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Voluriie 4 No. 106
NEW BERN. Na, TdURSl
CAPnAL'OlY--
NEWS W BRIEF :
TEACHERS'
HAS OPENED
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1 Raleigh
Special iot The 8unr ?r
,Cow lift Rex Hospital here fa a
' critical , condition as a - result . of"a
, terrible . accident .at Apex last night
1 He la a, freight train flagman on the
Seaboard Air Line and fell - from a
cat- under the Wheels In .such ft way
sb to" have hl left leg crushed at
the ankle and the ..flesh literally
- stripped from the hone up within rslx
Inches ot the hip. The leg; was am
putated this1 morning, -the physicians
are hopeful, but say the Chances are
against his recovery, v ' -i - - I ;
.---An application comes to the head
quarters 6f ; the North Carolina Na-n
' tional Guard from the mayor of Thom
aavllje, Davidson .county, for the .ad
i mission of a military company pro
. -. posed to, be formed In that' town Jnto
v the fforth Carolina National- Guard to
,. take tut place of the" Greensboro Com
pany in the Third Regiment, the
-Greensboro Company having- been
r. transferred to the Coast Artillery. The
.- mayor of . Thomasvllle Informs -the
governor wai nis wwu ;iui easily gei
. together. J company of fifty men. ;
The North Carolina Supreme Court
' delivered yeBterday opinions in thir
teen appeals as follows:-: ; .
: MacRackln vs; Atlantic Coast Line,
-'Columbus, affirmed. ;-.,; ' :
. MIiIpaHa-- vtf. ttrannan MannfAptiiv
ing uompany, lyrreu, no error.
. -, Wlndelfc y. Swain,' Beaufort, no er
ror. -J -
Willis vs. Western Union Tel. Co.,
,..-. State vs.-High t, Vance, no,error.
Bailey .jvs. Western Union Tel. Co.
Duplin, no ewor. -
Cauley vs. Sutton, Lenoir, no, er-
Grlfflh vs. Southern Railway, Wayne
' reversed. J - ;
Revlg v$. City of "Raleigh, no error.
St-ate vs. McKay, Robeson, no er-
State vs. Britt Robeson, affirmed.
'Stale vs. Freeman, Cumberland, per
c irm-afflfmed. ',
" Ford v.Strpud, Columbus, no er
ror. - - ,-
A majority of the dcallfled voters
of Raleigh having petitioned- to that
effect t Raleigh school board has
made the forma order for the Raleigh
public schools to reopen next ; Moo
day, March 29tff lor two months more,
the money to iw borrowed ' on tne
strength of the recent special tax. for
schools voted to -take : the, place of
funds lost fiy tne passing of the Ral
cUh dlsensary, ' , -
State Geologist Joseph. Hyde Pratt
went today, to Oxford to advise with
the Granville county.road authorities
relative to ' plans for' highway con
struction in connection with 'the great
i mount of -road building .the county
will do now as a result ot the pro
vision for $100,000 county road bonds
provided for by the-legislature. He
v ill be In Oxford and vicinity for sev
eral days pn this special mission. Dr.
i mtt Rays the interest hr permanent
l.iiJ.way construction just now. is re
i :.i U(it)e In every part of the State.
! i receiving letters from nearly
r ! the cpujitles dtglng that provision
I made under th enlarged Scope of
t a Klutts act for aid in road building
i their sections, principally through
4 Kystem of conference and- advice
9 posBlble by' the 15,000 appro-
on carried by, the Klutts bill
1 into law during the last days
: ev. C. T. Dodson, for over' fifty
!i t'ie Pant it missionary, died
lu. iio of his daughter, Mrs.
..y here today aged. 76 years.
thirty years of his ministerial
iy. in Virginia and pvobah'
o in the iissourI dining U
ilo.l of his career. He was
' .own' lu both Virginia and
..rol'na.' He leaves two chil
li. '"iipy and Miss Lizzie
f'se lattei of Danville. The
ill be carried tomorrow to
i r lnttiiniont in the family
"mud four inlk'a from that
i- ! ' Mn P;Mi!nts as d !
i " 'i C: iuiilia to the An
, i ISoad EiiH-;-i Kl
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Short Item 'or Interest Coniehtea
5 -; ' Into Smalt Space :
Rev.,'Jna H."-'Brown, . Rector of
Christ- Church. New Bern, will hold.
service ' at St" Thomas' Chapel,. Jas
per, Sunday March 28th at 3:30 p. m.
There will be a meeting of the Lit
erary Department -of he .Woman's
Club tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock
in jhe, club, rooms in .the JUks Tem
ple; -JLftlt -attendance- Is -desh-ed,' rv
The Ri S. V. . Club will meet to-
nrrbwFrlday Afternoon 'at V
dock at the home of Miss Annie Foy,
ofi Middle street . '
Tnere.ts jnucn speculation going on
due to the fact of the serious illness
ef Receiver Fitzgerald, of tile Norfolk
m Souinertt Railway 'Company, who
in a critical condition in Balti
more, suffering from a cancer of the
stomnch. Prophets predict in case
the freseht recover should succumb1
to his awful disease, Mr. M. W. King,
of Norfolk, Va, formerly general man
ager: Of -the Eastern Carolina Dis
patch Le, would become receiver,
with Mr. Foster as general manager.
Mayor James A. Bryan, disposed of
three- cases In 'the city police court
today ." Lewis Ward was Arraigned for
fin assault upon Ida Ward and Jasper
Washington. There was no serious
damago oone, so his honor suspended
judgment upon the defendant' paying
the 'cost of $3.55; The Norfolk and
Southern Railroad Company paid a
fine and cost in two cases lor allowing
their cars to block the crossing at
South Front street and the at the
Junction of the macadamized, road near
National Avenue. '-
Justice J. M. Hines'had before him
today , one Sam Williams, , colored,
charged with peddling medicine in the
city -without first obtaining a license
to. do business. His Honor found
probably cause and bound the medi
cine man over to the next term of
Craven county criminal court under a
2S bond. . r
The Jones county Superior Court
which wts to be,held on next Monday,
Match 29th, has" been ' postponed by
an prdeiromJge'X:r.,Mj;90kwa9.
was to preside. . : The "postponement
was ma'e on account of . the large
number cf cases of smallpox that has
developed in that section.. ' The dis
ease has beconW an epidemic a repe
tition ot conditions that existed in the
same town 26 years ago. .
Weather forecast for North Caro
lina; Fair tonight and Friday; colder
Friday.. " i
An alarm of fire was turned in this
nwrnlng about, 6 o'clock. The call
cams from box No. 35. ' The depart
ment responded promptly, but . they
discovered on reaching the scene their
services . were not needed as the
alarm was a false one. - a i
The apnroching ot Easter Sunday is
much in evidence, from the beautiful
display of Easter and Spring goods In
many-show windows about the city.
A number of streets in : New Bern
are being beautified by the removal
ot some old, dead 'and unsightly trees,
that are worthless and no good to any
body or .'.ny locality.. "In a good.many
Instance young trees are being plant
ed along the - walks hy the i property
OWnerB. .; ; ; A: 'x yiryi-,
Today was one of those genuine ty
pical March numbers, The high west
wind blowed a living gale. Several
trees were blown down and .
limbs were torn from other trees.; The
tide was below lt usaul water-mark
and several boats at the bead of some
of the docks Were laying high and dry
on the sand., " No serious damage has
been .reported- from the 'wlncL. , : .
- A large attendance was '.'. at the
Amusea ' last . evening.- The picture
films were unusually good, interesting
and some very laughable. :", Thi au
dience seemed to be highly, pleased
with the entertainment. V The vocal
duet by -Miss Adelaide Peck and Mr.
Carl Armstrong was good. ...
Meets at Morehead City
. " Jane 1518
HEADQUARWl
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Decision Reached by
Tawney Amendment
..-Kaleiglu itv.C,, Mar25TkeiMorthB Wlrfl to The Sun. y
varoimsr TOwtMfi-ftsseMMf - or
its 2fiut annual session at Mprenead
City, June 15-18, 1,909: ;Tho Secretary i
announces that the program is nearly!
completed.. It will be devoted to a I
discussion of practical problems with
which teachers are daily confronted
in their Work, and will include many
of the most prominent edireat6rs and
teachers in North Carolina and other
3tate8. ' '
Amonjj those who will appear on
the program, are Hon, W. "W. Kitchin,
Governor of North Carolina; Hon. J.
D." Eggleston, State Superintendent of
Virginia;, Mrs. Ellen R. Richards, of
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, snd President of the National
Home Economic Association; Dr. D.
H. H,ill, president of the North Car
olina A. & M. College; Mr. E. K. Gra
ham, of the Chair of English Literature-
of the University ot North Caro
lina; Supt. Thomas R. Foust, presi
dent of the Teachers Assembly and
Superintendent' of the Guilford County
Schools; Mrs. ' Charles D. Mclver,
Field Secretary of the North Caro
lina Woman's Betterment Association;
Supt 1. C. Griffin, of the'City Bchooh?
of Salisbury; MUs.Anne Wetmdre,
Principal ot the ' Graded School of
Duke; ' Mrs. Ira T. Turlington, of
Smitlifield; Miss Mary K. Applewhite,
of the Baptist University for Women;
Mrsi Mariana Cohb Qar'eissen, of the
Citjr Schools" of Goldsboro; .Bupt. Z.
V. Judd, of Wake County Schools; Mr.1
ashmgton'D. CTMar. 2f-. thej
joint committee on national conserva-j
tlon whkh ws.8 rounded "by. Governors
ana representatives or National -organizations
at the conference held
here last December, has opened Na-I
tional headquarters her.
The decision was reached-In vTewi
of the Tawney amendment to the sun
dry civi; act, which prohibits thd
national conservation commission
from going ahead with its work' o
co-operation with State and National
organizations. In view of this a join
c(nmltt'M. will act as -a national mej
dlum of co-operation and will carr:
forward the work. One of the princi
pal objects will be to prepare plan
for practical application of conserval
tlon principles to definite problems ii
different States.
Mch.
May ,
July
Ocvt.
JN'ew York Cotton,
Open High Low CIos
.". ..9.45 9.45
.. ..9.41 9.41
.. ..9.31 9.31
.. ..9.19 9.19
9.41 9.4
9.37 , 9.3
9.25 9.2
9.15 9.1'
Estimate dreceipts ll.OOj
New Bern Market.
Prices 7 to 9d
Sales, -tone.
Liverpool Market
l.ly
Jti ' ( Ki n '- r-iutt Bexumes His Duties
l.oi kville, Md., Mar,25. Associate
Justice J. B. Helderson, of'the Mont
gomery circuit court, has returned to
Rockville, after being under treatment
in a sanitarium at, Takoma Park for
a neivous breakdown.'. He is now able
to attend to his duties. ;
Prlstol Tulr Weds kt Johnson City.
' Bristol, Tenn., Mar. 25. Lieut. Hen
ry Warren, of th local State militia
orpanlzalion, a sun of . Postmaster
W.irren, and Miss ' Cornelia T Carico,
; 'or nr Plate ; Street Methodist
- 'u i' h here, weufc to ' Johnson Cit
i . !.,.,t nil ht and were man
l.y the l.ev. B. Vauglit.
Mar.
I Apr-May
I Aug-Sept.
A. Graham, of the Warrenton
High School; Dr. Henry Louis Smith,
President of Davidson College; Bupt.
Matt Thompson, of the Statesvllle
City Schools; Supt A. C. Reynolds, of
the Buncombe County Schools; Mr.
JjBlylng. -.State, Instttute,x;onduc.-1 gept-Oot-
tor) Mr. M. c. S. Noble, Professor Oct.-Nov
Pedagogy in the University of
North Carolina; President J. I. Foust,
ot the State Normal College; Mr. E.
BrookB, of Trinity College; and
Mr. J. H. Hlghsmith, of Wake Forest
College.
The Woman's Association for the
Betterment of Public School Houses
and Grounds in North Carolina, will
hold Its regular session at the same
time and place with the Teachers' As
sembly.
The headquarters ot the Assembly
will be at the famous Atlantic Hotel
and the meetings will be held in the
old Teachers' , Assembly building,
erected many years ago by the North
Carolina Teachers Assembly.
The officers of the Assembly are as
follows::
President Supt. Thomas R. Foust,
ot Guilford county.
Vice-President Dr. D. H. Hill
President of the A. & M. College.
Secretary Mr. ft. , D. W; Connor,
Secretary of the North Carolina His
torical Commission. v
The following are members-of the
Executive Committee: The above of
ficers are ex-offlclo, together with
8upt Harry Howell, of the High
Point City Schools; Supt. LC. Brog
denot the Klnston City Schools; Dr.
R. Bridges, President of the Pres-
oytertan College, Charlotte ; Supt J,
c. Webb, ot the ; Granville s County
Open - Close.
..4.86 4.88 :
..4.86 4.88 i
..4.86 4.88
..4.88 4.891-2
..4.90 4.92 ,
..4.96 - 4.94(1-2
..4.91 4.92 v
. .4.89-- - : 4.90 1?2
..4.88 4.89
..4.87 4.88
..4.87 4.88
..4.87 4.87 1-2
American' 1,000;
Jan.-Feb
Receipts 7,000
sales 6,0'.)0; spec, and expt. 200; Am
erican 5,000; spots quiet; middling
4.95; futures quiet,
Long Shot Wins Lincolnshire HandiJ
cap.
London, Mar. 25. The Lincolnshlr
handicap, of 1,600 sovereigns for 3-
year olds and upward, the first bid
race of the season, was run today
and won by A. C. Mandaras' Duke
Sparta. Sol Joel s Arranmore , waj
second, and F. C. Stern's Longeron
third, the betting being 20 to 1, 15 d
2, and 20 to 1 against, respective!
Twenty-three horses started. 'Tht
distance was the straight mile.
ONE PREACHER KILLS AJiOTBE
iptA
Business Matters Between a Bapl
Ana a Presbyterian Led to the
tal uurrel.
Lebanon, Me., Mar. 25, At Rubs,
remote town In Laclede county,' Rel
Martin" D. Johnson last night shot ai
killed Rov. Solomon Odell. Johnsi
is the Baptist . -minister of the neig
borhood. "Odell was a Presbyter!
preacher of Russ, The men quarrel
over business matters. . . . k
Johnson is president ot the Lacled
Schools; Miss Edith Royster, of theconnty Telephone Company,, , Ode
faculty i ot Peace Instltute,rjUleigh; represented the Farmers' Telephdit
and Mr. R L.'Moore, principal of Mars company, -rtiJ4ai?.?,ii
Hill Acaeni'.''SWW'e: Amoettag was held in the postoH
The officers of the Woman's Better- flce kt ' Rues iyestepday, looking to .a
ment 'Association arej v Mrs.v,W. R. J combination ot th eompanlea. ;John4
Holloweti of " Goldsboro,r 'president; J gon iayg : that Odellmade- a remark!
Mrs. Charles J Steveni, of New Bern,aDOtti hjnj i the meeting.' Later theyl
vloa-prefildent;' Mrs. E. E. Moffltt, of met cn the afreet and agreed to settlel
Mmviqu, i,.vw,u.u. j lUVr UUltlUMV'. uu wuw .-
plewnlte, of rth Baptut. university I wu removing his coat When Johnson
tof Women,, Raleigh, recording aec-Whcn fled. VToday, however bo relfarn
retary; and Mrs. Charlea D. Mclver, ,d 4lli giTt himself up, ;' th
ot .QreensDoro, neia secretary. . ;v
It has been six years since -thej ? KiXLED IS DRCJIKEX ROW.
Teachers' Assembl y - met at Morehead
Cit, and the teachers of the. State Colored ;Member of the' C C 0
are looking forward with great pleas-i ronstrueUoa Gan Fein Dead Ii
ure to the return to their old camping The Woods Near Forest City.
ground. . The railroad have offered f purest City Matl"25.-i-The body o.
reduced rates,: ! and undoubtedly v aln unknown -negro was found in (
large crowd will be present, ". The strip of woods neat the camp ot tht
Secretarv expresses himself as .being I c. C A O construction .force about
well pleased with the outlook. , lone mile from here last night .Th
negro was employed pn the, construe-
t ningham's Crack l'lleher Has . Ills 1 tlon aang and left camp some tlm
ounaay lur vUI v pa
ri -i
For .V. (i h.
"i.- - Frank Gotch.
f r v ' hi. ar-
. to fin-
h Willi
Arm l.roKen. . .. : ISundav for the purpose. It Is said, oi
' Ashevllle, Mar. 25. During a game holding V gambllng-f est In -the. woods
of bnRohall here this afternoon be- muring the carousing ha became: In
volved in a row with other member:
of the party in which he Is belh
to have lost his life. His head
horribly cut and bru! I f !
clothing badly to; !.
The en-miff f-
fi-d 'in ' :
tween i;lnK'iarn and ' Christ School,
Anderson, one of I" ' :"n's ciwli
pili-hers, was strmk 1 y a t-uln d bull
and bii-t Irs l- t .I l.rolu-n Junt
uVrt l!... w: ' '. 1 il is 1' ft-
h (1. ! i ' "! It' Will
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