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j 14 rtf-VCY'f'!Slft i i I II I 1 I I K jr ,..v. . No. 4 NEW BERN CRAVEN COUNTY; N; C.: FRIDAY APRIL, :14. 1911 --SECOND SECTION 34th. YEAR A. .ft . A! I I .1 '. 1 SUPERIOR COURT ! ; .iioiiraoij -, One Week Term For the Trial of ' - - Civil Cases Convened Yestcr- ; day Morning. i .r-1 : , Yesterday morning a one week term of Craven County Superior Court for ' the trial of civil cases convened in this ---vr city with J udge :. Garland 8." ferson . :' ', v.of Waynesville, presiding. -v"5 . ' After the jury . had ; been drawn, the , first case called wuu that of Jenkins vs r Jenkins '. In this, case- trie plain) iff is ' "' suing Tor the recovery : of a. piece of , Jand, .Counsel for the d-ifejidant asked '"' v '" '' the court to continue the case until the next term of .court on account of the ., . j- ' inability of his clienUtobe preaetit.. The Judgeallowed it to bo placed at the " end of the docttet. ' ' - , "The next caso called was that of " . Deppe, administrator, vs. A.' C I. R. R. Company. In this caae ,the are a .r , pumber of, attorneys on both, sides and ... . also a number of witnesses, and the re in iindi; of the's day tasaion wai con- aumed in hearing ..the'evidonce . in 'the . - , caso. , T t . There twenty-six ensos on the docket , for this term and a large. .number of i mo. ions. The : following cases aro on . the'docket for t'iday: ' - -- . Smith vs. Jilock; Kimball v W l"h, ' Moore y. A. C, L : It. R. Co : Gnfkins vs Hancock, Adams, Admx, vs Hill. . Ladies, ' would ; you - liav; - your rooms look, cleans tozy and cool? Then try B P, S Flat "Wall Finish,: phone : or write, us for "color, cards. J. S. Basnight .Hdw. Co.', 67 S. Front St.. Phone 99. . ' ' Dr. Graham Faulkner's Condition. r-A telegram revived yesterday Hftfr ftoon by Dr. Raymond Polloclfrom Ur. Stuart -McGuire of Richmond, Vdv wiy. had jOBt jierfnrnvd anneratKm on Dr Graham FauUner, of Dovery aiutmg that the spinal cord was not crushed; prognosis doubtful but better than ex pected. Dr Faulkner is the young man who suffered -apparent 'parulyH.' last week by diving out of u boat on th riven near. Maple Cypresc, ;Fi3' head striking the bottom of the river h i was stricken with what w: 8 supposed to be paralyses. He wi8 rescued by. bis com panions and hurrii dly taken t J Dover ana thence tn-GoMsboro. Later he was carried to the hospital for surgical treatment. " v j y Love ol Trtts.- ; We find our must stiotliliix compnn (onsliip In trees uiuoiik which ye hsive lived, some of wbidi vtf ournelveu may have planted.; AVc lean ngninst tbem, and they never betray our trust, they shield us from the sun and from the ralu, their spring welcome Is a oew birth which never loses Its freshness, they'" lay tlielr beautiful roues at onr feet In autumn: in winter they stand and wait, emblems, of pa tleuce nnd f ' truth, for they hide .nothing, not even ' tho llttlo leaf bud.i which hint to ns of bono, the Inst element lu their triple ymlwllsm. Dr. 0. W. Holmes. - ; . -j Above the Vulgar Gr.- .;'. ' ", ..-r Until 1870 It was ngnlnst the law and sacred custom for any s:ibject to look at the emperor of ' Japan. . His pollUcal advlsera and ntterdjiots saw only hts back. When he first left the palace the shutters of all the houses had to be drawn, and no one was per mitted "In the streets.- Even Jodny, ' ppben the emperor has tho privilege of (hiving through tho streets like (me of his subjects. It Is not considered "quite proper to cast a glance at him. ' - Exportonoa. " ' "Experrtnce isthe bet teacher," quoted itx(f wise guy. , , " .. . Tea. butNier chnrges are mighty high." added the simple mug. Phila delphia Record. Opening of the Athens. ." New Bern turnel out In . full force nt the new vaudeville theatre Inst niifhl. The seven hundred seats were all fired wh n the gogro is new curtain went up for the first time, and a con pi.) of hun dred people were Btaniling wherever there was room to stnnd both on the mam fl or and balcony.' . Tbe orchestra gave an Introductory program while the Audience was admir ing the 4,Hen Hur" drop curtain find the general features of the interior. Everything Was in tine on'en, a-) a re sult of unceasing work of tho lant (T.iyg , of preparation. The fine sUgft scenery and furniHliing were n.uch adu'iirid and -every thicgwer.t aleng Smoothly. " Those who have worked hard for a iUCceBBful fipi n'ng 'looked pleased. Architect U. W. KunpFon was ph'aied with the public approhati in of the play h iiiso, and tha Leme-i, Lnvick and T.ivhr smilingly took in tho crowd. 1: nutiful, fire proof anil sanitary, ' t ! -e theatre it) a feat tire of the city. Tl ' -re v. g h'ti "r 11 be !a!,:, d-iily clinri;,'ii c'a Pel foil! of pro- SECOND III H IN GEORGIA South 's Largest Power Plant At Ocmulgee River t)am. . -Jacksoi, .Ga?, April 11-Whafc the great Roosevolt dam is to the West, the Niagara power plant to the region around the Great Lakes, the Ocmulgee river dam, eight miles from Jackson, is to Georgia andtbe South. -This immense power plant has recent ly brf n corrplt-ted after more than two years of work, during which time .a large force of hand" has been kept busy night and day.. " ? This is the largest power plant of the kind in the South, though the Tallulah Falls development will be larger when it is completed. . One of Ihe uses for the power will be forrunnig the'Atlanta-to-Macon, Macon -to-Albany interufban ifne, Tbis line is an assured fact, and, without some un foreseen hitch, dirt will be broken on tho'line within the next 60 or 90 days. It will be one of the longestlines of the kind in the South, and will open up one of the richest sections of the Sttte, piercing Mitld'e Georgia for a distance of well over a hundred miles. The elec tric current from tho Ocmulgee dim will betised in operating the system. ' ' . Primary at Bridgeton. '.. The following ia the result ' at the Bridgetcn primary . held yesterday, nominating a mayor, four aldermen, chief of police. E. J. Bayl s) for my or h ad no opposition. ALDERMEN tl. M. Bunting G, A. GrkiiM 0, J. Ruck , C. A. Rymnri ' ' H. W. Harrington . ' S B. Williams - - - , CHIEF POLICE. Tj. W, Moore ' F. S. Corbett ' - McDuff Latbinghnus i . CCNVENTiOfJS IN MUSIC. f?ule Which Song Composer Seem to ... Feel-They, Mutt Follow., ;. ; Why Is It" that iitl our "muslclanB In writing n niiutsenHong Invariably; use ft portion of the Iwtft known hornpipe its the luii'oUuetion; "vamp." or. counter-melody T ' Why do" the open fifths InthP bass always appear In nistlc songs V " BeciuiMe ltdin't ,be heled. It seems.- Our popular Irish songs al ways have a bur or two of , a well known old Irish melody, or a drone bass; otherwise tliey wouldn't be Irish. The exhausted old Turkey Jind hlx partner, the straw, vome to tbe rescue of every "rube" song or dance that Is perpetrated, mid our outlonal airs must run all through the. eecompuul nient of patriotic sougs to give them "flavor.V ' , ..'. '"r-.-rT,-"v-; '.-,.;:'.- " -Because alWof these things are "set" they are conventions. Why must ev ery song end on the tonic nofe, with the -preceding tone either the second or seventh of the male, unless we ex cept the detestable third or the hollow flfth? Because, "our audiences expect lt. vr-"? v : Should one of your composers In a moment - of bravery tr . recklessness produce a score In which he disregard ed, these mniiy conventions his first night bearers would go away remark ing that the muslcwira cruzy. They do not realize that they exiwct to hear tbe same old thing, served up a trifle differently, ot course, but atlll the samel-Krom ''Where. Have 1 Fleiird That Tune Before V", n Metropolitan Magattine. j . . ' "' ... Tht Woman Qutttion. ' , Tommy-Tut I'n-Well. what Is It now , lonimy - w bot e "the woinau micstion?" ra-njd.you mall that let-ter?-Toledo Blade! t -. Shipping Items. ' v The aehof ner Bohemia.' Capt. Edward Caulk from Kaponh-m-ick,' Va arrived ycsterdarV with, a rs-rlo'ftf corn for J, A. Meadows, nn l wiil load , lumber at the Pine Lumber Co., for Chesapeake City; Md. .! ";; : The tchoorer I-la G. Farren, Capt Gaakins, hs arrived from Norfolk loailf d with corn for the Elm City Lum bcrCo. ;.' - . ': - 8toring Oxygen In the Blood. Professional divers, who remain un der water from two to five minutes at a time, are accustomed "before sub merging t bemud veil to take deep In spirations 'for teu mihutes.. The ob ject Ih suld to be to store op oxygen. not In the lung cells, but In the blood corpnxelei. This renders a -temporary suspension of the breathing posHlble by supplying the corpuscles with an extra quantity of oxygen, to be ex changed chemically with the cnrlibnlc held, produced by vital processes, lu thj blood. Ont For tht Cirl. "Girls lnnl.e me lin il." wiltl (lie freh yoniiK man. "Tliey're always golnn to some of these palmists to have tlielr linnils read." "Iiuleeil!" said i,lie HWeelly. "H thut liny worse tlmn men i..lrj Int. f to 4. t tl' ir in ' tc lt" WHY 3AIIDERS V j , FLEDTHE COURT Relative of . Frank Sanders Tells Why he Failed to Appear, 1 Special Correspondence. -" NewnoVL N. C Anril 12. The fact that Frank Sanders fled the Federal J rtlllt of KI.M ' Rom luaf -OlnK 1" 'tlB ' been new that, has "been, broadcasted over the State, "hia fleeing dee( I vf re gretted by his family,' and most merci lessly condemned by hia interest d ene mies. Why he fled has never te 'ri"ex pldined, but if the 'facta ; were. '.'"'tnown and the public eye could penetrat j the scenes enacted behind the curt! in of the conspirators, the honest pubb sen timent would be changed to a set ie, if not of approval, to at least oo . of a pardonable act. ' . " .;. ' "" Dating back to October, 1909, when Y. Z. Newberry, Mayor of Newpo t was murdered, a conspiracy was form d, its memberahipnot wholly confined t-' New port, its object being to implies! Y and df Btioy both Jack and Frank Sanders. The ingenuity of the conspirator j- W8B craffy and deceitful. The public mind must be poisoned against - these men, and the first act was a communication published in the News and Observer, pretended to have been written at New port by one of its citizens as" a.fpecial correspondent, but this' Communication was concocted and dictated by at least two'of the conspirators one not a res ident of Newport. " ;,,:. ! ! ?:' this communication botfly charged that Jack Sanders did the shooting and wai arrested on the spot with a gun ii hia hand hot and smoking. " On trial t was proven by the oath of the sheriff of the county, that it Was futly 17 hours after the murder that the arrest nf Jack Sanders with hia gun was made. But the purpose of the false article hid been accomplished,', and public senti merit ran ' high ; against tlie Sanden boys., They were arraigned and tiied at once, and no mightier effort was vever made to convict. Yet, with public sen timent, poisoned and . red hot against them the evidence was go conduce in their favor, the twelve, jurors, at ran- gers and wholly unknown to the pris oners, t iok but A short deliberation to return their verdict "not guilty " The same conspirators who plotted and labored to destroy Jack and Frank fanders in October 1909, are actively U work against Frank danders today, and are resorting to the game vile means of attempting to poison the pub lic mind, hoping their vengence may he rowned with success and Frank Sand- era sent to the penitentiary. And going further in thfeir hopes to destroy every influence that might bar their malicious fforts. they have enlarged and broad- 3oed their charges and denunciations, to include the entire Sanders family. Both in the News and Observer and the Raleigh Daily Tim js communications have been sent with slanderous articles against the entire Sanders family. Sub tile,, crafty and unscrupulous, these conspirators fed with venom the pens f thebe correspondents through .their special agency living in New Bern. It iffords me and our families much grat ficatien to receive assurances from ti e editors of the News andObierver 'and he Raleigh Daily Times that th y do not share in the sentime nt of the o jec ted-to-communications and will so. an nounce in their respective, papers. Yes, Frank' Sanders fled the Fettaral court, but he will be at its next ter n at New Bern to meetthe malicious in lict ment ot his prosecutors. Hi bondi ,n m hall rot suffer; and hia Honor, 3 ldge Conner, shall not have cause to s isre the base opinion his malicious pros ecu tors would have him do. , -; The history of the case is this: The culmination of the conspiracy res ii ted in report fiat Frank Sandars c i a certain day in October in 1900 at h iw-. port, sold some one a drink ot liq I r only one offense. . H t was - aretjt-d handcuffed and taken up to Naw tiern directly before the court: At Ihe :ase would not be tried that weak, bis Jaw yef asked his release under bond.. N')W comes the part that filled Frank's mind with astonishment and fear Jla lnew several cases Vnr trial at this to of the court for illicit distilling dii tills had been captured andVthe defend tnti had been, bonded, some at C200 and oth ers not over 250. . For the charge of one minor offense of -retailing he sup posed his bond would be a small one and especially as this was the first case he had evet had in this court. The bond required was' $1000, . He went back home, his mind filled with forebodings, resiles and unable to solve tbe causi of the excessive bo.nl. .; He began to drink heavily and on Sunday night attempted suicide by taking lau danum. His wife sent for 'me hurried ly saying Frank was fct dualtf t door and to corns quickly. 1 went, but .be fore I got to his home, he awoke enough to staler to his bugpy, f.is wife remor.r trating egriinxt hid lesVing home in such a condition, but he uniij he wa un.!r a f 1'iOj bond and "iiiust be in New L orn I t '. -ia court was c-u II e 1. Il ,'X th.-r", henid Borne! Iiintj of tl i o ! irjii i l' ,1 h i I bi'un mailo to the L'.in ;. I All. . n. y, d--nouncin him as a lawless brigand, arid knowing the unscrupulous character of. hia pre ecu-1 tors he pictured in his imagination that the excessive : bond and rough arrest must be because of some henious offence his malicious prosecutors had alleged against him and, with !,his mind dazed with drink and drugs, jsnd his nervous system shattered, and .prostrated, it is easily seen how he was, excited into ab normal fear,! and under these cotdP tions Imprudently fled the court greatly to the regret of his family and friends. "None of the family,, have .ever been convictedof crime, and two pf us were volunteers and served f our years in tbe Confederate ArmylipMbe' front' i '' ';" The public can well bee the importance of this defence, to whom it is most re- spectully submitted. ' ' , J. W. SANDERS, M. D. Ocesn, N, (I " s ' 'I r. ..( " ' Rheumatism Relievod In Six Hours Dr. Detchon's relief, for Rheumatism iefl usually relieves severest cases in a few hours,: ' Ita 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 Drag Co. ' rf., tV U r ; VOICE OF IDE PEOPLE. . ,- AS TO CUSTODIAN, Editor New Bern Jbuaal; ' A few days ago you! tiqk the liberty to write an article in vyoy paper criti cizing our Collector ol Customs at this port, who, by virtue oi his office, is the custodian of the ' Federal building in N)W B-srn. '?. '? ' ' In your criticism you seemed to over look the fact that two plus two mak four. Let me ask youj a simple question ih rnat hematics: If t takes six days to do a certain piece of work, then what part of that work could be perform d it three days? r Or. if fiur persons have to work six days to perform a certain duty, how can two people i t the same amount of work in six day?. v It occurs to me that after you have psrmitted the solution of these prob lems by your mind, it.would be bo more than fair and just toy our present cus todian, Mrj'at ifikJthat yoa.retmct some of the assertions - you have made in the aforesaid article against our Mr. Patrick. But you Say that Mr. Patrick's appointment should require at least a reasonable amount of his time in bis of ficial duty. To that I would reply, that you foil to give, Mr. Patrick due credit. for his own personal effects and business. - You do not seem to under stand that Mr. Patrick lives in Greene county, about aixty miles from his officer"; you ' do -not., seem i to known that he is . a prosperous farmer, and one of the largest mule Healers in North Carolina You seem to overlook the fact that a man must give his -business the greater part of hia at tention in order to make it a succes. Undoubtedly, you dp hot know that Mr. Patrick has to go home nearly every Friday and does n t return for duty until, generally Tuesday morning. You seem to ttvnk that the office of our cus todian should move along as smoothly as machinery without Mr. Patrick being present to give it the propelling power But yon say his deputy should be there if Mr. Patrick's business is of such a nature that . be cannot give his office proper attention. Why, Mr. Editor In the' name of all reason, djn't you have any respect for a man's feelings T Doesn't the Deputy live in Lenoir Ca., (nearly as fr from New Bern as Mr. Patrick), and don't yon think the dep tity should have a much time to ipend in Lenoir with bis folks as .Mr. Patrick takes at his home T Are not these rea sons sufficient to cause you , to retract what you have said About our present cus'odianT If I am incorrect in my hy pothesis, then I shall be only too pleas ed to hear your correction, Mr. Pat rick is a candidate for re-Otection, land it may be'posaibU ( that some , of the time that has bee spent away from his office has been spent in Washington Ciry placing bis claims for re appoint ment; If this bo true, how can yoo rblame him? You know that "self pre servation is the first law of nature." It will plesse a friend of Mr. Dan W. Patrick if you will retract the smart saying hich appeared in your editoritl columns a few dys ago. -J , "" "":'. , A FRIEND. , v" " 111 I ' . . - . W - - ', ,L ' " ' J. : -.' 't' The Successful Career. v J . . . i -' of a young roan or woman depends upon properly 'investing -surplus oarr- I inga while possible to so do, Procrssti ' nation has caused the losa of millions, i while money idly spent in youth 'creates t want in old age. . - - r , f There's a way out of all this. A. few dollars invested monthly in the NEW BERN BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIA TlON (est. and one of the best conducted associations in the Country)u, the desideratum-. " ' . ' , . Will you grasp the opportunity that lies before you. or sleep on while others make good? The A; d Series now on Sale by the undermined, for further particulars, call, ad.lresa or phone. W, G. BOYD, Agent LIkS TuiMnig Telephone Or.ce 400 " Homo -S i TO FLEE MEXICO Out For President to To -The "Atlantic Coast. ' Way Laid i Escape ashington. April 12 Confidential reports received at the War College from the United States Army officers in Mexico show that President Diss has laid careful and complete plans to es cape from hia country. ., . ' . Only two regiments remain in Mexico City. The other troops, which wete stationed in tho Capital together with several additional picked regiments, bave been detailed to a territory where there are practically no insurrectionists in such a manner that they form an av enue leading direct from Mexico City o the Atlantic coast. . ' , .- It haa become known that Mexico is literally honeycombed With confidential agents from the War Department. Many of them are army officers. Re ports are made on every move of troops and the information is marked down on 4 huge map in : the War College, pins with colored heads representing com panies of regiments. - ' The latest move of President Diaz is chronicled with a line of pins leading direct from Mexico City to the Atlantic coast. . . Beauty of color painting. Nice Bhades of color like L. & M. Tux edo Yellow or Silver Gray, and solid trim of Olive or Shaker Green, both ornament and wear, when used by ad ding f of a gallon of Oil to each gallon of the L. & M. colors as produced at Factory".'.- - Then the paint costs only about $1. GO per gallon because the user himself makes about half the. paint used, and reduces cost by adding the Oil. Thirty-five years use in N. A. & S. A. "Longmae & Martinez, Manufactur ers - The L. & M. Pure Paints, Varnish es and Paints for eVery purpose, for sale by-Gaskill Hdwe. & Mill Supply Co., New Bern, N. C. Rejected, He Attempts Sulclee. Yesterday afternoon a young white man named Edwards, who is employed ay the Roper Lumber Company in this city, attempted to commit suicide by irinking a small bottle of bichloride of mercury. - Fortunately for him his rash deed was discovered soon after it was committed and he was rushed to Stew art's sanitorium where medical aid was rendered him and a report from that institution last night stated that he was resting as well: as could be expected under the circumstances. From the few facta that could be learned in regards to the affair, it seems that Edwards bad become enamored with a young lady of this city and af ter he had proposed marriage to her and had been rejected decided to-straf-fie off this mortal eoil by the poison route and but for the fact that another ot the employees of the company dis soved that he had drunk the poison a few minutes after the act was comit ted, he would have donbtless succeeded A New York millionaire, who was entencf d to two years in BrusBels was freed after 20 days imprisonment. 7 FORGOT HIS ORGAN. 6e Filkina Had a Llttl Talk With the Customs Insptotor. i FUklna had just returned from a six months' tour-of tbe continent and bis trunks and boxes were numerous. With considerable anxious care be bad pre pared his declaration, but when he saw the eagle eyed inspector plunge Into bis work a wave of fear spread over blm. Could be by any possibil ity have forgotten anything? And if so and it was brought to light would be have to suffer the pain and humil iation of arrest? Rapidly bs ran over in bis mind' the dutiable objects that he remembered bavlug beard that oth.' ers bad brought in clothing, objects of art books, brlc-a-brae. jewels, mu sical Instmments ab, bis beset stood still musk.al Instruments pianos, vio lins. Hates, organs ; ' v With beating heart he approached tbe Inspector. . : ; ; . ' - "la there any duty on organs f be ssked In a trembling voice. "There is," said the Inspector, fixing s cold, steely eye upon blm. ' 1 ' . "Then," said Fllklns, "I desire - to withdraw; my declaration for a mo ment." "What forf' demanded tbe inspec tor, t . . . "I wish to amend it," said Fllklns. "I've bad my nose repaired end made over on tbe other side, and I'd bate to bave tbot organ seized because I'd overlooked It."Harper's Weekly, ; Keep your dining room properly screened and your food will be more wholesome We can supply you with the Screens. J. S. Ba Co niht Hdw. PREPAIRING ANOTHER CHECK FLASHER CAUGHT Robert Smith, A. Young . White Man Bound Over to Superior Court Under Grave' , ' ' Charges, c, , , ', That "the way of the transgressor is hard"was fittingly exemplified in the po lice court y est erday af ternoonwhen prob able cause was found against Robert Smith.a young white man Charged with forging two checks, and he was bound over to the next term of Craven county Superior court under a bond of $100. Mr, L, M. Satterwaite, who conducts a grocery store onJGrifikh Btreet was the first witness put on the stand.; He said that on last Monday morning , young Smith entered his store 'and after pur chasing a number of articles terdered a check signed by E. H. and J. A. Mead ows and made payable to Paul Darden. That the amount of the check was $16 and that he deducted the price of the groceries purchased and gae the change to the defendant. ': -f'l Yesterday morning the second check made its appearance. This ' time Mr. Ed. LeGallis who conducts the River side store was the victim. J Mr. Le Gallis stated that Smith came into his store and after purchasing a number of articles which he ordered delivered at a certain residence at a specified time, tendered a cheek for $9, signed by the New Bern Iron Works and made pay able to Paul Darden. At a 'time desig nated by the purchaser the goods were dispatched from the store but within a short while the delivery boy returned and informed him that the people living at the number -given by the purchaser claimed not to know anything in regard to the purchase of the goods..: Then it was that Mr. LeGallis began to inves tigate. . Tbe result was that he found that the check was forgery and at ohse had a warrant sworn out for young Smith. . ' Smith was placed on the stand in his own behalf and said that he did not know anything about the checks and the gentleman who had testified that he received the money from them - were mistaken as to his- identity, .' The evi dence was 'so . strong however, . that Mayor McCarthy found probable cause and bound the defendant over ' to the next term of court under a bond of $100. ..'. ' It was also shown during : the trial that Smith had presented several or ders on the city signed by the foreman of the Atlantic Steam Fire Company and had received the money for them. No action was taken in this matttr. ' PILES CURED IN 6 10 14 DAYS PAZO OINTMENT is gudanteed to cure any case of itching, Blind, Bleed ing or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. , 60c. . . . ' j BRIDGETON ITEMS. Bridgeton, April 12 We are having cool weather for April, we hope to see it warm op. soon. . Miss Myrtle Lewis of Bellatr was visiting in our town Sunday. . Mrs. O. H. Tingle and children are visiting relatives at Swansboro. - ., Miss Rows of Ask ins is visiting re latives in our town. . ., Mr, Ashley Cambell of Askins is visiting relatives in our town. - '. Mr. John Wiley of Zirah ia visiting his brother Mr. Jim Wiley on the cor ner of C. and Bridge streets. , Miss Leasha Rowe of Askins is visi ting in our town. VLt. M. F. Pugh who has been up to Seven Springs for his health, returned home last night - . Mr Baker Potter of Vandaraere is visiting in our town. ( , Our townsman Mr. W. H. Willis who is on the Cutter Pamlico, U in Stewart's Sanatorium very sick, we hope he will soon recover. ; '. We learn that our school committee has been appointed by the boad ot edu cation, which are Rev. J. M. Wright, Mr, Isaac Lewis and Mr. Wro. A. Thomas. - We tbink they gave us a very good committee. ' ' Our primary election came of very quietly yettereay, E. J, Bayless for mayor, H. M. Buntin, G. A. Gaskirm, O. J. Rock, C. A Ryman for aldermen, andT. W. Moore for chief of police, was elected by majority of votes cast. Rev It. F. Bumpas will preach In the Methodist Church Thursday night at 8 o'clock and will administer the sacra ment everybody is cordialy invited to come out. v - The Methodist Sunday School is prac tising for an Easter entertainment, which will be given next StinI.y iiit;lit at 8 o'clock everybody is Invited t come out and enjoy the program. Rev. O. J. Rock will preach at t' i Methodist church next Sunday mornii at 11 o'clock. ' Mr. Willie Bond has returned f Wilmington. C ? A Y , '. IL1P0RIIT COT- iinn At Tarboro Before Judge Ward Was Gambling, as to Farmers " Kon Delivery of Cotton. Judge George W. Ward, presiding over the superior court at Taibiro, on Wednesday instructed the jury in the ease of Rogers, McCabe Sc. Co. va Kur ney Brock, that if they believed the evidence they should find for tbe defen dant , . j V ' 'This was one of the famous cotton' cases wherein it was alleged that the defendant had agreed to deliver a spec ified number of bales of cotton at a cer tain price and had failed to do so. The decision of the court was that the con-' tract in effect was a doalingin future's, gambling, therefore illegal and void. The defendant, Mr. Brock, is S large farmer and business man of Jones Co., and he is only one of . quite a number against whom like suits have been brought, t It was agreed among eounsel in the several suits to make his a test case. So this decision will settle all the others. . . -i , . i Good Stoves, - cook good' meals. Bucks are the Best Call ." and see our line of Cooks and Ranges. J. S. Basnight . Hdw. Co.. 67 S. Front St.; Phone 99 , Mayor of Roanoke to show cause why he should not be removed. ' Death of R. W. Smith. Died at his home near Bogue, N. C. March 30, 1811, R, W. Smith, in his 60th, year. He was laid to rest in the cemetery near Vanceboro, his former home. .""'" He leaves to mourn his departure an effect ionate wife, 6 sons and 3 daught ers, a brother and a host of relatives and friends. He was a kind and thought ful husband, . an indulgent fathar, a worthy eifzen and an esteemed and popular neighbor. ' f - - ; As a Justice of tho Peace his learn ings was strongly on tho mercy side of his cases and his tender and neighborly love was proverbial. ' . . ' ' We shall miss him in the social circle and his warm greetings and kindly look that always gladdened our hearts, will be ours no more. At his happy home the, vacant chair will freshen the sor row of the loved Ones (here, and bring back to bleeding hearts the inestimable loss sustained. The swift current of time will soon bear us to the end of our journey, and let us hope that the temporary sepern tion we now endure msy add to the joy' of our final greeting on the other shore. His friend, . 7 ; 4 J. W. SANDERS, Ocean, N. C April 10. , Announcement. I hereby at ones announce myself a safo candidate, and may I now thank my many friends for past patronage. I now shall eut prices on all kinds of sawed shingles, a Urge stock on hand, must be sold by April 14th; will close out cheap as I expect to make some change in my nusiness. iou win ana i lose. - -- ; BIG HILL' . 1W OIHIlg ID HUD. " I 111 ' Alton B. Parker said the decision in the union hatters case blasted the hopes of the American Anti- Boycott Associ ation. ' , Francis Labadle Here Soon. Next Wednesday night,' April 19th, Mr. Francis Labadie, the world renown ed interpreter and delineator of r-uman character will appear at the Masonic Theatre under the auspices ot the rimioViterB nt thm rVmfittti-Bfv Mr. Lbadie has gained a position so peculiarly hia own, snd has achieved a success to brilliant that in announcing hia appearance in selections by the mont eminent author, from both clas.sic and modern literary fields, his management' J feels juatifl d in anticipating for him a continued cordial reception. , Haposesaei a natural humor f t dances and sparkles through hia li'l.t r eflorts like sunshine, while in the cI.h t cs, naturt'a fins endownmnnts I I life, vigor and color to his work, I i selections cover a wide range, from t! delicate and airy humorous nki ' i, t i the intense an! r-ocrful 1 scenes f. n f! . '. 11" f i ii n of ' ' a v. ;:i 1 School cliiluien v '..! La fi ! mtU 1 f price.- Don't TO'WT