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'?'-:li.?: .. ' ' , fasS-,-'.-'- " . 'Ml.' v-' 1 7 he Best : Advertug '. t& O SMrrUl " 1 ' . Eastern North Cantata. O V;--. - Votoe 3, No. 12. " rv: VV: ;, ".V" -NEW BERN,'N. cTmONDAIT. JULY-13. lm'TV; : ! . Price Two Cent : HOME: North Carolina, Her People, Their Progress and Bzbelopment in Education, Happiness and Prosperity PilODADiLlTY; X OFCUAUGES i'.f 'jit-: Appointment' .V v - .ts- EASTERN CAROLINA WAS IGNORED ' - 'Jdes Waidlll and Fftal May Co- -, fer kt Wrightstlllft Objection to Thos. : Flttgerald Ward " Gfteral ,rf Special toThe Sun, ' , . ; 7 . derstood to.be mora than a probability ; that there 'will be Important changes -w announcea witnin a iew aayB in me receivership of the Norfolk and South- . - ern Railway Company, for the reason v that strenuous objection develops from ' ; Influential sources in North "Carolina : o' the section of - country through which nearly all the trackage of the company extenas eastern worm uar Aolina being ignored both in represen , tation in the receivership and all con rnecQon. with the management of the system. It is declared that if the re oelvership r Is to be made a success - , then the sympathy and co-operation of the sections in wntcn ir operates must :-.;'.; be-secured to the fullest degree. Then - 1L . 1 J 1.1 l I 1 1L. - lucre re muse wuu iiisibi. iuai iu iub appointment of the receivers the Eas y tern District court of North Carolina ; as well as the United States court of ' ::: Eastern Virginia should- have had a nart in the annointment of the receiv- - ers.-v.The great tulkuf the, receivership - business must pass through the United ir ki. onnrf M-.-fhi, Viaattum-KHrtK f un t" oTina district; necessarily and friends of Judge T. RvPnrnellof the North Carolina c6urt are taking the position that Judge' Waddill,' of the Virginia . court, made a mistake in not 'confer v ring. with the North Carolina Judge ..who was to be so actively connected with the receivership before he named all three of the receivers. , ' ' ; It is known here that there has been considerable correspondence between Judge Purnell and Judge Waddill on -ythis subject and that Judge Waddill is . ' trying to get an appointment with Judge Purnell to go over the situation; . Old Point Comfort has been mentioned as the place of conference but Judge 4' Purnell could not go there having al- TNHJiv Hrri nrmi ifir m Kfiiimrii m HHVurn ; weeks at wrighUvUle Beach, near vvu- A f mington. The trend of negotiations . are understood to indicate that Judge . - Waddfll will go to Wrightsville Beach '. for the conference. , . - .f ,''' It is understood that there is to be .' insistence that there be Eastern Caro- :f:'Myo representation In the active man' , agemeni ot we roau. iu9i. w m&u ' authority .for the statement that ln- 'i ltnnr In to h mndn thflt. nither ane .:. .'of the present three receivers be drop- l s- ' yvA UI1B liyiV0VUIHUIi iUJWVIiWU . j y. ' "f, W fcW -UlQ' a wvW w aUiJI W IIMk Ik. VO W1 . .v lKtA tiAAMliMKDhtn mm Ko I- ha a. ; tained through the appointment of an e -active general manager Instead of hav - IT.-. k T-. 1 . ' TIUX 1 . ' .general manager as they have started out to do." Aato through whom this : Eastern Carolina representation is to be attained the concensus of 'opinion (: soems to be that Mr, M; K. King, who -was-: dropped by the receivers, vice president of the company, should' be o ' , Blthei' nrmda nn of thA recfllvAr or tint. ';. .-.;.. .... s . in u amve manaKemeni oi ine roaa. It to urged that hl great familiarity. ! with the affairs of the company and his - wide acquaintance throughout Eastern ' Carolina and- great popularity in all . i hat fMrlnn In vhlph fhd NnrfAllr nni . ; -v Koumorn operaies maace mm roe iogi- " ,cal solution of the present complex ' apd embarrassing situation. t j 1 "'-Thls whole matter ws , thoroughly ; v , gone into during the conference some v days ago between Judge Purnell and Recefvere Wollcott and Kerr on occaa- , 1 in. of t'aelr visit here. . - , ' Thfl companies of the First and .i , TliU d Tegmenta of the North Carolina ' Nation:.! Uuard that tdok part 1n the ' eoast defense practice at Fort Caswell ; v last month are excused by the advisory : N beard of the guard from attending the j: targe; practice encampments at More ; . .' uvaa .w.ua uum uuiiuj JUy. u auk' M.iiet ; An nrdfir tft thl flffppt la 'net .'.''--Di;'Oeore''T!':Winstc'n" who is re ! ; . trliig from the presidency 6f this Nortji Carolina- College- of ' Agriculture', and Mechanic Arts, because of an appoint ment to an, annuity front the Carnegie Foundation, has just returned from three months travel In England and Scotland. ' fie Will spend the next year in rest and recreation, his plans for the future not being fully matured. - Claiming that . hie . name is Will Wright, and - not ?'Boots" . Brown and thta-he war; never in Ralelghoefore in his lifer and is '"as Innocent of the crime as. a new. born babe," a negro who answers the description of "Boots in every - particular and is positively identified by a number of people, offi cers, and "former associates, has been brought here from Norfolk and com mitted to, Jail, to await trlal for his life for the murder of Sarak Davis here eight years ago. " The killing was "coldT .blooded'' to va degree,- "Boots" having . gone, to the woman's house; called j; her out to the sidewalk and Shot her down right before numerous relatives and neighbors,, then made hla escape, one ball entering the wom an's mouth and another taking"; effect in her back. J - . , - f The prisoaer insists that he knows nothing of the affair and refuses to recognize any of a. number of people who have visited the jall and Identified the prisoner as "toots" Brown. - ' The July number of The North Car olina Booklet, published so ably and successfully by the North Carolina So ciety -Daughters of ,the Revoutiori is Just; issued and is pronounced one of the. very best and most interesting of the whoe series. V Notable articles it contains are: Jno. Harvey. bv B. D W. Connor J' Military Organizations in North Carolina During the War, , by Mr. Clyde U King and A Sermon by Rev. George Micklejohn, by R. D. W. Connor. "Mrs. E. E. Moffltt contributes a number of admirable sketches of contributors to The Booklet andt Mrs. Helen DeB.1 Wills a nttmber of ab stracts of, wllle of the colonial and rev olutionary period; ' v. - - ' MreE. . Moffltt rind Mlsr,Mary Hinttm are the editors and" manna r -The;-Bvokie'tr theirs tJeing-pIiW1 laoorrflf lovtf And patriotism; alt tie proceeds from The Booklet going the fund of the Daughters of the Rev olution expended . ins patriotic- work Just now they are providing the bronze memorial to-the ladles of the Edenton Ta Party that is to be given a place in the rotunda of the state house and ia.to be unveiled, very probably-Octo ber 19th, next, the anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallls. The ladies charge 1 per years subscription to The Booklet and they re very anx ious for it to find its .way : Into the home of eyory public spirited patriotic North'. Carolinian.: While they have made some money out of the public tion, the revenue has not been as great as ft should have been for some time i-and-they, are appealing for subscrlp tions. A call is Issued for the Wake county republicans to meet In convention for the nomination of candidates for coun ty offices-August 15 at which time State Chairman Spencer B. Adams is invited' to -be present and deliver an address. ' The primaries are to be held in the country districts August 8th And In Raleigh cm August 14th. , '' Commissioner of Inshrance J. R. Young issues a notice to citizens of the state that the Seminolo -Securities Comr pony has no license to do business in North -Carolina and any that they may undertake to do without license woujd be Illegal under the North Carolina laws. He says he is receiving a num ber of inquiries, ' " ' N POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. Pays Larsest Livery Bill; la the ' j s oria; By Wire to The Sun. a Washington, July" 13The postpfflce department pays jh largest livery bill in the world. For'tbitf idrpoqe the de parient has now. at ltg disposaf-the sum of 8?,000,00tf: For many years eon- ay appropriated large ums for the purpose tf collecting mall -ia cities deslsnatlong Of which arc left to' the rtepaitment. This year's appropriating lfr the Itrgest of. any preceding year for tlxtf hiring of nor bps pud vehicles Is the. )iia;.;cr.cf the department, however, ; to ' make n -' , experiment, which, if succesafm, will do away with the use of horses altogether and sub stitute In their place the automobile tor the collection of mail, ;':; ;; 'fa. A , c6ntractv has. been ;closed' under which six automobiles will De .fnrnlsh ed in this city for the collection .of sd In , this ' city for the collection -of nail.;: mall. AMERICANS LEAD PARADE Athletic Team ' is Now - - in London, REVIEW BEFORE KING X EDWARD Trainer, of . America' Team Say All Men' Are In Fine Condition Have - Wet Ground for . Our 1 Training Tankees Will Get Their Share. , By Cable to The Sun. : London, July 13. Ninety members of the American athletic team, who are now in England, were today ac corded the honor of leading the parade that passed in the-review before King Edward and the royal suite, prelimi nary to the first day of the great Olym pic games to compete in which the finest athletes of the world have come to London. i The weather today is wet, but there are 75 thousand men .and women Jthis afternoon swarmed to great the, sta dium to see the preliminary contest. The king was there in the royal. box and applauded with great gusto over the" contest. Mike Murphy,-v the trainer of the American team, after looking his men over early this morn ing said: - "All the Americans are in fine, con dition and 'Will get their - share of the short . races and - jumps, though we don't expect to win the Marathon. Not a man is ever trained. Weather is. i wet . for our. training,'lnit the ankeo bojs will get their' share J of " toe prij v - e; , t i WILL MEET TODAY National Committee' at Fairtiew This Evening Mr Kern Asks All to Read the Flat form and be Convinced "That the Democratic Ticket is the One. By Wiro to The Sun. . Lincoln, Neb:, July 13. The nation. al committee- is due at Fairview late this afternoon and the same train is expected to bring John W. Kern, who was held up by a bad washout at Phil llsburg. -'A big crowd turned out to hear Kern who said: v, v ; "Read the platforms and compare them and-then you will be convinced that the best interests of yourselves and 'neighbors, demand you to vote for the democratic ticket and put Bryan in the white house. Hell give you a Square deal and so will our platform.". Failures AtVrage Five Fer Cent. By Wire to The Sun. ' , v . Washington, ' .July 13. The comp. froller of the currency has just com. piled a memorandum dealing with the organisation of national, banks to the close of- the .fiscal yearin which he shows that national banking associa tions to the number of 9,174 have been chartered, of which 456 were organ ized under the act of 1863, 6,184 under the act o 1864 and 2,534 under the act of.1909. Insolvent associations to the number of 469 have been placed in oharge of receivers ' and 1,878 in vol untary liquidation, leaving the number of active banks at 6,827. The number of failures Is approximately 5 per cent. of the total number of banks charter ed... ''Vv-u-' ;;' Tla Plate Production. By Wire to The Sua ',:' Pittsburg, July 13. The production of tin plate during the first quarter of thl. "year - was about 750,000 -boxes short of the output during the first three, months of last year,' while the second quarter , feas" fully up to three last year, and the third quarter,. It Is claimed, will'; diake up., for. jthei, first quarter's loss, y" I. The year's total will probably 'auc- CilAtlGEJO GRAND JURY t Judged Walter H. Neal ; Makes Comment DIFFERENCE IN HOMICIDES Ne Fault f Men Composing Juries ' Juries' Seldom go Wrong In Civil Cases,' ; But Often in Criminal Cases.;;." Special to The Sun. , Raleigh, N. C, July 13. In the charge to .the grand jury today, Judge Walter H Neal, took occasion to com ment on the fact that the number of homicides in the United States as com. pared with . European countries, de clared the great difference was due to noxr-convlction here. He, did, not r.ttribute this to any fault of the Men composing tne juries and the lawyers, but to the Jury sys tem,;, which permits the counsel to challenge twenty-three men without a reason. H "Juries seldom go wrong in civil aoton,s": he said, Vbut often, in cri minal cases, where the state, rather than the. individual, is made to sul fer."v i, Oklabonia City Wants Pen. By Wire to The Sun. Oklahoma City, July 13. The town of Granite, Oklahoma, has asked that the penitentiary Be located. there on the:.' ground liat ' there" are' enough qiiafrles '( Mi ; y. to' keep convicts em. AGAl!&OSTP0HED Justice MiUs to Hear Thaw Case in September Prisoner Goes Back to Jail Takes Ra zor and After Strapping H Shaves Himself. ' By Wire to The Sun. ( New York, July 13. Justice Mills, of the supreme court, at White Plains, today postponed, until September 21, the petition of Harry K. Thaw for a jury trial to determine the sanity of Stanford White's slayer, and . Thaw was taken back to Poughkeepsie jain, in time for dinner. Before entering the court room at White Plains, the prisoner was taken to a babershop to be shaved, but would not permit the barber to shave him. 1 ". . - "I'm good at that," said Mr. Thaw, and taking a razor, he stropped it and shaved himself, doing the job well. TO BUILD BRIDGE. Will Open New Conntry Which Is Said to be Rich. By Wire to The Sun. St. Louis, ' July 13 The St, Lonls Brownsvillo & Mexico Is to build a bridge across Rio Grande at Browns ville and he.eby make direct connec tions with the .-two line of the Mexi can National ' entering Matamoras, which Is In Mexico, just across from BrownsvilleThls means a new rail road gateway, to and from Mexico, and it is expected an immense tonnage will be diverted via that route, A new country oi both sides of the river Is to be opened, and it said to be very rich. ' ORDER ISSUED. Officers Above - Rank of' Captain " Ex. - h' rladed from Shooting. ' By Wire to The Sun, y. Washington; July ,13.-In an order issued at the war department officers above the rank of captain and civilans are' excluded from shooting In the na tional team. individual, and the pistol matches to .bo held at Cams Perry, 0., this summers.;.' ft. '":' 'QX-'&'-l The' brder is In accordance with the act ,'of Congress 1 approved ; May ; 16,-1 BIENNIAL- MEETING. Pioneer Workers are Members of Wo ; men's Clubs Before 19W. By Wire to The Sun. Boston, Julji ; 13. One of the results of the bienniaj. 'meeting of women's clubs was the formation of a society to be known as the Pioneer Workers of the. .General Federation of America, the members to be taken from those who .were affiliated with the council of the general federation prior to 1900. Mrs, William Tod Helmuth, one of the founders o the general federation, and and'7 honorary, "president of the New York state federation is president of the new organization, : the motto of which Is "ForAuldLang Syne." Meet ings are to be. held annually. The oth er officers are Mrs. Lydia Mumford, of Philadelphia, first vice-president; Mrs. C. P. - Barnes, of Louisville, second vice- president; Mrs. Alice I, Reede, of Boston, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Emma A. Fox, of Detroit, recording secretary; Mrs. Watkins, of Chicago, treasurer; Mrs. Mary G. Lockwood, of Washington, historian. WIDOW IS BENEFICIARY. War and Navy Departments Are Send ing Out Blanks. By Wire to The Sun. Washington, July 13. The war and navy departments are sending out blank forms to commanding officers, with instruction that every man of the military and naval service shall indi cate the names of two or three per. sons to whom in succession, in tl2 event of death of the enlisted man, shall be paid bis benefit, consisting of six months' pay, provided tho man dies . in service from causes attribut able to his duty. . The same benefits goes to the widow or ether beneficiary of an officer. The law is so, worded that the widow re ceives the benefit In the first instance, uni;'ii EXPERIENCE DlFFlCCLTf. :--'' .0.'"' ;-.". -; . British ; Manufacturers Find Partial Employment By Cable to The Sun. ' London, July 13. Many British manufacturers of finished iron and steel continue to experience much dif ficulty in finding even partial employ ment for their works, and at the pre sent time the production of the coun try as a whole must be considerably less than it was at the corresponding period of last year. Rumors of the al leged steel combine are still , in cir culation, but are not credited in quar ters which out to be well informed. It also appears that some of the firms said to be included in the re ported bridge and constructional work association profess not to have heard of it as yet, except through the med ium of the daily press. - Three Alleged Deserters Caught By Wire to The Sun. : Winston-Salem, N. C. July 13. Mike Jones, Jess Powell, and Thomas Mar tin, three white men, alleged deserters from the ships Iowa and Franklin, at Norfolk navy yard, were arrested at Guilford College..; They are in jail here, Jones says his home 1b in Greensboro, Martin Is from Baltimore, and Powell from Oklahoma. They will be held un til Norfolk navy ' officials are heard from. : ... Increase in Money Order Business. By Wire to The Sun. " . Salisburg, N.'C, July 13. The Salis bury post office did the largest money order business of any office In North Carolina for the fiscal year end'ed June 30, the amount being $403,284.69. ine . receipts rrom other, sources amounted to $28,362.72, or more than $5,000 in excess of the previous years. Plans Being Completed.' Wire to The Sun. Washington, July 13.PIans for the new battleship Florida are being rap idly completed by the board of con struction. The Florida will be so Con structed as to accommodate either the Curtis turbine,: the American' type, or reciprocating engines, should they be decided upon. " v t . ,7... Sale, of Absinthe f Swltierland. K Geneva, July 13. The national ref erendum on the question of prohibiting the manufacture and sale of absinthe in Switzerland has resulted in ft large majority for prbhlblUoU. Tls, will, in- volye considerable loss" of revenue to YOUNG GIRL IS MURDERED Body Found Floating in a Pond FARMER LEES STRANGE OBJECT Supposed Bundle of Clothes Proves to ' be Dead Body of Woman Was Gov. erness in Prominent - Family Had Not Been Mistreated. By Wire to The Sun. Troy, N. Y., July 13. The body of Miss Isabelle Drew, a beautiful young girl, employed as governess for the family of President Carey Van Pans slaer, of the Polytechnic school was found in Teal Pond today, by Gilbert Miller, a farmer, who was on his way to market. He had several times seen a strange object out on the pond, but supposed it was a bundle of old clothes flung there by somebody. At last he was led by curiosity to see what the thing was and waded out and drew the body of the girl to the shore. Miller notified the district attorney of Troy county, and the county detec tives this afternoon are in possession of evidence. That Miss Drew, who left her employers' house on July 3 to go to iBit her sister in the country was picked up by two men and a wo man in an auto that carried no light. It is believed that in this vehicle the ownership of which it yet shrouded in mysteryxthe girj jnet death and her bbd being afFerwaf8s tossed In the pond to cover the crime: It Ms said she had not been mia- mmi RIDE SPOILS CASE, x Mrs. Donella Loses Suit to Compel Husband to Support Her. . Richmond, Va., July 13. Mrs. Bertha Donella must henceforth support her self and her two small children with out the assistance of her husband, who sent her away a year ago, following a mysterious buggy ride with another man. She preferred charges against him for nonsupport and desertion. Do nella was dismissed in the circuit court this afternoon. The evidence tended to show that the young woman; who, prior to her mar riage, was Miss Bertha Hall, of Wash ington, D. C, had told conflicting sto ries regarding the buggy ride, which incident was the direct cause of the separation. The jurp took scarcelp more than ten minutes to reach a ver dict. NERVES CAUSE SUICIDE. Despondent Novelty Man Thought Life Not Worth Living. By Wire to The Sun. Richmond, Va., July 13. William Ira Parker, aged 63 years, committed sui cide in his room at a boarding house by shooting .himself ' With a revolver. Parker sold novelties in Richmond for many years and had accumulated quite a fortune. His last successful venture was a fortune telling machine . But he had been despondent for six months. A nervous malady had so worked on his mind that he was ready for any thing promising relief. Ho stated last night in a conversation; with, -a friend that life was not worth living, and that ho intended to kill himself. Armor Plate Accepted.: Napels, July 13. The Italian naval authorities have accepted the armor . plate furnished under contract by the Midvalle Steel Company, for the crui ser San Giorgio, the armor plate hav ing successfully withstood the recent tests. ' . ' Contract for Army Socks. Lynchburg, Va; July 13. The Lynch burg Hosiery Company has received a contract to supply a the government with 800,000 pairs of cotton half hose ' tor the army, to be filled within the next six months. . - - s Found Several Days After Death. . Roanoke, Va.,' July 13. Robert A Swan, a blacksmith, aged - 40, was -found dead In this room today. He had . been dead several daps. 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