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. - V ' . - , mm I I i I 11 No. 31 NEW BERN CRAVEN COUNTX N. C. FRIDAY JULY IS. 1910 -SECOND SECTION 33rd. YEAR If It e;:oi;;eer foils IF Dilli BITS " In Possession of Train Forty Mia , utea, But Get V ; .... :-.--? v . Nothing ; - . ,. . i . . -, - Sr. Lome, Ha, July. 11 Cleverness Eth part of the engineer prevented r youthful and apparent ly' ioex perienced bandits from ' robbfng, the .Missouri, Kwsaa and Tex a Southwest ern ,"Flyet" near Larimore, fifteen .; .mile ' iroroS JLpnia, arly Sunday. Three men were arrested later as sus ; pacta and placed in jail pending inves- ligation. . , . Engineer Quinn, through a ruse, pre . ' panted the looting of the baggage car . and th passenger coaches. Th ban , dita -compelled the engineer and the , 'fireman, at the point of revolvers, to descend from tha cab and go with them t th baggage ear to assist hi uncoup Unfit. The ngtnmen in the darkness naoeged to g lid away from Uw ban dits and mad for tha cab. Th bandit - ope; sd fire on them. i' . Scrambling into the tab the engineer threw th throttle wide open and dash- d awsy with th train. ; ' .: FW miles further orf Quinn rung op . th yardmaster in St Louia and. told thedetalta of the attempted robbery. : Tha. train was in th hand' of the ban ' dita forty minute. According-16 rail - way officer there were thousands of " dollar in the baggage car in addition tO Ch mail, which waa unusually heavy it -t Vlrst English Book en fiport. - Th HNi iHik hi Mport ever printed : : In tin pnjfliiOi iuiumnite waa a rhymed trnttW oaiM ib "Kofep of St. A( baiwtV - IT aiwlmr ' Mug a woman. Dam JiUhina Ww-ner., , Its oiil edition rhh printed y Wrnkrn n - vWorde In H:w. . A dewendnnt f bvr ' lumliy, Ird turner, whm the irnna . huor of r'ri-MHMifs Chrwib-fi";, M nu that ld manuTipi existed irorh an ihe V'mrt do Twoy" of llif rime of EdHn1 tiut n wnii thxmv Jul in wh ' Hie rtsl niifnumm of sporting JliiTHtui In Ennlnod, for she at" iiMiMKiMed mi esnay ou hinrk Ing and aiH4lMr u Rliiii VTUU an Jtnfile, b Imh Itcina: of Miir(i c)tf eoct luat iwult Walton hlmsWf dM take a htnt rrum it?" iitr. " TT" Our Chief AssetHealth. "Th first wealth is health," 1 a profound saying, whose truth is so ap parent that it does not halt, the .imag ination lo g enough to permit of com plet aaaimiuttion. And what ' the value of th average man t If an, like -any other animal liks thaTheep, or cow, or horse has an economic vslae. A half century ago men capable of tarnishing "only the cheapest labor unskilled labor were bought and sold at from $760 to $ 1,000 apiece. The average immigrant pays taxes, and produce property on . which other pay taxes, therrty increasing th government 'a revenue to th extent of an amount equal to the interest on u principal of $876. The value, therefore, of the newly landed immigrant ia $875 Experts on fixing values, basing their atunateton statistics applying to hun dreds of thousands of Individual liven, have found that th average American product $2,9 X) more than ho eansumet. Tbevltal-asseta of th United States . would I (6,000,000 live X $2,900, the value of each, or $250,000,000,000 The material wealth of rur country, eatiroa ted by a government expert, amounts to $108,000,000 00. . .. . I s, v.... -But, 'ianot the body mora than rai mcnt, and life mora than meat?" Man . is more than an animal; man lias, in ad dition to bia economic value, higher value humanitarian value. Surely, ' tha valu existing in all,' bu in such quantity aa to stand out in bpd rlef inlhe live of Washington, Lincoln, Franklin, Lee, fasteur,.,(Shakpeate and Tennyson, csnnot be reduced to eoUl dead metaL Who can estimate the World's loss bad any of these mad one of th doalha from prevsntibl. disease wbivh destroys 25 per cent of all people Uf ire i be 20th year ia reached? Who can compute the world's loss , when ur. timdy and prtventabl tuberculosis cut off in their prim John Paul Jones, B L. Stevenson, John Reals, Schiller, Von Weber, Chopin, Bichat, Lsennec, Timrod, Atlemua Ward, Tnoresu, and mny others? And yet how many of su h ns thes do we bury every year with tH forty thousand babies dead of prsvntalls disease the sacrifice of our bomted civllixation to th Moloch of lnorinc and IndilTorsnc I " Strong Kvsn In cftatn A yew ire almost cVntitut f fcr hit of bark grows abuudautly In t! csuraau o a helKhl of from Cfty to ity fi-et and a diameter of a littl - two reet. It grows siowiy, uui i.tter is almost ludcatwtilii ! I J firs. It U conalderi-d aor"r1'f ' irablllty. sprrucs ai I I"" h- to Disbocany. which It i.il; iv . s wliiit n-wmtil'-a. lu l' s of tl ' ire U Is veiy t, . t !: ;-'l!'.ll he live tr1 t" :l l!i ! oni-s. itie titter )luit Vl 1 no i m l 1 t ' 1 f r I ) r t- "n ! f'." '' : (" f- t c , In t f t I I UNITED STATES ' TO SELL HJWY. Must Disposes of bcveral Gun boats or Put Them on the : Junk Tile- Washington, D. C.,"July 12 Anybody who wants a navy can g:t one choap by taking advantage of the Opportunity ottered b; the navy department for the purchase of the cruisers Detroit and Boston, the trofumat Concord and tha Toronto boat WinVUvr IV .They are advertised for sals within a few days.' -" With them wiil given, if desired, a certified pedijfre showing that they have been in action at on time or an other, and have acquitted themselves withdiy tinction. ..'?..; .Tba Detroit paHicipiited ia the bom bardment of San Juan, in the , Spanish American war, ;,i ' "!"'.' "' The Boston once hoisted thi American flag over Hawaii. The Wiimljw. is the boat on which Ensign Bagley was aer ring when killed during the Spaniah Ameican War. They are the fi rat steel vessels offered for sale. , Obso'lete wooden vessels are disposed of readily, enough as, they can be hauled up on . the beach and burned for the copper that if in them. The steel vessels have no such value. They must serve as navies or junk. ' It is possible that some millionaire may come forward tofnyone for whale hunting in the north nr that some Cen tral American "republic :my purchase one to constitute nn invincible navy. The one fighting ship of th Madriz fac tion in Nicaragua w an tld Norwegian tramp steamer armed nitb three or four guns. With the Boston or Detroit, Ei trade could blow it out of . the wit r without danger. Craven County Republican Convention ,- Called. ; By direction of the Craven County Republican Executive Committee the Republican .. Convention for. Cravrn County ia herebr call d to meet t.t the court hough in New Bern on Saturday July 30th 1910 at 12 o'clock m for the purpose ofdeetiAp;' 'd)egat'es't,?l'fnl State: Congressional,-Judicial and Sen atorial Republican Conventions . and the election for two years, of a Cjunly Chairman and' County Executive Con- mittee consisting of not -'less than five members, ' and ' the nomination of a candidate ", for: the legislature and county officers. The various precinct committees are hereby directed to call primary oi the Republican voters of their precinct together. - The county precinct on Saturdry July 23rd and the city of (New Bern on Thursday July 2Rth when they will elect deiegittf-s to the aid county convention. Each precinct is entitled to one delngate for each 25 voters on practional part thereof cast at the last election for G ivernor. The precinct primaries will akxljet for two years, a precinct executive com mittee of three active Republican deiu nating one of said committee as eh ir man ; The precinct primary wi!l alxn. nominate candidate for justice of th peace and constable where there iin than one precinct in a township the pre cinct chairman and committee will mee: together and nominate raid township fficers. Let all publicity be made by giving due notice of the call for pri maries in order that there may be a full attendance of Republicans entitled to participate In said meetings.' ; , - ROBERX..HANCOCK Chairman Craven County Republican ExrutiVe Committee. W. F. GILBERT, ' Secretary. -. ' Picnic at Oak Grove. Ojr annual Sunday school pirnio will b at Oak Grov July 28th. Lectures pn Sunday school work by Revs. P. Green ing and J. M. Wright. , Everybody is invited to come." A. J. HARGE1T, Superintendent Number ot Autos Decreasing. ' Raleigh, N. C, July 12. -The revenue to the state from the new automobile law for the first year ending July 1 was juat $9,446 while the administration of the act cost not over $t!00. There were 1.580 machines registered, the license tax for each being $5. Then there were 252 transfer certificates that brought In that number of dollars. And during June there were 1.294 renewal of licenses, these being altfo one dallar each. " There were 175 automobile licenses in' force the past year that hnvo not been renewed. Some of these have probably panned out entirely and will not lie heard of again. There are othera -the holders of which will hava to pay $5 imttoad of $1 for the coming your unlims they act mij;hty. quickly in renewing llieir licenses aa the secretary of State i preparing to rejiort all thei, to their r'!'pocliv sheriffs so that the delin U can ho hauled up and rnui ml to GHLDRE ARE KIDNAPPED Seized by Detectives After Moth er's Wedding.' Bushed Away in Automobile New York,"July ll Helen and Doro thy Gould, the children of Frank Jay Gould and Helen Kelly Gould, who waa married lb Ralph Thomas was ' taken a way from their nurse and Addison Miener, appointed their special guardian lor th day by the mother aoon after the wedding.-They wera taken in charge by private detectives in the employ of Miss Helen Miller Gould, to whose custody the children were to have been committed late this evening by an understanding between the par enls. - - . '- Before the wedding ceremony Miss Hi len Gould's ' detective were con spicuous about the church. They. were at th time believed to be agents of Frank Jay Gould, . : r . ."s After the ceremony, when th wed ding guests were departing woman who seemed to be a govern asd Ad dison Mizner helped the two children into a taxicab and started swa from the house. ; The detective,' after a hurried consultation, poshed on of their number into a touring ear, which th-y had been using throughout the after noon, and set chase to the taxicab. - ' They overhauled it several blocks from the house, and one of the detect ives waved a paper , at th . taxicab chauffeur. He pulled np andthechil- dred were transferred to the touring car, which went at a rapid speed to Miss Helen Gould's home at Fifth Av- nus and Forty-seventh street There they were transferred to a closed car belonging to Miss Gould and started up town. It was said that they were bound for Misa Helen Gould's home at Tarry town. Chamberlain's- Stomach and Liver Tstdeis gently stimulate tha liver and buwrlfl to expel poieonoua matter clean se the system, cure constipation and lick headache. Sold by all dealers. Streets ferry Items. I Craven County, July 13th. The fine weather for the past few days make crops look much better. ; Miss Katia Griffin who has been vis iting in New Bern for a few weeks re turned home Wednesday. Miss Mamie Wilcox who has been on tho sick liat for several days ia improv '. Miss Lydia Herritaee, of Ntw Bern, who has been spending a fi w Cays at Mr. H. 6. Oiiffln's, has returned to her home. : Mr. C. H. Oaogherty took a party to C wpen Landing on his boat Monday aft nom They all enjoyed thu tut Mr. James Griffin, of Whiteville, is vLiting hi j parents, Mr, and Mrs. H. B Critfin, of this place. .. Messrs Leon Wethington and Red oing Jones attended Children' Day ex ercises at Macedonia Sunday. . ' , , "BLUE EYES." ... Solubility of Gold. Gold in ou ui in group of uwuU soluble only lu that mixture of iiltrfc and hydrochloric artoV known aa aiju- reglM. - It baa Uf n found, bowevn hut the iriwom- of certain orpinb i'iiimhiuikIm renders gold soluble lu hi UriH-hlork' iickl. Thus o mixture oi this Held and chloroform Is found ti be a H.lveiit. Ktliyl, .or otdlmiry al chtihol, methyl afc-nlioi and n:ii)l ah-M !)id are among the other nuliiiiict which give to hydrochloric Mrltl tin power of dlMKOIrlng gold. Th solution in ken ilHt nlnwly lu the cold acid suit mr quk klr ob nesting. ' Blames the Tarrlff For High Cost of Living. ' I a today's Star ia published a speech by th Hon. F. M. Simmon during the rrcrnt session of Congress, covering the important matter of th high cost of living. Th speech of the distinguish ed North Carolina it itesman was in rs ply to an elabirat speech by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, who attempt ed to shift the blame for high prices from the tariff and th trust to th sn- Urged gold production of th world. Tha North Carolina Senate logically explodes tha specious and fallacious plea of th Massachusetts Senator in r itineration of th robber tariff of th Republican part, In a speech, ehaia cterized by kseo analysis and striking controversial ability, the North Caro lina Senator pUys thunder with ths Uxlg contentions. Tne Tsr Ueel states man clesrly proves that th Aldrlch tariff is sn outrags and a burden on th I eople and bit speech very clesrly con- ict th Republicans of controvertli.g their own srgument in boUterirg up a buidennom protecl'v tariff. Evsiy body should read Senstof Simmins' peerh Snd get his fyes 0n. Wilmiiig- t n Star, July IS. 1 l Yam i.uii luin uuuun i-.ii iu it Special to the Journal. .' New York, July 12 The governments weekly weather report was much better than expected and caused considerable selling, which carried prices down this afternoon. No serious decline! .is ex pected. Spot prices uncharged no sales today. ': .' ' - "t LATHAM, ALEXANDER A 0. Special to Journal. New York, July 13-rUrgent'.'short covering of July waa the feature of tha cotton market today and canned up prices generally, Weather report, were slightly unfavorable. Spot aaF3 one buidred bales at 30 points advance yesterday. . . y , ;; ' Latham Alexander & Cb. . VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. :;n ' ; WAS IT A SQUARE DEAJ . Pollocksvilie. N. C.,' Julyl. 1 Editor Journal: , ' It is with profound regret we je'arn of the action of the Senatoriol Convention held at. Morehead City, on the;" ninth inst. in th manner in which it deliber ately slaughtered our candidate, Mr, T. C Whitaker. It ia a well known fact that by rotation system Jones and Green counties were entitled to 1 name candi date at this : time; .. Whereupon . our county unamiously endorsed Mf. T. C. Whitaker - Our convention pot stopping then but-went one step further and endorsed a roan put up by Craven Co. which 1 think was some what out of our of our provence. Thereby i((nor : ng Green county's claim altogether) . Now Mr. Editor it does seem, to me that Craven county by its action last Satur day gave Jones county a direct slap in th face.' ; I should have thought that Craven, our sister county knowing that Jones county . waa a lawful clliment. this time and Carteret county was not a rightful claiment, therefore it should not hav been considered at all 1 say Mr. Editor it seems to me that Craven county should have shown nour(e:r - snough to endorse our cane' 'dste-Mr. T. C. Whitaker espet 'ally alter uon'es county's convention had overleaped the old establishment precedence and en dorsed Craven county's man. There must have been a dark lantern some where. ' . F. H. FOY, REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE . A; BANK OF DOYER It Dover, la the State f North faro linn, at the Close of Business, ' . June 30th, 1910. 1 RESOURCES 'Loanaand discounts $ 17,151 74 Overdrafts, .secure and un secured - . , 273 72 Banking houses, Furniture and fixture 1,065 42 Due from banks and bank- 499 14 Cash items 700 CD Gold coin Stiver coin, Including all mi 109 00 nor coin currency ' '' 77 47 coo on National bank notes and oth r U. S. notes Total $21,067 49 , LIABILITIES. Capital stock .. .. .. .. .$3,000.00 Undivided profit, less cur rent expenses and taxes paid -1,681 S2 1,500 00 2,531 65 10.3T1 f2 Notes and bills rediscounted Tim Certificates of Deposit Deposit subject to check Total . 121.067 41 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA SS CRAVEN COUNTY, I; W. H. Caton, Cashier of the boys-named bank, do solemnly swear that th abovs statement la true to th beat ot my knowledge and ns Hot. .. ' . ' W. IL CATON ' - Caahlor Correct Attest: ,,. R. A. RICHARDSON, . O. V. RlCIIAHDBaN, A. J. MAXWELL,. Director. , Subset ibd and sworn to before me this 7lh day ot July 1910. W. A. WILSON, Notary Public. My Commission expires April 21, 191?, For Houss of Representatives At th solicitation or many Demo crat from all the towrmhips of the county I hereby announce that I will I enter the Democratic primary to be held Saturday, September 3rd 1910, ai a cannula' lor me iep..iMiure. York Cotton Market I.POSTAL BANK III EII6LAIID Deposits Amount To Nearly a . . ' Billion Dollars. . Washington, July, 13 Congress hav ing enacted a bill for a postal savings bank system in the Unites States, Con-sul-Generaf John L. Griffiths, of London haB submitted to this Government re ports of the postal savings operations in the United Kingdom, where the de posits amount of nearly a billion dol lars, Deposits in postal savings banks in the United Kmgdon in 1908 aggrega ted $217,877,011 and the withdrawls in the same year aggregated $220,916,714 In 1097, when financial conditions were less stable the amount withdrawn ex ceeded the amount deposited by$lQ, 785,838. The largest number of with drawn exceeded tho amount deposited by $10,785,838. The largest number of withdrawals on any one day was 55.485, and of the entire number of withdrawals iri 1903 5,910,585 were made on demand. The total sum to the credit of the 11,018,251 depositors in the postal sav ings banks of the United Kingdom on December 81, 1908, was $781, 794,533. Teething children have more or less diarrhoea, which can be controlled bv giving Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. - All that is neces sary is to give the prescribed dose af ter eacn operation or the bowela more Khan natural and then castor oil to clean es the system. It is safe and sure Sold by all dealers. : - Robert M. Brock Dead Mr. Robert M. Brock one of Craven county's oldest and best known resi dents died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Daw, in this city Monday evening after a short illness. Mr. Brock was a native of this coun ty,; was 85 years of age, and had resided near Do zer the greater part of his life. Ha used to be a substantial farmer, and man of broad and liberal views. He wn also a veteran of the Confederate Army and was said to have been a brave and gallant soldier on the battlefield. Ho i4 survived by a widow four o-Mtfhieta, -one son and 'a number of g-jM khildren. The body was laid to rest yesterday in a neighborhood grave yard near ErnuL ; A. S N. C. Directors Meet. ! Atlantic Hotel, Morehead City, N. a July 13. The directors of the A & N C railroad met her today at tha Atlantic Hotel and declared a semi-annual divi- dend of on and a half per cent, paya ble on the 20th. The stock book will close on the 15th. Beside President Ferebee, the direc tors present were: Messrs. Wood, Foy, Chadwick, Bagley, Tapp, Grainger, Creech and Richardson. Resolutions of respect to tha memo ry of th late director and former prea idont, J. W. Grainger, were adopted. Condition under the Norfolk Southern management were considered satisfac tory. Card of Thanks Edito- Journal: Allow mi spscs pleas in your excel lent paper to thank my frienda and fel low Democrats of your splendid county fir their loyal support not only those who stood so loyally for me but those who stood so loyally for their own can dtdate for now they will b equally aa loyal to me as no better Demacrats live than in Craven county. Not only ia tha Democracy of th nation solid against the Taft Cannon Aldrich high protection Republican po licies, which have so long robbed th neonl at large, but, even, Roosevelt has joined th Insurgent Republicans to defeat such destructive policies of their own parly. Surely then, th vie tory ia our. L -t Democrats "of Dixie" elos up for a fight to th finish and all will be well. Again thanking my fellow Democrat ot Craven county, I am Fathfully yours, - JNO. M. FAISON Faison, N. C. July 12 1910, Maybe It Did. ."A town fun a a Iwsket of chip, ellt Tlwl' a bum saying. Now, what fun could pomlbly attach to a basket of chlr . -Mnyb lh asylug had refervue to sn aiwortinwit of aker chip." Lonl Tlllo CotirW-JiMimsl, . Heat Wave Abating. Press reports received yesterday sta ted that the intens heat wave which prevailed in ths eastern section of the United States duiiiig th first part of th week had considerably abated. Th heavy rain which fell in this city during ths early part of th day lowered the temperature swerai degrees and no discomfort was xperienced by New THREE DIE III 1 R. WRECK Driver Crushed Under His Engine Passengers Escape Seri-" ' ; ous Injury. ,, -. ' ' New York Jury 13-Thr trainmen were killed and a train load of passen- f ers were badly shaken up when north bound train No. 69 op th Hw York Central, known a th .Northern and Western Express, was wrecked, near Newton Hook, nine miles north of Hud son, at 2;49 o'clock yesterday morning. From some pause as yet undetermined the engine a. d baggage car jumped th track and toppled completely over. The other six cars on the train, all Pull mans, left the rails, but remained up right, and no one on them was serious ly hurt, the railroad officers here re porting that all the passengers were able to continue their journey, Th train left New York shortly af ter midnight and carried many resident of up State citiea who had spent the day in New York city. All the passengers ware put on board a special train mad up al Hudson and Bent over th Boston and Albany and the Harlem tracki to Albany. ." - v'; -f ' - Both tracks wera blocked as a result of the tearing and grinding of wheels after they left the rail. Tha Twenti eth Century Limited, on which Jack Johnson, tha heavyweight : champion fighter, was coming to this city, was delayed an hour by the smash-up.- From all accounts the forward trucks of the engine jumped the track first and threw the engine and the entire train off at a switch a few hundred feet further north, the locomotive and bag gage car toppling over. , , Engineer Tyndall was caught under his engine and crushed to ' death. The other trainmen were also instantly killed. . i ..-. );V ; Notice. , ,s , There will be a picnic at Noble's farm between Ernel and Vanceboro Saturday July 16th. There will be music and dancing during the day. Com one And all young and old and hav a good Urn, acooroinodatinaa yinaVoodjBttsic jind barbecue, manager. . . GARDENER GATLIN, D. M. WILLIS. C. W. NOBLES, A failing tiny nerve no larger than the tinest silken thread take from tne Heart its impulse, its power, its regu larity The Stomach also has its hidden. or inside nerve. It was Dr. Shoop who' first told us it Waa wrong, to drug a weak or failing Stomach, Heart or Kid neys. His prescription Dr. Shoop's Restorative is directed straight for the cause of these ailments the eweak and faltering inside nerves. This, no doubt clearly explains why the Restora tive naa or late grown o rapidly in popularity. Druggists say that those who teat the Kestrative even for a few days soon become fully convinced of its wonderful merit. Anyway, don t drug the organ. Treating the cause of sick ness is the only sensible and successful way. Sold by Bradham Drug Co. ; , Will Take Cruise on tha DnPont. , E'izabeth City.N. C, Julyl4th-Th first torpedo bost equipped for war and manned from bridge to stoke hole by volunteer force, that ever left a North Carolina port, will sail from tola port Sunday or Monday, July 24th or ZSta. Th officers and men who will hav this distinction ar members of the Ebxabeth City Naval Reserves, Fifth Division of North Carolina, and it will be a remarkable and creditable show inn by the locsl company. .' ' the boy win go on a cruise oi on week. They will visit th other .towns ot this section where naval reserve art located and will go out on the sounds and sea. V Th trip will b mad on th torpedo boat DuPontaow incharg ot th North Can Ima Division of th Naval Reserve Lie., tenant W infield A. Worth I vry proud that be will b bl to takecharg of th big war boat and fill very pot with a mmbr of th local company something which no other company in th State ha aver don. Notict Th Republicans of th First Ward precinct ar requested to meet at my offic on Thursday evening Jul) 28 lb at 8 o'clock p. m,, for the pnrpo of sleet ing on delegate and oo alternate Ik. ...I MMnllM. .A V.- llAlJ C.lNk : day July 80th, and for th further pur - . .v. pos oi electing mm prvcinct com mitt for th ensuing two year. R. B. NIXON. . Ch'mn Pre'ctCom Bills on all or any part of 15,0'XI stand ard king leaf benrt j-ino Cross T' wanted. Address I y h r, NEUSC-TUKJT THACTJ :.' CO. f 2 c. EVENT OF i.IEK Convention Meet t Noon-Three. Supreme Justices'' hnd Two ; . Commissioners, To ' ;' -vi-s NominatecL Special to the Journal. ' Charlotte, N. C, July IS--"Tha ; Democratic Stat Convention is th ab- ' sorting event of tha current week, Prv -ticularly in Charlotte - and generally ' over th Commonwealth. Thia J'ot ' year" convention will be called to order ' at noon on Thursday, July 14, at high -noon. Senator Loo S. Overman, of Washington and Salisbury, will be tem porary chairman who' will start the wheels of the big convention rolling. - Ai this convention there are six or eight State officers to be nominated by the delegates who will com np from, the various counties' from . Murphy to ' Perquimans and Pasquotank, and from Boon jand Yaawey to Now' Hanover an4 Brunswick. p yy riJ.j.M '', 'Three plana op the Supreme ' Court bench are to be provided for. Of these there is no contest except in the case of the vacancy created by the appointment of Justice Connor by Judge Taft to the Federal Judgeship of the eastern dis trict. .V.Vjf.:1'; j;",.-",.' j For this office there are two candi- ; dates, Justice Manning' was appointed by the Governor to fill out the unexpir- . ed term, and Judge Allen, of Goldsboro. Between .these two there has been waged a. most atranuoua and heated fight, almost bordering on the bitter, and this issue to be decided at the con vention here this week, will b on of the most important and generally watch ed fights of th entire convention. In this contest is seen by many a re flection of the great fight between Kitchen and Craig in the gubernatorial fight two years ago, Justice Manning, who is fighting to retain his seat, being the former campaign manager of th successful gubernatorial candidate, Chief Justice Walter Clark and Asso ciation Justice PI D. Walker the latter of Charlotte, ' are 'without opposition, and thier nomination j. purely matter . of form. ;' jj '' n i Orportkn wjniaississ,i f sshom there are two to be nominated, are rep resented by five candidates, but aa thes were voted for in State primary1 of June 25, it will b onlr a" question of calling the roll of counties to ascertain who have received . a majority of th votes of the various counties which ar based on the vote in the primary. Thers is little prospect of anything; out of tho ordinary routine of th off year convention, and it I probable that the convention will complete it work inside on day, and adjourn Thursday night, though this is not a certainty, a no one can foretell th outcora of a political gathering. y ' The prinoipai' event of the convsn- - tion will be the regular address of th presiding officer; the nominating speech es, three for the Suprem Court bench, and two for corporation commissioner." 23 Autos In This County. According to autistic given oat by th Corporation clerk in th Depart ment of State, thai ar in North Car olina 1,580 automobile, with th ex emption of a few in New Hanover coun ty which ar xmpted from registra tion, ; '" ". ' Of this number Crva county con- uributes 23 mashinea.. Eatimated at a fair average th 23 machines repre sent aa xpendiiure of about $30,000. ANNOUNCEMENT I hereby announc uyMlf a eaadidat for tha offic . of : Treasurer , of Jooea county, subject to th vote of th De mo- critic primaries and if nomiaated and elected I promia to faithfully admin ister and honestly conduct th affairs of county aa treasurer for th best Intel -est of th antir people of Jones county. , t . CP. HARRIETT, PoUocksvill. N, C, April. 16th. A Fre Scholanhlp ' Any young man or woman who is a bona fide patron of thia paper may se cure fra instructions in Music or Elo cution. Th Ithsca Confervatory of Music, with lh dealr to stimulat th study lot thes arts, olTsrs two scholarship to p,phc'n J.1 .Carolina valued Ora ths Slat of North Carolina valued at $100 each, and good for th ferm of twenty wes.ks teinlnat with th openirf ot th school yar, Sept. 15. 1910, In any of tl, flowing lepnHment: Voice, Violin 1 .. .0 S 1 Elocut'. n. Tl corr, t ;iin v ' .r..!. , s sr U U c- i :J t ! - r I - ; -1 It: sirii-a; a n., Ary r- e t -n on! to !'.-. ( i, r t f 1.1 ;- Reape-tfu)ly li. A. comply with th law. KUN'N Drn citizen.
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