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Tihe- News amid Observer Best Adertls!c Medium in North CaroKna Full ' data ' concerning the twtkir win be, teuad today OS Pge two. ' VOL CL NO. 128. RAIXICH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1915. price drrs MES51IDF0R III American Cotton Manufactur ers' Association Against Pal 1. ; mef Child Ubor Law MAXWELLi NEW PRESIDENT .' . Caesar Cone, of Greensboro, Chairman of The Boad of Governors; Address By Or. . D. H. Hill, of Raleigh, , and Others Feature of . Yester- day's Session " ; i " " "(Ti hi mill . Memphis, Ten., Apr. 14. Endorse ment we given proposals to sstah llah aa American merchant marine by Government nUMr and protest , mad against Uvo operation ot the, ' film or Child Labor law and legisla tion pending a Congress to require the brandm of good. In a resolution -. adopted "by tlnx, American Cotton Manufacturer! - Association, which today. ' Other", reeolationa adopted asked that the United States govern- ual.nuln tmmtm HIMM1 af the hide ' " 'right at equal opportunity" U trade la the marketCthe world. pertlcn . lerly In CttfiMk- thntthe prlnct plea of the "open door" be reasaerV . ed. V'r ' '.' ' ' 'Scott Maxwell of Cordova, AlaL, waa elected president of the Associa tion; John A. Law. Spartanburg, n. C, vice president, and Caeear Cone. Oreenabore, N. C chairman of the board of governors. Other members of the board of governors elected . were J. J. Bradley. Huntsrvtlle, Ata Eugene Holt. Burlington. It. 1 .. . Oeerge- IB. fporerdV Augusta, Oe-i ' Jaal it Merrs. Henderson. Ky, and Craig a Mitchell. Philadelphia. C. B. Bryant Charlotte. N. C was .re-elected secretary-treasurer. Fear Ugynttsaa BoU Ww e ' Several epeakars today urged that the government ' Immediately adopt V measures to prevent the In trod action ef the Egyptian boll weevil in this country. Snmlgatlon of art Bgyptiau cotton at porta of receipt la the L'nlt ' "ed States and reaulramenta that mills receiving such cotton burn all waste were suggested. "If the Egyptian boll Weevil ever gets a foothold In the cotton 0elds of the South, the ravages of the Mexican -Jm1L weevil will be inelgnlflonot in 4 Teomparlson,' deduced J. U. neapark. rhiirmu of the committee which ore- - eented report-on the Importation or foreign -cotton. . No notion was taken on the so-called Duke Warehouse plan. A com mittee, appointed at the last annual meeting waa authorised to continue Its Investigation. Anaalrfaneatlon Proposed. ' ' Amalgamation of the ". Amertonu1 --, Cotton Manufacturers Aasoclattua with the National Association ef Cot ton Manufacturers waa one of the principal matters proposed today. The National Association, whose member Ship Includes the mills of the East, will meet in Hoe on early In May, when. It la said, the matter will be taken up by that body. The combined capital of. the mills in the two organisations la estimated at tl.eO. present the associations are closely allied, mem . bars from each., forming the National 'Council of American Cotton Manufac turers. ' Addresses on "Trade Abuses and a Remedy," by K. R. Hooker, of Cin cinnati, and "Agricultural and Me chanical College Work." by D. H. Mill, ot niTtiinr n. . w day's session. - - -, . 1 h4 TI K i it uvjh. y -. - - - selected by the board of governors. Maydr In Jail .. . sn-av an m " Ketases to xesign Roberts and Eleven Others Sentenced Toi Penitentiary Stffl Seelon Bonds rs as ismi rwert. ' Indianapolis. Ind., April 14. Argu meats en a petition for a writ of er ror tiled In the United States circuit court of appeals at Chicago by at torneya for a number of the men con victed here In the Terra Haute elee- Hon fraud case, will be made la Chl ' cage tomorrow tt became known here today. .'v,. - - . , Mayor Dean aa. Kooerta. one or ins . . . - 1 .L. aIamMm. refused Aa resign aa mayor of Terra Haute today wham requested to da aa by two members of the Terra Haute city eouncilTwtoa aaw Mm-frlM I - - . C-11 M la ; neaping his effbrtn to obtain ifMft appeal bond,' , Of tna twenty-one persona aentanc ed by Judge Aadereoa te terms ta the - jnewwonA iiiiiiiwiumiii .n. a,i A m Hill MAblnv m vmuiaf nvi iw, . obtain appeal bonda . fllUUIIIv iitiv I wis mn w i Old Board of Aldermen, Revo Ones , Are Noaeiaated la Prlanary. tnjisi m TW turn m4 mmmmt. Oolaeboro. AprU It. The munici pal primary for the selection of n Ixtnocratlc candidate- for mayor of Uoldsbore and o Dentocrntie eandl nates for aldermea for the dty (or the ensuing two years from the May tertieu passed off quietly and order ly today, Higgtne carried each ward -by a large majority, the total majority be - tna- fit. -The old board f aldermen were returned with the eacepUoa ef i w. Wee nho was defeated by Mr. Hie- Kdgerton in the nrst ward. nc ctoeed ewe of the warmest peU- t tlrai campalgna aver wae ti iOiy. - PARI AMEfiT SITS OHLY SHORT TILIB1 Liquor Question" and Matters Concerning Progress of War . Postponed ; RUSSIANS HELD ,. BACK ,Tr -r-.:,r! Austrian? and German at Uzsok k Pass Holding Their Ground, C In East Galacia Austrians l- and Germans Are Trying To ; Outflank Russians; Resting In Western Zone, far an ti i mi I pin, London. Aprtt 14. The British Par liament naseembled today, and aim nltaneouaty Field Marshal Sir John French's report on the British, vic tory at Keuvra Cfanpells waa pub- The House of Commons sat for only I ' minutes, 'and statements of the ministers en tbe question of liquor prohibition, the acceleration of the output, .ot munit tana, and -Aha ganeral progreaa of the war were pootponed. The Cader Secretary of War's stale menl that there waa no present inten tion to prohibit the sals In the army canteens of beer, the only alcoholic liquor son sold at those establishments,- iadjeated. however, that - re strictions will not be so drasus as oove have been led ta expect. Field Marshal French's report goes Inta the detaila of tae February and March operations of the British expe ditionary forces, andjnrhile ha vnys the highest tribute to Oen. Sir Doug las Haig, directly in' charge sf the operations at Meuva Chapelie. and re fers ta the battle as a "success and victory," General French has some criticism for other omcars, altacugh ha does not name them. Re refers, for example, to a "considerable oelay after the capture of tha Meuva Chap elie position'' and said! "1 am ef tha opinion that' this delay would not have occurred had tha clearly ex pressed order of tha ganeral com manding the Brat army been more carefully observed." Ha also aayat . Criticism for Soane Odturen. t The difficulties enumerated might have been overcome earlier in tha day if the general officer commanding the fourth corps had been able to bilng hta reaerve brigades mora speedily la to action." , "' On the whole. Field Marshal French's resort seems ta indicate that rbe Krttleh -troeee carried all - the ground It waa Intended e take at the time, but that with a more effective artillery Br In some sections and" bet ter handling of the reserves oven more might have been gained with Ions loss. The British losses which total more than lt.OOV, are close to the esti mates recently published. The Uerman losses, according to this report, numbered several thous and dead, ll.ee wounded and many prisoners. The commander in Chief repeats his tributes to the .services of the aviators end tha Ken Cross workers, and has a .very good word to . say for tha Canadians,' part of whom. - Princess Patricia's light In fantry, took a considerable band in the fighting while the rest of the contingent held important trenches. Allies Heating in West. Since the bauiea with which Field Marshal trench deals, ths British ha.ve rested. The other si lies on Ihs Western front, too, are enjoying a rest after their efforts on the lser and la the Woevre, although in the (Continued on Page Two.) MINISTER - DKFKX DS HIMstXr. Rev. A. U K. Weeks Denies Charges Made Agalnnt Hiss. AO Wilson, April 14. In today's Issue of the Wilson Times Kev. A. U 15. Weeks, colored, prints a long article defending himself 'against certain charges preferred against him by soma of ths members of his church and published in a Wilson special to the News and Observer. la reply to the charge that ha has misappropriated church ,- funds the colored pastor says, I havs In my poeaession all facts and can prove or show that every penny given me by tha church has gone for tha purpose for which It waa given." Aa te the effort to fores him to re sign the pastorate of tna church. Rov. Weeks says that It la a rule of his church that when the officers want tha pastor to leave they give him three months notice and be is stand ing on his rights aa laid dowa la ths rules sf the church. Me says ha holds in his possession a latter written June It, 1114. stating that on the lUa of June. 1114. he waa called as pastor ot ths - church for twelve months at s salary of seventy dollars a month, ths letter Blamed by the clerk af 'the church arid ths acting moderator of the meeting. In the original dispatch from Wil son It was stated that tha members of the church wh ara apposed to Rev. A. l C. Weeks Charge that he em bezzled tea dollars sent by. the church to the association at Raieigh. - In an swer to this, the minister prints n re ceipt for ten dollars signed y N. F. Kooerta, secretary. - - Another charge was made te the effect that the minister appropriated to hie owa una ten dollars lawnded for foreign missiona. la the course of his statement he says: "At the Ume of the educational and missionary convention which nest Is Hamlet, Nev. 1 te II, the chare baa no money in hand with which ta pay pent or a traveling expenses ta and from tha convention and ta give to tha objects of tha convention. . There fore on Sunday before the convention the pastor asked the nsiasioaary com mute lor ten dollars from the mis sion funds, while ana of the dencons of tha church took after collection during the day amounting to tt-li. making a total gtvea the paster for these purposes 1 11.21. The money wan spent ss follows t f T.I treveline. expenses. IS to represent the church in the convention as shown In the con ventional mlnuu-e, while three Sol-ars were gtvea or distributed la ths fol lowing rellectionei Home end For eign missions, old ministers, ministers' conference and the Winston Orphan age, making a total sweat af lift.." jfT T lBuOESQF' 'Tiirrprnnii p ;aiurrarunu,a. s Ingli ngland Will Permit Shipments Through Rotterdam Under I Certain Conditions v NOW , UP, TO GERMANY State Department Prepared To j . pina steps To Supply ; Amercian'Textile Mills With '"Much Needed Product; Red field Will Act As Consignee and Make Distribution (ay ne aenelsnd yens). 'Washington. AprU It. State de- partment sfoolals wars prepared to night to take up with theOermaa government tha last step necessary ta supply American textile mills with two cargoes of Oerroan dyestuffs bought before March . 1. Tha ' way waa cleared today by the announcement that Great Britain had agreed to permit these earnoea under certain eondmona U.aocna- through from Rou terdam. " As the position previously taken by the German government has been that It would permit aye shipments In exchange for cotton or copper, tome officials believed there would be little difficulty in getting these two cargoes out of Germany to Rotter dam, -' Tha State Department will co operate with tha Mills' agent In ef forts to complete the transaction. Stun? Mow at Rotterdam. A preliminary Study of the measagea today indicated that tha cargoes were already at Rotterdam. The follow ing statement of the commence de partment shows, however, that a nnal negotiation Is necessary: - "In a cablegram dated April 1 1 tna American Ambassador .at London states that a representative of the Textile Alliance, C H. Burr, has re ceived permission - from ths British euthotiUee ta make arrangements for moving two ships loads of dyestuffs from Germany to tha United States vio Rotterdam. Tha British govern ment will allow ths vessels to pass without interference, provided that the vessels sell under neutral Havs; that shipments are made from Rotter dam, and that the dyentuffe are con signed to WHllam Red field, for ac count to William A. Mitchell for dis tribution to the fire associatlona com prising the Textile Alliance, v "The Textile Alliance ta an nrnnl ratiod compoeed of ttle KeMonel A eiatlon of Cotton Manufacturers, the American Cotton Manufacturers' As-soctatKmy-ths American Aeanciatton of Woolen and Worsted Manufactur ers, the American Stir Association and tha National Association ot Woolen Manufacturers, s "The two cargoes referred to by the ambassador were paid 'for by ths de livery of cotton cargoes shipped be fore March 1. -Secretary Bed field has signified Ms willingness to Set aa consignee and will arrange for tha distribution of the dyestuffs to tha associations Inter ested." Page Tfotlnes Washington. London. April: 14. England has consented to allow two cargoes of dye stuffs which the American Textile Al liance secured In Oermany In payment for cotton before the Alliea' order In nttneU placing en embnigo on exports from Oermany went Into force, to pans the blockade. Tha cargoes, however, must be sent to a neutral port then ehlpped on neutral vessels. American Ambassador Page today notified the Washington government of the decision. Ths alliance will have to seek Germany's permission for the cargoes to leave that country. t World's Record In Reaching Sunken F-4 Diver JVaJks On Top of IH fated Craft 288 Feet v Below Surface (Br nw sprues Pm. Honolulu. April - 14. Chief Gun ners Mate Crilley went til' feet under water here today and walked along tha top of tha submarine F-4. which disappeared March II. Tha depth ta said by naval officers to be a world's Crilley found" the F-4 tying en a smooth, sandy , bottom with no coral growths to Impede hoisting opera tions. She lay- on her starboard side, her bow pointing ' shoreward. Two parted rten-wnrw-fannwnMen the craft. , , . .. . After Crilley reported It wag said further" oberrvaUona probably would be made before an attempt la made to raise tha F-4. The diver went down In aa ordi nary diving suit and the re-com press ten chamber designed ta reduca pres sure on blm was not need. .-- ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP DROPS ' BOMBS ON ENGLISH TOWNS Myth," TjaA 'Wnllsend.' Cvamrinrton, nrainw and Barns Visited .No Dam--ag Reported. ' n an siiiriinl Pwl-v London. April 14. A German Zep pelin airship psBssd over Blythe on the North Sea In Northumberland county nt -1 o'clock today dropping bombs, says S dispatch to the Central News from Birth. - The bom be. It la. added, fetl In the outskirts of the town. - A dl.rpelch t The yrxrhanrTme grapa from New CaMle says the Zep pelin passed over Blyth. the Tyne, Wallsend and-Cramllngton. In North umberland and Beaton and Burns. In Daman, dropping bombs at - each place. ' ; - GERMAIJ HAIDER TO GO fJTODR C - r " Take Three Weeks to Com- : plete Temporary Repairs for! Which Commander Asked WON'T INTERN OF OWN WILL But That Is What The Captain "of Th e Pri nz Eitel Afso Said. Three Hundred Tons of Coal Being Taken On Board to Trim Ship; Will Take Place ; In Dock Tomorrow - r at smrtiHd Frasi. Newport News. Vs.. April 14. "I. myself, will not Intern.'' This was tha emphatic declaration of Lieutenant Captain Thlerfelder late today when Informed by newspaper, men that It was generally reported that the German converted cruiser Kron Prlns Wilhelm would ultimately Intern at this port. . The Lieutenant Captain expressed his opinion ot- report and twice reiterated his declaration, "I myself will not -intern. f - It was recalled that a similar stand eras taken by Commander Thierichena of the Prins Eitel Friedrich and that orders to Intern- his vessel had -some from his government. Commander Thlerfelder made no reference to the probable action of the Uerman gov ernment with regard to the disposi tion to be mdde of the Kron i'rlni Wilhelm. I myself will not intern" was his only statement with noticeable em phasis an tha "myself" In each In stance. The work of taking on board the three hundred additional tons of coal for port purposes' waa begun this afternoon. This coal will be employ ed in trimming the ship, tt being necessary to bring down the bow and raise ths stern of the Wilhelm In or der to get her In drydock. The sea raider Is said to be taking in so much water aft, aa to endanger her rudder gad propellers. Authority Is Granted.: Authorisation to take the cruiser Into dry-dock waa given - to com mander, iThlerf eider today in two let ters. Collector of Customs Hamilton in - reply te the captain's communica tions of April II. in which was asked time to repair and make tha Kron Prins Wilhelm seaworthy. The commerce dertroyer will be re moved from her anchorage Into dry dock Friday. It waa learned today. Only ths largest .of 'ths dry-docks, at (he local 'shipyard can accommodate' her and there are two schooners In this compartment at.preeenL They will be taken'ut In time to permit the entrance of the German cruiser Friday, ' ' The condition of the ship Is such that It will require three weeks to complete the temporary retaajrs for which her commander has nened She is in need of boiler tubing, which can not be supplied here end must be done elsewhere. To procure and In stall these tubes. It la estimated will require at least tha full time of three weeks asked for by Lieut. -Capt-Thierfelder. Tha boiler tubea were mentioned In the eomrnander'e offici al communication to Washington. Any knowledge of the whereabouts or operations of the German battle cruiser Karlsruhe waa disclaimed this morning by the commander with equal emphasia aa he made his decla ration relative to Interning. No Knowledge of Ksrieruhe) "The report Is not official." said the commander. "We have not heard from the Karlsruhe, i She was my own ship and It would be nice for her to come In here. It would be like war. She has done so many One things in war, that such a course would be like her." "Do you believe the Karlsruhe Is afloat," he was asked. - i "I don't know." was tha reply, "bi I hope so." "Hut we have never heard from the Karlsruhe," reiterated the German Captain. A surgeon doctor, on my ship waa this morning quote aa hav ing said we had heard trom - tha Karlsruhe. He told this merely as a story; ths newspapers like etorieg. Surgeons know nothing of . what we hear on board my' ship by wireless. 1 myself, would know If we had heard from the Karlaruhe. We have not heard anything from the Karlsruhe." tVrdlt To His Kauordtuatca. . : As the. Correspondents turned to leave, lieut. -Captain Thlerfelder halt ed them and said: "Your newspapers have Bald I was a smart fellow, but you don't men tion my men. Not I, myself, hut my crew my men nnd my officers everyone of them, they are the he roes." The commander made It plain that to them would he have the credit for the Kron Prim Wllhelm'a successes given. - Commander Thlerfelder came ashore early In the afternoon and ac companied by Collector Hamilton paid a visit to a hank. Later he went to the euxtome house and remained In the private office of the collector for a couple of haura. dtwusslur the arrangements to place hie vessel la dry-dork. - It waa here that he talk ed to ths-newspaper men: The paymaster- from the Wilhelm carried ll.steMn German gold to a bank this afternoon and had It chang ed into email change with which to settle n number of accounts establish ed since- the- raider arrived In pert. Brevets T Dan'rft Gtvea Orders. IBS S linililH rise. Washington. D- C. April 14. Sec retary Dsn Me today directed Hear Admiral Heatty, commandant of- tha Norfolk navy yard, to designate as a board to survey the tlermaa sea raid er Kron 1'rlna ' Welhelm. the same officers hesded by Constructor . Du Hose, who passed upon the case of the Prim Kltel Friedrich last month. The dndlngs of the board of survey will be guarded by the officials with the same secrecy which 'character teed their handling of the Prins Eitel case. - Repairs needed ta make the ahlp seaworthy, and tha amount of coal and supplies nreded to take-her tohel nearest borne port will be determined. Then the Navy Department will fix the time limit of the tmmI'i stay ad is ew port Mews, prvviaea ner com mander does not elect to Intern 110 aa It la generally believed he will. . ... ...... ,, . Gen. Huerta As He Arrived in The United States, . v ( . ' r - ; ! )'cy - w r v 'i ' L j ' ( , sf i I ..i-:-,. JI a e-Vi. iimnn.iiwi.iMii. ilMisiM.; 'n.-T-r- . I.J.IIIIU iii . j. ' - r - . ii..ii s.infi.i . , afa-Ss i e . i m u i inaji I - General Victorians ' Huerta , . one time dictator of Mexico, and perhgpa tha strongest man whoehaa appeared there for years, arrived In New Tork the other day, and found ho trouble landing. Despite efforts ot some of his snsmies In Msxioo,. tha Immigra TRAM HITS STREET mi KILLED Twenty Other Persons Are In jured in Crash in City of Detroit FOUR WOMEN AMONG DEAD Wreckage of Car, Struck in the Middle, Pushed Along Street 100 Feet; Many -Were Crushed In The Splintered Mass of Steel and Wood. Two Buildings Struck - Mb Detroit, Mich.. Apr. 14. Fifteen persona were killed, dhd about twenty Injured lata today in n collision be tween a Detroit city street car and a string of freight cars pushed by a switch engine on the Detroit, Toledo and fronton Railroad. Most of the desd lived In Detroit's force I gn quarter, Four are- women. The street car, crowded with pas sengers, stopped ss It approached the trussing and the conductor ran ahead to see If the track was clear. Hs signalled the motorman to wait- but apparently the latter misunder stood lile meaning. ' He applied the power snd. the car ran rapidly dowa aa incllns and onto ths railroad tracks. j - The. freight cars, pushed by the engine, struck the street car fairly la the middle. The wreckage was push ed along a hundred feet, several of ths desd snd Injured dropping along the street before .tna train waa stop ped. Others were, crushed la the Dllntered mass of steel and' Wood and tt was several hours before they could be extricateo At the place where the accident occurred the railroad tracks occupy a narrow street. ' On one corner of the Inter-section stood a grocery store and en the opposite side, the Delray Station of the Detroit. Toledo and 1 ronton Railroad. Both these buildings were struck by ths street ear as it bounded ahead of the freight ears. Ne occupants of eith; tr structure were injured. B)' -,J.' CATHOLICS TO CTXKBRATtv T Washington. Apr. 1 4. Dignitaries ef the Catholic Church. Including Cardinals Gibbons. J"arJey and. O'Con- nell, and officers frefn many Catholic t'nlversitleo and colleges gathered ere today to participate In the cele bration tomorrow of the 16th anni versary of the Catholic tBlvorsity of amsrica. , tion authorities did not bold . htm .up, They fear that-' ha-has coma-, here to begin a new propaganda ' looking ta his re establishment in-power. , The general, sf course. . denied .thia But the Importance of hie visit was fuiiy recognised -by ths Mexicans la New Tsrk. Expected To Close Deal In Greensboro For Freight De pot and Shifting Yard . CONE COMPANY WINS Judge Lyon Dismissed The Temporary Restraining Or der Granted To J. A. Turner, of High Point, and The Rail way Will Be Allowed To Build Line In Street . Greensboro, April 14. Officials of the Bouthern Railway company are expected here tomorrow ta close deals for a considerable block of city prop erty lying between East Washington and Davie Streets and ths Southern Railway track a which property ta now under options. -Tha purpose of the company la to use tha property for a pew freight depot and shifting yards. There will be two depots ons for incoming and one for outgo ing freight. The new passenger de pot will be erected . between Elm. Davie and Depot streets, and wilt be a handsome struct ura,-----Aar- under pass for Davie street will be no atrneted. The case of Alfred S. Wyllle. trus tee of ths Trvlllnwood Manufactur ing Company, bankrupt, vs. the Cons Kiport and Commission Company, of thia 0ty,-for more than I ! claim ed to navevbeen paid the nenint by thee bankrupt as a prefers nee, went to the lurjr thwaaXternvoe. Al ter only fifteen minutes tha Jury re turned a verdict In favor of the de fendants, finding that the Cone Com pany had not received a preference. The case grew out of a - contract with the Trolllawood Company had with the Cone Company ns selling agent, and under which about t,- 6 OS worth of manufactureo goods waa furnished the Cone Company by the Troilinwood Company Just before the latter went Into beakruptcy. Turner Loses Case. da staned. nn order dissolving the temporal t I est i amtng order 4a -the case of J. A. Turner, ot High Point. against the North Carolina Public rWvtre Company, the city of High (Continued on Page Two.) flODITOiLll 250 HOME-SEEKERS FOR EASTCARpunA Norfolk Southern Agent Now In Northwestern States Cot lecting Party . TO USE TENT TEMPORARILY Craven County Commissioners Will Be Med at Next Reg ular Meeting To Call Election On Stock Law Question; To Haye Another Tobacco Warehouse New Bars April 14. B. B. Rice. land and tedustrial agent or ths Nor-1 folk Santharn Railway Company, laa I ta tha NsrUrwestsrn part sf tha United States ooUeoUng a party en two hundred and fifty hems seekers whs hs will bring to Eastern North Carolina at aa . early data. . At the regular meeting ef tha Chamber off Commerce held last night. Seeretaryl OeorgS OfnW attK'mt TM!" m.'T receipt of a letter from Mr. Rlcs in-, formiag him ef his work te regard tan this amir ana asking that the local i ' organ laatlen arrange ta furnish alo-' cation for a tent when tha haaaa rssh-j" erg reached New Bern. " Mrr' Blow atated that tha party wtU carry alone! with them a large tent and that thar will live in thia whoa on ibetr tour. A erew af cooks and attendants la to W. carried alone and tha trip will aa anltraa In every feature. Tha party will atop here fop three ar four days, i making this their headquarters for' thia secUoa and paying short vlslta to ii v.,, , .i u. v, swnw HI Pamlloo county gad gp en the Klnston . and Golds boro and sf the Una, The arganlaatloa discussed the matter and ) Secretary Green waa ordered te notify! Mr, Rica that there would be adequeiw aooommodailons prepared and .that New Bern would do Its part In en tertaining tha visitors. The exact data en which the party will arrive is not been announeedr ttr itica atatlng-that he would 1st this be known within a few days. - l"or BMeck Law lOtntton. Whan the Craven county Board ef Commissi n n era held their next month ly meeting In thta city will be ask id to -sail aa election on the stock law ' . question for the section - ef Craven county oca ted on the south side of the river Neuse. This was definitely de cided upon at the regular meeting of' the Chamber of Commerce which waa . WtS 1- - .I.M i t. B. Bladea, One ef New Bern'e moat Influential cltlasna, first brought , this mattsr up before ths organisa tion. Mr. Bindaa apoka en the bena-l ta ef tick eradleatioa and urged that the section above referred te be plan-' ed la stock law territory. State Sen ator A. D. Ward made a strong talk la favor of ths project- Mr. Ward stated that Craven county's soli was 1 Just aa good as any which could be fauna In Ohio. Illinois. Missouri and other famous nettle countries and voiced his opinion that If the county had the stock law and tha tick eradicated that it would be one ef the greatest cattle growing eonnUea In the . Bute, The senator told of Northern men' who had planned te come here and raise cattle and te bring money and people here but whe had become i disgusted when they learned that thia county was ta the quarantined elans and had gone away. After these talks a committee com posed of B. B. Wsottea and M. D. Lane sf Fort. Barnwsll, Ck K, West aad D. W. Richardson of Dover, tL D. Avery ef Cove City, O. H. W tbertas ton ef Toscarora, O. T. Bu banks ef Clark a. M. M. Shata, 1. D. Williams and Monroe Howell, Jr, ef New Barn. R. F. D., U L Moore. J, B. Blades. C E. Foy. J. W. Stewart and A- D. Ward sf New Bern, and 0. T. Rl hardson and J. B. Daugherty of New Bern. B. F. D., ware aaleeted te present the pe tition te the - commission era asking them to call the election. Thta peti tion will be prepared and ta readiness when that body meets. New Bern will next ess son have a second tobacco warehouse i e Dera tion here. Thta was practically as sured when W. P. Lkwrenea, of Rca noks nnd Martinsville, Va-. and who. bought the weed en the local mar- ket last year, appeared before the. members ef the Chamber of Com- tares snd mads them a nranoettlon I la regard to establishing thta Sjoond : VanfDOilaM 1 Mr. Lawrence stated thai If a ware-. h wu srsntsd ha would be will-1 Ins te take five hundred dollars worth of stock In It and would also lease the ' piece for, five years. Ha farther de-; elared that If the committee decided to erect a warehouse that ns eouia nut nn a wooden structure ror tnree thousand dollars. There Is much In terest in the movement and loop: dt- laens are swaiuns nnat ncuvn wus w deal sf Intsrssc Wast rjpts nrnnt run. Just before Congress adjourn ed. Senator F. M. Slmmona and sec retary Houston at tne ngncaiiura nneetmant lud n eonferonoi relative te the establishment ef n second agri cultural experiment station, ths ens now located la Iredell county, wnue being excetlentty-managed, wot being sufficient to give the farmers m tne Eastern part of the State tne J, roper attention. This matter has been erougni e the attenUoa of the New Bern Cham ber of Commerce and at tha regular meeting held last night Wade Mead ows atated that he thought the local orgentaatioa should appoint a com- . mlttee te maks some Investigation along this Use with a view ef getting this station located around tuts city. I'poa the suggestion oc nr. meao- nws a committee composes: vi w- . Miller. A. D. War . W. Basnignt, W. J. Lucas. J: B. Bladee ana c. t lees were selected to correspond with Secretary Houstoa and Senator Sim mons in regard to the matter. It ta believed that a site can ne ne - - cured which can be offvred the gov ernment for this station ai.d every ef- (CeaUaued aa. Fagn SUJ
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 15, 1915, edition 1
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