No. 88
NEW BERN CRAVEN COUJNTY. N. G. TUESDAY JANUARY 31 1911 FIRST SECTION
'33rd.;!:EAR
SHIP'S CREW
Fori Four
Dajs Men Subsist on
Raw Meat and Condensed '.;.-
. '' sMilk. ,f"
Boston, Jan. 26. Their gaunt facet
and emaciated bodies testifying to the
horrors through which they had passed
, while clinging to their sinking ship for
four days, subsisting only on raw meat
and condense milk, the six men of the
British schooner Helen Shiiffneir were
brought to this port aboard the fish'ng
schooner Josie and Phoebe. The fisher
merj picked up the men "off the Nova
Scotia coast last Friday. :
The Shaffner left Port Hastings, N S
errty in January with 19(1,000 feet of
lumber' for this city, but owing'to
stress of weather put into Shelburn. N
S , where she sailed again Jan. 15, One
day out of Shelburn the! schooner sprang
a leak and went over.- It became nec
essary to cut away bolh masts. -
Rheumatism
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- ft - Mi'
Relieved
in Six
Hours
Dr. Deletion's relief, for Rheumatism
usually relieves severest cases in a few
houra..Its action upon the. system is
remarkable and effective, It removes
at once the cause and the disease quick
ly disappears. First dose greatly bene
fits'. "75c and $1.00. Sold by Bradham
- Drui Co. : V "
Bins Graftei
in Arm Patient Is Re
ccvetlnj. Boston, Mass. Jan, 27 William Fav
orof Maiden, who has had a piece of
bone grafted in to' his arm, will, it is
thought,- be the first patient in this
country upon whom such" an operation
wll have been successful. The same
operation has been performed in Europe
several times.'1 Favor's arm was crush
ed under a car. ' T '
Passing of Capt. Thomas Gates.
The passing of Capt. Thoq. Gates, on
Thursday morning at his home on Bread
street, removes a familiar figure, one
that has for half a century made New
Bern his home, and been always a good
citizen, a man of few words but of in
tense sympathy for his fellow man.
How many men Capt, Gates has helped
by his word and money, ' will never be
known, hut those Who have received his
assistance must have Often blessed him,
ihj munv-iouny revere iiih iiirmui jr.
si . -. i : o i : ,. i
uam was pvru in oaiinuurjr.
Md in his youth Was bound out," and
- ran away' to sea, coming to this city ci
ty? where for years he 'continued to
follow theses, taking Teasels from this
port to the Wet $odiea and New York.
Later he engaged in the mercantile
trade here, and amassed a faircompe
,. tence. ; lis married a Miss Cusa who
died some years ago. One daughter,
Mrs. J K. Willis, survives, wifch-a nun .
ber of grand and great grand children.
Capt. Gates would have been 81 years
old in March. Funeral at First Baptist
church thlfkaflernoon st 4 o'clock.
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TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY
XkeTAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. . Druggists refund money if it
fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signs
tore is on each box. 25c, " . ."
February, Success.
The February" number, of "Success
Magazine" contains some timely arti
cles bojhon political and social ques
Hbns. Robert Slosa', article "Whyii
aft Express Company! is an inquiry
into the methods of the i express busi
ness sod the figures it contains are de
signed to show that the country needs
a Parcels Post service , to rid itself of
the express octopus. In "The Twilight
ofCannoniam" Robert Wickliffe Wool
ley brings Champ Clark, our next
fcpeakerf into a friendly and familiar
rA-ht and makeusSicquaintfd with the
personnel of the seven important lea is
. lative committees. Every woman 'will
read Martha Bensley Bruere's article,
6rha Family Clearing Houe," with
interest. Charles Samuel Tat or, in
plea for church unity, entitled "The
Mad Race-Por S'uls." reveals some
astonishing conditions due to the over-
cliurchingof small towns.; This num
ber contains the final instalment of
Charles Edward Russell's series of ar
ticles on Wendell Phillips. -
Fiction is contributed by Michael
Williams, who, in "The Path up ths
Hill," tells an inspiring
Story of tho
faith that moves mountains. "Big
Print is another ".'Average' Jones"
storv by Samuel Hopkins Adams, "A
Good Woman's Heart" is an Australian
story by O. B. Lancsster. "Aladdin- long toil coat. They were all hurried the 25th or January made a general as
and the Tenement Trust," Is the lasty to ths hospitals, Herbert K, Land , and signment for the benefit of creditors,
of John Kendrick Bings's Wall Street Johnny Parker and Eugene Hawkins without any - preferences, naming the
Fairy Stories. Other contributions are Helped pick them up and they said "I undersigned as trustee, - who will for
by 8eumaa MscManus with "The Come aru sorry that your long coat tail has ten days take an inventory of the
Horns Yankee," Wallace Irwin in "Ths caused to much trouble'.' and all that property of said Hacker and file same
Cost of Living A Miracle Play," : pc--were hurt the last thing they said, J as required by law. All creditors will
ems by Martha McCulloch-Williams and "For Heavens Sake give us ZEPHO that fife their claims with Clerk of' court of
tJlih M. Thomas. Orison Bwett Mar-
den's srticte for the month Is "Put
Beauty into Life.'
DOG TAX LAW
FAILSTfl PASS
BillOffered to Prohibit the Sale
of Matches Other Thui the
, Safety Variety.
Raleigh, Jan. 27.The Senate voted
down the bill for state tax on dogs.
The bill incorporating the Lenoir and
Blowing Rock Turnpike company pass
ed with amendment that the skate con
victs can be hired provided the govern
or and council of state believe the
slate's interest thereby secured will cot
be a loss to the slate. "
Senator Cotton offered a bill to pro
hibit the sale of matches other than
safety matches in this State.
The bill to create Hoke county out of
portions of Robeson and Cumberland
counties came from thecommittea with
favorable report, and those for North
Robeson and Rowland counties involv
ing other portions of Robeson witn an
unfavorable report. There will be a
minority as to Hoke, and a fight on the
fl tor of the Senate, the committee vote
having been ten to six. '
The House received with favorable
report from the committee on liquor
traffic today the Kent bill to prohibit
near beer in North Carolina, with mi
nority unfavorable report by represen
tative Kel'nm, of New Hanover, and it
was made a special order fur Thursday
niRht, Feb. 2d.
Oyster Supper For Church Benefit.
Next Friday night February 3rd, at
the home of Mrs. Mary Mclhvaine,
there will be an oyster supper given,
for the bemfit of Beech Grove church.
The public is cordially invited to ba
present.
Price of Sleeping Cars is to be Lower
r t - -
Chicago, Jan. 27 Announcement has
been made from tho Pullman Company
that arrangements are complete for the
application next, Wednesday of new
rato rulee, including a notion-wide re
daction of twenty percent in practical
ly all upper berth rates and a cut rang
ing from twenty-five cents to one dol
lar, or twenty per cent of all lower
berths New tariff filed with the Inter-
tate Commerce Commission provide
that where a lower berth, rate is 1.50,
the upper berth rate "shall be $1 25.
When the lower berth exceeds one fifty
the upper berth rate shall be twenty
per cent le is.
WILLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS
Have you neglected your Kidneys?
Have you overworked your nervous sys
tern and caused trouble with your kid
neys and gladder? Have you pains in
loins, side, back, groins and bladder?
Have you a flabby appearance of the
face, especially under the eyesT Too f re
quent a desire to pass urine? If so, Wil
liams' Kidney Pills will cure you-at
Druggist, Price 60c." Williams' M'f'g.
Co., Props., Cleveland, O.
Young Makes Comparisons of Fire In-
'' aV- snithce Rates. ,
Raleigh, Jan. 27. State Commission
er of Insurance, Jarrtea R. Young, has
made some calculation! a to the com
parative cost of fire insurance in North
Carolina afld neighboring states as bear
ing on the contention being made thro
the Koonce bill for an investigation of
tho conduct of insurance companies In
North Carolina. He asys that during
1909 citizens of North Carolina carried
in stock companies (245,157,538 of in
surance at an average rsti of, $1 10;
and that, if the citizens of this StUe
bad paid on this insurance the average
rates of the several alates with which
the comparison is made, they would have
paid the following amounts more than
they did: In Georgia, $367,736 42; Ken
tucky, $367,736; West Virginia $490.
315; Texas, $612,893 Virglnis, $637,
4 9; Tennessee, $686,441; Louisiana,
$1,005,146, Arkansss, $1,103,209, Ala
bama, $1,176,756; Mississippi, $1G9,
u08; Florida,- $1)667,071. Fiorethcse
figures Commissioner Young figures
that citizens of North . Carolina have
for the year 1909 saved $.880,338. on
pared with what they would have, paid
had they been la either of Ibe eeen
states which the comparison is male,
The Greatest Calamity Iver Happened
I ' ''. In New Berai y
i;;:r'";:r m..!i
Colonel A. A. Monsch walking' down
Middle street in his long tail coat, five
women got weak In their knees . and
fainted, six men went stark blind, sev-
en men butted their heads against thai
teleeraph poles rubber necking at his
is the only thing will Help us.'' SoM
by McCtdlough Co., 48 E. Hunter St..
Atlanta, Ga..
STATE BAN
ESS
The Names of Share Holders
Will
Be Listed at True
Value.
Raleigh, Jan. 27 A delegation of If.'
Carolina bankets, headed by Colonel
Bruton, of Wilson, was given a hear
ing last night by' the joi nt finance com
mittee as to the proposed change in the
revenue act as to tax en State-' batrkev"
The overshadowing feature is a change
of section S3, by which the manner of
arriving at the tax assessment against
banks shall be that banks' list during
each June the names of all sharehold
ers in and out of the State at true val
ue. The valuation iato be ascertained
by deducting fromthe capital slock the
amount of real estate and personal
property owned by tte bank on which
it pays taxes, and adding thereto the
net amount of ' surplus and undivided
profits and dividing the resulting am't
by the number of shares. The net
amqunt of surplus and undivided profits
shall be determined by deducting from
the gross amount of surplus and undi
vided profits all debts owed on account
of taxes, accrued and unearned inter
estf also an amount equal to 2fl per ct.
of hills receivable to cover bad or in
solvent debts, and also an amount equal
to the true value of any shares of capi
tal stock owned in other North Caroli
na corporations upon which tax is paid
by Ihe corporations issuing the same.
Microbe of
Leprosy
Doctor.
Isolated by
New O'leans, Jan. 27--The iso'a'ion
of the leprosy microbe, a foat of meil
cine which has been attempted almost
from tho time of the discovery of the
germ theory, has been accomplished
hereby Dr. C, W. Duval, who is at
present experimenting with the bacillus
in ah attempt to discover a cure for the
dread disease.
The doctor says that he found the
germ several months ago and that since
that time he has been laboring to find a
cure for the disease, wlii.-h he now ex
pects from his recent Investigations.
Norfolk-Southern Change Shedule.
Beginning next Sunday Jan. 29,theNor
folk-Southern will change its schedules
on its trains now arriving here from
Goldsboro at 11 p. m, to 12.30 p.. rn. and
from Norfolk at 5.35 a, m. to 4:05 a,
m. these trains then to leave for Nor
folk at 12:30 a. m. and for Goldbboroat
4:')5 a. m. daily. -
His Foot Badlg Hurt.
While engaged in operating a plain
ing machine at Broaddus& Ives' mill
late yesterday afternoon Mr.H T Riggs
who lives en the corner of Griffith and
Crescent stieets had the jnisfortune to
get one of his feet caught in the ma
chine and'it was so badly lacerated that
it was found necessary to amputate it.
I SPARE THE OLp THINGS.
A PUs For ths Preservation of Keep
' eakes and Sentiment
llost oven thlnc. In twine soertflced
nowadays toTiie spirit of praowabU
Ity. Old love letters are destroyed be-
intiRe desk room Is .', needed. , The
snreadlnir onk tlmt marfciU for dec
ades the turn of tho road Is sucrlficed
to give room to a modern -electric hlgn
that tells the Same Rtory. The baby's
first mlr of shoes, wee, dainty and soft
as they are, are thrown Ui the trush
pile that tbere may be room lu the top
drawer for the powdc box..
All of this destruction of "auld lang
syne" sentiment and the basis of reml:
'ulweitee Is chuck full of wrong. The
most Interesting ' place In or near
WoHlilncrtoii la Mount Vernon. " The
most 'magnificent smmro In i'hllndt'l
vhla is Independence bull. The most
valuable spot in Texas is tpo , old
Alamo at Snn Antonio, Such places
as thoso 'contain, the story of Araert
can history, and the citizen who views
and thinks while vlewlngnnrt no one
ran View without thinking-becomes
fiiHtnntlv h' nnirlof likewise a better
husband nud n better falser. V
Keen the old love tokens. Don't de
I stroy the "old ftray bonnets - t reas
ure the little shoes, Save youth's love
I lotions. And we may not have as
much room, but we will 'have moro
sweetness, aud there will - be more
heart lu the world.-Wichita Beacon.
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NOTICE.
Mr. Hyman Hacker, of this city on
Craven county as provtuea ny law.
This 2Cth of January 1911
,JS. LIPMAN, Trustee,
RURAL CARRIERS
; GET AIMNCREASE
ITouse Agrees " Upon. Amendment
to Postofiice Bill. $100 a Year
1 ? Increase.
Washington,' Jan. ,27 The rural mail
carriers of-the country, some 40,000 in
number, benefit to the extent of nearly
$4,000,000) ai . the . result of an amend
ment agreed to by house Curing the
closing moments of the debate on the
postofiice appropriaton bill, :,
The postoffice appropriation bill, as
passed carries approximately $257,000,
000. - With the exception of the provis
ion that after-July 1, 1916, no mail Cars
except those of steel construction shall
be used, and that authorizing an in
crease of salary for the rural mail car
riers, the bill is substantially ', the same
as that agreed on by the postoffice com
mittee.
Representative Bartlett of Georgia,
started the successful fight for an in
crease of the Compensation ' paid the
rural mail carriers. He offered an
amendment providing that the salaries
of these carriers should be increased
from $900 to $1,000 a year. After Rep
resentatives Edwards, Hughes and Ad-
ampon of Georgia, and Cullnp and Cox
of Indiana, and Borland of Missouri in
addition to numerous others had spok
en in favor of the "over worked and
underpaid" rural carriers, Chairman
Weeks, of the PoHtolrice committee.
agreed to accept the amendment, and
the increase was carried by a unani
mous viva voci vote. "
The $100 a year increase applies to
all standard route carriers, of which
are 28,000. There are, in addition 12,-
Gt'O rural carriers who will receive pro
portionate increase,-according to the
lengths of the routes "traversed. The
total increase to the bill, it is estimated
will be between $3,500,000 and $4,000,-
000.
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Notice to G. L. Hardison's
Friends.
The statement made bv. others ask
ing for indorsements for Collector Cus
toms at New Bern, that I am no longer
a candidate for this position is untrue,
I am still in the race and expect to re
main to the finish. I ask the continued
support and loyalty of my friends.
G. L. HARD1SON,
Have Live Stock on the Farm.
Tho price of both hogs and cattle has
decreased rapidly during the recent
weeks, but live stock are Ml ill selling at
profitable prices for the man who breeds
and feeds regularly each year, Hoga, at
even 5 cents a pound live weight, are
profitable for any man who grows them
in a common-sense, business way, and
they are still selling for 7 cents. - In the
past we have 'gone into the raising of
live stock and bought our foundation
nerds on a high market and sold otjt a"ff
a loss when prices swung to the other
extreme. Those , who have recently
bought breeding hogs or cattle should
not become, alarmed, r luctuatious in
gfices always have occurred, and "ft ay
be expected .to continue, but the man
who goes on rsUing good stock year af
ter year, so that he can profit by the
high prices when they come, has alays
found them a profitable farm crop. Hogs
may go still lown, and probably will, but
they will not go so low that the South
ern farmer who raises them on leguornT
es, which the hogs gather, and a small
amount of corn can not still make pork
at a profit. -Progressive Farmer.
Hair Drops Out
Many People Have a Simple Way
. of Stopping it.
It wss Dr. Sangerbund, of Paris,
who first, discovered that dandruff and
falling hair was caused by microbes. .
And now that Psrisian Sage, the rem
e4y that kills the dandruff germ is sold
in every town in America, the clean
people ofs his country have awakened
to the fact that dandruff Is unnecessary
that falling hair and itching scalp can
be quickly stopped, and that people who
uce Parisian Sage will never grow
bald... .. ; '. -.'';!'. - ;. '
To every reader of the Journal who
wishes to eradicate disgusting dandruff,
stop falling hair, and have an immacu
lately clean scalp, free from itchiness,
we make this offer: ; ,,,, .- . , , ,
Bradham Drug. Co. will return your
money, without red taps, If Parisian
Sage does not banish dandruff, stop fal
ling nair ana ucning scsip in two
weeks. J .- -" '
Pailsian Sage is sold by Brsdham
flrug Co. pd druggists everywhere,
for CO cents a large bottle.; It is an
ideal, daintily ptrfumed hair dressing,
free from grease and stickiness", and
will cause hair lo grow lustrous and
luxurfant. Mail orders filled, charges
prepaid, by Giroux Mfg. Co, Buffalo,
N.Y, -i
FOR; FREE
' SCHOOL
BOOKS
Much Time Taken uo ' in Legisla
ture With This Sub-
ject.
Raleigh, Jan. 27 The house soent
time in,a play of politics, with Repre
sentative'Ufarahall, of Surry, as the
Republican moiue in the hands of the
Democratic cut. They had up MrjIar
shall'a bill to provide free school books
in Noith Carolina, as amended in com
mittee by the Democrats to apply only
to Surry county. The play was to put
Mr. Marshall and any other Republican
they could in a holeas to this free school
book plank that was in the Republican
state platform. The outcome was that
while Marshall stood out for Btatewide
free books, he backed down from hav
ing it apply to his own county, although
he insisted in his argument that it wss
working fine in Lenoir county. It also
brought from Representative Ewart,
Republican leader of the house, the dec
laration that he did not believe the
statewide measure was practical, par
ticularly on account of the depleted con
dition of otate finances and the exclama
tion, when some member proposed that
the bill apply to Henderson as well as
Surry, "For God's sake no."
Finally, aq a courtesy to Mr. Mar
shall, the consideration of the bill was
indefinitely postponed with the under
standing Hint it will come up again.
Kellum introduced a bill for commis
sion form of government for Wilming
ion R'-prtsentalive Ewart introduced in
tlm house bill to amend the state anti
trust I tw an 1 impart, as he says, the
much talked of teeth that it is charged
to bo in need of. It empowers the at
torney-general to institute proceedings
upon his ow-n motion and in case of con
viction for violating the statute, deno
minates the oflns alelony, instead of
a misdemeanor, with imprisonment
from two to five years a penalty. Con
victed corporations are also to be ex
pelled from the state. The judiciary
committee No, 1 ot the houae decided
tonight to act on this bill Monday af
ternoon and sil.uJ to pass at the same
meeting on tho joint resolution by
Ewart for investigation as to operation
of trusts in North Carolina.
The bill appointing a state building
commission to erect an administration
building in Raleigh was reported favor
ably and on motion of its introducer,
Senator Hoyden, it was made a special
order for Wednesday, February 8, at
12 o'clock. '
Bill Prepared for Commission Form.
Raleigh," J an. 27th. A bill has been
prepared by the committee of the N. C.
Municipal Association and it has been
placed in the hands of representative
Battle, of Wake, to be introduced in
the House. It provides far a general
form ot commission government soap
ted to all incorporated Cities and towns.
Another bill of the committee provides
that the cities and towns shall receive a
proportionate division of the road and
bridge taxes collected by the counties
in which they ace locatea ior me pur
pose of working the thoroughfares lead
ing into or through f he cities and towns.
t- ' Sjop! Look! Listen!
A great innovation in newspaper en
terprise ! A complete novel free 1 TJpis
is the offeror the New York. Sunday
World. Beginning Sunday Feb 19, and
every Sunday thereafter, a complete
detective story, in booklet form, will
be given free. A second Sherlock
Holmes. Simply great. It will be nec
essary to order from dealer in advance.
INDEXING BOOKS.
The Custom Is an Old One That De
veloped Rathor 8lowly.
.The riiHtoin of Indexing books dfe
veloiied crmliinlly. ' Cicero used the
.word index," but In the sense of
table of content. Seneca provided
Home worits whlrh be Bent to a friend
with notcH of particular passages, "so
that ho who only aimed at the useful
uiicht-be ftps red the trouble of exam
IiiIuk tlieui entire." This was at least
a partial "index" In the modern sense,
Annotated, or nt least explanatory,
tables of contents seem to bave pre
ceded the Index proper. .
: Such -tables followed the order of
appearance of the subjects in the
book itself. Aluhnbetleal arrangement.
I Which van the beginning of the real
( Index, ' appears not to have ' been
tnoupnr. or nnru tne invention or prim
ing, and even then It spread but
slowly. Erasmus was one of the first
to provide his works with alphabetical
Indexes. The custom did not become
universal until well into the sixteenth
century, ";;
The first Index to rm-English book is
said. to be that printed in Polydors
Vergil's "Aiifrliao nistorlae," in 1540.
An edljlon of this work published ten
.years later has an index of .thirty
seven pages.
Although money is the root ot
an
svll, the most successful ,mi
to bit those who plant U.
riORFDLK-SOUTHERfJ
IIICREnSilil
Met at Norfolk .Yesterday and
Increased Stock toThirtyFiye J
I MllhOnS ' e' ;r rf ; -VjCj
Norfolk, Jan. 28 The ease of the
Zell-Vandyke Syndicate of Philadelphia
against the Norfolk-Southern- Railway
Company now pending in the' Supreme
Court of Appeals of Virginia on appeal
from the Norfolk City Oircuit Court
where the plaintiff bill was dismissed.
has fafcen set down for a hearing at
Wytheville in Jane. . ; ;.f-, !
This is the ease in which the Zell-
Vandyke Syndicate of Philadelphia seek
to enforce what is claimed to be 'an
agreement of sale of the Norfolk and
Southern Railway properties haying'
priority over the receivership foreclos
ure sale ordeherey Judge Waddill
and subsequently sustained both the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
and the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The pendency of this esse 4n the
State Court has resulted in inability on
the part of the reorganized Norfola
Southern Railroad to complete all finan
cial arrangements but the stockholders
ot the reorganized cohipany are never
theless scheduled to meet at Norfolk on
Monday next to authorize an increase
in the capital stock of the newcompan)
from $12,000,000 to $35,000,000.
Of the proposed new bond Ibbus $5,-
780,000 will he sold to' retire the $4,-
36,000 one year, notes sold in October
last, thus releasing the $5,780,000 of
the first mortgage bonds which have
been deposited as collateral for' the
notes,! 3,220,000 will be substitued for a
like amouqt of the old bonds with the
trustees for retiring underlying bonds',
and $26,000,000 will be left in the treas
ury for betterments. :
It will be out of this bettterment fund
that the Norfolk-Southern will build a
new hotel at Virginia Beach.
Fifth District L O. O. F. Convention,
The District Convention of the fifth
district of L O. O. F. will meet in
Maysville, N. C in Semi-annual con
vention on Wednesday Feb. 1st, 1911,
in the hall of Brotherhood Lodge No.
284. First aession to open at 11 a. m.,
the second session opens at 8, t. m
All third degree members are request
ed to attend this convention. All dele
gates and visitors can arrive on he
morning train in time for the first ses
sion.
Teachers' Association."
The County Teachers Association will
meet Saturday at the graded school
building Griffin Memorial Hall at U
a. m.
S. M. BRINSON,
County Supt.
Central Highway Convention to be Held
In Raleigh, n.C, Feb. 14th. ;
The idea of having s great "Central
Highway" to run from Beaufort in the
East to Marshall in the Weat, thus con
necting all the large citiea and towns in
the State, and to which all the other
roads in the state can lead and co-ordi
nate into a complete system, is one that
appeals to every advocate of good roada
in the State. The good roads people
throughout the State are greatly inter
ested in having a great highway to con
necf the East and West, t and in order
that these forces might come together
and formulate plana for building this
great highway and lay plans for road
building throughout the State, the fol
lowing call for a "Central, Highway
Convention has been made to meet in
the city of Raleigh at the court nous
on February 14, 1911. . , ,,
THE CALL FOR CONVENTION.
' ; Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 13, 191L
A call Is hereby issued for conven
tion to consist of delegates to be ap
pointed from all the cities, towns ad
counties along the line of the proposed
"Central Highway'1 to run from Bean
fort, N. C, to Marshall, N C, to he
held, in the court houae la the city of
Raleigh on February 14, 1911, to form
ulate and .lay plans for the construe
tion of tbis great highway across
SUte. AR mayors of ciUes and towns.
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boards of county commissioners, , and
all eivie organisations ia these cities
and counties are urged to appoint .not
less than five delegates to ' attend this,
convention, It is further urged and re
quested that all the city and county of
ficials and all private citizens'" who are
interested attend this -convention; '-H
(Signed) DR. J. M. TEMPLETON. i
Pres. Wake County Gjc4
Association.
j. a wynne. ; uev
Mayor City of Raleigh. ,
MAJ. W. A. GRAHAM,
Prea. 8UU Good Assoclt
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DR. H. A. ROYSTER, 3
Pres. Chamber of Com, ;
J. B. PEARCE, . V
Pres. Ilerchant'S Aso'n.
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Government Bulletin Shows Death
Bate in "North America is 3.11
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Washington. Jan. 28 The Bureau of
Lkbor of the. Department of Commerce ,
and Labor has just published in its bull- .-
etin No. 90 a study of "Fatil Acri lents ,
in Coal Mining," by Fred rick L. if off- r
man. The study is based upon data de
rived' chiefly from the official reports of y
aim mine inspectors, but al-o from .
persona) inquiry.. The work is limited
ti fatal accidents and for the most part .
to the decade ending with 1908. . .
i The number of fetal accidents in the
epal mines of North America during the
twenty year period .' ending with 1908 r
was 99,29.1, and the rata per 1100 en.-
ployes In the industry Was 8.11. In the j
decade ending with 1906, the. latest pe
riod lor which figures for other eoar mi-.
uiog countries are available, the aver
age fatality' rate in North America was
3,13 per 1,000, which 1 was decidedly
higher than the fatality rate in any oth-A
er important eoal field of the world. In '
thelinited Kingdom, for example, fhe f
riate was 1.29 per 1,000 employes,' in '
France 1.81 and in Prussia 2.11 1
The full extent of the risk in coal mi-
ning in North America ia. however, not
clearly. shown by these figures for the .
Col fields as a whole, "but consideration
must be given to the rates for eanh ge
ographical section. These show that in
eaflt-eentral section, which comprises 1
western KentucV, Illinois, and Indiana, ,
the fatality rate for the twenty years
ending, with 1908 was only 2.25 per 1,000
employes, while in the western section '
(Colorado, New Mexico and Utah) it '
ras 6,4per 1,000, and in the Pacific
coast section (Washington and British
Columbia) 7 per LOGO. It would appear
that the variation in the fatality rates
ig dud to different mining methods and
to differences in the coal seams.
The present industrial and social im -
portance of the' problem of coal mine
acciqenU will appear from the fact that
n 1908 more than 700,000 men were en
gaged iii coal mining and the deaths
from 'mine accidents numbered 2,723 or
. j .
i A single mine disaster may cause the
loss of many Uvea, -and therefore at
tract national attention, yet the loss of
lfe by such disasters from 1869 to 1910
ip the aggregate represented only lit 6 '
ier cent oi we cdhii ioes vi nre, ins
Vast majority of accidents occur singly
Ot in small groups, and thus fail lo at
tract public attention. This is indica
ted by the causes. ' .
By tar the most important single and
Well defined cause oi accidents is fall of ;
coal or roof, 46.8 per cent of all fatal
Jccklftuta in the ten-year period being
ui to this cause, while explosions of .
Various KiniM ccouniu ior per
tent and mine cars for 12 re r cent
Mining methods in the United States
S often crude, and kaswn sifety pre-,
cautions are either disregarded or not .
used. Child-labor lawja have been, and
still are, indifferently complied with in
many states, and a number of fatalities
occur each year among children at an
e when they should be in school. Ii
ljs Jen children of ,13 .and 14 and thir
teen children of IS years were among
those whose beatha in the mines were
recorded in the official reports. '
NOTICE.''
There will be basket party at For
est School House on Friday night, Feb
ruary 3d for the benefit of the school.
Everybody cordially invited. Girls come
and bring a basket, boys come pre
pared to buy them. - ,
, i riMU MAMIE HARTLEY. .
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Morehead City Gets Two New Inter f
, .; .prises.. .
Raleigh, Jan. 28 The Paragon Com
pioy,' of Morehead City waa yesterday
chartered to do a general 'mercantile
ulaeaaT Authorised capital slock: t
$10,0000 hut may begin business when
$5,000 hat been subscribed., StockhoUU
era are L.L. Leary, John T. Wildor,
tVl H, Gorhsm. '
M.trehead City Manufacturing Com'
pany, of Uorehead City, was chartered
to do a general saw mill busineis and
tambsr. , The. authorized capiUl
Is 110,000 but may begin businesa
with$2,(Xa Stockholders are D, G.
Bell, J. C. Long, E. H. Gorham. '
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I fiant to urge every farmer of Cra
Ten county,, whether he bs. a member.
of the Farmer's Union or not, to be at
the Fanner's Institute which will be
held at Dew' Bern Wednesday Feb. 1st.
Come one and all and bring your
wives anddiughters, and I am sure ev-
ry one Will be well pnid for the time.
,..Tbe only region tody, why the farm
er is not the t", 'i.l of oU.or c!;,ci is
ignorance. It is L'b time to awuke
frgn our Ltl.-.y a..J learn to woik la
a adentinc w:y.
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