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. -T) A. No. 46. NEW BERN CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 1906.---SECOND SECTION. 29th YEAR -4 r i f t iri'TI . Events of Past Three Days Tersely Told For Jour nal Readers.- TEDO I'lGLUDED f I'VC Til H'CYIPfi; Ini.nii. IU I..LAIUU , Industrial, Commercial, Social, Religi ous, Criminal and Political -. ' ; Happenings Condensed in , Few Lines. . - Oyster Bay, Sept. 4. Pesident Roose velt has set Oct. 1, as the date of his return to official duties at Washington He will make three speeches in PeonJ aylvania during the campaign. ' Macon, Ga., Sept. 4. -The State Exe cutive, Comraitte in session here today unariraously nominated Hoke Smith for Governor and endorsed Bryan for President by acclamation. . Havana, . Sept. 4 Although the government maintains that the insur rection is under control, it is only half . hearted in great many cases: If there is peace within 30 days it will on- ly be in compromise. ' A committee of veterans has gone to Pinar Del Rio to confer with Guerre. Horses are being received from the United States. - v Gold. Field,. Nov. Sept. 4. The re ceipts of the Gans-Nelson fight were $78,000, and it was witnessed by 7,000 people.' . This is the largest amount ever received at any prize fight., No lan,9' Nelson's manager declares that . there was a scheme to turn the fight to Gans. ' . Raleigh, Sept. 4. Henry Clark, tXv as Fred Morris, one of two fakers who - was sentenced to eighteen months in the State prison for the killing of an other faker, made his third attempt to escape today. He was shot twice by a guard. He did not run far, but re- . turned near the CJimp and was recapt ured. ;- ".. Chicago, Sept, 4. The States Attor ney has asked the government that a warship be allowed to bring Paul O. Stensland the bank wrecker of this city back from Tangier, Morocco. The reason stated is that if he be brought back in commercial steamer he might suddenly decline to come further or might attempt to kill himself. Presi dent Roosevelt favors the petition. Stensland says that he is glad his wanderingo are over. He confesses that he is much to blame but that cash ier Herring was a forger and got most of the banks money. Stensland denied that he spent money- on women. ' A warship was used to bring William M. Tweed home after such a flight 36 years ago. - , Raleigh, Sept 4th. 1hj .Jamestown Exposition Commission failed to organ ize today on account of no quorum. Governor Glenn called it ic meet at Monticello hotel, ' at .Norfolk,, in the near future. Those present were John Wilder Atkincon, George Hinshaw, Henry C. Dickery, jGeorge S. Powell and Joseph E. Pogue. Sea Girt, N. J., Sept. 4. An inter esting feature of the National Rifle Practice Shoot is the contest of 41 rifle . teams composed of six girls from near ly every State in the Union. North Carolina was not represented. Roanoke, Sept. 5. A crowded, trol ley car went through a bridge here to day and one man was killed and several were seriously injured. Albany N. Y., Sept. 6-District At torney W. T. Jerome of New York C aJlreaaed a conference of up state ;nin-raU here today and made some j cliaracterintic remarks on .the political situation in New Yoik. He said the' Democracy had no real leader in New York that every person who had umler- taken guide the affairs of the party ' had Loon impelled by a selfish ambition ofi i,i V J,ul aramliiement He spoke mentlunKunseon the conduct r- jironiiiK'tit in the party. '. ' '.i, V ; t. 6-Adolph Seaglo r v aur-, 1 the failure of S 1 Trust Co., w . arrested 1 j 1 i n ii. .. .. i f f ! Tr ; t ('... . r , t, p I th tr -It is a :',te,l ELEfiOillC HO shore near here is sat'sfaciu.,. " mup iiaif uutju puinpeu uui auu uic uaui age temporarily repaired. She will he enabled to get to dry-dock. ,. Rutknd' Vtr SPt- ucwi puny, swept me ouiio uy auwv majority, Fletcher D. Proctor being the successful candidate. fiis oppo nent waa Percival W. Clement who rep ' resented the fusion of the Democrats land dissatisfied Republicans. .Batefch, Sept.6.-The entire Sopho- 'more class of the Agricultural & Me chanical Arts College met tonight and unanimously decided to expel any mem ber who "blocked" or otherwise mal treated a Freshman. The faculty Are Iplcased with this action. The faculty woum expel, any cadet rrora college who had been, proven guilty of this practice by auch dismissal from the class. " '-" . . '. Hot Springsi,Ark.i Sept 6. -The Executive Committee of the Southern Cottpn Growers Association ' is in pro gress here to fix the minimum price on cotton and also to try Secretary Cheat ham for gambing in futures. - Raleigh, Sept. 6. State Veterinarian Tait Butl.tr says that the forage pois oning among the horses in Eastern Carolina, especially in Hyde county has greatly abated; no new cases have been reported and it is believed that the ravages of the disease is effectually stopped. v '''.V.-; :. v;; ; Raleigh, Sept. 6 Five bales of new crop cotton were marketed here today. The price paid was 83-4 to 9 cents. Farmers report that tne quality as well as the quantity is much below the av er age.'; '.y .'- .'.e':'; v ijf, Salisbury, Sept; 6. On motion of de fense the trial of Henry Gillespie Geo. Ervin and Delia Dillingham, the ne groes charged with the murder of the Lyerly family, has been transferred to Stanly county, and the trial fixed for the January term. The Judge stated that he felt there was great danger of violence in having the trial here. Philadelphia, Sept. 6. Several more directors of the Real Estate bank are to be arrested and tried for swindling and gambling. Two of them took $750, 000 in fees from Segal, the arch swind ler. The more investigations that are being made the more rascality is brought to light Raleigh Sept 6 Although no word has been received from W. J, .Bryan in regard to his proposed visit to this state, his itinerary has been mapped out It was learned at the Democratic head quarters last night that the prob able route would be as follows: First speech, : Monday morning 17 at Winston Salem;' at noon he will speak at Greensboro at night at' Salisbury. Hewill return to Greensboro to spend the night and go on special train to Raleigh making brief stops at Burling tyn, Hillsboro and .Durham. . He will leave Raleigh at 4 p m and go to San ford where he will deliver another ad dress and then will go to Columbia S. Raleigh Sept. 6 The supreme court will hear two absolutely novel matters next Tuesday morning Lawyers from Forsyth and Sampson counties will ap pear and urge revocation of licenses to B. C. Tavis of the former county and a young man who was recently licensed from Sampson. The charge against Travis is that he was usuer and charg ed as high as twelve hundred per cent interest on loans. Among the lawyers who will appear against him is Cyrus B. Watson no case of the kind has ever come up in North Carolina. . , i Pittsburg Sept. 6 Two negro murd erers were handed in the jail yard here today. As they were taken from the jail to the scaffold a crowd of negroes jeered and hooted at them. Raleigh Sept. 6 Governor Glenn will : formally open the Democratic enm. , by an adJre(i8 to t- v,nUon at Shelby September 15. Heda 1 liv,.r)nn aJt!rP!), ,t the Charlotte Cl.au-' tall(,utt a!lH,lllUy 0 Uie prevk)us j A nice line,f V M"rU't- T n nt Coaiit Line 1 -- Tcr a l ' That WlX-dllli C..-C i i VI 1 l r i t' r !' L.iy.iliJI u;;oto ;i U. S. COURT. Indictments Cover Many Of fenses, Majority of Which are .Violations of Li ' quor Law. o cif a to : , , EFJ1LY C35EF.VED. Thousands Enjoy Themselves in The Parks and Play-houses. Numer ous Accidents on Saturday ' Night. Man Thought to i " ' be Dead Only Drunk. Special Correspondence. . Greensboro Sept 4 There was only a formal opening of Federal Court here yesterday, it being the special term called for the trial of the revenue of ficers and distillery cases. It was ad journed over until today at eleven o'clock.'' c,- 'Vr: Fully 160 people arrived last night on the noon train from Wilkesboro and as many more will coma today. These people ' axe defendants, their friends, and witnesses for either them, or the government " ' ?-V--- The indictments on the docket cover many offencessuch asjforgery bribery, conspiracy to defraud the government, false reports, collusion . with distillers and perjury. . Some of the defendants are indicted specifically for forgery, false , returns, false vouchers, etc while there is an omnibus bill against the whole push for conspiracy. The names of those who were re- of ficers in the revenue service under in dictment are, A. C, Bryan, L. E. Davis R, H. Hardin, J. W. Hasty, G- H. Wal ker, Starkey Hare, J. H. Smith, Z. C. Davis, A. S. Patterson , and G. W. Samuel some of them were deputy col lectors, some deputy marshals. In the omnibus bill of indictment, these are included in addition to these, the names of some twenty-five alleged blockade distillers, who were granted privileges of running contrary to law. in return for alleged payment of hush money to the officers. Only two cases have yet been tried. One against A S Patterson for sending in false expense accounts, one against G. W Samuel for sending false reports of destruction of stills. Z. C Davis, pleaded guilty of filing expense accounts. ; Both Patterson apd Samuel were convicted. The Samuel case was begun January 15th and after a trial lasting a month, the case was given to the jury on Feb. 15th, it re turned a verdict of guilty on eleven of the thirty counts in the bill of indie ment, after being out a few hours. Court then adjourned until a special term beginning March 15th. At that time, owing to sickness of Ex-Governor Aycock and Hon. J. B. Watson, of counsel for defendants, all the cases were continued to a special term to be gin Sept 3rd. There waa a general observance of labor day here, thepostofllce, the banks and many of the stores being closed. The labor unions of the city celebrated the da; In splendid style. At 10 o'clock headed by a brass band, a hundred mounted marshals, accompanied ', by Mayor Murphy, other city officials and Rev. Dr. Detwiler, the chaplain, in carriages, there was an imposing pa rade of the various orders, and unions in the city. In the procession were many tasty and -representative floats, indicating the various tiadea' and in dustries of the city. The streets were thronged with people from the shops, factories and other industrial enter prises of this and nearby cities. High Point, Winston and Burlington had big delegations. After dinner, the first event was in the opera house, which was packed with laborers representa tives, men, women and children, to hear the speeches. After an invoca tion by Rev. Dr. G. H. Detwiler, Mayor Murphy delivered an impressive and eloquent address of welcome, introduc ing the orator of the day, Judge R.C. Strudwick, City attorney, who made an impressive speech. He waa followed by Dr. Detwiler and others in brief talks. At Cone Park later, besides a base ball game, there were many other at- tn-u Live a'i !i tic exercises, gUch as pie ', i v. to rat ', etc , prizes being ' 1 1' e v. i. . t la the contests. 1 'tat LI y K !., t'. re waa an iinn i cn.Al to v ' i the cere ii i f V q 1 It 'a of T.J Men, the ii f 1 1 - f -e 1 i'g the L n. ' f a f " 1 1 1 stake. There v i i ' " ! e : re (I nee l.i t ;, v i ( i tne i';r " ,: C lilt ! 1 re t- i : i, 7 I ' ' t V 1 1 - I l i - tv 1(1 scious condition to .the hospital, and soon revived. At first it waa thought he had been attacked by a robber, but his pockets contained $27. It finally developed that the man had been to a brandy still, got drunk -and had fallen out of his wagon. , He was able to trav el again this morning. Just before day a hurry call "was sent in from White Oak Mills, saying there was a fight going on between some ne groes there; when the officers" arrived they found that one negro had just shot another. Resisting arrest one of the officers fired, hitting the negro in the thigh. Both of the nit darkies were taken to the hospital for repairs, and several more were arrested and locked up for safe keeping until the trial. Wallace Fish HooseVa Carpen ter and Blacksmith Shop Destroyed by an Incen- diary Fire Wednes day Morning. ' Correspondent from Morehead. Morehead City, Sept. 5th. At near 8 o'clock this morning, the wild blaze of a fire was discovered in the large Ash house of Mr. Charles S4 Wallace. The entire building was soon in a frightful blaze. Soon the two fire engines were doing good work, one throwing showers of water on the burning building, and the 'other throwing on,, the near-by buildings, that masterly work was aid ed by the -wind which.' chanced to be blowing from-the "northeast, sending the blaze and sparks toward the sound. A carpenter and blacksmith shop that was on the west side, were burned. Had the wind, as usual, been blowing from the southwest, the lower1 portion of the town would have been sept away by the flames. .' :-. - .."-.j v . A noted featured the' fire is, that it was evidently the heartless work of an incendiary. A fact generally known is, that the people of Morehead City, are not sur passed for their commendable charac teristics, there are laboring' men in many lines fishermen, fcoatmen etc., who are noted for their tght doing. It is astounding to suppose that any hu man being would harm Mr. Wallace In any way; he is surely regarded as the model man of the county, a Christian gentleman, he puts more money in cir culation than any other man in Carter et county. All laborers and their fam ilies derive all needed benefits by the money be pays out; and it Is well known that the merchants in all lines, get a goodly share of it I am justly impelled to add that no one can do other than feel a deep sorrow for his loss by the fire, i - Mr. Wallace's loss was $8,000 and his insurance $500. , The loss of Mr. Will Wade, blacksmith, was $1,500. Ice Cream Festival at Fort Barnwell. , The ,ice cream supper waa a success so far as it reached. The . tremendous rain that came Friday morning flooded streams and floated bridges away, rend ering it impossible for visitors from a distance to attend, but the clouds dis persed in the afternoon,, the evening waa bright and clear and the people of the neighborhood turned out cheer fully. Kv,'-.' y To one who admires the beauty, of nature to those who appreciate the blessings that come to us without price, cannot fail to observe the sublim ity of such an occasion, v" Shortly after the sun,, that Oriental God of day, had disappeared behind the western hills, beautiful little stars be gan to peep out from behind the blue canopy that obscured them from mortal sight the "Man of the moon" quietly emerging from the slumber of a long summer day leaped .into his firey chariot to spin the Heavens above us, and nature smiled with more than usual brightness while the entire creation seemed to bask in. the moon light of a cloudless sky. -, ; : ; J v;.-. . It was such a treat and the fair ladies of the land so daintly clad in their even ing attire served aa objects of reflect ion for the beautiful raya of the moon and stars, mingled with those of the Japanese lanterns that hung in profus ion front the branches of the trees. At this suffgesaive hour cupid stole from his hiding to sprinkle the heads of humanity with the dews from his blissful ream while the old maids and bachelors leisurely reflected over the mistakes of the past and realized lost opportunities, "Of all sad words of look or pen, the saddest ara those it might have been". ' To grace the hour and t lend enchant ment to the occasion the talented little girl cloculioniiit Miss Viola Kilpatkric who has been in training at. Sylvester, Ga., gave ua several recitations . She is a protih'y in elocution and displayed that unusual talent and accomiiH.ih ment peculiar to her own little person alty. V.'.-.i Ilertl.a Tii! ker one of our teach ers wl.o h i M !.! 1 her se'f v.; h our h.f i f st f .r t! ( j t f -vv J'i : In the s !."il wo k I. . v. i here v. .h in rr J -J 1 in . i. h to a 1 1 to the bucci 9 of the i. ( , ,:, . i. !.: r -r'ha ne r tires in 1 1 i ho it j 'en t f.ir ii'l. " i -v "I i t lit . -'y . t , : . ,f r ( ... ,.. .. FEDERALGOURFS LI. District Attorney Holton With .., One or Two Assistants . Prosecuting Cases. UNITED STATES OF- FICI'LS DERELICT. They had Been Ordered to Destroy Cer tain Illicit Stills but had Neglected " the Order. Directors of Indus- .. trial News Have Meeting . ; ; . in Secret. Meeting to . . Discuss the Pros- . ' ; " pects of the Pa 'i , ' ' t , per. ' Special Correspondence , Greensboro, Sept 6. The third spe cial term of Federal Court set for the trial of the revenue officers" and distill eries, indicted for alleged frauds against the government, made its regular open ing here yesterday morning, Judge Boyd presiding. There was quite a difference in the line up of notables in the cases, and the spirit manifested from that of the opening day of the trial of G. W. Sam uel, which began January 16th and last ed until Feb. 15th. Then besides ,U. S. District Attorney Holton sat to aid in the prosecution. - Assistant District Attorney A. H. Price, 'special Assist ant J. J. Britt ' and the first Assistant Attorney, Hon. A. B. Hayes from the department of Justice at Washington. Today, instead of this array of counsel for the government, only the newly ap pointed assistant District Attorney Co ble, sat with the District Attorney. Mr. Price is out of office, Mr, Britt is seek ing the position of Congressman for the tenth district, and the government did not think it necessary to send a representative from Washington to aid the District Attorney, intimating that they had become satisfied that Mr. Hol ton could handle the cases all right him-self,- -..r. ...5-.- v On the other side the defendants had the following of the old attorneys in the case on hand: Leading counsel Ex Judge S. B. Adams and Ex-Judge W. P. Bynum, of Greensboro, W. W. Bar ber, R. N Hackett and J. W. McNeill, of Wilkesboro. ; , ' -' . ; Two distinguished lawyers, Ex-Gov. Aycock and Hon. C B. Watson were absent, and as nothing was said in the discussion this morning for a continu ance of their failure 'to be present it is supposed they have retired from the cases. ' :-.::v When court opened District Attorney Holton first called the case of R. . Hi Hardin and A. C. Bryan, Judge Adams read affidavits from physicians that A, C. Bryan was totally unable to appear. He waa very old and was having epilep tic attacks. v . -: It had been reported that Mr. Bryan had jumped his bond and gone west, but som time ago he returned to be with a sick son, who afterwards died, when the old man was taken sick him self. - rvV-" Jackson Morris, Custodian of Records in the Treasury Department at Wash ington was the first witness, his' evid ence being the exhibition of the origin al report and file there, signed and sworn to by Hardin as Deputy Collector of the destruction of stills in 1904 and 1905 mentioned the bill of indictment It is the purpose of the government to show later on that none of these stills were destroyed, but were permit ted to continue in operation by alleged corrupt collusion of the distiller and the officer, ..v.; ..-. At the afternoon session six witnesses who lived in the neighborhood of the McEwin still, and who were frequently there, testified that It waa not destroy ed at the time reported by Hardin, but that McEwin moved the boiler into the woods an hour before Hardin came and the still with it and that the officers did not even destroy the beer tubs, which were left standing just as they were before they visited the still. Ex-Senator Marion Butler, Collector Duncan, Ex. Chairman T. S. Rollins, and others of the Directorate of the Industrial News are here today presu ably in conference over that publicat ion affairs, though no information could be Rained from them as to the "object of the meeting. There was a gathering of the Uoard List week, and immediate ly the Washington imported Buianess f. .nnTnr John ITnmnhrev had been on deck but a month, lofk and Deputy' ' .1 J. V. ' "i Iw-Rme the' ! ... i f ' -. r, r I x the seventh i.i y t t i "i t ( i..n s.nre i r fA.n til it i a j r fa. i . i i I l p. mi i- v t e- i i in i e r- ,; ; .i .1 i n e i a I t I . t;;e re, ':t of i. r. Vun I i m . I r ..it-.r to ei ter t;e ' i ... r I ;e.- ' ; t. BUS IER ILLICIT DISTILL- ORSPLEADGUILTY Xoted Blockaders Waive fur ther Proceeding at Law and Submit to Penalty E POSITIVE GUILT. Trial Not Conducted Like The Similar Case Against Samuels Which Was Tried Last Winter, v ; No Politics Mixed Up in Former. ", Special Correspondence. Greensboro, Sept. 6. .There was a break in the tedious monotony of the trial of ex-deputy collector R. H, Har din in the Federal court yesterday morn ing. W. W. Barber, and J. W. Mc Neill, attornies for the parties asked the District Attorney to permit several defendants in cases on the docket to plead guilty. They then called out the names of J, M. Combs, James Ellis, James Eller, Wiley Smith, Cal Eller, Garfield Foster and Adley Foster. These gen tleuierr' came forward, stood before Judge Boyd, and pleaded guilty to indictments charging them with illicit distilling. , Judge Boyd ordered that' defendants be released, subject to their bonds, saying he would defer pass ing sentence until the termination of the trials against the officers. He stated that he was gratified at the im proved conditions in Wilkes county, and he hoped it would continue.' The men submitting guilty have been leading blockaders in Wilkes county and looked like leading citizens. In former trials of revenue officers, it was shown that at the homes of the Fosters, the McEwins and Combs, officers made their headquarters, spending the night and being on intimate terms with them. Jim Combs and Garfield Foster, it will be remembered,-were star features in the government's evidence in the trial of officer Samuel last winter, appear in i in the midst of the trial, after hav ing been in hiding several months, and required to give a $25,000 bond ' when he surrendered voluntarily to an officer at Wilkesboro. v He was not used as a witness by Samuel, although while he Was gone, attorneys tried to get a con tinuance on account of . Comb's ab sence, ""'-'-,.' '.;V' '':i;h; '" In the afternoon, four witnesses were examined, among them being the miller at Hackett's mill who testified to hav ing ground large quantities of corn, into distilling meal for the McEwin, the Combes, and -other stills in 1904 and 1905.. The railroad agent at Wilkes boro testified that immense quantities of corn was received at the station and was hauled off by teams belonging to the distillers. : The evidence for the government will probably be concluded by the noon recess tomorrow. The report that Governor Aycock and and Hon. C. B. Watson had retired from the revenue cases, and which was men tioned in this correspondence, Judge Bynum says in erroneous, and that Gov ernor Aycock will get here tonight, and Mr. Watson to-morrow if he can possi bly leave Danbury where he Is busy at Stokes court. There is a difference so far in the po licy of the defense, in this case and the similar one of Samuel, tried last winter lathe Samuel case, as in fact in all the others heretofore tried, the defence on cross examination and by other means, tried to make the impression that the prosecution was t imply one of prosecu tion on the part of one faction of repub licans, represented by the District At torney and the Department of Justice against Mr. Blackburn and the revenue wing of the party. ' In this trial, so far not a Bitigle question put on cross exam ination by counsel for the defense, has indicated a purpose of injecting faction al politic! or judicU oppression theories into the case. The name of Blackburn has not been mentioned, nor has the slightest effort been made by inuendo or interrogatory to make the implicat ion that District Attorney Holton has been actuated by spite or desire for re-, venge or re-appointment in prosecuting' so vigorously influential officials of his own political faith, but champions of a rival faction m his party organization. Another significant absence is that of Congressman Blackburn, who has not been here during the whole week either as attorney or sympathizer with these former strong Wilkes county lieuten ants and champions of his. Still more significant is the constant presence and active aid of three Vi!k 'H ( eunty Uiwyeis. R. N. linekelt, V. V. l;u.ler ami J.'ine'H W. Mciv-il, th latt r defeated him khiii n f ir t i' T,mC itnrsliip nomiiKi' ien of ties K nl.'.n ous inhi!U..-t!iict.Hi:d the f--i n.er le i c) ; ont for the Lieiie.ci'et v T .u.h.;,' , f r Cohere" in the Ki,;hi I'M i. f.. , !. i IT hil 'hi.'. IIH-HM tl. t t ! f . P r .M UeirM h ' , : : 1 r . i MIL PILE mm Terrible Scaly Humor In Patches All Over the Body-Skin Cracked and Bleeding Itching Unbear ableCured by Cutlcura in Thirty Days at Cost of $4.75. ANOTHER WONDERFUL CURE BY CUTICURA "I was afflicted with, psoriasis for thirty-five years. It was in patches all over my body. I used uiree cakes of Soap, six boxes ; Cuticura Oint ment, and two .: Domes ox wiu cura Resolvent. I . bathed with the Ointment once a day, and took the ' Resolvent as di rected. In thirty . days I was completely cured, 'and I think permanently, as it was about five years ago. : "The psoriasis first made its appear ance in red spots, generally forming a circle, leaving in the center a spot about uie Bize oi a silver aouox oi bo una nesu. In ft short time the affected circle would form a heavy dry scale of a white silvery appearance and would gradually ' drop off. To remove the entire scales . by bathing or using oil to soften them the flesh would be perfectly raw, andfe light discharge, of bloody substance . would ooze out. That scaly crust would form again in twenty-four hours. It was worse on my arms and limbs, al though it was in spots all over my, body, also on my scalp. 1 If I let the scales remain too long without remov ing by bath or otherwise, the skin would crack and bleed. . I suffered ' intense itching, worse at nights after . getting warm in bed, or blood warm y exercise, when it would be almost unbearable. . . . "To sum it all up, I would not go through such another ordeal of affliction for thirty-five years for the State of v i wr r ; i .i Hutchinson, Kan., April 20, 1905." , Onriema 8oip, OlntniPTrt, tnd PHI, mc told tbmtftlioal the vorld. Potter Drug fe Chun. Corp So'e Prop-. II' Wn. F-MbMIMsBwtDCuMXariuliitiiiuiun. Wire Grass, 1 Sept. 6. See here, Mr. Editor, our people down hete thought they had about stood out all of their share of sorrow and dis appointments by the great damage to their crops caused by the constant rainy weather this summer. But lo, and be hold! here comes the worst disappoint ment of all. For the last week or two the New Bern Journal has i a"H to reach our mail boxes on time, by tv, o or three days; the result is, that some of our people are. suffering from the loss of sleep, others the loss of appe tite, while many have given our R. F. deliveryman "dowa the country" for not bringing their Journal for them. The fact ia, our people just can't do without the New Bern Journal They are beginning to realize it true va'ua. Last Saturday bein th--fi-.it cy of the hunting season, out h it i w . took to the woods to hunt far dee', aui as far as we can learn, it waa a dear hunt ' V. , , ; .. We notice quite an improvement late ly made at the farm of Mr. Alex Fore man in the way of building. There will be preaching at the M. E. Church, South, at Tuttle's Grove Sat urday night by Rev. W. A. Piland. All the members of the church are partic ularly requested to be present as there will be held after services, church con ference, and some important business transacted. . Cotton picking has begun, and with the farmer it is the order of the day. At this writing the rainy season con tinues which is doing great damage to the cotton crop. - ' Mrs M A Stanton is spending several weeks at New Bern, the cuest , of Mrs Mary Hancock. To the delight of their many friends, Misses Minnie and Evelyn Mann of New port 'were visitors here a few days ago...: Mrs G W Guthrie and laughter, ftj-a J A Morton of Harlowe wera vi at MrsJ C Marreli'a i mday. Mrs Anna Taylor of Wiioiuj i the guest of relatives and frier.us here. Mr J W Running made a flying trip to New Bern and Aurora last week. Miss Thomas Ann Hancock was 1 -j last week in t!.e Interest of her shjter'a business. Mr Dallas f -"er's son C'.y 'o ia v ill with win-; ;r z-coogh and n .' i fever. Our pe ' 1 ' 1 (' t t else previ ' ' lee n " and o.h. r i, 1 v; i Tnuh t, ha J J I . D..k i ' ) ! 1;.. I, : ltil, r e 1 dh FCC. c rl . C.e'l I r' .if : - ; G 1 1 1 . t ' .!, i ; I i