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No. 92 EW BERN CRAVEN COUNTY. N. C., TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1911 FIRST SECTION 33rd. YEAR II IN THE LEGISLA TIVE HALLS - . ...,..-..... TIGER LOUIS WEST ME FOR CASE TRIED E I HI LAS! P BISON ' FOUND GUILTY J. D, Perry Found Guilty of Con ducting a Lottery. Other Cases Tried. At the opening of yesterday mornings session of Superior Court the jury which THE WILL OF. : MRS. EDDY Son of Deceased Brother Claims WEEK'S AEOPLA CLS GAuGH SCOUT. DUTY Its Suecess In Mexico. :'FrogieHS of The Insurrec Ben" Brinson, Alleged Whiskey j Dealer Placed on Trial Yesterday. , 'At the opening of yesterday a session of superior court the ease of the Slate vs Ben Brinson, who was' charged with selltug whiskey was called; -. x The first witness was W, H. Smith, of Vanceboro, who js known as "John . Doe" Smith said he had been on the Yanceboro police force for about two years, that on December he came to New Bern and was. employed by Mayor McCarthy as a special officer at a sala ry of $50 per month; that he knew (he defendant and had baen in his near beer stand on Middle street several times; oil Dec, 23d was in , Brinson's place, purchased half pint of whiskey for 35 cents, also went into Brinson's one night and purchased whiskey from J W Smith, A clerk. '? W. B. PaikerTa member of the New . Bern police force was placed n the Stand and said on the night of Dee. E3d he met Smith, slips John Dop, and he iked to be Beached; this was done, i.o Whiskey found, wilked down to Biin S ii's place with him, Smith went inside and in a few minutes came out with a bottle of whiskey which he said he had purchased from Brinson's clerk; did not know Smith's real name until few days ago, knew Brinson had U. S. lie. nje, did not see sale made, s W. H. Griffin, another member of the police force, told of making a raid on Brinson's place and finding 66 pints and barrel two-thirds full of J pint bottles of whiskey and a number of bottles of beer. The next witness, J W Smith, said Dp to a jew weeks ago he was employed as clerk in Brinson's place, that ha had often sold whiskey for defendant; that the sales aggregated about $11.00 par day, couldn't' tell how much whiskey he had sold during the time he was era- ; ployed at this place, thit he had seen I Brinson sell whiskey to a number of i persons.' Mr. C Lupton, a police officer said he hai seenU. S. liquor licence ' displayed . at Brinson's place of business, that he knew Smith, thi4etective, only as 'John Doe." had seached him, found - nothing, watched him go into Brinson's Place, a few momenta later came out with J pint of whiskey. ' Mr. f 8 Ernul, of this "city, W C White and B R Warren otVanceborn, were placed on the stand to prove that Smith's character was unassaila ble." Mayor McCarthy said that after Smith came to him last December and told him he could ratch some blind ti-gi-rs he employed him at $50 per month, investigated Smith's character before employing him; had i ever made Smith's real name known to the public. Mr. J H Craw foid, freight agent of the Norfolk-Southern R R Co. in this - city produced bills of lad n? which v showed that Brinson had received 4 bbls -fcf beer in December, but - no whiskey had been shipped to him over their rood Ben Brinson was placed on the stand v in his own behalf, said he was 46 years old, and physically unable, had rot worked any during the past few mo's, that ha conducted a near beer saloon on Middlestreet, and had near beer license which "had been purchase 1 by John Golding, that J W Smith was employed by him, had never seen W- H Smith - alias 'John Doe,' never sold him liquor. Had never told whiskey -to anyore. ' ( Was at home when the raid was made , ,on his pines of .business and was great ly surprised when he was told that a .. barrel of whiskey was found in his ' ' place. Had never bad any whiskey car "tied to his sakrn, but did have one " barrel of Bo Jweiser beer which be had for his own use. .-, ,V :: ,. - . n John Go'ding,. the last witness placed ; on tbe stand told of purchasing the . United States liquor license.' That he ' ,. had never seen any whiskey sold in the , - Counsel for loth the State and the ', defendant both male forcible speeches after which the can was given to the jury; At a late hour last night ni ver ! 7 diet had been read, red by tha jury. ' Tbe following ether case were dit .. posed of: ': ;V " State vsJolin H. Tucker, charge C, C. W. guilty he wo sentenced to 60 days on the'roads. . - -SUte vs Sheldon Clark, charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, guilty - sentenced to three months on tha coun , ty roads. k ' . i ' ' ' ' , State vs Cogdile and Hobbs, charged ' ' with larceny, guilty. . Cogdila got months and Hobbs 4 months on the ' ' roads. ' V: notice) v ' To the tax payers of the town of ' Bridgeton, Yon are aware of the fact that your taxes for the year 1910 are long past due, to those who still owe city taxes for the year 1810 are expect ed to pay at once and save cost of ad vertising and collecting. , ft W. R. HOPEWELL, y' V..:' City Tax Collector, Bndgeton, N. C. Appropriations For State Normal Avery But no Piedmont " , County. New Hotel Raleigh, Feb. lOth-Se nator Hobgood of Guilford, introduced a bill providing for an annual appropriation of $100,000 for the maintenance of the State Nor mal and Industrial College and $100,000 annually for the next two years to en large the dormitory capacity and make oter permanent improvements Sena tor hobgood also offered a resolution of appreciation of ex-Judge David Schenck and Maj. J ,M. Morehead for preserv ing Guilford Battle Ground. Senator Sikes, of Wake, introduced a bill for an appropriation of $150, COO for the eieetii n of a fire-proof building to I ouse the stale library, BtaUs museum, hall of history and state record,. At his r quest this was referred-to the corn mitten on appropriations to be consid ered in connection withvthe Boydn bill appointing a state building c mmission and authorizing a $1,000,000 bond issue for astate administration building to be erected in Rtleigh. The bill creating Avery county out of Mitchell, Caldwell and Watauga passed thiid reading and wadfbrdered engross ed and sent to the House. Tho bill creating 1'riedmont county out of Guilford, Davidson and Randolph counties was reported unfavorable niid with a minority report presented" by Senator Boy dun, who moved to defer action indefinitely. I The Senate committee on edu.-ation decided to report favorably the bill to establish farm life schools by providing $2,500 state aid t every county rc.ia a like amount lor building ar.d equip ment and providing for its mainten ance. Unfavorable reports were made on tho bi Irrelative to the service of sum mon?, liabilities of married women and the R ;bcrts House bill relative to di vorce. A dal.haa been consumated between R. HRicks, of Rucky Mount; Jones and Bailey, of Rilcigh, and others whereby a fine pressed brick and -mar ble hotel, five stories hih is to be erec ted oil the corner of Martin and S.ilis bCjy streets, to be managed by T. L. Bland, n w in the new Rix Hotel at Rocky Mount. Mall Close. The evening mails for east and west bound trains close in this office at 4:55 p. m, instead of 6:05 as heretofore. J. S. BASNIGHT, Postmaster. Origin of Plum Duff. Tills la tbe origin of plum duff, nc cordlni; to the contain of an Atlantic liner: "Oue Christmas day, hundreds of years ago at sea, a ship In a storm was awent bv a comber that carried off her cook, her crate of cblckeus, her turkeys In a word, the whole raw material of her Christmas dinner. "But the sailors were determined to bare at least some' sort of Christmas pudding. .They knew nothing about cooking, and they drew lots for their new cook. The lot fell to the boat s wain's mate. This chati fished up a cookbook from the bottom of his sea chest. lie ran over the pudding recipes and chose onethat began: - -iinae a surx aougn.- "Ile made a pudding after this reo Ipe. It was stuffed with Malaga nil sins and covered 'with a rich sauce, The men were delighted. " 'Put a name to It' they said. 'Put a name to it.' "And the boatswain's mate, know Ing that 'r-o-u-g-h was pronounceu miifh and thinking a-o-u-g-n- roi lowed tha same rale, answered read By: It'i cadled duff, mates." farm Life School Bill. Raleigh, Feb. 9-After spending over two hours in a general discussion of iho farm-life school bill the joint sen ate and house committees on education Wednesday night decided to appoint a sub-committee to revise snd change It so as to accomplish the best results, There was no disagreement in the dis cussion as to the idea of establishing farm-life schools in.the various coun tics and several speeches in favor of the measure were made, tha speaker! Including Stale SupL J. Y. Joyner, Or. H. Q Alexander, president of the State Farmers' union, and Mr. Shaw, reprc sentationcf the union. Representative Spainhour. of Burke; Senator Daggett, of Harnett. S?nator Cobb, of Rob son, and others. . Tho bill as to be amended so at to meet the approval olallfon cerned and toe different speakers made valuable suggestions, which are to be incorporated in tha bill, with provides that tha state Is to appropriate $2,500 for each school when a county raises B like amount for building and equipment and the farm attached for demonstrn tion work is to contain not less than 25 acres except in certain instances where only ten acres will be cultivated, td been out alHf the previous night on the case of Brinson who was charged ith. selling whiskey returned a verdict of guilty. The first case called was that of thej State vs James Neal colored, who was charged with selling whiskey. In this case policeman Fred Rowe was the star witness. He told of passing by Neal's afe near Five Points and of seeinp Neal sell 0. Crispin,, another negro a pint of whiskey and his subsequentar rest. Several witnesses were put on the land by the defense to show that the hiskey Teen by the officer had been ft there by one of the defendant's friends to be kept "until he called for it. The case was given to the jury at 11 clock who after several hours deliber ation returned a verdict of not guilty nd the defeiulent was released from custody. t The next, case called was that of the State vs J. D Perry of the firm of erry Owens 'Snoo Company who was charged with conducting a lottery by running a suit club. Tne contention in his case was that the defendant had organized what is kr.own as a suit club, f whiih lh! members hai a chance of winning a suit of -cloth' r by paving the sum of $2 per week. Tho coumel for the defense contended that by operat ing a suit elub the dcf i d was not operating a lottery and thiit each mem ber of the Biiiil club was g ven thj full value fo the money he had paid to the company. 1 no case was given to tne iurv just before court aojourned for inner and after several hours deliber ation "they returned a verdict of gui:ty. entencehas not yet been passi d la tne case ot tne biaie vs. Lion utii charged with retailing tho case was conii'iuedon account of the dependent ho is now confined to the hospital. The caie of the State vs. Gjrry Hawk, charged with ret tiling took up lie entire afternoon suasion. The evi ence in this rase was practically the line as that in the case of the State B. Brinson and which was published in vesterdfev morning's Journal. This ssn will be concluded today. No sentence hai yet been passed on the defendan'' Ban Brinson, The Attention of the Public Is Called to The Following City Ordinances. Sec. 80. No waste paper or other trash shall be set fire to, or burned, or thrown or otherwise deposited upon tho side walks or public streets of the city. But sweepings may be placed in a box or barrel or some other suitable receptacle placed on the street in the first, second nd third wards on Tuesdays, Thurs lays and Saturdays, and In the fourth, fifth and Bixth wards on Mondays, Wed neselays and Fridays not later than four 'clock p. m., asd where it is impracti cable t open any package of merchan lise in the stores the sidewalks shall be use! for that purpose, all letter), trash hails or strappings shall immediately be leaned-up and deposited in sr.id bar- -eis, noxes, or oiner receptacle; "ana in n( event should there bo any nails left there or about the place where said packages of merchandise ane opened, Any person or persons violating this or dinance shall, upon conviction, be fined two dollars. Rheumatism Relieved in Six Hours Dr. Detchon's relief for Rheumatism isually relieves severest capes in a few hours. 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 Drug Co. : , A New Indvatlon. , Always alert for an opportunity to inaugurate some new (novation for the benefit of his eustomerfr Mr. J, J, Baxter, one of New Bern's most Inter prising dry goods merchants, is instal ling an up-to-date aeh railway system in his store on Middle street. . This system is used in all of the Urg stores in the northern cities and has prgven to be a success. The in-tallation of the new system will be completed by tho latter part of this' month. The office. too, has been moved to a location in.the centre of , the store and the cashiers desk will be located in. the front part of this, overlook ing the entire store. - m - (Wouldn't Bo SwIndUd. , Mrs. Newed-I would like a pound of your best cheese ' ' - i . ' . .Grocer-Yes, ma'am. Mrs.- Newed (examining it) Why, this cbeone h full of holes. ' 1 Grocer Yea, ma'am; that's the way it, comes. Mrs. Newcd-Wcll. I don't want any of It I'm not going to pay for a pound of cheese that coutulns a half pound of bolcsl . ; ' : Eutire Estate Bequest to Church. , Concord, N. H., Feb. 10-Apother complication in the contest over the disposal of the two million dollar re sidue of the estate of Mrs. Mary. Bak er Glover Eddy; founder of the Chris tian Science denomination, threaten ed. Geo. W. Baker, of this city, son of deceased brother of Mrs. Eddy, has decided to take steps to determine what he considers his rights in the matter. Mr. Baker's attorneys, Taggart, Tut- tle Burroughs and Wayman, of Man chester, today notified the Merrimac County Superior Court that on Febru ary 11, they will file a petition asking permission for Mr. Baker to intervene in the sut now pending in that court, brought by Geo. W. Glover, of Lead, D., Mrs. Baker's son, and Dr. E. J. Foster Eddy, Waterbury,. Vt., against Henry M. Baker, executor-of the Eddy estatev- In this suit the claim is set forth that the portion of Mrs. Mrs. Eddy's will leaving the residue of her estate to the First-Church of Christ, Scientist, Bos ton, is invalid because of certain New Hampshire and Msssachusett statues forbidding the bequest of more than a specified amount to any single church. Mr. Baker's petition, Ahe attorneys tate, will be based on the claim that if the court shall declarp this bequest invalid, then Geo. W. Baker will in herit the residuary estate as next of in. Mr. Baker will maintain, say his law yers, that George ulover and JJr. v os ter Eddy forfeited their right of in heritance when they signed a contract by which the "next friends" proceed ngs of 1907 against Mrs. JvJly were settled. Under this contract they re eived a financial consideration an "I igreed not to contest Mrs. E My'a will EGGS FOU SALE. Full blooded Barred Plymouth Rock, Black Langshans and B Orpington S. C. Eggs for sale. A setting of 15 eggs for $1.00. Apply to MRS.. JOHN HUMPHREY, By Phone or Mail, Clarks, N. C. Child Burned To Death. Leaving her two-year-old child at home while she went to a neighbor homo last Wednesday night, Lida Stewart, a colored woman who lives three miles south of James city, forgot to tell one of the older children who was in anothei room to watch the little one and upon returning home found that it had fallen into the fireplace and htd been so bad ly burned that it died a few hours later. To Revive R. M. A. Mr. W. F. Eller, state organizer of the Retail Merchants Association, is in the city, and will next Monday night at 8 o'clock hold a meeting at the court house. The purpose of the meeting wi 1 be to re-organize locally, the Re tail Merchant! Ai-siciation that once was here. All retail - merchants and jobbers are urged to come and help on the work, which with local co-operative work will prove of great value to the merchants in their business. Everyone is urged to be out and assist. Be on time at 8 o'clock and in one hour the organization can be perfected. A squadron of French cruisers will visit Annapolis the middle of March. Praised by All Nothing for the Hair so Good as Parisian Sage! . Bradham Drug Co,, f elf it on money back plan, so you take no risk. a "I can truthfully say that Parisian Sage is the best dandruff core I have ever used, and can cheerfully recom mend it for dandruff or f tiling hair. It ii !, elegant hair dressing "Mrs. J. W. Smith. 408 East Main St.. Durham N. C, 1910. ' ' "Parisian Sage is the best ha(r tonic and scalp cleaner I have ever ued. It alio promotes th growth. of hair and makes it soft and glossy. "-Mrs. George E. Alexander, 222 N. Wayne t.) St. Mary' Ohio, 1910 '' "Myhair was falling out badly: Used one bottle of Parisian Sage which gave great relief of the falling hair and itching scalp, and tho second bottle cured it entirely. I used it once in a while to keep my hair In good health." Minnie J. Eisenhard, 1512 Gordon St. Allentown, IV, 1910. I t . Parisian Sag is guaranteed by Brad bam Drug Co. and druggists every wheio to cure dandruff, stop falling hair, itching scalp and make the hair grow abundantly,' or money back. Large bottle GO Cento. Girl with Auburn hair on every bottle. " . i , Sentences' Imposed Late Yo3terelay Afternoon. Kumlier of Those Fou nil Guilty. The first week's session of a two weeks term of Craven County Super or Court came to a close late yesterday afternoon. Tho first case taken up yes terday morning was that of the State vs Garry Htwk, charged with sell ing Whiskey Hnd which had been con tinue! from tha previous day. Consid arabie tims was t iken up with tho tak ing of the evidence in the case and it was not gien to the jury until just be fore court adjourned for dinner and late yesterday afternoon no verdict had been rendered by them. The following sentences were impos ed on. those who had been found gji'ty during the term: Henry Conner, found guilty of selling whiskey, sentenced to 6 months on the county roads Defendant took an ap peal and bond was fixed at $400.00 B. n Brinson, found guilty of selling whiskey, 6 months in the county jail. J. W. Smith, who plead guilty to the change of selling whiskey for Brinson while he was in his employ, was senten ced to a term of 3 months in the county jeil, Eionius Moye, colored, found guilty of larceny, was sentenced to 10 months on the county roads. ( Jiike Moore, colored, sent to the county roads for a term of 4 months. Archie Whitehurat, found guilty of larceny, was sent to the county roads for 4 months, Henry Paul, was sent to the penni tentiafy for 2 J years for larceny. ' Baker Bryan, who was arrested sev eral weeks ago on a warrant charging him wilh selling whidkeyand who skip ped out of the city immediately after he had,given bond for his appearance at court, was apprehended yesterday morning in the western part of the city an 1 will now have to stand trial for the offense with which he is charged. In the cise against J. D. Perry charged with conducting a lottery which was tried at Fridays session the de f tfhdfmTwffs f mmd1 troTltyv Yesterday afternoon the judge imposed a fine of $20. Counsel for the defendant immed iately gave notice of an appeal. At 12 o'clock last night the jury ir the case against Gerry Hawk had tailed o reach a verdict and they retired to the hotel. To.The Public. Having been succeeded by Leon William; a-, Secretary Chamber of Commerce, I wish Mr. J, of the to ask in behalf of that organization support of every business -man in the the town. There is a great future in store for this place and if the Chamber of Commerce is given the support of the business men of the town, there is no telling how vast the benefits derived there from would be. W.G. BOYD, Jefferson Davis Monument. Headquarters United Confederate Vet erans, New Orleans, La., Februa ry 2. 1911. To behold monuments erected in vari ous sections of the South to commemo rate the daring deeds and patriotic sac rifices of her heroic sons cannot fail to inspire the minds aid hearts of Confed erate Soldiers with sentiments of pro found pride and pathetic pleasure. And these feelings are intensified find exal ted when the monument t) the justice and honor of the Confederate cause takes the form of a statue of Jefferson Davis, our first and only President. The General Commanding has recent ly received the following communica tion from Mrs. W. J, Behan, President of the Jefferson Davis Monument As sociation of New Orleans: " As President of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association of Mew Orleans, I beg to advise you of the early com. pletion and dedication of a monument in the city of New Orleans to the mem ory of Jefferson Davis, the first and only and only, presiden of the Confeder ate States of America, The Jefferson Davis Monument Asso ciation is deeply grateful to the various camps of United Confederate Veter ans, to the Memorial Association, to the United Daughtsru of the Confeder acy and the United Sons of Confeder ate Veterans who contributed to the I slices of the patriotic object and a cor I dial Invitation is extended to one and (all to be present ot the unveiling cere- I mony in the city of New Orleans on the 22. 1911. The Commanding General esteems'it a privilege and a duty to give the fore going announcement and invitation of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Associa tion, through Its President, Mn. Behan, the greatest practicable publicity, and hopes that the attendance upon the ded ication ceremonies will be commensu rate with the unusual significance of the occasion. -By command of C. W. GORDON, ' Gen. Commanding, Tho Negro Who Shot Two Officers At Wilson a Few Days Ago C,uigb.t at Maxton. Yesterday morning the following ar ticle appeared in several of the State papers : Maxton. Feb. 10 Chief of Poliece N. H. Dunlap arrested and placed ia the lock-up a negro here tonight answering very closely the description of Lewis West, who is wanted for the murder of deputy sheiiff MunfoH at Wilson last Friday. The negro had eight pistols on his person, three of which have num bers corre-iponding to those stolen at Dunn, two large kt ives, one of which was bloody. He also had about a quart of cartrli That the man captured is West is now known for a certainty. Immediately after his arrrest at Maxton the author ities there decided that he was not safe in the jail at that place, so they carried him to Raleigh and placed him in the penitentiary. Yesterday morning sev eral people who had known the negro before the shootingoccurred visited the penitentiary and positively identified him. It 13 said that later on in tbe day West made a clean breast of the whole horrible atfairin which sheriff Munford was killed and Chief of Police Giover seriously wounded. .NOTICE. Mr. Hyman HiK'ker, of this city on the 25th of January made a general as signment for the benefit of creditors. without any preferences, naming the undersigned as trustee, who will for ten days take an inventory of the property of said Hacker and file same as required by law. All creditors will file their claims withfclerk of court of Craven county as provided by law. This 26th of January 1911. S. LIPMAN, Trustee. The undersigned is ready to receive bids for the htock of Hyman Hacker. Parties interested will see undersigned fit olice. This (ith Feb. 1911. S. LIPMAN, Trustee. A Poet's Wardrobe. Tho poet AKieri he was the subject of it romance with the Countess of Albany and -so figures in Mr. II. M. Vaugli.m's "Tbe Last Stuart Queen" became very egotistic ieuil ill tempered In old age. "His eccentricity, says Mi: Vatiglinii, "kept pace with his un controllable violence, fo,r, ulwnys sensi tivo to tho effects of heat and cold, he hail lib eloiluM specially arranged with tapes and ribbons so Hint portions of tliem could be reinove'd by his servants from any pnrt of his body should a particular member feel too warm or too chilly." 1,1 . A Queer Funeral. One day some years ago a man pnss- Ing along n street in a central district of London dropped into a gulf that (suddenly yawneel for him. lie had got Into a coal mine shaft that had been bricked over 150 years before and for gotten. The depth of tho, shaft and the n ecu inula tion of foul gas in it pre cluded the recovery of his body, so the borough authorities had religious serv ices held over tho hole. The mayor dropped a handsome wreath into it, and It was once more covered up yaud arched with brlct. . America's Largest Snake. Tbe largest American soreut Is tbe anaconda, which may attain a length of thirty feet It' Inhabits tropical America and Is a -handsome animal, with dark round spots scattered over Its whole ody on a groundwork of rich brown. It Is very fond of water and haunts the banks of Ylvers, lakes uud streams, there lying In wait for any deer or peccary which may come to the margin of the water to drink. Mr. Root, in opposing d:rrct election of Senators, attacked the South for its disfranchising Itws. Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, replied. " TRUTHFUL ADVERTISING THE BASIS OF SUCCESS, Siaoe the Ingredients Entering Peruni Are Known, Its Power as a Catarra ' Remedy &.nd Tonic is Understood, ! ' COLUMBUS, OHIO.-The ac tive Ingredients entering the most popular household remedy In the world have boen made known to the public. This means a new era ' In the advertising of popular f am- , lly medicines Peruna leads. Peruns contains among other things, golden seal, powerful In Its affect upon the mucous mem-' branes. Cedron seed," a rare medicine and unsurpassed tonic -Cubebs, valuable In nasal catarrh and affections of the kidneys and bladdor. 6tone root, valuable for the nerves, mucous membranes ' as well as In dropsy and Indi gestion. , . tion. El Paso, Texas, Feb. 13 General Navarro was definitely located at San Jose, 73 miles south of Juarez, on the ' Mexican National railway? He sent word that he is fighting his way north with 1,500 men to relieve Juarez, but is being harassed on all sides by small bands of rebels , Jr" All section men and rancheros ' along the line are being impressed by him, and it is expected that hit force will be brought up to 2,000 men before be reaches Juarez. The main body af revolutionists, un der General Soto, at once began to move south, and it seems possible today that a battle may be fought. With the moving of the revolutionary forces south all bridges of the Mexican Northwestern are being burned and every precaution is being taken to keep the Federals in the north from being sent to the relief of Navarro or to har ass tbe revolutionary forces on their march south. That an aeroplane for pcouting pur poses is really practical was admitted by army men who have talked with Charles K. Hamilton, the American aviator, who flew over Juarez. "I was 1,000 feet in tbe air and trav eling at the rate of 50 miles an hour," said Hamilton when he returned, "and I do not believe the rifleman ever lived who could have shot Die. It takes a mighty fine shot with a rifle to kill a . flying bird and I was far higher than a bird and going faster than most of them fly. Of course, my machine presents a -larger target; but the really vulnerable portions of it are small." Hamilton says he obtained a perfect view of the fortifications and surround ing country. New Bern Product Pleases in Canal Zone. v Several weeks ago Mr. G. S. Waters shipped to Mr. W. B. Hanff at Culebia Isthmus of Panama, oneVif his cele brated buggies. Yesterday Mr, Waters received the following letter from Mr, Hanff: Culebra, I. P. Feb. 1, 1911. Mr. G. S. Waters, New Bern, N. C. Dear Sir: The buggy I bought of of you while on my vacation arrived in perfect condition and I think it a beauty It arrived a few days after my return from the State and I assembled it and took a drive that night. It is as easy riding as a person could wish for. Every one who sees it thinks it is a beauty and several are thinking of or dering one from you You put up a good strong rig and deserve to get the business. Yours etc. : W. B. HANFF. This is not tbe first buggy that Mr. Waters has shipped out of the United States and in each case he has received from the recipiUnta letters expressing their satisfaction with their purchases. Rural Route Number One Has Been Amended. That part of Rural Route number one beginning at Spring Hope church and ending at Olympia, has been changed from a daily delivery of mail to a tri weekly, and a tri-weekly mail has been established: beginning at Spring Hope church, and going via the Walker road and. the new road to Olympia. Mail will be delivered on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Spring Hope- church . on the old route and on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday on the new route. The other portions of the old route wiy not be affected by this ehange. "By order P. O. Department, , J. S. BASNIGHT, P. M. New Bern, N. C. 'To Explore for Potash. r ' ' ( Washington, Feb. 11 An appropria tion of $1,200 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to explore and Investi gate In this country for possible sources of potash, nitrates and other essentitls of commercial fertilizers was Incorpor ated yesterday by tbe House in the agricultural appropriation bilk The appropriation was suggested by Representative Lever, of South Caro lina. : He told the House that the American farmer was dependent almost absolutely upon the potash deposits of Germany. Recent difficult lea encount ered in getting potash from Germany tnade.it very desirable that something be done, Mr. Lever said If deposits of potash or nitrates which are also Im ported are not to be found in this coun try it would be well to know it. If such depoejts, do exist, the report said, they would prove most valuabl-. The vote in favor of the sppmprla tion was overwhelming. Of the p- Woprietion $2,500 Is to be available irn D)1U) TTRvTHF