North Carolina Newspapers

,J -U -l- iUiiJJf 32nd. YEAR No. 2. NEW BERN,, CRAVEN COUNTY. N. C. TUESDAY APRIL, 6 1909 FIRST SECTION ; SUte Library I 1 V JUDO 111 ;;g fioiiiEsis : ;-.N- " - ' . -; -;, . ' IBS PROTISG OF HIGH YALUli . ' AKD WILL BE HELD THROUGH . '''' : '. OUT THE , STATE -' ';':'') -v'.y C- '- ' . --'-'. . ,L tll V t.y lp. WiLl 1. Ay- r-.. , .. ' iit(W ' :- .y :,! : - with the ocean at Beaufort which wa- V Ifl?c? Tf"", Tajit. C yaadet 1U terway is now . beina contructod to Theatre Wanted. V ''"' ProV,de a depth of 10 Met at mean ; ': 1 v i'-t-.r?.-;..' "low watorrwhlch ta In. line with the Special Correspondence '- . -' harbor act .approved March 8rd, 1909 RaWgh, Hl-ponatrator'Tr examInatlon B. Parker : ofho State, Agricultural rlveM wM,that end In vleW. : r Dapartmettt who came in today from In .ddltion t0 the Commfttee of the Goldeboro pre.ed hie great tl.-chambe o( Commerce on RtverB Har fartlon at th. corn Judging, contest. Dor, aod iWilter TranaporUt,on ,,. at that place yeterday. and My.f that of foUowIng named W? ? va,u ,and ,nterMt to aen: Mr. Geo. A,. Nlcoll, Capt. Nicola. Tonrbody,; Theeo thing. ro to ; bo JoM, w D, McIvfl ; (he Wa allver the state. nd they re director, at their , regular monthly mng to do moro than anything Mng1 last night appointed the fol - tl improv. not only the quality of the ,owl CQftimm. Meagr ciyde Ebyj o.-bnt the yield. .-iy r C. J. McCarthy, and M. DeW.1 Steven No place n the, State 1. Just at Jr. ; to act wIUt above nam thto. tta. g6lng .0 heartily Into the wmmlt(MOn Rlver HarborB an WJ. aotomoblle movement a. Raleigh. Up" ter Tranportation ln conference with to a. very rent pe,rlod H has had w Brown on next Tuesday, at which fewer automobiles than any place in the country, but if It keep, up 't prent gage this .will soon not - be the case. ? 1. Charlotte, peopje mQ.t have fafrh lnf DfilAlcrh'B futllP fnn nnct fnmiunV Viara ' own. the theatre.-soother the largest lutao iiuivTvimui, nun nnvu ill a wh- aj.artmenthousr.and now P. M. Brown terwajr ,n oper,tIon and ou r,ver8 "tore, and it is said n.. , deepentd t0 onfom thereWjtb procured sites for .dtue, other truc,jthere WU naturally tollow a very tores. In every part of the city build- ,arg6 1ncrease -,n',bui),M,Si teamers tag ta going on an carpenter, ..ad.that can ,Mt now gBt ln win corar brick Ms.on9 have all they can do. wUh , ca ejJ an tho ;ay w, f A.v.ry obaervarnt and' prominent Nona Carolinian, remarked Maay tnat North Carolina was like the country in that it was now having a vry qnlt administration. Ho went on to My .that Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr,. Glenn M President and Governor were st.ren nous nn, but that President. Taf I and f Qbveri)or Kitchtn like, what may be A termed the quiet life, and that the country and the state will have for Ior years whet may be termed a " period of rPOS. - ) :. Thar. Is a rumor here, given for iwbat It U worth, that the next warden of th penftentlary Is to bo Thomas , Sale., who for a number of years, has beet the health officer of .Raleigh. A. soon a. the new board of alder men Is elected it is understood that it will take -np, among the many nota ble question, it has to. face,, that of ' lax reduction and Raleigh Is going to be put 'on a ' dollar tax basis. , It Is vary gratifying to know from the physician, of Editor Poseph P .' Caldwell 'jot- th. CharlrfU. Observer. that hi. Improvement i. so rapid and complete, and that his Attack, at first fltongbt to be serious, turns out not to feava been much. " ' ' .... 1 . - .; i' Raleigh Is declared by tho Cotton mill men her. to be In peed of a dying and finishing plant, and it tarsal a that there I. n admirable opening for this Th. Secrebiry of the. Chambr ol ' Amusement purveyors the matter of a Commeroe today ' took up with some vaudwrlll. theatre here and for, this there 1. certainly a very great open In. . ,' ; . ": ; -. - "'. For two or three day. thing, have been extremely quiet ln regard to the investigation. Into the muttllatlon ot th records In the office .of .th. Pol let JnsUee, end Chief of Polce, There J.bt been a thour.tndi or more fakt torle. a. tp what would be done a botit this. One was circulated Mon Auv to the affect that the News.. Ob- w j- ----- Y ervrr repoitr who had dIppV Intc th records to get the figure would b plnceed. and that hsd tht. been donf thei would have ben the most In t - 'h;s Labee. corpus proceeding! Vj a j:ry.and th side 'making the ar 1 t, 11 01 J J have had to make a show Cjii t' M away. Not" until -next Wtnik. aeuinlSug to tvcrythlng that can b learu I. t'-m 1 i n Investi gation Into the aHa.r, f rowlnx nut of the susuldoii the ( ', '. ( of Folic. Th latter was a wlir. i at lb Superior court today, and di 'la tftlen. clothes for (h first time 1-i f ny a long year,, .at beside the chief, Capt. Jack Beasley ,and ' vr j 1. !! captain., ' Martin 1. la ihe li.hby cf th court si rfrtulnly l"!b- I r ' ' : I t'.t 1 ft r.. a li-j ! tr! f . pf rlud. (V FOB . 0 EEF ERV AT EE'.VAY S Chambr of Commerce to Urge Deep lng of Nease and Trent Elvers to " Conform With Inland water. .; 'i7' Apr" fth CaptrB,n 1 Brown, corps engineers, U. 8. Army, Wilmington. N. C. will bo. fa Mew Born t0 dtocus. the matter' of dredging the Neuse river from Pamlico Sound to New Bern and the Trent River np to Quaker Bridge., with, a 7 lew to pro- vidlng channels to conform with the oodui or uiv auinonzea. waterwav ta Itlme it la earnestly honprt that arh membf r Of thesa committees will n- deayor 0 b6 with Psnt Rrown trafflc trangported ol( 0Mr rlv. ers at the present time would Justify ... .v. ... be opened for regular transportation lines The benefit to this section Ir increased traffic, reduction in , rates and prompt servtce that will convr from these Improvements would be in calculable. '.'Small war craft such as torpedo boats, submarines and (he like would doubtless' frequent 'these wat ers. In fact there Is no end to the good results that would follow .uch Improvements and by all means eta have theijn. . . , y Committee for 1909 The following named gentlemen have been appointed on. commltteef as shown for the ensuing year. . In structions defining the duties of th members ot the various committees have, been mailed to each one by the Secretary, with request that the? earnestly co-operate In the ' manner shown that the purpose, of the organ ixatlon may be maintained, and tbr community benefitted. , Railroad, j ' " : A. Niron, C. U Ives, C J. McCarthy ' Manafaetnrlng J. S. Basnlght, . . T. A. Green' J. tir. Stewart -. .' ' Pabllcatlons. Wm. ,T, Hill, C. L. Stevens, O. G, Dunn City Improvements 1 J. Dunn, v Wm. Ellis, T. D. Warren - Pnhllt Health. ; Dr. R. N. Diiffy,,- Dr. O. A. Caton - B. B. Hurst. Conventions, Hotel, and Pnblle Amnst , nent.1 D. EL Henderson, , . J. A. Bry.n M. M. Mark., ' Edac.tlo.al Institutions M. Brlnson, Prof. H. B. Craven ... A. D. Ward. , Mercantile and Tracking t ' H. M. Orov.s," " ,0. V, McQehet ' ; J. A. Jones. . fnclsinlnVd New Industries M. H. Allen. . . W. A. Mcintosh " J. J. Tolson. Jr. ' Imnilgrstloa ..4 Labor . DW. Stevenson. Jr., Wad Meadows, . J, J. Wolfenden 'if and rinsnclal iDnHtotlonH iji, Gim. B. Pendleton T.A.Unoll. E. K. Klvers, K lr 1 Water Transpor G. A. Nlcoll, N. W. Jones, W. D. Mclver Eo.d. ni Ro.4 In:pn . D'inn, C. E. Toy, J. V. I '-rmatloa and Mat, -.Iks. , vn, VA F. Ab.rly.r.0. Mitch. :i. r rn'S'.r'c4 U STr. ritr-cr. -' "j 1 -.. ,r, ' t were un 1 ' i ' t S'id were TESI1I III CASE LAWYERS BEGIN ARGUMENTS EIGHT TO SPEAK FIFIH .DH CF THE TBIAL '.. C l -.' I:.': .-' 111 f ' r '. ' i 'i.,' '- ':- Trtlng to Locate Smith on Night of .- Murder' HolderflelJ Attempts to Prove Alibi 1 4 Special to JournaJ: 1 . Raleigh, April 2. This was the fifth day of th etrlal of Cotton, Hoiderfield and Hopkins for the miirder of Dr. Smfth. The defense introduced a star witnees, Jones Caster, who. said he was In Kelley s cafe, next'to Earl Cot ton's place, ' from nine o'clock until day light, the night of NovombeT,14th and saw there a man he, thought was Smith, Saw him leave wfth Fred Mil ler, enter a carriage, and ; drive a-way,:;;';';-t;';-' j : -j -y yi'. -.-,'.; .' Night clerk, Huckleberry, . of the Varboro hotel said, Smith registered there Friday, and after nine o'clock Stfturday night, Borne white men called for the key to Smith's room. Dr. William Moncue, testified to the effects of ocalne to. show Cotton, a cocaine fiend,' was not responsible. The defense here rested. . . ' , The state called In rebuttal, police officer Barrow, and W. H. Hicks, to show Hblderfleld .: was at Cotton's place,: that Saturday night, and ,waa not up town, this to negative the ef fort to prove an alibi for Hoiderfield. ' Laura" Wood said two days after the homicide, Hoiderfield said he bad read about the killing of Smith, "I was ln It, but was sleepy as hell". Joe Ktarrls saw Hopkins in 'Kelly's place, Hopkins reached behind a box got a bottle, and went out with it. This was the bottle of chloroform. Hop kins returned with it anj replaced It started 'out and Btopped saying, . "it anything hapnnef qr. J3od'6,.ake -doh'J,, say anything about this". . Jones Gas ter cam in' to Kelly's, went to sleep and was very sleepy r drunk. A stranger came In but he was not Smith. ;. .. K . . : . st:. Fred Miller was In Kelly'splace, and saw the man alluded to. He was not Smith, but John Breckrldg added went away-in. a carrlagoi ; The car riage driven said he took Breckrldge home,' .'.. v.-i ' At seven - thirty this . evening, the argument began, J. N. Holding open ing. There are eight attorneys all will speak. '..;' . ' . A Suspicions. Death. , William Green, a colored employer of the Pine Lumber Co. In a scuffle on last' Saturday with another colorod man, was struck on the head , by 0 pine .tick.-: ",' ': " Friday morning Green died, and cor oner 'Joneg thinking the case suspi cious, impanelled a jury, and upon examination, Green', death was found to be due to. a fracture of the skull caused by the blow received last Sat urday. : .:'' '. . , ." .; '- Th authorities . are looking for Green's assailant. A paint 1. won to be placed on the market to Ipd'cate exceBlve beat lw machine parts. Red when, cool It bt come. black when heated. Mercuric lodldo.and cuplc oxide are two 0' the ingredient.. . . th. Chamber ot Commerce of Nen Bernt N. C. that R. P. F.oster will make the most suitable successor-1. th let Thos. Fitzgerald,. Receiver am. General Manager, of the Nofolk and Southern Ry, Co, and it Is the do sir of this organization that he be ap pointed to the position made vacant hy th dat of Mr. Fitzgerald. Resolved further. That the Secre tary send a copy of these resolutions to His Honor, Judge Edmund Wad dill, Jr. New Member. , . . The following gentlemen wer elect, ed members of. the Chamber of Com merce last nlfibl,: Dr. Robert 8. Prim rose, Messrs. Albert II. iiangrrt, E Wadftworth and U G. Daniels. There are now 116 active members and Ihi ucccs. of th. organization 1. assur ed. ..... ;:,n( Frfunent Meetlnfrs of the t'hsm her of Commerce. At i lM'i.Mng of the Chamber f c 1. wl.Uh will pe the flrut ' t In M;iy, the mutter of t IM V,i will be d!s- v ! ; ' : '.:n to t! 9 r t:u- l.,r ! . i.vo an li-tnr-r" or ifonr,l i 1 ;i y in-, t 1 1 v TIE , COITON . SITl'STIOfi J. E. Latham Says Conditions' Point ,. to Better Tlmvs and lligber ' ;;: -. :-i . '. Prices . v . ;' Special to Journal. ' ... . ' Greensboro, April 3.--Slnca ' I last had this; pleaBure, the cotton' market has been tfull, with a tendency toward lower prices,: un'tjl the recent past ac tivity' has developed with a riains ten dency, in both spots and fntttres. Con ditions are changing bepnuno tlio E113 lieh eplnners failed to asreJ (,)n short time, and this indicates i,he ire con sumption of cotton, cVen rraiUinglhat tho ioallla may be without proM, 1 1 The trade reporta from ti.rman", and also this country, are somewhat more cheerful. 'Again the cotton pro ducing region Ifi confronted ;tvHh ab normally high prices 'for mules, nlso foodstuffs ot every desfrlpiton, It in reasoned, therefore, that thevt will be j Francis J. Macon, quartermaster, gen a reduction on the acreage ot 'cotton, i.erally with rank Brigadier Generel and an increased effort to grbw food. ! AstiStantsLieut Col.-,W, E. Gary, MaJ Again the drought In Texas eiiit.inuos, j or. Charles H.' Gattis,. Mark W. Will and should rains not come ishovtlyj ianis. D , Daltori, J. L. Cprrie Thpt me gii.uation tnerc will really, he be ser ious. " . - J : Finally cotton la selling at a! relative ly very low price, and the'Lrisk in owning it at present, cannot jbc very great to those who have nioiidy to in vefcr, conservatively, and -patieisoe to aWalt better times. 1. The settlement of tho tai'lff'isssue is aot far ahead, and the country Is go ing out of, and not lu'to a pautfl. Sadler Moore i' , Invitations reading as folloOT have been received 'by friends: );?', Mr. and Mrs. . William James ;Moora reiuest the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter ' : '' '-," ."'' 'Hilda ';. !f r, ' ':''""' t0 ' ' ' : I Mr. Waiter Maton Sadler, on the' morning of Wednesday , the fourteenth of April '. at seven o'clock at their residence Oriental,' North Carolina. At home after April the twenty- eighth, Oriental, Njirth Carolina. ' Death of Walter Welherliigrbu. c The entire community was -greatly shocked over the sad death of their beloved friend, Walter, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wetherlngton of Cove City. Died at his home Monday even ing 1 o'clock, after a ehor illness o: that dreadful disease, Typhoid fevev. The reqiains wero tenderly laid in thelr last resting place Tuesday even ing at Asbury ceme'iery, a few mile from the home. Funeral services wen-. conducted by the Methodist pastor of Dover, and -his remarks were indeed touching . to those who ha(i gathered In the little house bf worship to pay their last respects to their-deceased friend and .loved one. -,': . - Walter has many "relatives and t host ot friends ln this section who wlii be saddened to hear of his passing 8- way. ' He leaves a loving moraer, mree brothers, and three sisters, who have the sympathy of the-entire community in their sad bereavement, sorrow and affliction. , . . . ' - Written by his mother. ' Cove City, N. C, March 30, 1909.- Bv-ath ot Mr. S. W. Ilaucock. The announcement of the doaih yes terday of Mr. Eeymou'r W. Hancock was not entirely unexptetcd, though It came ns a shock to many, and caus ed", sorrow among h! frhitida. '.For some time his health had. been poor. and during the past month he had been confined ta his borne. ' Mr- Hancock was bom In.,Ruktr;h. married Miss Rosa Jordan or vviusii- Ington, K,C.', and In Washington and New Bern spent most of bin life, be ing forty years of ago at the t'me n( his death, lie was a lawyer by pro fession, but being appointed post mau ler of New Bern, had taken his time for the past cloven, years, which po sition he held at the timo of lib death. ','-,"., 1 . , Mr: Hancock was a man of gonial and courteous manner, receiving .1 fine education, he was a graceful nnrt eloquent speaker, displaying rare Klft la oratory, and was al-o a talentei writer. Had hU life led hhn to follow literary uursults. he could have ex. celled. 1 '-. He leave to mourn his di-atli. bis wife, Mrs. 3. W. Hancock, two soi Robert and Seymour, and duntht Matilda. Mr. Robert Hancock. h.- ': ther, and .top-mother, Mra. R. II ui cock. Tie church service will be at D in., todny at, Chrlut, Kplscopl i-hnrc i and at the Cent'Mwry under tho sun plcos of New Bern Loilre Tr,4, It P. 0. E. Cui.fcdernfe Veterans Pci.l. Any Canfeitoi-pto vt?ran who wl:h a cro' s of hono r ill ; 1- .' "'i l t,i' t -vim !i---l ,st fiTi.i tn Mis. V. I'. ; I . .. f- t I'm ' i l,( I '. 1 t G0 COffLETES . ILIM STAFF SI OT ABLE APP01STMENTS OF DIS TISiUUlSUED MEN TO SUB. II0D him. 'CiBLfS. GATTIS PROMOTED Twelfth Annnal Conference for Edn-J cuti'on iu Sonlh Meets at Atlantt Ipiil lib to 10th.' A Notable Gatli- - cring. '' ; ' 1 ' ,. - , Secu!! to Journal: (:. Raleigh, April 3. Governor Kitchln completrxl today his! military staff; R. Robertson, Chief of Ordnance wjtl rank, Colonel, assistants Lieut, Col. V. F. Robertson, Majors J. D. Thomas, A K.'.Rowo, J. C. Mills, J. M. Campbell j; (i, Holliiigswoi th, paymaster gener al, with rank, Colonel, assistants Lieu Colonel W. W. Pierce' Majors R. T Daniel, R. G. Alsbrook, E. L. Conn BVG. Sherrlll, A.' Ci Davis, Judge Ad ! vocate general, assistants, Lieut. Colo nel, C. C. Bullard, Majors T. A. Lyot J. G. Proctor, A. P. Godwin, Elijai Moliitt, .- Charters are grantee the R. G. Hun Lumber Co., of Asheville, capita stock $50,000, the Green River Elec trie- Power Co., of Rutherford Count;. $100,000. '. . . . Charlie.Gattis, of Raleigh, for-sevei years .passenger agent here of the A.' L., and for eighteen years with fcha Company, Is promoted 1 district pas senger agent for North Carolina. ' Thomas E. Robertson, who retire as Adjutant General, Is given the-hca rank of Major General, after twenty five years service In the ' Nations Guard. ' Today Mr. J. Yi- Joyner, president o nie'AssociatTbn" of Southern'' SaprtTt- tendent? of Public Instruction, mad en announcement as to the 12th an hual conference for education In th south, which will be held at Atlant! April 14th to 16, and says it wl11 0 the best and largest attended, yet held Atlanta being very accessible and wel. located. He says this Is the most rep resentative and Stimulating conferenc es educational workers held In th; South, and that no other conference has been so great a factor in its edu cational progress, giving a commoi meeting grounds to all friends of al sorts, of proper education, not bein confined merely to teacher, and pro fessional workers, but having present lending business men, authors, put. Ushers, farmers, and others interester in ftdvarfcement ; . , The program Is very Btrong, lnclui ing a conference of state superlnten dents, one bf campaign managers, 01 of supervisors of school hnprovemen work, one of high school inspection and one of sou'thern association of co lesrc -women. . t Among the subjects of discussloi ra the year's educational progress, th agricultural and ' mechanical move ments, education and rural needs, th country roads and the country schooh economic organization ot rural life co-operation of the United State, wltl the states improving rural condition, woman's work for the rural .choole the Woman'. Club as a factor ln cdu cation, public taxation, education an economic development. . Among th speaker, will be Gover nor Hoke Smith ot Georgle, Robert Ofidcn of New, York; Chief Forrestei Gilford' Pinchot, U. S Commlsslonei of Education Elmer Brown, Edwarr A. Aldermam, T. T. Plaxton, Charier U Coon and many other., Including the State Superintendent and Dr. Ca well Elliot!. Of Texas, formerly of thli State . . - , Superintendfint Joyner I. th. presl dent of the association ot state super InUhde-nts. , Amon? (.he North Carolinians wb will attend the conference, beside Mr Joyner, flit N. W. Walker. Z. V. Judrt Hctiry E. Price, W. A. Blair, Mrs. W ,R, Uollcwell', and Mrs. Onrles D Mclvcr. The meetings ar to o neif In the nw auditorium whkh .eat. 7, 000 .persons In the ' main room ant 1 ftfto In inn sssniiiMy room. Ever: f 1 lend of 'education in Ndrth Cnro Una Is Invited to attend this confer en ce. .'.Inre Window ErraMof Rolilwrlcs. Two moro store windows are re ported brolci-n, these b-ing J. L. Mc Diinlrl and the Broad Street Orocery Company, end petty robberies result- h,'.t. th liM-akers In seeking cnih, a -i,;ill miKii.ni, being found In M Dan It fs .--!i i-'-l''T. r,.)tli .'ore ar l!ii)i"-'iit t have b, tit fc.tnor er!'-'ii. 1 1, is u: -1 iw brifKlI'.g Is t '.- a r I-.r '.' J, FORI JOBTH FIRE -, " '- . -Destroys Five Million. Property and ' ' ' Six Person. Perish. Fort Worth, April S. Fanned by a stiff wind, a Are which originated in a- barn at Jennings avenue and Peter Smith street, in the southern portion of this city this afternoon swept over an area of ten blocks, in length and seven in width, destroyed property roughly estimated In value to be in excess of $5,000,000, and caused the death of six person... . v The fire, which broke out in a fash ionable residence district, was beyonj ill control within 1$ minutes after it started, and was not checked until dy namite was resorted to, four hours later.''' ' ''-. , ' . The local fire department being un le to cope with the situation, as sistance was rushed from Dallas and featherford on special trains, but even vith these reinforcements the spread 3t the flames was not checked until hey had eaten their way to the Texas t Pacific Railroad reservation on the east. On the south the fire was check id at the Texas & Pacific pasenger itation, this steel and stone structure forming a bulwark that, saved . the wholesale district ot the city, which at one time was in imminent danger of lestruction. . The Texas & Pacific roundhouse and wenty engines, the repair shops, four churches, two public school buildings, nd Walker's Sanitorium were the pub lie buildings destroyed. The other. were residences, most ot them new and pretentious, In the most exclusive resl- ience section of the city . So rapidly lid the flames spread that, people liv- ng wi'thln a radius of. three blocks f the place of origin had no time to jave anything except the clothing they wore. . . Superior Court This Week. The April term of the Superior ourt of Craven county, for one week session, convened yesterday. His Honor, Judge C. M. Cook, presiding. The following was the first day's transactions: Mattocks vs A. C. Line, non-suit "ilhppeal to Supreme ourW--; Vr - Miller vs Hadno'U verdict for plain Iff. .-:- : ... ..?.:; ';. :;v?: -'' G. T. Richardson vs Southern Ex press Co., judgment for plaintiff.s . Robt Hancock for Postmaster. A' petition that received many sig natures, was presented to the business oien and citizens, yesterday, asking President Taft to appoint Robert Han cock, as successor to the late 8. W Hancock, as Postmaster of New Bern. Mr.'. Robert Hancock hag been As- ilstant Postxnater during the eleven fears postmastershlp ot his son, S. W. ff ancock, and la thoroughly conver sant with every detail of the office, ind can give the public service of the best kind. From a political view point In party tervlce a. a Republican, If thl. I. re quired, Mr. Hancock could hardly find i peer in thl. county. Americans Greeted Mr. Roosevelt al Naple. ' ;' - "- .'" Naples, April 6th A goodly number if American are here to greet Mr Roosevelt, when h arrives on the Han- jurg today. The American resident f ot Capri chartered a steamer, especla ly for the trip an I many earthquaki refuges from Messina have sent theli cards as a token of gratitude for 'In American help to the earthquake sur ferers. -.'-.-." Primary at Brldgvton. After what promised to be an ex Cited primary, at th town of Brldj. ton, the actual primary held lssl, nigh !Va. very quiet. About one week ei; here was reported a secret meetln to nominate a mayoor and some towr commissioner., but thl. promised opp sltloo faded away, and last night tb following ticket was nominated. For Mayor N. J. Brooks. Town Commissioner T. W. Holdsi Lou Johnson, J. H. Oglesby, W. I! Whltford, ."'' Chief of Pollc and T.x Collector W. R. Hoewcll. The regular town election will held Tutoday, Msy 4th. ' Deeper Water W.y Me'llnf Ted.y. Captain Earl I. Brown, Corp. Eng' leers. War Department. Wilmington S. C, has advised th Chsmher of Con mere that h would be pleased V meet on Tuesday afternoon, th Cth int. it Ne Hern, thos who r In terestod In the river and harbor Im provement In the vlndy of New Bern. al;n Bay River, Contentna Creek (betwcn Know Hill and Stantonburk) -Little Contrntna Crcik (bctwet-n Its tiinuth, .nd r.idg F,;!nf:) and wi Creik. - ' The ii;e. Y-.i " n r:.' be k ti.'s oft. ri.'m, at V." ". ,'.1, v' -- t'l I '- - 11 g t- r V I 1 v t 1 1 f r 3 ALL GET SEIITEHCES 11 IFOR MURDER DR. E. W. SMITH AT RALEIGH EXPECIED TO BE AGQL'lTTEO &':'.' - .';,-' Zj.-:.,' 'I : b- I ? : Juuiui McKay to be Etecirecited Kay '. ,- 21. Crime - Committed la Bobe County - " ' Special Correspondence. ; 1 1 Raleigh, April 5. After belug oat all Saturday night, th Jury la th trial, the three men for th murder of Dr" E. ' W. Smith, of RlchmomL . Va Sunday morning brought in a verdict of murder in the second degree against Earl Cotton, Tim HolderfieiA, and E. A. Hopkins, otherwise knowa as "Red" Hopkins, young whIU mea. With regard to Hopkins th Jury re commended mercy. ':-,-. -';-" . ": jjudge Lyon, of th Superior court, sentenced Cotton to 30 year, in ta peniteatiaryl the" full limit. hoidia him as the leading spirit in th mur der. ' Hoiderfield, because he was ta the employ of Cotton at hi. cafe, mi, because of testimony, that he nt tt good character, was sentenced to onljr 10 years, in the penitentiary. "Red'! Hopkins was sentenced to 2 year. Cotton and Hoiderfield moved fpr a new trial, and then, tor modification of sentence. Both wer refused aad they appealed. Both' men, a. thef were taken back to Jail from th court room .after being sentenced remarked that they had expected acquittal. Pub lic opinion seems to be that th sen tences are by 00 mean, excessive. , On the morning of November 16th 1908,' the body of Dr. Smith was found at the edge of a rock quarry in the eastern suburb, of Raleigh. Aa investigation developed the fact that on the night of November 14, h. had beta seen apparently drunk la Cotton', oaf Evidence produced by the State .bow ed that Dr. Smith had bean drugged ' with chloroiorm, for ; th , , purpo of obtaining his watch, ring and dia mond pin, later, traced to Cotton, that Hopkins furnished th chlorofonn,that Cotton administered an ovardo which caused the victim'. ? death, and. that Hoiderfield took the body In a book to the i rock quarry. Th State", wll- , n esses were Ed. Chavla, a negro hac; driver, an,j Richard Williams, a negro cook In the employ of Cotton. Hop kins was a atranger who landed her sortie time ago. Hoiderfield waa a cotton mill employ and Cotton to th son of a prominent Raleigh physician. Friday, May 21st. 1. fixed by th Governor for the execution of th death -sentence of Junius McKay, at Robe.on county, for th murder of Alex McKay. , The killing wa. at Rowland, Jaala MoKay had repeatedly threaten e4 to kill him a. "a liquor .py." . " ' " ; Morawn. In Tewa. ? . Three genla pleaaaot, and lntreae- 1ng (young minister, repreaanting th Church of Jeau. Christ of Latta Day Saint, or mor. commonlyhnowii 'af, the world a. "Mormon" lder r rooming at 41 South Front .treat aa making a canvas, of th town by dia. tributtng their lfteratur among It. good 'citizen. v ' These mlsslonarle. bar with thra. copie of th American volum of scripture, namely, th Book of Wer- tton, "Which purport to b a eorrw history of th aboriginal Inhabttaata of America; th rls and fall of great nation wnoae ruin, in in torua : of walls, pyramids, and ornament, eta. r being xcavated from under th" earth's anrfac In Mexico. Artcoaa Central Amsrjca and .urouadina aa try. - ; - " - ' This ao-calld book ot Vformoa I a new witne. tor in uidi aa ta Dlvln mission of Jesus Christ. It 1 th .trongeat co-oparatlv vldeaola support of th Blbl that Ood hx given to th world. It I th voice of th western hemisphere, procfcLU; h eubllm truth that Ood C'J a4 leave Himself without fjue a- mong th rsees and nations of mea who inhabited th western world. No book condemn, sin with great- severity or uphold r!ghtotsn -s at mor tore than doe. tbs horA t4 Mormon. . .' The public would do well to p.r chsse on of thvi re" r 'n it- lualnt themselves !'h m - ' v,'. I), r Rr-sd the : ot l'lnk your (. ' I ' i v POOR PRINT