(WWBV. |i? CR9PS BADLY DAMAGED. Mrfr' SO HKI4BK W 1-ltOMISKO KOH mint Kltw 1MYK. HEAVY llAINN KOLUOW OOlJl kjggk -if MPBI.I,. -V.' BjSfVv ' Washington, D. C? Attn# 9 ?The coldest weather erer recorded during the month of June In the Middle Atlantic and Mew England State* the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes. < -was reported today by the weather Many 'Places In Pennsylvania er port?4>froat this morning, a condi ? aim oat unknown in (his State ^ during the month roiw. TKe " Bf,* minimum temperature in Philadelphia was 47 degrees. Forty degrees waa registered In some parts of the interior, of the State. - .* 1 W There was a heavy frost near MidV dleton, N. Y.. last night. Thin lee formed in places, which were sheltered from the wind. Much damage was dojie to vegetation, . Roma, N. Y., .reports a temperature of 26 degrees. Farm and garden produce area badly bitten by the frost. Snow fell at Montreal. N. Y. In New York City, the temperature was 47 degrees and will probably bo lower this morning. in Virginia, the lowest temperature registered along the coast was 66 degrees. North' Carolina was close behind with 58 degrees. The damage, which has been done to crops by>the cold wave will run into millions of dollars. It will continue cold for another da^^r two. . 2MSWEVKI.T IN D1RRCT PRIMARY FKJHT. Buffalo, N. Y., June j Rooaevelt arrives here this afternoon to maha aapstuB llillljlil la aid otCoveraor Butler's direct pMtnary bill to come up In the special seaalon of the State legislature next week. A .greet welcome has been preparad for 'the former President. "POPULAR TAJ WHEN THE BANKER C By Walter K. Towers, A. .John Bom mere waa keeper of thej general store at Klmwooo, Auan -?cFhersoa wa!a owner and bead of the Elm wood Savings Bank. The relations between the rtwo metr were far from friendly, but as there was no other bank near at hand Bom mere maintained a commercial account in ilcPhtrson'a institution. One Tuesday morning be purchased a load of potatoes from Clyde Webb, a prominent farmer of the vicinity. 8ommer? paid Webb immediately, giving him a check for twenty dollars properly drawn on his account in the , Blmwood Savings Bank. Webb took ft*" *n ttn and presented It to McPherson, Vho was In the tellpr'f= cage. "What did you do. go and sell th.it load of potatoes to Sommers?" Jnmiirod McPherson. f " Tea; why not?"ireplled Webb. * "Well, you might have given me a chance at them. You know I'm buy, ing produce, aB well as banking." "That's no reason why I shouldn't ? ?" Jpha Sommers.' "Wen, IH show you you'fo a fool to sell to him," angrily asserted the baahar, -JU paid you with a check, didn't, he?. Aad you took If; and It ain't no good at all, eee!" "What's the matter?" aaked Webb. "Why, hep no good flnfcnslally, and hisyrflfck's no good, and you can't g? any money on it." Wahfc d ?! nowiri>fn|| an^ Sommers hastened to the bank, , ; ' V knoir,n* that his balance stood close to four hundred dollars. After a heated discussion at the bank Sammen tinselled to the offlee of hla l?(m) counsellor. As s result action was begun against the banker bfrranee of his failure to cash .the. dee ?? nesltor-s hrniidr rlmrlr and substanttal dnwM were reeonred because MoPheraea'e action had Injured Bomraer*s standing and credit In the conv munlly. ..1This ease Illustrates what Is perhaps the primary duty of the banker "j to Ma depositor?to pay all proper cheeks drawn oe' him against adequate deposits If the banker falls ? .'jr" v r jL 1-i. f I ======== SOLD WAVE MANY STATES. MR OF AT I rami I EXCITING RACES TO BB HELD Aft [ THE PAIR.CROUNDS ON TflfE AFTERNOON OF THAT 1>AY. MANY ENTRIES RECEIVED < * \ HORSE RACKS. MOTOROVOLE RACES A.NlV VlllKMEN'K TOITR- ' EVENTS OF INTEREST." New Bern Is making great preparations fcjr a "s&eedy" Fourth of July. A series of interesting and exciting races have been arranged to take place at tbn fair grounds on the afternoon of that day. The first events of importance will be the horse races. All horsemen of prominence In tills section of the State are deeply interested in the races and many entries have been reoeivsd. Some close finishes are expected. The motorcycle races also promise to famish something In the line of thrillers. Those who saw David * Morris of New Bern and Billy FoueBteln of Norfolk go around the track last fall at the fair, know it was about the most excitihg e^nt of the 1 week. There will be two races; one for single cylinders and the other tot more than single cylinder machines. c past, but not least, will come the c great firemen's tournament. All the firemenjn this part of the State have j > tuning tn Taken ' altogether, a most Interesting afterprogram has been jp repaired. Mips Elonise Grantham has returned , from Rockingham, S. C., where she has been on a visit to her ^ sister. j AS ON LAW i X ASHES YOUR CHECK. . J. D., of ihc Mlchtffln-ar. t? ?k^thtfl. either willfully or through u?IU.olutloo idopted it J.paaen nui rnietli Hid Bundi* olckt mtuaMM the rl noTal of L'nltad Statu Immlsritio stationed here, aecusini hem of unfairness and unneces?ar tarshness on thp dealings With Jap inese re tuning from visit! to "Japan. The treatment accorded, the reaa ntlons declare, is such that Jt ta no tafe for Japanese to visft their hoin ?iintry iftfiey~liope t or et u r n to t h 1 ML' J gjE It is set forth also that Japanes somen arriving have been Insulte y .unwarranted "and offensive re narks alleged to have been made b ifflcials of the immigration station. 1XTKBXATIOXAI. Tl'C OP WAK. San Francisco. Juno 10.?The in ernational tug-of-war tournamen irhlch began at the Pavilion rink to c ff.Mrt._t.a_l or.. c.?_o.C_o I. terics of tbo most interesting con est# ever held in this city? TUo fol owing?nations?are repri-Beuted United States,; England, Scotnnd tay, Avert an ^Norway, Denmark, Can tda. Ireland. Germany. Prance. Rue ia, Slavonla, Greece, Austria, am tuBtralia. ( This unexpected number of team :otuing Into the field has presents 10 email problem tor the directors t< olve. as ull erlsh the opportunity o ipholding the honor and prestige o heir respective countiers. VOODMF.X OF THE WORLD IK FLORIDA Jacksonville. Pla.. June 10.?Th< Sovereign Camp, Woodmen of th< Vorld, convened here today and wil te the guests of the city for tho ne* erKolays. Governor Park M. Tram nell. Mayor W. 8/ Jordan and Coun ilman C. D. Mills, welcomed the vis tors, who come from mil parts of th< sountry, following which was th< eretnonlal program. PICNIC IS ?POSTPONED Owing to the cold and iqclemen readier, it has been decided to post one the Methodist picnic, whlcl van to have been held at Washing on Park tomorrow. The date, whei he picnic is to be held, will be an loanced neat Sunday. ly paying toe check in full. This i chat to known as an "overdraft, ind while contrary to the printe rules of most banks is still frequent y done in ordinary commercial prat lice. If the bank allows an ovei Iraft, in effect advancing' money fo ia depositor, it may recover th imount from bim. Bankers do not take time to in restigate a depositor's account fo svery check that is presented to th lank for payment. Tliey depen upon memory, and confidence in th depositor, in many instances. So i sometimes happens that a pank wil >ay a check under the belief that th signer has an adequate balance o leposit, when 9uchals not tl^cast 3n discovering its mistake bank aave sometimes endeavored to recoi tf.? pftlfS ?h presented the check, but they hav lot been successful. In one sense c ;he word the bank paid nnder mis lake, and mistake is sometime ground for recovery of money paid >ut not by a bank under these clr :ut? stances. Sometimes after a person ha dgned and delivered a check h pishes to recall his action. He im nediately gets in touch * with hi jankon which the check, xaa drawl ind Instructs it nyt to pay tba heck when it is presented. This i cnowri as "BTOpptng payment.' Hopping payment ends the bank' inty and aleo its right to pay th "heck when presented. It not onl; leed not pay the check, but it mus lot pay it. If it disregards its depot tor's instructions and pays the checl >n which pkymmt lias been stopper it is the loser as It may ndt cbarg that payment against the depositor' iccount. A. L. Sullivan owed James P. Lorn M7.00, but by mistake he filled ou the check tp James A. Long an< mailed it-in an envelope addressed t< lathes A. Long, and a James A Millf lecelyed ll and eeshed It at bank. The Wank lost the money i [>ald out on the check. This whs he muse a bank is bound tb make tmf lain that tt Is paying the check t the proper party.. Iq law/the middl Initial is ndt part of a man's nam and so the check Was payable to Jmi '/* J (Continued on Page Three.) 1 W. O. SAIMIKRa. EOITOK Of THE ' EXT TO UltjltEn HEKORK PLAINTIFF ISl F. MUTT 1 ? - ftlHTOK IS rlAkiKn WITH 1,1 1 BKL. HAS 'AjtK.4in HHKX COX VICT 10} JH KLIZ AHHTH CITVffioUKT The. case of'Gtift'. Aydlett vs. W. 0. Saunders, edijjjDr of the Kllxabeth City IndependentjWtll be brought up 1 before Ilccordqdwindrqy of this city at ten o'clock iofcporrow morning.-? B Saunders wsS Recently convicted 1 to six months qa the roads by the 3 Klbatoth City Court for publishing f a shifilfcyou* statement about Aydf l? t?. The latter has the right to liuve the editor-tried in every c ounty in which ih?/ Independent circulates, . if ouch Is his desire. COURT TIItEl* OF 8. O. SUIT. a B Jefferson CItT, Mo.. / June 10.? John W. Montgomery,"Jr./of Sedalia. who has been taking testimony to - determine whether the Standard Oil - Company has several oil trust con5 nections, is running independently and whether it purposes to conduct its business along open competitive lines hereafter, makes his final report to the Supreme Court today. - ma* tfT?Hnn In I the Standard Oil Company of Indiana H|Bt us itxlu ptij^aUwa has been going on for eigKfc" y(jJDfsr? the-equrt bas t shown a desire to get rid of it. Attorney General Parker has been di^ recting the cross examination of the witnesses for the State. Bl illHXG .MANAGERS MEET. .?? *fL r viucmuau, juno iw.--job annual - convention of the National Assbcias Hon of Bnllding Owners and Manag" era began here today and will con& tlnue until next Saturday, during - which time prominent men from all purts of the country will make addm?pea. Edward M. Willoughby, r president of the Chicago Real Estate e Board, will deliver an address on "Central Agency Compared with Individual Management in Operating r Office Buildings^, and J. E. Randell. e manager of the new Continental and d Commercial Bank Building, will e speak on "Duties of a Building M&n1 ager During the Constructionkof a '1 Building." Carl J. Maural will pree sent a paper on "The Relation of the 0 Plant to the Building Managers." g Fine Points in . ' Advertising. I, A reader of The Daily News I the other day was planning a fortnight's Ashing trip in the s *Adirondacks, and in running e through the advertising pages chanced upon an advertise- I s ment of a sporting goods 1 . _be?ie t Being entranced by the "outs o'-tlpor" atmosphere and L'- - sportsmanlike tpne nf .the ans nouncement he was soon deope ly engrossed. Toward the end, * y to hla astonishment, he found * mmnlata /lotollo^ Inf/x?-1 L about the very lake on which t he expected to spend his va? cation. ? . . e He learned all about the fish a and their habits, and the kind of tackle to nse and a nuznK her pf other useful and inform* t ing points all as if written for 1 his especial -benefit by a true a lover of the sport! Crystallised in this one adt formation, and more. that, he needed to complete the ar-" w ran gem eats for his trip, o This la only one instance of a the splendid help that preaeat . e day advertising offers to ths readers Of The Daily Mows. !> . ' ^ ~ Ml V ' : *. .^b ' <% '. ^B ? n ' - .* ' Nn^&rtrfflB KAiUH ISKKNHARJyr. VOHLD'K OKKATKNT ACTKKHH. LKAVKS FOB FHANi-K. Sarah Bernhardt has a reputation as one or the greatest stars behind footlights antithe worldnevcr knows the value of a good actress until they have seen her In some of the leading ? roles* of dratfiatic production 1q ( The value of this grout actress was ' never brought out from the fact she could never speak English and it was 1 only Through an interpreter you " ofti.M ?h? direct meaning of her 1 lines. Often, the public lias paid euor- 1 inoua prices for seats to witness *" Sarah Bernhardt and * the public agreed with the great New Yojk 1 critics In saying that she was alone H in the world as an actress and could seldom recelre,the support on the 1 stage sh?- was due from the fact that 1 ^ - J uur cijuaui were ww. ^ Sarah Bernhardt sailed lust Frl- '' day (or France and claimed li to be ? her last visit to America. Before going abroad ahe consented to appear bBftire the ni^ ptBtWl riuiicni in a four reel production staring and ? playing leads in "(Camilla." This ac- n tress received a salary of $10.1)00 for h6r services in thla great motion pic- * turo, which has been. .witnessed by t millions of people. c This great feature picture that 1 Sarah Bernhardt Appeared In will be ahown at the Lyric Theatre YVednes- n day. both matinee and night, of this ! week, and comes here at an enorm- ti ous expense. The admission prices M will be?children 15c.; adults, 25c. K 81 RAILROAD .NOTES. u x ai The Missouri Public Com mission lias abolished life passes. 11 Construction has been resumed on n the Lorain and Ashland (Ohio) Rail- ll way. Eventually it will intersect the Pennyslvania, Erie, Baltimore and a! Ohio. c< The Union Pacifjc Ip now double track from Omaha. Neb., to Chey- lc enne/YVyo . 516 miles. This Is ljy far the longest stretch of double track railroad west of the Missouri river. Pnnnrnl Hpn.11Vnrtm fnr tl,? Third District of Chicago, Rock Is- _ fcail and PaitHlc B?llw>til InMintlng J the system AutU of Caldwell, Kana.. in the States of Oklahoma. Texas. Arkansas. Louisiana and Tennessee, will be removed June 16 from Fort Worth, Texas, to El Reno. Representative A. O. Stanley, who is making the campaign for U. S. Senator from Kentucky, savs that the 1 shippers of America on a conservative estimate In one year pay the sum 5 of $360,000,000 in Interests and divi- 1 (lends upon securities arbitrarily issued by common carriers and repre- * seating nothing but "water." The Colorado and Southern has 1 reopeji** its Elizabeth line, between Colorado Springs and Denver, which 1 was closed tfyreo years ago from lack dr'fHEtroD&S*: Trains front Denver * will conenct at Falcon with cast and west bound trains of the Rock Island President B. F. Rush is authority for the statement that in the current 1 year the Missouri Pacific ought to earn well over $62,000,000. In 1 1912 earnings were $54,000,0.00; in 1911, $51,776,000; in 1910, $53,000000, and in 1909. $46,385,000. ; More than 80 per cent*bf the gross gain is going back into the proper-t tjr for increased maintenance of way C and equipment, for surplus or for S i uteres ton" new r~a pTlaT for m prnrt?^ ment and betterments. I* fs note- h worthy that President Bush has been t with the Missouri Pacific only a few d weeks longer than two years. No person inexperienced in rail- c way work who is over 35 years of a age, and noexperienced person over 4 5 years of age will be employed on o the Frisco lines after July 1st next, according to the rules of the pension f< department, which have been issued P cy President B. L. Wlncnen. C T?> FOSTER BROADER SPIRIT. lt V New York, June 10.?To foster a a broader commercial spirit between c America and Germany, about two hundred of the most prominent me- n chanlcal engineers of the United fMatnn jlart for Riirnne today on _ the Hamburg-American Liner, Vic toria'Luise. They will visit the great shipyards, and make a tour of industrial Gerjpany, under the direction w of a committee especially appointed (] oy the government to look after the n American engineers. . fl angPTfH^ Qp CMAMBKK OF COM MHRCK. p Tfc? regular meeting of tho Cham- B< ber of Commerce Win be bold to- b el?bt Conaldereble btuiaeee le to b? e brought ap tor dlacoaalon and It tl ho?ed that a terse a ember of tho .1 meaaben wilt ha smnit | n . f. ? '} %'"* "'i* -r' mmrsj! (By Rev H. B. Benight. Pastor o sinister of the Gospel, it la natural b hat uir views ahoibtPbe colored by I ?y d^ltng. and that 1 should mag- w Jfy the religious element. -Bat la ao p loiag 1 am not forgetful of the ma- h erlal aspects of the question. We n 111 desire a larger town, a healthier oi lawn, a happier and more prosperous cj Illy In ever; nay.?My pcht js that 4* I tiere 1s a vital relation between la llghteousness and prosperity-?relJft- ni |>n. or godlluess. is the fundamental is londitlon of growth and 'injuring ei Iu do with a roiuote and o? ncertain future existence?n kind of w nsurauce against loss by Ore In the h* ther world. ' 11 On the contrary Christianity is an u< utensoly pnrcticcl thing, primarily onceriied \vt:h this life, nnd wlthpv ur happiness and welfare here and |c< dw. As St. d?au! expresses it: 01 Godliness is ptoiltable unto all re hfngs. having proml^e^ of the life at hot now is. and of that which is to onto.'' " " ~ TJTWhy has Washington not grown "> lister? !t l? an old town, founded V: early 140 years ago. Its situation tli i strategic, and the' natural ad van- w> iges of its location nre excellent, YV Thy has it not prospered and pro- nc rcssed more than it lias? 1 will not tu .ty. because it has been too wicked nil > prosper, less 1 seem too severe all nd uncharitable. But I do affirm nc tat its prosperity has been greatly yf indered and retarded by ungodll- lo ess and tnimorality?and I think sn lia proposition con be deuionstrated. pr Prosperity depends on such virtues ph i temperance, Industry, confidence. th 3-operallon. nnd character: and nn tese virtues are the fruits of rellg- na >n. Our citizens havetlacked: pe 1. Confidence iu each other, which i the basis of credit and Co*p|KrX-t th on and without which business on- ce *RV,R^LGAYI PASTOR OF BA1 : JUNK lO IN HIHTORY. H : \ S 811?Lord Wellington raised the siege of Baoajos. 837? Plague raging at Symrna. 861?Neutrality announced by the French Emperor. 86^-^j.en. Burbridge vanquished Morgan and his raiders. I 892?President Harrison nominated for re-election. 893?Launching of the battleship Massachusetts. 902?President patton resigned presidency of Princeton Unt- tr veralty and was succeeded by d President Wilson. G 902 --East St.' Louis. 111., swept by floods. jj, 912?Havre. France, strike tied up pi transatlantic traffic. ^ ' 101 ' MNBTOWX NEWS. w I Rev. .lohn A. Shaw of - Elizabeth a Mty filled the pulpit at White Plains w iaturday and Sunday. dLeila Wooiurd of- V?rdi.->,v a spending a few days with her slser. Miss Effle Woolard, at the, rcsilence of W. A. Kespass. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Boyd and two s* hildrcn were the guests of friends t Walla Walla Sunday. di W. A. Respass Is the proud owner f a new late model automobile. Miss Leah Gurktn is spending a sv ew days with her sister, Mrs: Claude fo larrison. tv ^Wr' ~are having a s*ea*on. irops, due to the recent rains, are yoking fine. rnanK you uroaa itppk ror your m ompliment* last week, it was appro- wi lated. * br Being absent for a while doesn't lean that we have bid you all adieu. T1 We're on the Job again, as you see. on - gl FIRK CAI SF.S *T>M,000 IAJKK. H: Springfield. Mo., June 10.?Fire hich started in the basement of a opartment store hero yesterday lorning within two hours destroyed .. fteen buildings, practically a quar?r of the business htVuctures on the ex ublic Square. r - tra Telephone, poW$r and street car srvice w** paralysed owing to the ed re&king of wires. The loes exceeds half million dollars. The fire was believed to have L) larted from defective electric wlr- IS Id. to so r'. .-. *<7; ? Kl *'; ".Nk^^fv; ' Sw } Sc. trt . JH r First Presbyterian Chur?! i irprlte juid prosperity is lupcsal^ 2. Co-operation. We h*v- nut * :'-^i orked together for the common ; nt flu fftmmiinlty, as we BflOUlj ?vo done. There have been too I iany factions, and divisions among ur people. Only by united effor in a city be built up. I was gf-atiy ~ ftprenuod with thie faot whan la At. , nta recently. The secret of thearvellous growth of that great city co-operatton: they all pul! togeth- i'jS for Atlanta , everywhere and al^ 3. Charity. Wo need .more of tfcfut Ivluo charity which "thltikoth no dl,- but audereth lonfc aud ia kind: _ lik-h envicth not. and seeketli not * *39 er own: but beareth ull things, tie- ^9 eveth all things. be pet It ull tilings, . id endureth ull, things." ^ When the late "Mr. J. P. X. irgatr aw asked by tiio I'ujo invti-tigatiug 4 lininlttee what was the basis of edit, his profound and sltnlf.cant cH ply was: 'Credit, in the last lalyaio, rests on character." What we need. then, in or:sr i?? cater commercial -prosperity and - '-4?|^9 atorial growth. Is more character, nil it Is universally admitted that ie greatest character-builder in tb?? orld .is the Gospel of Jeiux Christ, uehington needs more men; she eds more industries, and mar.ufarring plants; she need1* more ^ '<9 onev; but before all and bearath I she needs more religion: she ieda a great and gracious? revival the fear of Almighty God. act! the ve of our fellow-man. that will reIt in the application of the eternal inciples of righteousness to every j iase of private and social life. This, | en. Is the. conclusion of the whole | utter. "Righteousness ezaltath a | ,tion; but sin is u reproach zo any "The righteous shall flourish like ;|^99 | dar In Lebanon." | iLECTKD ijB ?TIST CHURCH ) %S 11KKX PRKACH1KO FOR PART MX VRARH AT AFLANOfclt, N. f. , NATIVE OF VIRGINIA \ GRADt'ATK OF RICHMOND COl.. * "jM -WiE. WILL PltmCH FIRST HKKMOX HKHK *)X FIRST Sl"M>AY IN JL'LY. Rev. R. L. Gay has been 'elected > AT! the pulpii~oTthe First"Eaptiat lurch in this city permanently. Mr. ay was elected by the Church Con- C$jg rence after several other minister* ad been considered, lie baa been reaching for the past six years at ulatider. X. ('., and is considered 3 lie of the strongest preachers in the 'est Cowan Association. Mr. Gay is a native of Virginia and graduate of Richmond College. He ill preach his drat sermon here on le first Sunday in July.- ' '9 Pint-town <1. Ilnth P. Pinetown's hard hitting bunch of 9 uggers goose-egged the Rath ag- J egation Saturday on the Pinetown aniond. - T? The locals sewed up the game in e early innings. Some classy ratting by G. C. Boyd brought iu 9 ur runs. H? pulled out two Ionic o-liagger?. Brown twirled in big a cup form... while-Davenport was . . i I to the good as back stop. 1 The visitors were a bit cheesy in e field. T^ieir left fielder, tho guy ?4j ith the big "Seaboard" on his east made a couple of olassy muffs. Pinotown has fome team this year, ley have played six games and have ily drc.pped one. Going some. I "jjjto ?? r M EARING ON *100.000 MORTGAGH N Albany, June 10.?The Public rvice Commission began a hearing ire today of the application of the ?w York Central & Hudson River illroad Company for authority 1 -V plan inrolTlug the general re ?anelng of the companies control!- ?' :gj| by tkt Central.1 J Harley Sparrow, proprietor of the -'31 'ric Theatre has purchased a new JS IS model, fire passenger Oakland Tjfl uriag ear. J| ' '3 " 7' " "Tsl