North Carolina Newspapers

, ,v I V,, . t:-:z c::ly Dzr.x cziatig-'nevvspafe-i published in craven county Ihe BeHt TM tersest drczlztion of cny Paper in '-$ tsAa I'orti GrrJM. :'(- . 3 V. Volume 3, No. 85 NEW BERN.; N. 0, FRIDAY OCTOBER, 9. 1908. Price Two Cent HOME: N()rthCam If V . 1 I X r . -GATHERING European Capitals Be come Pessimistic . 1 FEW HOUBS MAI DECBDI England Orders Two Buttiesblps and Two Cruisers to The Grecian Ache ., .... .... .... . . pelageThe Meaning of These Or den are Not Understood. By Cable to The Sun. " London, Oct 9. Fetllng in all Eu ropeatf capital has liecome decidedly pessimistic. This Is paitly due to the fact that' sorvlct seems likely to be gin theYame" ofarlthln' afew Wrs. It s.xpete'hw that Tuf k'ey wlif begin 'ar within a ttrt (Jay There Is a small chance that Interna tional conference can now materialist. I London, : Oct . Natal officers t ay ordered two battleships ana two imm'Wntti in tha Ialaild dl 1 u.irci . vm , w- - Lemnos, in. Grecian ArchepelaKO. The movement is probably made to protect English Interest in Turkey, but, there 18 a rumor uhm. t bn the part of England in support Of Turkey's contention in the Bolkan sit . toation.v ' ' - r Bees Leave Blch Seward -By Wire to The Sun. Flemlngton, N. J., Oct 9. A swarm of bees took possession of the attic of the home of James P. urtss, oi BaDtisttown. several weeks ago. Re cently the beees began hostilities which they continued until yesterday, when) Grins found it necessary to suf tnnnto, them with BulDhur fumes. The "bees had stored 200 pounds of honey To Increase Capital. - " .( . . - . an. . ?y wire to me ouu. Richmond, Oct. 9 The Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company is negoua jtlng with bankers for a sale for twelfe million- giver per cent bonds. Tie object is to increase the companies' facilities and provide additional work ing capital with which to transact the Increasing business.. Criminal Court The following cases were disposed of today at the" session of Craven county criminal court ' State vs. Abner Paris, charged with murder; continued until next term of court; bond $500 required " State vs. We Foscue, charged with assault with a deadly weapon; con tlnued to the next term of court State vs. Wm. Foscue, charged with the illegal sale of liquor; continued until the next term of court " State vs. Fordham, charged with larceny; guilty; Judgment, one penny and cost " State vs. Aaron Bell, and Ed Bryant, charged with house breaking; guilty; Judgment aa to Bryant, he Js to be ' .... i . J it : hired out, ana Bell tnree years ra jui ,to be assigned to the roads., ' ii State vs. 1 Mack Hudson,1; charged with the illegal sale of .whiskey; con tlnued; bond required. , "TJ State vs." Sheppard Green, charged V with larceny; continued until next r term of court "" . ' s '' ''' State vs. A. W. Avery, charged with ramnvine croD. continued on account o sickness of defendant until next term of court'- v. j -. V - . -.i , -, State vs. M. V. Pulcher, ; changed .with larceny; no! pros, with, leave T Bute vs. Chasv Morrill, charged with t larceny; guilty; ' judgment 4 months I. 4ol1 tn Imnt to thu raaA. M ' y 9 ntata m. W. Ahacman. eharaed i with house burning;, not" guilty. The - 8tate ' after examining " a number of witnesses,. found It was Impossible to : make out a case against the defendant upon, which w juage orareu .ver dict of Ht guUW mi .'defendant dl bum vw r :. 'J;.L;h ROIOHlGOROLfflAiNEffi GOVERNOR AT COURT HOUSE Wm. W. Kitchin Electrifies Audience For Two Hours Today. "Despite the bad weather the court house was filled with people today to hear our next Governor, Hon. W. W. Kitchin speak.'" ; ' After a few words by Mr .S.'M. Brln- son, who presided over tne meeting, Mr. E. M. Green, our next Represen tative, introduced the speaker. He said that Kitchin was The People's Choice, but that it took three days and three nights at the convention to convince him of that fact He then compared . Mr. Kitchin with William Jenninea Rrvan.' ; . Mr. Kitchin then beean his speech! stating that his throat had given him some trouble for the last' three, days on account of having to speak with a strong wind blowing in his face, to a large crowd. ', . : Mr. Kitchin started out by saying 'that you oould convince a negro or a Republican that we have1 the right side, but when it came -time" to vote they would vote the wrong way. That this was done mostly through preju dice. .V;; a,v.'-:::.v.!; : .. -':i'-,-V;- He promised when elected Governor to give the same economical Govern ment that we had given under Aycock and Glenn's administration. That mo one would dispute that these admin istrations had been economical. He ... -. 1 WILLIAM WALTON KITCHIN. Democratic Nominee for Governor of North Carolina said that you could not get the Re publicans to promise that if they were elected that they would give the same kind of administration as .was given under Russell and his gang. He stat ed that they would gq. to the utmost extent and promise If .they got con trol of the election machinery that they would nullify the, constitutional amendment He sail they would then register ten times as many negro vot ers as the Democrats . would , for they knew that these negroes would yots the Republican ticket He laid that the Republicans would not attack our management of State affairs.' of u the schools, etc. .They did ,.DOt ,do. so in their j last ; platforW made Char lotte. !(. itfJi He said that the Republicans tried to get Democrats in their party by getting them mad.' He laid that the madder V Republican gets the oloserblm. J I Woodcox. He sUted they . !. -. he sticks to his party. Get them in a good humor; and they are almost a Democrat, said Mr. Kitchin.; He said the madder a Democrat gets the more of a Republican be is and the better a. Republican, gets a more of a Dem ocrat he is. .Speaking about the recent prohibi tion election, Mr, Kitchin. said that he had never heard of a4 wet Republi can leaving the party. That Governor Pritchard was the greatest prohibi tionist in the Republican party ex jjfept Cox. He said that Cy Watsogi, good Democrat, and Tom Settle, Re publican, were both wet men, and that Gov. Glenn, and Judge Pritchard irefe likewise prohibitionists there fore the Issue was not a partisan is- , Speaking of whether the people rule: he, said that' the people .in; the Repiblfcani ptM do . not rnlL 1 Be stated that a few men held the reins in the State, in a community and he supposed that if things in this county were like they were in his, that three or four men bossed the Republican party, some one 'suggested however, that one man did the bossing in this county. Mr. Kitchin mentioned .this and it brought forth laughter from the audience. . . . IliliiMwMli He asked .how Taft was nominated. He said Taft like other Republicans were always looking up. ; , That he looked up as If. expecting something and the President made him a Judge, "he looked up again and the President made him Governor of . the : Philip pines. That he ' looked up still an other time and that the President made him the Secretary of War, and again he looked up and the President nom inated him ,for , the Presidency.., He stated that ; man tad always been Hooking up wfluld ppt regard the peo- , SDeaKing of the Republican's ,noraN 4ee. for Governor,. J. Elwoad Cox, he asked if the Republicans wanted Cox. He aald that most of, them had severf heard of him before he was nominated t Charlotte, .That some of them did not even know hlsvname . and called HiSlORYTOLD m PICTURES in. . Mill WiMlGreaiesi Day of H The Week 68 SCBJfES ARE REPRESENTED More That Fire Thousand People Wit- ness The Pageant Nothing Like It Ever Witnessed in All America A Suicide. By Wir to The Sun. Philadelphia, Oct. 9. The city today told he? history In living pictures. One of the greatest days of the week. Sixty-eight scenes were represented in pageants and five ' thousand people took part in it It was the first pageant of the kind ever given in America. Tonight the Sons of America will celebrate. Philadelphia, Oct 9. A man was found, early this morning with a gas jet .clinched between bis teeth, and the. gas turned on full.. He Is believed to be Htram Harris, a traveling sales man, tram Chicago. ,, . . i- ! . ....... had never heard of him before the contention at Charlotte, and that af ter 'November they would never hear of him again (applause). Speaking of why the Republicans had nomi nated Mr. Cox, Mr. Kitchin told a lit tle story of a negro boy and an old man were on the bank of a river fidhing. The negro lost his balance and fell in the river, and that after some deliberation the old man pulled off his coat and went over after him. After much struggling the old man finally rescued the boy. That while this was taking place a preacher was driving by and seeing the struggling in the water went to lend the old man a helping hand. After they had got ten the boy out the preacher asked the old man why he had risked his life to save the little negro; and the bid man remarked ' between breaths, "well, parson, he had the bait" So Mr. Kitchin says this is the .reason the Republicans nominated Mr. Cox. They think that he has the bait In his pock et and they all like that kind of bait. Speaking about Taft, Mr. Kitchin. said that Andrew Carnegie gave $250,' 000.00 to have Mr. Taft nominated and that if Mr. Taft was the enemy of the Trusts as he claimed to be, that the Trusts would not be contributing to have him elected. He said that Mr. Bryan was. nominated by the people, Bryan was' nominated by the people Referring to the panic Mr. Kitchin said that the Republicans always claimed the panics came in Democrat 1c administrations. The Republicans called this a financial disturbance.' He said the Republicans had made their bed and must He on it, and that the American , people . were not going to let them lie out of it as they have been doing. I ' f He ( dwelt at 'length' on '.'the.. Tariff Proposition ' He' said that we paid the sheriff oar taxes and got a receipt for it anf that, the biggest taxes we paid we ot 'no receipt f6r. He took for example tobacco. . He said every time we ''bought a' pound of tobacco we paid tax' 'of six; cents, but we do not get recelpt If we take.' a drink of liquor we also pay a tax, un less, savs he. it ia Republican block ade liquor J He said' that tariff !does not make wages. He said that the tariff laws applied to Alaska, as well as to North Carolina, that in Alaska they pay five times as much wages as they do in North Carolina, and the same. way. In New Mexico, " f fhe Trusts,. said Mr. Kitchin, are unnatural monopolies. He said that rihe office of , Register of Deeds ad others were natural monopolies. That they could be regulated. He said i can not regulate' the Trusts for thi are ho laws by which you can 'fix price on .goods, therefore 'they' oan not be regulated. He asked if Rooe velv'aMTaft.tPPoaed ,the Trust. ; fee sald, tlef jdid not, tor,t ch, was the case the Trusts would not be support- t Craven County Yesterday The Sun published a call to Democrats for subscriptions to The Bryan-Kern campaign fund. We also published a list of those who had con tributed. We are very glad today to be able to publish the names of more loyal Democrats who have contributed to the cause. We hope tomorrow to be able to publish still more. The fol lowing is the list in full: W. W. Lelnster $ 5.00 L. G. Daniels 10.00 J. W. Blddle 5.00 W. M. Watson 5.00 C. E. Foy 5.00 M. B. Hart 2.50 M. H. Allen 5.00 J. J. Tolson 5.00 E. B. Hackburn 5.00 J. G. Delemar 1.00 J. B. Holland 1,00 T. A. Ussell 1.00 J. S. McGowan 2.00 J. J. Baxter 1.00 J. K. Willis .,' L00 F. M. Chadwick 1.00 EXTEND ESDEATOR WORK State Convention at Atlantic City Hears Cheering Reports By Wire to The Sun. Atlanitc City, Oct 9. Early arrivals of delegates to the annual convention of .State Christian Endeavor Union came here today for special meetings of leaders and committees prior to the real opening of the assembly tomor row. District secretaries, led by State Secretaries Ida B. Stephens, of New Jersey, and A. J, Shartle, of Pennsyl vania, discussed the rise in power and numbers of the society and worked out plans for still further broadening Of the work. " ' w Mrs.; D, W. Miller, of Camden,- one of the speakers at the session of the Junior Workers'-. Committee, ' this af ternoon, declared in favor of carrying out the . work of securing influence over children by enlisting mothers in the wojrk. Other speakers favored methods by which children can be in terested in the Christian Endeavor work by making them a part of each meeting. The. convention of tomorrow will start with a sunrise meeting in Christ Church, to be followed by as sembling of the convention on the Steel Pier, where they will be welcom ed by ministers and officials of this city, .!..'' Trolley Cars Collide By Wire to The Sun. Haverhill, Oct. 9. An open trolley car filled with Italian laborers, and a Georgetown regular car, With thirty eight' passengers, were In collision this morning. One passenger was killed, the motormah Is dying in a hospital, and ten Italians were badly hurt ing them. He told a story along this line of a man who had gone in a pris on and turning around the corner of a building he saw a large man with a crazy look in his eyes,, the man took after him, he ran as hard as he could around the buildings, and finally in the street and down the street, finally he struck a root and fell, the man in pursuit was right behind him. When he fell the man grabbed ahold of him and said: "I've got your tag." He said this was the way with Roose velt and the Trusts. That he made a big show outwardly as if he was af ter the trusts, but he could see Roose velt and' Rockefeller in a room and Roosevelt telling ' him thai in that last case "I got your tag." After discussing these issues, Mr. Kitchin predicted that Bryan would be elected. ' 'a:-i- :i 7 -';' The audience was enthused with Mr. Kitchin from start to finish, and ev ery Democrat should have just reason to feel proud of their next Governor. i ,-"'.: .-r ,' -;--v Should Contribute $200.00 A E. Hibbard 1.00 G. N. Ennett 1.00 S. K. Eaton 1.00 J. S. Miller 1.00 T. J. Mitchell 1.00 P. M. Pearsall 2.50 R. H. Tucker 1.00 J. C. Thomas, Jr 5.00 S. B. Parker 1.00 J. C. Whitty 1.00 E. H. & J. A. Meadows Co 5.00 T. F. McCarthy 2.50 B. G. Credle 1.00 Walter Duffy 1.00 Cash, W. C. S 1.25 C. L. Spencer ,. 2.50 C. P. Snow . 1.00 S. H. Willis 6.00 E. M. Green 6.00 F. M. Roberts 6.00 H. C. Armstrong 1.00 R. & H. 2.oo W.' G. Boyd 1.00 G. W. Richardson 2.60 Total $106.75 SOLDIER CLAIMS BRIDE AT LAST By Wire to The Sun. Moorestown, N. J., Oct. 9. After a romance' lasting over five years, In which the young couple were separ ated by the demands of Uncle Sam, Lieutenant "Emile Victor Curtrer, of Santiago, Cuba, and Miss Mary Hill Fithian were married here this after noon; at the home of the bride's mo ther,. Mrs. F. R, Fithian, by Rev. Syl vester Beach, of Princeton, a former college chum of the bride-groom. H. Fairfax Ayres of Virginia, was best man. The bridesmaid was Miss Cur trer, of Mississippi, sister of the bride groom.. : The bride was beautifully attired in white satin, embroidered with chry santhemums.. The ceremony was per formed, beneath the folds of an im mense American flag, and the wedding cake was cut with the lieutenant's sword, fhe bridegroom was in full dress uniform. The couple will live In Cuba, . where the lieutenant is on duty in the army. STOCK MARKET. Cotton New York, Oct. 9,Cotton market opened steadier, at advance of two to five points due 'to heavy rtvins in EaBtern belt. Opening October 8.77, December 8.64, January 8.42, March 8.40. Stock A. f New York, Oct. 9. Decided weakness in stock market caused by disturbing news from abroad. First sales were at declines ranging from one to three points with heaviest loses in stocks in which London is actively interested. Grain- Chicago, Oct 9. Wheat opened strong active up over cent Opening wheat December 1.01, com 65 1-8, oats May 61 1-2, pork January 16.12. New York Market Open High Low Close Oct 8.77 8.87 8.76 8.56 Dec 8.63 8.61 8.56 8.34 Jan 8.41 8.40 8.36 .... Spots, 9 cents. Liverpool Market Open Oct.. .............468 Oct Nov ..458 Nov Dec .....452 Dec Jan ............... .453 Jan Feb 4.452 Feb March ............ ,453 , March April ............453 Close 467 1-2 457 458 1-2 452 4551-2 452 1-2 452 1-2 . .453 4521-2 452.. 4551-2 April May ...454. May June. . . ... . , . . , .454; June July . . . . ...... ...455 ;, July Aug ........ ...... 452 , ', Receipts 10000; sales 4000 bales; spots dull. :;.:- .',,; j. y.v.;;;,. Hew Ben Market Sales 2 bales; price ,4So 8s6-8e "t C ' ,vr'- '; '.'- '-: :' ' ;' ' ;-,'-;f.':.,,; s ":',,': i:;-J: "K':.'l!'..;;' :'i.ir'',.'rfi..Ji';'i,tii'.f't'i- 'fii'tfii V -V,''J