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1 "S I r 2 TOM No 88 NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY. N. G, TUESDAY FEBRUARY, 6, 1912--FIRST SECTION 34th. YEAR '7 CRAVEN CO. TEACHERS MET HERE YESTERDAY One of The Most Successful Teacher's Meetings Ever Held in North Carolina.. Both The City And County Well Repre , - seated. Interesting, Elabor- ate Program Rendered. ' -X "' saseaawas .' ": " Dr. 0. F. StrosniderYV Director of The Craven Couuty Hookworm Dispensary Delivered Interesting And Instructive Lecture oo The Mental Effect of The'Hook worm Disease, Illustrating His Talk With Two Patients. A. Sum mary of The Proceedings. The February meeting of the Craven founty Teachers Association was held JX the Griffin Auditorium, New Bern . ' Graded School. Saturday, Feb. 3rd. In thii meeting the dry and county . teachers united and rendered an exceed ingly interesting and profitable program Superintendent Brinson, of Craven coun ty exp'essed his plea tore at the attend ance, and spoke a f e words of encour agement, : " ,. The cordial eymp ithy and co-operation between Supt'a Craven and Brin son, and the county teachers was shown In the fact that nearly ai i he county and city teachers were present a id shared qu illy on the program. ' - The President of the A- sacia'ion, Mr. J. T. Everett, Prinsipal of the Diver High School, presided, arid the Seere- . tary wa-i Miss Carrie Hardaon, of Thur man. . . - 5-. '.. : ": j . A veiy happy and enjoyable incident was the serving of lunch in the. Domes tic Science ro rm of the school by the , Womans Club, of this city, assisted by . the girls of the lOtii grade. ;"- During the morning sessi d Dr. Rich , , ard Duffy r?e iron d' an excellent ad dreei on "The Physic il Caro of the Children" and Dr. Strosni ler discussed !-the'JHeokwofm ar.d itf Bearing 01 fie Progress of the ScjooI." Dr, Stiosr i der showed two speei nens on of - man of 24 and the oth r a boy of U both of whom are under his treatment. The 24 year old one attend d schr ol - until 23 and had reached only the Sin ' grade after 'attending school 16 years. - The 14 year old one' is-in the second . grade. ; ; , '; , ' Ihe 24 year old man has the physical development of a boy of 12 years. , Mucb attention is heinf piid in Cr ven county to the matter of halih. an I Dr. Slrosmderis employed by the coun ty for ix weeks to treat hook worm ea SI'S. '' . .; ": '. ' '." Mrs.- Carraway, with a m del cV, showed her method of teaching music 'In the lower grades. ; ; , '. " After lunch the teach rs divided into . lections for an hour when I h ay re as '' sembled in the auditorium as follows: ' "The. teaching of Geography, ' by W. G. Tyler. "The School Library, its use and eare" by Mis Floience Ldbjltr, "of Dover High School The Hih S.hiol 1 orchs ra furnithe I delightful mune for the occasion, an 1 Mr. Carraway led the singing nf h) mn 1 suitable for use In ths schools. . Thire were about 100 teschers p-ea- ent including several fr.m adjoining c.)UntiiS.' Q a number of clizens of the city and county were present and followed ih-t program w ti consid- erable Interest. In the metlngs the fol'olog pro grant were folluwe I. - PRIMARY SECTION." At 1 :3 ) o'clock the primary teachers . assemble i in room No 6. First came talk on the method of teaching reading, by Miss Mollis Heith, of the; New Bern Graded S-hool. She showed the ., advantages cf ihe ward method by work from a class of children from the First Grade The method of presenting the sounds if the tellers and new words by stories 1 nd gtmei was most interest- Ing. The little folks wer enthusiaatic and thorough'y enjoy their work. Tbey read quite fluent'y after four months in school.. ; . ' r Mi.s Lisette Hai ff followed with an exhibitirnof num' er work done in the 28 grade. She showed bow the combi nations were developed. A class of ' children working with splints lllustra ted each (tep, Thvythowed excellent ' training and were a credit to their .' ttacher. Nothing can be more ltnpor ' taut than the thorough ground work .; given by Mlsi UanfT in this important sul jict. , ' . , ' GRAMMAR GRADE SECTIOM. After lunch those teachers especial ly inter ted In grammar school work anfmtiUd in room No. 3 in th GriiTio bulMing. The first number 00 the pro grsm ws, "1Thi 1 Hsvs Found Ab' ut Dodge's Geography." by Miis Mamie Met ks teacher tH grde Nsw Pern city schools. Miss Meks read a catsfully manarwl tu.r on the n.elho.ti she . Oiri in Ua..S.irg iLis subjct. tit. Ty jlr. representative of Rand McNally a a. M i . - J rt. jo, puousners or inf ifoagv uuojjra phy. was present and quite an interest ing discussion- was brought around by questions asked bim about the ' geogra phy, and statements made by several teachers present. : . ? . j Miss Janet HollIaerr 6B grade, Miss Annie Ghadwick, 5A grade, Misa Emily Ferebee. ,6 A grade, ; New Bern city schools en'ered into a lively discussion concerning this book. All agreed that It was an admirable text, and that con tinual study revealed constantly un folding good points. " " " Mr. Tyler complimented Miss Meeks-j especially upon her methoj of teaching this geography with 4he book open, which h9 said was the ' way the book was intended to be used. ;' ' . Second on this program was a talk by Miss Hendren on Composition ; irt the Grammar Grades. This talk wa prac tical in intent, many illustrations of material and method were discussed; "M HIGH SCHOOL SECTION. -- After lunch tht High School teachers assembled in room No. 6 of the Griffin Hall for the purpose of discussing some of the questions which are puzzling and yet of.vi al importance to them. Mr. Everet. of the Dover H;gh School opened the meeting with a paper on mathematics. He gave us some good, sound common sense "reasons for the study of this subject, and pointed out a nomber of things which every teacher must guard against. He says the' three most essential things in the teaching of mathematics are ac uracy, speed and neatness, there ii too much working for answers in books, a thing we ' have not in life. K Mr. W. D. Cox followed Mr. Everet with a discourse on the study of Latin and History.- He says that Latin is by far the most important language, 1st because ours is derived from it 2nd, because ours is almost entirely depend ent on it. Mr. Cox said in regard to history that if the teacher ia familiar with th e Buhjectand presents it in the right way the class wilt be enthusias tic. Make the pupils -fel- they are dealing with real living being. "'" . Some time . was taken up with an open discussion of Algebra and History by Minus Howland. Summeril, Jenk ins and Messrs Cox and Everett, v WILLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS, Have you neglected your Kidneys? Have you overworked your nervous sya lem and caused trouble with your kid- neys and bladderf Have you pains in bins, -side, back, groins and bladder? Have you a flabby appearance of the face, especially under the eyes? Too fre ruent a desire to pass urine? If so, .Wil liams' Kidney Pills will cure you-at Druggist, Price 60c Williams' M'f'g. Co., Prop., Cleveland, 0. THE DATE OF EASTER IS A Simple Solution Of A Problem That Often Perplexes Many. That Day' This Year Falls On April 7th. The question iroftsn asked how the date of Esster is determined, and why it does not always, like Christmas, fall on the same day of the year. The rule for det arming the date is tnis; Esster falls on the first Sunday after the full moon on or after -the twenty-first day of March: For example: If there should be a full moon on Saturday night, March twenty first the next dsy (Sun day) would be Easter. ' On the other hand, if there should b a full moon on Saturday night, March the twentieth, tha next day would not be Easter, but we would have to wait until the full moon in April, and E.sUr would fall on the first Sundsy after this full moon The reader may consult any almanac and see when the full moon after the 21 at of March occurs, Faster in any case would be on the following Sundsy, Or better still, he rclaht consult the Episcopal prayer book, and find the date of Eaater for each and every year betWienA.'D. 1786 and 201$. From the above rule It Is easy to see thst Easter miy conie as early as March 22, ani as late ai April 25th, Lent always b- gins forty days (not including Sundaya) before Easter It commemorates the forty day fasting of jesus In the wild rnest and culminates in Easter, which commemorates the Savior's resurrection. The last week of Lent is devoted to meditation upon His Cross, His P s on and His Death. In all parts of tha Christian world, these scaaons are ols iv,l by rray Christ inn as a time of religious revival, Thiiyrer lent begins on February 2Ut nd Easter falls on April 7th, Turkey, is Macedonia. to send 85,000 troops to 1 FOUND RIOT DEBAUCH RE VOLT AT JUAREZ. Several ' Americans killed. U. S. Troops Guarding Bridge. Mexi- ; can President Daz d. El Paso, Texas, Feb. 2-While muti nous soldiers who seized Juarez are dissembled into small bands and the frenzy of rioting had been displaced by semblance Of .order,. ' more "trouble seems Inevitable. The mutineers have-' plit into amaU bands. Each has a lead ed. 'They declare themselves adherents of Eimiliaco Zapata, the rebel operat ing in South Mexico. They claim ihey will fight any. attempt made to capture them, In the rioting at leant 8 persons were killed. ' Many more were wound ed. Scouting parties of the mutineers went South from Juarez and destnyed railroad bridges on which troops from the south and interior might reach here. It is declared garrisons at Chihuahua and Torreon have revolted but this has not been confirmed. Tremendous dam ages was done by the mutineers during the rioting. Many stores were looted. Saloons became special targets of the rioters. - Scores of the erstwhile soldi ers are raving with drink. The muti neers have established a guard at the Mexican ends of the international brid ges.', Tbey are refusing permission to Americans to! cress. Detachment of the fourth United State cavalry are guarding the .American approaches tc the bridges. The mutineers are in absolute pos session of every public building. They have destroyed many public records. Various reasons are given for' the up rising's.',: Some say they mutinied be cause some of their fellow soldiers had been ordered discharged; some say they rebeled because Madero has'not brought about the reforms he promt led; some say. Parqual Grozco. their former chief and still the idol of the former rebels in northern Mexico is eoin; to join the Zapata cause and that they are with him. None of them seem to know whom they want for president but they all in sist that ''Madero must resign." The train due fr m the south over the Mexi can naliontl line did not arrive,, jire- sumely being hi Id at Chihuahua. . al though all wires are down between Jua ez and Chihuahua. No attempt has ben made at Juarez to molest the Mexican Northwestern,' railroad which also runs to Chihuahua but its wins are down south of Juarrz The Jusrez jail is standing wide open. ; The muti neers are using the military barracks for any prisoners they are holding. Nearly all the residents of Juarez have fled to El Paso ana many of the poorer families are camping in the open coun try on the American bank of the R'o Grande. Daylight found Juarez. Mexico, daz- zed from the effects of a night of. de bauch following the revolt last night of 300 former followers of President Mad ero of Mexico. . Desultory firing prac tically had cesser), but intoxicated mal coltents continued to stagger about the streets looting saloons, stores and pri vate residences. Unconfirmed reports placed the casualties among American at two dead and three wounded. The giving of gratuities by . the Ad ams Express Company was disclosed jn the hearing before Inter-State Com merce Commissioner Ryan. - Progress of Central Highway. The writer passed over the section of the Central Highway which has been built. So far, in Craven county I he work is far from complete yet, but i's progress,- considering the bad weather and short days is wonderful, . Beginning at Moseley's Creek, the line of Lenoir county, the of rightray h is been opened aid the bed cut to a point little ways eaat of Lane's Chnpe.l, with a good deal of ditching done. The work has been mostly through woods and swamps, a heavy undertaking which will hot occur at any other place be tween there and New Bern. Superin tendent J. J. Lane informed tho writ er that it would take about a year end a half to complete the road through Craven county. . . , : Speaking of roadi, the people of Dover and Fort Barnwell are making a wonderful improvement on theh ghway connecting thoae two places The road has been widened considerably,- ditched and rounded up in many places, and, not withitandirgtha recent heavy rains and snows, traveling ia much aaaier on it except now and then a stretch, than it was heretofore when the road was in its best condition. A fo-ce of lands with horses'and carta are kept workirg on repairs constantly and as fast as a hole makes its appearance it is fi led at once , FARM FOR SALE ' I offar for sale my 109 sere farm one ha'f mile from city limits, 1,836 feet fronting on Pembroke road. For par ticulars apply or write to John A. Boom, 1C4 Broad street, New Beru.JN. GRIP OF EX- PRESS THUS . . 'i- Pa""". ( .;--; T Huge Profits Amount To 41 Per cent on Investment Un equal Charges Shown. : Washington, Feb., 2. The investiga tion by the Interstate Commerce Com mission ut express Votes presents some astounding figures. -- Tbe testimony presented indicates that a reduction of approximately JO per e-aiilj-xpreBS rates throughout tha country is the real object of the shippers pressing the in quiry. "Attorney Frank! Lyon," repres enting the commission, submitted fig ures to show that during the last seven teen yuars the percentage of Increase in the recipts of the railroad companies f rem express business exceeded the per centage of increase .Jrpm ' any other source. A table submitted by Mr. Lyon showed that the percentage of increase in revenue from the express companies for 1910 over 1893 was 184.42: from freight, 132.26; from passenger tr. flic, 108.78, and from mail; 72 07. while the population increased ; but 88.25. The ra'io of increase of revenue per unit of population was:a . Expteas, 106.80; freight, 68.06; passenger traffic, 61.06, and mail. 24.60. 11 It was also shown that 55 percent of the business 'moved under' rates less then $1 60 per 100 pounds, and that nearly 60 per cent, of thjl business con sis ted of packages on which .the charges were between 50 an 75 tents, also that a higher rata fa paid by the public on parcels below 100 pounds than above. The investigation is alleging extortio nate ard unequal rateaV over-charges and over-weighing! collecting at . both end; inefficient service; undue restric tions; combination with railroads for op pression of pub ic; usurpation of gov ernment, backing and commercial func tions; unconscionable dividends.. The Adams Express Company alone execut ed 67, COO, 000 transactions in one recent year. In Competition with the United States Post Office Department ' the American handled 16,000,000 money orders in one year, The Adams' bank ing business amounts to. the enormous total of 352,000,QOO in annual deposits. Many companies,. maintain order and commission departments in competition wilh jobbers. Profits; forty-one per' cent annually on the capital invested for the express companies and 60 per cent, on the bus! nets done for the railroads with which they have contracts. The express busi ness was started on a "shoe string' and never has required large capital The first company was the Adams, started in 1839, when its founder carried parcels between New York and Boston in a valise. The Wells-Fargo was start- el without .capital. The earnings al ways have been immense. The Adama alone has paid 200 per cent, in extra dividends on inflated capital zatton, be sides regular dividends some yeara high as 10 per cent. The T. C. Piatt family at one time got $56,000 annually from the United States Express Com pany in salaries alone. , - Chief Beneficiaries: J. P. Morgan, Henry C. Frick, Cornelius Vsnderbilt, George F. Baker, Jaccb H. Schiff, Charles M. Pratt, Harriman estate, B. P. Cheney estate, Lewis Cass Led yard. T To the Nxt Term Of Superior Court aud In Default Of Bond Are Sent to Jail, rolice officer Lon Bryant returned yestrda morning from Kinston where . ... . a m - i - m he was met by the chief of police of Snow Hill who turned over to him Wal ler ard William Joneei two negro men who had been arrestfd at that place oa the previoua day on warrants charging them wuh stealing - two bicycles, one belonging to Mr. C. A. Ryman and the other to Mr. R. R. Eag e, of thia city Ye terday afternoon the prisoners were nrrarged for a pieliminary hear ing lefore Mayor McCai thy.. They both plead guilty to the charge- of atealing the wheels and were bond over to ths next term of Cravvn county Superior Court ondi r bonds of $200 - each, In de fault et which they were committed t jail. " V I Both of the negroes are hardened erimit ate. Walter Jones . told the Mayor that he had served two years in the penitentary for houte breaking and had been arrested and placed in jail a number of timet, while William Jones stated that he had served a ten months sentence some time ago for stealing tbe same wheel which he 1 now awaiting trial for purloining. The two bicyclee J were brought back and returned to their lawful owners. j A French women, returning from New York will Introduce the turky trot In Paris. ... ' ' ; , BOGLE S OVER IEUMOIIIA DUE TO GERM So Rockefeller Institute Announces Dojjs Used In Experi- ' meats. , New York Feb. 3. -The Rockefeller Institute has announced that it has suc ceeded at last in producing pneumonia experimentally thereby proving, ' so he experts of the Institute say, that pnemnoni iscauatd by a germ, tbe pneumococcus. - while - that has- long been a theory there has not been direct proof of it until now. The inatitute xperiments, made by Dr. R. V. Lam er and Dr. J. S, Meltzer of the Rocke feller laboratories, are described in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. All the expe'imenta were, made upon dogs. The method consisted in injec ing pure cultures sf the organisums tak en from human patients into the lungs of the dogs. Forty-eight animals were used.' In . forty-two of the animals pneumonia was produced by' the pneu mococcus injections. Ten of tbe dogs died, thirty-four were killed within from one to twelve days,' and four sev eral weeks after the injection. "The fatai cases," say the experimenters, 'resembled closely labor pneumonia in man. in the non-ratal cases the patho- logica 1 and bacteriological findings were again in accord with the findings in man, Clinically, however, the cases of non fatal experimental pneumonia run a milder and shorter course than in man." Tbe dogs' lungs were clogged juBt like pneumonia slfickens human lungs. The symptoms and autopsy findings were identical with those of human pneu monia,. : I Two other Rockefeller Institute ex perimenters, Dr. J. R. Murphy aud Dr. Peyton Rous, have been inoculating un born chicka with cancer. The work was done in the Rockefeller laborator- . lea. The doctors cut out a pic ce 01 tne eggshell, used a hypodermic needle containing the cancerous fluid, and then sealed up the hole in the shell. The eggs were those of pure-blooded barred Plymouth Rocks. The doctors report that they succeeded in tbe direct inocu lation of a cancer of a fowl into the un- batched chick in the shell and also into unborn pigeons and duckling; but they could not transplant fowl cancers to an adult pigeon or duck, and cancer trans planted from one variety of adult chick en to another did not flourish. Dr. Isaac Levin, a Columbia University in vestigator under, the provisions of the George Crocker Special Research Fund, reports that be is convinced, after ex periments on white rata, which are remarkably rtsistant to cancer, that the disease at the beginning U Iocs', not constitutional or general, and hence is not due to parasite. Growth of cancer, concludes tbe Crocker Fund experimen ter, is due to a loss of cquilbi iun be tween the repressive power of the soft glandular cells and the "flowing" pow er of the cancer cells. As to the origin of the cancer cell itself he annouces no conclusion. ; TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. . Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S eigne ture is on each box. 26c Death of Mr. Glover. Dover. N. C, Feb. 8. At three o' clock this afternoon, Mr. William Glover, one of tha oldest residents of this town psaaedway after a lingering uinets or several monms. Mr. Glover was a native of Craven county about 66 years of age, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him, He has been a resident of Dover for nine years, and tha sympathy of this community goes out to his f amily in their bereavement, ' He leaves a widow, two sons and four daughters. It is understood that his re mains will be taken to Cove City today and interred in the family grave yard near the former home of ths deceased. MI-O NA Stomach Tablets are guar anteed by Bradhara Drug Co;, to end Indigestion or aiy stomach distress, or money back. They relieve upset stom acher lo five minutes. M l-O-N A for hatching cf gas. . Ml O N A for diatreas after eating. . Ml ON A for foul breath. MI-O-NA for biliousness. Ml O-NA io wake up the liver, MI-O-NA for hearthurn. MI-O-NA for sick headache. . MI-O-NA for mrvoua dyspepsia. MI-O-NA for night swells. MI-O-NA for sleeplessness. MI-O-NA for bad dreama. MI-O-NA for sea sickness. MI-O-NA aftera banquet. MI O NA for vomiting or pregnancy Makea rich, pure blood puts ginger Vigor, vim, vitality into the whole body, ' Fifty cents a large box at Bradhara Drug Co, and druggists svsrywhsie, WhatAilsYou? DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED Enthusiastic Meeting Held at tbe Court House Last . Night . A representative audience of New Bern's most public spirited and progres sive citizens and stockholders in tbe Eastern Carolina Fair Association Com pany met at the court house last night at 8.30 o'clock for the purpose of elect ing aboard of directors for the company and perfecting the organization. 1 . At the opening of the. meeting Mr. Clyde Eby was elected temporary chair man and Mr: J. Leon Williams was elec ted as temporary secretary. As secre tary of the meeting Mr. Williams ,waa requested to read a copy of tbe charter which had been issued to the company a few days ago. This was done and re ceived with approval by the stockhold ers. : ' - Mr. Eby then stated that the election of the directors was next in order and asked tbe stockholders how many dir ectors should be elected. There was considerable discussion on this point Some thought that fifteen directors and a large executive board would be sufficient, while a number of others thought that there should be a director from every township represented by stockholders. Upon motion a nominat ing committee composed of Prof. H. B. Craven, Messrs B. B. Hurst,-T. A. Uzzell. H. W. Simpsonand L. H. Cut ler, Jr., was elected for the purpose of selecting the directors. ' Tbey retired to an ante-room where aften looking over the list of stockholders they selec ted the following gentlemen: Messrs. Clyde Eby, C. L. Ives, L, H. Cutler, Jr. T. A. Uzzell, T. D, Wsrren. Charles Coplon, Owen Dunn, A. T. Dill, E. H. Meadows, Jr., J. M. Mitchell, J. Leon Williams. John Aberly. J. S. Miller, L C. Tolson, H. K, Land, B. B. Hurst, T. G. Hyman, A. H. Bangert. J. V. Blades, J. G. Dunn. W. W. Griffin New Bern; Thomas Warren, Beaufort; C. C. Crawford, Morehead City; J. K. Dixon, Trenton; R. H. Mills, Belgrade; W. J. Swan, Bayboro; Felix Harvey Kinston; J. F. Howell, Washington; T. H. Prit- chard, Swansboro; E. L. Mattock, Maysville; J.-W. Burton, Jacksonville; W. B. Venters, Richlanda; Dan Rich ardson, Dover; M. D. Ltne, Fort Barn well; F. L. Bray, New Bern, R. F. D; J. H. Bell, Pollocksville; J. E. Daugh tery, Jasper. A meeting of the dire:tors was cal led to be held at the court house on February 10th at 12 o'clock at which time the officers and varioua committees will be appointed. REAL E&TATE FOR SALE. A good residence No. 7 Graves St. near the corner of Union.' Easy tern will be given if wanted. C. T. HANCOCK. BILL AGIST THIRD TERM Resolution Offered Specially To Bar Theodore Roosevelt As Candidate. Washington, Feb. 3. Representative Slayden of Texas has introduced in the House two resolutions believed to be slimed at the Roosevelt third term as pirations. Tbe first declares it the sen timent of the House that a third term is repugnant to the people of the coun try. In ths second resolution bs went a step further and asked that the Con stitution be amended so that no man may serve more than one term fn the White House. Tha first resolution is similar to one introduced by Repress n- tttive Clayton of Alabama when it ap peared that President Roosevelt might have been a candidate for the election before his former term waa completed. President Roosevelt announced that he would support Taft for the nomination before the matter waa acted upon at that time. It is probable that the 8layden reaolution will be reported favorably at an early date, - Here are the two resolutions: "Resolvsd, that In tbe opinion of the House the precedent established by Washington and other Presidents of the United States' in retiring from the Pres idsntal office after their second term I has become, by universal concurrence, ( a part or one republican system or gov ernment and that any departure from thia time honored custom would be un wise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril to our free institutions." The second resolution asking that the Constitution be amended follows: ' "After the 3rd of March, 1913,. no person who shall have ten President of the United Si as shall be a candidate for the office again," Both resolutions were referred to the Committee on Elections of tie President and Viee-Pra.-idtmt and v ill be fiven at public hearing mxt wk. WEEKLY COTTON MARKET REVIEIV Price Advances Sharply On Act- " ual Spot Demand. Ex- - . porta Large.' New. York, Feb. 8. -Cotton was marking time much of the past week, -under the influence of conflicting factors in tbe situation, but within 48 hours ad vanced sharply. The strike at Law rence, Mass., it is true, was for a time something of a damper. . Then many of - the speculative world refuse to bull the market in the presence of a record- breaking crop and of prices which they think insure another big acreage, and under ordinary conditions, another big crop, especially as the soil at the South, owing to abundant Winter rains is said to be in the beat condition known for years past. Furthermore, the cost of living is still high, so high that the dis trict attorney here has instituted an in vestigation, summoning dealers before the grand jury. This It is thought, mesns decreased consumption of cotton goods, as food must come first. Then' this is the year of a Presidental elec tion, the tariff is being overhauled, economy is noticeable evrey where and reports -of an improvement in the dry goods trade are, it is asserted, exag gerated, else why do not New England spinners buy raw cotton more freely, and so on. But it was not desirable that the price refused to decline. Neither for a time, did it advance much, ' it is true, but large spot houses and export ers have been voracious buyers at - the South of the actual cotton, and latterly; of "futures" here. Liverpool, the con-; tinent, Memphis, New Orleans , and Waldorf-Astoria operators have bought heavily in the last two days. Spinners have been buying here. A good many hedges for home" and foreign account have, it is said, been liquidat ing in New York. Indeed, tome think it waa this kir.d of buying which halted the decline six weeks ago. In two days prices here have risen at a rate that surprised everybody; The exports have been large. . .. The rush to fill January shipment contracts have been a notice able feature. Close students of the sit uation insist that the weight. -of the. crop, large as it was, is now off the market,' and that the price ia now low even after this advance, though a good many people do not suspect it. They think that the American spinners wil) take the five millions this reason and the European spinners 10,000,000 in one way or another. As to another Crop, they think that in all probability the rear or another big yield will cause a decrease in the acreage and that, be sides, a big acreage in itself does not insuri a big crop. . The spot sale at Liverpool of late have been 10,000 to 15,000 bales a day. At Manchester yarns are firm and clothes in good de mand. - In this country there is a sharp demand for white cotton, and it ia be lieved not unlikely that 10,000,000 bales of the low grades will go into channels of consumption similar to those opened to the poorer sorts of cotton in the sea sons, of 1904-'05. The ravenous de mand for the actual cotton at ' home and abroad is the sheer answer of the market. HOTICX. '.; To the Democratic voters of Jones county I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Treasurer, subject to the votes of the Democratic primary of the county. GEO. W. WHITE, Pollocksville, N. C A cold wave and blizzard ia sweeping over the country, and extreme cold weather, with snow in some portions, ia promised in the South today, The British steamer Consols was re ported afire off tbe Virginia coast. Tbe crew has been saved but the greater part of the vessel and its cargo of cot ton will be lost . 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