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No 12
NEW BERN CRAVEN COUNTY, N. Cr FRIDAY MAY. 10. 1912-SECOND SECTION
35th. YEAR
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by FRANCIS PERIST ELLIOTT
- ........ "vvtl vyotlA,ttfTWJ,
frisky, jocular alf. -
Her voice lifted In alarm.; "Nay,
nay. Clarence not for mel" she urged
hastily.- . -"But
H'a only"
"No fizzy adulterations In mine
hot on your life." She followed me
across the room. "Just give me the
straight, pure goods anything, Just
so u s wnisky."
And before I could say a word -if, '
Indeed, I could have said a word she
had selected a decanter of Scotch, and
with cigar tilted upward in her tender !
mouth, was absorbingly pouring a
nining stream of the amber fluid. '..'! The question reminded ma of the
- To see the slow curving of that entanglement .to which her frank slm
delicately molded wrist, the challeng- pllclty had confessed. And sfee ex
tag flash of the Baucy eyes of blue, pected me, of all others, to tell her
by Jove, it made me Just forget all what to do! Hooked up into the ra
about what she was doing till the dlant, trimsoned face as she bent
fluid ran over the brim. And then, forward slightly,' her Una parted, her
before I could intercept her, she had eyes eager expectant. She was hang
lightly gestured her glass to mine, tag upon my reply,
and in a flash the stuff was gone. I coughed slightly. "That question
Gone! A full Whisky class: and I In hardly fair von know." I aald mean.
recalled with a shiver of horror that
It was very high proof liquor some
thing I seldom touched myself, but
kept! on hand for : certain of my
friends. -
"I say, you know!" I gasped in consternation..-
"I'm awfully afraid that
will er will " 1 gulped wordlessly.
The coral lips curved scornfully.
"Get me jingled?" She looked as she
might have It I had Insulted her.
"Maybe so in those girlie-girlie days
you were trying to josh me about,
but not since these two years I've
been at college." She shook her love
ly, ' bright head, and followed a long
enjoyable pull at the cigar, projected
flva perfect rings at a frescoed cherub
in the ceiling.
She leaned forward eagerly.
. "Look here, 1 do Wish you would let'
me call you 'Dicky.'" s
Oh, I say will your Exploded
from my mouth. . ., or. Jarit,doesBt- know- a much about
"Willi?" Her look made my olood your affaire as he thinks. does he
leap. "You Just watch me Dicky! eh? " Why, he totd me you were more
Oh, say, this is great; maybe it won't' afraid of a girl than of a mad dog."
take a fall out of old Jack always ' And a slapping gift fell on my
bragging that you allow only two or shoulder that made me tingle from
three to call you that"
"I hope you will always call me
Dicky," I said and said it very soft
ly. By Jove, I could hardly keep from !
taking her hand! . . But here she rose, stretched her
"You bet I think it's awfully good of arms, and dropped Into the wicker
you, Llghtnut I mean, Dicky." Then ' arm-chair. She hitched It hearer to
her face grew pensive. "Say, do you'me. f ; ;:
know. I need a friend like you Just i "You see. It's like this;" she began,
sow, I mean oh, worst kind." . I assuming a confidential air. "You
"Do you?" I said eagerly, and know my sister's up at school at Cam
hitched nearer. Sho proceeded:
"Haven't you had things sometimes
. you wanted to talk about to some
body well, things you couldn't Jusi
''tell to your brother or sisters -oh.
nor even your room-mate? You un
... derstand."
I'waBn't sure that I did, for she
was blushing furiously,, and in hei
yes wss an appeal., '
By Jove, some jolly love affair, 1
guessed suddenly. My heart Just sank
like a lump of what's-lts-name, but my
' whole soul went out in sympathy for
her. I made up my .mind, then and
1 there, to put myself aside. -
"Devilish glad I mean delighted tc
have you tell me anything," I mur
mured rather , weakly; , "but er 1
-should think your mother"
"The mater tell her P.. Her hand
; lifted. "She'd guy the life out of me!
Besides, she's in Europe." She paced
to the window and back.
I protested indignantly: "I don't see
how any mother"
"Aw, forget It!" she broke In, and
I winced again at slang from those
: aweet Hps. "No, sir; I'm going to un
load the whole thing on you, or no
body." . -
And, by Jove, the next thing I knew
she had perched on the brood arm of
the Morris chair in which I sat, her
arm renting lightly above my shoul
' ders. '
"Here's what I want to know
about," I heard her sigh. "When
you're engaged to one person and
meet another you like better, how are
you going to well, chuck it with the
first, you know and . still do the
square thing? There, that's what hit
me, Dicky; and I'm up against it tor
fair!" Her hand gently patted my
shoulder. "I'm telling you, old chap,
because I know you'll understand
because I like you better than any
man I ever saw that's right!"
I was Just afraid to move! Afraid
she'd stop; afraid she'd go on. And
all the while I waa feeling happier
than I ever had in all my life hap
pier than I ever knew people could
be, you know. I never thought her
bold dash It, no knew It was Just
her adorable, delicious, Arcadian sim
plicity, by Jove! That explained It,
just as it explained to me all her
other unconventlonallty.
"8o now it's up to you", she said,
"and I want to know what's the an
swer." Ibe answerl
' k.a xntiM t fftvn her ITIV SB-
AUU iin o - '
"couldn't lake advantage of such cir -
. x'rt k. Tn I know in v Vi II
eumstancs of her artless confes
sion; knew devlilKh well it wouldn't
do, yon know. IV.ht reproach me la
years to cemm; anl then and then,
.there was Hillings!
Eo I Juet contented mygcitf with,
j . vua.t's-jy.itit rs bsTi-m
cmmy, awruiiy aro. ttal rt-ni I
Just fait like Jolly cad or fool,
Couldn't tell which.
' , CHAPTER VII.
'Mv'-Vvi- :.-
Confidences.
This beautiful creature
posed to mel
had , pro-
By Jove, that's what it amounted to
practically; and now, as she said, it
was .up to ma. Tet i couldn't say a
word)
"Well, what must I do about the
other one?" Bhe insisted. "
ingly. ."You see, It hits mo rather
personally."
"Oh!" she said:' ' . '
I nodded and tried to find her hand
as I looked down. v
"So that's where the shoes pinch
es!" And she whistled thoughtfully.
And just then my upward reaching
hand found hers. And yet no, it
couldn't be her hand, either; It felt
like the crash cover of the cushion
rough and fibrous. And yet, by Jove,
it was a hand, for it gave mine a grip
that almost broke my Angers and
then dropped them. By the time 1
looked up, I saw only her little palm
resting upward on her knee.
It was funny; but I had other things
to think about than puzzles.
; She sighed. "Well, I'm the one that
can feel for you, Dicky." Here the sigh
lifted and her laugh pealed like a
chime of silver bells. "I guess Broth-
bead to foot. And yet I wished she
wouldn't do that; If she did It again,
I should Just lose my head I knew 1
should.
bridge, too." ' . .
"At Radcllffe college yes." I Bod
led. . ' . !
"Why, yes. Well, It'a her room
uate!" ''' ;
"Eh? I don't believe I I paused
perplexedly. .
"That's right her room-mate, I tell
you! And In a day or two she's com
ing home with Sis tor a visit I want
you to come up for a week end
wont you and look her over 1
mean, see her and tell me what you
think of her. You'U go crazy about
her oh, I know you will!" -
I entered a protest "Oh, I say now,
yon know, there's only one girl I ever
saw I would care to look at twice."
She smiled adorably. "Oh. don't I
know all about how you feel? But X
just want you to see this girl she's
the prettiest and swellest that's been
around Boston for many a day; and
on Sunday morning she could give
the flag to all the avenue. Why,
Dicky, she's from China!" -
"China!" I must have looked the
scorn I felt "Oh, come now, you dont
think a Chinese girl Is
"Not Chinese, Dicky." In her eag
erness, she moved so near, the silk of
her pajamas brushed my hand. "She's
English. Her dad's the British Gov
ernor General of Hong Kong Coionel
Francis Klrkland, you know beefy
looking old chap with white mutton
chops I saw his picture."
Hong Kong! , I wondered It she
knew Mastennann, the chap who had
sent me the red pajamas. Why, dash
It. of course she wouM; for this fel
low Mastermann was out there oh gov
ernment business, snd he and the
governor must be thrown together a
good deal. ,
Her musical laugh broke In on my
speculations. "But the funniest thing
Is, Dicky, her name's the same as
mine."
Her name! ' By Jove, and until this
moment, I had not thought
"Oh, 1 say," I exclaimed eagerly,
"what Is your name, anyway?"
The lustrous eyes opened wide.
"Why, you mean to say you don't
know? Thought you knew I was
named after the governor. And she's
named after hers Frances, from
Francis, you know Just the differ
ence in a letter. See?" "
. "Frances!" I murmured Ungeringly.
"Bo your name's Frances?"
"Yes, and hers Is Frances odd.
isn't Itr
I assented, but I wlabed she would
drop the other girl I wasnt Inter-
ed there, except Just because she
was.
Her bosom lifted with a s'ca. "Don't
you thluk Frances U a peach of a
name?"
"It's heavenly!" I wtbrerel. "Af.i
I'm ('ad to la-ar abejut your friend,
. (c, i(ir,-)
AVERY AVJARDED
THREE THOUSAIID
Dollars, Surd Baker Bryan For
Damages Id the Sum of 125.
000 for Killing His Sod
, : Lost Christmaa Night,
In the raie of F. P Avi ry va. Baker
Bryan, in which Mr. Avery, was suing
Bryan for $25,000 damages for shooting
and killing his son in this city last
Christmas night, : the, jury yesterday
awaided the plaintiff damages in the
sum of $3,000. ,. .
The circumstances in this esse were
rathei unudual. The killing of young
William Aveiy on list Christmas n'ghi
by Baker Bryan and ihe subsequent
trial and acquit" al of the man who did
the killing, is doubtless familiar to
every citizen of Craven county, being
as it was one of the grossest miecsni
ages of jus; ice ever perpetrated in the
State. Mr Avery wai urged by Mr
friends to sue Bryan and steps were st
once taken toward this end. Thi
sheriff attached considerable property
belonging to Bryan and this is now ii
hia hands and will doub less te disposed
of and the proceeds of the sale, turned
over to Mr. Avery at an early date, '
Lai vim Mowers "Philadel
phia," synonym of quality.
Price from $3.75 to $20.00.
Basnight Hdw. Co., 67 S.
Front St - . -
Children Cannot Use French Malls
!' '. ''i
Paris, May 7 Following the exm
pie of the New York, police, the Touioi
gendarmerie havd orders to refuse chit
dren to moke use of the Post restan'e
Similar instructions have came into
force at Lyons and Marseilles, and it i
expected that the city of Paris will fol
low suit ebort'y.
The evils of the secret roBtal'etmmu
nication are of course appa-nt Tht
matter was brought to' a h ad by the
good people of Toulon, wheie a d-puta
ti n of districted fathers who bad loe
their chi'dren in elopements or worse,
waited upin the prefect of police sno
begged him to take action.
General Booth L sing His Sight
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London, May 7-h. It is feared that
General William Booth, th o.ton'gaii
an founder and t-till active head of th
Salvation Army, whose life is one ol
most extiaordinary human iljcoment
of modern times, will have to abandoi
his farewell tour In m coast to coast o
the United States. There is grave dan
ger that the man wh.3 first brought the
light of Christianity to the slums ol
London will himself lose the light or
his earthly eyes,
A Bucks Stoves and Ranges
that bake better bread with
least fuel.
Hdw. Co.
J. S. Basnight
fisheries Bureau to Experiment With
Terrapin at Beaufort, '
Washington, May 7 -The Bureau o
Fisherii s, confident that the ciamond
back terrapin can be cultivated in th
United States for commercial purpo er
and placed within the means of ever)
body, will seek an appropriation fron
Congress for the employment of terra
pin cultutist Some study of the aub
jset already has been made in tht
South and George M. Bowtrs, Corn
miasirner of Fisheries', said if Congie t
authorizes a culturist cxpermenUl wort
will be pursued at the Beaufort, N. C.
laboratory,
Ashley Borne Stricken WHh Paralysis
Greens! oro, N. Cv May 7, Cnlone
Ashley Heme, of Clsyton, waa atrick
en with paraljsis slortlv before the a
rivisl of the Mscon Confederate Reuri- r.
Special train here at 8:15 Sunday nigh
and immediately upon the arrival ot
the train, he was remove! to a room at
the Huffioe Hotel, his condition beini
such that it waa considered wise , t
later remove him to St, Leos hospital
Col. Home waa conscious then the train
arrived here and when carried in'o the
hotel by his comrades of '61, expressed
regret at his failure to mtke the full
trip with them, Just before the train
pulled in one of the grizilej old warriors
who stood over Col. Home asked, "How
are you feeling:, Colone T '
"Too good for yru boys to let me
worry you." was the qairk response.
At midnight it was stated lhat he had
shown a conHidernble improvement and
the symptoms were such as to warrant
the belief that a recovery was poesitile
in the event of n' un Tor Been setbacks,
Col. Home i 4 one of the best known
men in the .Stute, b'-iuft a farmer and
raiitlist en I a prominent gubernato
ilal cai.diilate at the Cimilo'te c nven
t: n which nominated Govrrmir Kitchin
f rjt,rstpg.
UT DERWQDD
Hi THE I1IH
South Too Timid la Promoting Its
Presidential Claims. Away .
.From Home. v
The Washington Post of the:4lh says
Editorially; , r- ,
Why should the director ' of the Un
derwood campaign beta's longer to
teat Ihe Southern candidate's popularity
in the North? While hia signal success
in Georgia and Florida removes all
doubt as to his acceptability in hia own
section, snd while the results in those
States must greatly impress hia party
e'sewhere as being a wtighty argument
in support of hia claim to general re
cogni'ion, yet if his friends wait uitil
the convention meeti pefore frying for
Northern delega'es, it is to be appre
hended that it may be f,und less easy
to capture them than if i proper effort
had been made lo have lhm instructed i
at first hands. Even if only successful
in polling a substantial minority in the
North, that much would 'give him- an
added prestige that might count might
ily at a tum'ng pointy the contest.
It has all alcng beeft , bbaerved tha
S uthernera of presidential size exhibit
the grea'est reluctanck'lo inaugurating
a Northern campaign though doubtless
slive to the fact that steh a ' move is
eseential to fuccets. Whether this
timorous attitude is atlrinutable to per
sonal diatnsliration, or ia promoted by
an indefinable popular cast of thought
opposed to the idea of craving Northern
support would be hard t say. But that
the Southern temperament is not promo-
ive of movements designed system at i
cully and energe' bally 'to aid in the
nagging of delegate throughout the
length and breadth of the land ia not to
be giinea'd. The effect, if not the
xact cause, wears no mask.
This deterrent influenceprobabIy will
serve to keep Ire South cooling its
e Is on the White House steps inde
finitely unless some bold ard unflinching
wader goes to the ' front Hra hie' own
courage. Why not Ocar Underwood?
PILES! PILES! PILES I
Williams' Indian Pile' Ointment will
jure Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles,
tt absorbs the tumors, allays itching at
Mice, acts as a poultice, gives instant
relief. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment
is prepared for Piles and itching of the
jrivate parts. Sole by druggists, mail
Ac and $1.00. Williams' M'f'g. Co,
''rops., Cleveland, 0.
PROGRAM MEMORIAL DAY EX
r . ERCISES.
The following program haa been ar
ranged for the Confederate Memorial
Exercises to be held at the Masonic
I'heatre on Friday May 10th: ..
Hymn "Rock of Ages."
Prayer Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Carter,
Chords by Choir.
Introduction of Speaker By. Marahall.
Address-By Wm. Dunn, Jr., Esq.
Quartette-"Nearer My God to Thee."
Presentation of Crosses of Honor.
Solo and Chorus-Tenting To-night
ORDER OP MARCH TO CEMETERY.
Marshall Jamea F. Clarke.
Ast Marshalls, Sam'l K. Street
" " W. N. Pugh.
" " David Brinsoo.
" - ChasF. Hargett
New Bern Camp Confederate Veterans
Sons ot Veterans.
Naval Reserves.
Coast Artillery. . - V
f peaker aid Chaplain,
Ladles' of Memorial Aasaociation. '
!v ',' - '; ' Choin . '''.,' ..A. .
Daughters of Confederacy. ,.
Children of Confederacy,
.S hool Children., ;
, Cuirens. ',''.
PROGRAH AT CEMETgRY. '
Ch ir-Guard around th tomb.
Sjog and placing of flowers on mounds
by Children of Confederacy.
Benediction by Chaplnin.
- Taps, ;- -v ,
Music st Graves-"Thy wiU be Done."
Decoration of Graves. . '
Local Institution Purchases Bonds.
The New Bern Banking & Trust Com
pany were the successful bidders foil
$30,00 worth of Wayne county drainage
bonds and which were Sold a few days
ago. There were two bidders in the
field; the New Bern Banking & Trtut
Company and a Chicago firm. The bid
of the local institution was slightly
above the premium and the bonds were
sold to them. Ths ability and pmgrea
siveness of the officers and directors of
this Institution places it in the front
ranks of banking houses and gives the
public tha utmost confidence in their
strength. v
23 ftr cent ReJ -.ctlca cn
r-r.i cr.J toys t!.: J. J.
r r
THE HUH SEG-;
REIT IKS
Has Just Eetarned From a Visit
' to Several Northern Fairs and
Is Very Enthusiastic Over
Mr. I. Leoa Williams, jecretsry of
the Craven County Fair ; Association
Company, has recently returned from a
visit to several Fair Associations in
northern cities and also in, this State
where he went to investigate the eon.;
ditions and secure blue prints and pho
tographs of the grounds and buildings.
Wl i'e away be viaited Great Brockton
Fair at Brockton, Mass , theTri-S'ate
Fair at Trenton, N. J., the Allentown
Fair at Allentown,' Pa., the Virginia
State . Fair, at Richmond, Va., the
keck enburg Fair at Charlotte and the
State Fair at Raleigh.
At each of these places Secretary
Williams conferred with the secretaries
and secured detailed information in re
gards to the plans upon which they
were;" conducted. In each case these
fairs are making money, and there is
not the least tea son why the Craven
County Fair cannot do the same thing.
At the next meeting of the Execu
tive Committee Secretary Williams will
lay his plans, blue prints and photo
graphs of the buildinga and grounds
visited by him and let them decide up
on which they will construct. Just as
soon as the location is decided upon
work will be started on the exhibit
buildings, grand stan I, half mile race
track, stock sheds snd stables. At
present there is every indication that
Craven county's Fair will open next
fell.
Water Coolers from $150
to $4.50 at Basnight Hdw.
Co., Phone 99.
Inmprovement In Ashley Home's
Greensboro, N, C May 8. Colonel
Ahlry Horne showed a marked im
provement in eondMooaad membere.of
ihe family who have arrived from Clay
ion expressed the hope that his improve
ment within a few days, would be su
fficent to allow his removal to hia
Clayton home. Mrs. Horne arrived
arly yesterday morning , coming
from. Clayton to Raleigh by autorao
bile: She stated that Col. Hnrne had
been in poor health for several months,
ami that the family was apprehensive
and discussed the wisdom of allowing
him to undertake the Macon trip. Dr.
Charles Robeson gave out the state
ment that "Col. Horne is greatly im
proved, and certainly out of immediate
danger." .
Paint And "Paiut."
Paint itself costs $2.10 per gallon but
remember that Linaeed Oil costs only
$1.00 per gallon, and that "Paint" ready
for aae consists of 4 parts Paint and
S parts Oil. Consequently it is plain
that yon ahould buy Paint and Oil sepa
rately mix them yourself and save 45
cents per gallon. Therefore buy L.
M. Paint (prepared in semi paste form)
mix three quarts of Oil to each 1 gallon
L t M and mske 1! galls, of Paint
ready for use at $1.65 a gall.
Call on Gaakill Haidware & Mill Sup
ply Co., New Bern, N, C.
All Soldiers Must Swim. '
Washington, May 8. Partly as a re
sult of lessons gained from the Titanic
disaster, all branches of the military
service nave decided to go in more
strongly for swimming.
Instructions art being issued by the
War Department for regular swimming
lessons lo bo given to all recruits.
Swimming has been required of all en
listed men of the navy and Marine
Corps, but hereafter the regulations of
drills and exercises will provide for re
gular swimming by every officer and
man at sea.
- While soldiers have no duty at sea ,it
hss been decided as advisable that they
be taught to swim la case of accident
while traveling oo ship or for military
purposes In getting across streams in
field action.
Politics may be all right as a game-
but not aa a business.
V World Wireless Hush. ,
Washington, May, 6, Wireless op
erators on ocean-going steamships
throughout the world will be compelled
to stop all commercial business and listen
at stated Intervals, perhaps every 30 or
60 minutes, calls of distress from other
craft, if the recommendations of the
American delegates to the International
Railio Communication Congnss, in Loo
doo in June, are favorably acted upon
These delegates are now meeting in
Washington to msp out recommenda
tions. The del gataa are also said to
favor tba fn a Ivtncad in Congress to
c --. 1 1' e 1 l . ers to carry two
v,ir." i c. : ....
VETEHS KILLED
111 IHfJi'1 DECK
v ...
Reunion Special Jumps Trestle and
, "Taps" Are 8ounded For
Three Old Soldiers.
New Orleans, May 7-Fonr train
men and three passenger were killed
and a number of passagtre were hurt
when the first section of a special train
carrying: Confederate Veterans from
Texas to the reunion at ttaeon, Ga.,
was wrecked yesterday morning on the
New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
near. Haltiesburg, Miss. Tha engine
and five; coacbea were derailed and
turned over --
The dead passengers are supposed to
be Conf . -derate Veterans.
Engineer W, A. Woods, and his negro
fireman were killed. Two other imployt
es of the railtoad who were riding on
the engine were killed. ' '
The train waa running thirty miles an
hour when ..the engine left tba track,
carrying wi'h it a day coach, : chair ear
and three tourist sleepers. Two of the
sleepers went through a 'trestle. -.
piles Cured ini to h myi
Your druggist! wi" refund money if
PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any
case of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Pro
truding Pileain 6 to 14 days. 50c .
Hampton loads Greatest Coal port
BBWBSBBSBiS - .
. Newport News, Va., May 7th. Pres
ident George W. Stevens, of tba Caesa-
p aka and Ohio Railroad has anpounced
that tba road will begin as soon aa plana
are rady to erect a million-dollar coal
pier Jpcatexf among the other piers at
Newport flews, v
1 ne new pier win oe i.zuu reel long
and 88 feat high. It will have a capac
ity of 3,010 tons of coal an hour. -
Instead of the incline! track up which
the cars &ti now pushed, there will be
an elevator to raise each car te the
proper.. tniUutz-ifi hs
When this pier la completed Hampton
Roads, where the great Virginia pier is
already located, and where the Norfolk
and Western will so-ra build another
mammoth atructu-, will be the great-
eat coal port in the world, .
Sale of Land For Taxes.
Saturday, June 1st 1912, 1 will offer
for sale at the post office in Bridgeton,
the following: town lots to satisfy the
amoWt of taxeav dae- oa them to. the
town of Bridgeton.
W A Adams, 8 loU S8c with coat 88
M II Allen. 10 lots 66c ' ' $1 16
3 W Brooks 2J acres $1 81,' V 2 81
F J HartJey, 1 lot, 176 ' 2 26
:, 8 . T. W. MOORE.
TaarJCellector.
WH1TEOAK RIVER ITEMS.
Jones County, May 9tb. With us the
weather is fine.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gooding, of Lo
co, were quests of Mr. and Mrs. Furnie
Collina Sunday. ' W..
Misa Aurora Collins returned home
Sunday; she hss been spending a tew
days visiting relatives and friends at
Lees Chape).
Mr. E. B' Conway, Miss EtU Smith,
Miss Maggie Carr and Mr. Fab . Par
sons, all V Loco, ware visitors at the
home of Mre. Molsiey Collins last Sua
day afternoon.- ,
Mr. Willie Jones and Miss Cassia Eu
bank, of Little HelL passed through
Monday, returning home. . They had
been vialting at Richlaads.
, Mr. Johnnie Rouse, of Lees Chapel,
was a visitor here Sunday. . ' - , -Mr.
Curtis Howard and Stephen How
ard were -in thie section Sunday.
Mr. J. R. Parsons, of Lees Chapel,
was a welcome visitor In our midst last
Sunday. ' ?
Mr. Furney Collins has got his new
house completed and moved in it Tues
day.
Meeers Frank aad Clevaland Parsons
were here Suaday.
'There will be preaching at Brick Hill
Sunday afternoon at 8.30 o'clock. Ev
erybody Invited.
Mr. Percy Collins and Miss Bessie
Littleton were -visitors here Sunday af
ternoon. , , ;
Mr. Matt Collini is all smiles, it's a
Our farmers are all busy now chop
ping oat cotton.
I will ckiie with best wishes, for the
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'WaahinB-ton. May 8. The House pas
sed the Bulkly bill, providing for the
coinage of one-half cent pieces and "-
three-cent pieces. The bill provides
t&at they shall be coined of 75 per cent.
copper and 25 per cent, of nickel '
All new one-cent pieces are to be
made a trifle smaller than the present
penny. Hereafter they are to be made
from the same specifications proposed i :
for Ihe ha'f-pennies and three cer t ;
pieces, .At present the one-cent pieces
contain 90 per cent, of copper . and 10
per cent, of nickel The change in the
proportions of eopper and nickel will .
cause the i eduction in size. , . . : .
The one half cent piece provide 1 for
in the House bill haa . arou:ed '
curio ity regarding its use. .
A few instances cited by its adher- '
ents are: :
Some kinds of meats sre listed at 121
cents a pound, but if one takes one
pound one pays 13 cents,
In other lines dry goods (by the
yard), groceries (by the pound) or green -groceries
(by the measure) the price
often is 12J cents or "two for a quar-
ter." - . ,
If one does not wish two for a quar- ,
ter, haviog no need for the two, whether
they be pounds, pints or other measure-
meots, the mstomer pays the additional
half cent. With ihe half cent piece the J
purchaser would be able to meet the ;
exact price asked.
; 10 per cent ' Reduction on
ladies, mens" and childrens Ox
fords, jrj. Baxter.
The Reaper Hovers Over Klnston. .
Kinston, May 8 An epidemic of vio
lent acta during the past 43 hours in
this city and vicinity hss startled the
community. ; ..
Frank Vause, a well known farmer,
who lived Several miles from Kinston,
was found drowned late in the evening
in South West Creek, and the body"
found several hours later by a search
ing party.
Incensed at his wife because she
would not sign a deed to property which
he wanted to sell, Frank Evans, a ne
gro, cut bis wife's throat and the side
of her face, aplitting an ear with a
pocket knife. The timely arrival of a
physician kept the women from bleed
ing to death, and she may recover.
Ed. Eaaon, a white man, was fouod
dead in a road near LaGrange, h's neck
broken, and a team which he had been
driving standlug near. Myatery sur
rounds the death, and foul play is hint
ed at
Arthur Hill, a negro boy of Lincoln
City, a suburb of Kioaton, and another
boy were portioned by paria green. Hill
died, but an antidote saved t he life of his
companion. They had been warned of
the poaion, but considered the ad moo- r
ition asyonly an attempt to , frighten
them. ..... ..
Ice Cream Freezers that
freeze cream faster and make
mixture better "ALASKA"
at Basnight5 Hdw. Co."
- -HAVELOCK NOTES.
: April 30.-Rev. C. O. Durant filled
bis appointment here Sunday.
Miaa Bertie Cannon la visiting her
sluer. Mrs. S. W. Reams at Morehead
City this week. . i -Mr.
and Mrs. J. I. Russell and child- '
reo and Mrs, A. S, Lamm from Slocums
Creek attended church .hero Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Bryan snd -
sister, from New Bern visited relatives
at Hsyelock Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis GiUikin snd son
Courtlandt, and Mr. Joe Roberson from
Lupton, N, C, visited frit nds at Cht rry
Point last week, '' ' -
Messrs Wataonand Barnes and M 'sses
Saltier Russell and izorah Garner weot
to New Bern Saturday on the "T.&tA."
ahopping. They had a very rough but
pleasant trip.
Mrs. Isaac Mitchell and children were
Visitors at Havel ck gun'lay.
The many friends of Mrs. T. L. Kill
will be pained to learn of her i' h.
Eiie died at her horne at Ilavelork I '
tliintiay evenn at 4, ;iJ ociit. . i
waa sUk ae week a'Ji t-i.ii'i.... it r l
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