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UNIVERSITY CF VIRGINIA.
RECEIVES MORE GIFTS
' Deposits ' Now- Operated By
- Local Companies Give Em
ployment -To Many t ,
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; Neuse River Used; ThrecrThou-
, sani Spectators; One Hun--,
dred Thousand Dollars . in
; State and - County Taxes
:i Collected at. New Bern 1 in
Past FewWoelcs '.':
. tsantil I The Dm Qsm, ,
, ' Nit Btni, April 1 1. Announce
ment mad recently that th Stat haa
decided to tail over lima ted naar
New Ban and work thm- with th
convict, meet with but little faror
in this eectioa, and. In tact, there to
treat deal of crttJcUm of tb plan.
These lima beds ar now workad by
local companies, and they give an
plorment t large number of mas,
Thoa who ar sr bKterlv opposed to
tha action of th 8 tat declare that it
tba ceeivicts ar , brought hr and
put ta work that tha State will proa
ably aall tha lima much chaaper than
tba companies now working thm can
and that th latter will b forced to
tba wall and a number of persona
will b thrown out of employment
Th farmer of thia section ar be
ing; told of th matter, tha mine op
erator explaining to thara that If th
Population of th aaetion la decreas
ed, that they will bo the ones ta
suffer, and many of them bar de
. . clared thai, thest will purchase none
- f - th Kmc mined "by the- convict.
The bringing of tha convicts here and
putting them to work will, It is be
lieved, case mncn trouble.
"rt Tnh 1 BanttrfM- -
? Three thousand colored citisena of
iSew Bern and James City gathered on
the banks of Neuse river off East
front street Sunday afternoon, and
Witnessed what was said to b th
most apectacuUT" bepUxina- or color
r converts ever held in thia vicinity.
Forty -A v of the colored brethren and
filters had professed faith in. the
Lord, and Sunday was the day sat for
the baptismal ceremony. The weather
ould not have been more Ideal, and
long before the appointed , hour th
spectator began -to arrive, and when
th parson and his flock stepped down
Into tha water of the river, there were
negro lining the breakwater for
Mock In each direction. Among th
crowd were several - hundred whit
people, to whom these colored baptia.
mgs ar always n source of Interest.
The parson who bad the "affair la
charged i worked ' quietly and with
precision.' The entire forty-five were
napused in leas than an hour. -
lvO.eoa ia Taxes Collected.
One hundred thousand dollar in
4tate and county taxes have been- col-
lected by Bheriff Richard B. I-ane
during the past few weeks and there
' now remains leas than fifty thousand
dollar to be secured by collections
and from -the' sale of the property of
thus who have . not com across,
Tb sheriff has advertised all who
failed, to pay up by April first, and
. there are several hundred of than,
:-- amounts ranxiwg from a few dol
lars op to several hundred dollars.
The record mad by Sheriff Lane In
collcting a hundred thousand dollar
iin.--tha-.ts list Is probably th- beet
ever mad in this county, and be la,
naturally, well pleased with the re
sults which he and hi deputies have
obtained m from their efforts.
Orcrtns lTn On Acreaar.
Three months ago the farmers of
"raven ai)d adjoining counties were
emphatic m their assertions that they
Intended to "rut" their cotton crop
at least fifty per cent. A month ago.
Hfter the price had begun to go up a
little, they had reduced this contem
plated decreaa to about thirty per
trent, and since th rise In price dur
ing th past weeks, a number of the
agriculturists have been heard to say
t ht they .will cat their acreage but
little. Men who are thoroughly fa
miliar with conditions are urging the
farmers to stick t their original In
tention, declaring that If another big
i Top Is planted, that the farmers will
lose money on it. and are urging In
Htead, that th clvrrsirtoatlon of th
rope planted be looked after mora.
There is much cotton yot unsold in
ten. and many bales of this ar
being brought here each day and dis
posed of on th local exchange.
A committee composed of a num
ber of the members of the local Are
'ompanlea, are now engaged In snap
ping out a program for the State
Firemen's. Tournament to be held in
; .r Bern thia summer;.
' FARMER KICKED BY MIXE.'
Iredell's ' Cooperative Oeasscry In
nnartHlilnaT Uottditinej. -
KUIesvllte. April l. Mr. .:tl.
Caudilt. a well-to-do farmer of Shttoh
township, thia bounty, waa dangerous
ly Injured yesterday afternoon by be
ing kicked In the abdomen by a mule.
The local' physician who was eum
moned Immediately realised that Mr.
Caudill was suffering from Internal
Injuries and late In the afternoon he
waa brought to Dr. Long's Sanatorium
here. Last night an operation was
performed and it waa found that his
mall Intestine had been broken en
tirely IntA .it vn different Blacen.
The interline 5ere r-unttd by th
doctors and tverything possible la be
ing done for tha patient, but it is
realised that his condition is very ser
ious and doubtful. .
Government Dairy Agent Arty re
port that - Iredell's co-operative
1 'reamery established at Mooreevill
, ' tome months ago is In a very flourish-
ing condition. At the end or the past
week the creamery waa behind with
Its order to the amount of !.
pounds of butter. Us product being
very snuch In demand. Durtag the
v month of March th creamery artanu
: factured ll.Oll pound of butter. The
-reamery Is How supported by IT
. ream routes and haa -a total of li
ream patrons. Some' of the-Iredell
dairy farmers, nowever. are sun abis
ping their cream to the Catawba Co
. operative Creamery at Catawba. Be-
fore thai establishment of Iredell'
plant air the cream from the Iredell
routes went te the Catawba plant, Tne
farmers are finding dairying much
more profitable since the eetablish
ment f tbe cream route and the
creameries. -
TO AKSIKT VI RtVlVAU
Kev. A. D. VTIcos Goes, to Edrntus.
einnc Darts to Korea.
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to The Kes
Lulsburg. Aprfl- 1 1. Rev." A. " D.
Wilcox, pastor . f tb Methodist
church hare, has gone to fcaenton t
assist ths pastor of tb Methodist
church thee in a eerie of meetings'
Kev. R. U Davis, of th Anti-tta-imi
lsifM. will address the united
c-irre(niioc a ef this city next Sun
y menu he wrtil speak at Casta lia
'- ftuaday mantlug. m a ,
Statae of Ttmnisa Vffrraoa ruvrilrd
Or: AkVraita Cocnptctra laecadc
of iTcei.iency. -.-,
tw sm asiimiil rassl. ',
CharlottsvlUs, Va.:' April 'II.
Pounders day waa celebrated at the
University of Virginia today by the
unveiling of a bronae statue of
Thomas Jefferson dona by Karl Bitter
and presented to th University by
Charles R. Crane, of Chicago.
President Alderman announced .a
gift "Of 41 , for a new laboratory,
hall from John - Black well .Cobb, of
New Tork . and half from s - donor
whoa nam waa - withheld. Mrs.
Charles H. Banff, of Now Tork has
given flMvs to Improve the Uni
versity grounds. :5 ' t -
Fairfax Harrison, ' president of the
Southern Railway waa the chief
speaker of the day.' David . Huston,
Secretary of Agriculture presented
tbe Jefferson statute on behalf of Mr.
Crane, -, .
Dr. Alderman was congratulated by
tbe speakers on completion of tbs
A ret decade of his presidency. -;
Secretary Houston paid tribute to
Jefferson aa the one man of a century
ago who more completely than any
other, would. If h were alive, com
prehend th prevent day and feel at
home In It. (
"Certainly th present desperate
situation of the world would seem
very familiar to htm," said Mr. Hous
ton, "for from the beginning of his
official career untie its close, Europe
waa ablaae, aa It la new, and our na
tion waa laboring under handicaps.
In the trying and threatening circum
stances of his day he and his great
chief. Washington, were determined
that thia nation should not step into
the 'bloody arena,' but they were
equally bent on preserving the sover
eignty and Independence ef the na
tion, 'preferring every consequence to
insult and habitual wrong.'
"His plea for strict neutrality,''
said Mr. Houston, "has a singularly
modem character."
Ambitious Program Debating
Union 1916
Continued from Taga'On.T"
ampton, Halifax, Columbus. Wilson,
Forsyth, Davidson, Swain, Lincoln
and attok. -'--v - ....-v
. - Ko MoonHght Kxcnrtson.
Th Journey to Chapel Hill waa no
moonlight excursion or an afternoon's
pleasure trip to many of the teams
that were fired with a seal to compete
for the Aycock' Memorial Uup. The
Almond school, of Swain county,
travelled on the round trip ft! miles
on rail and foot. The party of five
saw an outgo of $IOvln footing th
expense account. Tha Manteo school
composed of four girl, Journeyed
SI mile each way. Their routing
was by water., rail, and automobile.
Th expense budget of th party of
five was flit. Th teams of Jeffer
son, Ashe county, covered a distance
of miles; Waynasvlll, Haywood
county, IS miles; Hendersonvllle,
Henderson county. It miles; Whlte
vtlle, Columbus county,- I & raHea;
Orrunv Robeson county, It miles;
Belmont, Qaaton county, it mil;
Piedmont, Cleveland county, ft
miledl i
IM Girts KaroMrd. '
Th total number of girls enrolled
in th Kit aerie reached lft. Only
II qualified to participate In the final
at Chapel Hill. Thia fact lends ad
ditional distinction to the crowning
achievemente of Miss Leila Rookh
Fleming and Ethel Gardner, the win
ners of the trophy. The display of
art In debating by these two youth
ful girl l and 17 year old,
Trv'HrtlyBBr?jdj4rdjV" 4hs4sT-
Individual credit and to the training
inculcated by C L. Coon, superinten
dent of city schools, and C. C. Hay-
1
worth, principal of the Wilson-school.
The girls carried back with them on
their exultant Journey home tha Ay-
3
cock Memorial Cup.
The Carthage school is deserving of
special mention as a worthy contest
ant or Wilson in ths second round of
preliminaries for final honors. Th
team was composed of H. W. William
son and Neill McKay. The latter
holds ths distinction of having Been
an active member of the Debating
Union for three year. Ha has rep
resented the Carthage school each
year in the contest.
Lumberton. Holly Springs and
StOneville are the only three schools
rn-the- State that have qualitied to
compete In the Chapel Hill prelimi
naries for three (consecutive years.
Lumberton made the second preli
minary, on the negative aide of the
query la the contest Friday morning.
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F. W. Woolworth & Co .. Wilmington .
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