North Carolina Newspapers

I.! i No: io NEW- BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C; TUESDAY , MAY. 9. 191T FIRST SECTION -34th. YEAR r Gil Illl mm f.D: PREDICTS U.S. msmm n I ,f 1 1 U 1 I, m II I I r - -CTr f I t I I I I I I I I I I IV J I I; I LEGISLATORS III -. GREVTSCAUDAL . 'u, , - WILL HITCHCOCK ;: BE FIRED 1ST HOT DJSCI1ITE IGSOLOWS .. CROWN FOUND PRISONERS 110 ft I. , Five Members of Ohio House and "Senate Accused of " - , Bribery. :.r ' I , CoIumbus.O.; My 4 h. Three state - - senator and two representatives were included in the bribery indictments re turned last eyening"by the Franklin Co. grand jury,, which hag been engsged in " investigating; corruption in the assemb- The Senators areIaaac E Huffman, . of Butler county; L.: B.' Andrew, of Lawrence county, knd George , K. Cer - tone, of Montgomery couhty.'- Repre sentatives.Dr. Geo. 8. Nye, of Pike Co : , and A. C. Lowy, of Lijwrence county --- One indictment was returned against - each,' save in the case of Nye, charging ' the solicitation of bribes . , In addition, Rodney J. Diegle, Of Erie ; county, aergeant-at-arms in the Senate, and alleged go4etween in negotiations with the Senators, - war indcted with the Senators for aidin? and abetting in the bribe solicitation, -' - All of tSe,, indicted men appeared at - the court house aopn after the bills were returned and furnished" bonds. - The 'vamouut was f5,000 for the thrm: Sona- - ators and Representative' Lowry. .Thi - bond of Nye and Diegle was $10,000..... Three detectives, F, S.' Harrisiin, A C Bailev and Divld H. Berry, who al, . lege they trapped the legislators m the bribery deal und who were arrested last week at the uvtinceof Nye, we'e bound over to the grand juTy Mondiy, but today the grand jury returned Mno- bills" in their cases. . - -, 1 - The detectives wi I be the principal witnesses at the trials of the assembly men and diegle, which it Is declared, will be puahed as rapidly as possible. WILLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS . Have you neglected your Kidneys? Have ynu overworked your nervous ays tent and caused trouble with your kid neyand bladder?. Have you pains in loins, aide, back, groins and bladder! - Have you a flabby appearance of the (ace, especially under the eye? Too ire quant a desire to pass urine? If so, Wil liams' Kidney Pills will cure you-at Druggist, Price 50c' Williams' M'f'g. Co., frop., Cleveland, O. Warship : "'""Ji-.' to go up the Mississippi - St Louis May 4 Secretary of the ; Navy Meyer baa written to the Busi ness Men's League that the ta'tleshlp . Idaho, Captain H. O. Dunn, will be T ordered to St Louis eariy irt M y The ' information came in response to the " league's request that the battleship pay - a visit to this river port If it arrives here it will be the farthest inland port - of thia country ever reached by a bat tleship. The Idaho is now with the North Atlantic fleet in Cuban waters. She normally draws only twenty-four feet eight inches of water and will be ' stripped of some - of her equipment.. Her displacement is 13,000 tons. ,v . Mayoress Spurns ouncll. ' : , Wellington, Km, May 6.-Welling ton has a dual government, the five ' Councilmen meeting In one plae and . Mrs. Ella Wilsin, the Mayor, meeting at another. Mrs. Wilson ha the rec ords, and therefore won the first scrim mage with the Council. , '''''.'-- The Councilmen rented a room for the regular meeting.this week, and all met there last night The Mayor 'did not attend. With a ; number of her frieo'ls and political, supporters she "met" at the feed store of W. E. Hil ton, taking with her the clerk's journal. '"Now For North Carolina." , "Now for North Carolina", will em body the wonderful , stoty of the pro gress and enterprise of the Old North Sta'e, and appear in he National Mag azine for June.. So great and so radi cal have been the changes during the latt generation that it require) sixty- four pages to begin to do justice to its enterprise and prosperity of today. The saying of Christ, that "a prophet is not without honor ssve in his own country,- might he paraphrased today to the effect that "I ha glories of a state are not without admiration and honor abroad, while, not duly appreciated af home." The farmers and farm population of North Carolina are increasing, and the comparative isolation of plantation days ispHHHing away. Witn intensive iarm- ing and the progressive manufacturing I and municipal unterprise almost every where dominating, the story, "Now for North Carolina," cannot fail to be of great interest to every American. iTlie cover design, embodying an antique caravel, such as that in which Sir Wal- t r IV h'a fi'Ht adventu ers enterod 1'iHiii I, makei a spirited and iti B''ttit. fur the t - t. : i i;i t , v f .r N.,rtH 'Carolina." Mo ) t r 1 ,. 1 or been inti-rt.i- .-. 'i !' ',!;, run fail t. finj J 1 a r! ry t- l'i -re- , f ! i i -I 1 I - Horrible Atrocities Reported From Lower California perpetrB)-." J r-- fed by Guerrillas. . Sand Diego, Cat., May 6. According to a letter written at Tecate last . Mon day and brought by a messenger to this eity, ths'guerrillaa in Lower California are jeommitting umproaa atities. They are iven accused of burning two Federal prisoners to death; . The name of the writer of the letter, who is Still below the line, is not divulged, for ob yious reasons. - "" .! . The letter reads; "The rebels are in full pisesion of Tecate and it is im possible to do any business in that coun try oecausB iney nave oraers irom. tne captain to swot any Mexicans they catch there' without regard to their business. ' They have already shot five and last night they burned two whom they Captured io the skirmish they had atCarrizo. They have had two skir mishes and some have been killed, but it is not known how mriy . , ,' , "They killing" animals they do not want and committing great injustices. Ihsv shot three helDless' fellawi who had nothing tado on eitheifiide politi cal y or otherwise George Mela and nrother and Plaeido Mata. George left eleven helpless little children. They were about lo shoot. Abraam Agrada. He waV alroady kneeling " to be shot when Valenzuela sav- d him. "t'-H'ivV.-v';. , ?.'They have a captain prisoner on the American side, also another who was shot in the Carrizo skirmiih and anoth er man who was shot through the leg." . A Good Ago to Stop At. A ccrtnln Ixmlon nierclmnt had for venrt. Riven n dinner to his" employees on the oceiwiou of the birthday of his -dii lighter. " How long this custom bad pei may be giithered from the follow tng. The head clerk of the office rose, us was also the eastern, and proposed this torort: 1 V-'--- "Uentlenien we enjoy, this evenlnp the ,elklty of. eelelirutlng. as we do every .yeiiri tUankn to his generosity, the twenty-ninth birthday of the re- uppt'red imd always amiable daughter! or flnr wortny employer. , i give you. gentlemen, her health and happiness." .London Mall. " ' . ' Mark Antony'a Mistake. At a performance of "Julius Coesar" at Ilurst college, England, Mark An tony mnde a mistake when the dead body of Caesar was brought In. He apostrophized the fallen hero with lm passlpued eloquence, and the audience felt acutely for the poor citizens, who were all presumably horror struck and overcome with . grief, when Antony gently, but firmly, grasped, as be thought, the face cloth and slowly, very slowly, .began to draw It back. Just tbeu au. excited whisper came from the other eml of the corpse. "This end. you fooll" "But Antony was Inexorably wrapped Io grief. . He persevered and disclosed to the latently gazing audi ence Julius Caesar1 boots. - ' Warmer Weather on The Way. . Washington, D. C, May 4 Warnter weathpr is oq.thi way .east, according to Prof. Willis Moore's weather bureau sharps. Up through New England and a large part of the rest ' of the east it was freezing today, but in the south west and the Rocky. Mountain country a change to more comfortable and sea sonable weather is already being felt J . Care With Mushrooms, ; . ' It is not generally known that mush rooms on account of the amount of nitrogen they contain approach nearer to animal food than many other vege table products. An analysis made by Professor Attwood show tbaf mush rooms contain 3. per cent protelds, boiled potatoes' 2.6 and onions ' 1.9. Experts say that mushrooms should be ehteu perfectly fresh 'and never eaten after repeating or being "warm ed over." One of the extensive mush room farmers in England says that persons subject to rheumatic aud gouty attacks should abstain from mushrooms and that liquor should not be drunk nt a meal where mushrooms are served. New fork World. May Use Aerial War Craft. Midrid, May 6 At Thursday's, ses sion of the Congress of International Law resolutions were adopted affirming the right of nations to use aerial craft in war provided that such use was not accompanied with greater danger to non-combatants than warfare on the earth and sea. - The resolutions also proclaim the right of aeronauts to free and interna tional circulation subject to the meas ures that the government may take in the interests of public security. - . Stop fighting flies, by house with ?ning your our Screens. J. S Ildw.. Co; Fhonc BdSnihtj C'l fl C" ' f-i. Postmaster General, Given One .Week In Which to "Get . i ' -Busy." - ' ' Washingeon, May 5 -VI want to know it this malt Frank H- Hitchcock is big ger than the Senate," declared Senator Oivin, (Democrat) of . Arkansas, aris ing to auestion;! personal v privilege in the Setate. Dr. Divis said a resolu tion was adopted April 6, calling on the puetmaster-general for information re garding certain regulations whichjro hibited newspapers from sending their publications . through the "mails, . A month had elapsed. .' The matter had been ignored by the post master gen eral.: w ?r : :',;- Notice was given by Mr. Davis that he' would wait one more week ami then introduce , a resolution "' condemning Hitchcock as a public servant and '.'re-, quiring the President to discharge him." r: ; TC "Hitchcock had better get busy," de clared Mr. Dr.vis in conclusion.. . r'S' -i .P: A Sixth ens. '::1V An interesting discussion arose at a receut college lecture concerning the instinct - of - direction" ' possessed so marvelously by savage races and by bnlmals. ' Undoubtedly. " animals are aided1 lurgely by scent.-; In the case of bumaim it Is -different, uud some of the pupils argued t lint the primitive man, la able to find his way In the densest forest without taking note, of the sun, the wind, the lay-of -th& laud or the course, of the streams. There fore It was said be must be guided by a sixth sense because none of the reg ular five senses could aid him.: Other pupils, hoiyever. argued that the In dian found his way in places where there were no apparent guides be cause be knew how, because he hnd learned all his life how to do It, just as the writer, for Instance, will ..write page after page of copy.' spelling nil the words correctly, bat yet cannot If asked toepell a simple word. - This Is because- he learned the words . long ago and his spelling is . purely, me chanical.' It Is so with th Indian finding his way -through the woods. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. x ' Have Tou $34,537 , i, Washington, May 6. If you cannot run your hand into your pocket and haul forth a roll of $34.55 you are G nancially not -an average man. The United States treasury statement just issued gives that amount as per capita circulation, basing figures upon the es timated population, May 1, 1911, of over $93,000,000. The Kangaroo Rat V. ' One of the queerest little animals of the antipodean wilds of the 'paradox ical continent of Australia Is a llttlo zoological oddity Which the naturalists have called the kangaroo rat. It av erages no larger than the common ro dent of the Norway variety, but Is a miniature kangaroo in every respect Its mode of locomotion is precisely the same aa that of Mncropus glganteus. Besides this, the female carries Its young in pouches which nature has provided for that purpose and In many other respects Imitates the hnblts and characteristics of its gigantic relative. ; Dr. P. W. Covington to Fight Hook- "j !'"'' v worm Disease. . " Dr. P. W.Covington, of Rockingham, has given up his ptivate practice to as sume the duties of District Director of the campaign against hookworm" dis ease. Dr. Covington is to De congrat ulated on receiving th's important ap pointment, and on having the opportu nity for extending his valuable'' work over a large territory.. Me, nice tne other three District Directors already in the work in the State, is well fitted to fill his office. He'recelved his head emic education at Davidson College, and his medical education at the... Uoiverai ty of North Carolina and, the Universi ty of Maryland.: After serving as hos pital resident physician for one year ho located at Rockingham. There he has built uo a splendid practice,' has held important medical appointment!, and won the esteem of the. country at large. The three physicians already holding positions as District Directors are Doc tors B. W. Page, C. F. Strosnider and C. L, Pridgen. These, wit"i Di". John A- Fen-all, the State Director of the campaign, make four physicians giving their entire time to the hookworm cam paign Besides the physicians there are six microscopists in the laboratory of Hyjiene at Raleigh devoting their entire time to making the examinations for hookworm infection. . Since the beginning of the campaign more than 20, oCO people in the State have availel themselves of the oppor- tunity for having free examinations mads for the disease. Approximately one third of them have shown infeclioiu The rapid progress made in educating tho people on the eradication of the disease and general sanitation anil their splendid reepone point to the ulti- I tt eradication of thia and allied dis- j e . Tlio workers should have c i i ; rati! ii i f (ivery ci'.'. n. the And City Officialfi Take Hold. A I'ew. Changes. ' Friday night May Eth, the aldermen elected May 2nd, jvore duly installed, the new members being A J Gaakias, W K Baxter,; 3 G Brinson, E L Smith. ' Tho chief work W the meeting was Installation of the Mayor and other of ficiak these beinft as follows: 'v?-"?. . Mayor MaCarthy. " " City ClerkFy, Patterson. Tax Collector-. J. Tolaon. : Chief Police C;liUpton. W. and L, Collector-J. C. Thomas. Policemen, A, L1 Bryan, W. H. Grif fin, F T Rowe, A A Ipock. J W Dowty, H J Foscue, M McDaniel, W B Parker, 1st Sergt. R P Montague, 2nd, Sergt Joseph Gaskill. . -. ;.Keeper Cedar Grove Cemetery Hel len Haft . M "Keeper Evergeen Cemetery Ed. J Harris. " ! i - - .. ; r : City Treas. D' M Roberts. City Attorney ft A Nunn. Elec. Engineer-W J McBennett, '; Practical Eng.4Wm, E Smith. Oilers Abe Brinson, W E Roberts, v Light Trimraer-r-Oct' Jones. .. ; Supt. St .Work-H H Tooker, . Pump Inspector Wm. Styron. InBp, St. WorkV-Fcrnie Gaakill. , City Engineer-JI X Brown. . . Auditing Commit tee-T B Kehoe. W W Griffin, J H Cra'wfetd. " Port Physician J F Patterson. Mayor Vrotem-fA ir Barigert On motion lhr Miyor's salary was made $1,000 annually, Chief Police and policemen no change, Collector J C Thomas was mad? $8) per month. The matter of J a new Byatem of the citjt books was' brought . up and proof sheets of some were ordered to be ex hibited at next meeting of board. Re cess was taken. Sick headache results from a disorder ed condition of the stomach and can be cured by the use-' of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, Try it For Bale by all dealers.' .. Tho Stork's Uay Houa Building. k's a:y "The' t!WstiJ!-4wttes bb-lu .the Rottordn m 7,Ao ' wns ' the stork.7 whose nest Ih et high on a pinnacle of the tfuffalo house. . He was building In the leisurely styla of the British work .Ingman., He would negligently de scend from the beiivens with a stick This he would lay on tlie fabric and then carefully perform his toilet look Ing round '.and down nil the time to see; that; every one else , was busy. Whenever bis eye lighted on a toddling child , "or a perambulator It Visibly brightened."; "My true, work r. he seem ed ,to say. "-""This nest building is mere bypaths of. Industry." After drinking and. overlooking and congratulating himself , thus for a few minutes he would stroll oft over the housetops for another stick lie was unquestionably a kipg of the garden. Lucas In "A Wanderer In Holland." New Features Daily -The Athens. The Athens will have its usual change of pictures and vaudevillo daily, this week. "' For Tuesday and Wednesday night, Follettuand Wicks in excentre dances, comic songs and talks, with a change of vaudeville artists beginning Thursday. The daily m Uinee at four o'clock give ever one the chance to visit this nigh class show. ' I . 1 TRUSTEES Eorthe Farm Life School Met In '-, This City Yesterday " ' . Morning. Yesterday morning the Craven Coun ty Board of Education met at Super in tendent Brinson's office for the purpose of electing trustees from each township for the Farm Life School.. . In eeversTof the townships there was more than one candidate for this posi tion and there was quite a bit of lively discussion on the subject. , . The following gentlemen were elec ted to serve as trustees: Township No. l.-D. P. Whitford. , , " ,- 2.-T. M. Arthur. ' ' 8.-M. D. Line. ' -" 5.-C. J. Morton. : - :-' 6. II- A. Marshal. , . 7.-W..E. Moore. - i 8,-A. D. Ward, ' ; After these gentlemen had been elec ted the Board discussed the tcho 1 very thoroughly, .ine trustees will boia their first meeting in tniscity next rn- day morning at it o ciock ana discuss ! the location of the Institution. B. P. S. Paint will 'make your old house look new, in side and out. J.S. Basnight Hdw., Co. Phone 99, 67 S. Front St. '' - BOARD mm Congressman Focht Hoars and , Thinks That Intervention is Inevitable. . Washington, May 5 Invasion of Mexico within the immediate future is predicted by Representative .Focht. of Pennsylvania. He says an army officer just returned from the border tells him intervention is; inevitable. Mr. Focht did not name the ' officer. He said the officer, a young man associated with him, declared that the army was going over the Mexican border ."to stay." rv "I would not think that the President would object k We have been absorb ing everything they did not want in Europe for years and years. We have taken as trade in stock what nobody wanted in the Philippines another white man's burden, We added a little more down here in the West Indiep, Why couldnTTwe occupy something that is worth something and where we could be of some great good to somebody? "I am nota soldier of fortune. I do not expect to be at the head of the army, hut we are called upon to discuss, oc casionally paramount questions, and I believe this will be a mighty hit 'rest ing one before the House adjourns." Mr, Focht contends that -the United States wants empire and it is about to follow the "lure of gold and the call of adventure." Old Furniture. Mahogany or Rose Wood needs simply washing and a coat of Varnish. . The L & M. Home Finish Varnish is the best, If painted wood-then wash it, and ap ply one coat of L. & M. Domestic Paint Makes Furniture as good as new at a cost of about 25 or 30 cents. Get it from Gaskill Hdwe., & Mill Supply Co.; New. Bern, N. C. Mother and Children Lost. Spent-Night In Woods. On the night of April 25th, Mrs, Sus- tn Purifoy, wife of Mr. Abner Purifoy who Uvea about 7 miles north of Brid geton had an experience, which will doubtless live long - in her memory. Some time during the afternoon of the previous day she decided to visit her father who lives about 4 miles distant Taking hor four children with her she started out Enroute to her father's home she was compelled to pass through dense woods. In some way. she lost her bearings and wandered farther and farther away from the right course. She called loudly 'for help but there w s no one living in that vicinity and her cries went unheeded. Darkness fell and she was still wandering around in search of the path. Finally becoming exhaus ted she t removed her " shawl from her shoulders and placing it on the ground . la d three of the child ren on it r and they were soon asleep. The mother and the other child remain ed awake alt during the night The following morning she discovered the right path and an hour later was at her destination. The spot where she spent the night was ' rear a dense pocosin which was full of wild animals and all during the night their weird cries could be heard by the terrified woman.' Rheumatism Relieved in Six Hours Dr. Detchon's relief for Rheumatism usually relieves severest cases in a few hours. ; Its action upon the system is remarkable and effective, It removes at once the cause and the diseasti quick ly disappears. First dose greatly bene fits. 75clanL$1.00. Sold by Biadbaro Drug Co. .! " ' : . Mrs. AUce W. Duke Dying. " Chicago, May 4-Mrs, Alice Webb Duke, former wife of Brodie L. Duke, the multimillionaire tobacco king, and six years ago mistress of a fortune of nearly $25,1X10,000, is dying a pauper in theJIIinois- Slate hospital for the insane at Kankakee. ' , V ' Friendless, forgotten by those upon whom she squandered thousands- of dol lars in the days of her influence,. Mrs Duke lies waiting Tor the summons that will end her spectacular career. Unveiling Ceremonies June 4. According to their regular custom,, ti. Wiwitmen nf th World haa croc- ted a beautiful monument at the grave ( of R. L. Thornton, who was a member of that order, and are now preparirg to hold the unveiling ceremonies in Cedar kirove cemetery on the 4th day ot June t 2:10 o'clock p. m. ! They have secured the services of , Hon. George E. Hood, of Goldsboro, as oratoi, " Music for tho occasion will be furnished by Miss Wyatt's orchestra, of New Bern. " If you like sweet music be then.- If you like brilliant oratory don't 'miss.it and if you like to lend encouragement ito noble, benevolent works, be sure to attend. All seats free, Commissioner Lee So Holds In - Lake Drummoud Case vs. Railroad. - i - News Observer May 5-Commissioner W. T. Leo yesterday handed down in the Corporation Commission a decision in the matter of the Lake Drummond Transportation Company against the Norfolk Fouthern Railway holding 'that before the Transportation Company could ship goods to inland .towns it would have to file with the Interstate Commerce Commission a schedule of rates. The Lake Drummond Transpor tation Company is a common carrier hauling goods from Norfolk to New Bern and Washington and shipping to K inston and Greenville, two inland towns. This freight has been transfer red at water from the La.ke Prummond Transportation Company to the Norfolk Southern Railway. The. railway com pany is also a ' common carrier from Norfolk throughout that section. The plaintiffs in this case set up the allegation that the railway company war discriminatory in its charges and Commissioner Lee says: "If the de fendant railway company levies wharf age charges at any point it should be alike at all points where the same con ditions-exist as to the relative cost of maintaining the wharf and should be made alike on like kinds of freight." Aa to whether the charges were real ly d scriminatory or overcharges the commission reserves decision. Preacher a Blockader. Anniston, Ala., May r George Now land, who is pastor of two churches, according to United States . Revenue Commissioner G. B. Randolph, will be trie I here next Monday on the charge of operating a moonshine distillery. Nowland was captured near the Ebene ger church, said to be one Of his charg es last Sunday when a big si ill, of which he was the alleged owner, was destroy ed by th'e raiding. A Remarkable Shawl. .The empress of Russia was once pre senfed with a shawl of a. remarkable Kino, it is containea in a dox oniy a few Inches square, in which it fits eas ily, yet when It Is shnken out it Is ten yards square. This notable gift was the work of some women weavers in Orenberg, southern Russia, by whom It was presented. The box containing it Is of wood, with binges, hoops and fastenings of beaten silver. Trapped. "I saw the cutest thing today." be gan Miss Passay coyly. "It was painting of the er what Is the name of that little god that represents mat rimony?" . 1 "Well, now," said Mr. Tlmmld, "yoe've got me." . "Oh. Mr. Tlmmld. this Is so suddenl" Catholic Standard and Times. Foroe of Habit - A burglar went home one night, fum bled noiselessly at the keyhole and let himself in without making a sound He was about to creep softly upstairs when bis wife appeared on the upper landing. "Dan." snid she, ''wot makes ye come In so quiet V ."Blame It bellowed the burglar, "I thought I wax tn another bouse!" Declaration Sees Light. Washington, May 6-For the first time in nine years the original Declara tion of Independence and Constitution of the United States were exposed to view today. . Secretary Knox opened the iron safe in the library of the State Department for the purpose of inspect ing the demurrers. He found them in as gool condition as when put in their present abiding place. " . The four pages containing the resolu tion submitting the Constitution to the States of the Union are in excellent condition. ' The iok is as black as when fresh laid to the parchment with a quill pen. - i'.;V:-:; The Declaration of Independence hot in quite so good a state of preserve tion. The Declaration itself is fairly well preserved, but hardly any of the signatures are legible. This conditio! is due te the fact that in 1852, when there was no other means ot getting a facsimile, a press copy was taken whici absorbed the ink from nearly all th signatures. The document also was ex posed to strong light while on ethibitiut at Philadelphia during the Cen tenia! an' j again at Chicago at the Worla's Fair. '' The Moat Beautiful Thing. A newspaper recently invited Its readers to state In a few words what tbey considered the most beautiful thing In the world. The first prize was awarded to the sender of the an swer. "The eyes of my mother." "The dream of that which we know to be Impossible" suKSetited sn imaginative person, and this Drought him second prize. But the most' amusing thing wns that which reaiL 'The most boun tiful thing tn the world- Is to see a man carrying his niother-in lnw across a dnncerous river without mnkinsr try I attempt to drop ber la." Archaeologists Escape on : Yacht ."..With Bare, Treasures Ta-' "ken From Jerusalem. ' - .. . ....'- v London, May G.--Intense interest has : been excited by the reports of discov-.-eries ty a party of Englishmen backed v bv the Duchess of Marlborough and the - Armour juin'iy, uirjerrieaiu me wlh-ijuo Of Omar, at Jerusalem, which was built oathe site of Solomon's - Temp'e. The , objects are now said, to be an old man uscript of the Bible, Iho crown, ring and sword of Solomon and numerous other articles of great antiquarian val-.y can syndicate of excavators threaten to cause an interesting diplomatic- afTair. According to messages from Cpnstan- .,- tinople, the Turkish; government take serious view of the fatter, and has sent high officials to Jerusalem to in- : vestigate the charge that the foreign- am lAonniloii fliA Mntrrdp nf Hmar nnrl - discovered and carried away sacred rel- ics hidden from the Romans , when the city was sacked by Titua in A. D.,70. In the meantime the pnsent where abouts of the archaeologists 'and tho . nature of their spoils sre a ; mystery. , The members of the expedition embark- , ed with their prizes at J ilTa, 54 miles by railway northwest of Jerusalem on , April 19. They went on board Cap'. 1 Montagu Parker's yacht, which had been awaiting them, and set sail before the people of Jerusalem learned what . they had done. , There is no doubt that the promoters ... f the enterprise hoped to discover the ark of thecovenant, but a Constanti- -nople dispatch says it is believed that , the explorers found Solomon's crown, u: i : u:.. l Ilia hwuiujiiiu iii i ni nitu an tiitiirui, manuscript Of the Bible. The extent of the operations is shown by the state- ment that 1 3 id.fltiO has been spent by the syndicate, which encaged engineer ing experts who had worked on the construction of the London subway. "To the Farms; Germans!" Washington, Niay 8. President Taft wants all immigrants coming to this country to settle on farnltf and In rural districts. He told th's to Manifred Gns- the latter ealied at the White House. Herr Grisbach is in thm country in the interest of a movement : to have immw grants from the Fatherland shun the1 cities and settle in the rural districts. He will tour the United States and urge societies to foster a "To the farms,. Germans !'. movement. We sell the White Mcun- , ain Freezers. Send us your orders. J. S. Basnight Hdw., Co. Pone 99, 67 S. Front St. : Bellair Items Bellair, May 6, Overcoats and gloves . in order this morning, but it is wonder ful how tender plants are standing this very cooi oiay weamer. iv is .causing . I. . I . bud worms to do more damage and i- i : inK,M rMAM WMAn.tn, - vja. la KcrMllK JiHuia -iruut kivwiuk.' ho . have a safe apple crop started and the leaves are large enough to protect thd fruit unless it sleets but one cannot eat many peaches and pears grown in our reclion this year. Strawberries are on hand now and are niceliut not a large crop, owing to the dry cool weath r. The cow that produces the cream is in demand now We are about keeping up with the season, and work is fairly in hand. A few more of these nice ight showers will secure a fine crop of oats, for they grow cold or hot. , -, i. There is a little fine vetch about here, but the alfalfa has generally fatted with us. Some of us will try. again, and i we miss again we-will turn to a, surer iinevpivrjMioi this coffee vou'U find this .printed guarantee: If after uslrtij the entit con- teras or mis tau.yuuoic not satistled In every rc-v sj)ect.youf!bcerwiU (elumv you tlie money iaW lor It. v. 4 i 1 fc. 1 THsrriiY-TAYtcCo. 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