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Ci(j J 1 1 :l VOLCMS XXY. HIW BIRR, CRAYIN COUNTY, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1903. FIRST SECTION. NUMBER 92 SOME REVENUE CHARGES. Souvenirs For Hall of History. Cruelty to Conrlcts Report.-. Telciramof '. Condolence. Engagement Announced. ' Raleigh, February 14. The Joint torn' mlttee on - finance today reported the revenuo bill to the Houae. There are tome change of the bill of 1901. Host of these htye already been referred to. The last changes made were In what la known aa the merchant' purchase tax. This Is fixed by the committee at 40 eta. on the $1,003 up to $50,000, 25 eta. up to $80,000, and 20 cts. aboye the latter fig ure. The privilege on dispensaries la put up 1 per cent on gross receipts; on distilleries a license tax ranging from $35 to $300; on retail liquor dealers $150 for each 0 months, wholesale dealers $209, and beer dealers exclusively $50; druggists selling liquor $35 annually in stead of $50. The tax on photographers is made $5. . Persons can sell wine of their own manufacture at the place of manufacture In quantitlliea of not lew than one gallon and brandy In original packages not less than 5 gallons. One half of the liquor taxes will go to the State Treasury, the other half to the school fund. . ' Today there was received and placed in the Hall of History as a loan from Mrs J E Turnbull of Littleton some highly valued souventers of that most distinguished North Carolinian, Natha niel Macon, l)er great grandfather. These relics are a stiver ladle and candle stick and two books with his autograph. The State has bad up to this lime no relic of this great man. The sub committee of the legislative committee on the penitentiary has prac tically concluded Its examination into the charges of cruelly to convicts, and will make Its report as soou as its steno grapher has written out his notes. The Investigation has been very complete. It Is said that the maker of the charges stated that his witnesses did not testify as strongly when their testimony was given as they did in the affidavits, which he had secured previously. It Id expected that during the coming week night sessions of the legislature will begin. So far that body has kept up with Its work exceedingly well. Gov. Aycock sent to Mrs. J. L. M. Curry at Ashcvillo tlio following tele gram: "I beg to convey to you In behalf of North Carolina the sympathy of all her people with you In the death of Dr. Curry. A frleod of hununlty, having completed his work, rests trom his la bors." Mr. Fred C. Olds, formerly of Raleigh and a son of Mr. and Mrs. F, A. Olds Is to be married In ilie spring at Waco, Texas, his present homo, to Miss Florance Walton Baker, of that city. Settled Again. Special to Journal. ' Now York, February 14 The Vene zuelan quarrel has been settled, the pro tool signed by the powors and the block ado will be raised at once. THE ABC OF IT. A kidney education starts with: Back acho means kidney nche, lame back means lame kidneys, weak back means weak kidney, cure means Doan's Kid ney Fills. Read about the free distribu tion in this paper, and call at Bradhams Pharmacy Wednesday February 18th. FLOWER STEALERS Complaints Made That Graves are , Robbed of Flowers. Its the meanest kind of a trick to ateal 1 ho pennlo from a dead man's eye and a close second to take the flowers from the graves In. the cemetery.. Some ghouls are in the habit of going to the Cedar Grove Cemetery every Sunday night after flowers have been placed on the graves and taking the flowers. Bupt. Gasklns has tried In every way to ap prehend the pilferers and has not been able to get a satisfactory cine He warns ihjm 'that his efforts to catch thorn will not cease and that they will gel all the penalty prescribed by the ordinance. v i -rk FOREMAN. Feb. 10 Mr Charles Bell, of flarlowe passed through ' here Saturday, going to Bsaufort :'V, .' - '. Mr John Marshall of .North. River, was hero a short lime Saturday. Dr ON Mason of Harlow e was bera Friday. , Mr. J n Davis of Beaufort was a gueat of friends here Sunday. , Rev J R Jcnnetto la overhauling his house which he recently purchased. When the work - of repair is completed It will be a fins Improvement v c " We would like to oall the attention of the authorities to the condition, of the public highways- - Especially sections 8 4 4 of the. New Bern road; This mat ter should be looked after. If we can .not keep our roads in goodorder at time jot year , weJ can . at least keep them passable. We think they need Alton rtlon Immediately. -- " . .""f." , ' i mii - i CASTOR I Ai , ,: feFpr. JtofanU ani Children., . The Kind Yoa Have Alwari Bsugfct ; Bears the 'BlgMtSrvOf STOLE WATCH AND RICTCLf A Negrt Gets Himself la Trouble Threurn XtsapproprUtloa. . About month ago a boat captain, Q. C. Channel, reported at the City" Hall thai his watch ka4 beast stolea and gave Chief Harget a snlnvt) ; description of bis tlma piece, the Inside and ouUlde numbers, the Initials engraved and other features, Friday a aegro Basted NeHson was ar rested for the theft of a bioycle from CapL Kllpatrick, of the tan boat Golde boro. The wheel was found In his posses sion. It was learned that bo had sold a watch to a man up town and upoa learn lug the nam of the man to whom he sold It an officer ascertained that It waa the same watch which , waa reported stolen by Oapt. ChanneL Neilson admitted having sold the man the watch - bat says be found it; be also triad to tell two or three other stories about his connection with the watch but the Mayor thought the evi dence against him waa so strong that be put hint under $100 bond for bla appear ance in Court. The stolen watch is now at the police station awaiting its owner. BIG VALENTINE BUSINESS. Cupid's Little Messengers Make Entrance To Many Homes. -Anyone who saya that the custom of sending Valentines Is a back number, doesn't know what he Is talking about In the local trade the Valentine market was cleaned oat and postoffice officials says it was the biggest Valentine day ever known. There were more of the large artistic cr atlon than ever while the miserable little comic held its own very well. Small PoX at Cove. Editor Journal In the Sunday Is sue of your paper speaking, of the cases of small pox near Cove this county you said, "In spite of the order to the con trary, a number of colored brethren and sisters assembled at the house and had a wakeor prayer meeting Or Something of the sort all night, and now it is fear si an epidemic will be the result."' ' " Upon personal Investigation I found' this report to be absolutely without foundation in fact, a strict quarantine has been maintained throughout and. full authority given those In charge to enforse strict observance of the rales and regulations in regard to such cases, to the extent if necessary of Invoking' the entire machinery of the county. The persons thus empowered are among the most reliable and substantial of. pur eltlzena residing near the infected house and of course most Interested in he out come, t No apprehension need be felt of the disease spreading from this source since the cases were discovered and quaran tine established. j N. H. Street, Supt. ef Health Craven County. A Fierce Storm, j . During the violent Southwest gale which prevailed last evening the baro meter fell very rspldly, reaching at 9:80 the unusually low point of 30 14, tem perature 70 degrees. With the rain squall came a shlfc of wind to the westward, with a fall of 10 degrees in temperaturo, and the baro meter rose ten one hundredths In as many minutes. j Several flashes of lightning were noticed In the northwest, not however followed by thunder. I , The gale was of great severity, and for a while the streets and stores were In total darkness, all .electric lights go- log out. .4 ( Inside of an hour the wind had"stop ped blowing, the rain ceased, and It was brilliant starlight.' Later rain again fell for some time, but with no wind Storm,,. ' OABTORZAr Bustiu A li M ft Hits alwyi flat BlgMMI f only; a suggestion;. Why Not Retire Poor Old Jim. - or at ' Least be Merciful to Him. On the occasion of the lire alarm from Queen street last Friday the writer's at tentlnn waa called ' to' the" almost ex hausted condition of "Old Jim"' the veteran fire horse of New Bern, j " This noble animal has faithfully served the city, now for upwards of twenty yean, has helped to savs hund reds of thousands dollars worth j oi property, won many ' prizes ,.,.at tournaments, and yet in hlalold age he Is driven and beaten almost , to exhaus tion running to firak :.V .: 't i . This Is only a suggestion, bat why not let -Old Jim" stay at the fire quarters daring the windy days ao h will, not be ran to death from- somewhere up town to the engine house, and then ran again to the Href , ? , The horse fs too old to take such long runs even though hs had never! distin guished himself , as he haa, not a' person In.iown; who has aov.proudlyapplaud ed "Old Jim" for his aoble exploits. and now in his old age he, should be re membered, and lindly dealt with. , J '!r, t) t Mill Question Of Recoenizinf Judge Slmonton's Injunction. Charter Granted. County Superin tendent Appeals. The Convict Case. Taxed For Ad Fur poses. School Tax Dis crimination. Ralkioh, Feb 16. The corporation commission was in conference with GoV Aycock today regarding the injunction which Judge Simonton of the United States Circuit Court has Issued, restrain ing Sheriff Page of this county from col lecting tax upon the salary of Judge Purnell of the United States District Court. It is not yet settled the chair man of the eommlttee says whether it will be represented In person or by the attorney general or by an attorney, at the hearing which Is to take place at Charleston, H. C. The S, J). Cole Who has been removed as county superintendent of education for Cumberland, appeals his case to the State Board of Education. His appeal was to have been heard tomorrow, bnt today upont application was posponed until the following Tuesday. The Supreme Court devotes this week to appeals from the 3rd district. Nearly all the members of tho New Bern bar ar rived today to appear, these being A. D. Ward. D. L. Ward, M. D. W. Stevenson, W. W. Clark, U J. Moore, R. A. Nuno. A commission was issued today to B. F. Pogue as 2nd Lt. Co. C, 3rd. Reg. N. C. 8. G., Henderson. A charter was today granted by the Secretary of State to tho Albemarle Ice Co. of Hertford, capital $14,000 to deal in ice and water, operate a saw mill and box factory, and a cotton seed oil mill. The MInncola Manufacturing Co., of Greensboro, of which Moses Cone and others are stockholders, was granted permission today to increase Its capital Stock to $100,000. " Chairman Warren, of tho joint com mittee willed is Investigating the charges of cruelty to convicts says the report will be made this week. One more wit ness remains to be examined, This be ing Wlleox, who preferred charges against Warden Flemmlng of the peni tentiary; and who has been summoned to be here tomorrow to give his evidence There win be a separate report as to the charges of improper treatment of con victs at Doyor, on the ..Atlantic & North Carolina railway. ,,y 1-Thorite of Insurance taxation In the f-reveutte act which is to be taken up by the Legislature; Wednesday;- remains the lame its at present. "" The "town Of Pine Bluff will have a novelMliiUiadiicid In tlio Legislature, this being to allow itself to be taxed on property and poll for the specific pur pose of advertising in the North and West as a winter resort. People from the North who have settled in that coun ty, Moore, during the past ten years have added a fourth to the taxable value of all property. Such is tho statement made by the sheriff. The Legislature has so far chartered the Southern Fife Insurance Co., and The North Carolina Mutual Aid and Home Protective Association. The bills providing for the giving of negro taxes alone to negro schools, and to allow1 discrimination as to such schools - were 1 reported today in the Legislature,' without prejudice Death, of John Young. 5 John Young, a well known citizen was found dead yesterday morning in a house on South Front street. The cir cumstances surrounding his death were such that the coroner deemed It best to impanel a Jury. They found,' however, that he came to his death by natural causes,. ...Mr. Young has been a resident of New Bern since the war, having come here from Massachusetts. He establish ed a reputation as a machinist and was regarded as one of the best workmen in that line In the State. He has been con nected with several manufacturing en terprises and his genius was soon found to be Indispensable. ' '- He was a soldier in the Federal Army and was a member of a Massachusetts regiment of artillery. He was brave and daring soldier. His age was 63 years. , . ' - Bis funeral will be held today and the remains will be placed In- a vault pend ing the permission from the government for burial itt the National Cemetery. S J. Baxter Is' agent ,or the-Cosmopo-jltan patterps.they ' are Standard pat terns" made ,'wltK seatt "allowance only ido ejt'pftmffarnfsbidiree with Id) dresses. bought from f i.BOp. v.. iJWsj Y.y.fr- Don't buy anything In ; the folio win tj tines till you : have ' Seen bur stock Ladles' "fine" ' shoes," dress goods, in all grades.lacei.slfks, notions, hoselry, table linen, towels, ; white goods a specialty, ribbons, etc WL'l save yon money, see as and be eonvlhced. . ,: h V' Respectfully, ; '' - M ;JV J. BAXTER ttamard Candy at Davis. : - Davis Pharmacy' hu secured the ex clusive sale for Henry Halliard's famous candles and has just received an assort ment. ' The quality of the Bonbons and Chocolates are- unequalled by anything of the kind In the market- vThey are put up In t style of elegance fat surpassing any package yet produced In this line. MONDAY'S LEGISLATION. Fixed Pay for Jurors Lenoir County.' Amendment to Watts Liquor Bill. Special to Journal. Raleigh, Feb. 16, Bills were Intro duced In the House to fix the pay of Jurors In Lenoir and appoint magistrates for that county; to provide a township meeting house. A bill was passed al lowing the Norfolk and Western to ex tend Its lines iu North Carolina; to in crease the number of commissioners for Lenoir, and allow stock to run at large there between November 15'.h and Feb ruary 15th. Watts offered an amendmont to his liquor bill, the bill, by allowing people on petition of one third of voters, to have an election whether the State be prohibition, dispensary or license; the question to be determined by majority of votes cast. The bill passed the Senate Incorporating the Raleigh and Eastern railway. ITCHING PILES. Any one who Buffers from that terri ble plague, Itching Piles, or from Ecze ma, will appreciate the Immediate relief and permanent cure that comes through the use of Doan's Ointment. It never fills. Free Samples at Bradham's Phar macy Wednesday February 18th. Galilee Gossip. Feb'y 14. House moving and log roll ing is the big work In this neighbor hood at present. Mr. Edward Boyd who had the mis fortune to break his ankle sometime ago Is improving fast. Miss Ida Wayne our school teaoher is visiting her parents at Olympla. That "Sweet Rose" correspondent of tho Journal had better watch her buds for the frost may bile them before the spring opens. Miss Maggie 'Jones has returned to Washington, N. C. We hope to see her at Gallle again. RUSSIAN PEASANTS. Some of Them Ilnvc Queer ldean Abont I'lres From Lightning. One Russian village through which we passed w as the embodiment of filth and squalor. A dostructlvo flro was raging at one end of It, and roiiud this nil the Inhabitants were gathered. One house was already burned down, it sec ond was one muss of flames, and the flro was rapidly spreading to a third, yet not a hand was raised to arrest Its ruinous progress. "Why on earth don't you put out the Arc?" shouted my companion to one of the peasants, who approached mo with a servile und wistful look, as If ho ex pected on offering of money, "Have you no buckets?" "Surely your excellency deigns to know that it isn't buckets wo need!'1 "Welt, it isn't strong arms, olther, I fancy. Why don't you go to work?" "Your grace wouldn't havo us fly, in the face of heaven! We'vo sins enough on our souls without adding, that .black crime to them. Wasn't it.Qod'siown lightning that set PetrofE's house on fire a couplo of hours ago? And.&ad US we arc, there's not a man in tho.yil logo that would raise his hand to undo God's holy work." My friend raised his hand, waved it despairingly and .wo drovo on. "It's a more .waste of time to reason with them," he said. "They wouldtas soon commit suicide en masso as put out a flro that God had kindled with his lightning." English Magazine, . Good Hem, A certain ex-congressman tella a story about a widow in his district who desired a position in tho agricultural department "There was no vacancy nt lhal time," said he, "and I was consequent ly compelled to advise my constituent that I could do nothing for he until later. But she persisted In her efforts to obtain n position and for two .weekt thereafter mot me nt every turn. One morning I had Just finished breakfast when I was told by the servant that she was awaiting me In tho reception hall. So I assumed as pleasant ajGe meanor as possible, and, entering the room, said in a sympathetic Voicot "'Well, my good woman, .what news?' , " "Good news,' alio satd; 'good news, Mr. Allen.' " 'Well,' I sold, 'I'm glad' to hear that And what is tho good news?" t" . "'Oh; she said, 'good news, Mr. Al len, good news. A woman In the agri cultural deportment died yesterday.' " Jade. , .The most precious of all stones, ar "cording to a gem expert, is tbe'jade. 'on account of its rarity, its extraordinary qualities and the mystery of its cutting. It was regarded as a sacred stone, and nobody had R right to possess It except a prince of imperial, blood. '' Argcrtui Clutlus, a famous physician in Amster dam at the time of the' renaissance, published a work oa the 'jade, or ne phritic stone, as lt was then called, on account of its action on the renal sys tem. - At the same period Italian au thors spoke of the Jade as oslada and discussed its - wonderful . powers far healing sciatica.,, ; ' The legends surrounding 'this stone abound In history. Good specimens of Jade are extremely rftre, .and the world is at a loss to know how the Chinese managed to cut it because lt Is so ex tremely hard that nothing can make an Impression upon It .f ;v 1 . j , OABTOHIA, ; Btantlw - ". yll Kind Vw Hw Always foogfr NEWPORT. Probability of a Large Sanltorlum Being Erected In the Rear Future. Feb. 16 Dr. Munsey, of Brookly, N. Y., has bought a farm on the Sound here and says he Intends to build a sanitarium for his patients who need to come South. He already has two sanitariums In New York. A gentleman of Long Island, who has recently moved near the same place, said he had been engaged to take the work of erecting the buildings. Rev. Mr. Jurney while out hunting today fell Into water nearly waist deep. Lawyer Abernathy was In the city this week on a case about selling horses. He was the guest of Rev. Mr. Giles. Rev. Mr. Snow was here today. Mr. Cheney, a State surveyor, is In the city. Mr. O'Neal Is here tuning pianos. Mr. Leonard is here selling lots In Norfolk, Va. Dr. Wlndley and several others have bought. Rev. Mr. Benson of the Primitive Baptist church, filled his regular Satur day appointment today and will preach tomorrow. Rev. Mr. Johnson, Mission ary Baptist, will preach Sunday night. G. Resolutions of Respect. Whereas. It has pleased Almighty God to remove from us to the higher courts above, Joseph P. Vollva, one of our faithful Veterans and Comrade of New Bern Camp No. 1162, who departed this life on Friday the 6th day of Feb ruary 1903 at his late residence In New Bern. Brother Vollva enlisted In the beginning of the late Civil War iu the Washington GrayB under Captain Thom as Sparrow and was captured at tho fall of Hatteras, N. C. In August 1861, and afterwards this company was merged In to thelOth Regiment as Co. K. N. C. State Troops, and he served through tho war as a good and brave soldier to the honor of his country and himself. He was always at his post and ready and willing to contribute and assist the cnse of the Veterans. lie moved to New Bern some time af ter the war and connected himself with Middle Street Baptist Church, from which church he was buriod. We can say well done faithful Com rade enter and bivouac Into the joyB which awaits the faithful. Resolved. That we extend to his fain lly our condolence and sympathy and pray that God may be with them. ReBolved. Further that theso resolu tions be published In the Journal and a copy sent to the family. B, G. Credle, D. S. Jonks, M. Manly. Committee I'cnp I'lnM. In tl;c time of Henry VIII. parlia ment pr.ssoil a law which declared that on and after that date pins should not be sold for more than (i shillings 8 pence per 1,000. DinlMeyc Maple. "Blrdseyo maple," a term frequently employed by furniture mnkers and sell ers, does not Imply any special variety of tho maplo tree. Blrdseyo maple Is merely a veneer cut from a piece of well grained maple timber and glued on the surface of some cheaper wood, Just as any other veneer. Her Father' Strength. Recently In a Sunday school the teacher was telling her class of small pupils the interesting story of Samson, of whom she spoke as being the stron gest man that ever lived. Little Ethel, a golden haired new re crult, listened to the story with great interest. After tlio teacher had finished, Ethel held up her chubby hand. "Well, Ethel," asked tho teacher, "what la It?" "Samson wusu't as strong as my papa Is." "Is your father so strong?' queried the teacher, smiling. "Oh, my papa's ofTul strong," replied Ethel with emphasis. "Why, I heard mamma say that ho had a ellyfant on his hands." Columbus Journal. ' Barometer und Dnat. When the ' barometer falls, tho all around expands into a larger volume and the air inside the cupboard also expands and forces Itself out at every minute crevice. When tho baromctei rises again, the but inside the cupboard, as well as outside, condenses and shrinks and the air is forced back intc tho' cupboard to equalize the pressure, and along with the air in goes the dust The smaller tho crevice, tho strongei the Jet of air, the farther goes tho dirt Witness the dirt tracks so often seen In imperfectly framed engravings 01 photographs. Remember, whencvei you see the barometer rising, that au additional charge of dust is entering your cupboard and drawers. ' Prophetlo Dreama. The belief in prophetic droams is not entirely a superstition, according to the results obtained by two members of the French Institute. They point out that at night when the senses are at rest tho brain la affected particular-, ly by organic feelings In various parts of the body and that early symptoms of advancing diseases give a particular direction to the dreams. A familiar In stance is nightmare, which Indicates dyspeptic condition. Immoderate drink era see rats, snakes and insects in their dreams before the actual outbreak of delirium tremens, and so on. We have lust In a fine stock of Mens boys and chlldrens shoes, neck wear hats,' clothing collars,' etc, All In the latest style ana cheaper than any first class store. In the town ever thine iruar- anteed," """ . - . " 3, J. BAXTER, VONCDUES MET A L LIC C ukinu out 30 years or gun mating, wq oivo. discovered many wz$ IDQut arnmuoiuon tnti no one could learn tq anv pter.vay. Our discoveries In Upline, !0?f)icViih yeari of experience maaafactlaftifl to embody many fine points in Winchestef 'Metallic Cartridges for rifles and revolvers yHcrXmake them superior In many ways to" all other brands' upon the I market Winchester cartridges in all caliber are, accurate, sure-fire and exact In size; being' made, Vnd. loaded In a modem manner by skilled experts. l( you Vanl the, best HtSISTJVPOlt, HAVINQ WINCHESTER MAK OP CARTRIDGES N. O. HAMS Nice lot just received At J. L. McDaniel's I have a few gallons of Nice strained Honey at 20c qt. Fresh lot Ontario Buckwheat, Clover Hill Print Butter, Maple Syrup, New Orleans and Porto Rico Molasses, Evaporated Peaches and Apples, Prunes, Codflsh and IrishPotatoes, Peanuts, Canned and Bottled Goods of all kinds, Headquarters for Fine Teas and Roasted Coffee. Give me a call. Yours to Please, 'Phone 91. In Smyrna Rugs & Art Squares AT THE BEE HIVE. They are Moravian Smyrna. The colors are guaranteed last. At nearly one-halt the price you usually pay. 27 x 55 at $1 OO, 36 x 65 at 1 75, 4 feet 7 inches x 6 makes a beautiful hall Art Square oi the The Bee Hive PATTERSON & HILL, 6 1 Pollock St., Opposite Episcopal Church SpeifClrance Sale of 4 ,im SHOES: At 50o and 75o a jpal&Sx w, i-t . ; , .; 102 pairs Ladies, Misses and Childrens Shoes : which are samples and odd Iqts ; . L , The prices of these shoes were from $1 25 to $2 00 pr. Two lots, choice 50c and 75c. pair. More ladies sizes in each lot than anythiog else.. - All sizes up to 6s. :....... i BARFOOT BROS;- New Bern- Broce Successorslio L Moved 63 & G51 Soulh Front TECS A R TBI D G E.S. Wholesale 4c Retail 'Grocer, 71 Broad Hi feet 6 inches $2 75. This rug. same 9 ft x 12 ft $9 50. A. Parris 8 Co. ma : .'.-- ' .v,: taiura to-'theh-::. i
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