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NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20. 1907 SECOND SECTION. :
, . 30th YEAR
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CBIICKEl
VILLBE CLEARED!
Mitny Important Changes and j
Additions to the Commer-
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cial Lite ot Greensboro
CHURCH DECLARED '
. '.-.- OUT OF DEBT
Expected that W. J. Bryan Will Sound
A The Local Political1 Kcjr Note,
Republican Politicians Hear
Claims of Rival CandV
: dates to the Oxford
; . ' Postofiice. Mayor
Brandt's Dls-
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Special Correspondence.
Greensboro, N. C, September 17,-r
Monday bight la was wondered at by
outsiders what.', was tli ocaslon o?
such a long session cf the RepubUcnn
Executive Committee, It being known
that all was peace. It turned out thai
most of the time was taken up with
speeches In regard to the claims of
rival candidates for the Oxford post
office. ' The Oxford delegation inter
ested in presenting claims of two can
didates were J. I. Cozart, JW. Brown
and W. L. Peace, W. Peaoe,- W. N.
Oltcher, C- P.; Hester, H. G. Hill and
D. A. Moore, and they all spoke.;; The
other vacant postofflces, of any im
portance navmg candidates were 1
vidson College, Mocksvllle, Graham,
Monroe, and Oxford. Small delega
tions briefly presented claims ot rival
applicants. As relateTabove, the whole
pusn was practically placed at the
disposal cf Chairman Adams.
neutf regular meeting of "the
Ccmtilttee will Lo March 1st 190S,
Mayor Leon J. Brandt has received
notice cf his appointment as a district
deputy grand exalted ruler of the B.
P. O. Elks for North Carolina West.
The appointment was made by Grand
Evalted Ruier.Jphn K. Tener. pf Char-
lerol, Pa., who was chosen grand eX-
aited ruler at the Philadelphia meet
ing of the Grand Lodge In July. Mayor
Brandt-is a past exalted ruler of
Greensboro Lodge No. 602, B. P. O.
Kike,1 and Is one of the most enthu-
Blastic members of the Order. In the
district over which he will have su-
nairlitnn A nln n ! n iinanlnnf iron a 4 a
Vot.tathl,0"0nWOert. and this-failure Is the basis ot
Ashevllle,-Charlotte, Concord, Greens
boro, Winston-Satera, : Durham, and
Salisbury, and during the past twelve
months a lodge will most likely be
organized at High Point
' ' Travel yesterday on the street car
lines as exceptionally heavy, par-
tlcuiarly Jast night on . the Lindley
Park Division." Car No, 15 with a Beat
ing capacity of 40 had 175 passengers
on one outbound trip and two others
carried between, them 175, Every
thing moved,, smoothly and the traffic
was handled by- - Superintendent W,
Frazlor without any unnecessary watt
ing or delays. The cars were run
from the '"park i:ntil a late hour and
brought Is some verji heavy loads.
: Within lbs jmst week, the following
'valuable additions td the business life
of Greensboro and the State, have had
their headquarters here
The Atlanta Compound Company,
manufacturers of oils ' and slzings,
' have leased a large brick building' on
Davio street, and will open a branch
house here, 'with Mr. R. G. Sloan as
local manager. The .company will
ship three car loads a week, as Its
first beginning ut ihls distributing
point
TltS retail Credit Association of At
lanta, hnve rented oiflces in the Ben-
bow Arcade building and opened the
only branch office between Baltimore
and Atlanta., This company beside
furnls.lilug reports on individuals,
niaVtes a specialty of furnishing re
ports to Life Insurance Companies of
applicants for policies.
Two more cotton brokers, Mr. II. S.
Herndnn of Boston, and Jffiyes L. Her
run of Little Hock, Ark., have located
here to deal in cotton,' both having
opened offices in tho Hotibow' Arcade
building with a full force ot clerks
Tlie regular one weeks term of
Guilford 3uperlor court for the trial
of criminal cases only, did not begin
until three o'clock yesterday after
jioon. Judge Council, owing to sick
UH'.:a (lid not arrive until that hour.
Tho (1'xket Is a vin-y Iutko one, but
solicitor Brooks nays ho thinks the
Jail will lie cleared. N
I'niU'd Stales Dlatrlct Jml-n Itoyd,
and l e;iuty MarxhulH Hamilton ami
Vliiri'dt. left !n:it lllfht for Vllki-:il0-
ro, v, here a leriri of l-Vd.-nil rourt lie
U3 imh'.y. I'lilli'd t:'ale. MarHlinl ,
'Mill!'.' n wan nimble lo !e:wo on ac
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T0I1 COilCll!
AiTangement Made to Have
Sea Beard Line & A. C L,
Connect With Frisco
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k:.:ento:ifi:;e
Government
Poultry Farm1 Being
Improved. Few Fires During
The .Month of August Wen- ,
ther Report for Month.
" Jieed of St, Mary's
School, For New
; Buildings. .
Spocial Correspondence. . i
- Raleigh, N. C, September 17. The
Corporation Commission today made
an order in the case ot Williams, Mc
Callum and others, citizens of Max
ton, against the Seaboard Air Line
and the Atlantic Coast Line Railways
in regard to the connection at Maxton
between their trains. The commlslon
finds as facts that for about ten years
the trains of these roads , were . so
scheduled and operated as to give
transportation from Charlotte ' and
Intermediate points, to points east or
north of Maxton on ! the- Atlantic
Coas Line .by close connection with
Maxton.' This connection was broken
and complaint' against it was heard
June 20th. The Atlantic Coast Line
answered that it was not responsible
for the break because there had been
no change In Its schedule. The 'Sea
board' Air Line admitted its responsi
bility for the change but Insisted that
was made for important reasons, that
is to allow the Seaboard Air Line
to connect with the train of the Fris
co system at Birmingham, Ala. ; Both
companies admitted the Importance of
restoring the Maxton connection and
it was agreed that the Atlantic Coast
'vine would change Its schedule and
vould hold its trains for ten minutes
f ceaary, to,make. ih' connection
It could not make the time for leav
ing Maxton later than 10:25 a. m
and keep Its connection with the main
line at Fayettevllle, which is admit
tedly a very Important connection. It
was agreed .that the .. Seaboard Air
Line would change Its schedule so as
to arrive at Maxton at 10:20 a. m.,
the present complaint, -'.The Commia-
slon finds that the Atlantic Coast Line
kept Its agreement and that the Sea
board Air Line did not and so caused
the failure of the connection. The
latter road was, notified to appear be
fore the Commission September 4th,
admitted that It had not carried out
Its agreement but claimed, that it
found It Impossible to keep the con
nection at Maxton without breaking
that at Hamlet and that It regarded
the latter as more Important .
The Commission says that the breuk
of the service heretofore rendered be
tween Charlotte and Wilmington is
not to be considered. It is the duty
of the Seaboard Air Line to furnish
transportation from Charlotte to Wil
mington so as to make such Impor
tant connections as were heretofore
made and It Is no valid excuse to aay
that this service has been dlscontln-
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Cardinal Gibbon Attacked
Special to Journal. " .
Baltimore, Md., September 18. A
street beggar attempted' to kill Cardi
nal Gibbons today but his eminence
escaped unhurt' the man being una
ble to reach the cardinal. The beggar
was arrested and Is believed to be
Insane. . . " ' '
Horror In Japanese Naty. .
Special lo Journal.' ,
Tokio. September 17. News has
reached here ot a dreadful catastro
phe. While at target practice on
board the battleship Kashima, near
Knro, an unexpected shell blew up,
and forty men and officers were killed.
a 'wilding fund for the erection of
a new edifice and pledged amounting
to $1,883 were K'vcn. It is the pur
pose of the congregation to have an
annual church pledge and subscrip
tion service and not begin the new
building until every dollar necessary
to complete It is in hand or in siht
bo that no debt will be incurred.
Democrats of GreeiiKhoro and Gull
ford county are an aii,-;!ii(! to give a
big lintu-.t to William Jennings Fry
an on Wednesday n!;.ht of the dy he
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the Carolina Central I'tilr
('round;! here, October 10. It 1 1 hi-
t( nd'- l to give Mr. f.ryari tin CH sri sti
lly ;f tiial.inij a key-note ;;fH?i oil
the Biilii-!-l. nf V.t;U-n r' '. !u.l t
coning if 1 "' t i '
Mill SALOOII LEA-
GUE 0FACER1CA
Holds Its Annual Session at
Norfolk Under Auspicious
Circumstances
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GE3SD FRES'jENI
Report FrM Different State Leagues
Show Fionrlsaing Condition and
That The Sentiment Against '
Saloons la Growing ':
S Model State Constl- - '
tntloi , Adopted.'
- Election of .
Offieen. ,
Norfolk, September 19. The Anti-
Saloon -League Of America. In its an
nual session here today, elected Bish
op Luther B. Wilson of Chattanooga,
Tenn., president and the following
officers:
General Superintendent Rev. Dr.
P. A. Baker, of Columbus, O.
Recording i Secretary Rev S. B.
Nicholson, Harrisburg, Pa.
Corresponding Secretary J. L. Er-
win, Washington. ' '
Treasurer Foster Copaland, Co
lumbus, Ohio.
The present vice-presidents were re
elected with these additions: Bishop
H. C Morrison,. Birmingham, ' Ala.,
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First Church of Christ Scientist ot
which the above Is an illustration la
one of the prettiest houses of worship
In the city. It has the unique distinc
tion ot combining the home-like fea
ture with divine worship which gives
It a most pleasant aspect The build
ing Is a splendid specimen of colonial
architecture, the simplicity bearing
out the colonial Idea with consistency.
The edifice it built of brick with pure
white cement construction covering.
The front is set off with a wide porch
which la supported by four massive
columns. It Is surmounted with heavy
cornice and balustrade. The interior
corresponds with the outside ot the
building. Entrance la made' to the
reading room which la finished In ma
hogany and with antique furniture
jit f.c:eb '
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Inhabitants of James City Torn Out
En Masse to Hunt For looter.
There was a' sound ot heavy artil
lery in the direction of James Ctly
shortly after 10 o'clock Sunday, night
The fusalllade was terrific and it the
bullets had "been elective it might
havs been the starting point of a story
at least a column in length. The first
rumor was that a riot had started
among the negroes over there atid
seven men Were dead, and there was
no tolling how many had beon wound
ed. Deputy sheriil Williams had been
dispatched over there to make en
quiries and learned that some ons had
bi-t-n robbing houses and the popula
tion turned out to run t! e n.n d-wn.
They all l. an hbo
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one was k' t & ) t'
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Counsel for the Currituck County Han
Sty Evidence Was Purely -
Circumstantial. .
Special Correspondence. -
- Raleigh, N. CI, September 18. A
big fight was put up for Jonathan
Harrison, who gets twenty years In
the penitentiary for kidnapping little
Kenneth Beasley. His counsel claim
that .the case was purely circumstan
tial and that he was the victim of
prejudice. Harrison was forty years
ago charged with killing' his father
and then his brother-in-law. , Govern
or Jarvts was his lawyer,- Your cor
respondent told -last yeai(thp jBtory
or how Governor Jarvls, by the' bold
est sort of a stroke saved .Harrison;
The leading ! witness against ' him
swore Harrison had shot his father
and that the witness had felt the but
let hole In the back of the head.' So
years after the murder when Harrison
was tried, Governor Jarvia had the
body exhumed when it was 'shown
there was no bullet wound at all,
. Gen. Drude Counsels Peace.
Speciakto Journal, v . ,
Paris, September 17. Gen. Drude
commander of the army, of France
has succeeded in inducing the Moors
to quit, fighting. Negotiations . for
peace are now pending. '
Indict Railroad Officials for diving
. Passes.
Special to Journal. - .
Jackson, Miss., September, 18. The
grand jury of the Superior court have
sent in indictments against Southern
railway "officials for giving passes to
lawyer and legislators. t
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First Church of Christ Scientist.
of the same material The mural dec-
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oration in wis room 1 .
"Oh Thou God of Peace be near us,
Fix Within our Hearts Thy Home."
is very appropriate!
' In the auditorium the eye is charm
ed again by the altogether cheering
Inviting appearance. The walls are
decorated with the following passages
from the Bible and her book selected
by Mrs. Eddy: The pasages are tak
en from Acts '13; 18 and John 4; H.
'IH m nra rn A UTirvnA.,AH 1. -
vay in Christian Science lef a pilgrim
and a stranger marking out the path
for-generatlons yet unborn."
"Christ Jesus healed sin and sick
ness by one and the same divine, me-'
taphysical process." , '
The windows represent a new Idea
STATE INSTITUTION -
JF03 THE ELIXO
Opens lis Session and Many Unfor
tunates Avail Themselves of
Its Advantages. '.
Special Correspondence.
Raleigh, N. C, September 19. The
8tate School "for the Blind began its
session today. 8everal special cars
came in yesterday and today with pu
pils from various parts of the State.
There are a number of new ones. Of
course there are a number of blind
children In North Carolina. who have
never had the advantage of the educa
tion and training the State so freely
offers, but this is not the fault of the
Slate officials nor of the children them
selves, but of the narents of the bit
ter. It is a fact, however, that tho
i;re:itest care hi fatten in securing the
at!-n,!.-im-e of the children and t!m.t
a v ;y iiiiicH larger proportion 1 in
the school than ever before.
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HEW DOBRr
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Discussing Feasability of Pnt
ting Pastorales of Kpisco
pal Churches on Limit i ,
SCUE FOR HI- ''
TDRIUM UNPOPLIU.R
But Chamber et Commerce Have Is
- sued Circulars Showing ' Why
There Should be Such a ' .
Build lug. Amateur En -tertalnment
National .
. Guard of State
WiU Have U
r Work Hard.
Special Correspondence. .. -
Raleigh, N. C, September 19. Men
tion was made yesterday of the fact
that at St Mary's Female School here
there is urgent need of more room.
The trustees in session today decided
to build a very-tandsome addition
which will contain room - for sixty
more students and also at least four
recitation rooms. ' The, school opened
today", and there were, especially in
teresting services, at. which Bishop
Cheshire and many of the clergy were
present, together with a . large num
ber of lay members of the church
The attendance was larger than ever
before at the opening of the session.
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In light and ventilation; Instead of
being opened In the usual way, they
are casement windows opening the enj
tire length and the glass Is a variety
which admits the light still prevents
the Intrusion of the curious outsid
er. -The two fireplaces which are of
very artistic design consistently carry
out the idea of colonial simplicity and
of sincere and hearty welcome to all
worshippers.
The plans were drawn by architect
II. W. Simpson with the co-operation
ot Miss Harrison and Mr. W. E. Brock
The latter also had charge of the
brick construction. It Is rare
that one fmds a congregation to loyal
ana seir sacrificing a people who have
accomplished so noble an end.
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Supreme Court Called Upon to Decide
Important Question.
Special to Journal. ' , A, '
Raleigh, N. C, September 19. A
most imixirtant case Is being argued
in the Supreme court It comesfrom
Franklin comity and Is to settle the
question whether counties are not re
quired to levy sufficient taxes for
schools to keep Che latter, open at
least fonr months each year, and thus
comply with tho constitutional require
menta to the latter effort The case
Is a friendly one. The decision in the
lower court was anainnt the State,
wnicU contend for tho tax. The only
decision by the Supremo
actly twenty years u, v,
to the Slate's contculiou.
court, ex-
is adverHe
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COTIIER
Formal Opening of the Steel
Bridge Between Fort Barn
well and Maple Cypress
GRG'.VD E
FULLY 3,000 PEOPLE
Brilliant Addresses by Congressmen
W. W. Kitchen and C. B. Thomas
Hospitable Reception by The
People. Speeches by Clt-
, bens of Craves Coun
ty. s A, Day et .
Ptoasore. .
Maple Cypress, Craven county, was
the storm center, yesterday, of a cel
ebration that wilt long be remember
ed. The special occasion was to cel
ebrate the opening and completion of
the fine steel bridge that -now unites
Fort Barnwell and Maple Cypress sec
tions ot this county, and greatly fa
cilitates trave! through aectlor.s ad-
Joining the above sections of Craven
countyj ; The bridge completion was
the special feature. A big barbecue
and dinner, was an Important supple
ment, fhile a number of prominent
speakers gave an added seat particu
larly as the speeches were along po
litical lines. The attraction" among
the speakers was Congressman W. W.
Kitchen, of the Fifth District, can
didate tor gubernatorial honors. Con
gressman Charles R. Thomas, was
present and was given the usual hear
ty rcceptlou, ever accorded him by the
people of .Craven. His speech was an
excellent one, and Is given an extend
ed notice, for It Is good reading, and
is entitled to be on record with this
notable celobratlon. Chairman C. E.
Foy, of the " county commissioners,
through whose efforts and those of
his colleagues, the bridge was built,
made a fine statistical report Su
perintendent. 8. M- Brlnson's short
address was good, and received ap
plause., ' EX r county commissioner
James A. Bryan made a characteristic
speech. Ex-sherlff Joseph Klnsey,
who presided and introduced '' Hhe
speakers was very happy in all his
Introductions, and made the several
speakers feel quite at ease.
Of the chief speaker, Congressman
Kitchen, it may be said without flat
tery, that he made a very favorable
tnipresslon. A very pleasing and easy
speaker. A gentleman of graceful
presence. A forceful orator, he was
given careful attention, and, his re
marks frequently received applause.
la his personal meetings, he gained!
much good will of . those whom v he
met ' '; ;.' -" "' - '
The weather was fine, though It
might have been too warm tor some.
Early the people began to arrive and
the usual thing teemed to be to bring
all the family, to that women and
children were more In numbers than
men. It was a gala day, and the re
ception committee handled everything
so well that if there was a mishap,
no one knew it , Hundreds of vehicles
A fleet ot motor boats brought the
crowd, which must have reached 8,000
in. number. Big and little baskets,
and hundreds Of pounds ot fine bar
becue was an important event ot the
day. The dinner was uniquely served
upon wire fence netting, covered with
cloths, that made a table a quarter of
a mile long. The heaps and stacks
ot every kind of good food disappear
ed before the hungry but good na-
tured onslaught of the multitude,
I Cold drinks went by the hundreds of
1 bottles and the barrel. Everything
I contributed to make the day a nota
ble one. A pleasing feature was the
band- " WM Craven t(unty C0le-
i Drauon, out neamy counues aeni rep-
Congressman Thomas' Speech
Congressman Charles R. Thomas
spoke as follows:
: "When Zebulon B. Vance was re
turning to the mountain country from
his campaign with Settle in Eastern
North Carolina, In one of his speeches
he related the following Incident from
the history of Greece
"Xenophon says, that when the
Greeks has marched one thoutand
miles Into the enemy's country's, r
when returning home they frnt i
after their long inarch, tl.e C"
groves and vlncii.il rot!- - of C
native land an I t' 1 v :. ,
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Organization vt a Movement to
Have Games South Caro
lina Towt 8 Included
:en i:i skies
to eiiild filf.:::
State Normal and Industrial College
Opens With La rgest Attendance
la The Hlstorj of the IasUta- -y
tion. Faculty Much Larg- '
. ' er and Composed ef"""" -.
. Men and Wemea
, With I'.plendl
AbJlty.
Special Correspondence.
Greensboro, H.
0., September 18.-j
A great deal ot interest It being man
ifested in the pro. oeed 8tate baseball
league, which Mayor Brandt it giving
much attention towards organising
for next season. On October 1st -there
will be a mseting here of rep- .
resentatives from all towns desiring
to enter the leagueand1 at that time
permanent organization . will ' be ;
formed and the ceams constituting
the league will be decided upon. Man
ager Landgraf, who is the originator
of the movement, is in New York now
but will return In time to have every ,'
thing in readlnesi. for the meeting.
Mr, Brandt tayt that just now It
seems that the trouble la going to
come about when the matter ot say- ,
ing what towns are to be Included la
the circuit it taken up and determined
Mr Brandt has received letters from ,
Greenville, Greenville. Spartantbnrg,
and Anderson, th -ee South Carolina
towns, asking that they be allowed to
enter the league v. hen it Is formed.
Last night a social train loaded
with State prison 3ra passed through
here, going to E kin to do grading
work 6n the new railroad being con
structed from Ellin to Sparta, The
prisoners were bilng brought from
Rocky Mount wh sre they have been
employed In build ng double track on .
the Atlantic Cot st . Line railroad.
There were .77 on board, most of
Whom were black Among the white
men In the crowd was Turner Walker
the flagman who was convicted for be
ing responsible for the wreck of train
No. 84 here about 'wo years ago, when
several persons lest their Uvea.
Promptly at ten o'clock this morn
ing the opening exercises ot the six
teenth year of tho State Normal and
inausiriai ijonege oegaa, in me lus
cious and elegant auditorium In the .
students building, which hat been com
pleted since the vacation period be-
?an, last May. t ore than five nun- r
dred students wera present there be
ing 91 counties represented, the larg
est representatloE in the history of
the lnstltuion; the next largest being
89 in 1895. . . '
The faculty hat been enlarged and
several new meml era are to be found
among the fifty lsur who now have
charge of the gre it work of training
teachers for the tchoolt of the State
Among the new members of whom
there are fourteen, probably the most
distinguished is Prof. J. A. Matthew-
son, who for a n imber ot yeara hat
been the successful superintendent ot
the Durham Gratied Schools. But
every one ot the entire fifty-four is
a picked man or oman, selected with
a view of what ha, been done by tie
In chosen specialty, either In Normal
or other scientific training Instruc
tion. ., ,
A lawyer who wat present in the
Superior court this morning, observ
ing the great crcwds of Ju'.l V.: '
pleading guilty to miademeanors, and
waiving bills of indictment declared
that Greensboro aid High Point r 1
ed a Recorder's cmrt. lie said Cat
at Winston, he had been told C t
since the establls iment of a record
er's court, the la it Superior court
criminal docket hid only th!rty-tl.re
cases on It The strange imt of it
all, this same lav yer, when a i .
sitlon was up las, winter to hnve t"
legislature entail!, h a rccc ' r's ' t
for Greensboro, h ;!j .l t ) 11 i', t 1
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