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Veteran Member
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For the put two weeks Wellington
iuv bMB honored by ? Tlwlt from
Mr. M>4 Mn. Jerome P, Bell. Mr.
Bwtl Mr I* rev* hat baan editor and
proprietor of the Wilmington (Del.)
tar. Mr. Bell le a brother of Mr.
I. O. Berry and en uncle of Mr. Floyd
ptlij' J. Berry, ]ulor member of the flrih
of Suakln ?nd Berry. Hale "a aat}re
' of the "6m lierth State" and g!e
rlea b> the fact that hie natir. heath
le >till the beet Mr. Bell for J 3
yean, has boon a member of the craft
In bin adopted state, tee entered
the printing business as a "devil"
and at the and of five feats thereafter
-was editor in ohlef of the leading
dally In Wilmington. a record tha|
should be worthy of emulation by
those boys of today who are ambift-i-'
ifr-y-W ^ l T I
iMr. Bell know* the newspaper but}
nest from A to Z. He knows the
weakness of his fellow men and also
their strength; he has Jearned one
of th* secrets in life; particularly
that of a newspaper?that la to aap<
all want publicity notwithstanding
the fast they protest prior to its publicity.
Mr. Ball is a most courteous and
affable gentleman. His call-at this
office was indeed an inspiration to!
~ the force. Full of reminiscences
and what life means to the average
man. he can .'relate without .forethought
those requisites that go to
make up the secret of life.
Jlr. Bell la a man of parts. He
knows ltfe.~ he knows human nature
and his slogan has always been to
glre the young man. provided he la
uflbttfons and willing to do and dare,
a chance.
v IBS?- 7, 2- iW>
II
T~#r
JEROME B. BECIj
He la the founder of the W liming
too Sunday star. For 33 years h<
has -been the guiding hand of thl
enterprising paiper.
What the people of the WHmlng
ton Star thinks of the retirement o
Mr. Bell Is contained In the followlnj
clipping from a prominent paper o
that city, which no doubt will he rea,
with lntereet-by the Dally News read
era:
"Jerome B. Bell, for thirty-thre<
Tears editor of the Sunday WJlmlog
ton Star founded by himself, la t
Be doubly oongratnlated. First, the
he created a paper which at one
\\ '? * secured a lasting place for Itself, an
second because he la able to retir
front the editorial domain and dc
rote himself tb the enjoyment c
those things in life , which alwey
mean so much to a man who ht
* ? made his light well and who baa met
- tnl resources that make rest an Idea
- pleasure.
"Far a generation Jerome B. Be
has been an active force In this eit]
personally and In his newspapc
Work. He kept abreast of the time
had i positive opinion on all ptfbl!
questions, and never hesitated to d<
blare himself when the occasion d<
manded. It la gratifying; to his nee
- ? paper associates?those yet In tli
basnets and those who have steppe
aside?to1 know that after his man
years of hard work he has provide
for himself as to be prepared 1
spend the remainder oi his days i
a man of intellectual farce and tasti
' A a! a high quality shorn Id. .
Re came to this city an unknom
young man, but by energy and thri
' lie buIR a newspaper property i
value. What he bar secured wi
through ?Tags and ambition, b
aula capital at the start, thus It
> well, that while In the possession
pood health and an alert brain 1
js able to turn to bis books and tl
attractions of nstare, letting youn
W . ur men to lain tap the work he d
>' go wall. The people ol Wllmlngti
.Mtaial IIill UMh bldi gnllihig but a life
.? comfort and a full realisation
...
Jksm
Of Qfaft
iras To His Home
those pleasures that one who do*
something deserves." ' ( j_ A"
It Is needless (or.this paper t
' late that Mr. Bell has delivered th"goods.'V
He la but a young mai
yet, sad WliUe his work In the news
paper field has been strenuous fo
the past thirty-three years he is stU
an ardent lover of the newspaper pro
fesslon and be .think* there Is no bet
ter place than old North Carolina
Mr. B?U la now a retired memfee
of the "craft" having sold his Inter
deMn Wilmington. His paper, "Th<
Wilmington Star," has from its firs
Issue been a potent factor In the up
lift add ^progress of a city which ha
ever been one of the country's lead
in|| centers, both socially and com
mnrcialiy.
w.?e '
is iii) iii,
i e mi
A telegram was received here thl
afternoon announcing the precarlou
oondftlon trf Rt. Rev. Robert 8trsng<
D. D.# bishop of the diocese of Eai
Carolina. The telegram was such t
give apprehension all over the East
era part of the state. Last fall a
the general convention o( the Epii
copal church Bishop Strange ws
stricken with paralysis and since tha
time baa not been able to attend t
his duties In the dloceae. No preac
er of (be gOspel In the Old Nort
State has a warmer place and tfa
now a of his continued lodlsposltlo
-will eskrry with it genuine regre
The entire eastern section 'of th
state wishes him a speedy recovet
to health. The news of his relapi
occasions sorrow in this city.
mills"
hue hue
- Fi CIS
0 The Sixth Division of the Nor
8 Carolina Naval Militia under tl
command of Lieut. W. B. Hod ma
Jr., left tills morning via the No
' folk Southern Railway for Norfol
" Va." where they today are to boa:
1 the battleship Rhode Island. ,Th<
1 expect to be absent about flfte<
days.' They will visit all the print
pal ports of the Atlantic coast ai
e the Bermuda Islands. < -;
Yesterday morning the militia f
0 tended dvtne services at the Chr1
(tae church where the pastor, R<
* R. V. Hope, delivered a special se
mon. The boys left this mornl:
9 -bearing with them the best wish
of their many friends for a pleasa
and profitable outing.
LOCAL DOCTOR
! TALKS TO 1
1 11 HOT
? Dr. A. KsTaylpe 0" r,turn (Hi fr.
id Philadelphia where he haa attend
10 a meeting ol the ermr end navjr cli
u Dr. Tayloe made an address beti
l, those two bodies whlffh prosed one
the moet Interesting feetures of
m oecaalon.
fi Dr. Teyloe li coe of North Oe
of Jlna'e prominent physicians and 1
se alwaya taken en actlse part In
1, profession both looal and-foreign
ir
Of < VISITING Mils. I.KKNS.
ke ' .Miss Dthel Brown of Orponebc
ke N. O.. If the gaeot of Capt. and X
f. ?.*. Deeos at their home on W
Id eeoond street. . , , v. ?
m - ???
of Judge J,,A. Lolgh of Bolhasep
ol to the city today on businwV
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WASHINGTON
in wm%
WAS HEARD
i LAST NIGHT
%
r ItoM attending the rigst Metho)
dlst church Sunday evealp* were de
lighted with the sermon M delivered
- ?J the pastor, Rev. E. M. Snipe, j
. Since. hie com Id* to Washington atf^
r pastor of this churoh he baa dellght
ed his parishioners In every way.
? A? a pulpiteer he elands among the
t forefront In his church.
toSf
GOING FOR
MOOTING
1 The Boy Scoots of this City expect
s to leave tomorrow for a camping trip
I They contemplate being absent from
the city for two weeks or more. All
the members are anticipating a glos
rlons time. They expect to take hi
s mil mo puiuis ui miervBi ua iu? aiI
antic coast.**?
TO CO-OPERflTE
! WITH DEPI
! IN THE WORK
t. !.
m %
y Washington, D. C., July $.?Unle
d?r Hie recently passed Act of Congress
which grants $500,000 to com
hat hog cholera, the U. 8. Department
Jil A*rtpg$Ui3?X?*BAt? wjdi co-operate
closely with, the State authorities
to prevehl and eradicate the disease
toy the nse of-anti hog cholera serum
and quarantine methods. Approximately
$10,000 will be Bpent during
the coming year In each experimental
area selected. Thirteen of the counties,
wttere the work la to be carried
On. have been picked out, and In 12
E at these the work has already beet
started. Two other counties are t<
he selected within a short time. Th<
II counties selected for the presen
campaign, where the work has ac
dually been begun as follows:
Idaho, Twin Flails District; Illinois
10 Kankakee county; Indiana, Montgon
jjT eyr county; Iowa, Dallas couuty
^ Kansas, Marshall county; Kentucky
^ Henderson county; Michigan, Brand
opunty; Minnesota, Renville county
Missouri, Prattle county; Nebraska
^ Gaga and Johnson counties; (par
of each.) Ohio, Allen county, (am
adjacent towadhips), Tennessee
Maury county.
The thirteenth county where th
work will soon be inaugurated 1
* Decatur oounty In Georgia.
Appropriations will be spent ii
^ making surveys, using serum o
nt hogs on infected and exposed farm!
In sanitation and quarantine w?r
in organising farmers to co-operat
with the State and Federal author
ties. In addition, funds will be use
for the production by the Depatf
ment of antlbog-cholera serum an
for the lnpsecitlon and proper contrt
oT serum prepared by private an
other agencies.
Extensive demonstration and edt
catlonal work also will be undertal
Sen In territory outside of experlxnei
tal areas to acquaint farmers wit
the results of the experiments an
to supply them with information i
to the methods of controlling the dli
ease. "* ^
led Organisation of Farmers:?Th
A. organisation will be made up as fo
we tows:
of A leader for each township at
the nine associates will be,' selects
Each associate will have assigned l
ro- him an area of about tour sectioi
ias for survey. The men in this orgai
his isatlon will serve as volunteers wit!
out salary, and the ywin keep U
; United States Inspector in chan
advised concerning the ocinditions I
ro. the county and will also aM in seen
Irs. im the required statistics of the b<
est industry.
Survey: A complete Purvey w!
he made to determine the numb
. Is of hoc* raised and the number
lost -from- fro* cholera prior to tl
r: "" '
)N D
BMaMllf r*ir IMw.
N. C MONDAY AFTERNOOI
SI3B"
'iispmoii
Deputy Sheriff Job* F. Lucas passed
away at the hoxty o? hie niece.
Mrs. George Morgan* on East Third
street Sunday afternfon after a lingering
Illness. For the past fifteen
years he has occupied, the position of
deputy sheriff under the late Sheriff
XL T. Hodges and ?do. K. Ricks. In
all departments he was faithful
'and trne and did what he could for
not only bis employer hut those who
came under his coffteet. tie was a
brave Confederate soldier and was
one of those who sigjted that he was
aa "Unreconstructed Rebel." No
cfian in Beaufort county had niore
friends. He wi? Ike soul of honor.
Hlii Word was his mond. He lived
for others and MM? that he sleeps
those who knew dtfm In life can
stand around hlsTOer and say he
was pure and steadfast.
The funeral took place this afternoon
at three o'clock from the resltdenos
of bis niece lira. George MorJgan.,
conducted by Rev. Nathaniel
Harding and thhs interment was
in O&kdale cemetery. The (oH%wIng
are the pallbearers: O. Rumley.
Edward Couena, Sheriff Geo. E.
Rloks, Thos. V. Uaw. W. O. Ellis
and J. G. chatmaajr.
i i, -fi
Let'a tmiid la' Washington Park.
"MlFE
FOB nil
A telegram waa received here yesterday
afternoon from Washington
City MMhK4*r4?et that Mr
* Mark Latham ofr ifcat'ctty, wras^>per1
ated upon for appendicitis. He stood
1 the operation very well and unless
something untorseen happens be will
' "recover. The news of the operation
1 received toy Mre. John Dudley,
Mr. Latham's many friends here iwlsb
1 him a speedy recovery.
cinlif
i WAS LIVELY
I is m
t ?
? The mayor's court was more thai
- lively this morning. The followlni
cases were disposed of:
e David Winfleld, drunk. $5.00 an<
3 cost.
Oris Dennis, col., drunk. $5.0'
0 and cost.
0 William Wade and Amanda Woot
'' en, both colored. Wade fined $6.0i
* and cost. ?
* Amanda Woolen, vagrancy. Out]
ty. Given 2 4-hours in which t
d leave the city or serve a term of 4
. days on the roads,
d
>l Subscribe to the Dally News.
d
beginning of the work and durin
>- each year thereafter during the 111
i- of the project.
Sanitation and Quarantine: Thl
h will comprise the reflation of shi]
d ment of hogs into and out of th
experimental area, the regulation <
8 shipments within the area, the quai
antlne of infected places, destrui
? tlon of dead animals, cleaning an
1- disinfection of railroad dhites, pei
and loading places, etc.
id Immunisation and Treatment wtt
S- Antlhog-Cholera Serum: Serum t
to be applied to hoge on infected fara
and on exposed farms by the Unitt
a- States Inspectors in such manner i
fc- 'they may deem necessary,
i? Serum Production: All antlhc
r? cholera serum required is to be pr
duced and supplied by the Buret
r- of Animal Industry, provided thi
* in the event of the inability of thi
bureau to produce sufficient seru
the several statea will supply the d
w fidency in so tar as possible wiiho
? eo? to tin OBiUd sutM D***rtani
? of A*rleultttr?. (
AILY
4 JULY 6. 1914
msm
mi hie
mi
The "Oliver's Grand Jubilee.Mut
cal Comedy Company" opens the Ne
Theater tonight for one week's ei
gagement. Tnis company comt
here well recommended as the be
Tdbioid troupe that this house hi
so fgr played. Their opening bl
tonight will be "The Gloom Klllen
a comedy that will make a hit her
as it la fall to overflowing with got
singing, dancing and comedy. Thei
are eight artists in this splendid o
ganlsatton. In addition to the vat
derlUf the New Theater has mad
a change in their pictures. Fro
tonight on they will have for tt
amusement of their patrons the w<
known associated films. These ai
without doubt the best pictures thi
any house can get. So no one ne<
fear that they will not from now <
see the very beet in motion plctur
at this popular play house. So 1
sure and attend.
To Promote
Good Roads
In The Stat
(Bjr D. Tucker Brown, Organiser u
Field Engineer of the N. C. Good
Rotda Association.)
The North Caroling Good Roa
Association was organised solely f
the purpose of promoting an inti
est In better throughout North Ci
olina, and to co-operate with the 4
flclals and people of the State w]
I a view to solving satisfactorily the ;
| importan question of road constui
tion and maintenance. It Is nc
political and nonpartisan and its <
itsence depends upon the people w
. are willing to Join hands in the o
, gerat mission of providing Noi
, Carolina with more and better roai
The members of the associaU
1 have been untiring in their effoi
i to assist In any way the road officii
i of each and every county. Th
i have given their tife and their mc
ey toward crystallsing public sen
, ment in favor of numerous road I
provemenis, they have lead the figl
for bond issues In numerous con
tiee, and whenever and wbereei
ti^eir help has been called for, hi
responded without hesitation.
Can it be said by the road of
cials and cltlsens of this state tt
the present laws are adequate a
^sufficient to Insure proper road c<
struction and maintenance Can
be uid that there are not large bu
of money wasted e^ch year on I
roads of North Carolina? Do
( people of this state, knowing t'
the solution of the road problem
the most vital question facing th
i today, wish to neglect its consid
I ation as they have in the past?
its citizens wish to see North Ca
1 lina drop far behind the other p
gressive states?
0 ' I can answer these questions, i
to each one NO.
I would therefore, like to kn
0 why the citizen, road officials i
legislators do not Join us, the at
L- elation, 1n our eoorts to solve ii
o satisfactory way the road probh
0 The association has presented
the legislators a bill, which it
thouht should become a law, but i
defeated; on what grounds and
" what reasons I cannot say. but 1
B the citlsens of the state lent the
e aoclatlon their support the bill wo
most assuredly have been a law
'a day.
Did teh association present to
legislators a bill which did not n
>f the approval of the people. If
r- why don't the people make it knoi
> Why don't they co-operate with
d members of the association in tl
18 efforts.help them to frame a
that will be acceptable and ben<
h ial; not injure the prosperity
10 development of their state by
is proving fae legislation proposed
x? the North Carolina Good Roads
soclatlon. ,
The best way to co-operate Ii
B attend the Good Roads Conven
at Druham July 9th and 10th.
L? kt
CITY ALDcRMKN.
at
m The Board of City Aldermen
- meet la regular monthly sessloi
ht the City Han thU evenly M
....... ^ .
NEW
Congressman Small
All To Atte
3 GREAT WORK
: IS PUBLISHED =
j BY THE SOCIETY i
n ?n
,? The story of probably the greatest 1)61
0| humanitarian work under consider- thr
atlon In the world today?the drain- ad<:
re lng canalising, ana reclaiming of the 1,01
r. flood-devastated, famine stricken a*^
a- Hual river region in Central Ctyna?
ie Is told In the American Red Gross
m Magnrlne for July by Mabel T. Board
ie man, chairman of the National Re- Da;
,11 lief Board of the American Red Cross
re In the last half doxen years the 1
4t American Red Cross has expenedd cel
id approximately $730,000, including ten
m the value of donated supplies, In try- ^a!
eg lng to afford some measure of relief Du
be for hundreds of thousands of emaci- j
ted, starving, misery ridden human 1,01
beings in that area where, according *Ic
to the official Chinese records coverlng
twenty-flve centuries, periodical ^?5
floods have laid waste vast stretches ma
of richly productive agricultural 10
lands. co'
* In as much aa the act of Congress
& incorporating the American Red ^ei
'Cross provides Miat it shall devise 1)14
and tarrv on top lba- iip?>POn
nd ventlon of distress and - Uu'ering, as ^
well as give relief after they come. Th
the Red Cross, in co-operation with
di the Republic of China, -is financing aD<
or an investigation by a board of eml>r
nent American civil engineers in the ca'
it- afflicted territory with the intention lnf
jf- ultimately to prosecute a reclame- re1
ith tlon and conservancy scheme which
all will cost approximately $20,000,000 ca<
rc- to be paid toy Cblna. The present
>n- Investigation will entail an expendl- w*
ix- ture by the Red Cross and China of ro'
ho atoout $76,000.
ne The members of this board are: 00
th Lieut. Col. William L. Sttoert, Engl
is. neer Corps, United States Army,
on. touilder of the Catun locks and dam
rts of the Pfnama Canal, Chairman;
lis Arthur Powell Davis, Chief Engineer
ey of the United States Reclamation iQJ
>n Service, and Daniel Webster Mead, th
tl- Professor of Hydraulic Engineering mi
m- In the University of Wisconsin. Uf
tits 'Charles Davis Jameson, the Red u
in- Cross engineer who made the pre- rj>
'er limlnary sruvey, is accompanying ce
ive the board as general advisory engineer.
Several assistant engineers,
flc- including a brilliant young Chinese
nt slyvanus T. Suen, are with the con nd
servancy board.
?n- Miss Boardman's article, under
li >i "Tl,. r>^,w.f nf Drlanrf. 011
ms ship," says Id prat:
the "The great master, Confucius, was
the once asked by one of his disciples,
lint 'ig there one word that may serve ad ai
ls a rule of practice for all onc'B life?' **
om The master replied. 'Is not "Reel- (
er* procity" such a word?' Another '
Do time the Bame master said. 'At first
ro~ it was my way to hear a man's words ln
ro" and give him credit for his conduct.
Now I hear a man's words and look Q{
ind at his conduct.' sc
"Wise Indeed, was old Confucius. rI
ow In acts, not words, is to be found a
md the proof of -true friendship. The c
??" great opportunity to do an act of
1 a friendship for China, an act of hu- h(
inanity for her people, has been of- ^
*? fered by the Chineae government to ^
,s the United States through the medi- Jg
**8 urn of the Amretcgn Red Cross. This c(
,or -opportunity lies in the line of being cJ
of assistance In the wojk of flood w
aa* prevention in the central part of n(
China, thua doing away with the un- m
to" told sufferings of hundreds'Of thou- a,
sands of famine vlctitna. and furtherlb?
more, of reclaiming a irage amount c]
'??1 of rich agricurtural land In a district 0|
??? whore every square foot iB needed ^
ini* for food production."
tbe flpeaking of the general plan Mias ^
??!*" Boardman coatinuee: ei
Iaw "A dam has been created by the ^
iflc" high dikes of the Grand Canal. Sev- y
aad era! large, shallow lakes, some back- g
ing directly up against the Canal g
by dikes, have thus resulted on the west g
side from the back waters of the f
Hunt river, which flowing first Into
1 to the Hungete Lake, have not sufficient r
H?n outlet to the sea. Much of the ^
land not actually under water in the f
la still of a useless, marshy eharac- (
ter. At times of heavy rainfall, j
these shallow lakes and the ewamp
land cannot take ear# of thei water, ,
1 at which, finding no adequate outlet to ,
*ror the wm> agreed* out for handled* of (
of equere adlee over the aarr ootid Ing ,
country, tuinlag the czopa andi uwdUe ,
,
'tween i
.
. - '
No. 1M
.
Urges |
nd The Meeting
?h ' .
Harry McMulllmn.
Washington, N. G.
Dear Harry:?As you know, the
nth Carolina Good Roads Assoclon
meets at Druhatn July 9th and
,h. I wag the only delegate at
' last meeting at Morehead City, \
1 1 had a feeling of personal dla>olntment.
If you could take
ir car and spend half a day ridaround
and urging a number of
- public spirited cltisens to attend,
i would do a public service. If,
addition you could write a numof
letters to enterprising citizens
oughout the county, this would
1 to the value of your work. 1
>e you can do so. I hope to be
e to attend.
Very sincerely.
JNO. H. SMALL.
Uy News, a
City.
Gentlemen?I enclose a letter roved
from Mr. Small, calling atitlon
to the meeting of the North
rotlna Good Roads Association at
rham on July 9th and 10th.
[ join Mr. Small in experssing the
pe that a good number of our pubspirited
citizens will attend this
etlng. which will certainly be enable
and profitable to those who
7 "UU V.BI IBIUIJ UCUCUL lai
tbe cause of good roads ia the
joty of Beaufort.
It may not be inopportune to aay
re that la my opinion, a very good
*e of road building has been done ^
the road leading from Washington
the Cemetery to the Pmrvin place,
e road seems to be built merely of
i material found on the road Itself
d it is certainly an excellent piece
road. This one piece of road has
used more good road talk In Wash
ftoh than I have heard during the
malnder of the year. It seems to
ustrate the fact that good roads
i be had here ait bargain sale prices
would be interesting to know Just
ist it cost per mile to build such a
ad as this and I believe that the
ures will show surprisingly low
at. % 1
Yours very truly,
HARRY McMULLAN.
GOES TO WASHlJftjTOX V
Mrs. A. 8. Fulfrod left this mors5
for Washington, D. C., to be at * 3
e bedside of her brother-in-law,
r. Mark Latham, who was operated
on yetBerday for appendicitis. ( ^
is to be hoped that upon her ar- . J
ml taht she will find him convaleant
i-m
COUNTY COMMIH6IOXKIts.
The Board of County C om missions
are in session today at life Courtiuse
for the transaction of tbe paat
ontli'a business.
ARK VISITORS.
Misses Fannie and Cordelia Howd
of Newport News, Va., are the
tests of Miss Bettle Farrow at her
tme, corner of Fourth and Bonir
streets. Their many friends aifi
ad to see them.
K the large population to utter destutlon
and starvation. The plan
' the Re<| Cross engineer, Mr. Jamem,
is to carry the water of the Hnai
ver and the Hungste Lake through
well built channel across the Grand
anal Into the old. now unoccupied
?d of the Yellow river, with Its
Igh dikes; to shut off this water
om the lakes by another channel
ito the Yangste river. This plan,
feasible, as the land elevation and
her topographical features indlite.
will not only prevent all floods
ive those caused by absolutely abormal
rainfalls, but will reclaim a
illllon acres, and Improve probably
t>out nine millions more.
"The Ye and the Shu, other rivrs
farther north, and Improvements
a the Grand Canal, are Included
i the Conservancy plans.
'The first step in this important
r>rk la the sending of a board of
minent engineers to China to stady
[|T~ Jameson's plans, report upon Its
slue and practicability and make
uch changes am a mere extensive
urvey may suggest. The Chinese
overnment haa left to the American
led Cross the selection, of this Board
ad has asked. In case the plan Is car
led out, that the American Red
'roes recommend to the Chinese gov>rnment
an enigneer. preferably an
naiy engineer, for appointment as
Snglneer-trvChlef.
"The President, the Secretaries of
State, War, and Interior, and Cornell
is. have all lent their aid to .+
Chinese Government sod the American
Red CMi to further this atfort"