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. i . . '-v ' ' J; 1 ""lb 1 J u s NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTS H.w J'tlSi DAY JULY, 14, 1908 FIRST SECTION 31tb YEAR No. V5 iV wwilll" WW WWIwt.a.iiw.. ' I V J'f Meeting liraud Jary Repert--! . Auditing Committee Report . ; Treasurer's Report ,?-,,' Board met 1st . 12 o'clock M.. July c 6th,. 108, Present, Chairman' Foy, "s Uc'Gowan, and Harvey."" ." "' ; Ordered that" a levy f BO" cents on the 1100 real estate valuation, on all property in No. 8 Township Fence ,! District, from Trent River to Bachelor Creek.'. .... ; . . ,". -:;.Y''v.':' V Ordered that John . Powell, white, be allowed $2.00 on account: of .poverty , and Jnfirniiiy. -' . ' '' - 1 -. .. Ordewdihat -the property listed to : H, a Royall be reduced from f 1,000 - tor $700 on account of -error,, y Ordered that the 800 acres of land '. listed to;W. F, Foy In No. 7 Town ahlp be reduced from $2,400 to (2,000. : Board" takes recess at 1:30 until t . o'clock, jp. m.-, : ; ,"'.' "":,-v-' . ' ' 'ii" . " , - v Board meets' at M o'clock,' p. . m. t present. Chairman Foy, McQowan and ; Harvey. v f - ,i Ordered that the lotf listed to Har rl and Una Simpkins In No. 2 Town k ship (Bridgeton -fi. . C). be . reduced - . from $200 to 1100 on account'of er h rejr of list' taker. ' . On motion J. A. Miller, Amos Con 4 ner an. J. D. Williams wete duly . elected road commissioners of No. 7 Township for the ensuing year.; ',.; ,1 : 'Whereas,; it is provided Ty 8ectloil . 22, of Chapter 4, of the laws of 1901, . " belns a public school law, that upor ;the petition of one fourth of the fre 1 holders, within the proposed specie I ' school district and ndorsed by the board of education of the county, an ' election shall be held in said district . ; to ascertain the "will of the people tor C .tiiT establishment of said special die trlct. And, Whereas, a petition signed , by one fourth of the free-holders io ; a oertaln district. In No. 1 Township ,. ' Craven county, to bold such an elec tion, which said district is fully de scribed In said petition, and thesame having been endorsed by the County Board of Bducalon, It is hereby or ' dered thai; an election be held in said '" district on Monday, the 16th day of ' August, 1608, for' the purpose of . as certaining the wilt of the -people oi ; aforesaid district It is further or- dered that a notice of 30 days be given at tbe court bouse door and three pub ' Ue places In s Id district of ; said election. v Ordered further that for the purpose of holding said election J. R. ' K. Warren s'Jwreby appointed Regis trar and YftC Williams, A. E. Little . are hereby appointed poll-holders. - Said election officers are hereby 'em , powered and authorized to conduct " said election In .the manner prescrlb . ad by law, for holding general elec " Uons, as well as may trf. At the close of said election, the . said" officers hteby appointed shall ' certify upon oath after, having count; ed the votes cast in said election, the result aforesaid election to this board, ' at iU first regular meeting after said election. Ordeed, further'; that the ejection shan't held at the regular polling plac. in) the town of Vance . boro. . All: commissioners Voting for ' same. .. :;;;-,-"--.,-;' A petition having been presented to ' thla board signed by J." L. Causey, ' Wiley Causey and B. B. Stolces, to . establlih a road in No. 1 Township leading from Piney Neck road to Dixon's, mill roiad, a distance of 1 1-4 miles, and it appearing that the said ' road will be wholly upon the lands o( tbe petitioners; It Is hereby ordered that the sheriff summons three free holders of said township to lay off and establish said road In accordance v vlth the provisions of Section 2684 " and 2685 of the Revisal of 1905. - Tbe report qf,"the Grand ury was ' read and ordered to be spread upon . C ilnut.es, towlt: - . To tbe Honorabl W. R. Allen, Judge - Presiaiu. Vj , r ;V. . We. th GrsHd' Jury for the June term of court, 1: S, for the County of Craven. Elate of, J-orth Carolina, beg leave to report i follows:. That we have sctd upon all matters sent be- fr in bv the Volicltor In 'addition to tnflUng the pf sftilments returne Into court, we lave found fifty, on 111) true tUU sud siven (7) not tru USls, and elfcfit (8) presentments, ana carried over three (3) bll a count of not beiug able to get wlt wtsts. " Court House ' JtVe, the Grand Jury have Inspected J V court house, and find it and all , . in r'x l ' :.'tlon, except the . f t n ilur uf deedn, and t r !' ' J I ' r i li P.rt t miend firS and bur 1 f Mil in tbe prenf-nt one V'e, r tl euui.ty f-li 11 the county home and .find nineteen (19) Inmates; fifteen colored and four white'; we find the home in good con dition; we questioned the Inmates, and they said they were Well cared for. ;, : ' 2 '';' .fonTlct Camps ; , We, the. Grand Jury have examined the convict camps and found them in good condition; we Interviewed the oonvictj and they said they got plenty to cat, and were we-ll clothed. '-.- County Treasnref x We, the Grand Jury, find that the Treasurer keeps his books in good shape.";:vv''::."'-' ;:'".''; "y ;;"''';::"" " Convicts , 'We, the , Grand Jury took up jhe matter reEarding1 eertoin convicts Ise Ing at' iarge" and do find that some few have'been allowed to go and come t wilU . ' J New Bern, N, C. June 13th," 1908..: , J, M. MITCHELL, , - " , - y Foreman. A True Copy. - . , 4 . , - To The, Honorable' W. R? Allen, Judge Presiding-,- W t ( We, the Grand Jury-i for the June term 1908, for the county of Craven -State of North Carolina, have exam ned Mr. Drew Dixon, regarding the condition of the 8th and 9th township roads and these. are the 'acts as e obtained from him towltr j ' ' Number 8 township roads in fairly ood condition except bridge near Wal er Richardson's, which is in bad con lltion, and needs Immediate atten ton. ' , " ; : NnmlfeV9 township In fairly v good Knomon, except -. about a mile ex- ending j from Street's Ferry to the alii,- which is in bad condition and teeds attention. : . , . New Bern. N. C, June 12, 1908. ; . - : - . J.M. MITCHELL, , ' i. ' . . . ' Foreman The report of F. S. Ernul, treasurer. vas read and ordered spread upon- he minutes, towlt: ' ' : ': teport of F. S. Ernul, Treasurer, for The month .or June, 1908: ..General Fnnd; fo Bal on hand.. . . .. ..' ..$7,121.35 - Bridges and Fences ?y Bal overdrawn.1. .4.13,941.48 ; Interest Account f fo Bal..... : '..$274.77 Fenee No, 1 To Bal.. ,, ,. .$28.14 Fence No. 8 By Bat overdrawn. . .. .. r . .' ..J70.67 "' " Respectfully submitted, - ' F. 8. ERNUL. ' : Treasurer. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 6th day of July, -1908. - - J. W.BIDDLE, J. P. The repoTt of the Auditing Commit tee, was read and ordered to be spread ipon the minutes,' towlt: - New Bern.'N. C.VJuly lr 1908 To The Hon: Board of County Com missioners: - ' - ". 'V' X: Dear Sirs: . ' : -. ':';'. " We, -your undersigned auditing com nittee, beg" to report that we have ex tmlned the Books. Touchers and Con- ions, and checked up all amounts re- -elved and disbursed -by th county reasurer, tor the quarter June . 1st, 1908, and found them correct: We counted all paid vouchers and coupons indturned them over to the Register of Deeds for safe keeping. ; S . J.'-t '"-Respectfully, - '. CE. FOY, '; ' '' j. ; ' H. M. GROVES, j , j County Auditing Committee. Summsnr of Different Accounts General Fund, bal.' on hand .$7,174.27 Interest account ; . . -. . ... . j Fence No. 1 Fence No. t .' f. i mm a. 1 1 r 7U.67 . (overpaid) - Jail and Bridges, overpaid . . 1,893.48 Statement of Audit of County Treas- briicral Fund . ; . Receipts ' March 1st. To Bal on hand Rec'd from Sheriff Blddle .. Rec'd from License Tax ... Rec'd from Lots sold for .; taxes Ilnc'd from Wm. M, Watson, $ 5,732X8 11.301.00 172.C0 , 14.66 In J. M. Arnold case ... ,"13 $17,291.87 ' Diitbsriements, f!y Vouchers paid in 11T ' ' t 171 June 1, 5 il. t ti hand . .. 17 174.27 - Audit of County Tn- urer'S Books Quarter n-Vng iw 1. 1'"'8:' 1 i. U 'f -tt At i ... l To CmhIi lierelved ..$2,600.00 ,f-1 I Vnrch 1. ' - ! .!. (-v. !' cm, - ' s 1 puiJ He Will Be' Told et His XoulnatJoa In Cincinnati, Jnly 28th. Cincinnati,' Ohio, July '. Details of the program for the celebration of notification day will be decided upon Thursday at Hot Springs, Va., where a conference will be held with Judge att by tb member8 o( the confer- ence committee o fthe citizens' com mitte of dnclnnatl, consisting of Chairman RV B. Reynolds, J. Stacey Hill. William B. Mellsh and T. J. Moffet, and John R. Malloy, represent- t Ing Senator .William AVarne chair man of the. notification committee of the Repufillcan National Convention.' Chairman Reynolds last -night sent a telegram asking Judge Taft to set a date for the committee's visit and a reply was received, stating that any i time after Wednesday-would not con flict with Judge Taft's engagements. It was decided that the ' committee would, leave tonight for Hot Springs, arriving at the Virginia summer re sort Thursday morning. : Mr. . Malloy held a conference -last night at the home of Charles P. Taft, with the members of the conference sub-committee of the citizens' commit- tea, ' ThP hriiinA and s-rnunda woro In- , ' O I spected, and It was - practically - de- elded that the formal notification shall take place on the Taft grounds," It I is proposed- that a large stand shall be erected on , which will be Beated Mr. Taft, the members of the notiflca- jtlon committee, the members of the lo- Jcal citizens' committee and distinguish ed invited friends.- -i- , v" ' Following the notification -ceremony I It is planned that a public reception I nn tKft. Taft lawn for h Prealrff nttal I tlon wjll take place at noon, July 28th Mr. Malloy stated that he is concern ed only with the arrangement for the formal notification and that-, the local committee may do as it thinks best in regard to the program for the af ternoon and evening celebration, How ever, the committee- wilt make no de cision upon the details of the program I until Judge Taft has been consulted. I Bryan "Killed" Thomas's Speeel Denver, Col, July 9. The Woman's! Jeffersonlan Club today hadthe" hon or of hearing---Augustus- Thomas's speech seconding the nomination of Bryan, ''.-'; It has the. further honor of being the only-organization on earth that, ever will hear it unless Thomas talks IV into a phonograph and takes it on Jhe road.. . It was to have been the greatest effort of Thomas's life. Ho IB here with a party from the Twenty-seventh New York District, and "one from Missouri. After Alaba ma had yielded to Nebraska and Dem osthenes Dunn had nominated Bryan, Arkansas was to have yielded to Mis sourl, and Thomas was to have broken tbe oratorical, record. - Today Brother-in-law Allen, of the Bryan menage, arrived in the Brown Palace. Hotel and summoned Harry Walker.;1 There was a short and ear - nest conference. Walker" went . to8 brought here to be sent to either Thomas and told him that the NbraB - ka commoner wanted Governor Glenn to deliver the star seconding speech. Thomas was furious for fifteen min utes and' dejected for half an hour longer. "Then he brightened - up. 'Aha", he said, "there still remains the Woman's Jeffersonlan Club," and he delivered the speech there amid wild applause, in the course of which several new tan ; gloves wersr frac tured... .(-'.'' ''-', ,' t Yon may hold the lucky nimber 1 Saturday night for th two poind box 0 uayiers. a By vouchers paid .. 139.7S - ;.-' , 177.82 I To cash from Sheriff . .......107.25 Tune I, By Bal overpaid . . i .. .$70.57 k,Mt nt County Treasurers June 1. 108: . Jails and Bridges , March 1. Hal on hand $15,179.11 by return insurance nn lall 21 71 . 1500.82 Dtdburserueati (By vouchers paid .$17,094.30 ..$1,893.48 co . I'y Virrt overutia ' t,,. i. RY Bal. overpaid ....$1,893-48 27 I Ord.-r.-d Uiat E. A. Raaels. of No. 8 i . . . ., Township be relieved oi me j.u of poll tax on and Infirmity. account of poverty Board tks r-os Oi20 p. m., Bui 7th. ' V'.i ' until 10 '!-''' a. m. July ,1 nn els at 10 o'clo. k July I'M - ' ', t I t A. ffs I i r. J 1 t j .1 n ; TO iliBMllTY. NO ; ARBAff EJCEXS HATE . TIT I BEES MADE 05, TBI BICXXlT jcoMjassioxl pRorboG ,J : V ' FOB IIOSPITAij FOB" ' A ;'';ivipaEPTicis Kc r ;: MTimiES FORmSt- CRUISE Map of Greater. Raleigh iade For Use Of v Fire Department Section of '.Wpod. Shown to Commissioner of I Insurance to Show, Action of Eke tricity on Trees Wall of Capitol I " 1 '. i Building Springing Masonic BuOd I ing Stores Nearly-Completed. Special Correspondence! , : Raleigh, N. C, July 0. Insurance Commissioner Young i on- his desk today the section of hair burned wood J V tilL.... i... O MOT VU VU.C V llfS, Bimil U, I wUca had been set on flr by an elec- trie light wire. He said that some people declared such vifrea will not burn wood, but that this, is a grfat mistake. , The tree was biasing bright- iy. ''"Ai-'A'IfT'A - - ' Architect and Coitractorf Bain, of Greensboro, who; is dlng -the. .con- Btructlon work on the Masonic Temnlti here, was today eeen (poking at the I north wall at the capitoj building and I oo r Wt 'ta!l. -mriWtA I like three inches at a holnt between I the windows on the Aril and Second if , " - I floore. ThIs Is the Senate i wing, -of the building. He says ! that uch buildings .with stone fliors, etc., are I apt to do this, and thst there la no I danuer. The wallB of tho caDltol. nar- Ucularly on the nprth side are very much ' discolored and iwlll torobably I soon have to be cleaned. , Raleigh, which Is now able to boast of having the finest building In the state, namely the Masonic Temple, will soon be able to lai claim to the finest bank and drug "iters, both be ing in that bullding;7 ; r;v'rvs Secre tary of State Grimes say a that advices from the eastern part cf. the State, are that too much rain has fal len. It seems- that more has fallen there than in this section and here U Is too wet to plow. Mr. B. 0. Skin ner, who has charge of the extensive farina of the Agricultural Mechanical College, says the weather has delayed plowing there some days. " The wea ther is now too cool for cotton And this and the rains are apt to cause shedding. w- A' Raleigh firm has been awarded thA rontrart fnr fiirnlahlnar a r:iillinn I brick for the building of (hs Eastern Carolina Training School at Green Tnie. . - . ' 1 Every few days ' some btsane person J 1 the' hospital at Raleigh or that at I Qoldsboro. the malorltv ef these thus coming being colored. i The officials In the office of the sheriff,' who have to look after these people whin they are brought in, declare that summer. that is . the hot weather, for some reason or other has the effect cf mak- ing the negroes Insane. One cf them said he could not figure It out at all, except upon the ground that it was loss of-sleep, but declared It to be a fact that more insane are thus brought in during Jupe, July and Au gust than during .the -other nine months. , They say they have looked over-tbe records in foe office for 'a number of years and say they find the great majority of Insanity caei develop in tbe hot months. Not a word further has been heard trorr, tesTnit"air eparni.nt or Institution for epileptics. , About- fif teen months have now passe J aince nrovision was made for this atd not a itep has been Uken beyond deciding that it would be located hire anaivery attractive tour of duty on the I wsy they live and aci. ineir aruv.. then revoklnt- that action so as tolril.un..k. -m have an opportunity 1 0f food Is rice and they wear ver ' .. ava Uie wnoie Question sun uycu. From some Intimations In the lent few days there Is hoped that acUon w.lll ba uken before the first of Se - ptem her. Meanwhile there are nutuoers of epileptics In the hospitals for the iusane, In county hones and some in the care of their families who natur ally are -not In a posUlon to handle them' properly. It seetns. in a gen eral way. tl.at there are, at the very leant E' O lio ou-ht to be lactd In suth an ln:i::tu:in ss tbe one the last 1 f ; : lt Ul 9 luovljil for. .!.,u Ivy bus liwa p! ih 1 1, j: ::..'- of the agii i at ail Mural A l Hi V,, n t!. It has I luain build!: : ' ! ml r.i L--:' t T-" ' v ' till ! jwn very I e J on 1 1' , ' ! ( t I n THRICE Ml! i.il! THE PEERLESS OXE THI.jCAUSE Of A SCENE WHICH BAS -1' BL Aul t-Jul .BUS rABv - ALLELED Df HIS' TORT i DISCUSSION QN PLATFORM Session of Convention Lasted 1 AH Sight Platform Not Adopted Till :30 a. m.-The Nomination Did Not Occur Until 5)30 a, nu One Ballot Did The BusinessKern, of Inulons, - Chosen For Tice-Presi-dent- - ! Special to Journal. v j Denver, July 10. -After an all night session and a scene which has rarely been seen any where under any dream atAiii'Mi William jMinlnra Br van wan ' O-- " . - I nominated to the office of ,Presldent 1' the united States by the Democratic I National Convention. The vast assem- My broke en; masse into a frenzied mob and the wild and unrestrained cheering and shouting was heard for miles away in the clear mountain air. .' The decisive ballot was followed, at the first lull, with motions from the Gray and Johnson leaders to make the nomination unanimous and by accla- matlon. whlnh vai rarHpil Iwlth an echoing ohorus of approval in which ! every State Joined its vote with but .. .. . . low dissenting ; vote from the State of jQ'orgia. w The first and only ballot gave Bry- the commanding and decisive total of 892 1-2 voUa ' or 221 more than enough to nominate, with Gray 69 1-2; Johnson 46, Tha .. cnnvnntlnn aiilnnrnail at -30 untU 1 o'clock this afternoon when i the candidate for Vice-President will be nomlnateA.: Ken Vice-President j v The convention resumed its rork at one o'clock and the nominating of vice-president taken up. The follow ing candidates were placed in nomina tion; Charles A. Towne, of New York; Archibald McNeill, of Connecticut ; Clark Howell, of Georgia, and John W. Kern, of Indiana. V " 1 ' John W. Kern, received enough votes on the first ballot to nominate and on motion the convention voted unan imously for the man from Indiana. This was again the signal for a noisy outburst ofenthuslasm hnd for over half ap hour there was a scene that made an Irish rough-house look like n undertaker's shop, I ROOSEYELTS OWN PICNIC r - - ! I The President, Wife and Family, Have - v ' ; Day'a Fna-Together ' , I Oyster Bay, ; July ; 11. President Roosevelt and his family started out for a picnic in the woods early today. All provisions and other necessary things to make the day's fun complete were taken along. Just where the Roosevelt picnic was held no one could learn.' . Secretary Loeb did not know and no" Secret Service men accompan ied the Rooaevelts. v- . i ; The President and Mrs. Roosevelt returned from their picnic in excellent spirits, having been favored with, Ideal weather.: - . ;.. ' ' ' 1 with Spsln, all being re-named, lbs three others being the Yankee, Dixie . . ... o trooi. A few year ago me t,.k aarre body of marineo to Pan - ama and these held the fort when ,h. tTnited SUtea took over the Canal lZone. The Naval Militia will have I .... . i ha Naval Academy, uaiuniwr, I t B0 ,ioubt. Adjutant General Rob Lrtgon Das shown much Interest in the IMILU - ntnmnt and seneral welfare of thlsl.nd pf course some of. them sre o ,nr and a vear aito he musterea In the Beaufort division. The Naval n . a t.ir.i mmA a handsome nrigauv Miuij .howlnt- on North Carolina Day at the t.mcatown Exoosltton last August and i v . fliTia mr m w tr w in 111 -ii a-iiii 111 mentcd. r a well as the behavior camp, this force being encamp with v,ria tf lnfantrv and BrtlllerV. ..... .... ....... a Vln.1l Will I 111) U.BV W umn .- " the North Carolina Naval Militia have had, and It ts very evident that the 'Navy Depa putter far ' 1 1 ra snd Navy Department is going to give me mors sf'-ntlon tban ever d ihteiid to put it on a uith ti.s lnd forces. (.!.'. f of I'iis I " ; artmei.t. Fruiik s5RLJPllE0E5IliiE0 I III. - f IIILIt H.lLtll Remembers The Journal and Speaks , ' ; ThroHgh lti Colnmni to His . : Friends at Home' . Camp Stotenaburg, Pampanga, P. I., y June l,'l903. Ed. Journal: "'; ' j 1 h Having nothing else to do I will try And tell you a little about the Philip pine Islands and its people or a smal.' part that I have seen. We .left Frlact on December 5th and had fine weather all te time' i- We stopped at Honolulu for a day ' .1 ,L. U I TT 1 .. , .. ; tslnly a paradise, everything up-to- date and clean. We also stopped at !the l8land ' auam' but s 'there was no whari at mat place we could not go ashore ' and only stopped i a few hours,:). Tbe scenery from the ship's deck was grand. I never felt the least sea-sick-, but the majority of the boys were sick for two or three days after we passed out of the Golden Gate;, the water there was the roughest we en-! countered on the voyage. ' I . : We arrived in Manila on! January 2nd, about, four o'clock in the after . . , , , n00n' but dld not ashora attei supper and had to be back vby nine. so did not see much of Manila, but everything looks the same over here The buildings in Manila are nearl all old ones,' and some of them art fine specimens' of art in the days gone byk Ton can see many places in the walls where they were struck with cannon balls and some of them are nearly ruined. ' '" Some of the most beautiful monu menw ,nal exlflt re . touna in, Manu r Is Mage .an s mon- Inment erertpd hiindredtf of vara aer by Spain. X : . . Manila, has a fine harbor and the; are now building wharfs having one i completed at the present time; j ? At night It is a beautiful sight tc see the many lights from ships in the bay and from the deck of the-Trans P"11 """. came over in the city of Manila, looked grand.:'; -. ' We left Manila on .January 3rd,, foi Camp Stotsenburg, going by rail. - Tb trains here only run about twe'iity-flvt mils an hour orhardly that -fast, am are only a third as large as the loco motives In the States. The engines are, so low you can almost touch th top of the smoke stack with ,youi hand. The coaches ae small and very uncomfortable riding a person belnr all cramped up 'in such smallt seats they are provided, with. A person car see a great deal of the country, whll ?oing by 'rail for they stop soi pftet and run so slow. ' i : Large hay -fields can be seen a' through the country.- They stak tht hay or grass In small stacks, laying down a small handful at a time: until it is big enoughs The stacks look fine.' They are shaped like an 'acorn tnd It takes a native two or, three lays to make one which would ' be made over there in an. hour. . They raise a great quantity of sugar- cam and rice and occasionally you see a pretty good corn field. The corn Is of small variety and the fields are" kept clean of grass and weeds. The plow ing and farming la done with caribor ind as they are slow moving ani mals it takes quite a while to do a raiall amount of work.' ' ; Cocoannts, bananas and orange tow wild and are very plentiful and f you are too lazy to pick them-you an buy all you want of either; tor lve cents, but you will soon tire of hem.-. ' ' " ! Cigars and cigarettes are very cheap cigars can be bought tor one cent vhich would cost five . cents- In the Itates, and those that cost five cents ."KM. m WT!S?a"nTck)e"he I HiUKUl i lauves an smoae visi"-. 1 he lighted end In their moutn nraw I rrlooks funny to see them sraoklnt I lnd talking at the same time, ine aar, an interesting lot to watch tb. I . r. i ,VIWI M.lll i irt e ciotnina. n im u.. - 1 between here and Manila, witn natAe and an ugly looking bunch they sre- I coming civilized ana ioos ei,,ui Vm: I among the rent Everyxning is carn-u I nn itiatr hrada and It IS a Straus i " - - l.ipht to see a long line of thse na I tivts Kolng to market with loads or - na p ni n i lint w vu iu ui in I barrow I ptotaenburg Is situated about sixty I nin f,m Manila at the toot of larRf niountiiln ranK.n uilics fiom tbe cob at. and eh'.htetn It In a b bu- Hf.il nine m-lth much follae hb h la grre'n, the year round. It Is not hot as In Texas or North Cnr..!!:- tbe s.:t..er time, lit f' '.' kis c 1 and f ' -J f -r ' , l ; i u I 1 i In t'. i ii , ! . r 1 '' 1 " t - i 1 - i i i . ; ' pr 11 ftllDFOPiEOfiO PRES3ITEKIAX DOCTRINE A?. PLIED TO BRIAN'S CHANCES FOB THE PRESIDENCY - THE VERI A ELECT ISU9BTESI POST OFFICE K.T.E Arsenal Supplies For The State Guard Encampment Work Soon to Begin On The Addition to Rex Hospital " Another Hospital Said to Be In Con r templatlon Norfolk and Sonineri Road to Have Entrance to Union Depot Within a Honth. Special Correspondence, i - v , Raleigh; N. C, July 11. State Alt litor Dixon was interviewed tody re ;arding the nomination of Bryan and aid that while In general he was a Jethodist, yet he was a Presbyterian ?s to Mr. Bryan", because he thought lis nomination was predestined ' or preordained Dr. Dixon went on to ay thet he believes Bryan stands a -;ood chance of - being a winner. , The mnlc, the dissatisfaction - among the -rorklng classes, divisions in the Re- niblican party and strong opposition 0 Taft policies all seem to play into Aryan's hand this year, and Dr. Dixon eclares he believes Bryan will poll decidedly larger, vote than he ever as been given before, Th poetoffice people stick to it that orth Carolina carries the honor 1 having the poetoffice with the short it name, At , It seems that none can e found anywhere else with less than hrce letters. ' A lot of the new post ffices have been named after authors f popular books, tbe railway people '.n,l not those of the poetoffice de triment, giving the names. At the State Arsenal a lot of sup Iks are being prepared for use at ncampraent at Camp Glenn and tents nd other camp eautppage are, ready., or shipment there. Some camps are .1 ready In place, these ; being used y the working force, which is quit large one. Under the new law the ssues of supplies are made by the Var Department direct, and the quota f the States under which issuts are , sed to be made no. longer figures. f course the National Guard always ias plenty of needs in the way of sup lies, as it will take a long time for . he officers and men to learn how to -are for mllitory property as regular roops do, simply from the fact that here has in the paBt been so much areleBsness In this respect Work begins this month upon the ;dmlrable new buildings, three In tumher, for Rex Hospital, this ba ng near Fayetteville Street and very iear the Centennial Public 8chool. lie pavilion plan Is that designed by larrttt & Thompson,, the architects, 7bo will also be in charge of the onstruction. .' In the center will be the adminla ration building, to the right the op rating pavllllon and to the left the nedlcal pavllllon, all these being con--ected by galleries. The plan Is such 4 to' permit the addition of another lullding in rear of the operating pavil ion, so as to make the Institution one or 80 beds Instead of forty, as at resent. While the building is under onstruction the patients are to be noved to rented quarters In the cen er of the administration building will e a memorial hall, to contain plc-Piiftt,Mn",-contaluIng four ' een beds snd there will be 16 rooms or private patleuts. There will aho e a children s ward and a maternity ard. The outside walls will ts of rick snd tbe roof of tile. ng us to din pot e cf the meal. None t us happened to be hun;ry so I-ft. t untouched snd rdurntd to CMp. This evening we hd lo go and 'ght fire about a half mile from htad (uarters. It was worse than fighting i fire at home and It trnv.llrd vut ast. The bamboo would crock 1 . V e a .Istol shot and the sparks and t : vas thkk. It as rrely fire, Hteen hundred n.- n t. :.:'.!. t v, ' , -id of the BUr, It ti n v. ! 'or It remh'd any if t - I h ;t The tiurulioo h- -ie V-e In foie t!, f. re Ii I e a eie k'.'.',. -I. Tl-t e n ; - . i 'did sue V '. "t I m 1 i A ..f ! ! i- r-Ti;e 1 iU J- 1 tf f r t .,il, ,l l 1 !') ev' t . f " ! i a ( .1 i V I
The Semi-Weekly Sun-Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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July 14, 1908, edition 1
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