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n F Nil ! ' TV M! I I i Library No. 13. .: NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY. N. C TUESDAY, MAY 14, 19077--FJRST SECTION. 30th YEAR c III LL L i !l f A STRONGER BANK We have taken over the business of the Citizens Bank) and ,' cordially invite the continued patronage of. all the former pa . trons of that bank. ': " s' '''''. '.- ' We have Increasefour " Capita Stock to $200,000.00 and will now have asset of about $700,000 which will enable us to , are for all business entrusted to -us in the besi manner. V Mir. T. A. Green, formerly President of the' Citizens Bask is now Vice-President of this Bank aad will he glad to welcome all bU friends and former customers.':. . , ,'"' JAST B. BLADES, P. csiilent. ' V ,- ;eo. b. 'P'DLlm)N;,Vlshl,r!r-,t: V S SOUTHERN LAND ft; IMPROVEMENT CO. - " . OF DOVER, DELAWARE ; . colonizing" mis. in eastern - NORTH ' carduma OFFICES OVER BRUM'S nil Our car of "Pittfcbufjh Perfect" Wire Fencing has arrived. This is a fencing electrically welded, and we have no hesitancv in aavinir wa believe it to bo the best Fencing sold welds cxnnot be pulled apart, although they should be tested when in a red hot heat make the test with a forge and a hammer, or knvmthor .' device. Call at our store and see it tinar vour orders. . J. S. Basnight Hd w. Co 67 SO. FRONT STREET.-" KEVV BERN, N. C. Tlie State Horticultural Assoi WILL HOLD ITS . SEOUL FAIR at New . (Vader The Auspices of The New Bern IJmmber of IVuinin-Ke) Ba Tuesday and Wednesday, May , 21-22, 1907 LIBERAL PREMIUMS ARE OFFERED IN ALL DEPARTMENTS REDUCED RATES ON ALL RAILROADS. Send for a Premium list. GEORGE GREEX. Sec'ty Chamber Commerce: : V " 11 J. J. BAXTER'S will On Friday Morning May 10th and lasting' till June 1st. we will put on sale 191 Men's Suits and 142 Boysand Children's Suits at Just one -third off: V- ".; . ; . ,x: Ve Are Overstocked with Clothing and are going to close out this lot at a loss to us but they must go. All seasonable goods in two and three piece Suits.' n n $15.00 Suits for $10.00; 10.00 " " 6,67; 600 . " 4.00; 400 " " 2.67; $1.50 Suits T. A. GREEN, V; President - Si m Ol PHARkIAGY, New Bern,- N. .t gyy.sy.'.-fw.'.f Mi today "-. We guarantee that the li and wa will take the-chances of get- : cf -. ( V- ' f 31 $12.00 Suits for $8.00' 8.00 " 5.00 " '3.00- V 5.34 3.34 2.00 for $1.00 0 1 , t M - -via Bern,; I IMA GAT-nsH crjsE ; . CGTEQCU U Seal Piscatorial Incident That Ac ' tually Happened. Straage But S'": - ' True, ..." v' We herewith Indite a story about a fish trange but true. There has al ways been a disposition on the part of other newspapers and the public gen erally to throw discredit on a fish story that exceeds the, ordinary limit of fish swimming around in the water or biting at ft baited hook. -Why shoiildn'ffish do strange things as well as people . or - animals? .They surely, have a good chance and- it must be veryBotoilou8 -loir a, -fish to do nothing but swim and bite at a hook. . So it is not strange that once in a while a flBh departs from the usual grind and makes a name for Itself'. . ' 'if; '"S'. r' : This story was related to the Jour nal by a man from Michigan who was the hero of the Incident and it there fore stands to reason that it must be the truth for Michigan men never lie. Mr. James Rentschler, the handsome sawyer for -New Bern Lumber Com pany who recently came to New Bern from Marguettev Michigan,' had quite a singular expedience Friday. Ha had a large poplar log on the carriage and was cutting the, log transversely. When the end dropped off he saw a big flopping, squirming object around his feet He was at first tinder the Impression that he had sawed a moc casin snake in two and the thoughtof a polsoqous reptile wriggling in and out between Ms feet set him into a lively two step, He had the presnce of mind to retain hold on the lever of the carriage for losing hold would mean the wreckage of much valuable machinery and so he; danced and dodged about that flopping piscatorial remnant until ' he discerned what it was. 'When it dawned on hint that it was harmless ' he dldnt Care. The negro helpers were also scared and they deserted their post of duty in a hurry until they were sure that no danger '.lurked in the bobbing dis membered portions. When order was resumed they Bet to work to un ravel thte mystery. . There were two parts of large fish on the floor beneath the carriage and not only that but , close beside It was another fish fully as large and more lively that came from the same place In the' log or. as pear as could be for they were close together, hut only one was cut In two. It required uo biologist or naturalist to tell to what general family , these denizens of the deep, belonged. Their sur name is the latin word Silurldae but they are called cat-fish for short and they perhaps cause more "cussing" amqng fishermen than any, other one thing. Like Its kind these fish had grown to a great size about . three feet in length. . They were taken by the ne groes, and served in the usual way. How they came so firmly embedded in the log is another mystery. The timber was apparently solid although it had been In the water for months and the trank had grown around our friends iq such a way as. to conceal them from -their , comrades. . Surely their circumstances were quite strait ened but had they been restored to their natural element they would doubtless have been regarded as heroes on account of their . unusual experience. , ; -, :: ; ':'-:. Committee en Floral Display. The following, a full list of the committee of ladles on the floral dis play, Horticultural Fair, Tuesday and Wednesday,- May-21-22. '. . . Mrs. J. A. Meadows, Mrs. A. J. Mit chell, Mrs. R. P. Williams, Mrs. Chas. Slover, Mrs. E.' E. Harper, Mrs. Chas. Duffy, Mrs. Hughes Holland, Mrs. Q N. Ives, Mrs. R. A Damon, Mrs. Chas. L. Ives, Mrs. W. S. Simmons, Mrs. John Dunn, Mrs. George Hen derson, Mrs. M. D. Nelson, Mrs. D. F. Jarvls, Mrs. J. J. Wolfenden, Miss B. D. Wlndley. "''r The committee are requested to meet the managers' of the fair at the tobacco warehouse on Tuesday, May 14th, at 11 o'clock a. m. For the pur pose of organisation and to lay out plans for the exhibit. " A full attendance is earnestly re quested, i WILLIAM DUNN, - For the Management New York Cotton Market. Special to Journal, - Now York, May 11. i Open.. Close. May 10.72 V 10.71 July 10.75 ' 10.74 October 10.67 , , 10.67 January . 10.72 ' 10.72 The I. 8. SU-amer I Ish Uawk In v Praufori. ' Beaufort, May 11. The United States avc-iUiH'r VI. h I'.iwk nrrlvt'd at t! a Is port t',' i riuin.i .j n . 1 id ua' Blun t .trip to t', i i.i, x banks lo- rat.'.-l '.out .ol e. ' 1 ni Vl'l I'M f r v ffj::c j:::es : : l,.. JCSELF. Defaulter "From Eui.k la Charlotte Yields l'p to Officials. " Special to Journal. " : j - Charlotte, Jtfay f 11. Franc Jones, the defaulting cashier of the . . Char lotte National bank appeared in the city today and gave himself up to the officers. It is thought that he has been hiding -Hn the'tity or in this vicinity . ever ' since he disappeared SaturdayMarch 16. The amount of Jones defalcation was 173,000. ; The accomplice' of 'Jones was arrested a short .time afterward. . " ( . Xathaat's Weekly Market tetter. Special to JournaL , ' Greensboro, May ll.-Weather con ditions this -Week have not been fay orable to the growth of cotton, as rainy cool weather has prevailed over large section of the important cot ton states. The crop is starting very backward, and bad stands, and con siderable replanting is the . report from nearly all sections. The demand for cotton, especially. k high grades, continued good, and the oldest cotton men cannot recall such' a situation. White cotton is practically cornered in Liverpool, sand cotton Is fetching more for export ( than v for - domestic use. - Certainly is this true of white cotton. The lateness fct the new crop makes'lt necessary fpr this crop to stretch over a longer period than usual, and until a long spell of fav orable 'Weather sets t In, advancing markets may be expected. And unless this soon happens, a Very radical ad vance is likely to take place. To Advertise This, Section at James. The. Southern Land- ft Improvement Company, of this city, have secured office quarters at the 'Jamestown Ex position grounds, and will have a rep resentative therein charge. The pur pose is to have free literature to give all visitors at the exposition," litera ture regarding the natural advant ages of New Bern and this section where the company has a good deal of fine farm and timber lands. That good results will come from this ac tion of the companyiknnot he doubt ed. It will prove a great advertiser for this section. ; A ' Bemackable Recovery. Friday's Journal had a local relat ing to the operation of transfusion of blood in thevcase of Mrs. E. H. Howe who is desperately ill. It was stated then that the operation was perform ed as the only means of saving her life. Although t the present time Mrs. Howe is. very sick, her condi tion has Improved to such an extend that the physicians Drs, F. W. Hughes and R. S. Primrose regard the opera tion as highly successful and believe that ultimate recovery is possible. . The operation itself was a rare and delicate ono and has not been per formed but once or twice In this country. A case in a Philadelphia hospital was noted in the papers some time ago and was successful . thenl This is another victory for advanced surgery and the New Bern physlcans are to be congratulated for their clever work. 1 ' : County Commissioners Win. The case of the County Commis sioners vs. J. H. Hackburn was con eluded yesterday and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff. The specific charge was failure to list taxes, and the issue was to ascertain whether or not the defendant was a resident of this county. The claim of the plaintiff was that he had not lost his domicile hero inasmuch as he had not made his legal home, elsewhere. The jury held that he was a legal resi dent of Craven county, The jury was considering the . case less than five minutes. , E. M. Green was attorney for the commissioners; Mr. W. D. Mclver was associated with him. in behalf of the ,clty and Moore ft Dunn appeared for the defendant, No other case was tried. r , Sew Orleans Waits Exposition 1915. The , movement to hold a great World's Fair In New Orleans in 1915 to celebrate the opening of the Pana ma canal, a outlined in a letter from Mayor Martin Behrman printed Sun day morning, has taken among the LbuBlness.j?eople of this city like wild fire. It was the almost universal topic of conversation yesterday, and practically everyone agreed that it was a grand proposition and should be carried to success. Dr. Eoverly Warner, In an interview, 'sucspste for the first time that this exponitlon would really be in honor of three Im portant historic events tho opening of the Rrcat Panama canal, the com nienioratlon ot tho two-nuinirevMi en nlvernary of t!e founding of t!; c.St of New Oil-:.ti3 and t!.e ci.o l.un. CtT "",,,Mi l"1! " - WLI fnlwiJ latwil , : LL...iY FlOES. Greensboro Betel Preprleters Eater a Scheme te Establlsk a Laandrj. .. Qreensboro, May 11. The proprie tors of four of the hotels here at a meeting yesterday perfected an or ganization for establishing a- first class steam laundry . tor, their own use and for the public as welt They claim that the charges of the private laundries here are - exhorbltant and failing to get reasonable terms for their own or their guests laundering, will operate one themselves at a sav ing of 33 1-3 per cent in. charges. 1 . v THE VSA,TE .BILL FIGHT. Contends Law Is UneonstttatioaaL Ho Fair Betanis to Bailroads at Decreased Bate. ; Raleigh, N. C, May 11. A copy of the bill of complaint In the injunc tion asked of Judge Pritchard against the enforcement of the laws enacted by the last legislatnre in regard to freight and passenger rates was filed yesterday afternoon with the Corpora tion Commission by Col. W. B. Rod man of Chariotte attorney of the Southern railway. The bill, with its various exhibits, is very voluminous, containing sixty-four pages, and is in pamphlet form. ; ' iv , The principal point on which the case will be fought Is that the rates named in the bill, both as to freight and passenger rates are so low as to decrease the revenue of the roads to a point where it will not represent a fair return. A comparison is made with the report of 1905-'06, as made to th Corporation Commission, and what it Would have been with the new rates." The bill is general in its nature, and the principal contention in .that it is in violation o fthe four teenth amendment of the constitution of the United States. It is contended that the rates at the present time are in many instances very low. . The date for the hearing is June 26th, and it is only a few days after that time before the date for the bills to become effective ; and if Judge Pritchard should continue the Injunc tion, the railroad company would have to give bond to cover the difference in the rates, and it. would not take many days for It to amount toa con siderable sum. COTTON GOES BALLOONING. Exchange Sees the Wildest Excite ment That It Has Experienced for Years. New York, May 13.-r-Mr. James Pat- ton of Chicago, probably the most successful operator in the commodity on the markets of America, today jocularly announced that he "will not shave until wheat is $1.50 a bushel and cotton sells at 14 cents a pound." While tho announcement has created more -or less amusement, it has at tracted wide attention because of all the Chicago operators Mr. Patton . ia most conspicuously regarded to be a man who means what bo says, f Tho truth is, that the American specula tive public is just commencing to ap preciate two facts: 1st that the ex ceptionally unpropitlous weather of the spring has made the production of largo cotton or cereal crops next year, an impossibility; and that the Increasing gold production is creat ing a period of practical inflation ex presses in units of labor. The cost ot producing gold is today probably one half of what it waa 20 years ago, expressed In units of la bor, the cost ot agricultural produc tion is much higher than it was 20 years ago. It follow! undoubtedly that the value of agricultural pro ducts, as expressed In terms ot gold must advance. Tho mining camp, where flour sells at 140 a barrel be cause gold is in abundant supply and flour, difficult to obtain la but a mi crocosm of an international situation, that will presently be universally rec ognized so far as cotton is concerned it seems to me that tho advance has only just commenced. The visible supply, of American cot ton at the end ot tho present season will probably be lees than the world's requirements for a month. The crop is fully three weeks later and the present crop will have to supply 13 months consumption. It is a now de monstrable fact that nothing less than an American crop ot 13,500,000 bales will prevent a situation graduated from scarcity to famine in the degree by which the next crop fails, to reach this figure. Good judges in the south and men whose opinions are sane, have confidently' expressed them selves to me as believing that next year's crop cannot possibly reach 12,000,000 bales. Personally I do not believe that Mr. Tatton will have to wait very long before ho can take a good clean el.ave. TunODORffi H. PRICE. Don't let t'.e c' 'Mrfn suScr. If they are fretful r-vi.u an J cross, rive t;.i-.in Ho:, -r s i: h : y E;.t:rn...a i t . STATE DIKE SCM The Surrey of tho Appalachian Forest Reserve. - A Forward Movement Ia" Preservation of Moon- -" tain Forests. ' ' ' Mr. Price, Of Washington, D. C, connected with the bureau of forestry ot the department of agriculture, was in the city yesterday, having ; been sent frqm Washington to confer with Senator Simmons and Congressman Thomas in regard to the survey ot the Appalachian Forest Reserve. ; For many years the question of es tablishing forest reserves in the Ap palachian range of mountains, in North CaroUna. Virginia,' West. Vir ginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Ken tucky, Georgia and Alabama and in the White mountains of New England has been agitated. Such forest re serves would be the greatest benefit to North Carolina.' Tho Water sheds of the Appalachian region are found in western North Carolina.. The de struction of the forest means the de struction of millions of dollars worth of property by reason of freshets sweeping down from the mountains, and means, also the washing away of farm lands, and the loss of water power which could be utilized for manufacturing purposes,' as well as the loss of large bodies of . timber, which should be preserved as a source of future supply.v . At the last congress Senator Sim mons introduced in the United States senate an amendment to the agricul ture' appropriation bill providing for a survey of these forest reserves, ap propriating twenty-five thuosand (225,000) dollars. When the amend ment came over the to the house of representatives: it was very strongly opposed by : the opponents of the forest reserve, including in the num ber, Speaker Cannon. . v , ' Through the efforts of Congress man Thomas who debated the amend ment upon the floor, and Mr. Lever ot South Carolina and others, upon a roll call and after full debate the sena tor's amendment was retained in the bill and became a law. This survey In the west Ilka the be ginning ot the construction ot the In land Waterway m eastern NorU) Car olina, is of an inestlmatable value to the state. Mr. Price, by authority of the secre tary of agriculture, requests Senator Simmons to Invito a number ot sen ators and representatives In congress from the states interested, to accom pany the surveying party sometime in July, Senators Simmons, , and Over man, Congressman Thomas and other representatives from tho state will ac company tho surveying party, and the party' will include a number ot sena tors and representatives from other states. The idea la to continue this work for tho forest reserves la the next congress- an aronsv additional In terest in It ' : Notice to Mariner. : Neuse River Fort Point Channel Light Established On April 1, 1907, a fixed white post-lantermn light was established 16 feet above the water, on a red 8-pile horizontally slatted structure-erected in 10 feet of water oh the prolongation eastward of the axis of tho new channel through Fort Point Shoal The light la located on tho bearings:' - Johnson Point light SSB. Lower Green Springs light W. by N. distant about 1-2 mile. Upper Green Spring light NW. by W. YACHT BITA PROBABLY LOST Cspt Jacobs aad Crew of Six Men All Believed te Have Gone ,. With It " , . New York, May 11. Underwriters have given up hopes for the safety ot tho yacht Rita which sailed from Miami, Florida, April 1 for this port It should hays reported In this port by April 15 at tho latest but no tid ings have over been received although the owner has believed It would re port safely in time, knowing that it had a stormy time. Tho crew con slsted of captain and six men. Slewing for ti Days. Laramie, Wyo., May 10. For 24 days a snowstorm has raged in the Southern Wyoming mountains, and the snow is seven feet deep on a level Since April 15 the sun has not shone and the storm has not ceased a moment - The temperature has been between zero and 10 degrees below during that time. It is the most remarkable storm ever visiting the Wyoming mountains. - PoRfttl Clwk.Thlef gectencrl. Special to Journal. Wilmington, I.:ay 10. Edward J' son, the rallwry tsmll clerk v- i r 10,C"0 from n,'-'i-r.l n '1 i WHS f-.ntid f ' 1:1 f V " 1 ' c.---t I ' Jf if 1 '-' 31 E Ltt-tLL : Fiona oi en The Satire Official Family in. Great Danger From . Terrorists. . . Special to Journal. . ' St Petersburg, May 13. An almost successful plot to. assassinate ' the Czar was discovered early this morn ing by some faithful servants at the . palace. ' Great secrecy is maintained of the affair and even meagre details are difficult to obtain. It is learned from a reliable source however, that many were concerned in the plot who were regarded as faithful and loyal to the Czar.. It is believed that tho terrorists were aiming to blow up not . only the palace and the Czar but tho entire official family also. - Over 80 officers of the army and personal guard have been arrested. The Czar Is in. such danger that ho dare not leave Tsarsko-Selo palace. . Peace Flag Presentation Exercises. Special to Journal. !r Raleigh, May 13. Tho presentation ' of the Peace flag in tho senate cham ber of the- capitol was made this af ternoon and drew a representative audience. Judge Walter Clark presid- , Rev. R. F. Bumpas led in prayer and Hayne Davis presented the flag. Gov. Glenn accepted tho offering and pledged North Carolina for peace. Ho was elected president of the North Carolina Peace society; Herbert W. Jackson was elected secretary and treasurer. Dynamite Kills 10 Men. Special to Journal. ' ' - . Bristol, Term., May 13. Ten labor era on the Alto pass on tho South western railway in Mitchell county, North Carolina were killed by a pre mature explosion of dynamite today. Ninety Miners Killed. Special to Journal. . - City of Mexixco, May 13. Fire In Guggenbeimer'a eopperjnlne at Ve lardre destroyed the mine and killed 90 men today. Christ, Church Yard Crossing. There Is no objection to the public crossing, either way, from- tho Pol lock street front, or the Parish house side, of Christ church yard, provided, those who enter; will confine them selves to ; the tegular made paths. This notice is given, because passers through the yard 'cross the grass, making bare places, instead of fol lowing the paths made. If tho public will keep to the paths, it will bo per mitted to use the yard, but if tho grass is to be worn off by ahort cuts, the gates are likely to be closed to all. The Exposition City. "A Palace by the Sea." Such Is tho next of the New York Sunday World's series of color pictures of tho James town Exposition at Norfolk. Artist Biedermanh has caught the fleeting . atmosphere of this southern scene and pictured it with his brush. Tho World's pictures are accurate repro ductions of the above paintings. Buy next Sunday's World and get a copy of one of these pictures. officl'i Fr.::::.:.i cf ' OECLO FQ Which Will be Observed on the Open ing Day Tuesday, May 2L Tito procession, under command ot William Dunn, Jr., chief marshal, will form on Broad street between Hancock and Middle, at 9:30 o'clock, Tuesday morning. May 21, and pro ceed In the following order: Knights of Pythias band. -.New Bern Division ot Naval Re serves. City Police. Carriages with speaker and mem bers ot the association. Members of the Board ot City Coun cil ' Carriages with citizens. Citizens on horseback. LINE OF MARCH. The line of march will bo down Broad street to Craven, down Craven to Pollock to George, up George to fair grounds, where the adJress of welcome will be delivered, end tit fair formally opened by the Hon. J i. A. Bryan, mayor of the city of Ne Bern. NOTICE TO t::s it; trc. The County Commit :' a at t regular meeting bu'd I y C, paused the following or.' r, t v That all persons kavlrs V. 'n i the County, es"' ; t f r v , and teU'i ' one f i ! o i 1 seuted to U.e 1 j ara 1 V after e County. c: i i r tire S'h M.Jvr,..- .ry Of t',( 1 "le N. j ( !V'-m t:,o r C. : Tl:e l t I y t ' 1 - T-rt- " f I 1 .' 'i f i i v i. ' c ' ' ::l t TTTiTTTi TTTAY3TP'
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