Do You Dread
New Shoes?
It takes a deal of moral
courage for. some folks to
buy new shoes. Stiff soles
anqi unyielding upper leath
ers sometimes bring serious
f oottroubles in their wake.
To many new shoes
mean torment or a week
. or more.
,1II1G L0!1D0I
A GREAT PORT ;
The
Look for
the Red Bell
the Box.
on
Southern Girl
$2.00 Shoe J2-50
with the sole made flexible, is a positive relief
for tired and tortured feet It is as pliable as an
old shoe from the very first It is as stylish as
any shoe you ever saw.
The top and vamp are of soft kid but tough as horse
hide. We've taken out all the stiffness. We ve left
in all the wear fcnd all the style.
See this shoe at the Craddock agency in your town.
Made in all Btyles and patterns slippers pumps
lace and button boots.
CRADDOCK-TERRY CO..
LYNCHBURG. VA.
$12 000,000 For Increased Water
Area and Dry
Docks.
London. April 24 ThB improving of
the port of L-ndjn uner the net by
which the government took over all tne
great docks and vested them m the oc
troi" of the Port of London authority is
about to begin. The undertaking will
occupy years and wi'l place Londin on
an equality with Liverpool, Southamp
ton and other ports in respect to modern
equip nent.
Work will start on the South Albert
dock, which will cost nearly $V2 000,000,
and accommodate the largest ships
afloat or projected. The entrance lock
will be 1,000 feet long, 110 feet wide
and a capacity depth of water of 48
feet. The entrance will be 850 feet long
and may be extended by caisson. The
water area will be 65 actis.
There will be a m w drydock 1,000 ft.
lone. 110 feet wile anl 3S feot deep,
corresponding practically in accommo
dation with the entrance lock.
It is proposed to straighten the
Thames river just below the Pool by
moving Borne of the prosent docks from
the north to the south Bide of the river,
thus shortening the river passage.
FARMER'S ; WIFE
HAD HEAP TO DO
.;. ..i - - ;
Mrs. Shepherd Was in Ead Shape
When She Could Not Stand on
Her Feet
Durham, N. C "I am a fatmert
wife," writes Mrs. J. M. Shepherd, ol
wis vuy, aim nave a ucai iu uu. s
' "Four months ago I could not stand
on my feet, to do anything much, but at
mis ume i oo me mosi oi mj wum.
took Cnrtliii and It did me more BOOd
than all the doctors.
,"You don't know half how I thank you
far itiA farriut MtmJ. TrAntmpnf I wish
that all women who suffer from womanly
trouble would treat themselves as 1 have."
uaies can easily treat uiciuscivo m
home, with Cardul, the woman's tonic.
It is easy to take, and so gentle in its
action, mat U cannot uo any wing uui
pood. ., -
Being composed exclusively ot veee-
laoie ingreaiems, varuut wnuui jyy
trnnhla m vnnr circtem. nJ mineral drucs
often do. Its ingredients having no
harsh, medicinal effects, and being non-
poisonous ana penecuy narmies.s, caium
is absolutely safe for young and old.
Ask vnur druecist. He will tell YOU to
uy waiuui.
N. B Wrtlt ft; Udles' Advisory Dept.," Chitts-
lnitrwtions. lndfri-nase book. Home Trealmeof
IM Women, vat !s plain wrapper, on requtM.
FOR
nnriDi ipitv
uu
SHORT PASSiNG EVENTS
SATUBDAT.
tha nresent time this
Unto the Dresent time this weeK
there have been about ten bales of cot
ton sold on the local market. The av
erage price paid for the staple was 14J
cents per pound.
Much interest is being manifested lo
cally in the proposed highway from the
sea to the mountains. This highway
would take in this city and would be of
great commercial value to the citizens
of this county.
Several days ago some one broke into
the office of the Southern Express Com
pany at Bayboro and stole several gal
lons of whiskey that had been shipped
to lovers of the ardent at that place.
The thieves took every precaution not
to leave any clue as to their identity or
how an entrance was effected and they
have not been apprehended.
At a dance held at James City last
night one of the dancers, a colored man
pulled a razor from his pocket ana
" started in to carve up another negro
who was paying too moch attention to
a dusky damsel with whom the assail
ant was enamored. Intense excitement
reigned supreme for a short while and
several of the participants were slight
ly injurad, The negro who wielded the
razor escaped and could not be located.
had been turned loose to graze and
wandered on the railroad track.
Late yesterday afternoon two colored
men became engaged in an altercation
on Broad street and before they were
parted one of them suffered a sever
oooln nmnnil Immediately after the
k -
affray one of the scrappers made a
quick-get-away and thS other one was
not arrested.
At an early hour yesterday morning
: . J I
a heavy rain storm accompanieu uy
wind, thunder arid lightning visited this
city. People were awakened from their
slumbers by the downpour and a hur
ried lowering of windows which nad
been left open before retiring ensued.
No damage was done by the storm.
Ernest Coooer. the neero who was
shot through the lung by Redding Bunn
also colored and who was carried to
Stewart's sanitorium for treatment, is
in a critical condition, Those who saw
the shooting say that Bunn was fully
justified in hooting Cooper who was
advancing on him at the time with a
stick of wood. Bunn is still at large.
SUNDAY.
There were two minor cases on'the
docket in the'police court yesterday af
ternoon. but as neither of them was
of anv importance but a short while
was consumed in the session.
Much fertilizer is still being shipped
out of this city by the local manufact
urers. It is not at all an unusual thing
to see several boat loads of this pro
duct lying at our docks ready for ship
ment and numerous wagon loads are be
ing carried away each day.
Late yesterday afternoon one of the
Norfolk-Southern shifting engines run
into and killed a horse belonging to one
of the band of Gypsies who are encamp
ed out on Willett's farm. The animal
FALLING HAIR
Cun Easily Be Stopped; Also Dan
druff aud Itching Scalp.
If Parisian Sage doesn't stop falling
hair, itching scalp, and eiadicate dan
druff in two weeks Bradham Drug Co.,
stands ready to refund your money
without argument of red tape or any
kind.
Parisian Sage will put a fascinating
radiance into any woman's hair in a few
days.
Susanne Calahan. of Hotel Royal,
Bucyrus, Ohio, on March 25, 1910. wrote
"Mother's hair began to come out very
badly and her scalp was so sore it was
verv hard to do anvthinar for it. Par
isian Sage proved a GRAND SUCChSS
everv wnv. Her hir stopped eoming
out, dandruff all disappeared, soreness
all left the scalp and her hair is coming
in again very nicely." Large bottle 60
cents at Bradham Drug Co.
Lawn Party.
There will be a lawn party at the
home of O. H. Perry, Wednesday April
26th, from 4 p. m, to 11 p. m. for the
benefit of Spring Garden Baptist
church. Tennis and croquet in after
noon. Everybody invited.
Hannibal's Downfall.
The fate of Ilnnnlbal turned upon
the result of a promenade. It wns after
he had crossed the Alps und entered
Italy, with winter quarters established
at Capua. His residence was oae of
the best houses !n the ctlty, and while
walking lu the garden he heard a fe
male voice siuglug not far away.
Btrut k by the tones of the voice, he Is
sued an order that the singer should t
brought before him. He was so greatlj
Impressed by her charms that he at
once attached her to his household.
disposing of the husband by beheadlnr
him. Retribution followed closely upon
the cowardly perpetration of the out-
race. The balance of the winter
devoted to pleasure, discipline and
drills were practically nliandouea, ami
trith tho ndvnut of snrine the Cnrtha
gluiau army was so demoralized by
the dissipation or tlie city mar us pres
tlge was lost, and with it came tin
downfall of Hanuilml.
Doctors Said
, Health Gone
Suffered with Throat Trouble
Mr. B. VT.
D. Bar nes,
ex Sheriff
of Warren
Count y,
Tennessee,
In a letter
from Mo
ll Inn vtlle.
Ten nessee,
write:
j "I had
threap
trouble
n d had
three doc
tor treating
me. All
failed to do
m e a n y
good, and
pronounced
my health
gone. I con
cluded to
try Psruna, and after using four bot
- ties can say I was entirely cured,"
Unable to Work.
Mr. Gustav Hlmmelrelch, Hochhetm,
Texas, writes:
Tor a number of years I Buffered
whenever I took cold, with awvera at
tacks of asthma, which usually yielded
to the common home remedies.
"Last year, however, I suffered for
c Ij-tit nfonth without Interruption so
ttiat I could not do any work at alL
The various medicines that Were pre
scribed brought ms no relief.
"After taking six bottles of reruns,
two of Lacunla and two of Manalln, I
am fre ef my trouble so that I can do
all my farm work again. I can heart
ily wciiiiniicnd this medicine to any
one who miners with this annoying
complaint mul bHIeve that they will
INITIATING THE CUB.
8tunts the New Boys In Some Banks
Have to Face.
Now, when n tyro goes to work In a
machine shon he Is sent 'to the tool
room for a left handed monkey wrench.
A foundry wag will seud the new boy
In Beareh of "core holes." A printer's
devil is sent to the typefounders with
a wheelbarrow for a hair space. Hu
morists in certain Kansas City banks
have a revised code, says the Times
of that city.
Here are six things the beginner
probably will be required to seek at
drug stores,, in stationery shops, even
at the county courthouse, where one
trustful youth went the other day to
inquire diligently for a "speed ball" to
assist, him In his work:
There is the "speed ball," then, and
there is the "check stretcher,' pre
sumably used to lncreuse tho slsso of
checks that do not conform to the fil
ing cases; the "discount board," sup
posed to be checkered In
BAFFLED THE INDIANS.
A Old Army Paymaster's Safe That
Was Apache Proof.
Tears aco In the west, when the gov
eninient sent out safes for the use of
Its arm? paymasters In remote dis
tricts. It was the custom for the nay
master In cavalry service to ride In an
ambulance with the safe, escortea oy
a guard of six mounted men. i
On one occasion such a guard was at
tacked by a large force of Apache In
diana. Two men were killed, and the
Indians captured the ambulance with
the safe. This safe contained about
$8,000 In greenbacks, and it weighed
some 400 pounds and bad a combina
tion lock.
Now. tho Indians In question had
never seen a safe at close quarters
until this one happened along, but they
knew that It contained money; also
they wanted that money.
They first pounded off the knob with
stones, under the impression that the
door could then be pried open. Their
attempt was, of course, a failure. The
next step was to try their tomahawks
on the chilled steel in the hope'tbat a
bole might be cut In It This means,
too, proved of no avail, so they de
termined -to try fire. Accordingly,
they gave the safe a three hour1 roast
ing. Luckily for the government it
was fireproof. Tbey threw big rocks
upon it while it was hot, but they were
as far from the money as ever. '!
Next the Apaches dragged the safe
np the side of a mountain and tumbled
it over a precipice 200 feet high.' They
. . - - . A .M If hnMl
posed to be checkered in a mnnner 10 kt-"-. - -iiht
Sate the handling of discounted U '"SST'SK
The Regular Republican Senator?
voted down a resolution to recogniz
the Insurgents as an organization by
giving them one-fourth of the majority
places on committees.
"There's a Difference"
ASK YOUR DOCTOR
r
mi i inn i
m .
Los Angeles Times Building. Noted
, Labor Leader Arrested la
Indianapolis.
IndianarKIis. Ind.. Anril 24 Charged
with being in the plot leading Jo the
dynamiting of the plant of the Los An
geles Times in Los Angehs la't Octo
ber and with having a connection with
the dyanmiting of the Llewellyn found
M .Ian .1 1 ra A nnralaa .Ifthn J Mi.
J . miov M"a .f"' ...... ,
Naraara,' Secretary aid Treasurer of
the International Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers' Association, was arrest
ed here Saturday night.
A requisition for his return to Cali
fornia was honored bv Gov. Marshall.
Armed with it and with the indictments
agninsth im, Indianapolis detectives. c
companied by James Housir.a Los Ange
les detective, t ok charge of MrNanv r
at the international headquarters of
his union. Apparently the visit of the
officers was a complete surprise. Mc;
Namara was hurried to the police
court where a special session was call
ed for i he purpose of disposing of hit
cas a so that pie California authriti
could getaway from Indianapolis with
out celay. Judge James Collins, pre
sidiniT. asked tho prisoner if he was
John J, McNamara, named in ti e indict
ment and in the r quisition.
"I air, said McNamira from a
bench where he was seated surrounded
by officers.
"Is he the man you wanted?" asked
Judere Collins of Detective Housic,
The latter replied in the affirmative
McNamara was informed of the. nature
t the charges. He was not asked bv
Judge Collins regarding his guilt or in
nocence.
With a detective at each elbow Mc
Namara advanced toward the Judge
and Etated that he had not received an
opportunity to be heard in his own be
half.
He insisted that no time had been al
owed to employ an attorney to considei
the requisition.
He declared that he wanted an oppor
unity to defend himself before anv
further action was taken.
Judee Collins informed him that he
could do nothing but turn him over io
the California authorities under the cir
cumstances, ss it was not within his
jurisdiction to determine whether or
not there was evidence to preyent hn
extradition.
Without any further parley the dotec
ive hurried out of the building with
heir prisoner, who was handcuffed l6
Housic.
MEETING YOU HALF WAY
r 1HE Officers and Directors of this bank we workin?
all the t'me to please depositors and patron'. There
is a humao side to this institution. It is authorized
' Jo. act as the trusted guardian of orphan children and
the executor of estates for widows, yet all of its affairs are
transacted with the strictest regard for economy, safety and
prudence, v. -'. , - " - ; ,
Your Savings or Checkings Ac
count Cordially-Invited.
; NEW BERN -BANKING
& TRUST CO.
4
I
LET THE GOOD WORK
GO ON.
We are advertising just as
much to educate the public to the
use of good pine lumber as to sell
it ourselves. Therefore, at times,
we need not dwell on the . merits
of our own timber but can safely
leave that to the judgment of in
telligent lumber buyers. Our ex
perience with pine lumber en
"For Thirsty Thinkers"
Save the crowns, they
are Valuable. Catalog
for the asking. Write
The Pepsi Cola Company
NEW BERN, N. C.
paper; the "clearing nouse Key," in
search for which half a day easily may
be consumed,, and for the red nua
black lines that lie artistically on the
fair pages what could be more appro
priate than "striped ink," and lest the
ink becomes too thick should not an
"ink strainer" be procured?
Ask the new boy.
Mr. B. W. O. Barnes.
A Glimpse ef Hsavsn.
Paterfamlllas-Well. Mr. SmitbTrm
pleased to see you at our bumble board
for the first time. Now, Is there any
particular cut you fancy?
Prospective Son-lnLaw Oh no
thank you: I fhlnk
Youneest Pauifhter of the House-
Dad, aren't you going to ask Clssle? I
You know what a shindy she kicks np
if she doesn't get first pick!-London
Onlnlon. . .
j Well Known Judge Hands
Down ah Opinion.
was left soaking In the river for three
or four days, and great was the In
diana' disappointment at finding them
selves still baffled. .
Then they tried gunpowder; but
knowing nothing of the art of blast
ing, tbey brought about an explosion
that burned balf a dozen warriors and
left the safe none the worse. ' .
The Indians worked over that safe
off and on for a month or mora, but
failed to get, at the Inside. Finally, in
disgust tbey left it In a deep ravine.
Fourteen months later, when fceaee
came, the army accidentally fouad the
safe. It was lying in the bed of a
ereek with a ereat rile of driftwood
around It It was a sad looking safe,
but when opened showed Its codtente
Intact Harper's weekjy.
"Catiaut" From Silkworms. ,
Probably but a small percentage ot
the fishermen who use flies strung
with fine translucent "catgut" are
aware that the almost unbreakable
substance that holds the hooks against
the fiercest struggles of the struck fish
comes from silkworms. Vi
The principal center of the manu
facture of 'this kind ot catgut is the
Island of Procida. In the bay of Na
ples, but most of the silkworms em-
The
Watch
Store
All Kinds "All Qualities
All Prices , -
and each Watch the best at its
price whatever the price.
Every Watch guaranteed ac
cording to its worth, in knowledge
of. that worth." ,
$1 to $125
J. Of Baxter
JEWELER AND
MANUFACTURING OPTICIAN
ables us to speak with authority, an3 to offer a fera le of goods absolutely
without parallel in this section of the country.
Broadius & Ives Lumber Co.
Old New Furniture.
1
The Savodine Company
New Bern, N. C
Dear Sirs: Prom the use I have made
of SAVODINE 1 believe is to be a very
vaiusuiv iriiiijr .... . . jura, uui uiwi v. iu. Dn. u.u.-
r. .u.i immailiat reliwf In nu nlnvoif ant ratwxl near Torre AtfnUO
! jura in - -
of difficult breathing and Inhaling it slata. at the foot of Vesuvius. The
freely ehecku and gives relief in severe caierpuia j " -
couehlng. So f-r as I have had oppor- " ,u" i""'"" "
cougning, o . J lne g )k glands are removed and sub-
tunity to use It. which is only a short ,ckIln whIch
time, I am much pleased with its em- ecret of fne tnle ,nd aftePWard
ciency. ' , J the threads are csrefully draw out
Very truly youm.. t by .filled workers, mostly women.
1 T. K. SHEPARD, The length of the thread varies from
Bay City, Mich, a foot to nearly twenty 1dobs,Sc!
Judge T. F. Shepard is widely known entlfle American. ' -
and highly eteemed. He is a lawyer ,
of recognized ability. For years he was' The Honse adopted a resolution re
Circui :iulg of thc;EBtern District questing President Taft to eiplam why
j I -.,!,. " Amli"f!ft'!ir II :!l resigned,
SELECTED GOHON SEED
-FOR-
For sale, as long as they
last, a limited quantity of
selected Cotton Seed, Simp
kins Variety carefully picked
'ginned at a private gin, pack
ed in new bags of 3 bushels
each, at $1.00 'per bushel,
.delivered on boat or cars.
Cash with order. Wrfte,
J. J. Pn::l.:tt, l.':r.
POLLOCKSVILLE, N. C.
Thons Fli-R rt.
Worn out chairs and furniture are
made like new, at a cost of about 20
cents with one coat of L. & M. Varnish
Stain.
Mahogany, Oak, Walnut etc. colors.
Directions on each can.
Get it from Gaskill Hdwe., & Mill
Supply Co., New Bern, N. C
. VIENNA DEATH NOTICES.
They Read Liks sn Extract From
Family History. -'
"Don't die in Vienna. You'll be sor
ry if you do." writes an American on
his first visit to that city, "not be
cause of the usual objections, but on
account of the death notices in the
owners. Thev annear flanked by all
sorts of ads. and range in size ac
cording to the desire for notice on
the Dart of the family of the late la
mented. Every possible title is men-
Honed, and the name of evervmem
ber of the family goes to make up the
notice. A death announcement black
bordered and covering balf a page of
the naner Is nothing unusual. Here Is
i sample:
"'Bruno Weiss, nurreror of lubri
cating oil to his lmnerlal and royal ma
esty, and bla wife, Amalle born Hor
sltzky In their own and in the names
of their children Hans, Otto, Minna,
Laura and Hllde and their sons-in-
law, Military Surgeon Dr. Lois Kro-
blnsky and Architect Oekar Jelllnek;
their dnuehters-ln-law. Louise, born
Lederman, and Marie, born Anspacker,
as also in tne names or ineir graoa-chlldren'-bere
follows a long string of
names 'and their mother and mother-
in-law, Fratt Ernestine Winkler, relict
of Commercial Councilor Anton Wink
ler, announce to their friends the en
trance Into eternal rest after a long
and severe illness, of their dearly be
loved son, Arthur, in the twenty-sixth
rear of his age.'
"This Is correct except as to tne
names.' New York Tribune.
i Tune ef the Engine.
Engineers, both locomotive and sta
tionary, Judge of the condition of their
engines largely by their "tunes", when !
running. . Every engine has a tone of ,
Its own, and an experienced engineer
with bandaged eyes could unhesitat
ingly pick out an engine to which be
was accustomed. As a locomotive
roars along the rails the engineer Is
always listening, though subconscious
ly, to its familiar tune, and If there
comes the slightest discord or If the
tone changes he knows Instantly that
something is wrong and makes an in
vestigation at the earliest opportunity.
He may hsve no ear for music, but
the change In the tone of bis great
machine will t at once noted.-Ex-change.
'
While you are having that
spring cleaning, make a new
room of an old one with D.
P. S. Flat Wall Finish. Kcr
color cards, phone 99 or write
J. S. Basnight Hdw. Co., 67
S. Front St.
CA R SCREEN DOORS
AND WIN DO W SC7flbfci5
Knocked down screen frames. Adjustable frames.
Wire cloth black and galvanized; all widths. Atten
tion given taking measures for sizes needed. Paint
and Varnish Stains and Moor Finish, all necessary
goods forthe home. Service prompt, business appre
ciated. Call us up Phone 147. '
GASKILL HARDWARE CO.
i. . TIL li-f . i' KTibt Porn PJ IT
Middle sireei. v ' jnumc "
I T. J.' TURNER
AWNINGS
We have the agency for Hettrck
Bros. Awnings, both store and resi
dence. If you ure in need of an Awn
ing we cap furnish you. Place your
order before the Summer rush.
Fit Quality and' Price Guarapteed.
To see samples and get prices, call
phone 172,' or address . Pj, p. Box 445.
Furniture Co., 93 Me St.
JUST RECEIVED
Madras With Satin Stripe, For Waists,
' Browses and Shirts.
ONLY : iOc. PER YARD
' " -l, .V... ... , . . -.j.te , .., ---
- ' WELL WORTH 15c. '
Barrington
Dry Goods ,Co.
A COMPLETE LINE
Blue Serges and
Mixed Goods are .
Now to be seen at
- ,
FvM CHAD WICKS
Ilerchar.t Tailor, 1C3 I'M" ft. New Hern, N. C.