^ m r ?AgsMhZa ?? : ^ Vol S in %i ,~u 1 . ? Veteran Member ; %*t\ i - -??? -. t 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 - 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"