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No. 79
NEW: BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, TUESDAY JANUARY. 19,1909- FIRST SECTION
31th YEAR
N
A.
IVOHK OF THE
WILY MARION
BUTLER'S FRIEKDS BO NOT BENT
, THAT HE HAD 1IANB IN
.C KNOCKING AB ASS OUT
'.5r ' F011 fEDEBAL JUDGE
S- ' SHIP.
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' Mimr' S'imm'
..,FS WITH CH EF- JUST CE
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Wuai ol Masonic Membership Not so
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Address Legislature on Farm
..Demonstration Week. N Improve
ments let For State House.
.... Sp&ict Correspondence.
nuleish, Jan. 15. The first military
ommlssicn Issued by ' Governor Kit
iin wag sent today to Major Max L.
Barker of Salisbury, who will com".
mund the hewly formed coast artillery
ctrps and-who was elected Tuesday
evening at a meeting J the officers of
the four companies composing this
force. . .
Though very earnest efforts are be
ing made to induce the legislature to
tonka a provision for a Are-proof
itatc building fear is expressed that
there will not be anything at this
i session though much interest is ex
pressed la tha project. The statement
of the state treasurer that during the
past two years the outgo of funds hat,
xceeded the. Income has made the
members extremely reluctant to ex
pend any money it seems, outside ot j
- what ty conceive to be urgent ex- i
1 prases. N , ' j
Mr. Richard H. Battle Is the Presi
dent of the Oood Government League
hd many other prominent men are In
ta ranks.
K charter Is granted the Farmer:,
ft. Merchants Bank at Kinston to do a
commercial, . savings and trust busi
ness, capital stock 25,000.
Governor KItchin and the other
State officers were the guests of Chief
Justice Walter Clark at, dinner at his
h0me today, v i
The' new quarters' of the state la
boratory of Hygene have been nearly
Jl fitted tp and Dr. Shore finds the
place very convenient: There is m
pacioua room for the general work
together with reception room, ammo
:tila test room, and others. Including
. one of which rabbits and guinea-pigs
are kept, the latter being used for
er!ous tests, notably In case of hy
' 4rophobla. The animals are obtained
from the park at Ralclfch.
- There were only five. whiskey ' dlstll
" lerles' In this revenue district and of
. course all are now. closed. In a con
le o them there Is a quantity. of
whiskey, this of course being under
government supervision. ' .
' ' Congressman Hackett of the Kigbtn
district who la deputy' Grand Master
if Masons returned to Washington
last night, taking with h'ti. a hand
some cane presented by Spnhh wat
ve,terana for his work in securing s
Mil's passage giving them additional
nay-allowances. .
The,' insurance returns from the
- peat nnmber of companies doing busl
' neas In this state have begun to com;
n to the office of the Insurance Com
missioner. That official had a letter
oday from Commissioner Crouse of
Maryland asking whether the provls
Vina of the insurance law for bctte'
lre protection and to prevent fire
wrt.kts hve resulted In the production
f rates In North Carolina. He was
informed that these Improvements hao
bad this effect : - '
The friends of Harry Skinner, have
., by no, means given up, hope of hH
attlng (he Judneship' in this Federal
. l t-lct and say he la by no means out
-f the race, adding that ha Is natural.
Ivthe man 'or-the position: There
does not seem to be any denial of th
fact that ex-8enator Ma, Ion Jutle
. brought about "the knocking out of
ex-Judge Adams for this place: But
ter's friends make no denial of this
. t all. "
. In the course of an Interview with
., Grand Secretary B. H. Woodell, of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, It wai
learned that tbelr number In the statu
Bow approximate 16,000, but that rht
gains In the past 12 months have been
. something leaa than a thousand, in
- other words the paaio had no effect on
this order which Is on a financial basl
that Is aU members pay Yet there
were If new lodges formed during
1908 and this .does not show murh
fnlllnc off; the usual number being
il.oftH. There are In the orphan
age whlra Is at Ooldsboro US chll
dren, and the Grand. Secretary tays
" tha cost per month of obtaining these
waa bnly I5.B0. ,
Dr. 8. A. Knapp Is to addrens the
Lr(?lBlutnre at an early day upon the
subject of farm demonstration work.
He Is perhtps the most poted expert
that Hie In the country, and he
Ms ''" a great deal of Interwt !n
kli woik In North Carolina, where the
state SKrln.ltnral d i nrtnient Is doing
MR. SUEPJMD HOT . . '
- WEDS IN ATULVTA
former New Bern Boy Nw Brilliant
Lawyer, of Atlanta, Weds JUsi
Florence Jackson, Beautiful . .
Belle of Uiat City.
I The following elaborate account of
the wedding of Mr. Shepard Bryan
and Miss Florence Jackson, One of
jthe most beautiful and accomplished
young ladies of Atlanta,, will be . of
I interest to Mr. Bryan's many friends
in dt5r and lwhore la the state
fjr j inmT? "
.the sjra of ex-Judge Henry B, Bryan
of this city, but for (several years; has
bcen living in Atlanta, where be has
distinguished htmseH as one of the'
leading attorneys at that cUyir
"A beautiful event of last evening
was the wedding of Miss, Florence
.T.aclfson and Mr. Shepard Bryan.'
which took place at the home o( the
bride's sister, and brother, Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Orme. on Peachtree street.
'A more beautiful wedding plcturo
cotild not be arranged than that which
the brtdaj party formed with the cir
cle of lovely- bridesmaids" ' wearing
white satin gowns made dlrectolre and
carrying Immense bouQuets n fpink
carnationsand the group of Interetesd
little nieces and nephews who were
the ribbon bearers. '
Tho attendants were Miss Kathleen
Brown, maid of . honor; Miss Josie
Stockdell, first bridesmaid, and the
bridesmaidi were Miss Louise Black
nd Mine Rollne Clark.
To 9 ribbon children were, Miss Cor
icKj Moore. Miss Evelyn Jackson,
Miss Sarah Orme, and Miss Callle
Orms, and the ribbon bearers were
Ht. Wilmer Moore, Jr., Mr. ,,, Henry
ackson and Mr. Quill Orme, Jr., i
"The bride and groom, entered to-,
ether and were met at the altar by,
Vlr. Frederick Bryan, of Roanoke, Va.
he groom's brother.. . t
The bride was lovely, wearing a
leautlful wedding gown of white mas
aline Batln, made dlrectolre. The
oke and eleeves were of rich point)
ace net appllqued with point lace anc.
rem the yoke to the hem of the gown-
front and to the' long train In the
ack there was an embroidered panel
n the design of gardenias.'' Tha lace
as a gift to the Bride from her grand
lcther; Mrs. Henry R. Jackson, o' 8a-
annah. She wore a' wedding veil of
ulle, adjueted with -a wreath of or-
inge blossoms and carried a beautiful
nuquet of lavender orchids and lilies
f the valleys
After the ceremony a delicious sup-
er was served the bridal party and
number of out of town guests be-
ng seated at a long ovaj table In the
lining room and who were Mlee Stock
lei, Miss Brown, Miss Clark, Miss
31ack, Mrs. Rlngland Fisher Klrkpa-
rlck of New York, Mr. and Mrs. Ro
ert Bingham, of Louisville, Mr. and
Irs Ronald Ransom, Mr. Armando De
'ossette of North Carolina, Mr. Henry
IcCullough, Mr. Walter Colquitt, Mr.
lowie Martin, Mr. Fred Bryan,- Mr.
lenry Bryan, of North Carolina Mr,
lm Goodrum, Mr. Henry Hull and Mr
Villiam Da vtet. ' I. ' .
Mrs. Edwin Jordan of New Bern,
C, a sister of the groom, wore a
iretty gown of pale pink crepe de
ihlne and white lace, Miaa Margaret
Aryan's gown waa of deep rose col
ored satin embroidered. Mrs. George
Perrigo, of Milwaukee, wore a gown
f ' cream chiffon cloth the corsage
combined with white lace.
Mrs. Sidney Perry Cooper, 67 Hen
lerson, N. C, wore a gown of white
satin embroidered In panela of pastel
olored silk, Mrs. Bingham of Louis
'Hie. Ky.. wore a gown of Atlantic
due. Miss Millie Rutherford, of Ath
ms, wore a beautify French gown. of
herry poplin..' ,. - .
Mr. Bryan and his bride left tor
i wedding, trip eouth and on their re
turn will be at home with Mrs. Henry
Jackson." Atlanta Journal,,
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. ; A Tkoaght
It is a shining day In any educated
man's growth when , ha comes to see
ind to feel and to know and freely
idmtt that It Is Just as Important to
he. world that the ragamuffin child
of his worthless neighbor should be
trained aa it U that his own ohlla
ihould be. Until a man sees this he
cannot be a worthy democrat, nor get
patrlotto conception of education
no man has known the deep aneaalng
of demo-racy, or fe)t either Its obll
satlon or Its life, till he hat Been
this truth clearly. Walter.H. Page,
Sea well Fcli Goei.
Special to Journal. ,
Raleigh, Jan. IS. Herbert F. Sea
well. Is In state of keen delight, to
night President- Roosevelt having
nominated him to U. 8. Senate, this
afternoon.
o much. Here .the old addaga Is
ound to be true, tor tha United Slates
kelps the state which help themselvta
1 (here Is the heartiest and most
Iiial))o co-ope ration betweon . the
'ojorsl and state workers.
THFT- STATE Ui
issi
Illl.l
AppelatnieaU y Oovemer. Fearth
Class PosM-Aster Not ei Offleer
Can -f old la Ugisla-lr. ' "
Special to Journal; : f ;"1
Raleigh, Jan. iSr-Natlonal Guards
men will be Interested jn thrrepoBt
that Govew-ir Kltohis ViU mkke mili
tary appolntmenta ''Wednesday,' and
that Jbseph F. Arafleld will be Adjii-
tant Ceneral, William W. Strlngfleld,
Inspector. General; Francis Maeop,
Quartermaster General; J. Q. Holllngs
wort)y,''.pa Jnaate'r- geittL'lV..,-',
commission! are issued to b. conen.
df kldsbctc$vaa Inspector of small
arms praetlce, second regiment, under
the provisions of the Dick . bill with
rank of captain, and N, L. Simmons,
of Washington as captain, Company
G. Second Regiment. T -' "
The Dick lair makes special pro
vision for Inspectors of email arms
practice, wb0 hold continuing commis
sions. ' . ; ' . . t i '
Secretary Wildes of the Raleigh
Republican Club,' and also attorney
tor Powhatan . Matthews, Republican
who received the highest vote ori that
ticket for the legislaure In this coun
ty, serves notice of lnellgtbUlty upon
Ell Scarborough, democrat, who holds
seat In the , lower ' house, on the
ground he Is a postmaster. "
Lawyers say lhls question has been
settled, and It has been held that a
fourth class postmaster Is not an of
ficer under the' Intent of the law,
which prohibits holding two offices:' ' -
Bast proof see eats, seed rye and
Crimson Clover, at' Charles TL Hill's,
i Middle stret'
Latham's Cotton Letter
Special tg Journal. .
Greensboro,' Jan. .16. The better
feeling In the cotton market continues
and prices continue to slowly climb,
nearly every day shows a gain over
the previous days. There are no new
influences except - a better ' demand
from Chlpa, which is aided by contin
uous advances In the price of silver.
The receipts are small and the spots
are held very firmly. The.-mills are
not buying so freely, because they
have Already bought with freedom at
lower prices, and goods and yarns
have not advanced to the level of the
spot market Holdera of cotton fu
tures have confidence. In a further
rise, as they believe in Improving
trade, and expect the coming acreage
to be reduced.
Those who" are bullish certainly
have the advantage at present.
Seath .Holds Stocks.
Special to Joumal :
New York, Jn. 18. Stajidard Oil
officials aay, there is not a sound busl
Bess man in any. Southern "state, but
holds shares of steej or mining stocks.
NEW STATE HYMN SUGGESTED
Senate Passes Bill to Allow Coantles
to Establish Hospital for Cob
ampttve Patients.
Special to Journal ;.
Raleigh Jan. IS. In the Senate a
bill passed allowing the establishment
by counties of hospital tor consump
Ives. In order to 'check this disease.
An odd incident In the 8enate. was
the reading by Senator Godwin, of
Dates, of a poem by Miss Bottle Freeh
water Poole, this being declared to be
fit for a state hymn. It was ordered
to be spread on the Senate journal,
Is being the first occurrence of the
kind on record. . ' .
A bill was Introduced In the House
V) make the personal property exem
otlon from taxation three hundred
dollars, .
Nona of tha other business of the
Senate or House waa of any general
interest. . ' ; ' :'
In the Snuperlor court here King
Walton, a notorious negro robber waa
sentenced to alx years on the public
roads tor snatching a satchel contain
Ing several thousand dollars from a
Southern Express agent at the union
elation here. He also stole a mall
pouch a tha atatlon. .. , .
The Feraaa Alawiaae.
Ths druggists have already been sub
plied with the Peruna almanac - for
1901 . In addition to the regular, as
tronomical matter usually furnished
In almanacs, the articles on ketrotogy
are very attractive to most people
The mental characteristic of each sign
era given with tslthTul accuracy.
list of lucky and unlucky days will
be furnished to those Who have our
almanac. ' free of charge." Address
The Peruna Drug Co., Columbus. 0. 1
- FOB BINT! . !
Tha tarn known as tha Davtd Gas
kins places, located north aide Neus
Iver eight miles from "Vanceboro,
Suitable for corn, cotton, tobacco,
peas, potatoes, and any crop grown in
this section. . F0r further Information
apply to W, E. OASKINS. 41 Griffith
street .
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ITS MWrrftftMir BY flxn't. ITFS
SHOWS THE WAT FOR THIS
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QOESTION OF TRA7ISFQRTAT10N
!"
U Foraser Years Beats' and" .Ballroad
Could Handle Tnck-Cxope to Xd
. vantage', Present, System , Inadc
quate and Blscourages Crarwers
The following correspondence which
explains itself, is of vital Interest to
the truckers and every, business in
terest of New Bern. It points the way
for Chamber of Commerce effort.
' Norfolk. Va.j.
' anuary 6 1909.
Mr. Geo. N.' ;lves ' ; u .
V ,J Naw Bern, N. C., ; :J 1
Dear Sir. , . .
r .
Sometime ago,vln responsi to an
Inquiry from me regarding the truck
ing industry in your Btlonj'you re
plied In part as follows:
"Our people know the business, cli
mate -tt -all Tight; ut the trouble is
tion transportation. The transporta
tion facilities for this section are not
nearly as good as they were tea years
ago." -'''::'-'
As we are anxious to give good ser
vice especially to the truckera'hose
uccesa depends so largely uponlptofter
transportation facllitles--I will appre
ciate it if you will kindly ro Into de
tails regarding this matter;- stating
candidly tte difficulties- under Which
you and others have to labor,' And
giving me the benefit of ahyt sugges
tions that may occur to you1 for the
improvement of the aervlce, ; as welt
as tor securing better markets for
truck grown In your section.
Yours very truly,
FRED L, MERRITT,
New Bern,. N. C,
January 7, 1909.
Mr. Fred L. Merrttt,
L. A L Agent,, -N.
& 8. Railway,
' Norfolk, Va.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 5th received and noted
and as per your request, I will give
you reasons in full as to my state
ment In former letter to you, that;
The transportation faellitie s for
this section are not nearly as good as
they were ten yeainago."
In former years we were able to
ship, truck 'stuff, fresh fish, oysters
and other .perishable goods by the E.
D. line steamers up to 5 p. m., and
in the rush seasons of . truck, they
would often take shipments as late
as f and 6.S0 p. m. Shipments mane
tor instance, on Monday's by thia line
were put on Baltimore markets early
Wednesday morning, and on Phlladel
phia and Ne 'York markets, -early
Thursday morning. Shipments made
on Friday p, m. boat reached-all or
these markets promptly for early Mon
day morning market Our A. ,A,N.
R. R. had fast freight truck trains
during the trucking season, which
took shipments up to 11 o'clock a. m.,
putting stud In the northern markets
at same time that the' K. C. D. line
boats did by steamer, which, left the
previous afternoon. It was very sel
dom In those daya, that shipments
were delayed. Wo used to ship large
quantltlea of shad and opened oysters
to northern markets by E. C. D. line
boats and It waa seldom, that we had
any trouble or loss by delayed ship
ments. By the present arrangement
of N. t 8. business, wo are -obliged
to hava all 'truck and perishable stuff
billed, and delivered by thro o'clock,
m., and when, your trams' make
connection aa per schedule, ..theee
shipments do not reach tho northern
market any sooner than they used
to d0 by V. a D. boat lino leaving
three hours later In tho afternoon, or
by the fast truck trains which used
to leave at 11 o'clock, the following
day. You can see that Instead or bsv
Ing Improved or more rapid transit
by the Norfolk and Southern armnge.
menu, wo have lost several hoArs tlms
in shipments from this end. When
you coaslder that our truck farms,
or moat of them, are some .distance
from tho city, yon will readdlly ace
that It la almost Impossible1 for our
'armers to have their truck gathers
and delivered to your railroad by
three o'clock p. m. All stuff which .a
not In time for that delivery, must
carried over twenty' four bourn and
consequently, la that much older anl
poorer when It- reaches market. As
truck stuff depends upon tts fresh ana
good condition for price, yoa will reaa
lly aeo that there la not much chanre
for good prices to bo obtained by our
New Bern trackers under present
transportation arrangtaent .Norfql.
people can put their truck stuf into
these maketa twenty four . houn
fresher than we. o an. , ,
I will now give you two instances,
showing you the trouble wo are hav-
A UATIER OF
TRUCK SUCCESS
ing with transportation by your line. '
On November 20th, we made a ship- I
ment of three boxes of fancy fish toj
New York, by freight, leaving here .
3 p. m., weather was then cool and
knew that fish should o in good con
ditlon, and ought to be delivered aboii.
as soon as they could be if shlppea
by express the next morning, whl. n
was Saturday. We counted on thf
fish going on the New York mark,
not later than Tuesday morning. The
fish have never been heard from slncx
shipped, and we now have claim inini
Ing against your company for the cum
of the fish about thirty dollars whirl
we may possibly get within six month.?
or a year. We are getting a large
surplus of oysters here, and thought
we would try a shipment to New York
market and see what could be 'lone
with thein. On Saturday Deiviphor
26th, we made a shipment of one liar
rel of opened oysters t' a commission
oyster house In New Voik. Thi-j fiiip-
ment should certainly have reach d
New York by Tuesday, but they wired
us on Tuesday that shipment was
not received. On Wednesday the bar
rel arrived and were in spoiled condi
tion, and we have not received a
cent for the shipment. You can sec
what we are up against, in thi trans
portation business, and our truckers
having been badly hurt in past season
not care to take many more
chances in this business. Tie busi
ness has fallen off verv materiall."
in the past two years from what U
used to be, and from what I can leaiii
it will be much less this coming m a
son. It Is up to your people to give
thia section much better schedules
han you are now doing t'or the move
ment of truck crops or you cannoL
ypecf much business firm H is :et-
tlon in Infire. The secret !' (he
whole business ay to suc
cess of truck farming is g.x ,;i trans
portation, and the putting ' i his pro
ducts in the markets of tl,j coun'ry
in good condition.
Yours truly.
GEO. N. LVKS,
Norfolk, Va.,
Januury 1
L'th.
Mr. Geo. N. Ives,
New Bern, N. C,
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your letter in
reponse to my inquiry of the th irsi.
nd thank you very much-for going
Into the matter so thoroughly.
The management of the Norfolk and
Southern is anxious to give its pa
trons the best possible transportation
facilities, and will do all in Its power
to remedy any defector correct any
abuse that may be called to its atten
tion. The Information contained in your
letter shall be laid before the proper
officials, with recommendations that
something be done t0 improve the ser
vice.
Yours very truly,
FRED L. MERRITT.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ,
New Bern Academy Have Important
, Meeting. 'Resolution for Increase
School Tax.
The Board-of trustees of New : Bern
Academy had an Important mooting
yesterday afternoon, a majority being
present.
A resolution was passed, that the;
Building Committee: be authorised to
make a loan payable In three years, or.
sooner; not exceeding $W)00, for the,
purpose of erecting a heating plant
building and homo for the, . Jauttor
loan to be secured by defd of trust on
Middle street property. ,
A. D. Ward, W. W. Clark, and H. C.
Whttehurkt were named as a commit
taa In draft a bill .to be presented to
th General Assembly, to pass an acU
to amend the city i charter , to allow
the citizens to vote a special tax levy
no texceedlng 20 qcnts on the $100
property valuation, inis ls- an in
crease of 7 11 cents. -
The resignation of F. C." Roberts,
was accepted and W. B. Blades elected
to fll the vacancy. The resignation
of Mlso Etta Nunn, teacher In the
school Was accepted, and MltS Llsette
Hsnff was elected to fill the vacnncy.'
Re-arrangement Corporation Comml.
... . slon.
Special to Journal.
' Raleigh, Jan. lR. There Ms -a new
member of tha Corporation Commis
sion, Benjamin F. AvcoCk of Wajue.
Today the commission organized for
Iho new terra. .Re-elected Fran VI In
McNeill, Chairman. Henry Clay firoWh
Clerk:- Stedman Thomas,' -Assistant
clerk; J. Kemp Dbnghton, 8tate
Bank Examiner, W. L. -Villains, asst.
Rank Examiner. Miss Elsie- O. Rid'
Ilfk,
stenographer.
A. KIW .rROFESHlOXt-Opllea'H
dental and medical science bare-in.
slvlssally reached nark an advance
slate of development .during rcrcnt
times that It Is no longer within1 the
pewer of average hnman Inlelllirence
for the praetloaeer t be eeaslly cm.
pelent te practice jointly optometry
flcBlimry er medicine. ,.uur optical
department Is the best U Jh city. J.
,0. Baxter, Optoroetrltt '
HE SCHOOL -TU
A
Broad local View Benefits to uit
(lasses. The JUayor's Pledge.
Since the loss of the whiskey li
cense our city sehccla have not the
money necessary to '"o the work Wiey
owe our children, acci hera is much
concern about It. Some of our citi
zens are in favor of raising the school
tax while others are advooatng the
curtailing of expenses by cutting off
;he higher grades.
This financial loss to the schools
lias come at a most unfortunate time
Ordinarily our people would not have
hesitated in saying "certainly, raise
"tho tax sufficiently to" support' the
schools." but this has been an exceed
iik'ly hard year for this immediate
-section. On the heels of the summer
pi-uic, has come the'i'ali crop shortage
and so. thinking to economize, some
are sayini: "curtail expeuses" "Do
away with the high school". But to
Clippie our schools would be poor
ec'ihimy. Ignorance is ti;e most ex
pensive luxury in which any nation or
state or city can indulge.
Then too, so many of us had lcxikeo
on only oue side of; the Question and
have gotten a distorted view, when the
question, is many sided and so much
lepends o nthe point of view. First
the hardest view for us to get, thai
iic moral responsibility c-f the govern
nent t0 protect every child againat
sorance is as great as it is protect
to him against bodily injury, and the
idvantage thereof a hundred tiroes
treater.
A proinnent business man of Kjow
York, after thorough investigation and
much study of the subject gives it
is his opinion that a grammar school
iducation adds 50 per cent to a man's
vorth, a high school education 101' per
:ent. and a college education 300 per
ient. The kind of man that a boy
makes, means far more to the state
or the community than it does to his
parents. The parents ma die long
before he is grown and not be at all
effected by his life. If they live they
.ire but two to suffer for his faults
or rejoice in hig successes, while if
he is a drone, a criminal 0r an outlaw
he is so much dead weight, a burden
ir a menace to the whole community
or the community shines in his proper
it-y-and hundreds are uplifted and in
spired by his example if he becomes
a progressive, -public spirited, useful
:ltizen.
Others are looking at the question
-:it close range and so see only a very
small part of it and even that small
area is overshadowed by unconcious
selfishness, "hey believe in i educa
tion, but after the grammar grade, the
ho should get it for himself if his
parents cannot give it to him, and fur
thermore, they really believe and are
telling others that the high school in
N'ew Bern is an Imposition on the
poor people because, they say, "we
poor people are taxed to send certain
rich men's children to high school
Let's figure that out: As 12 1-2 cents
o,n, the one hundred uclli'rs, it takes
o prone i tv valuation of $2S,900 to u
mount to one high school tuition, as
H.OO a month for D school months.
There are 60 children in our high
school. Take out 12 of these, and
have the remaining 48 the required
property valuation behind them? No
poor man's school tax amounts to
more than the tuition of his own
would cost even if he hns only one
chilii, while some of the rich pay
many times the cost of their own.
But neither the rich man who has chll
dren nor the man who has no children
If he W fair minded and far-sighted,
objects t0 school tax, for -he knows
that nn educated community Is a pros
pet-oils community, and that the more
prosperous tne community, the more
valuable the property. .
Another set are claiming that they
ate making a university of our high
school. Surely these people are talk
ing from bear say, for they have
either failed to Inform themselves as
to the. course of our hlga school, or
they know nothing of what a college
course Is. Why do they know that
when Carnegie set aside certain
fund on which college professors who
had taught a certain number of
years, could retire, that hot two bf the
colleges of North Carolina couM meet
the requirements of a college and
take advantages of that fund, and that
not until last year could a graduate
of our hlghlschoo enter the freshman
class of our best colleges.
- And those who ' are ; boasting that
they, paid for their education , I want
to tell that they 'never labored un
der a grester delusion It they have
ever attended college. They, may have
paid 'or their primary teaching but
no student of any reel college pays
more tlnn a very email fraction hi
expenses, the tuition even of Harvard
celleKe. tbe college cf the1 weaU.hy
do not tioarly l ay the running ex
penaea cf the college to say nothln
of the buildings and oqulppment -
!
by the- boaatera know that 'liar-
yard and Columbia and most of ou
great ctlleges In spite of their high
tuitions, their government support and
their tnunltlclent endowments are
more or lesa deeply lu debtT
i""! tills state support an,j these en-
If! THE
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SOME BILLS lNTUOIHTEO. LA
BOR CO M MISSION K K (SETS
OYSTERS 10 TVPHGiO ftffil
Gathering: at ('Impel liill. Opening of
Federal Court Social Week at
Cnpiiol.
Special lo Jeunial.
Kaleiiili, .Jan. IS. In fu Senate, a
nill wr.s introduced upon public. dniiiK
-nness in North Carolina.
The House hills were introduced,
to ampnd the divorce lavv.Jiy ulluwing
a new one,, requiring Koparation or
white and negro convicts in th.' p'.ju
tentiaiy, and in couniy camps at ..b p
ing and eatiiu; hours, t0 provide a re
formatory and training school to,, ne
ro youth; to regulate the hours of
labor, of women and cKlilrcn in fac
"ories; to regulate the sale of pistols
nd cartridges;, to incci-pnrat- (tie
Asheville and East Tennefsee raihvuy
!o regulate trials cf capital cases by
iiviug the state and de Viui.mt each
cwtlve iicreir.pl.il y l::illen-;i'S.
A bill tossed innoiisliv; tlio sal.iry
f the balm,. r.iinuiir.?ioii. lo two
honsand dollars. Or:gir.:il b:ll v;i
or ?2.r.00.
Tomorrow v. II i'o a li Hday here
i.nd a large number of persvms will
TO to Chapell lill. li:U h to si p the Kui
.'ersity ami to hea,. the address by
""resident Woodaid Wilson, of Fiitief
nn I'niversil . l'r:'ctie:;lly all the
date otlieers and iiK'inbers of ilie leg
sbiture wil lie in the parly and num
itrs cf otlier prominent men will
jn.
Judge .lames K. Iloyj arrived this
veni!i; and will tomorrow b ;in a
;erm of the Federal eaurt. The tlr.-ind
lury was in session today. A nmii
er of post .;!lice inspectors were here
largfly to appear as witnesses in the
lase of postal route agent John W.
''oltrane, who is charged vrith stoni
ng several hundred do!
from let-
er, while on the run between (Jieens
uiro and (Joldsboro. There are also
i number of witnesses present in tin's
"ase.
Shell Kith Commissioner Wiliin Jrf
Velib of Mon head C'ity Is here and
ias been before the legislative tom
nittee on oysters. He says that for
nine reason the oyster business has
'alien off greatly in the past tivo
.ears, and there is a poor market. 1 he
eason given is that a lot cf people in
he north have an idea that typhoid
'fcver has been produced by l!ej eat
n.t of oysters. This certainly was
lot the case from any oysters brought
o North Carolina; that is direct, but
t must be borne, in mind that In sonic
f the places north, people put the
ysters in Vats or in beds and feed
hem artificially, sc ns to fattten them
uichly, and some of these places have
ieen where there was polluted water
ind this may have caused somer sick-
less. None has ever resulted from
ij'stcrs taken and marketed from their
latural beds, it does not appear that
18 panic has had much to do with
he falling off of this l uslness.
It a social way this will be quite
gay week here, Wednesday the Cap-
el Club will give a veiy largo rec
eption to l!ie tioveinor and other
tpto otlieers of the legislature. A'io-
her feature of the week will bo a
iRtmtip hall at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College next . Saturday
evening.
o Change I'riiposcd In Sent horn lly
Washington, Jan. 18. Mr. C. II. Ack
ert -Vice-President and General Maua
;er of the Southern Railway Company!
referring Saturday to the persistent
lubllcatlon of reports of -impending''
changes lu the operating department
if that Company said:
There Is no foundation, whatever,
tnt any of these publications. The
arlous reports and rumors thnt have
'wen lu circulation and have found
their way Into Iho newspapers have
?ome from sources without informa
tion as to the plans end purposes of
the management of tho Company. No
nuch changes as have been reported
ire cotitempted. On tli contrary,
'.he 'present personnel and organlza ,
tion of the operating; department are ,
highly satisfactory to the manom'tit
and we doubt whether there -xUtu In
the organisation of Huy railway com-"
pany In the country mote efficient nn,j
loysl teamwork than lli Southern
Railway Company now h is in llsiper
sting department.
M'hst ri Jftil tliliV cf'nnc cf I hi; rv.'
liable kind fcf.2ll.ycnr screw I: a : k n ut
front 16 sle paid vtSlclie for :l (in,
while they last J. 0. Uiixter, (lm
ladln Jeweler.' .
d'lWlnents C'ven for llie ri'li ,nleieT
Shall not our poor beys t,. pit in a
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