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NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, TUESDAY FEBRUARY. 27, 1912 FIRST SECTION
34th, YEAR
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PfiST.WEEK
POLICE CAPTURE
CAII THIS RE
! PORT BE TRUE?
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TOM
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TIIEtASIIOF
CLCIL..1 i iCE
Br HARHV IRVINO CKJLKNK
ii.-ri--rJ Amoormt , ,,j
WILFUL SWiriDLEliS
BEEN AMU
STATE FOREST
BOX OF WHISKEY
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"YOSONDE OF THE
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CHAPTER Vn-Tom mart! Mrs. Daoa
ft a borM re," H hapoeua to mention
. l!1.' hl JMruo had tip
on th Wlnno and ah glva him $600 to
place n tha no. th tip toe wrong
v ifL,".1 J8,-hir muotk to th
.morUflcatiea of Tom, ...
be 'Inquired for me. - in tones that
' sounded far, away to my own eas I
told her it wa I who spoke.,;, J
- "I did not recognise your 'hello,"
he ,wen1U oa briskly. "Tour voice
does not .Sound at all natural tills
. morning. J am afraid you dissipated
; last night, Anyway, It la such a love
ly morning; that 1 have been thinking
perhaps you might wish to call and
take ma to ehuroh and afterwards for
little sttoll alone the boulevard. 1
nave thought of lots of things oyer
night that I wish to tell you. . And
" when we oome back. If yon care to
give me still more of your time, we
will take -luncheon here In my apart
motm. Will you eomeT",
' My head swam and t leaned against
the wall for support The day previous
.' an invitation such as this would have
brought me from a sick bed to her on
. crutches, hut now I shuddered at
though a toad had been dropped down
my spine. , That she whom I had
- adored, defended against the world,
- and given my heart, could be so vilely
treacherous! .,!. And ; now with . the
" sweetness of an angel she. would lure
ne to her that she might resume her
' play of cat and mouse 1 Tes, Clare
bad been right ' In stealth and cruelty
ftha Was all leopardess. t'And she
would even have the scene of the next
met in the sanctuary of the blessed
' disciple of love and truth!
Softly, full of muslo as a bell,
-beard her voice calling to me and
' asking why I did not reply to her, and
driven to lm dlate action my mind
- suddenly changed. I would go and
.... see her. I would look upon, her once
more and then coldly tell her that our
- relations must at onoeoeew'.T would
go no further, would give her no
satisfaction at all, but making my
forotten keys the excuse f?r respondV
Ins to her call would claim them and
Md farewell to her forever. ' in- that
way I would end the whole miserable
. business. Commanding ttiy; voice by
. an effort I answered thjat-' I would
come at once, and hungfup the re
ceiver without waiting lot her to ad
dress me further. I went to the mir
ror and looked into It ,Mv Hps were
- tense and colorless, my eyes blood
' shot, and I seemed to have - grown
, pounds thinner and years older' over-
, night Once more I bathed my face
la cold water and set but for the Ar-
cartla. "' .
She opened the door at. the first
sound of the bell, and royally beauti-
nu in ner coot morning gown, stood
Smiling before me. At first she seemed
about to approach me even closer, but
as her eyes sought my face she drew;
'back and ber smile vanished "as the
sunshine , behind a driving cloud.
"IUr she Inquired, quick solicitude
, .. la her tones. I shook; my head as I
stepped within. I
She cloeed the door behind me. "Oh,
- you men, you dissipate so," she said
with aa attempt at bantering. "But
I am really surprised at you. Tom,
had, thought your morals almost too
Immaculate. However, a walk la the
outer air will de you good. We will
omit the church If you dont care to
go Inside. 1 only used that as a sub-
. terfuge to get you to come, you know.
Caa you forgive such deceit In met
I looked at her helplesslj, marveling
at her duplicity. The shadow of
Irown came to her brow.
"Why dont you say something?
Tou only stand there and stare at me
' so unpleasantly," she went on with a
- trace of Impatience. Thoroughly sick
at heart I addressed ber ss I changed
my mind again Intojtbs determination
to confront her , with xer .heartless-
Bess.' - ...
""Mrs. Pace, I have come to tell
you -that I cannot pee yon any more.
That you made a fool of me for some
purpose of your owa, it Is of course
Hot necessary that I should Inform
you. That- you have wounded me
greatly and caused me much suffering
you may not know; but if it is any
Sit'.c'ictlon for you to have that
knowledge I now confess It to you.
do not think that I havs anything
more to say to yon except to ask for
. Us keys I inadvertently left here and
t'.d you goodby."
Ildr eyes opened wide and the stood
staring blankly into my face. "1
don't understand what have I done!
you look so stranse -"she stam
mered. I did not atuwer.
liar mouth straitened a bit and
a cLUl cam into her voice. "But I
Ing'.U upon knowing. Tou have sud
anly charged m wl'.h very unpleas
t t tit. .1 and I fcaf V o r' t to
;.snd n eTr'r"r't!t"l !'l J".K"'r9 to
i . if. I t t r t bo., t i vt-tt me, X
I j cr dkV f t wl-h to viU tr.yl
tt r j rrlviS"-: to uml a ri-ly. tut
' t l5-l t:.at ::-crtut.'y you need
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Is Commerce Commission Charge
Against Express Companies.
Will Prosecute Them, ; :
Washington Feb. 23d. -Charging that
tbey have knowingly and Wilfully swin
dled many thousands of shippers by tbe
collection of double rates the interstate
Commerce Commission today instructed
Federal district " attorneys throughout
the country to Institute sweeping cim-
inatpniMCullonS against praciically eV;
ery express . company In the Uuited
States : Documentary evidence sub
staatlatlng tbe charges have been put
in the hands of these officials. It is al
leged by the commission that at the
present time nine express companies
against which' prosecutions will be
brtnghthave In treasuries no less than
181,957,893, a large proportion of which
they obtained through swindles inten
tionally perpetrated upon the ublic. It
is the request of ihe commission that
special grand juries be called to hear
this evidence and that Indictments be
returned without delay against the guil
ty officials of tbe various companies,
Separate prosecutions will be brought
against the Adams, American, Nation
al, G'obe, Great Northern,- Southern,
United States and Wells Fargo compa
nies. The proceedings will be institu
ted at New York, Chicago, Saa Fran
cisco and other cities where the viola
Hons have occurred. It Is not the in
tention of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to' make a raid on the ex
press companies, and bankrupt them,
which It could do with Ihe evidence in
hind. . Si me of the most flagrant viola'
tions have been selected and the courts
will be naked to Impose floes ' heavy
.enough to teach them a salutary lesson.
K number of counts will be brought
ags Inst each company. Tbe' penalty
provided under tbe Elk ins law for char
ging a greater or less rate than tat
published is a fine of not less than $1,
000, nor greater than $20,000 for each
offense. The law also provides for the
imprisonment of offending officials for
term not exceeding two years, or
both fine aud Imprisonment, in the dis
cretlon of the court No fnwer than
ten thbu-and lettes protesting against
overcharges' nT dotfble charges by the
express companies are in the possession
of tbe Interstste Commerce CommisS'
km. Two thousand formal complaint
have been made. Of the gigantic sum
in the treasuries of the companies.
large proportion Of which according to
tbe commission, waa Illegally wrested
from the public, the Ameiican Express
companies holds $33,63o,603; the Ad
ams, K4.i33.486i the . Untied States
110,737,618;, rvelU Kargo, $7,936,377;
the Southern, $3,902.85.1; the Northern,
$999,551; tie Globe, $384,866; the West
ern, $8i,787, and the National, $,350
So conclusive does Ihe commiseion
believe Its evidence to be that it has
not even waited until the completion
of i s investigation before beginning
criminal actiooa. . , "
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Have you overworked your nervous sys
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Have you a flabby appearance of the
face, especially under the eyes? Too fte
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Co., Prop,, Cleveland, 0.
, Notice To Mariners. .
The following Is taken from the cur
rent issue of Notice to Mariners, pub
lished weekly by the Lighthouse Board
and Coast and Geodetic Survey;
North Carolina ParnllcolSound, Cape
Channel to Cape Hatteras lighthouse,
Muddy Slue Light-Change In character
i'tirs to be made about March 8th, 1912.
The color of this light will be changed
from white to red, without other
'change,.
Hatters's Inlets Bar Buoy; PS. re
ported adrift February 6th. -
Pamlico Sound Pungo river light
structure reported esrried awsy snd
light Umporally discontinued January
29th.
Adsms Creek Adsms Creek entrance
buoy I, reported adrift February 6th.
Albermarla Sound Reed lighta i
ported extinguished February 1st
Touch up the old furniture
with China Lac and keep i
new. Basnight Hdw Co.
Cruel to Est Llv Oystera.
Mobile, Ala., Feb. 23. Beotuse an
oyster cannot let out a wail, cannot
even wiggle when imp&lud on a furk
and garninhtfd with lemon juice, sslt
snd p'-ppr, John Craft. PrcBiilert of
the slate oyster rommiiHlon, has an
nounced that he wilt s; pal to tae hu
mnt'' ' ty to prevent tSe .eafing of
live ,!vi.!ves.
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For the Coitvention of North Caro
lina Association of Elks to be '
i , Ileld Here Next Month.
The North Carol'na Association of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks will hold i s convention at New
Bern, North Carolina, March 13th, 14th
and 15th. Every arrangement has ben
made to give the boys a big time and
every Elk in the State is extended a
cordial invitation to "6etb0- guest; of
New Bern Lodie No. 764 . on Xc&i oc-J
caaion. "
The oecasinn will be the ' 10th anni
versary .of the New Bern Lodge and
the event will be celshrated in a man
ner that will live long in the memory
of those who atterd. No stone shall be
left unturned to make this the greatest
event in the history of North Carolina
Elkdom. The active co-operation of
e ich individual member is needed in or
der to insure the success of this ' re
union. Every Elk in the State of North
Carolina who can possible do so, is asked
tograce the occasion with h s presence.
The program will be as follows: - -
Wednesday evening, March 13th at 8
m., opening session by ' the associa
tion. Address of welcome by Mayor t,
J, McCarthy. and Exalted Rulef Wil
liam Dunn. Jr., of the New Bern Lodge.
Responses by District Deputy Wither
spaon, President Branham of the State
Association, and Exalted Rulers of visit
ing Lodge. Ex-Lieut Gov Francis D.
Winston has been invited to be the ora
tor of the evening.' - Luncheon will fol
low, '''".'.''"'.,.!';'.'' -':' :' .
Thursday morninf, March 14th at 10
a. m., business meeting or the btate
Asseciation. Thursday even'ng, March
14th at 3 p. m., parade in which all Elk
Lodges are invited to participate. A
silver loving cup wiU be awarded to the
Lodge having the largest number in lit
and making the best showing. This
cup is to be known as the New Bern
10th Anniversary Cup and is to be held
by the Lodge winning it for the period
of one year, and is to beconta the pro
perty of the Lodge winning it three
consecutive times. f -
Thursday evening, March 14th at 8 p
. ... . .
m. there will be a meeting oi the New
Bern Lodgethh Bnre 'wiirbe a
class initiation of sbout twenty candid
ates. Senator F. M. Simmons will be
the ora'or of . the evening. , Luncheon
ill follow. .
Friday morning, March 15th at 8 a.m.
the association will leave New Bern oh
the U, S. S. Elfferfs, U. S. T. B. Foots,
snd the house boat Comfort for a trip
down the Neuse river through the new
canal recently constructed by the Gov
erjient. There will be an oyster roast
on the banks of the canal
The Grand Exalted Ruler and other
Grand Ltge officers have been invited
and there is every reason to believe
that a number of them will be in at
tendance, s. " "
Bold Robbery Yesterday.
Yesterday morning' Alberta Winfield,
colored, entered Mrs. B. A. Irving's
millinery establishment on Pollock St.,
and stated to the lady in charge that
she wished to purchase a hat During
the time that the woman was looking
over the display of headwear the clerk
hid occasion ti step to the rear of the
store; leavg behind her a hand bag
contaning considerable csth. Upon
hr return the prospective customer
stated that she did not like any of the
atyles shown her but would return in a
few days and again look over'the stock.
After her departure the young lady dis
covered that her hand bag waa not in
tbe place she had left it and upon ex
amining the contents found that two
$5.00 notes were missing. The facts in
the ease wsre given to the police with
the results that the thief waa local ed
and made to return the money to its
rightful owner. -
' ure, Beautiful Water. -
The Pepsi Cola Ccmpany have ins's'
led a condensing plant of n.oilew eon
s ruction.' It Is made by the Sanitary,
Water Still Company of Jamaica, N. Y
and the distilled water la superior to any
ever obtained in thia city as will be ex
plained. ' ' "
Tbe distilled water is aerated by wa
ter passed through a gauze screen nto
the live steam while condenal tg, so that
no germs of sny kind are poesible In the
water, and the water has sn agreeable
taste unknown to other method'. The
capacity in v" ' "sllons daily and pro
pie ran vet Her for five cents a
gallon at the i tory. ' ..
Profcsiional politics seems to be the
great American game. . -
If it's quality and satisfac
tion in a kitchen that you
need, then Bucks Stoves and
Ranges and nothing less are
ihe cookers. Basnight Hdw
Co'.
Weather Conditions a Factor,
foreign Buying Continues.--7
New York, Feb. 24--Cotton has ad
vanced owing partly to bad weather at
the South and a belief ' that crop pre
psrations are some two to three weeks
late over a large section of the cotton
belt ' The destruction of about 100,000
bales at Houston tod Bombay had gome
effect for a time.,t,TI persistent trade
demsad feees E70peair- and domestic
mills, however, has counter-balanced to
a very large extent even .the danger of
a colossal coal strike in Great Britain,
involving some 800,000 men. ; For the
time being about the only effect is to
cut down the spot tales ; In Liverpool
some 7,000 or 8,000 bales a day "and 'to
cause some restriction of trading in
futures on this side. The dry goods
market la gradually improving. Prices
ate firm for all classes of goods and in
some cases have advanced. Exports of
raw cotton reach a very high total
It is a remarkable fact that this year
European mills hfve in some cases
bought cotton is far ahead ss 1920 in
the fear that something may happen to
the next crop tha' would send prices
back to the dreaded 15 cents level. In
recent years big Crops and small crops
have alternated with a regularity that
excites comment.' T'; -x
The fact that there have been swings
in the crop in recent . years of 1,000,000
to 3,000,000 makes the weather news
and news about Vrojs preparations at
this time of special interest borne ueo
rgia reports are la the effect that the
season is remarkably backward and
similar reports come from other parts of
the belt. It goes without saying that
if the start is actually much delay
ed and really bad it will, as usual, be
exaggera'ed for speculative effect On
the other hand, the visible supply of
American cotton is the largest ever
known and with prices at their present
level it is not believed that any serious
or aide-spread attempt will be made to
cut down the acreage materially. , The
recent decline, too, of $3 a bale, within
a couple of days, baa rather ihilled the
ardor for bullish speculation. If the
great coal atrike in England cannot be
averted, that too,wUl act aaa Jertous
damper But cotton baa some strong
f i lends who believe it will ultimately go
to 12 cents. Big spot houses have been
buying. So have Waldorf Astoria
speculators, sick of the short side. .
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if it
fails to cure, E. W. GROVE'S signaj
ture is on each box. 25c
DIED;
Yesterday afternoon at her borne on
Short Cedar street. Mrs. Bettie John
son, wife of Mr. J. C Johnson. Tbe
deceased has been in failing health for
some time and her death waa not unex
pected. . She was survived by her hus
band snd one son. The hour of the
funeral will be announced later.
Strikes New Bern. , Yesterday'!
' Session of Police Court A Be
,V cord. Breaker. Offenders
- v 1 . . Warned.
Hisl i Also bark! A wave of rigid en
forcement of the city ordinance in par
ticular and the law In general has
struck New Bern and if you are not
familiar wich the -requirements of both,
you should read up on I hem at otce and
be sure that you are ' not arrested and
haled before the Mayor as a violator of
Ihe law.
Shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday
afiernojn a long line of violators of tba
city ordinance could be seen wending
their wsy toward the City Hall. When
Ihe ci urt was called to order the room
was fl led With these ssme violators.
Among the crimes charged against the
oftVndeie weie; leaving obstruc ions on
tie sidewalks snd streets, riding bicy
cies wunoui oens snn ii8nis, v.grancj,
and a few others. Owing to the fet
ower. vwms; to tarn f
mat m '"
enforced In the past, me Major mamis
sad each of the cases with a warning to
the e (Tenders,
A'l the hack drivers were summoned
to be on hand anethey were warned not
to leave th lr horses standing alone,
not to use their vehicles as drays and
particularly against soliciting for In
moral purpaae. -
Now (hat ths public has been warned
against tbeie offenses, the next oft ""
will mean a fine and cost, So, spik
ing f juratively, its up to the people to
bs good aud ses that they do not vlolats
any of th city ordinances. . '
HE OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT
At Home of Mack-Hudson, Near
Cedar Grove Cemetery. OwnerJ,
Leaves For Parts TJnkown
Police officers Doughty, Bryan and
McDaniel yesterday confiscated a box
containing a large number of half pint
bottles of whiskey they found at the
home of Mack Hudson, colored, near
Cedar G rover ceremony.' The officers
have had suspicions for some time that
Hudson was selling whiskey and they
finally determined to search bis home.
This they did with the above result. -
Search was made for Hudson but he
had evidently got wind of the raid on
his stock of goods and had left for parts
unknown. The whiskey was carried to
the city hall and 'placed in the official
depository along with several hundred
half-pints and pints ' which have been
confiscated in the' past' The police are
on the lookout for tbe owner of the
whiskey and if he returns to the city it
is more than probable be will fall into
their grip. - . '
v ;'. ffOTICX. , .
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,
v Pollocksville, N. C.
f 100 In Gold.
" Believing , that the soils of eastern
North Carolina are the best corn pro
ducing lands in America and desiring to
prove the truth, the land and industrial
department of the Noifolk Southern
railroad announces that it will pay $100
in gold for the largest yield of corn that
can be grown on one acre. . This
amount will be divided into threTprizes
$50 for the largest yield, $30 for the
next largest and $20 for the next.
The contest is open to everybody, the
only condition being that the crop must
be grown in Norfolk Southern railway
territory. V
Universal Food Choppers,
in four sizes. f Basnight Hdw
Co.
. - BBXDGETOB ITEMS.
Bridgeton, Feb. 26th. We have been
having some very rough weather for
the past few days, but are glad to see
some more pretty weather. '
Mr. John Curtis haa moved his fami
ly front Oriental to our town.
Mr. Baker Potter, of Vandcmeu,
was in our town this week. . '
Mr. D. H. Flemming's H'tle dsoght
er Esther, hss been very low for the
Isst week with pneumonia, but we are
glad to ssy she is much better.
There has been a revival aervire go
ing on for tbe last ten days at the Metb
odiat church, there has been very much
interest manifested. Elder J. E. Under
wood, of Goldsboro, and Bro. Hum! le,
of Stonewall, waa here assisting broth'
er Wright in the meeting. Bro. Under
wood preached some very deep sermons
which was enjoyed by all very much.
We were sorry to see Bro. Underwood
leave last Friday, but brother Humble
after going home last week, came back
Monday and assisted in the meeting,
Bro. Humble leaves for bis home to
day, but brother Wright will keep the
meeting going on until Sunday. We
have bad a great meeting, there has
been nine added to tbe church, and
there are others to join Sunday, tl e
ehurch haa been greatly revived and
the whole community has been made
bsttor by the meeting.
. Mr. Jo. Ballard was summoned home
on account of the serious illness of his
father, Mr. J.J. Ballar I from Mem
phis, Tenn., he once wss a New Bern
boy, but has been away for the past 10
years, he arrived home last night, and
his many friends were glad to seehim.
Mr. A. M. Tingle, who haa been do
ing a grocery business here in our town
for several years, has gone out, of the
grocery business and has nut in a stock
of hardware. We wish bim much tuc
cess In bis oew "business,
Mr. J. C Biooks, who haa been up
. r-i-i-i, thu intOT guendlnn Kinir's
n rvti. .m h. Werin..
Bu.ines Collee-e. came home Wednes-
j. -lk. A .,v.nH auk. W, van
sou It. We
glad to see him. ' ,
Mrs. John Hancock and children, of
Urown Sound, is in our town visiting
relative. y .
x Mrs. Msmis'Cmstef, of New Bern,
was in our town yster.lay viaiting rel
et ivea. ' -y j
Mra. Mary Cslem, of New Bern, was
In our town yesterday viaiting' friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Dinkins Hancock, of
Bround Sourd, is in town visiting rela
tives. ''",''
'.. ' REPORTER.
t
As
To Such .Living . Conditions
Among Southern Cotton '
Mill Families.'
Washington, Feb. 24 As sordid and
tragic a tale of the poverty ef labor as
ever told in a government publication
waa unfolded in the report on tbe stand
ard of living among Southern cotton
mill workers mads public by tbe Bureau
of Labor. Government- investigators
Selected 21 typical Southern Cotton mill
families and studied their income and
expenditures in detail for the year 1908.
In almost every ease these1 conditions
were found: The father and two or
three of the older chi'dren at w ork in
the mill, yet the total annual inkome
of the family breadwinners is often less
than $1,000 a year. The account of the
company store runs steadily abovo the
family income. At the end of tbe year
a debt, which is met by an appeal to a
loan shark. To meet the added demand
of interest and principal of tbe debt
another child is sent to work, and soon
until the trapped family his sent all its
children. into the maw of tbe Hill. Then
the report records shocking statistics of
disease and death decimating the stun
ted, weakened population. 1
'In other industries," says the re
port, "father may feel that be can nev
er hope for anything more for himself,
but he can at least plan and struggle
for a better life for bis children. Here
the mill demands the children as well
as the fathers. . ' .;';.':?;-.
The so called nornrtl family father
with wife and children, dependent upon
him tor support is not found among
Ihe 21 typical families atudied. Large
families are Ihe rule, the average of
those studied being 8.5 members, in
cluding boarders. The average num
ber of wage-ernere was 8.8.
"Corn bread, biscuit pork, and cof
fee form a large part of the diet of all
families. Pork means fit pork, salted,
contains very little lean. Nowhere was
any expenditure noted for alcoholic
liquors, : ' , - -. ;
"Over 91 percent of all operatives
live in company-owned bouses. It is s
common .occurrence to find the mother
and the small children, evidently In
sufficiently" warmed, huddled about 'a
small nere in one of the rooms.
Measles, ms'arlal fever, typhoid,
pneumonia, skin diseases and tubercu
losis are prevalent; That tbe people
are not healthy is shown by the fact
that every family studied was obliged
either to employ a doctor or buy modi
cinea. The people prescribe for their
own ills and are burdened with patent
medicines and cure-alls.
From their pitiful incomes the mill
work ore pay surprisingly large sums to
bural associations, being willing to un
dorgo the greatest sacrifices in food
and clothing' to save themselves the
disgrace of burial in tbe potter's field,
Almost every family could spare from
its pinching necessities its mites for
church or charity. One wretched poor
family gave nearly ten per cent, of its
income. The report shows that the
prisoners in, the Federal penitentiary
at Atlanta are better fed than the ma
jority.of cotton mill families.
; Call us up and let us serve
vou value received. Bas
night Hdw Co. v -1 -
The March American Magazine
The March American Magazine eon
tains the first anthentie repoi t publish
ed in' this country of certain highly im
portant discoveries in a London labora
tory aa to the relative strength, both
mental and physical, of the younger
children of a family as compared with
the older children. After examining
thousands of cases th evidence seems
to be that the first two children in
family are not, in the majority of ca
ses as strong mentally and physically as
those that come later. The point for
American readers of coarse in that eco
nomic pleasure, which loereases the
cost of living, reduces tbe site of fami
lies and weakens th mental and physi
cl strength of a nation.
There are many - ether important ar
ticles in the March American. For ex
ample, Stewart E4ward White's story
of a lion hunt; Julian Levitt's investi
gation of- American prisons, in which
he reveals ths prsetlce of unheard-of
brutalities; Ida M. ; Tarntll's paper
on
"The Business of Being a Woman'
La Follette's Autobiography, and Hugh
S. Fullerton's amusing, and yet infor
ming, articleon "Ealing." .
Spier did fiction la furnished by Edna
Fcrher, Jsmes Oppenheim. C S. Ray
mond, Edith Ronald k irrielees snd H
G. Wells. , .
Sedentary habits, lack of outdo tr i x
ercise, insuillcient mastication of food,
conUipnlion, a torpid liver, worry and
anxiety, are the most common cauiies
of B'omai'h troubles. Correct vour hab
its and take Chamberlain's iftotnat-h
snd Liver Tahlcls itmi you will eoon be
well sgain. For sale by a I d. b'utrs.
House Democrats esi'rj-rojubej
the Money Trust iaveit'i'.'.uo,
on
Talk of Municipal Ownership Wa
ter and Gas. Plea for' Par-;
" . i . don. - ,.. ,
Raleigh, N. C. Feb, 23. -State Geo-
logist Joseph Hyde Prstt reports to the
State Board of Geological survey that
the work of inventorying the North.,
Carolina forests from the t.Tenressee,
line eastward has progressed as far ss
Rowan nd-&uHford counties -and that
the entire Piedmont section will be com
pleted during the coming summer. The -board
determinedllo jpU3h the promo- ;
an of the western section of the Cen-
highway and the Blue " Ridge high
way as calculated to be especially bene
ficial to the state. The state geologist
was directed to prepare and issue as .
early as possible a complete public road 1
map of the state, -eho wing the improved '
highways, those in process -of improve-;
ment under systematic approved meth
ods and those improvements projected.
The board determined to give the great
est pospible encouragement to the fur)
therance of the movement for draining '
swamp and soggy lands in . all parts of ,
the state. There are now fifty-six ..
draining districts under way either ful
ly organized and with the drainage work
in operation or fully assured of immedi
ate operation. :'."' ' i
There is much talk of the necessity of '
the city taking over the water plant and
perating it as a municipal property.
The same is true of the gss plant unless
there is some effective way of ' cutting '
the charges from present high scales.
Now gas for cooking, hea'iog and light- .
ing all cost $2 per 1.000 feet with 25
per cent, reduction for payment of bills
before the 10th Of the month.' It (s in- '
iated that the volume of gas used here '
fully warrants a price of $1 per- 1,000
feet instead of the present net co3t of
$1.50. . :
Coroner Seapark committed F.
Gobs, of Durham, to Wake jail in de
fault of $1,000 bond as an important '
witness in the investigation of the death
of the three young men from Benson in
the Wilson apartments here three weeks -.
ago. Officers found that Goss was fix
ing to leave for Buffalo, N, Y., to study
automobiles and demanded bond for sp-t A
pearahce at later healings which he" was 1
unable to give. The jury will resume
its sessions next , Monday to 'complete
the inquest, There"are ntfneW Develop
ments as to' foul play. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 1
There is an amendment for the char
ter jof the Hilderbrand-Crater Company.
Greensboro that changes the name to
tbe Greensboro News Company. 'This '
is , the company that publishes - the
Graenaboro Daily News and, In which
W. A. Hilderbrandand E. B. Jeffries
th principal stockholders. , ; The "
charter shows that they own 149 .shares
each, and that there is only -one- other
share outstanding, that being held by
Mr. MCK.nignt, oi ureensboro-'
W. W. Barber, of North , Wilkesboro
made a plea with Governor Eitchin for
a pardon or commutation Of ' sentence
for D. 0; Absher, a, young white man
of Wilkes, county, who is Berving a
seven-years' sentence for. manslaugh
ter, in that he killed a. man named
Brown in 1904. After the. killing and
before be was sentenced Absher was
married to a worthy young woman, and
there are two children. The plea is that
there has already been sufficient punish
ment, he having served since 1910. The
trial jugexand others recommend that
the Governor extend executive clem
ency. ' - ; ' . -,' I ;
Should Enforce This One Too.
Now that the city ordinadces are be
ing enforced so rigidly it would be an
excellent Idea for the . following eon-''
tained in section 93, chapter 4 of the
city ordinances to be put into effect'
The railroad officials and the public in
general have bten caused much incon
venience by the laxity of the enforce -ment
of this Isw: '. ' '
"The assembling of persons on any
sidewalk in the city, or or the platforms
and pataway about the railroad depots
and boat landings, so aa to obstruct the
free passage of persons and freight'
along the same, is forbidden, snd every
person violating this section shall be
fined wo dollars for each and every of
fence, "t
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SmatocReed declared he would start
a movement in the senate to investi
gate the election of Sena'or du Pont.
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