? hu . A .. . J I. ? wnen rescued by Hl'QHES EIGHT TO FIVB PAVOBiTE IN WALL STREET (By United Pre*?) Justice Hashes of the United States Supreme Court la an eight to Ave favorite la the Wall Street betting today for the Republican nomination far President. ~ FRENCH DRIVEN SOIfTH The German* Gained 120 Yard* by t fee Attack. (By UnHad Press) Paris. May SO. ? The French ware driven south to Bethlncourt, Cum lerea Highway In a powerful Ger man attagc between Dead Man's Hill and Cumlerea today, the jvar office reports. The Germans sained ISO yards. Following the entire day there was heavy artillery preparation. The Crown Prince hurled his new divis ions Just brought to Verdun front into action. > ' All the German adults on the Eastern slopes of Dead Man's Hill ?broke down under the terrific French fire. gerau>ine farrar at NEW THEATRE TONIGHT lAAt night at the New Theatre the opening episode of "The Strange Case of Mary Page* 'attracted quite a largo crowd and all were loud in praising It. The leading characters were fine And the play opens In tensely interesting. Everybody left the hoase wishing that the next in-j Btallment was tonight instead or next Monday night. Tonight this popular playhouse presents a Paramount feature. Ger oldine Varrar makes, her first ap pearance before local movie fans in "Temptation." This play was pro jduced by Cecil B. DeMllle, a former Washing ton boy. All has been said that oaa be when we say ? Oeraldine ?arrar and Cecil .DeMUla. - Tfcay are known the world over and. have a reputation -second to none. r- WINNING STREAK BROKEN New York Giant* Lost u> PtiiUdel- 1 phi* In Fir? to One Game. (Bj United Press) Philadelphia, May 30. ? The re markable winning streak of the New York Giants was broken this morn ing when the Phillies won in a game of five to one. The Giants up to this time had won seventeen straight games. Demaree, ex-Giant, pitched I for Philadelphia. HUGHES BARRED AS NON-VOTER, IB CLAIM Opponents of Justice Hughes say he is not' entitled to a Presidential nomination because he has not voted in six Tears. Root agents who have | examined the election records, said yesterday, the Justice had not cast a ballot since be went upon the bencb in 1910. Governor Whitman and State Chairman Tanner, custodians of the Hughes boom here, aay Hughes is not to be criticised because he has 1 been out of politics. "MILLION Al KB FOR DAY" A WINNER IN POLITICS Philadelphia, May 29. ? Complete returns from flxty-one of the sixty seven counties in the State compiled today by the Democratic State Com mittee show that John Jay MoDev Itt, of Wllkesbarre, widely known as "Butch" McDevltt, the "millionaire for a day," has more than a fair chance of winning one of the four nominations tor Congressman-at tar ge. h He now holds by a thousand-vote margin for fourth place In the race for the ^apr nomination*. AMCHTHODIRT CHURCH. Hev.?C. L. Head, presiding elder |*f the Washington district, II. B. fQhnroh, will preach at . the First ftfethodlst church next Sunday morn Jjng and evening at the usual hours, i Mr. Read Is a speaker of force and Ifco jrlouht will be heard by large and 'appreciative congregations. , BISHOP HI MJO TO PRRSTDR. ???Recording to tta? plan of visitation 'of the college of bishops of <h* H B. Church South, Bishop . Joha. C. Kllgo. D. D., L. L. D? will presW* ovsr the seseloas of the Western North Oarollt* conferee ee to bo bald at Gaston la aad the North Careilaa $t Durham in November am heartily Id union picnic tor the respective Son day Schools of Waahingtoi. Lest ^??r surely demonstrated the fact that It was the right thing ind 1 see no reason why history should not re peat itself. Of course we Wn't do much now until after week. biU as soon as thai is over I believe all the officiate of the Sun-, day Schools should get t?nUer and] arrange way* and meajos' locking to- j wards this end." Thta paper heartily above suggestion. Let union picfilo by all POUIUHNS RESPONSIBLE SAYS CARRANU Intimate Border Trouble Were In spired by Them, Says Report. (By United Press) f. Mexico C}t9. May 30. ? C^rransas mea?C*..?? sWsahlngton ^*iontalns point blank the charge that the re- 1 cent border trouble* were inspired by the American politicians for use In the presidential campaign. It Is reliably reported here. When this message will be presented to official Washington is not known. SUNDAY SCHOOL ROOM BUILDING IS DELAYED Architect Ovcre*tim?t?d the Plat of Ground to be Used for Structure. The starting of laying brick fori the handsomo new Sunday School building for the First Methodist church will be delayed for the next ten days, probably longer. This Is ?due to the fact that the architect In drawing the plans drew them for a larger space of ground than is owned by the church. The excavation has already been made and brick are now being hauled. Those who have seen the plans are much pleased with them, It Is estimated that the. au ditorium will have a seating capac ity for four hundred or more. ?. E. Hartge, Of Raleigh, who drew the plans for the present church edifice, Is the architect and W. C. Miller of this city the contractor and builder. AURORA FAIR Will BE HELD N0VJ4, 15,16 Bid* Fair to Be tha GreeUeet Attn*. Cloa Y*it Polled Off In ltu* Good Town. The Aurora Agricultural Fair will be p tilted off thin ywr NortmUr 14, 15 and 14 and bide lair to be the blggeet and mo it attractive exhibi tion yet given by the good people of thte prosperous Motion. For the past several year* this annual exhibit by the farmer* of Aurora and Motion hefti al-nfays 4**n anticipated with I mm pleasure and W?l? "year the lu te* ta the fart booming fair la greater than aver. BaaldM the m?Ml line Vxblblt of atook, poultry and agriculture the management prom isee the boat o?t?tde attractions yet afforded to the tfteltorr this anneal exhibition at Aurora ia surely a credit to tha entire county. CRU5BRAT1NO TODAY. fi? I N JTRED A*D THREE KILLED BY , TORNADO TODAY ? Al_ ,tjfr United Press) Memphis. Tenn., May JO. Three are reported killed, ftfty ^kree Injured end thousand* of dollar* worth of property wae deatror^d when a tornado swept the territory for a hundred miles around Memphis today. tftSKEl HOSBV KID P??ed Am; Washington. Hospital, Morning. (By United Press) Washington, May 30. ? While thousands 6f the heroes he fought marched today throughout the coun try, this being national decoration dty. Colonel John 8. Mosby. the dar ing Confederate Cavalry leader, passed away this morning In the Garfield Hospital. He lived to be eighty-three. ftflM JACKSON DEAD. Miss Fannie Jackson, sister of J. P. Jackson of this elty, passed away at the home of her sister, Mrs. Alex Beacham, nesr Old Ford last night about eight o'clock. Yesterday she was taken with a congestive chill and never rallied. The deceased was In the forty-fifth year of her age and a consistent member of the Christian church. 'The funeral took plice this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the residence and the Interment was in the family burying ground. The ser vices were conducted by the Rev. C. M. McRntyre, pastor of the Chris tian church of this city. WANTS TO PAY PENALTY Man Claim** He Rilled MAe and Woman in Iilahq and Want* to Die. (By United Press) Penaacola. May 30.~tJnafcle long er to stand hiB torturing conscience a man giving his name as Edward Lorlenze gave himself up td the po lice today declaring that <. he had murdered a man and a woagaji In a small Idaho town. Stated' that he could not live longer with the mem ory of the kilting. He will ask the court to pronounce his death sen tence. in Garifeld t>. Oi, Thto A >TEW M. D. Mr. AJlen Moore, son of Mrs. J. B. Moore, of this city, has graduated with honor from the JefferBon Med ical College, Philadelphia, where he has been attending lecturea. Dr. Moore Is one of our promising young mer aud nas a bright and promising future In his chosen profession. Where he will locate at this writing is not known. nNALS AT SOUTH CREEK IntcrcKtinjr Program Ruorrwsfully (krrlod Out Friday Ijmal. The Bouth Creek school com mencement took place In the school building at that place last Friday snd was one of the most successful In the history of that well-known Institution. There were a number from adjscent place* and the entire event prored to be a conspicuous success. The first exercises took place at 10 o'clock and opened with the "Praise God from Whom All Dles staga Flow," after which prayer offered by Her. W. R. Trotman Aurora. This was followed bjr song "OrollnA." The address welcome waa made by Marvin soh. The speaker of the day, M. O. Fletcher, president of Waahlnfton Collegiate Institute, Introduced 6y W. O. Prtvette, Intendent of Reanfort county, addreen was a masterpiece of and lode and heard with great tarest by ill present. These exercise* were followed an old-time 8onthern picnic Which proved to be one of the A HALF MILLION LO BE INVESTED CMEMDCO B. N. Duke and Otlier MiktuKm An* IWilnd the lYopoaitioa It la Said. n*' -y 30. ? Now Vork .am capitalists have invest*. . naif million of dollars towards a winter resort in Cumber land county, is the statement made today by B. N. Duke, the millionaire tobacco magnate. Plans have a - ready been submitted for a quarter I of a million dollar Are proof hotel j to be erected on a plat of land con taining thirty-five hundred acres. I Walter Marshall .of New York. Congressman Kent, of California, are identified with the proposition. HAS TRAVELED THE SEAS FOR NANYJfEARS Captain George G. Howard Enjoys an Em viable Record on the I>?'p. Sailing the seas for sixty-three years la a record few sailors In this country can boast of, yet one of Washington's former citizens in the p6rson of Captain George G. How ard at present in the command of the schooner, William T. Parker, has accomplished this feat. Captain Howard Is now in his seventy-fifth year. For the past sev eral weeks be has been indisposed and with his wife has been visiting his son, ex-Chief of Police George N. Howard, on Bonner treet. During his sixty-three years on the briny deep Captain Howard has Iobi three vessels, was waterlogged once sixty miles from land and aiso dismasted. On one voyage he lost the rudder from the schooner Nellio Potter and made seventy miles that day rudderless to Hampton (toads, Va. Captain Howard was in com mand of the same schooner when the bell now swinging In the tower at the First Presbyterian church was brought here. During all his varied experiences Captain Howard states that he never !ost a man Since going to sea Captain Howard has been In coin mand of the schooner Jennie Lynn, Nellie Potter, Cora. Carolina. Eva May, Lizzie James and the William T. Parker for the past fifteen years. He has sailed from Certral America to New York. Captain Howard was born and reared at Ocraeokc, N. C. IN INTEREST OF 8THOOL. Rev. M. 0. Fletcher. president of the Washlncrton Collegiate Institute, and Mrs. Fleteher left yesterday for points In Western Carolina and Chat tanooga where th??y expect to spend a month In the interest of the school. The session just cloned has bepn one of the most successful in the history of the achool. Between sixty-flvo and seventy students were enrolled. The prospects for an In creased attendance next session In propitious MARRIAOK THURSDAY. Miss Louise Ruckman, daughter of Mr. J. F. Ruckman of this city, and Mr. C. V. Swan, of Rtonewall. N. C., will be united In marriage at the First Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The cere mony will be performed by the pas tor. Rev. E. M Snipes. Immediately after the consummation of the nup tials the bride and groom will leave for Western Carolina and cities South. FRENCH ARE REPULSED la Two Attack* at Cunalerea IjtuA Night-, It l? Bqwrt?l. (By United Press) Berlin. May t?. ? Two French at tacks at Cnmleras last* night were completely repulsed the war office announces Violent artillery fight ing occurred on U?e banks, CROWN PRINCE HAS RESUMED HIS ATTACKS U Attempting to Force th? Freach Back to Charnej Kidge. <Bjr United Press) London. May SO. ? The Crown Prince has resumed his drive against the Northwestern defenses at Verdun simultaneously attacking the French renter. *On the right wing the heav iest blows were struck against Dead Man's Hill. The Germans are vio lently bombarding the French slope crescent positions attempting to force them back on Charney Ridge where the French will be forced to give battle in a great struggle. This It is nald will decide Verdun'a fate RECORDER'S COURT BUSY Several Case* Were Disponed of Yesterday at the City H*ll. Several cases were disposed of by Recorder W. L. Vaughan ^stterdif. The following were tried?* Prank D. Lewis, speeding; oosta. Holly All good, speeding; coats. William Woolard, speeding; Jury trial; not guilty. Heber Coward, colored; assault; $15.00 and costs. Miles Grimes, colored; leaving mule on street; costs. | Henry Keyes. colored: whlskoy In his possession fo^ihe purpose of sale. Jury trial Thursday week. Alfred Grimes, colored; drunk; costs. Charles Crump, colored; drunk and using profane language and abusing officers; $2.00 and costa. ALABAMA NOT TO YIELD And Allow Hitchcock of New York to Nominate Associate Justice Hughe**. (By United Press) Mobile, Ala., May 30. ? Alabama will not yield to New York in tha roll call for nominations at the Chl cago convention, thus giving Hltafc cock hla desire to nomiinatt Justice Hughes. CARRANZA MAY Oil MAY NOT SEND NOTE ( By United Press) Washington May 29 ? There are conflicting rumors as to whether Carranza lias or will address another formal note to the United Stat**. This developed here today. Manuel Mendez, who it la reported had brought such a note, arrived today. He declared his ignorance as to any such mission. Stated that he mere ly was on a vacation and stopped off hero where ho read reports of the note. The Mexican Ambassador A r redondo said that the fact that cop lea of the report of th? Scott-Obre gon conference* on the border being in the mail* may have led to the re port* of another Carraiza note. A protest rather than representations 'will be made by the United States If it develops that decrees effecting Americans at Tamplco are confisca tory CX?MK TO CHIRAC Pamlico Inn now open. Prices to <u1t everybody. Good fishing and bathing. Ratea $1.00 to fl.00 per day. Write for special rates per month. W. D. OASKILL. Proprietor R-11-lmo-c ? O-NIGHT. Metropolitan 1 Opera 8tar V QERALDINK FARRAil In "T8?MPTATIO'N,, Produced W Cecil D. D?-1 Mill*. ? WMBImton bor kCom? out and m what tbll hoax hor tu do UttlaM 4 v. m 'PrtoM 1*10 Th* bind flom a rmridnnrn ?( Floyd ' 8?rry on But (Woo-xl MrMt Id DMr eoBplttlon. - It pronlM to b* ?f th* non attractive homea U BOB.
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