t.: LI5HEEG IN CRAVEN COUNTY 'V:-?-Vi: Largest Circulation T :" ' any Pcer in .J , . Eastern North Cm-oSio. v j . Ihe lat MttriUino Medium in , E&tternNorth Carolina. 1 1 HOBIEr f Jih in Education, Happiness and Prosperity Ium6,4No.,J9;. lfNEWrBERN, N. q, WEDNilSD MARCH 17 .-1909. Price Two Cent Stilt 1 NEWS BUDGE! cings of The Legisla ture Jn Raleigh ' fiecfal to The Bun.", , , vV ; Raleigh-. N C. Mar; lfirerY li ilich rejoicing her iver44 Sttllof , tys election, on the Raleigh township vr facial tax for the school It looked -."a one time yesterday afternoon like be special tax might be defeated but' . " lie workers "got busy", during the - ' losing hours and rounded up -a ma- brlty of 458 for the tax, the total voted t- pr schools-being 1,154 against a regls . ration of 1,849. There were only S45 - otes actually cast against the special o7. but the - registration . - was what v ounted, a majority of this being ne . essary lor .the success of the special ax movement. -..The tax voted Is flf- - sen cents -on the hundred dollars aluatlon vof .. property and forty-five a, ents on the-poll. The. schools closed - larch 6th for lack of funds to run .anger, than six months, -owing to the . pas of the revenue from the erstwhile talelgh dispensary. '.- ' .Passing from the voting of a special ax yesterday for the schools the peo- ile of the city are today reveling in . - he atictement of "tag-day" a unique ." ort pf a "hold-up" of the cltisenshlp . a raise money needed to pay off an '-ndebtedness tor. the furniture in the ,v tew $25,000 high school building. This tandsome building was completed a ;e"ar ago . and the school authorities . bund themselves, with the building on .- heir hands and no money with, which p equip it for use. Business men got ; together contributed and the fural- - pure was bought, a, debt of something jnore than 11,000 being left It la to " liquidate this that "tag-day" is j-esort-4d to, large numbers of the school jglrta . Tjeing on . .the streets - under--proper -chaperonage, tagging, the gentlemen x they meet and - requiring dotations . which are dropped into sealed- boxes . -to be -opened tonight Some of the opponents of the secial tax are com plaining that It is rather hard to have i extra tax. saddled on them one day and -then be "made to stand deliver" next 7 day . in this tag-day" manner, As a . rule, however, the people -are entering ' heartily Into the spirit of the affair i and the tttdlcatlons are foe very credlt- able grand total of contributions .when the results Of the frolic are footed up - tonight , - j " ' , - - An especially Jmportant charter just issued by the State, la tor the Marion Manufacturings Company;- McDowell county, for the manufacture of cotton . and other textile "work. The capital ; It 1500,000 : authorized apd- $200,000 -; obscrlbed V P- D. Little, R. H. Ben - nett and others, Mr. Little holding 1. ' 250 shares of-the stock. - , v Thd schedule for the. Eastern Caro lina Base. Ball League adopted "today - the season to open May 17th with Eal - eight at Fayettevllle, -r. Goldsboro at Rocky Mount and Wilson at Wllming- . ton. - The season continues to August 28th and the outlook is declared to be " especially bright for a successful sea son. -, " i ' fi l lf ' C. E. Watsbn, a valued, attendant- at the State Hospital for the Dangerous - Insane, died suddenly today from po- ' plexy ; ; - J. D, -Kerr and F, JR. Cooper, pf Sampson, county, , are here conferring with Governor Kltchln relative to the " effort that fs being made to have the . 1 governor change the sentence of for mer fcherlft Amen, of Sampson lor embezzling- .county funds i from six years In the State prison to the same t-i iu uQ the-roads f Sampson county. "ilie governor -some days ago ordered ii I lit in the county Jail of Samp- :i , . . J uutil he decides, the i it! or instead Of his. .being, brought . in the Denltentlary, as would have . !!:e case without this special or- r 1 v the Governor. . it the slightest trace 'of O. Pe- on has been discovered hereabouts h e he was seen for a few, minutes 1 hy an old friend yesterday un-(-; .-r f ii'h peculiar circumstances last i He Is the young man who i, i-oil mime weeks ago from. his l - in vti! tun and was thought i ; it net d'-ad in the neighbor- ., 1 a ia at the time i i --:na wrt-rk. I'n :l : si-- i t a yet .!.-' .4 ( ' '.'-r in tv ii 1 i ; in Jones, Of Macon county. - - He la graduate of the University of North! Carolina, served two yean In the of flee of the corporation commission has since been a law partner of - Mr Fred Johnson hi Macon and is a young man of most amiable disposition, vtu- aious ana energetic and la sure to giver the State- good service in this -new position-, which was-created by th legislature. ,Mf. Jones ha? decided no to watt until April 1st to take up hi work and really started In today. Exceptionally good reports com frettB' Davie county as to educational WafrfesB.", tte SrTHTvWetf "ffiat rttel new Bhool houses of substantial charf cter; have town' completed recent! threrothers are In course of construi tlon while, others, hav been painte and otherwise improved, including til installation of. patent-desks. The coil solidatlon of districts continues an number of local tax elections jurl pending. The two public high school at Cooteemee and Farmington are ver largely patronized, and doing - fin work. There are, he Bays, indication all over th ecounty ofa general foil ward movement In educational work. NEGRO PORTER SHOOlSAMh r: ii nruv out Warning By Wire to The Sun. Indianapolis. Mar. 17. Patt-lck 7 Carroll, a saw-maker, was delibetate shot- to death this morning by Jubi H. Shelfon, a -negro Pullman car por ter. ..'.-.K. Shelton walked up behind Carroll and fired a bullet tnto his back. Fired! again into his chest as he Jell Shelton made no attempt to 'escape but talked so -incoherently that- th cause of the shooting could not b- learned." HEWS IN BRIEF Short items . of Interest Coniens ' lido Small Spact The ladles selected St Patrick's dji as tag day because It Is a patriotl day In America as well as In Ireland They have Instructed the young peol pie to tag no person who does no! enter- into- the Bpirit of the day New J and Observer. The three-mast schooner Grace Bennett arrived .in port -' yesterday from Norfolk, Va., mastered by Capt. It H. Larmore with a cajrgo of gener al merchandise for dedtera In this city. 8be Is discharging part of her cargo at the Trent river warehouse. IS-Sherlff A. B. Campen, of Bay- boro, Pamlico county, la -among the prominent business Waller sin the city today. : He Is -looklpg.over some live stock. , - j Weather i forecast for North Caro lina:. Fair tonight and -Thursday; colder tonight with freezing tempera ture in the Interior,' and frost near the coast Mayor James A. Bryan disposed of three cases Of disorderly conduct this morning during the session of - the city police court, - In-one case the defendant indulgedftoo freely in strong Irink, giving the officer who made the arrest a lively time. The three defendants" went to the mourner's bench and paid the penalty by donat ing their mite to the city treasurer the officers and directors of. the Eastern Carolina, leagne met in Fay ettevllle. and. adopted the by-laws and a schedule tor the-season. Which wtU begin M&y 17th and close on August 28th. The opening games to be played on the 17th of May will be Wilmington at Wilson,. Rocky Mount at Golds- borofayettevtlle at Raleigh. - A late report from the home of. Mr. J. M. Spencer brings the sad Informa tion that his condition . last evening was no( so. good, having spent a very disagreeable night . A" number of freight schooners' are at the different dock? and wharves, taking on cargoes of merchandise for merchants In the surrounding Coun Pamlico, Carteret and Onslow. , , nf e to ciiFxn": s f 3. F, X'AKCHAN T. 1 AH persons having clam s ik . F. : ,i l.iint will i 'ii i lo t'm uml'Tsiiinoil t.n or 1 '. i" y (;f J'ny, 11)09, Ni-w hi net 1 A. i: .1 1 I Chicago, Mar. 17. Wheat firm -an Jl higher, 5-8 to 7-8 over yesterday. Op'1 enlng: wheat, May 1161-8; corn, May, 67 1-8; oats, May 643-4 ," ,,: New York, Mar. 17. Cotton opened firm 4 to 5 points higher. Ogening: Mar. 9.37; May 9.32; July 9.25; Oct 9.16.. ..-,'." New York, Mar. 17. Stock market continued first few minutes showing irregularity. Changes Influenced byn covering short contracts. By ten-flf- teen 1-8 to 1-2 gains scored in smelt ing, reading, -national lead and otbervr Active list averaged firm, City Democratic Executive Committee. Takenotloe there will be a meeting g of- the committee at the City Hall Thursday evening, March 18th, at 8 o'clock, for the purpdse ot maK mg a aate ror noiuing me eity prinmrjr election tor the several city o; and such other business that come before the meeting. . THOS. F. McCAgn r .:V ChnvComfBittee; v.-. v..vr i4.. . i. .5-"I fVI-VVIW" Open itgh Xow CIoTOrtitand crasnea mratugn a MchT May July Oct' '..S7 .9.34 ,96 .9.18 St $ 85 it " lit) $2; 9 22 9.16 9.17 ,.960 S4 $16 4 919 New York Spots . Sals, 400 bales. " -. i Mew Bern STarket Prices .. .. .. .. . V, to & Sales, 4 bales. Estimated receipts, 18,000 bales. -. ' . ; J - lilverpool Market ' , . Opsn , Close Mch. .... .. ..491 ..4.91 - 4.93 N 4.98 ' 4 93 4.95 . 4.96 4.9T 4.94 . 4 M 1 4 1 Mar-Apr. , nt I Apr-May . .4.91 .4.93 .4.94 4 -, .4.92 4 ) " ' ay-June . Jmio-July j !v-Autr. -, EXACT COPY C0VNUBILL Provides for Election of --. "-V "' . Half Commissioners kBil! to be En'llkd H Act t Regulate the Election, cf ' Commissioners for the County of Ciaven tiMToflx tK-ir "Terms of Offlc. The General Assembly of North Car olina dp Enact: : Section 1. That the. five members of the Board of Commissioners for the County -,f Crsven clectod at the gen eral election" to be held In the year one thousand ninn hundred and ten by tie duly qualified electors Of said county B'ip.li be divided Into two c'.aBS- es. The terms of office of fhe-rnqm- berB of the fiiBt class which ; hall consist of two members of said Board shall expire "the first Monday in De- 'cember, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and the terms of office of the members of the second class shall consist of three 'mdmbers of said Bodrd shell expire the first Mon day In December, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen. Section 2. There shall be elected In said county nt the general election to be held In the yep.r onr thousand bine hundred and twelve, and;every four years thereafter, by IthcKdnly qualified electors thereof two- per: sons to be chosen from the body of the county to succeed the commlssion- Jers of the first clans, and there Dhall lbs elected In sr.id county at the .gen- ral election to be held In the year bne thousand nine hundred r.nd 'four- eon, and every four years -thereafter. by the duly qualified electors thereof hrte personc to be chosen from the body of the county to succeed the commissioners of the second class, rhe persons so electod shall be ityled "The Board of Commissioners 'or the County of Craven." and shall lold their office for four years from date "of their qualification and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Section 3. That all laws end clrus BS of laws Inconsistent with the pro visions of tilts act ara hereby re pealed. ..Section 4.. That this act shall be in force frcm and Lfter its -.T.tlficat'.on. The above Is handed The Sun as a copy of the now famous county bill. 'though not introduced in the ltgis lature. Replying to questions it was denied that thero were any intentions (upon the part of anyone to pcrpetu 'ate either one of the commissioners In office, in fact Representative Green gave as his excuse for the bill not be ing . Introduced was due to the fact that it reached Senator Ormond too late and at the time he was In Wash ington, which, it was mentioned, was during the closing days of the Gen eral Assembly, there being a rush of much Important business during these 1hours. In another column Mr. ureen re cites the work accomplished In the assembly of Interest to his county over his own name. , Iengineruns miNjOSlAllON J : irtU . ffl nA 19 'UICXH , a v Were Killed 1 1 DUlii Montreal, AJar.,!17. The Boston and Montreal, express3 train; reaching here at nlh n'clnck tortaV. ran ' Wild into IhA Mnnlnaf atatlnn at forty miles an I --"f 7 "-I wall and, Iau4.-1Jre.'fingine in ladles waiting room, Between ten ana tweive " ami many mor Were seriously Injured. Most of the victims are women anq ph lid ran. '. ii. i;";"''' '-.-c - - When, the train was two miles out from the city, the, breaking 01 a stay- bolt hurled the engineer and fireman from the cab, and the train thunderea on without drivers. .';'.-'V': '-C.'.:;; .v ytfi:v ''Hotel Arrital. ".t ' k lh nton:"w. R. Crook, Frankfort, y, F. H. Guerrant, DanvlllSj, Va.i- J., M. omfftll. Richmond, Va.; T. A, Kicnaros, Jr., ; Baltimore; A. H. Hugneti TJ 8 ArtnV: H.' P. L'"i't-li, OobiborO, . 1 ' iiazelton: A. 1 tn g, Oilmftal, N, C.; R. J..1 n .. ( ri.-i.tal, N. C.i R. H. ACK- me, Md; J.; C Johnson, ; Annie Johnsoni "N. C; i iaith Blunt, N, 0.! Miss Hattje nit, N. CV Mrs. F. C. Rayler, N.i)., , BILLS OF LOCAL CONSIDERATION Ml , Green Recites His Wotk in Legislature or Sun. Br the benefit of the public, who lapB are not thoroughly informed the bills passed at the recent Ion of the legislature I take this (irtunity of briefly explaining the several most imirartanl ones '.The Recorders' Court bill provides for k Criminal Court for New Bern and the;8th and 7th Townships with some amendments to the original bill per mitting Justices of the Peace of other townships to make warrants return able and triable befo.-e and at the Re corder's Court. The Recorder's sal aryjls fixed at $1200 per annum. The prosecuting attorney's is left to the Joint Board of Aldermen and County Commissions. Clerk's is fixed at $40 per month. All the officers to be elected by the Joint Board of Alder- hien and County Commissioners on the; first Monday In June 1909 should tho'ibill be ratified by a majority of the 3 qualified voters of the city of New Bern at the regular election on the first Tuesday in May, 1909. Tails bill i3 in all its essential fea tures and provisions the Durham Re corder's Court bill drawn by Sena tor Manning. The chief difference is that Mr. Manning named the Record er, vthe prosecuting attorney and the cltlk in the bill and the bill became a law upon Its ratiflcationwithout sub mission to t'.ie people. This is the Ollljr Recorder's Court bill I know of passodat this session to be subinit tedjto the people for ratification. Bight he:-e I would say that I have no peisonal interest in the bill and whether or not, it is ratified at the city election is absolutely immeterial to nie, personally. I am not a candi date for Recorder. If the bill Is rati fied would not accept the position. This court has proven to be a good thing both in savin" money lo the people and clearing the dockets ol the Criminal Court in other towns much smaller than New Bern. What I desire, is to let the people have it if they desire it, or reject it if they don't. I did not think that the present Board ot Aldermen had an ex clusive right to speak for the majority of the people, neither do I deny their right to have opposed it, nor do 1 crit icise the Board on account of its op position. But what I do want is the expression of a majority of the people: With that I am content whatever the verdict. Before leaving the subject of the Recorder's Court bill, perhaps it would be well to say that all court costs, and fees are to be paid into the hands of the bounty treasurer to be kept by him In a separate fund out o'f which is to be paid the salary of the Recorder, prosecuting attorney and clerk, thus making the offender pay the expenses of the court, which it does as I am informed in other j towns of less population than New Bern. However, ir not sufficient tner the City and county btar equally the deficiency, which at most would nut be great. Now the county salary bill slmplj pays the county officials salaries In stead of fees. Of course, the fees now collected by the various county offi dais will still be collected by them but under the bill they turn those fees oiusr to the county treasurer tc be kept by him In a separate fund called, the "Salary Fund," out of which are sto be paid, the salaries or ine heotmdy officers. " ' 'A new office la created under tn? bill called a "County Auditor," to be elected by the Board of commission ers. Whose duties are very numerous and Important, but chief among whltn Is the duty of supervising and audit tag nil the books of the county ofljj ctrs, monthly. 1 "The salaries of the county offlcjrs are as follows: Clerk Of Superior Court .. . .'. .$3,000 fccilster of Deeds .county T.ea&arer : 3,700 Mfherip: Thi sheriff in addition Is allowed t chose a jailor wtase salary is to. be paid by the commissioners 01 the salary fund. thua. making the sheriffs salary 4,009,M least- Out ot these salaries the various, county officers must pay their, own deputies 'ana clerk's.' "i K, V:--' v -.: The county udltor'a ialary la .teftto be- fixed by the board t commission ers, 'i rf " ";'J;-' ; " '.V-rV -v'': --- v This bill must be voted on at we general election In November, 19.10 and must be ratified by majority, ofc tne inuallfled voters at said election; and If ratified ill go into effect on the also provides for a salary of $600 per 'first Monday in December, 1910. It annum for the chairman of the board and $4.00 per day for the commis sioners. It nowise effects the present county offlcerE 01 commissioners, and can only effect the new ones elected by the people at the same election in November, 1910, if the bill is ratified at said election. I beg leave to say that I have no personal interest in this bill, and en 'tertain grave doubts as to its being a money saver to the people. It will. howeve.-, systematize the business of the county's government. That part of the bill providing for chairman of the boards salary to be fixed at $600 and raising the com missioners from $2.00 to $4.00 a day. I most heartily favor. I regret that this provision was in the same bill with the salaries of county officials. It should have be?n in a separate bill. In which event I would have passed this provision and had it go into ef fect on the first Monday in December. 1909. Other counties in the state no larger, and with duties no more oner ous, pay from $1,000 to $l,:00 per an num lo the chairman, of the board Few people realize the great import ance of this position and the arduous duties incident to it. The bill which provided tor two year and four-year commissioners, so as to always have experienced com missioners on the board, was not in troduced, I understand, owing to the delay in sending the bill to Senator Ormond. I was in Washington at the time and did not see the bill. However, the principle underlying the bill is good, and I most heartily endorse it. Had it come to me earlier In the ses sion it would now be law. Its pur pose was in nowise to perpetuate any body in office, -but looked to the best interests of the people in the adminis tration of the county's business, wisely and economically. It was a step for ward in progress, the bill is published elsewhere in this issue. It is lamentably true that our peo ple are unaware of the fact that our Board of Commissioners in general, and its chairman in particular is re garded throughout the State as the most progressive, and best administra tive in the State. How true is it that a "prophet is not without honor save in his own country.' Before closing I wish to say that after fighting for days to take the dutch nets out of the Pamlico side of Neuse river against the bitter oppo sition of the democratic representative of Pamlico county, Mr. Martin, 1 ef fected a compromise by agreeing upon a substitute to Mr. Wooten of Lenoir's bill by which fishing of set nets is prohibited above the confluence of the Neuse and Trent rivers that is above Union Point in this city and dutch nets are prohibited above Wilkerson's Point. This shoves the dutch net twelve miles farther down the river, 011 the Pamlico side they are not al lowed at all on the Craven and Car teret Side of the river. This isn't much, but its an entering wedge and narrows the territory within which they may be fished. After a desperate fight lead by the gallant gentleman froni Carteret. .Mr. Wallace, we succeeded by a narrow margin In killing the bill to tax the fisherman's nets to keep up a fish com mission. This is now in force along Albemarle Sound, and it was sought to extend it to the counties on the Pamr lico sound. To tax the fishermen on the nets by which he makes his liveli hood is a grave injustice, and ought not to be done so we have killed it for two years at least. In all matters pertaining to our peo ple and their Interests I have done the best 1 could to advance what 1 be lieved to be their interest Wherever 1 was in doubt I have left it to them to decide.- i Very respectfully, . ERNEST M. GREEN. LARGEST CHARGE Nashville. Mar. 17. Judge Hart read his charge to tbe Jury this morn ing. ; It is said to be'the largest charge ever delivered to a Jury In. this coun try, ; It. contains 16000 words. It de fined at length, four grades of homi cide and carefully explained the law as regards malice and threats. ' Undis cussed the law as to self-defense and as to circumstantial evidence, credi bility -flf witnesses: etc. The latter part 6t the. charge dealt with respec tive theories of the case as held by State and defense. Fr4 Miller Again. By" Wire to The Sun! Raleigh, N. C-i Mar. 17. Fred Miller, white, of this city, was arrested this morning, charged with stealing $14 from Gordon Morgan. They went to Morgan's room and Morgan charges; that Miller doped him and .took his money. Miller was. arrested In con nection with the Smith murder ease some time ago. but the warrant against Mm was flropned.,; , ... ' - ' 'k'X-y---y.'.i-.b ----'f." 'Kin ?',?-., 1 "i FIRST CASE IN NEW HANOVER First Fine Pays Expense of Court Wilmington, N. C, Mar. 17. The ini tial session of the Recorder's Court of New Hanover County, was held yesterday morning at 11 o'clock In the Superior Court room at the Court House, Recorder John J. Furlong pre siding and Mr. F. T. Skipper at the desk as clerk. The novelty of the inauguration of the court and the fact that one or more cases of more than passing in terest were docketed for trial attract ed an unusually large number of spec tators including the Mayor, County At torney, Chairman McEachern, of the Board of County Commissioners, and others. Six cases all told were docket ed for trial, but none was of impor tance save that of Rowland W. Young, proprietor of a near-beer saloon at No. 5 Market street, charged with vio lation of the State prohibition law in selling at different times two pints of gin to Philip Slatts, a soldier from Fort Caswell, who lias been detained oy the police since Friday afternoon as a witness in the case. Young was represi nti-il by Brooke G. Empie, Esq., and upon being found guilty by the Recorder was lined $r0 and costs, which he paid without appeal to the Superior Court. H0L1DA TO EMPLOYEES Observes the Birth of St. Patrick By Wire to The Sun. New York, Mar. 17. St. Patrick's Day here was celebrated principally by a parade, in which nearly 75,000 people marched. Thousands of spectators gathered early 0,1 Fifth Avenue Included In the line of march. For the first lime in the history of the city,, the initial government ob served the day by granting holiday to those post-office employes who wished. Mass was held this morning and there will lie various entertainments tonight. WARNING 7(T DETECTIVES Mafia Threatens the Americans By Cable to The Sun. Rome. Mar. 17 With incredible boldness, members of Mafia have is sued a warning to any other American detective who may come here to com plete the work begun by Petrasino. Death warning follows close upon the heels of a report that other de tectives will cope here from the United States. . ' Placards bearing the esoutcheon of Mafia have been circulated and , are posted In prominent places and notices have been sent to the newspapers, .' The police seem powerless in the face ot this avalanche of threatening let ters. "' . " Impetuous to the Investigation was lent today by another assassination, thought to be the work of Mafia. The body of an unidentified man, well dressed and apparently eduoattr was found In the outskirts of Palpifflo with two stab wounds in his body. New Tariff Bill. By Wire to The Sun. y ' Washington, D. C, Mar. 17. A new tariff bill was Introduced today. Tbe striking feature Is an inheritance tax, direct Inheritances $10,000 to $100,000 be taxed one per cent - Coffee - la placed on tree list The duty on lum ber.steel rails, and other steel- pro- ducts reduced 60 per. cent Reduction of five cents on refined sugar. ' Iron nre' and hides' go to tree list Duty on shoes Is reduced 40 per cent. The world's acton anl actresses ap pear In the plctares at Aniset. ' . .1. 1 1 Vti-v