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Citizens Strongly Opposed To Nullifying Con
- trnct Which Was Made By the Former A
' ', Board of , Commissioners. . , '
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WANY LAWSUITS MAY BE THE RESULT
Pr cn er ty Owners Give Warning That They
7ill Atl: . For Damage Done Their Prop
. , erty In Getting Right of Way. ; '
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1 ; At '4:15 o'clock this afternoon the Commissioners ; t an-
d their; decision- with respect -to the Dover road, pro-
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TJie work of building a permanent road, is to-be post-
? ' The contractors have agreed;, to a settlement: $75,000
for E. IL . I.Ieadows and $2250 for the Eagle : Engineering
Ccrr.pany. . Mr. Tilton, road' superintendent is undjer no con
tract. ' " - , ' ' f
.i The commissioners agree to maintain a good dirt : road
oVer, the new , rights-of-way . established. ' ; - . .
; With approximately one hundred citizens of Dover,
Clarks, Tucarora, and Cove pity present to press their claims
that' the Dover road project be completed the " Board of
County j Commissioners met in an adjourned meeting at the
ourt housfi " this afternoon at which time the matter was
discussed. : ' k , . '
I'v ; JDptermiped to reach a final j. decision relative to the
project, the delegation assembled at the court house tnis
morning, only to learn that -the board .was in secret session
with the; contractors for. the purpose of ascertaining what
gettlement could be' made. .
' ?Atvthree, o'clock the board imet at the court house' and,"
after; th6 discussion of minorv matters, gave an audience to
T. D. Warren, who spoke in behalf of the citizens present. ,
, ,Mr, war.ren utated that, he repre
. sented .the people On the; road from
Clarks to- iUover- and that they had
tlsked him to present their case to
tlhet commiasloners!.-?' - :'" '
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"this . del&atton," said Mr, War-
en, "is here, Ao; ask your board not '
to cancel the: contract for ;the road ,
Work. I ; believe that" the road" should i
be- built-.- It will.- Berve TrOnu 1500 to
ioOfl-'people and will connect Dover,
Tuscarora.- Clarks and. Cove City to
New Bern,? affording much shorter
route. .':: :';y t-'-A ' . ' .
. tThe county is engaged In build
ffg'2 roads' and has built roads in
ther sections of the county and I
' efel that in justice to the people of
4he -Dover sectioa the proposed work
.hould. nbt be allowed, to.' stop. " The
contracts are valid In every way.
Much work-already has bee,n done.
. in, securing", the rights of way, the
farmers 'nave vtyaa- to sunep loss in
having' thefty frutt.'trees, pecantreea
and others1 cut down. It is Jiot right
that the should, fee made to suffer.
They pei'mltted, the layiug out of the
ijoafi because1 they' expected the road
to be butlt. 1' am here to plead, with
you to proceed with, the, work. A
cqunty has .no. more, right to breaE a
contract than.' an Individual- Jf your
tear d contemplates any such action
I' feel it would.be a decided' injustice
' to? these people' and others who have
signed their, names to a petition, ask
ing that the work gog on."
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Enxmet Whitehurst also spoke in
favor ot continuing the work.
( "J wish to call the. attention of the
' board," he - said, "that the settle-
tr.efttv of - this proposition does not
refit with the" breaking' of contracts.
it-goes further , than that. , Much
property has been .damaged as a re
v 'ult of the: work already done and
the 'property, .owners,- involved are
.-. not going", to- be satisfied unless the
' road is biiUjU-They feel that" it is "due
.them
I . do not believe tha -your;A under sentence or 18 y
an lftord,'to "breaH. the: onrlatate penitentiary , .v,--; 5
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tract from a moral point of view. It
certainly would set a terrible ex
ample to the people of the county as
a whole if one1 of its most . represen
tative bodies should .deliberate pro
ceed t obreak a contract which Is
valid in every way.
Other Men Also Speak. '
.James Bland, of Vanceboro, made
a brief talk, urging the board' not to
proceed -with the work. Mr. Bland
suggested that the commissioners
mark time for a couple of years, ''as
the i taxes of the county were heavy
enough now."
Some of the property owners along
the new road also made themselves
heard. Among them were Mr. Regis
ter -and Mr. Dillon. They, said that
the road - ran through their land and
that they 'certainly would not be
satisfied for the work to be aband
oned. The board then announced its
decision in. the matter. ' ' '
THOIS TO GET
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Supreme Court Today Handed
Down A Decision Giving,
.Him Another Chance
RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 13. The
Supreme Court today handed down a
decision, granting a new trial to C. G.
("Red") Thomas, Charlotte automo
bile salesman, who was convicted in
Cabarrus county of second degree
murder in connection with the killing
ot - A. i J - Alien - at - icannapoiis, near
Concord. .; last October.- Thomas .was
years in "the
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NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 13, 1922.
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Tents Will Be Ready .
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For lObcuparicy! Soon
1 v Heverend Johnson; chairman -of
the Colored Advisory Committee, ex
pressed himself. :.and' .his committee
as delighted to' see forty-five tents' al
most, ready for hia colored people to
move into. ; . .'
VFor the past two days," said Rev
erend Johnson, "I and other Color
ed myiisterd have been talking to the
homeless colore people about the
tents, and we find them anxious to
move from the over-crowded places
they are now huddled into the
tents.". -A-large -number. of tenttick
ets have been issued to colored fam
ilies who most need to live; those who
have ' not received . tickets entitling
them to a tent, but want one assigned
them,' can obtain one or two tents by
applying in person ' to the office at
Stewart Sanatorium. . : ; . ' -
' Dr.- Fisher," says that the tents with
their wooden floors and hgih. walls
ire comfortable and healthy; and that
he -believes" his people will be more
chan satisfied with the tent arrange
ment. - '
'-' Fifty tents will be ready to live in
by noon - Thursday. Each tent -has a
wooden floor and a high, wooden wall
with tar, paper' on the outside to-ikeep
out the co'.d. Every tent has a stove
.ari& other-' furniture-. Families., jrbo
need IWtTW three tents in order to
Jo' their -cooTiing and eating,, will be
Ku IGux IClan
Proceed With
RALEiqi Dec. .13. Ku Klukere
won yesterday in Wake - Superioi
court when they managed to stay out
i!or a continuance. of the caseagainst
W. V. Quer'ard, who is charged, with
pmbezzlement of klucker funds. --
By "-postponement of the . prosecu
tion until Judge Cl C. Lyon leaves
the bench, the. klan - has won addi
tional advantage. The Raleigh atmos
phere reeked of the knowledge that
the klan did not. wish to go before
the ' . hard-headed Scotchman from
Elizabe.thtown, .- Bladen county. That
gentleman doesn't appear to think
any , better of the invisible empire
than does Judge Walter C. Brock,
who- uttered quite a sentiment against
it Monday, when talking to a grand
jury, in Forsyth.
The private prosecution in the case
.against y Guerard made '. the move
which-hastened the defense to a re
quest for continuance The defense
was anxious to try the case, but Gu
erard isn't a -millionaire .and he said
he was doing -his best to make the
expense as light as possible, even in
a criminal case. J. W. Bailey, lead
ing counsel for Guerard, sought from
the prosecution a statement as to its
purposes, when it could be ready and
therefore when to have witnesses
Department of Health Reports
the Situation In Adjoining
County Is Clearing Up
GREENVILLE, N. C, Dec. 13.-
The epidemic of influenza -whcih has
gripped i Pitt county the -past two or
three weeks is clearing up to no lit
tle extent,- according to a report given-
out : this morning by the depart
ment of health. The situation has un
dergone quite an improvement the last
several hours and today there is lit
tie indication of the development of
new cases.
While the epidemic this time has
been more extensive than ever be
fore it is mild compared to the first
time it paid the county a Visit. No
deaths haveactuall occurred from
flu this time, although exposure in
some cases has developed into pneu
monia and death.
As a general thing the flue this time
has been nothing more severe than a
heavy cold. Some cases, however.
have possibly been more severe as re
sult of , lack of precaution. The de
partment of health believes the sit-
LESS FLU II
IN PITT COUNTY
given tents- equipped with cook
stoves arid other necessary equip
ment. Food will be 'cooked and served
at- the central .kitchen for- hose who
are not in" position to do hause-"keep-t
ing ettf present. AH colored 'families
who have been 'issued tent tickets,
and others who want -to livel in the
wooden-wall tents, should come to
the . office at Stewart Sanatorium lot
and have a tent assigned them. The
office - will be open from noon until
night Thursday. .. . - i v
. No rent . is to be ..clRtrged for use
of these tents. People out jt work, or
just starting to work, will be given
food free until work Is found for
them. While they are being fed they
wHl.be found' work about the -palace,
and paid a nominal .wage. After the
tents are completed, the kitchen at
the West Street School will be clos
ed, . and everyone- will be fed at the
tent.'. . . . '
This is the same plan that was us
ed to. help -the coloreti people in. the
big flood down in "Louisiana; after the
Louisiana flood, which left hundreds
of ' families without a home, white
several months. The. tenta will , be
and colored people lived inf tents for
kept in New Bern for a number; of
months and those-Jhot- move wilt be
aT.owed to stay there 'until a perman
ent place is found for each family.
Not Ready To
Guerard Case
lere. The time set for a conference
jvas 9:30 this morning. The prosecu
aon'did not show up. Bailey then
-noved !n the. light of his expressed
conviction that the private" together,
that the case be continued and Solici
,o Norris, who speaks for the state,
but not the private interests in tho
case agreed. The' klansmen,. therefore,
get half credit for wishing to try a
?ase at a term of court which the
klan had stedfastly dodged, and
Bailey and his client, itching for i
showdown, -had t omake the move.
Bailey After tUer Empire '
These inside doing merely- empha
size the character of fight to be made.
Bailey, is -going after the empire it
self. He will make the fight against
the whole business. He will contend
that the order is hostile to public in
terest and will deny that" it has any
right to set up an allegation of wrons
against itself. He is prepared to
show up the whole - innards -of the
thing, 'to put in the' records some of
the (sordid .political propaganda of
which the klan is guilty; to go deep
ly into the money end of the insti
tution, 'to show the Atlanta attitude
toward violent conduct, to ask some
rather embarrassing questions of the
star witnesses who have titles as long
as candidates' tongues.
niLGHECKS
Members of Its Christmas Sav
ings Club Will Receive
These Friday.
The Peoples Bank ia preparing to
mail out checks to- its 1922 Christmas!
savings club members on Friday and
thousands of dollars will be turned
loose i nNew Bern on that day, there
being several hundred members of
this club.
The bank's 1923club has opened,
starting on Monday and already a
large number of members have been
enrolled.
The bank is extending a cordial in
vitation To everyone to ioin the new
club.
uation has cleared up materially and
13 anticipating even more pronounc
ed improvement within the next few
days. Epidemics have been reported
from other parts of the state, but they
are not severe enough to occasion un
due alarm. In fact, it is stated that
no one need fear bad results from the
illness if they 'take care of themsel
ves' and avoid unnecessary exposure
PEOPLES BANK TO
Clark
CLAIM JUDGE
PAID TO
READPR00FS
Edwards & Broughton Ask for
' Investigation of Payments :
Which Have Been Made
CLARK SAYS THAT IT
IS AN OLD CUSTOM
Formal Request Made For In
vestigation, Following An '
Exchange' of Letters
RALEIGH, Dec' IS. Formal ;
. request for an official lnvestiga- ,
tion the printing- contract relation
with the state, involving- alleged -
payment to Chief Justice Clarke,
of the 'State Supreme Court, for
. Service . in connection, with : the .
; proof-reading of reports, was aek
' ed of the- state printing eommis. :
sion today by- the Edwards &
Broughton. Company of this -city .
Thf j request for an official ln-i ..
estimation follows an excliango
of letters between' Uie compiarinw '
ing firms, Commissioner of La'
bor and Printing, L. M. Ship
' man, and Chief Justice Clark. In
regard t otlio statement, asserting .
fees .were changed by the court '
official for readign and annota- ,
ting the reports, the Chief Justice
declared the procedure - was reg
ular and had been customary for
many years. '
The concern Its .letter re
fers to Instructions previously re
ceived to send the proofs to
Chief Justice Clark "who made
.the necessary corrections and,"
upon receipt from him of the cor
rected proofs, we have proceed
ed with the printing and cpm
pletion of the volumes." -
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Pointed Out That Nations Are
Now Engaged In Building
Large Number Vessels
(By Associated Press) -WASHINGTON,
Dec. 13. A re
quest that President Harding seek to
broaden the scope of the naval limi
tation agreement so as to include a I
limitation of construction of smaller
types of war vessels and on military
and naval aircraft is included in the
annual naval bill as reported today
by the House Appropriations Com.
mittee. . -
Under the bill, as brought into the
House, the President would be ask
ed to open negotiations with Great
Britain, France, Italy, and Japan for
an agreement which would limit fu
ture building of all surface and sub
mersible types of warcraft, having a
tonnage of 10,000 or less, and on all
classes of army and navy aircraft.
In its report, the committee point
ed out that the arms conference doe3
not limit the number of types of
smaller war vessels and added that
information had reached congress
that "already large programs are
planned of vessels up to the maxi
mum so permitted under the agree
ment and that new and larger types
of sub-surface craft have begun to
put in an appearance." ,
"In other words," the report con
tinued, "competition is on again in
the single direction to which the un
ratified agreement does not extend,
and if it be allowed to go on un
checked, the purse-strings again
must be relaxxed and this govern
ment, like all others, will be con
strained to launch upon a new pro
gram to the extent necessary to keep
us at least abreast of any of the
other powers."
Detroit, woman says she stabbed
her husband to keep him at home.
Tear this u before your wife sees It.
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IMITATIONS
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All Federal Prosecution Is Halted At Raleigh
Asrthe Result of Compromise Which " t" f
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CONFISCATE 1000 CASES OF LIQUOR
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Cargo of British Vessel, Captured At Ocracoke,
Will Be Taken In Chrage By the Pro
hibition Officials.
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; RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 13r All federal : prosecution of '
Captain-Arthur. Coleman and his shipmates on- the "'Message '
of Peace," British schooner seized by prohibition officers, in,
Ocracoke Inlet nearly a year ago .with' more than" ! io60 cases '
of liquor aboard was stoppeH here1 today when District At--torney
Tucker 'agreed to a compromise proposedby .counsel
for Coleman and asked, for. a nol prosse of the "indictment; ? -;
- -rBy"-the .i;ennd "orthe comp?6mislannouncefl - throiwhat
tomeys, Mhe . Message of - Peace, now tied up in-the port of v
Wilmington, is to ?be . released at once to Captain Colema,
the owner) and the cargo , of ' whiskey,, held by ' customs offi-,
cials in Wilmmington, is to be confiscated by'prohibioV,
officers. . . - - ' ' -'l
End Trip Around World
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NEW YORK, Dec. 13.- "New York Mediterranean Sea had experienced In
looms ever so much more wonderful - twenty yeaVs and hearing; bs wirelesa
than anything we s have seen!" ' from four vessels' f any trave ha&
ml. - ' , , . ... - , heen seen of the tiny Sp'eejacks; the
Thus exclaimed a pretty vivacious slck, 8ensation of hearing a dull
nT"" w,aU. J f3 thu'd in the night as the Intrepid lit-
she lolled comfortably -In t the uphoU-- Ue craft, struck a coral reef lnjUn- '
tered luxury of the Hotel . Biltmore. r charted chinnels near the Solomon '
She was Mrs. Jean Gowen, of A. X- Islands. 1 - " ' - ,.
liowen, millionaire cement man of
umcago, ana ne nrsc woman 10 giraie
the globe in a 9 5 -foot motor yacht.
The Speejacks ended her unprece
dented voyage of fifteen months;' dur
ing which she traversed 42,000 miles
of ocean water, by tying' up at the
New York Yacht Club's slip, 23rd
Street and East River at 11:03 o'clock
yesterday morning.
This was just three minutes behind
the schedule mapped out at Gibral
tar two moifths previously. !
These were some of the thrilling
high lights of the remarkable log of
the SDee jacks:
Head . hunting natives of New
Gunea; fierce cannibals . In scarcely
heard of South Sea Islands; desper
ate tropical storms which caused ev
en stout hearts of grizzled mariners
to sink; bullfights in Spain; treks
through jungles of India and Ceylon.
A crash by night that cut in two
a junk off Singapore; daring explora.
tions of the Trobrinds Islands of New
Gufnea, known to adventurers as the
most uncivilized place in the world.
Attempted kidnapping by, these
fierce and primitive black men which
plan was repulsed by Gowen's pistol;
a sojourn of peril ni the harbor of
Athens at the time King Constantino
abdicated and all foreigners were in
danger. ' - ; .
The gruesome - feeling t . of , passing
j through the anost terrible storm" the
NO ACTION TAKEN ON
JUNIOR COLLEGE PLAN
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Over long distant telephone this afternoon, the Sun-
Journal was advised that the question of locating the pro
posed new junior college had not yet been taken up by. the
Baptist convention at Winston -
Most of today's sssion was
in the location of Meredith
to accept the recommendation of the Board' of Trustees iand
move the college two miles up the Hillsboro road, 'hear the
tairgrounds, , -
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These ' were - some of .the thrilling
Jiighlights of ,-the remarkable log-"of
the Speejacks. Embellishing these,:, of v '
course, were months, and months of
unforgettable picturesque life in the " '
earth's strange spots where traders ' -seldom
visit, -?;. .
Stalling brilliantly in thd' joy of '
being home again Mrs. Gowen ex- ' . :
claimed: , . . '-
"Would I do it over again? -I cer- .
tainly woul dnot. Of course " we -had :
a wonderful time, but; once in a lifa- '- '
time is sufficient.' , i
Whatmotives f induced such an '
amazing voyage, packed, with mora
adventure than any tale penned by' '
Jules Verne or Joseph-Conrad? Sim-
ply this: Mr. Gowen, . being worth .
many millions, . was warned by phy
sicians to quit, toiling so hard. Ii&
built the Speejacks at a cost of $150. .
000 and dared his young bride (they I '
had been married four years) to cir-
cle the world. She returned the dare. " ,
Being two brave souls, that was en-'
ough. - : ..." ' .
They sailed from Nek York in Aug.,
1921. Of the original group only J. . 1
E. Ingraham, who has taken 90,000 ; .
feet of. movie film on the trip, Jack'
Lewis, engineer, and William Soub-
ly, steward, made the round trip. . : .
. The Speejacks 1 piled up a. rather
staggering gas bill. It traveled from iit
40,000 to 42,000 miles and., ate ip. i.
about three gallons per mile.
Salem. ""
devoted to discussing a change
College. The convention voted
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