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; " ttlKNEWS AND OBSEnVER, PNESDAY, APRIL 2i. 1912. . ' j POLIG EREPORT FflRTHEYEAR M&iL) ItiKlS TO DEVELOP EftSTf ON lit TITiCi 50C1EI i I .rjrjri VjlvlVv 'soina of tha boats had many aa t ! I a" M , ih.in whan they i-. tied th t ar , T ' . . -f , nm v-r-ii r , - jf-i ii' - . , k . - LeSst SB m iv -- inn itpw 1 ' "ii- t-.1. 1 G&od; Not Many Big Crimes; I Over a Third of the Tax List From Drunks; Cost of De--i partment ' The Polli e Commissioners of the dtjr have nmdr their annual report , ta the Mayor and I he Horn-it of Al.l. i V ntsn and Ihere are soma Agon- lliul Indicate good health 'v- In the Police I iepa i fluent hut f i charges have been prcferr ed against f Heart. One was for failure to le art (ram patrol bosee anil ho waai Moused for good reeaons. another. Waa charged with seduction "'"I ''is mlsnsd; Ihe third was reported f i y sleeping on duty and was s.uultted 'fr atar trtal and tha fourth wss tssrd ( . with aon-psymenl of debt, hut thr1 v complaint n withdrawn warn. Offkaws, Finch. DUlshay and War-, havs been chosen to nil vaeanclsa " ! bjr thro other of Iti er and on th commission. Mr I. A Mshirr's term having eipired Helpemnn I Ill I. Dr. u. U King wss chosen in his place. The retired commissioner It Highly praised Tha report shows enrnureglng con l dltlans and fin da that there la not nearly so inurh violation of law aa Ihere haa been. The commission haa a good word to ssy of iiftlcr 1'ar bour who wa Injured bv Will Mall liecembrr II. but la now hai k at - Work. Ila la commended as a falth lui attd a fearless peirolman Tbr Final Hal Shir Tha city haa been wall run Tha appropriation of I? 1 . 1 o 4 Undo a balance of M 7 after havlnf spent IJS.II7 7(1 Thi- commission Insists that money i rrcolved from thr sev ersl drpartmcnla ahoiiM he credited " to each department and the running egpenat'S deducted from the receipts. giving tha actual coat of each depart meat. "If thle wara dnna." It aaya. i 'W Should be credited with costs col- lected and patrol wagon lines during Ih year, amounting to H.33i.IH. and deducting thla from tha amount paid - aut by thla depart men! would leave . th not iat of runnUia our depart anant lt..7l 12." hlh t ti- niinnila Ion ronrludaa la a varv aniHll i'al Tha urtent naeda of lh- dimrtment ' art one horaa. an auto patrol waajmi. ' ne naw patrol box on .lohnaon atrei i. --; and flva addition patrolman Thirty-two reiular mratlnia hava baan held, eight mora than the law requires The report ahowa other in taraatlna features The Klnra ollr-ll. Krom Marrh to Mnn h Is the murt year. Tha lines for that period are IntarwaUn ststlstlra from Man-h. Itl to l0. the aliiotllit ! I from March. I0. to March. ! runs up : from Man-h. to March. It grows to IJ.J2 4J. and to March. lr. from the year praeadlnii. It has reac hed. .'.. 3 i '. 0 These rtnaa. the report aeia om. ! Impoaad 1 tha trtal Justices and col lected by tha chief of police. They Into the school fund of Wake. Tha MimmUsrton recommends a law that .- will ic them to the dtv for most " at them come from the cltv Ttu mtla (ilri-n. There were l.5:t arreats last eMr I The white males were 712. the wh' J females 17. making a total oi ii whites. The Mack males showed, up better In this unaaxory comparison, only 7l being arrested, but the col ored women pulled the behavior down with their 101 and made the negroes furnish 104. There were 177 cases of drunken neaa Isst vear Here ihe black wo men get back their balance They hare only 4 agalnat the white women's The white men outshine the blacks bsdlv. hut not In the ratio shown yesterdsy There were S white rases last vear. I hlm ka That Un't s pleasliiK conditio" yet. It Is a good report slid Is en ....... -in- in ih. hahi of a fe ruther atanuletlllg fl at UK1" I nrre w -i e caaea of retailing, one of murder, two of arson, one of aedin lion and one of receiving stolen goods MJ. t: i .tMUwiv ii i. IViMnincwt llnllinioc. Itlrrn With Itrtatlvra ami t VI end- In North t aroilna. That Mai Claudius le tioodwln. a prominent business man of Haiti more, had passed away suddenly on Monday night was Ihe news which came to Italelgh vesterdav In a tele gram. The funeral will lake pl e at 1 o'clock ihl afternoon Major iinndwin was well known in North Carolina, where he had mum friends snd relatives Ilia widow, foiim-ii i Miss Theodosla llardv. t" whom he j was married In tJ was the only I iir of the late Cupt v 1 tiantv. of Oronoc. Nance cnuntv. ih. father nf Mrs. Kdward K ifilttoii. of K.il-i-lgh. and Maau ;odwin with ln . family had been often vlalloia in Vftncw county. Ma)ot Ooodwln. who was aboui eighty years old. was a gallant offlcer In the Confederate Armv and served - under tlenersl Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, who was his strong tMireonal friend during the we- and i ' after Ila close lie was s prominent : ' figure tn business life In llsltlmorr In i,' tbw renl estate and Insursnce busl I nasa. nna among the heat known citt , "MM f Baltimore held In the high at'reaN. Ha la survived by his "il JL "T Z I., Til - Mri. bdTWo.l. Qoodwlii and , -Mr.. Ferry Oo1wtn . who Is a promt-I eent bwlilter t Hnltlmora. HVtt UK MOW MI1.K..M.K? Am I-Sfssrla-I swl Sew (Jweihtn r. - yejssl Yesterday la lite bupc ew Ct-art. ' r A vsrr important rase wai argued yaataroajr before the Uwtpreme Court. tha easa of Maaoa v. tha Hallrosd (raai Macktonbar County. The rase laral-s4 IM right at tha railroad to Mnpal paawsgsra to show their mile aga ak. It asatna that Mr. Maaon got oa Iha fcabaera Air Une. Rsll raao. He for doln so. ha showed his mlkMtra book ta taa ticket s gent si tha depot aa4 aMalnaa a ticket. Tha conductor demanded that ba show his ii.- t--sk a ad. this not beilna aone, ur u-m was ant aft tka train. II i.-ai.iu anil eninat tha railroad, and the rasa aaw agalaat tha railroad Is whethar a traveler ta rsn ba oampelksa ta show h' .r baak wnea hs haa abtalaaa i .ket from tka Urt agwnt at tha not, aftar praaaatlng hla tnltg k. Mr. Mummer Utawart wia-a .rraisssl for Us., mlaaons aba Ml'. . . - himIm Jar. .ttv-rwlisaV."v-H . . tirely near aueaiionv. Tlerra has e sny decision III the t'nlted n this question, anal tha irt la. therefora, ajt to aa t rnponttlon. ' f : M yf uicieior join pi.or. LDIIDfl 1 ,,r ,lln, saiu ins' ' TIIIC IUIUI UVCU -Kaymr" Glavaa cast iar than the "ordinary kind" arid are worth rioiihlf in quality, fit and value, and every pair contain! A OaaraakM Ikal Cwaraalaaa "nr pair Iree" il the "tips" wear out before the glovrt. Da a 'I accept tka "aat aa aad " bia4. Look in the hem lor the name " Ktyser," the mark ol the genuine. Sheet tlHj atMM Oa .TSs.,.041. tt.M Laoa Bilk Ola-aa 'Oil! T 1, .O0, t .l 3 Co. Miktri iVrw Karft 01 Raleigh Chamber of Commerce to Hold Important Meet ing Friday Night I'naldcnl l.llclifnnl of the HaWlgh Chamber of t'oiiimerte annoumea lhal It will meet Krlday evening of I hla w eek a I It o'i loi k Hie f I In- vitally Important him I tera vihh Ii II will consider will lie lit. niiikllia of a i raiiKeinenta lor the com enllotiH litis ear. Including llioae of 111. lo greal pollllinl purlieu Plans will perfected lor the lals trig of futldn hv the people of Kulelgll Ih no-el Ihe nei eauary ejrpenaea of proper prcparalloii for such lonven tlntis I'lir venrs othi't cities have hud illc 'inventions and Itii'y muds splendid arrangements fol Ihelll Hal elgh niuat leave nothlna iindoio- In thla llirecltull The Ch.imtier of I'omriiene will show the It v hoe. evernhlng ahould Im- done anil u' t lo- i ornmuntty up hold lt luindn It will .I.. Ihe thing Ihorouahlv t.Ti;s fill TY tXIMMKNt KH1 NT. Mr. A. K. t .ixl win Itelivrml ddrras lo t.radliallng t'laae. (ialeavillc. April 2.' The Hates .iiuntv commeni'ement whs held In llaicsvillc on Siiluriluv. April 20th The irovAd waa not us large aa d. slred. oniric to the fact lUa the farm era .nc ewrvwhere taking advantas of the line weMther and making every thing move tn catch up with belated furin iuU N'ev crimeless the imirl houac was tilled with people from all over the coonlv Many of th. school having oloaMl a one lime aeo, no pai.idc waa attempted hut tha school children were there with bright and happy fasen The gradu ating i liisa numbered thlrtv font Mr. A It ilodwin delivered an ad dreaa of welcome f.tr the town f (lilti'sv llle whl.h waa mill h en loved and often applauded Siinertnicrid enl T. W'. I'osten llien inlrodocd Hon. .1. X .lovnci. w h.i licl.l the rlysi altelltloti of the audleniH f.r more than an hour In a niaat. rlv aililrcs. ioaina with the alroos plea f.n the 'opportunity of tin- . hild t uae the I lime of life jnade sacred Ov tool for hla de eioiment In lhal pi cpai a lion which will make him an IntelliKent cltlsen and develop all hla powers Thli plea Is neat I r .lovner a heart and he made Ihe people feel Ila ron e Music was furnished bv a class from tlw- Itevnoldson Public High School .Miss Naomi Pitt man. who graduates from this school this year, won many compliments by her ex cellent rendering of ' The Holy City." her voice revealing aweetness and much power Superintendent fosten In a com prehcnalve and forceful spec.' ex plained Ihe purpose of the cnuntv commencement and asked the co-op- ler.'itlon of the people In advancing the eilii.iillon.il work of Ihe cnuntv. lie nies.llled the .ertltl.ates lo the I . lass w ith w..rd of praise for ex.-el- lent grades and encour BKcmenl fol 1 fillihel endeav ol 1 (intesvllle Is soon lo have a tine tirl. k buildlnt: and the whole ntv ; reiolcea w lib her a a H00KERT0N WAS FIRST. Students of High School Wis First to Send in Contributions to Aycock Memorial. "opt .1 Y. .loyner requeM to Hist. j (.nlr(bu0n for ,h. A -,,,.! Kund was received ffom ,h! nookeIlon nigh fk-hool. tn tireene county, through Miss t hrough Wlnl- fred Harper. April tin. IMS. The check for 110 wss held In his office awaiting the election of the treasurer of the fund. In th sb- sence of Rujerlntrndent .loyner tha contribution from Lenoir school waa received and timed over t Ihe treas urer by th chief clerk, ho had no knowledge of th check at i Hat time. Following ts tha letter from Mtas llsrper: "My leiir Mr. .loyner The Hook erton High ea hool wishes to begin a movement among the public schools or th mat to raise funds for a gun abls memorial to Mr. Charles Ay cock, w wish to begin thla with s pledge lor ta aVolhtrs. Hepectfully. "W1NIFHICD HARPER C. U aaaMni i Israd. ( Special ta News Snd Observer.) lews tnd Wavneavtlla, NC April tl.-C. U Smathsra. one a tha eldest settlers aWk ml heart failure, wf-WHarM'Tba. ivV ia--aathavaMat nrminnt and leading men ai nis lown sn a largw v m lined ed family of tha county. Tha funeral "Will aw fctd at II a. tn. tomorrow and ta 4ataraiat at Clyde fanetery. , ?. t The problem of ,inalnlaliiin( and developing Ihe Italelgh lolton oiaikol Is again to tha fore. There waa mm h ' dls iiaalon of thla matter laat Tnll arid coiiferrncaa wera arranged between i repreeentatlvee of tha Chamber of Commerce. Ihe farmers and ihe ...i . ton buyers Thee conferences led to some good results and ompllah - ed much In bringing si" . a Oilier: understanding between the rloua In tercels, but new rompllcati. ns have! how arlaen. . The moat aerloua of three Is ihej I action of the Koothnu Hallway In. i tearing up the platform on which the , weighing of cotton haa heretofore ! been done The Houthern Hallway i haa Heretofore handled most of Ihe i on. hi. and Ila action In tearing ap I the platform In ordei lo liulld a I freight warehonae Iib done inn. h to ! demoralise Ihe cotton trade 1 The farmeta are mmplaiiilng eape- uilly of Ihe deluva In weighing cot ton There are three weighers named, birt II appear that 4y ie Is regiilarlv on dul ami aa the buy i lug la now done In different parts of 'the ity Ii la Impossible for one weigher lu gel around promptly. At Ithls busy season on Ihe farm there fore, farmers are sometimes kept for several hours. II Is claimed, before they can get I heir . -niton weighed And Ihe city lol where most of the coltun Is now handled temporarily Is thoroughly ununited and Inade f nale Ihe mallei la l.elna agitated by Mr 1'lareine l'.,e. chalrmaji of tha Chamber of Commerce Committee on Cotton and Produiir Marketa. and he hopes tn bare the entire t 'ha mber of Commerce get together In a move ment lo reform Ihe present altuatlon Ii Is certainly a subject that means mm h to Italelgh The farmers spend their money, other things be ing eiiiial. where they sell their pro ducts, and the 11.000.000 and more. represented hy Italelgh's cotton sulea this vear (IO O00 to H 000 bslesl means much to every merchant and l every Industry In the city Talking of the matter yesterday, j Mr I 'ue limited with approval s re mark of Mr c I. Hlntnri's thst It Is a problem in which the merchanta ought tn be aa much Interested as the cotton buyvers themselves The cotton buyer mskes. ssy fifty cents on hla purchase of a bale of cotton from a farmer, but the merchant who sells the farmer s pair of shoes or a aide of meal .or u bolt of cloth, makes as rnuih on a single sale sa the buyer does on the whole bale of cotton" All the business Interests of the cllv should gel together and sld In bringing about better platform fa cllltles and In seeing that cotton Is promptly weighed. There Is also complaint that the banks closing at 12 o clock on Raturdays la a serious Inconv enlem e to the fsrmers. The Il.tlUO.llllO turned loose every season for expenditure with Italelgh merchsnls snd Italelgh enterprises Is too lug s matter to be lightly consid ered All wide-awske cltlscns of the ill: should co-operate with those who are trying to bring about belter con ditions TITANIC'S LOOKOUTS HAD BEEN REFUSED GLASSES it'ontlniied From Page tine life ami Ikpalli Ktrugglrs. The life snd death struggles of the I victims of the Tltsnlc disaster were I pictured by Third Officer Pitman Chairman Hmlth of Ihe committee, j pressed Pitman regarding scenes sfter j Ihe sinking of the ship "I heard no cries of distress until sfter the ship went down, he said "How far away were Ihe cries from vour llfehnsts-'" "Keversl hundred vards. probably, some of them I told my men to get the boats and pull toward the wreck that we might he able to ssve a few more The people In my boat de murred Thev said It would he a mad Idea "Did any one In your boat urge or appeal lo you to go buck toward thr wrec'k" 1 "No. mil one. "Hid anv woumn urge you to go I back"' t' "No" j "Who demurred. Ihe men with the oars'" "i ih. no. they obey ed my orders, 'ittiH all lh- nutun..ri suiil II waa mad Idea to go back, that we should add snnthrr fortv lo thr list of drowned. Then we took In the oars snd lay unlet " When Pitman yielded to the Impor tunities nf the passengers, he did not turn back to aee. but merely pulled In his oars and drifted. The Hfirrfir of thr Hcreem. "Describe the screams?" "lo not, sir. I would rather not talk about it." "I am sorry to press It, but what waa It like " Were the at reams Inter mittent or spasmodic? It was one long continuous moan." The witness said the moans and . rles continued an hour, snd thst he made no effort to go to the rescue. "Vou drifted In the vicinity of the drowning people and made no effort lo give them aid''" "I'lease. sir. don't. r pleaded Pit msn "I csn'l bear lo recsll It. I wish we might not discuss Ihe scene." t.ave tlie Ihrowiilng No Help. 'I have no desire to lacerate vour feelings," said Henalor Hmlth. "but we muat know whether you drifted ther without offering aid. Anawer that and I ahall press you no more." "I did, sir. snswered the witness. Pitman said his boat waa some dis tance from tha Titanic when It went down. "How did she slnkT" "She settled by the head, snd than suddenly ahe got on end and dived right straight down." He Illustrated with down-pointed Anger. "Did you hear any explosions?" "Yes, sir: four. They sounded Ilk big guns In th distance." "What were thea explosions'" "t think they were th hulkhesdg. sir." "When did the bulkheads break?" "Tha explosions followed tha dlv of the ship almost Immediately." They did-not ex plod, then, until th ship waa submerged?" -Na, srr. "Do you believe th boilers ex ploded?" "I da not. snd I waa aaar enough to tha ship to know." Pitman Md that when hla lifeboat reached tha Carpathla ha transferred a warns- and child from hla boat ta boat Na. T. PotB vrawM flare fires Mara, held mar poplr "Tsa." . J "Roth these heals could hare haM Mara awK taa p-- . . .. .- "Tea,' m ..- - -j - ' -Why war not ajor UkaaT" I The u,.i hla he I let TltMlo at Ila t.r-atest Hperd. Menalor Klatchei looughi out I lie fact that whan the lollielon oi i urred the Titanic waa going at "i greatest apeed allalnvd duilns 'rip. even though Ihe ahln was enierlng thn Ursnd Hanks srol bad been advised of the preaeni e ,.f I. . "You ssv you were g"ing .. i ;' 1 I J knots an hour at Ihe lime of the axi dent'" Inquired Menator Kiel, her "Yea. sir Vis lift Southampton under about 2 I ; kimts which wus Increased lo 2 1 an. I lain lo II I -1," aid Pitman. "Then when Hie illanl' .laalled Into tha Icaherg it wus golna at lop peed'" Inquired Ihe Henntoi "I auppose s.i sli "Do von believe that if Ihe iilallo had hud searchllghir llu.i iliese might have revealed Ihe .i.lniitv of Ice berga''" asked Nrnal.it Hmlth "I ihlnk so. posalt.lv said iiimsn "Do ou know of anv reason why Ihs speed of the Tltanl. waa not re duced aftei Ihe warnliis of he?" "No. but It s not cusinmsry to re due apeed Warning of li-e I'rom Crow's Nesl. Frederick lieel 1 veais old. s sailor and lookout man on the Titanic, followed Pitman on the stand Fleet said the men he relieved (old him to keep a sharp lookout for small Ice. He Was In the row s nsst si the lime of ihe . oiiisi..u "Did vou keep a shaip lookout '" . s.la gn.sl.Hw osfuu si. hs. Ihrrr "Yes, sir ' "Did you see a ii v i. . "Yes. sir; si s. v . n P m I I reported a ahead " "How long before 1 1. hells blsc 1)130 mass i olllslun did you report Ice ahead ' "I've no Idea " "What did you il.. w Ii the Iceberg?" you sa w "I sounded three belli and then telephoned to the bridge Ihst lhare wss an Iceberg right ahead " to nis rim snd th rpwr this sal ' Fleet said he got s prompt response to his ring and the r.n.ut was not I delg.jfd Hhortly after the accident j he snd Leigh were relieved "Wss It five minutes oi an hour I before the collision that v..u saw the Iceberg'" demanded Henutur Hmllh j "I don't know sir said the wit ness nhduralelv "I wish vuu would tell the . ommlt tea whether you apprehended dnusrr when you sounded these signals All we have lo do in the neat Is ring Ihe bell, and if we think there is danger we telephone, said Fleet " Then did you think there waa dan ger when you rang ihe bell.'" ' I thought the berg was prelty close but It did nol seem a., larre when I first saw II ' "How Isrge then " "About the sire of two big tables. nut it got larger as wo went along, and when we siru. k it II was about J lift) or sixty feet above ihe water NUspfieal nut by I lie Iceberg "Aftei you gave that telephone sig nal ass the ship slopped?" "No. she didn't stop until sfter we struck the Iceberg, hut she started lo go to port after I telephoned "How do you know ?" "My mate noticed It." "Where did the iceberg strike Ihs ship" ' tin Ihe starboard bow. about twe -ty feet from Ihe stem. Fleet an awered "Did you have glasses? saked 8en stor Hmlth. "No, sir " ' lent It customary for the look outs lo use glaaaea In their wurk '.' No Masses for Ihe laxikouL "Yes. sir. but they did not give me any on Ihe Titanic We asked for them at Houthampton, but Ihry said Ihere were none for us" "Who did you ask for glaases" "Mr. I.lghtoller, Ihe around offi cer ' "You expelled glasses'" "We had a pair from Helfast lo Houthampton, but none from Houth amnton to the place of Ihe accident " "What became of the glasses you had from He I fast ?" "Wa do not know." "If vou had had glasses could you have seen the Icaherg sooner.'" asked Benator Hmlth. "We could hava seen II a bit soon er." said Fleet. "How much aoonerT" ' Knough to get out of the way." "Were you and lelgh disappointed that you had no glaaaea?" "Yes." "Did lbs officer on the bridge hsvs glasses"" "Yes " MoTHKK FIND HER BABY Tossed From TIMMtic Into I4fr Boat Hlw Find. It oa twrpathla and Thai Arc Now In Norfolk. i Bv the Associated Press Norfolk. Va., April II. Mrs Leah i Aks snd her InfaSt, survivors from the Titanic disaster, srrlved here to day, but the woman was too ill to talk and had to go to bad. Mrs. Aks came to America to Join her bus bsnd. H. Aks. a tailor who had nevei before seen thalr child. It was the Aks' Infant that was rs cotered by tha mother on th Carpa thla after ah had given It up as lost. The Infant had been taken from the mother by a frantic, man and fell Into Ih lap of a woman aurvi vur In a Ufa boat sa H wss tossed over the aid of th Titanic. Th mother who fainted wss plsrrd In snother life boat. - ' Il AMl.KT RHOOrLY WIUS CKI). Two of The RsMU Wbarta of Trmter Wrrr Ik-raUe Train IketayTHl (Her an Hoar. Yesterdsy morning tha Hsmlet I einoony nad S ailgas "eera mrrn ) Mom nr. .mi (rwnd whan th rear wheels of th tender Jumped th track and gave th passenger a good fright. Train waa ruaalafl at a good rale of apeed and at tha ttm at th mis hap sum of tha paasangare were reading accounts of tha Tltaalc dh ster. Whaa tha trala sudden hault svarraaa waa war sbh quickly mad salt aut af th ooachas. Ther wss no aaaisgs aad aftar over sn hour's delay tha. train resumed Its run t Its dtlntk a Hsmlet. ATTKN DLMO tRAM COtMlU A delegation af Balslfh Wt yesterday arternowa ta . attaad th 0ra Cawartr t rJa4raaaaav hfrh hieefs" 1 'ChirlottToday .and tomorrow. , The, wh waal wwr Messrs. John Ward, oo. Norwood, J. U. Norwood, U-A. Johaaaa.iT. C. Donsoa, K. U Harrtg, lierioaa HHr ud Johh It Ksy L , -, , y iftpeilal lo Nswa wad (iluarvar I Klnaton. April It The board of! , . un"a or ; directors of the Klnatnn Terminal i ompsnv. Ihe local corporation which will build a railroad connecting Kin""' ton with lllchlsnda. In f-nslow coun Hr.di"ry" one - u.ninii, io jonra veeler.li. aflernwnn elerlrd offlceri for the ensuing lis. a I vear. I. Mines, of lllries llroe. Company, which con trols the Klnaton and Know Hill Hall road, was insde president, with J II 'annadv v Ii e-prealdenl and K. W i had w Ii k sei retarv and temporary treasurer A lommlilee waa appoint ed to consult With Ihe Ihivsr anil Mouthliourih lUllroad olTiclala relative niiriiuiiiK nisi rilHIl IIOOl llfr IO litis city Hv this plan thr road would be completed to Kl hlands b a abort link from Klnsion to Hover, thus forming a continuous rail line from Hn.iw HIM to imalow i-ouiitv till matel), by short extensions si both enda, the road could b extended from Know Hill irt ronnecr wttti tha Norfolk Houthern s line I.. Kalwlgh. snd s deep wster terminus would be sfforded st Trenton, the . ounty seat nf Jonss The Terminal i ..mpanv s project is rrgnrded aa one of the most Important snd practicable trariaporta tlnn vonturea yet nndiertaken la Kaat Carolina, and every phase of the plana ao far hss met with succeaa The condition of Mrs tlsrland H Fergtiaon. wife of Superior Court Judge Fergtiaon, la reported to be much Improved Mrs. Ferguson has been HI In the McDanlsl Memorial Hospital In Klnaton for several weeks and at one lima waa aarloualy auk Judge Ferguson Is holding ourt st Jacksonville this week I ' l. . VI 11 '...!.( M . - f 1 I " Is making somewhat more elaborate plsns than usual for Ihe celebration of the I At h of Ms y Governor Kitch- In will hesd the list of speakers at the memorial exer.ieea In the court house, and other noted orators will make addresses The dsv s progrsm will Include the usual parade nf local militia, veterans and .Ivir organisa tions and will terminate with a serv ice In Msplewood Cemetery The matter of reduction of cnuntv I officers' salsrtes is receiving mime III , tie attention In political circles In I-e nolr I'ounl) at prewent It la claimed In rommtii'loatlone to the local pspers thst the present salaries sre too large I but the agitation for decreestng them Is not wldesprrsd enough to become ' an Issue It is thought At the present ratee the clerk of the court receives j IS 000 Ihe register of deeds 11.50 1 the trcaaurei 11.40". and Ihe sheriff 3.T,nfl Appeals From Twelfth District Were Taken Up Yesterday Appeal were argued or disposed of from the Twelfth District yester dsv ss follows Htate v tloodman. from Caharrua diamlseed North Htste Cotton Co appellant, v. Wilson snd Town of Oaatonia sr gud hy A l Mangum for plaintiff and hy Geo W Wilson snd Jones snd Tlmberlake for defendant K. I. Mason, appellant, v Jt A I. Ry . from Mecklenburg, argued by Tlllett and Outhrle and Wewart and McRae for plaintiff, and by Hurwell and Canslrr snd I! 8. Hutchison for drfrndnnt J Houthern Pants Co et al v. Inaur sursnce Co. sppellant. from Meck lenburg: argued by Burwell and Cane Isr for plslntlff. and by Maxwell and Keerana for defendant it I. Fry v N C K R Co. appel lant, from Mecklenburg argued by I I' McCsll K. H Preston and N. H Uraham for plaintiff, and hy t . F Mason and Skannonhouse and Jones for defendant IMPRUVKMKNTS AT MORKHK.Uk I V lrrr Be Well I'onsArvarird ChannH Will Br lcpe-nel. Work BrHwg rtoar Now (school Chaa-d With Kwccrswfal Vear. i Special to New a and tibaerv -i I Morehend City. N C. April 25. The graded arhnola hsvr closed .-yftrr the most suci-eseful yesr In their Ins lory. Morehead City's progress! v e nees Is shown by her support of her schools Very few. If anv. towns In the Htate tax themselves ss heavily as she ilurs to provide for s highly effl- dent school system. During the year 7. (inn in bonds have been Issued to meet thr Improvements on the school buildings and grounds The school Improvements hsve. however, been Ihe least of the town'a Improvementa during the weur. There haa Just been iompleted a cement sea wall, over !, feet In length, ex tending along the water front. This wall has cost tJVOOO. The govern ment has appropriated tl. for deepening thr channel contingent to this wall and the government dredge are her now preparatory to aolog this work and completelng It by July 1st The dirt removed from th channel is to be thrown on th land side of the wall, thla giving us at least three blocks on the wster front on which business houses will be built I uring the last few months a tl. (00 water works plant has boon built, giving th town a much newded good wster supply. Within th year, th Morehead City hospital haa bare) or ganised and from tb opening It haa been very suiissaful la every way. Msny thousaada of dollars ar ow ing spent oa tha streets -aad much cement slde-wslks bar baan placed and all this with possibly la, new residence built during th yaar. ara th many evidence of th frwat ac tivity snd growth' of thla thriving Csr loads of soft crabs ara hslaf shipped to ill porta of tha Ualtaa Htate. ahlpmaata of Ash ara very heavy at this time. In th aelgh borhaod of .. pouada af Bah Job wra shlppsd durlsg tha jraar ad this tat oaly oa af ataar st products) haadled bee. Great lmprorasats ar bsstag ataa at both of th aummer hotels. Tha Atlantic Hotel la bolng lmprw-wd aad tha aaw manager prsmlsss tha bast far oa ta seaboard. Mr. Maora. formerly ewaer aad maaacaf- af tha Tarrrwior at WrighpsvUi baa haawht Uia..IjatI IWiea and x porta a ba prepared t accomiwdat raaar (war guests than hag beea sosalbl la farat er svyjaaoinv - i-,.v - ' -:(. No wild enthusiast reT yet rould reatJ -flB baur sMiklst wara Mfw htiwasnr IN SUPREME COURT Ddiiu rittyxu iw nicm illy the Associated Press I N Vork. April Jl.-How a group of men passengers on the Titanic kept . , rd game going for three .uart. is f a' hour allei Ihe slewmer atruck to allay Ihe fears of ..I.I lorlav bv, Heorge of Ihe firs! .shin pas sengers Itradley with several frlrnda was plsylng bridge whist In Is room far aft on ihe ship and felt on 1 1 a slight shocking collision Henry It Harris waa In another parly In Ihe isime room llrsdlev Bald, and left Ins I game to go on deck Willi Hradlev to ' Inv esllg.ii r Mi Harris. Hradley said. I found hla ife. saw her to one of the boats and ihen .nine back lo the riMiin to wlil. h liradlev already had ret limed "He lol. I me Ihere wss danger," said Mrsdlev. but for the sake of the women and children make no sign The orchestra struck up "Alexander s Msg Time I'.and. end we went on play ing i ards There wss not a man In the game who did not realize Ihe lake whlih we were playing for, there was not s msn who did not know whst those hysterical musicians were playing for They played on, played any thing they had and tin allv struck "Nearer My od to Thee ' Then we knew that the time had come and might aa well not bluff any longer People crowded around u and watched us play Ihe game nut. feeling that there .mild be no danger When that old hymn sounded a dif ferent feeling possessed them They knew that It was time to go If any one nf us hoped for s chance to get oft the ship. "How any man was going to save himself, not one of thst bunch knew It took only a few moments on deck to realise thst we were sll too lau for the life boats The last ones were being lowered " Itradley aald thst he rsn between dorks snd msnaged to get Into a boat as It wss being lowered The boal was not s bit crowded, he said. but it was not more than 100 yards from the Tltsnlc when the steamer went down. REVIVAL MEETINGS AT FAYETTEVILLE ST. CHURCH Over Forty Additions to Member ship of Church; Services Con tinuing Throughout the Week. The services at Ihe FavetteMlle Htreet Hnptlat Church showed a very deep Interest Mr Kpps led Ihe ongregallon In a verv heartv song service, at theclos ' of which he sang "nh to lie Home- thing " The singer la being used wonderfullv of Ood In Impressing men 'to live better llvrs At the i lose nf the evening aerv ice he repeated, by special renueat. the eelertlnn ren dered at the Sunday eening srrv -I b e, "When We Uet lo the F.nd of I the Way" Mr Epps will lend tha ! song srr i. r until Ihe close of the ; series of meetings. The speaker used for his subject "The Value of ihe Ho..l It- 1 pared In thr first division of his sub- I Jrct, "The Value of a Houl" with the j poaar salons of all the earth. Home i men snd women, ssid the pastor. "live ss though Ihey possessed no I soul " Men snd women are a craied by their greed for gold and 'pleasure that they hsve lost eight of it d and forgotten their souls. in prevent, ne sain, in present ncan the second thought he spoke at d-' of over-churching In small length of the value of the soul as shown hy Its cspsclty for suffering and Joy. He closed his message by showing man's responsibility in yield ing his soul to one who is able to care for and krrp it The pastor lays knuch emphasis, not on professing Christ alone, hut on the fact that men and women ahould begin Uvea of err vice and live with a purpose. Three csme forward and offered themselves for membership at the close of the sermon. More then forty names have been given In all Come thla evening at o'clock and bring your friends f7.ft00 II RK XWiS. Ulw How sr. 15 Hagsfaf Cvmi and Bnaheda Cotton Hreyl (hi I p In eimokr Other Now t;aUiorel la and Around Wilson. Special to News and observer. I Wilson. April "3. -Haturday night on the plsntatjon of Mr. Archie Har den, near Wslstnnburg In (Jreen county, his gin house, one hundred and ftve bales nf cotton snd nine hun dred bushels of cotton seed went up In smoke. The loss Is estimated at 17.50 not on penny of Insurance. .1. W. Whitley, a white msn, who Is slreadv under bond for retailing, waa In Mayor Dickinson's court yesterday afternoon on two stmilsr charges and was se-:t higher up. W 11 KUmotidson. the white man who hauled two barrels of liquor from Hharpsburg one night last week, waa tried for disorderly conduct yes terday afternoon snd paid the price. The liquor is still at police headquar ters snd there It will remain until s claimant comes r.irward and proves property. Kdmunaon looks wist fully toward where the boos Is stored, but seems to he sfrald to put tn a .irilm It Is possible that It will he used In court as s "silent wit ness" sgslnst him as he Is under bond slnng with thirty-odd for retail ing Itev. 8 p. Hplegel. pastor of th Wilson Christian Church, has tender ed his resignation, to take effect June first. He and hla excellent family, who half endeared themselves to tha hearta of our people, will return to their home in Alabama, wher Mr. "pleael will engmaw In evangelistic work Mr Hplegel Is one of th ablest ministers In his denomination and his congregation are loth to gtv him up. THE NEW BRIGtla." (Special to. Nw and Obrrr. Wilson. N C. April II. Th Brtggs." Wilson's famous hotsl, la ta undergo a complete tranaformstion and It will, when completed, ba s0 and to none In North Carolina. Th entire building will ba rataad an story and flfty-oa aew rooms added: fumlwbed with bath room lint snd cold water, swa and sloetrtc lighting In fset th Whbl house will ba thoroughly overhauled aad mad wsndem In all at Its appntmanta. Tha present dining room will ha torn ant and run aa four atortea 11 uwdar whleh wtf bg gpadrwg sainpla rwowsa Tha dining room will hava tit noor Ing. marble wwtnsretlng - and th rroaro decoration will msks this apartment "a thing af beauty and a Joy forwror. Tha root rwt haa bi Ht ta tha Wllhlns Construction corn. asvny, of wllaaa. aad warn UI tgl My uicaa, m.iiiviiw ww iwv w grcss; W. T. Stead .Hv the Associated Press I .. w York April ZJ Ho:iety' at titude toward prostitution was ad van, ed aa ttir supreme teat of rell gl.oi lo lane Addama. thr Hull Huse philanthropist In a epeech In Car ueglr Hall today on ' The Church and the Mm lo l ICvii" before the Men and Itellglon Forward Congress. "The supreme religious test of our social order said Miss Adrtsms, "is ihe hideous commerce of proetltutton. and Ihe sorry results of thst test sre registered In Ihe h pocrlsv snd hard nee of heart of thr average good cltl nen Inward the in called fallen wo man Mhv we not i lalm that In con seiiuenie of this lellglous altitude prostitution today lemalns s hard, un resolved mass In the mldat of so called Chrlsllsn civ Illxsllon, until It hss come to he called a Wee which csnnot lie rrsdbatrd. which rsnnol be forgiven, s social disease that can awl be vwred." t The n.iiicv of treating the aoclal evil aa a matter of contemptuous In difference. Miss Addama declared, had i formed the ground work for political ' corruption I " Prostitution protected by a thick i hedge of secrecy." she continued, "imperrwptlhly renewing Itaslf through changing admlnlstrstlons IS ' the one point of maladministration, I the unbreakable bank to which th i corrupt politician may repair when In need of funds. Ths corruption spreads until the brothel, the saloon. I and the gambling den sre thr trio llt ' erallv at the base of thr rsal admln i tration of our cities." In Mcmortam W T Hlrad. The Christian Conserv sllon Con I gress of the Man snd Hellglon For ward movement devoted Mondsy night I., mernorlBl sen ices for William T. Htead. the Fngllsh doctor and author, hu perished In the Titanic dlamster. Mr Hlead was on his way to address the movement on the subject of "I'nt versal IVsre." snd wss on th pro gram tonight Addresses In praise of Mr Btead life and character were made hy the Rev W A Cameron, of Toronto: th 1 Kev (ieorge Sherwood Kddy. a minis ter of Indians, and Kev. Dwtght Hill, of Brooklyn Archdeacon Msdden, of Liverpool, and the Kev O. 8. Pavls. president of the Chicago Theologtrsl Hemlnary. offered tributes In prsyer. The chief addresa at today's session was made by Warrn H Wilson, on the "Rural Church " Mr. Wilson aald that the country church was dying, 'and recommended "a study of farm j trnsncv In order to formulate s set of laws which shall make th Amer ican tenant at least as stable as th Fngllsh peaaant. for should our prea ' ent condition continue, all rural Instl , tutlons will be destroyed from the outlaw conditions tinder which they live " 11 also urged the promotion of financial co operation among the farmers "Without It all farmers are alike, and each man's hand la agslnst his fellow. The speaker declared' "With co-operation, both leadership '"' obedience and honor and every needed morality will be made possible 'n country." in a third recommendation, the speeker advocated a "Protestant syn- ' dlcate" to take over the property of weakened country churches and trans Pisces.' UKATH OP MR. OAJMCs. Brother of Mr. W . T. Oaken, of Tills City. lHed In Ilanvllle. Va. The following waa taken from Danville ( Va ) paper: The death of Mr. C. C. Oakes oc curred Sunday night at 7 16 o'clock, sfter an Illness of a few weeks. He wss s member of the Cahell-Oravsa , ('imp of Confederate veterans snd ! served the whole four years of the war. He has been with the Arm of IHhrell Bros, for many yesrs. Mr Oskes was 71 years of age st Ih time of his death. He ta survived ; by his wife and the following chll- dren: Mrs. U E. Vaughn and Mr. W. T Oskes. of Raleigh: Mrs. R. A. Vaugh. of Richmond; Mrs. J. D. Patterson. Mrs. A. B. Hyler and Mrs. Hl. hard IHIIard. of Danville He had msny friends who will read with grief the news of his death. The funeral will tke placa Tue dsy afternoon at 1 o'clock. CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE MEETS HERE TOMORROW. Mr. swift of (Greensboro, FleM Rrc retary. Will Be Here With It. The Child Labor Committee has been called to meet her tomorrow evening. Thursday, April !S, In th Yarhorough Hotel. Field Secretary W. H. Bwlft. Of Oreensboro. has Issued his call for that date and will be here at that lime. He haa not aald what special phsae of the committee's work the members will discuss. It Is greatly concerned with th hour which th children In the mill sre being worked under snd Mr. Bwlft mads a Visit through the mills of the Mat. H vfound thing especlslly encouraging and a desire upon the part or th mill owners to co -ope rat with th better ment organisations. Mr. Clarence Po la chairman of the organisation. Mr. Bwlft field secretary- and Prof. Charles U Coon, of Wllaon. secretary. All of thsm ar expected to b here. TRINITY GOES HOME. Team Lest This Morning at tiM for Daihaas 1 Play tieorgia Toanorrow. Tha Trinity baseball team left thla morning at I:S for Durham sfter playing th third gam with Wk Tha Methodists beat tha BapUata yaatsrday but had previous!- loot two gam and therefor tha seiios. Tha contests .showed pretty evenly bal ancwd "toama. Wak Frst datd .. Trinity la a runaway nnish hut wak " In Durham, though thBaptlsU war In a 4 ta 1 minority until tha olfhth Inning. A rally and a eollaass caused a final scor of to d. Yesterdsy ' gam ahowwd tha Wath. dlsts up In 'better Itght Tomorrow rJy will ncauntor tha Ual-arwlty af Georgia Ther will ha two gam. The Durham boys will th Northern trio instaad of thlr hecua- iomd Boutbara junt. ' . liawwwrkiw ska aulitw aoul h not keep ita awa atr tt hi 1fh '-. sir; or. rather, w le-ui "--"- r Immilaa of eonsclewc ts b trw to It- j elf. . , It must ba confasa. ,rti dSMt will ba con reawe veers ia n refst from contasalon hut autrid, snd suirid la cwaJosston. Daal. Webster. ". i ""- ' --
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