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-No 86
NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY. N. C, TUESDAY JANUARY, 30. 1912-FIRST SECTION
34th. YEAR
1
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MIII-IOOH :
LEAGUE TJ. C.
Held Great Meeting. Elkin -and
t , 4 , Alleghany Road
, " Building. ; -
'- Raleigh, N. C, Jam 29. -The North
-Carolina Anti-Saloon League in State
convention here adopted Saturday a con
stitution and by-law in conformity with
hose in force in other . States, elected
officers for , the next year and complet
d the business of the convention,-
The officers elected, M:,v v:
. J. A. Hartness of ; Iredell, president.
Vice presidents for their respective
congressional districts, T. J. Jarvis, A.
D. Ward, T. T. Hicks, R; 0. Everitt
Dr. J. W. McNeal, John Blue, L. A.
. Vanderford, W. C. Dowd end V. S.
Luak, ; Secretary, J. T. Bennett of
Brevard. Treasure, I, C. Blair "of
Raleigh. W. F. Carter of Mount Airy,
i presented resolutions that were adopted
appealing to congress for the passage
of the -Webb bill to keep interstate
Shipment of whiskey out of dry terri
tory in the State." A telegram was
read from Washington : to the effect
that the Webb bill is to have a hear
ing before the sub-committee of the
House this week and final hearing be
fore the full committee March 7, with
Ii t her delay improbable, and that Con-
" fressman Webb is due great credit for
forcing early hearings scheduled. ' :
-j. The convention heard a spirited ad
dnai hy Solicitor J. F. Spainhorn of
Burke county, on law enforcement, ,in
wh'ch he declared there -is a cry Irg
need for more activity on the part of
the ministers in effort for prohibiten
a-v enforcement. Attorney General T.
' W. Bickett, in an address, insi?td that
there is a steady decrease in crime
through the operation of the prohibi
tion law. , United St ites Circuit Judge
. Jtter C Pritchard told of the benefit
of prohibition, treating r specially the
benefits in Western Carolina in the up
Hft of the pple and the elimination
of nil kinds of crimes that for yeara
. burdened the c urt docket and were at
tributable to whiskey. , - -4 ; -
The morning ees ion closed with an
address by Congressman E. V. Webb,
. to. which he daicuseed especially his t ill
" pending in congress and argued its con
stitutionality. While there is no offl-
. cial record of the out-of-town attend
ance at the convention it is estimated
at one hundred. ".v :r'J":''';!1'.';
r There is to be no hitch', it la said in
the plane of Geneial Manager John A
, Mills to puk. in op ration the first sec
tion of his new railroad, the E kin &
. Alltghany-E kin t Thurman, a dis
tance of thirteen mile, by Febrmry I
'Be has his train equipment cn the
scene and his freight and passe ger
, schedules are all ready for business.
In the meantime the woik of c nslruc
tion ia being pressed oa with all psi
ble speed to Sparta, thirty a'x miles
west of Elkin, through terntory that
; has never before had. rsilroad inva-tion.
The early summer will s e U U exten
tion is to go forward across the moun
tains from. Sparta Into Tennessee, con-
' section to be made with the Sou' hern
railway at Mountain Citv. Tbere is to
be later, in all probabili y, extension
into the coal ftilds of Tennessee and
Virginia with n view of making this
road acoal eariying line. . -,
United States Post Office, -
New Born, N. C By direction of the
PiSt Office Department, ' the attention
of patrons 1 f tins office is invited to the
advantages of proiidi'ig ' fac lilies for
the receipt of their mnil by erec'ing
conveniently e-esihie box a or cutting
suitable slots in th ir doors. Suih action
would enable the posi master to gives
prompt rand better delivery service
with the mesne at his f i posal. since the
carriers ran cover muth more territory
in leas time if not compelled to wnit for
an answar to tbrir ring. Private rev
erptseles for msil are also a great con
venience to the householder, obviatirg
the n'C-siity of. responding to the car
rier's cail at inconvenient moments and
permitting the safe delivery of mail In
the absence of members of the' house
ho'd. They alto prevent the occasions!
necessity of a carrier's proceeding on
his route wi hout delivering mail be
cause of failure to answer his ring with
in a resronsble t me. sod enable him to
mske deliveries to pstrons living on or
nesr the end of the route at an earlier
hour. . -It
has been shown by actual experi-
1 ence that the benefits derived by patrons
of city delivery from the use of such re
cepticles far outw. tght the small ex
pense involved. As this office is inter
ested in furnishing the best 1 possible
service at. the least expense, your com
-plinnce with the foregoing suggesti'iiil
will be much sppreclsted.
J. S. BASNIGHT, ""
Foatmtster.
. NOl L. Neither the postmaster nor
any of his sulifiniiimtf s is authorised to
set tgent for hi x.
It wis report-d
'! '' k, fre-ii-.v
; ary, st D
t & "t '.-pcfr.
that itev. John P,
-.ut of St. Joseph'.
inwim.!!, woul.l te
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CRUSH REVOLT
Manchu . Prinoea Said To HaAe
; Made Secret Pact With ' '
s j. , Mikado. , " - .
Peking, Jan. 28. With thr reaction
aries in control of the Government and
rumors of Japan' intervention rifle,
Peking is a city of fear Rumors were
broadcast that a - massacre of Chinese
was imminent. 'TDfflcers who' stodd by
Yuan Shi Kal fled In terror. r A report
was circulated that he Manchu Prin
ce s despite the Cabinet's opposition,
had sounded out Japan regarding inter
vention and that they had received pra
tical assurance that the Mikado would
step in and check the revolution. The
Cabinet has bitterly opposed any effort
to obtain aid from the Japanese.' It was
pointed out that more than. 300 yean
ago the last Emperor of the Ming dy
nasty, beset on every side by revolu
tionists, appealed to the Manchus for
aid. A large army of Tartars swooped
down on the rebels, put them to rout
and then kicked the Chinese Emperor
off the throne, setting up the present
dynasty. In case of Japanese interven
tion the. Cabinet believed the Mikado
would take a similar course, J v
Wiilard D. Straight, agent for J. P
Morgan,' left here, presumably for
Nanking. -It was reported that he went
to talk over the question of a huge loan
which the republican governmenChas
requested. - " ' -'; ,
London, Jan. 26. A. sensational re
port was received here from Shanghai
that Premier Yuan hsd entered into an
agreement with Dr. Sun Yat Sun where
by he was to recognize the republic.
According to the report, Yuan had been
promised a huge aum for bis support.
Advices from Peking say that Yuan
emphatically deried the numor and in
timated that it had originated with bis
enemies in the Imperial clan,
J How about a barnsize-.
Range, for twenty-five dol
lars ? J. S. : Basnight Hdw.
Co v
"f"" Bankers To Meet. j - ;;
Rocky Mount, N. C, Jan, 23 -This
city will have as its guesta Thursday,
February 22nd, the officers and execu
tive committee of the North Carolina
Bankers' Association, 'who have been
called to meet at the Ricks Hotel on
that day for the decision of several
matters of importance to the organiza
tion. The one item of considerable
public interest at this meeting will be
that of a place for the holding of the
annual convention this year. Several
resort! and cities have already made
bids for the meeting, and it is known
that these, along wlih others who may
make rrquetts for the meet ng, will be
heard and the indications now point to
a lively bidding upon the part of North
Caro.ina cities and resorts.
: If you want the Stove o
quality, Bucks line is your
only solution. J. S. Bas
night Hdw. Co.
Of Interest To North Carolina.
Washington, D. C, Jsn. 29 Hon.
J. Y. Joyner, State Superintendent, of
Eiiucaiion in Nor'h Carolina, today
not.fled the Southern Commercial Con
gresa, that he' will deliver before its
Fourth Annual Convention, ', in Nash
ville, in April; an address comparing by
Public School statistics, the educational
conditions in North Carolina In the
years 1860 aud 1910 He will also voice!
the aspirations and intentions of the
progressive elements of North Carolina
regarding the future of education in
(bat state, 4
Mr. Jryner's speech falls into the
plan of the Congress to prove by a
speech from each Southern State, the
e mtrast between conditions mw and
fifty yeara ago; in other, words, "The
South s Educational Recovery."
County Teacbera Association Meeting
Postponed. .
- ' . . .
The meeting of the County Teachers
which wss to have been held last Sat
urday has been postponed untill first
Saturday In February.
The program arranged for January
meeting will be followed at February j
meeting,
S, M. BRINSON
Supt. Public Instruction Crav e County
A five-hour tlO.COO.OOO policy will be
taken out to imure the ssfe removal of
securities from the Equitable building
ruins in New Ywrk.
The Frsnco-Iulian dispute over the
seizure of ti lUtmur L'anouba bet
been settled. .
It's a g-wd (Jitl easier to learn how
to run i '.:-'....r.':w'' tLan, to.py V. t
CLSt tf it. -
If 5011 HARVEY '
POLITICAL IliGIDEIlT
Senator Tillman and Editor Wat-
teraon Give Greater Publicity
To Subject;
Washington, Jan. 27. -The following
correspondence just given outjexplains
iiatu. , - - ,
"Washington, D. C, Jan. 25, 1912.
"My Dear Sir-Referring to the so-
called 'Jgarvex-Watterson. incident,'. I
find you quoted by the newspapers of
this morning to the following effect; 'I
had given Henry Watterson credit for
more sense than to try to foist off a
story like this with the material facts
concealed. The man who makes a pub
lic statement with 'the ' material facts
concealed' is little other than a scound
rel. I -have the right, therefore, to
demand of you upon what warrant of
authority you make this serious accuse-
tion'.against me. and to ask a reply
through my friend,- the Hon. S wager
Sherely. of Kentucky. .. -
"With great respect, -;
"HENRY WATTERSON
"Hon R. B. Tillman, United States
senate, ., -yi- -.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 26, 1912.
"My Dear Sir In your note on Jan
uary 25, handed me by the' Hon. Swag
er Sherley, you cjiII my attention to an
interview which I had given out in re
ference to the Harvey-Watterson-Wilson
incident in which I say, I had
given Henry Watterson credit for more
sense than to try to foist off a story
like this . with the material facts con
cealed.' :
"You demand to know, 'upon what
warrant of authority you make this se
rious accusation against me.' ; "'
"In your statement to the press you
described in detail the rupture between
Governor Wilson and Colonel Harvey,
but said nothing as to what caused it.
All the. leading, papers of the country
seem to know why Governor Wilson
severed relations with Colonel Harvey,
and ydu, a leading newspaper ' man
and self-confessed expert groomer of
presidential candidates, must - have
known it at the time your statement
was published. 1 very properly con
cluded that you knew the reason for
the rupture, and when you made ' pub
lie the manner in which itoccured with
out giving the cause, you were unques
tionably concealing the material facts.
, "Very respectfully yours,
'..'' "B. R. TILLMAN.
"To Col. Henry Watterson, Washing
ton, D.C."
"Washington, D. C, Jan. 26. 1912.
My Dear Sir I have never pretend
ed to be a groomer of presidential can
didates, expert or otherwise, but I de
sired your good opinion and wrote with
that, as well as the truth of this mat
ter in mind. ' I am with you, senator
in wishing a Democrat and note pseudo
Republicanfor our presidential nominee.
It waa no less from a sense of party
duty than justice as between man and
man that I made the statement to
which upon a total misapprehension
of the facts you take exception. 1
have been aware for nearly a week
that recognised spokesmen for Cover
nor Wilson were industrious circulating
the story that the real reaaod.why Gov
ernor Wilson broke with Colonel Har
vey was that Colonel Harvey had tried
to bring Thomas F. Ryan into the gov
ernor's campaign. But until you gave
credence to the story, it could not be
investigated with any responsible au
thority. -Its origin wai mysterious, its
circulation surreptitious. Consequently
there has been up to this time nothing
either to deny or recognize.. ,
"Now senator, I know, of ' my own
knowledge, that that story is a lie made
out of the whole cloth, if any person
venture to question this assertion,
I
have in my possession proof conclusive
which I hold myself ready to place be
fore your' bonesl and truth-seeking
mind. "I do not accuse the Govern- r of
originating or circulating thia invention
manufactured to make a hero of him at
the expense of the friend who has moat
effectuslly served him, I do not assume
that he is aware of the dastardly work
being done by bia alleged agents, but
the fact remains that Governor Wilson
knows as wsll as I do that the story Is
false. He may, or may not, feel that
be owes any obligation to Colonel Har
vey. That is a matter of which he must
be the judge. But I do insist that he
owes it to his honor to repudiate that
story snd to disavow those who are
striving to inject the calumny into Jthe
public mind.
"At Gnvumor Wilson's tnntinm I
(had undertaken to assist his ae redited
managers in raising the considerable
sums of money needful to the prosecu
tloa or bis campaign, and in this my
efforts were not wholly unfruitful. As
the business proceeded, the name of
Thomas F, Fyao, not unnaturally came
into my mind. He is a Democrat He
is a Virginian. He is my friend;
Knowing him to be a disinterested man
having 00 ax to grind, I hoped that I
n,;,,U induce him to help out what I
l.ehevtd a worthy cause. Governor
Wiiimn's mansgers were delighted with
s";2stion. Colonel Ilaivey had
notU;'3 whatever to do with it, and, as
PULLED HIM FROM
DEflEATH BED
Keren ue Officer Calls Unexpect
edly .and Householer Attemta '
' to Dodge Him by Hidding .'
. . Beneath Bed.
Wiley Wiggins, white, a citizen of
Vanceboro, was Brought to this city
yesterday morning by U. S. Deputy
Marshal Sam Lilly--and carried before
the-f nited Stat Comm issioner to an
swer to a warrant charging him with
retailing spirituous' liquors without a
government license and also operating
an illicit distillery. Probable cause was
found in both cases and the defendant
bound over to the next term of United
States District and Circuit , Court for
the Eastern District under a bon l of
$500. He failed to secure this bond and
was committed to Craven couny jail,
Deputy Marshal Lilly informed the
writer that when he called at Wiggins'
home just about day break yesterday
morning and knocked at the door, he
heard some one strike the floor and
make a shuffling poise 'as if crawling
beneath a bed fjpon enterning the
dwelling he did not see his man any
where around and at once began a
search, Looking beneath the bed, he
saw one foot slicking out and im
mediately laid, held of that section of
Wiggins anatomy and dragged him
fortn. ,
" 1?.'
FARM $0R SALE
I offer for sale my 109 acre farm one
half mile from city limits, 1,836 feet
fronting on Pembroke road, For par
ticulars apply or write to John A.
Boom, 164 Broad street, New Bern, N.
C: - .-,,-V '.V , . -
Returns From The North.
His ingumerable acquaintances will be
interested to knoi that Mr.. W. S. Key,
who for the past eleven years In helping
forward the religious and educational
improvement of the white communities
walUred throokiMst tbe rural districts
of Eastern North CsroUaa, has just re
turned from the north,' whither he was
compelled to go for a surgical opera
tion in a Boston hospital, as the results
of a runaway accident last June. Mr.
Key made a splendid recovery from the
operation, and as soon as he had regain
ed his strength he accepted many invita-
eions to speak on "The Resources, Pos
sibilitiea and Needs of North Carolina,"
which came to him from many parts of
New England. -
-Three of the largea audiences he
addressed, and these three were more
national than local. Inasmuch as they
were composed of people from nearly
every State in the Union, were in Bos
ton, New York and Washington, D. a
In Washington ' Mr. Key spoke at
meeting of the members of a leading
club, composed " of newspaper men
Senators, Congressmen and President
Taft himself. ' During the second day
of his stay in the Capital City, Mr. Key
had interviews with various Southern
Senators and Congressmen and was the
chief guest at a dinner given in his hon
or." ,
Grows Hair at 65
Years of Age
Deer Sirs: "I heard of PARISIAN
SAGE and aa my head would itch a
good dea I thought l would try it. I
never used any . remedies before and
was bald on top of my head. .
I am using the third bottle and have
a lot or hair where I was nam.
, I would like you to see the new hair
sprouting from my head. The itching
in my scalp quickly disappeared. ' I am
65 yt ars old and 'have been at the Be
raar 51 years. .
Wm. A. Hopner, Auctioneer Hsrk-
ness Bstiar, Ninth A Samson Sta.
Philadelphia. Pa. ' ; v--
Lsrge bottle of PARISIAN SAGE 50
cents.---Guaranteed by Biadham Drug
O, for dandruff, falling hair and scalp
itch. Puts lire and beauty into faded
hair and is a delight ful hair dressing.
far as I am aware, knew nothing
whatever about it, ThoughooTt this
unhsppy affair, I have been an unwill
ing witness In its consequences, some
what of an Innocent bystander having
been np to the hour of the Harvey In
ri lent , a sincere believer In Governor
Wilson. Hk 1 msriof ability. In
some ways he might prove acand date of '
availability, but I fear that if he be
came our President we might discover
all too late that be. possess? personal
peculiarities Which wouid prove disas
trous. We want in the White House a
man of broid mind, as well ss polished
intellect, of heert grateful and kind, no
less than daring , .
- "I remain, with great respect,
"Yiur obedient servant,
"HENRY WATTLRSON.
To Hon. It. R. Tillman,"
IVETO FOR
; STEEL TARIFF
Revision and no , Report in Sight
For a Changed Sched
ule. ; ,
Washington, Jan. 26. The only re
maining possibility for completed tariff
legislation by this Congress had disap
peared when President Taf t announced
that he would veto any tariff revision
bill put up to him for which the Tariff
Board had not furnished data. This an
nouncement was made to representative
Payne, Dalzell and MaCall of the Ways
and Means Committee,1 and followed
the action of the Democratic caucus in
deciding drastic cuts in the steel sched
ule. These three minority members of
the Ways and Means Committee called
on the President and pointed out that
while they would fight to the last titch,
the Democratic bill would pass the
House, and in all probability the Sen
ate. Therefore, the complete bill would
come before Mr. Taf t. . And what was
he going to about it? The president
reminded the three of what he had done
to previous efforts to revise the tariff
downward and of his repeated public
statements that he would not approve
any tariff revision until the representa
tions of the Tariff Board were made
the basis. ' He reminded them that the
Tariff Board had made a report on wool,
but that the Ways and Means Commit
tee has not taken up the wool schedule.
Instead, ignoring the Tariff Board, it
has decided to take up Steele. The next
on the schedule from the Tariff Board
is cotton, but the Ways and Means
Committee isn't paying any attention to
cotton. After cotton, according to the
program of the Tariff Board, figures on
chemicala will be given. But the Dem
ocratic members of the Ways and Means
Committee are not preparing to tackle
chemicals. After chemicals, the White
House pointed out, it was probable that
the Tariff Board would get to steel.
In the meantime, tbe White House
admitted, every act on the part of the
Democratic House Indicated that a bill
reducing the duty on ateele would be
submitted for acceptance or rejection.
Mr. Taft said that it would be rejected,
U Je-ineieted by friends of the admmis
tration that the president eou'd do no
thing else, consistently, under the cir
cumstances. .The circumstances are
that the president insisted on the ap
poin.ment of a tariff board that there
may ba a "scientific revision of the
tariff, based on figures and facts gath
ered here and abroad," The point of
view of chairman Underwood is that
the facts gathered in the last quarter
of a century, all of them available for
legislators, are enough on which to go;
if they are not sufficient, there is noth
Ing in learning by experience. A few
private pension bills will be passed, tbe
appropriation bills will become laws,
because the money is necessary to the
carrying on of the government, and a
lot of speeches wil be made and dis
tributed through the Congressional
Record for use in the coming campaign
When that is done the session will end.
We ha ve a few Cook Stoves
on hand at your prjee But
they are not Bucks. J. S.
Basnight Hdw. Co.
Salvation of Our Trees and Birds.
The above waa the subject of the il
lustrated lecture given at the court
house last night, under the auspicts of
the City Beautiful Department of the
Woman's Club by Mr. John Da vey,
The speaker showed more than one hun
dred views of trees in every kind of
condition, at the aame time delivering
a most instructive lecture upon the
view, as they were shown, with sug
gestions that might be applied locally.
. Death of Dr. M. H. Carr.
, News waa received In thia city yes
terdsy of the death at his home in Fort
Barnwell, of Dr, M. H. Carr, which oc
curred Thursday.' - Dr. Carr had been a
sufferer for many yeara with rheuma
tism, and It waa this that cauaed hia
death. He was 73 yeara of age and is
survived by a sister, Mrs. Frank Tuck
er, of Pitt county, and one nephew, Mr.
M. H. Carr, of Lenoir county, and two
nieces, Mrs, W. A. Thompson, of Auro
ra, and Mrs. Bruce R, Payne, of Nash
ville, Tenn. His remsina were buried
In the cemetery at Fort Barnwell yes
terday afternoon, the services being
conducted by the pastor of the Bsptlst
church at that place, of which he was
a life-long member.
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Have you overworked your nervous ays
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ITALY HOLDS CAP
TURED TURKS
. i ' SaSSSWMSHSSt - I . .
Taken From French Steamer. Ha-
. . gue Tribunal To Have
Case. -
Rome, Jan. 26 The subject of .the
dentention of twenty-nine Turks, said
to be members of the Red Crescent So
ciety, by the Italian authorities, who
captured them on the French steamship
Manouba, was fully discussed at confer-'
once between Premier Giolitti, Foreign
Minister San Ginliano and the French
Ambassador to Italy, Caraille Barrere.
The conferences are said to have been
very cordial, but the Turks are still
held under arrest at Cagliari, on tbe is
land of Sardinia.. Italy maintains her
right to capture and search ships of neu
tral nations suspected of earring eon
traband of war- This has been the
cour.-e followed not only in the case of
French steamers, but also with British,
German and Austrian vessels. It is
pointed out that other nations have act
ed similarly in recent years and that
Italy is ready to J submit the cases to
The Hague Tribunal and pay indemnity.
if an error has been committed.
But Italy does not admit any limita
tion of that right It is her intention
to protect her army before the enemy.
So far as the Italian authorities will
speak, the examination of the Turks in
question seems to have proved that
there were both doctors and nurses a-
mong the prisoners, but it is suspected
that the object of their presence was to
distract attention from others ho are
believed to be Turkish officers, as they
were in possession of arms, maps and a
check for a large sum of money. Ital
ian officers call attention to the fact that
another alleged Red Crescent expedi
tion was once halted in Egypt by Gen.
Kitchener and sent back, as it was com
posed of belligerents. Italy admits that
France is exercising her duty admirably
as a neutral power, but urges that, even
if a mistake is made, France should not
resent Italy's wish to exercise what she
considers her right, as neither France
nor any other nation can guarantee
that, in applying all possible measures
to observe strict neutrality, she may
not be deceived. ' -- ' "
The result of tbe conferences bas
been reported to tbe French Govern
ment and so far the two countries have
been animated by such a conciliatory
spirit that it is expected a satisfactory
solution will soon be found. ; Italian
Foreign . Minister San Giuliano and
French Ambassador Barrere had a most
friendly inteview at which the former
expressed his regret that the incident
should even have threatened the cordial
relations between France and Italy,
Start the New Year right,
by letting the Basnight Hdw.
Co. supply your hardware
wants.
Sudden Death of Jones County Man.
Trenton, Jsn. 25. Mr. James
B. VcDaniel, a prominent farm
er who lives near Olivers, was found
desd in his bed this morning when his
fsmily called for him to prepare for
breakfast Mr. MeDaniel was last seen
alive last night. During the day he at
tended to his regulsr duties arunnd hie
home and at supper time ate a veiy
hearty meal. It is supposed that heart
disease was the cause of his death. He
was 55 years of age,. -The funeral wi I
be held tomorrow.
- JO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if it
fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signs.-
ture is on each box. 25c.
HAVELOCK NEWS.
Havelock, Jan, 27. We are having
some very pretty weather this week
and we are all glad to see it
Mr. W. L. Falwell was a welcome
visitor here Sunday. . y
Mr. W. Y. Wynne visited the Cherry
Point school Wednesday. ' ,
Mr. T. U Hill s baby has been very
ill with malaria fever, but she is much
better now. -
Mr. M. A. Hill returned to his school
Monday morning after spending a week
at his home in Beaufort.
Mr. Lenard Jones waa badly Injured
while at work Monday at Slocuma Creek
mill. He received a severe blow on the
head by a piece of timber. After the
blood waa stopped Mr. Russell took him
to New Bern to a doctor. He is getting
slong very well.
Miss Sallie Russell returned to her
school at Cherry Point Sunday,
Messrs. Durant Langdale and Luther
Harvey from Beaufort are spending
few days at Cherry Point
Mrs. . Lewis Mason and dau-,h er,
Aiinnie irom Newport spi-i,t a lew d;iys
with her parent, L'.r. and Mrs V,', V.
Carrier lust wetsk.
LAST WEEK'S
COTTOII REM
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Advance On Big Demand. Ques-
: ', tion Next Crop Acreage '
Arises.
New York, Jan. 27. Prices of cotton ;
have, risen under the spur of a big de- '
mand for the actual cotton at home and
abroad. The continent has been a heavy
buyer in Liverpool., British spinners .
have been calling freely for cotton, and
in this country Europe has been a
large buyer. The exports have been
large. There has been a rush to get
cotton for' January shipment, export
business having been " to some extent
held up by the recent severe weather.
The Lancashire mills have resumed work
on full time, and clothes have been in
good demand at Manchester. In this
country the tendency of the dry goods -
market is manifestly towards a gradual
improvement, none the less certain, if
rather slow. In New York the prices
sagged for a - time under considerable
liquidation, including no little selling by
spot houses, there have. latterly been
signs of awakening . life and strength '
which have confirmed many in the belief
that the low price of the crop was
touched in December, and that hence
forth the trend will be upward for the
season that the weight of even a mam
moth crop is off the market
Meantime, Europe is taking even the .
lower grades of cotton at the South,
with greater readiness, to say nothing -of
the white cotton, which seems none
too easy to get. A noticeable widening
of tbe differences between New York
is attributed by some to the fact that
merchants are under heavy contracts
to supply white cotton to European
spinners and are finding it increasingly
difficult to fill them,
Though the interior receipts are in
creasing, owing to milder weather at
the South, the interior shipments keep
pace with the increase. 'All the signs,"
in the estimation of many, point to an
insatiable demand from Europe, where
spinners are doing a good business and
pparently consider themselves fortu
nate to be able to lay in supplies at
current prices after the' much high
prices of recent years. The labor situa
tion at Fall River has cleared up, 20.
000 textile hands have returned to work .
in Mexico and at Lawrence,' Mass.; ef
forts have not been abandoned to effect
an early settlement of the strike. The
Census Bureau's total of the ginning up
us January 16th, 14,510,000 bales, was
nearly 100,000 bales smaller than had
been expected. On the other hand, it
is still insisted that with the ginning
thus far roughly speaking some 6,000,
000 balea in excess of the quantity
brought into sight, it is a hazardous pro
ceeding to start a bull campaign, seeing
that thia cotton must come on the mar
ket with a rush on any good advance.
Also it is contented that recent rains
have put the soul of the South in the
best condition known for years past,
and that even at current prices to say
nothing of higher prices, there is no
likelihood of any decrease is the acreage.
So that with a soil fortified, against
droughts and another big crop may have
to be faced, especially aa recent cold
weather is said by a government expert
to have disposed of the boll weevil for
two years to come. But the sharp de
mand for the actual cotton, chiefly from
Europe, la the dominan factor conjoined
with an absence of selling pressure.
Liverpool's spot sales have lately rang
ed from 10,000 to 18,000 bales a day
On Friday prices advanced on a big de
mand, then reacted under realising and
bear pressure, partly by the Waldorf
Astoria contingent.
Fayittevllle Is Choice Of Flremenr
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Concord, Jan. 25. At a meeting of
th Executive Committee of the State
Firemena Association here yesterday
Fayetteville was selected as the plsce
for the annuatournament thia year. fThe
tournament will be .held In July, the
exact date ia to be determined later. -
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