oyster
the <
that hu> crip
hu caused tt.
Its present condition.
Mr. Aydlett extended s cordlkl
welcome to the visiting oystermen
to the city on bebtlf of th? Cham
ber of Commerce, the city officials',
and the people at large. He appeal
ed to the oystermen In convention I
to devise some means of securing!
last and equitably laws that will
- unite all factions in this industry.
Mr. Aydlett's address was follow
ed by the formal organisation of!
the convention. In which J. C. I
IChringhaus i?? - ' -Mfc-J
U in nomination Hon. T. I
J. Markbam, (be present member ofl
the general assembly from Pasquo-|
tank county.
The members of the press present|
were nominated as secretaries.
^ committee composed" of ti?reo[
was appointed to select the various!
committees of the convention. The!
committee appointed was Chairman!
"T. J. Markham, Dr. Joseph Hydel
Pratt and Captain George N. Ivee. I
The committee win make the selec
tion and announce them in the af-1
- V
Captain George N. Ives of New
Bern th^n addressed the convention I
upon the past, present and future [J
of the oyster Industry In North Car
olina. He reviewed the oyster bus- f]
tee* in tbls state for the past forty
years. going back to 1?74, when be
came to North Carolina from Ver
moot.
H* apok* of tb* end* ipplUnc?a
uaed whtn he tuu to the Hate and
tin dwrelopaenta of the** I .?tru
ll* told of hi* ?tro((lM to nUb-'
M A bullae** 1* BaMlort a*d New
Bern when there *mr* vrr er?d*|
?Man* of catch lag amd boating
ten., ? k*' i
Mr. iTeik anM that a few r*ar* ?
U>e industry b*(aa to attract the I
l*n 11** nf ttift. Northern oftterm
aad jthey cue oonth. with the Drop- J
.^appliance, far working It. ?
,,**tjMp con*etk>ai and Jaaloualaa I
Thlch brought tabulation and the |
* a flsh commission. He
? efforts of thp Bah |
i of tbe ta
ut as K is with
. experience af
,)W the lndu*trjr,
aubjeet or poll
following
wHIbe rendered:
.rstSK ~ ??
"H*ll, Hall. Day of Day* "
na. Story," Mis. Hutb
White.
for Christ." Uai
tmaa Candlaa,'
COXMU, Rath
we, ylra Edwarda,
XllaabtHh RoWti.
Stochlnl." ll
;&$N
"The Orphan," MiaMs Oladys Al
ligood, Ethel Vhit?. Mabel Pipkin.
Pattle Wilson, and Bessie Rehm
Chorus, "Christmas Fa re wall.'
the benefit of the Industry If be waa
not prevented by politics in whlcu
hie Inspector* were appointed by pol
diina regardless of fttnens.
Captain Ires stated that the out
look at prertnt for the oyster busl
waa not very eneo a racing and
will not be. until It la removed from
polities and pieced In the ben da of
practical oystsrmen who know how
to handle the situation
Louis Feuentein, Sr.. of Norfolk,
appeared In the auditorium of the
court room and waa. requested by
the convention to address It, giving
his experience la the business and In
his opinion aa to the need4 of the In
dustry.
length
Jtttf UM'i
present and on the needs of Iesli'.a
tlon for the future.
The oyster convention adjourned j
at one o'clock for dinner, after Pren-}
tdent Lamb of the Chamber of Com
merce had announced the Merchants
Association will serve a banquet at
night In the Masonic hall In Water
street to the visiting oystermen.
During the afternoon session Dr.
Joseph Hyde Pratt will address the
convention on the aeeda of legiala
Uoa to protect the industry In North
Carolina and the oyster commission
er of Virglnls will spe?k op the ln
dustry In that state.
dttfltvg* g ' -
He ?!? at condderabFe len
upon the oyster situation at
Will Await Completion of Knldr^
Tli? family of Bar. It H. Broom,
the pastor of the Fliat Method lut
church -will not mora to'thla city un
til the new parsonage la ready for
their occopaacr. They will remain
li the district paraonake at lAltabeth
01 ty until that time.
Hie new parsonage Hare will
probably he flalahed within the next
four or #re weeka If the weather
la propltloua. .
HBf J
? ?! I
Messrs Tom and Bererly Blount
sat* a delightful lanncli party yeeter
day afternoon to Mlee Ruth Dana
Of Atlanta, Miss Bess Usher of Nor
folk. and itr. A. ~P. Farmer of B
'? Mrs. Chaa. W. Thomaa chaperon
ed the party,
Bhad hare mad* their appearapce
In thla market
??. ?
Tlalgiii
The Sunday aehool of the Bplaco
pal church will hhre their annual
Chrlstmaa party at the armory hall
thla erenlng. A pleaaant evening
If looked for by Wrery member'of
the aehool.
Clarkadale, Mlaa Dec. 19.?TW?
n*gt6es are dead, three fatally
wounded and man? other seriously
hurt today as the result of a pitch
ed battl# lata last nlaht in the Black
Bayou district between bands of ne
froes and posse offlcera and cltlseqe
who ware hunting the black* who
ambushed and killed W. W. Ktrk
and L. D. Ksess and wounded a Mr.
Two af.tte wounded Macks were
mambera of the band which fired
on the posse and tne third was
"Nubs," s negro trusty who had
chares of the bloodhounds uisd' by
the posse. Several msmbers of the
posss had their clothes cut by the
bullets and narrowly escaped with
their llres. Over s hundred ahota
The asarchlng party J stibtlud+4
that the assailants of Kirk add
Keese were headed southeast tn the
direction of Black Bayou and they
began searching the woods for them
with bloodhounds. frT,. :j
While ao engaged they ran upon
a party of eleven negroes on the
Perkins "A Jonea' plsntstion of Black
Bsyou who Immediately opened fire
on the searching psrty.
In the volley which followed, sev
lets -paw through their clothes and
Nubs" a negro trusty, was serioua
iy but not fatally wounded. Two
more negroea In the band were in
jured but they managed to make
their eecape.
At last reports Olabe and Msnly.
Msrley snd Allen Yaster, the negroee
who are charged with the
hsd not been arrested.
This Is the second outbreak
the negroes In this section of 'the
country here been guilty of and the
citizens are determined that they
will ..spare no efforts to bring the~
to Justice. <
J
til EXTRA SESSION
. .
The President May Call
One the Talk
TOfREVISE THE TIRIFF
.
.The Dmocntt 8?y It to For the
Washington. Dec. It J?That id
extra session of congress to nrlse
the tariff will be called by the prssl
deet seems to be the general opinion
among democratic representatives
now In Washington. They beUete
that at olid-pat republican leadera arft
quietly preparing to "Heal their,
thunder" by a clever coup after
The democrat* point to the fact
tbat the appropriation bllla are iVc
ord-breaklng speed and that the
way* and means committee la win
ing to grant hearing on any sched
ule of the tartH.
They believe there Ml be tour
or aft weeks at the done of this ses
sion In which congress will hero
practically nothing to do, except
prepare for a revision of the tariff
in extra cession
It la expected that th?ae acbfd
ulea agalnat which public r.rltlctam
been most violent will be taken
decomrat* do not credit their
(MM to
(rat
*111
IP
The Following ja
Assembly to
^nmiu arm laws la ,
not Affective
One of the
aatessfr:
though then afe certain Are la*, in
enough to prewnt
rear by foreet Area.
Effect of Ana on th? fon?tt
Baatern Owuttaa?One ?
wont effects of foreet Area In east
ern North Carolina baa bem the pre
vention of the long-** pta, too.
reproducing Itself L?r?a
nron once conred with tide ratea
ble tree and which should mow b.
reproducing another growth of the
earn, kind an ln.taad covered wMk
eand oak or black Jack, which an
Practically ralueieea. '
The loaa to tha pcopla of this sec
tkm from the burning! of Uieee pliie
laada. ukan in the aareate^ la enor
?won. u, hot for the hurnlno.
thousands of acre* which are tyiw
denuded of all merejuinta*. tnea
would either be covered with ma
ture forests or with thick (roree of
roan* (reea.
They hare In ?as^ lnsfrnoee al
so destroyed the "baya" or awamp
in which the white oid.r er "J^ni
t Per" tree (rows, burning not merely
all seed-bearing and young traea bat
the rery soli as well, aa It M usually
peaty and contains a large, propor
tion Of woody matter. 1* hard
wood Umber la swamps has been
laae damaged, aa tba awsftpa oaly
become dry enough to burn In the
i-umTBTrr end fair, -while the leaves
are still green. Occaalonal Una.
I however. In exceptionally dry sea
I sons do great damage.
In order to enable the state to.
more effectively control forest fires,
I the following leglalatlon 1s suggest
I rd
J The General Aaaembly of North Car
olina do enact:
Section 1. That Section S324 of
the Revlsod Statutes be amended to
| read aa followa:
If any peraon shall aat Are to any
I grass land, brush land or ??* woods
except It be his own property, or. In
I that caae without first giving notice
la writing to all persona owning or
, 'n charge of landa adjoining to tbe
t wood land or other land Intended
to be lend, at leaat two daya before
the time of firing auch landa, and al
ao taking can to watch auch Are
?hlle burning and taking effectual
can'to exUnguiah auch An baton It
I reach any laada sear to or ad
joining tha lands so and. he shall
for every aach offence bo guilty of
letasanor aad be punishable by
a Ana at not leaa than twenty-Are
dollars nor more than ne thouaand
dollars, one-halt to go to the parson
who brlnga the anlt and oae-half lo
the state treaaurer to be ueed tor
foreat protection, or by Imprlaoir
aieat tot a term of aot leaa than
three montha nor more than Are
yean, or by both auch Aae and im
prisonment. Thto shall mat prevent
actloa lor daaagee sustained by tha
owner of any property.
Sac. J. That Baetlon Mis of the
Rattasd Statu tea be amahded to read
taWfPowi
Any wagoner, hunter, camper or
other peraon who ahall leare a camp
fee without fully extinguishing k,
or who ahall permit any accidental
Are from any torch, gun, match, or
other origin to burn any gran or
wood land without fully extinguish
ing It, afiall be guilty ot a misde
meanor and upM conviction, shall
be pualahaW by a Ana of not leea
than twenty-Are dollars, one-half to
go to the peraon who brlnga the anlt
(Continued on pace four.)
?
J. K. HO
Reducti
mltted to the Next Gtnerml
be Farmers From Fire
=
AHOTHKK MAJCUVACTITOKO
iKDvxntr Tin niMou
Rumor hu It that a knitting mill
will be started in th? city now vary
shortly. Soma of Washington's lead
lng business man ara behind 1 H
schema. This paper hopes the rn
mor has foundation aa such an
terprla* wUi not ohlfc five employ
ment to the Working claaa hot i
strength and force to the en!
community.
Where the plant la to he located
Is not yet bean ascertained.
The many friends of Captain Qeo.
O. Howard, who met with the mla
fortnne some weeks back to fall from
hta Weeae). dislocating his hip and
aow at the home of hta sont ex
Chlsf of Policy George N. Howard,
Is getting along ss well aa contd he
expected for a man of hie age. He
la now able to alt up and If noth
ing' unforaeen happens will be able
to resume his duties ss com&auder
of his vessel rery soon. Captain
f Howard la cne of the oldeat captains
to ply these waters.
Taking Vacation.
Mr. Samuel Laughlnghouse the
I engineer on the pasaenger train of
the Waahlngton and yandemere is
I taking several days vacation.
Cotton seed, per ton, 30.00
Lint Cotton, 14.50.
Seed cotton. 6.60. f
Returned Last Xight.
The party that left here yesterday
? afternoon on the Norfolk Southern
1 train to attend the germsn in Qreeq
I vllle laat night returned home on
I the early morning train.
Accepts Position.
Mr. Howard Bowen has accepted
la position with Mr. A. W. Thomas
Iaa' salesman.
FIRST BLOW STRUCK
Fighting Hai Begun in Hon
duras the Report
HOSTILE TO AMERICANS
Three Republics May Become lavol
ved?Attack Made cm Hi
Capital Yesterday ?
New Orleans, La., Dec. St.?The
ttrst blow of a revolution that may
Involve three Central American re
pa hllca haa been struck In Hondu
ras. according to private cablegrams
An attaek Is reported to have been
upon Tegulcalps. the capital,
and many are reported to bare been
hilled fa the fighting between Pre.
ident Da villa's soldiers and the rev
olutionists. ' *.
The other two republics which
may becom* Involved ate Nicaragua
and Guatemala, the former beeanas
the larger part of the revolutionary
army was marshalled upon Its ter
ritory and the tattler because the
government '<* accused by Da villa
off allowing o-reilwee for a port of
S?3P
Sandusky, O . Dec.. 18.?Cloth*.
In r?o and living In wretched bor
els destitute of food and fuel be
tween 40 and 60 famines Including
nearly two hundred young children
are reported to be In danger ef ac
tual -deatu rrom .starvation in the
?tone <2marry district near here. They
are the wives and children of quarry
men who have been out of work for
months. 'V:/1
The Rev. Wm. Kerze And the Rev.
y. K. Wagner, pastors of the Cath
olic churches at Marblehead ana
Kelly's Island arrived here this af
ternoon with an appeal for aid.
They declared that help was not
lorthooming the families of the
? marry men most die. The clergymen
told terrible storise of women and
children tramping barefooted over
?now and loe is search of food.
The Salvation Army la arranging
to dispatch wagon loads of supplies
tonlorrow.
entryfor the filibuster Hornet which
sailed from this dty some time
ago.
The recent revolutionary army
which Is aald In the cable reports to
be the best drilled and armed ever
put. In Honduras.
Let Christmas, the Amerlcsn sol
dier of fortune snd ex-President
Bonllla (of Honduras), are report
ed to be iz the field at the head of
the rebel forces. They are said to
be well equipped with machine guns
abd Christmas, . whose duty It,- has
been to drill and equip the men, in
reported to have spent the past six
mOnQ?s" formtft?#:re#nncnts,'^Mttal-?
lions and companies until the rebels
new show a better semblance of dis
cipline than Davllla'B regular forces.
L.avllla is reported to have lBsued
death warrants against both Christ
mas and Bonllla charging them with
treason and conspiracy against the
government and the regular troops
have been instructed to take them
prisoners if possible.
Hostility to Americans, principally
on account of the activity of Christ
mas, Is fast reaching the danger
point, according to the cabled dis
patches.
Waiting! Waiting!
Every few minutes this week our
phone bell rings. When I answer,
yon will hear something like this: My
sister, brother, cousin or aunt or
schoolmate Is here visiting me, and
we will be up In a few minutes foi
some pictures. t
Don't you lmsglne such messagee
sounds good to n photographer. Just
as soon as you see this ad., If it la j
tonight?I have a phone in my resi
dence?cc!! me up and say you have
a Customer for me tomorrow. You
don't know how good It wm make me
w.
12-SOp BAKER'S STUDIO.
When a woman has an eye for
the :b?a?tlful she hunts ,np a mir-1
And Thirteen Men Blown
Up in Explosion.
EIGHTEEN HE MEl
mmd Injuring
?f? ? Great Dtintfe Wu Done
to I
PlttnlUld. Mm... Doc. 29?Four
Injured bj tho explosion of a boiler
In the More wood Lake lee Oom
panys plant, one and one-half mile,
outside of this city today.
William
Jehn Ray
Martin Smith, employe.
Eight unidentified 1
of explosion.
One unidentified body In House
of Mercy Hospital.
Owing to the (act that the OMR
pany had juat started to harvest ice
this morning the names of Its em
ployes had not been placed upon the
booka and the work of Identifying
the dead could not be completed un
til friends or relatives had reached
tho scene.
Practically the entire left wing
of the Immense Ice plant was demol
ished. It was here that th$ boiler
exploded.
All of the Injured were rushed to
the House of Mercy Hospital in this
city tn wagons and automobiles. At j
WHMWMrflwS slato4th.it prob
ably ten of the Injured would die.
The explosion occurred shortly be
fore 10 o'clock.
Two hundred men had gathered
to work chopping and storing Ice for
tho company.
Engineer Dunn was getting up
sterm in the big 40 horse-power
I boiler and practically all of the men
I were In the englneroom getting
jwnrm, for the weather outside was
|vory chilly.
' Many of them were close to the
boiler. Dunn had just ceased stok
ing the fires when, without warn
ing, the boiler burst.
The englnoroom?a big barn-like
building, 30x40 feet in size, was
lifted skyward and with It the boil
?r- ?* ^ r.i-ji
The soared upward like a rocket
and tie building fell asunder and
| dropped with a deafening crash.
Those who saw the disaster said the
building spread out like a huge fan.
Many of the dead were mangled
almost beyond recognition ana ev
ery one had arms or legs missing.
Probably 30 wero injured, al
though some of them were able to
walk to their homes.
The entire police and fire depart
ments and every doctor In Pittafleld
hastened to the scene of the dlsas
ter.
All the ambulances, were.driven at
(Coptlaosd-cm Jfourth Page.)
Specials From Now to Jan. 1st
Ladies Spits at Actual Cost
All Furs at Actual Cost -
If you appreciate a bargain, now i? your time.
Our Furs and Goat Suit* must go between now
and the above date. ?
BOWERS-LEWIS CO.,
A*.
You'll and tftb vHk't Mil an ?x
oeodlnilly ?ttrtctlre ud pln?U(
??? kMt mibjocu.
Daat Scan o? ? ?ml ?renin* to
night?drop In ud M* Om ?bow.