North Carolina Newspapers

' . V.T R ^V'' , & WASHING Sip; I j ' p ,?J miTUiR ] :,*T" .v Water Termi ' and Tram ^?2S\!. v|f ; Wfeft . |> . ^ ' Lr* f v W" and Representative r EMw* Haff lia?rt Nifht. Community. Address \ : m *' 4^|ti ' .- a<4-- raa nym ** improve rotfr Wot" terinlniu jrhlch yotf en^^KSJipEss ** *' 'J" upon you tile fact?secure an mined end thoroughly competent en(lnMr to draw jo?r plane to whstet P"* IP . <* ?fo??r direction?for then la no reason why Washington should . aot hoctyne-THB HARBOR ot North ] . , night* at the Elks Hall to the cltl. . .... bsnt el tWo fit* tub **prss?nJatlra , cltlsoDs from the towns of Ureen. ? \Jlle. Tarboro, Belbased and New Barn. "The subject of the smoker waa S*?A *_ * t- ... ? vvaier terminals ana oarge i rans** portatlon" tfnd for over an honr held * TtndlTfded attention of |U hear' I? * ? * ' * Congressman Small, (n presenting 't* Mr. Bern hard, stated that he had *** **^ther pntllege U well u pleasure to hear Mr. Bern hard make an address *t a waterway convention In Florti V * * -ds some time stnc^ and was so lm| !preseed wtth what he haST- to say . * that- slice vth?t ttme* he had been i endeevorlnc to secure hUp to oonie i tm-f* 40 Saltern Carolina and tell the people here eemaihlng ot the workings . -of the stent scheme he ha* bo #occeepfnlly wrought out during his i ? restdense of only eight yean. In this _ country. >J regard thla occasion as 5 ~ 1 ? . one of greet moment to this section" # said Mr. Smell. "Weter terminals 1 ^ ere of vital Importance if we eapoct iff 10 heater cotnmerce and have the right kind of water courses. ; Wtibb?? ??? between BalUmefe and Jacksonville today hv tgkeu concrete steps towards furnishing water terminals and I wish to say that I am prond of my L . . atari,' v* *"r?ly have UflHm a for *i- w*r<1:,"?? ahd I wlah to oonaratuf , lata WMhiniton." mated Mr. Small. ! The apeaker at the- evening was then '? w mji iMiPiAirxvj %# "i^?. ' iBkfr Bam hard la a native of Hoi v ~ HtflP ?* c*?e t0 th,s Oottn^lr eight . ? . **?r? mo ottlinr in the city of Now Orleans. He is regarded as "" 1 9 , probably the moot practical expert "x1'? ? ?>? of W^tor terminals and economical barge transportation. He has boon < . , ? instrumental in the establishment of e successful Uno of barges betwoen New Orleans and Tuscaloosa, i I ??. .?H **?" tho.warrlnr rlird*. connect Hta#rwllh -tha famous toal mines of AHtant. He has al.o a,tabHebed a * J'.lj pibnt for the construction of aelfpropcUed bar?? regarded a. the / jW, w highest type of barge, for Inland ' *? *v waters, both from, the point of car*: rylng capacity, speed, enfety and . . cfianpneaa of operation, Mr, Bernhard fro? the very flrat ImpfeaKd b)a hearer, with tfie fact * that jjg know, what he In ' talking .* ; ** about'. He made no pretense loj* ' ' warda oratory but rather pfeeented # ' klf knowledge of waterway,, nangatlon, terminals, etc.. In word, ol ; ' ? few syllable, at, that areryone tret L * eat eonld dlgeet wh,t he had to eaj f, V-*-j?J~ f, tfce onlaat be gar* hla ajtdlepce , to understand that ho vat no apeak1 or but almply nn engineer. "Thli . aVew era for navigation, yet I; * notwithstanding thla atatement, tb? Onlted 8tatea nor your section car hope to darlop at a great nation until yon Improve your water facll, J ltlea," said the apeaker. "I hav< i visited, aeyfnteen countries.befort Hr v homing to the United Btatoa ant 1 those vlalted that ar. fdrgtng sheet ~ ?r, those ' paying attention, to thli " , s"j development- ?o?l take: ad vantage of onr natural water coure 'j , e. If we ever hop* to. attain porfec .tlott. r Tkwe are y?o kinds of du - S&rsE'irtxzz building up a community nhd th o ; fASri -y A' ' TON SHOU I ARBOR 0 rials iportation Ably Dicussed Jew Orleans Addressed CitiX m of Other Towns At The Wat a Rare Privilege For ' Vat Intelligently Presented < 1 4 .r visiting your waVr terminal and must congratulate your citizens upon the stand they have taken." (At this point of Mr. Bernhard's ad-i dress ho submitted a rough sketch ! of his idea as to how the water terminal should be improved by the city. His plan suggested that there be two slips?the object being to afford mor? wharfage. At the end next to the?Moss Planing Mill he suggests that a one-story shed be constructed where is to% be handled fish, oysters, vegetables, country proauce, etc. ax mo upper ena ox the terminal would be another shed with a rallroa spurr running around the entire terminal connecting' with both raltroad^?this spurr should ,be owned and controlled, by the city, and leased or rented to the railroads.) "If this plan Is carried oat stated the speaker, "there Is no reason, why Washington should not become THE Harbor of North Carolina. Do one thing, however?be sore and find an eminent engineer to draw your plans, for whatever move yon make let 11 be done In -the-proper direction. "There " are arwtnore men jjlad. who thfnk they "know njore about Inland navlga tlofl than anything jelse and /et the fact is notorious they know so' little.". . Mr. Bern hard then gave his hear* era some Idea-of the const, uctlon of his self-propelled bargs now being used so successfully in southern waters. He said that they were, bnllt for freight, which waB carried entirely on the deek, the hold o( the bay go (being u$ed exyJulsvely lor Strengthening purposes. They are propelled by gaa engines and the gas U generated on board. Their speed Is about seven and a half miles gn hour. Told In a graphic style bow his barges were enabled to navigate streams where the water was shallow and the stream crooked. "It water transportation is to bo revived at all we must come together and combine. Use Inland water navigation In the proper way and the future of this great country will be bright." Running all through the excellent and-Intelligent address of Mr. Bernhard was a thread of native wit now and their, which caused merriment and laughter. The.speaker finished his addrss by congratulating Washington upon the stand lust taken for better terminal facilities and too, his pleasure In coming good section. *li Congressman Small followed Mr Bernhard with a few remarks telling those present ot what is now being dono for Inland waterways. H? alio spoko of tho possibilities foi Washington when the water term! nal is ready for business, how th< ; city- market could be located there ! fish, oysters, etc., and with both th< Atlantlo Coast Line and Norfolk . Southern Railways connecting al < the terminals we would not bo ser vltors but the distributors of pro du$t. tl The meeting was'fairly well at . tended by' the citizens of Woshingtoi i while a goodly numbcr'from othei t towns were present. T^ose to heai tho address from Greenville were: t H. A. Whltet Oolonel W.&. Barnes Mayor J. B. James, J. C. Tumlin, A . C. Dnpreo, Dr. D. L. Ja.ues, W. Z Morton, W. W. Outlaw, Hoy Thylor H. H, Morton, C. 8. Carr, H. M 1 White, A. L. Blow. Jr., Conrad La t nior. i > From New Bdrn?L. I. Moore. ? . From Belhaven?J. W. Bell. From .Tarboro?Mayor Paul Jone - and W. 8. Clark. - - MI8S RVLA O'NBAL IlX I HIdam. wd AM h? & ?pwdy n ' C#T'rT inc. i WEA1 WASHiNGTOI LD BE F N. CAR IISS RHUS in itrniKADi One of the mott difficult roles li comic opera is that of Katisha li the'opera "Mikado." It Is for con tralto but also demands a hfgl range and with perfect control. But difficult as is the singing rol that of the acting is by far mor< dfflcult for what it" might be calle< "an ungracious part" as the sympa thles of the audti-nce are not witl the actor.. hnsa Ada Rhodes has Airily ac cepteu this role and the daughter of the Coniv2"ric? to bt con gratulated and t'u0 public also, to a line musical and dramatic inter prctatlon of the role can be cOnfl dcntly expected at the hands of Mia Rhodes. Her delineation of tfiu part of Katisha, the lady of the fas cinating shoulder-blade and the b< | naudiui517 urauiuui nil eiuun combined with the rich voice am agreeable manner of Miss Rhode: will combine to make her rendltioi of this role a performanco wortl seeing and hearing. The opera will be given at th New Theater on Tuesday night April 14th. PflSTORllPES | wipeiici , Rev. E. M. Snipes, pastor of th First Methodist Church will All hi regular pulpit tomorrow mornini and evening at the usual hours o 11 a. m., and 8 p. m. Sunday schoc will me?t?promptly at 9.45 a. n Good music by the choir at both Bei vices. All strangers In the cit cave a cordial Invitation to attenc Seats free. i'tidrcn Love Washington Park. wmf n n tnnn-riiir 15. nutilnl DEAD IN Gil Mr. F. 8. Worthy of the drug flri 1 of Worthy & Etherldgo, received 1 telegram late night announcing tl ' death of bis* urother, Mr. Maj< Worthy, who passed away at tfc home of his nrother in South We. Georgia, yesterday afternoon. Tfc remains will be brought to Cart' ' i>?Q N. C., the old home of the d cea. *d for burial, which is to . ? place Sunday afternoon.} Mr. Worth ' left on tho Norfolk Southern tra! last evening to attend tho funera Mim I mm Al ED1I0 II ' s / From the ChArlotte Observer " is noted fh the correspondency i that paper from Davidson Collei that Mr. John Lewis Phyne, son S Mrs. Maggie Payne of this city, h B been elected one of the editors the collego magaslne for the comb year. This is a distinct honor f Wachington's young townsman ai his many friends wish him overy an U'a Rntful la WWilajlon Park. V - * "~0 X)N, C [HER?Fair Toalght wl 8?i>r. Fro. i N. C. SAtURDAY AFTERNOOl I ~ "'The America \ w ^ . - *1 * I a j n .v' 0 Something Goo^At * Theatre V 1 ?r-r?The olvere of good vaudeville eon a | atu=d New Theater nev* week wi . with the certainty oj seeing some- thl r thing above the average. The tt- Aj - traction i? "The American Qlfl .r i ** Company." being composed of cap- ca 8 able artiata throughout! Miss Marie * Edwards and Mis* Juliet Heath, the op * female leads, are botbl the .posses- j c tors of excellent voices. Hy Heath wl :harlee Lewie, Jthe comedian^ wi 1 are exponents of clean,and refresh- wl 8 ing comedy and they will no doubt eti 1 furnish more laughs than vocal vau-J| o'< 1 devil lo lovers have indulged in forM th? sometime. wwii ana i>ewis in p*i 0 their dancing specialty will proveJ we A More Efficient I ' Schools : i Ila-The Ckilct~Ctiting In State o tcr Opportunities Than T fort County. Is The Quest O 9 To the Editor:?I am asking that pi g his circular letter be published 'In 11 ,f the hope that the good people of or, >1 Beaufort county, who read it may l-1j > ask themselves this question: Is in the child living In Colorado entitled sc y to any better opportunity than my tc child? Am I willing that my child Is should have any but the best? Then ol If the plan outlined In this circular to letter appeals to yofc, talk It over a to your neighbor. Lot1 all our ef- pi forts for a better country life crys- fr talizo around a better and more ef- th Gcient rural school. ' c tli W. O. PBIVETTE. sc County Supt. of Schools. ai Colorado has been hampered In ( p * Its efforts to centralis^ the rural pc schools Into strong, consolidated. b schools, because of the small district I rc organisation which, prevails in that ( sr state, as in most of the states In the, tc West and Middle West. In spite, e: of obstacles, roweyer, substantial Is n* progress has been made for the up- w * building, in "the open country, of, cl ie , oal community schpola. There J di )T Is no better Illustration of this type , hi 'e than the Cacho La Poudre Consoli3l datod School, Bomo six milee out! w 10 from Fort Collins. 1 h 1' Only a year ago some six school it e" bouses, scattered at random over ta a very large territory, supplied 207 j A families with such school facilities hi ln as were then available. ; Two of the' si buildings wcro of native stone, the tl others of frame; they Jacked mod-| la era conveniences and ware quite un- ni able t? offer a modern training for It agricultural life. Now g large. dig- p. nlflcd, central building, erected at s: a .cost of $35,000 has Sbsorbed all ai these outlying schools and la arpldly becoming the center of community It pride and aggressive community life, j rr RAH this was not done without a si struggle. A great mtny people' u here, as in other pfacos, clung te-. tl naciously to the little local school, b fighting the changes often in the ci courts. The majority, however, fa- g It vored the change, and had their ' it to way, thanks particularly to the 4f- r< I? forta of Mr. C. O. Sargent, rural e of school visitor from the 8tate Agri- ti cultural College. Many of tho pee- tl of pie wbe originally opposed the plan i tg now praise it the loudest; and few, ? or if any, would carc to go back io the n &4 old omditlons. io-: Four entire districts and parts of tl two others comprise the new, con- 'H |.soltdated district; >07 families live m within reach of the new school; Iff v t In Interior. i . M APRIL 4 1914. n Gir) Co."1 N J _ * i : The New All Next Week I ?? .1; r '' 11 li decided treat?they ^ do things u th their feet. Each member of q f? choras )s a good looking dancer , d singer of individual ability. t; lother feature will bo the special ^ euery and elaborate wardrefbe j rrled by the company. S "The American Girl" will" be the 4 ening bill Monday night. Tho management of the theater c shea to announce that the prices U be only 10 and 20 cents. There .1 be two performances, the flr6t arts at 7.80 and the second at 9 clock. There are twelve peopel In s a company. Entire change of ^ Dgfam each night during tho t, o a lured ' j Should Be Effort [ tUjl- s f Colorado Entitled to Bet- 1 E he One Rcsidina In Beau- t i ion. E ipila at this time enrolled In its D f grades^. 47 being In tho well n lUlpped high school department; i Slit teachers aro employed, five c tbe grades and three In the high " hool. What appeals particularly . an obsevrer of the school work that while tho universal elements ! a broad education are taught tho ackers are mindful that theirs is rural commcnity and'tliat they are teparing Colorado farmers and ult growers for life work. With i is in mind, uiey are doing every- I ting In their power to root the I hool work to tbe soil. I I'ho buildings are set in 4 1-2 ;res of good, irrigated land. The layground is ample for all pur seB. There are baseball and footall fields, tennis courts and play in fn. (ha rnnn pn. xhllriran A all orchard of 6-year-old troca irms tlxe beginning of an excellent cperimental plot. With the openig of spring there is a plan to begin ork In budding and grafting. The illdren are to have Individual garen plots, and home garden work as also been planned. ^ A good one room school house , hlcb was already on the grounds as been remodeled at a cost of 1700 ito a very satisfactory six room cot kge for the principal of the school, nother one oz the old buildings as been made Into a good barn and led for the horses and transportaon equipment. The main building i an impoelng structure built of atlve randstone and prdracd brick. . is three storjes high and Is equlped with steam heat, fan-ventilating rstem and indoo^* toilets, baths, Qd bubbling fountains. The Janitor lives with his family i a suite of Ave rooms In the baselent. which by the way, Is built in ? tich a manner that its coment floors i one and a half feet higher than le grade of the school yard. The , ullding Is supplied with tho agrlulttrral and* biological laboratories, ood library, rest rooms for the woicn teachers, and a large assembly 9om used, am<y>g other things, for ommunlty meetings and farm lecare courses, which are being held iroughout the year; for, beyond verythlng else this is a community ch*ol which strives to help the pa- ? ants * well as the children, ' Seven transportation wagons of tie latest make convey 166 children vlng at a distance to and from the shool. Thp system has proved a ery satisfactory one for atf con? ^ -A.-1 - . lX,. NEV iome Education L Attention of A lb Science or Profession It to the Happiness of Man making. Our Girls Must Training. ' , I? SHAW FOR NEW BERNE The steamer L B. Shaw after retaining in port here for several ours yesterday left late in the atM-uoon bound for New Bern where 1 all probability she arrived early i jday. Durin8 the boat's st%v here ulte a number of business me., and ite?esLOd tlt.zens paid a vibit to tie vessei and all seemeJ ptcascd '1th her ucslgn and lines. Sue wai es.gned to carry irc.gli.. The haw is ;n vO.auand of Lap a.u E .eniy i^oaity.e. ..ho is a nsiive of ... w.uuasiCA, N. J. The vessel arries a cruw of eighteen. On the ?o \? asu.ngton the . t. .. .u.u_-.c-i o. iianspoi .at -on Mr. ..v - o. ;?> was aboard. Ho is very clever gentleman and enthuiastiC as to the future of his line etween Baltimore, Norfolk, W&ahig:on and New ?ern. In ?peaklng J Mho venture Mr. Rellly sa'd that I t first tho steamer would make a rip to theso waters about every ten ays pnd later on when tbe business ueufied it, trips would be made of cner. It is tbe intention of the romoters of this enterprise to make i freight rate of ten cents on the 00 pounds less than the railroads iow handle it for, on all classes of ' reight from the first to tbe sixth, 'he rate on all commodity freight rill be made satisfactory to the ship tor until the rateB can be published. Mr. Reilly expects to be in Daltlnorc next week and he requests all nerchants having freight coming 10m iialUmore to this city to please ommunicate with him care of the .aawcll Hotel. The Shaw Is 1G3 feet long; 23 eet beam a. d draws only eight feet if water with 300 tons o( freight iboard. She le well equipped for he handling of freight helng provld*.d with two hoisting engines. tiUM WILL mi HFFICF. HF.RF. U1 I 1UU IIU1I1J Dr. Ernest W. Dunn, Osteopathic physician of New Bern, N. C., Is to >pen a branch office here. His first professional visit will be made next Tuesdays ho will be here all day Ico will be located in Hotel Louise. Dr. Dunn will be in his office Tucs- j lay, Thursdays and Fridays. On Tuesdays he will be heer all day ?nd on Thursday and Friday part >f the day. Dr. Dunn has been practicing his profession for the past four years and Is a graduate from the Phllalelphia College of Osteopathy. His professional card appears elsewhere n today's issue. TABE OF SMALLPOX WITH CARNIVAL SHOW, REPORT It Is reported on th? streets that there is n cas? of smallpox broken ant In the Carnival show billed to exhibit here all next week. The authorities should get busy and In letigate and If th? rumor is correct they "hould not be allowed to give performances here. The cttltdi should be careful bow they pat* ronixe the show untll th? rumor Is denied ffom reliable source. corned. There is no tardiness with transportation, attendance Is at the maximum; and the'oost for trans*, portatlon is nine oents a day per pupil, * ^ " V' er w 1 V ' 1 l,,n - ] No. 27 } Claiming imerican Women Nobier or More Necessary i kind Than That of Home- I Have The Proper Kind of (Bjr HnMmn Woltm cur, Chrtr ?I f the Bob, Bomlca De.. pertaaest of the North OeraltM . PoOcratioa ot Women'. Cl.be.) . I The widespread Interest that tmelrcan women ot refinement and ntellectuality are taking today In all ?ducational subjects pertaining to be home and its welfare is causing i constant domand among the wo- | nen's olubs of progressive cities tor I >pportunltles of instruction in these lubjects. No longer are they willing ;o acknowledge that their servants know more than they do about the preparation of food or household management; neither do they care Si sacrifice the health of their families to the ignorant methods of h'o hired cook. They realise tho . iro ;an e of. intelligent superrisj o.-.T r-:i thoir household affairs. no an or science or prou ou mile earth that Is nobler '9 mo.-? necejsary to the happiness .n ind than that of home-makand none that requires a more . v a-alio*. to accomplish thi best results: The time Is past t, ;..iow our girls to take up s/l..s.on without the proper .nd cf training, the lack of whtoh has without doubt been responsible (Continued on page four.) HAVE MOVED Mr. J. D. O'Neal and family have moved t~ .1.3 residence formerly oc- vfjj cuplod by Mr. H. Q. Sparrow on East Main street. W lii THE 1 UUUI 1U II1U WIS HI MIS Mayor Kugler he^d an interesting court at the City Hall this morning and later on Itecorder Wlndltey did likewise, the resnlt being the city treasury is enriched and the county chain gang has an additional member. John King, John Knight, Esslck . ?jfl Edwards and Clifton Eborn were be fore the mayor for gambling. They were found guilty and bound over to the recorder who subsequently retried them and found them each $2.00 and one-fourth of the cost. Frank Hall, colored, was Indicted for the larceny of a bicycle. He was adjudged guilty and bound oyer to the recorder who sentenced him to a term of six months on the roads. Mi 'Ail nnnniTiAU UN Willi I The first educational sermon which are t(T be delivered by tbe respective psstors of the city during the month of April win be delivered at the Christian Church tomorrow night by the pastor, Rev. R. V. Hope ;jl at eight o'clock. The subject of Mr. Hope for his morning discourse will be. "Why Go to Church." Bible rchool meets at ten o'clock. All are cord'ally Invited to be present and cspi r.fbliy at the evening hour. Good music. ' GROCERY WILL START CASH SYSTEM FOR ALL beginning MOXDt The firm of J. R. Meeklns ACo., announce that beginning Monday, April 0, tbey will begin eelling gro- 3 cerles for cash only and they also announce that goods will be sold at a closer margin. They have on hand a full.line of groceries. Orders are. filled promptly. in mem. Mr. Wheeler Howard and wife. Mr. c. c. McWltUama. Mr. T. w. O'Neal, Mr. Robart O'Neal and 6. A a. O'Neal, all of Oeracoke, N. C, | are Waahtagten visitors today.