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ill :tffl nflrrtf t? -to I NEW BERN r CRAVEN COUNTY.ICC SECTION & No 37 35th YEAR'. : J' H POSTMASTER EDWARDS EMPTIES'5 IS PISTOL AT BEN R. WARREN i Vane eboro" Stirred Saturday NightfBy Sensational Shoot ing Affair. . THREE'OFTHESIX BALLS TAKE EFFECT. Warren Under Care of Phys iciansNot Known Wheth er Wounds are Fatal ' Saturday night at 8 o'e'eck at Va tc boro, Ben R. Warren, the liv..rymao, was shot by postmaster J, F. Edwards Only three of the bullets took effect 'and two of these merely pierced Ihe skin, indicating that the pietol which Edafds threw away after the shoot ing, was cf a cheap quality. The third bullet, however, pierced Mr. Warren's right aide and may prove of a very re rioos, posaibly fatal nature. There had been feeling between the .men for some time, and it bro ke out a'resh when the postmaster,; so it is - claimed, refused to send Warren hia mail. The two men had the difficulty which resulted in the Shooting in front of Warren's stables. After som 3 words Edwards struck Warren with a stick. Then he polled nut the pistol and began 'shooting.' Warreq walked cfl abou; : a hundred yards and fell. His son B. B. Warren," bad come up in the mean time and gone to the aid of his father, whom he assisted to his . feet and ac companied to Dr. Johnson's office. At the thrts .ol i h ; 1 Jr W v r j f jll and his son picked him up and carried him Insile. It Is charged that after Warren fell and before his son got to him Ed wards walkeJ up t his prostrate form and kicked him. Bo'.h man are said to have been drinking. ' Sympathy at Vancebiro is almost all with the wounded . man. He is. a1 small man and bis 'assail Jnt is a man of large size. . Warren bad no weapon of any sort, not even a pocket knife. Among the many rumors which were flying around the streets wis one that Edwards had been heard by several to say that be would kill Warren. ', ' Used a Gun. . Another shooting scrape, ' and one with a humorous aid to it, occurred about the same ; time the E lwards Warreq encounter. Will Dudley, a ne. gro, called Mr. Dick Cleve an insulting ' epithet and jlater followed . it up by throw itijf f i Kh.ci ta Vnoj cracker into Mr. Cleyt's room, giving quite a shock to Mr.' Cleve who responded with a load from his shotgun which, however, . did not take effect. . . - Mr. McGowan Gets Patent. Mr. Noah' McGowan of Craven couuty has recently bad patented a device for ascertaining the level of land. It is very simple, and bids fair to replace all other Instruments for this purpose, Mr. McGowan is spending a few days in New Bern, demonstrating his device, and endeavoring to Interest farmers fa iU. ' -' ; - . . . -s Immortalized' Brown That's the cuckoo from a clock I used to have. I have the high eat respect and admiration for It, be cause It it the only thing that ever dared to butt in while my wife was talking! Puck, v ' ;?.r. Have You Been ; . . WHERE? .1 ' At The Great. 10 day Something or nothing, now." y "-'A." 63J Middle Street,, Everything an 1 1 1 1 1 iTiiiiixiixixxxrx - You can deposit your moneyjn ihe i NATIONAL BANK1 OF NEW BERNE No matter where you live.'' We pay 1 interest, com pounded semi-annually on time deposits. We know your wants and want your business. Write us without ail andjweill take pleasure in explaining our methods. National Bank of New Berne ? , : New Bern, N. C. 1 - J AS. A. BRYAN, Prest. GEO. II. ROBERTS, Cashier JNO. DUNN, Vice-Prest W. W. GRIFFIN, Asst. Cash. ESSEX. Id PORT-- LIKE NOAH'S ARK The acbocner Eisex, Captain Dixon, arrived Saturday morairg from Mid- d'eton, Hyde county,' looking like No ah's ark.' She had on deck cattle, hogs, chickens and all aorta of stock. Buyers appeared as soon ss the vessel - got a line on the dock. : . i . " ' Thep jwer boat Reliance is at the market dock with still more watermel ons, though large ores are bringing but seven cents and email ones four cents, Schooner Agnes arrived yesterday morning from Hobucken, Hyde county, and sailed in the evening with a cargo consisting of lathes and cement. The gas rcrew boat Janet, belonging to Mr. L. T. Small wood, of Oriental, has recently been admeasured by the'lo cal custom house authorities. She was built at Atlantic, on Core Sound.' and is 47 feet over all, with a tonnage of 10 gross and seven net. Good Start On Building. A gcod start has been made on the foundations for the two-story brick bu lding to be erected by Mr. W. A. Mclnti sh, on the northeant corner cf Craven and South Front streets. Trenches were bein; dug yesterday and seemingly the excavating had so far advanced that the masons could go to work. The building ' will be large enough for two fine stores, one of which will be used as a wareroom for the New Bern Iron Works, of .which' Mr. Mc intosh is treasuier, and the other will bo rented. , LIGHTS BETTER IN for the past four or five mopths there has been a noticeable improvement in the lights in ths government bui ding. The custodian is to be congratulated on this great change for the better. Really, there is now no excuse for com plaint. There has been a great deal of ''kicking" and fault-finding in the past some of it merited, ar.d now that every thing has been made all right it seems that a word bf e mmendation should be given those respontibje fortho improve ment. ' The Editors In New Bern. . New Bern the end of the waterway trip was a happy host to the editorial pary. Automobiles whirled the men and women of the party about the hustling, growing, city acd the point of. interest were briefly shown Jhe visiting party. New Bern wants the press association to meet with them another time and promises a big re ception.' From the little while spent there last Friday, New Bern would be a good, place to go for a stay of days. Charlotte Observer. NOTICE. The school committee of the Ninth Township wiil meet at Jasper Friday, Aug. 16, at three o'clock. Persons desiring places as teachers should send thiir applications to the com mittee. " , M. W. CARMON, Chairman. There? "IT IH " for Everybody. Go there. Do it NEW BERN, N. C. xxxixx i xxxi&nnixixxnxx FEDERAL BUILDING THE INLAND WATERWAY. Th Clnrl tte Chron'clo in tailing of i he recent niteting of the Press Associ ation in Morehead City, after describ- n& 'the trip to Cape Lojkout on the Seminole, says of the trip to New Bern on the Pamlico:-" The other trip'wss through the in land waterway to New Bern and a committee from New Bern went along to assist in hospitable treatment.' Th'S time the revenue cutter Pamlico, car ried 'he party. This waterway, cn s true ted by the government at a cost of $500, uOO, shortens the water distance to New Bern nearly a hundred miles. The canal constructed toconnnct Bogue Sound and the Neuse river is 17 miles long, ranging from 100 to 200 feet wide and the average depth of water Is 10 feet and it !s proposed to deepen the canal to 12 feet This waterway is a sect ion of the inland waterway extending from Boston to Morehead and coast wise vessels can thus make the trip without getting in reach of the danger ous rections of th? coast. Th's wter way is 43 miles in length and is a mem' orial to the services of Senator Sim mon and Congressman email, it is one of the big things accomplished for North Carolina by two men who are watching for the interests of their constituency. New Bern was the last point in the excursion and the visitors were made to feel at home. Automobiles were provided and everybody took a ride. The points of interest were shown, and the little while spint in the growing town was truly a happy time. The trains that night carried the newspaper men bsclt to their desks and work Every one felt better ard ready for another year of service in the interest of the development of this the best State of the Union. Over a Hundred Sold In Com : Jparativley , Short Time ' Sales Increase. FIRMS WHICH SELL THEM Interest In Automobiling Stim ulus to Movement for ' Better Roads. It is conservatively estimated that there are over one hundred motor cara in New Bern that is, that have I ern eo'.d here wi hin a comparatively i hurl time. Ins sales are rapidly incrinc in tactme aetuers are uiame to v)- p'y the demand. Psompt deliveries are out of the question, for the 1912 output of the factories is entirely exhai s e. Many New Bern people who del y d ordering early in the spring' are n w anxiously waitirg for their ftl3 mod. la. xne nrms nere nandiing me car arc: Hyman Supply &., who have the CadilUc, E, M. F., Overland ard F;. n- ders; The New Bern Motor Car Co, who sell theFord, and the New Re-n Garage Co., selling the Buick in al t e diffei ent models. - This Interest in automobiling is a great stimulus to the good roads movement It doe's more to bring about improvement ia the highways thanr' anything else The" gasoline car wilt greatly help the County fair, as a number of motor vehicles are expected to be pro vided to carry visitors cut to the grounds. The C( S. Holllster company, whole sale grocers, have just purchased a new "Flanders 20" touring car from the Hyman Supply company for use of their sa'e.-men who make runs to niarby towns. Vesterday at noon their new chauffeur to whom the machine seem ed to be new in a double sense wss trying to get the power plant into ac tion presumably for the first time. He would cheerfully crank the engine, at tempt to start the car, place bis foot upon the accelerator pedal, and just i s soon as th engine began to ' wake up the would-be driver would get so ex cited that he unconsciously removed his foot from the accelerator, when the en gine would promptly choke and 80 out of commission with a'wheexy sigh ' A more experienced '.Chiffonier" arrived upon the scene, loaded the' machine with passengrrs, Including Ihe amateur chauffeur, and proceeded upon the way rejoicing, without further trouble. . Other wholesale houses have al-o purchased machines for thalr saleimen. The salesman are tickled with the idea. It enables Ihsm to make duicker and more enjoyable trips, and then there is - I I ' I . 4 Jill Ml UlCfJ fUVO. . , . ' Notice.'''"'.. , ' The annuojt plcnlo at Lex's Chapel will take place Aug- 8. There will be spraking for the Sunday school and ' alto for the. Farmer's Union, Eve y body Is cordially invited to eoni. Bring your baslte's and let's all have -a good time. 1 - LARGE NUMBER OF MOTOR GARS HERE BrE Situation Growing Says Live Steadily Stock Worse," Exchange Man. MORE T CATTLE NEEDED . -- . - . us - Congress or the State Legisla tures Will Have ; To Get Busy Soon, Chicago, Aug. , 3. The - warning is sued to consumers after theV'diasohi tionof the Beef Tnt"- "that meat prices would be higher baa been f ul filled and beef, at the local etockyards is selling at the highest prices ever at tained here. H The figures represent a new world's record for altitude in beef prices. A scarcity of cattle was given as the cause for beeves selling at $9.85 per 100, and a prediction of $10 cattle for next waek was made by dealers today, Charles S, Jones, president of the Live Stock Exchange, has issued plea for raising more cattle to supply. the increasing demand. "The situation Is sericus; he said. Congress or' the State -Legislatures must soon tike s;me action to encour age cattle raising." , . V Prevai'ing high pricea, according to butchers, have been reached by a gra dual climb. The following' reasons for the unprecedented meat prices are given by President Jones. ; , Increasing population, due to immi gratfon; crowding of people into the cities; opening by Congresrof Western breeding and .grazing lands3 to settle ment?; ahandonmeut of cattic-iaising in corn-growing States and selling of calveB for slaughter by dairymen. New York, Aug 3. Red ink marks on the bills of fare in many restaurants notified patrons that the price of all meats had been advanced 5 and 10 cents a portion, due to the unprecedented high price of cattle on the Chicago market. ... ... The management of a catering com pany maintaining a chain of rest au rants all over New fork and In'practi cally every city in the United Sutes served notice that beginning tomorrow the re would btt a 6-cent increase on all meats and an advance on the prices of many other difhes. For instance, in Mu s restaurants totatoes that have b en eervrd as side oilhea with steaks wil coat 10 cents a portion. Other side dji lies also will be charged for, and it was rdn.ored 1 hat event utlly bread ard t utter will I e served at en add charge. . The advance in restaurant prices fol Ic.wh the remarkable s upward shoot of wl olesale and retail meat prices since the to cal'eJ'disaoluiicn of the Beef Trust." Mr. George R. Fuller and family Miss Minnie Oxley and Mr. Fuller's fa therr Mr. A. W. Fuller. of Abbeville Ga., arrived by automobile . Saturday nigh' trim Abbeville. ' Mr. Fuller and party left hers nearly three weeks sg j. The secood right otfk-they were in Florence, S C. Later they touched at Atlanta, Macon, Au gusta and other cities, i They went to the southern part of Georgia and there at Abbeville Mr. Fuller's father joined the party, y',' .,; "'.""-."V, ,.:-r Returning they came through Grsem vllle and Spartanburg in South Caroli na and Charlotte, Salisbury ard Greens boro in this State.. They, spent Friday night of this week in Hiltsboro. Leaf ing there at six o'clock yesterday morn ing th y came on to Rsleigh,""reschlng the capital in time for breakfast.' At 2 o'c'ock they were ia Goldsbonf for dio nsrand at seven tbey were back hi New Bj, ; f- " . They had no accidents of any sort or the way down. And on the re'urn Vi three puncturesjformed the sum total f their troubles..' - : V '"'X. To Reach! III! A ; Io the rural- Districts of Craven, Jones, Ons low, Carteret and Pam lico counties, adver- , tise in the SEI'I J MOTOR TO SOUTH GEORGIA AND BACK rim ; Endorsement of Hia Party., .. , J The State and National conventions nd tecent votes upon the tariff ques tion in the Seriate and House certainly endorse Sena' or Sirr mons' course and monstrated that . he has the c nfl- dence of bis co' leagues r, , ,The national platform did not refer to Specific duties upon any comm odity, but does declare for a reduction Jo a reve nue basis and so distributed as to fall equally upon every section and. all the people. ' This is certainly fair. .For it the South must pay to support the gov eminent she is alao n titled to ber share of the becefita to be derived from the tariff. The Times star da for free tiade and a direct tax, but that being im practicable at this time and the reve nues to support the government must of necessity he 'raised through a tariff. why should we hand our raw materials to those who favor pro' ec tion and al low th m to aerd the finished product back to us at several time) its value cn account of production afforded by the tiriffn ? The South pays 70 millions of dollars out on sccount of the tariff and gets nothing in return. The Senate and House agree with Senator Simmons on Canadian r 'ciproc itys His position is that if Canadian wlie-t sUJI be exch;nged free, why u-an't Csnui!ian Hour hIso come in free, ind thi-- v!'l Ireak up the flour trust, and if iron ore is turned in free why not stee' . manufacturers to break up the steel trust and so on. The cost of high living is due to the protee'icn on the manufactured pro ducts which baa enabled manufactur ers to charge the limit on the products of their factories irrespective of wheth er the raw materials were admitted free. Wilson Times. Beaufort Man is Much Talked of as Suitable Man to Sue-. ceedE.T. Lamb. OTHER RAILROAD TALK. There is Possibility That Bal timore and Ohio Will Get Norfolk-Southern. "How about E. C. Duncan for the new president of the Norfolk-Southern Railroad?" That is the suggestion which a good rqany New Bern people, and doubtless people al along the line are making now. Persons who,, are fa miliar with what. Mr. Duncan Ins ejone fn the development of the Norfolk Southern say that he not only deserves to bs placed at the head of the rosd by reason of what be has done in building it up but also because he has the exec utive ability, energy and financial con nections that would' enable h'm to fill the place more acceptably, probably, than any one else that cculd he had. The Norfolk Southern is much dis cussed nowadays anywsy. In addition to the gossip alout the presidency of the road much is being said sbout the future of the read so far as it may be guessed from developments in connec tion wi h the vacant presidency. From the fsct that A. W Thompson, 3rd vice president of the Bsltimore end Ohio Railroad, is spoken of as the new pres identof the system, some are gather ing the deduction that the Baltimore and Ohio is going to come into the af faiJS of the Norfolk-Southern. This is a consummation which would be gen erally welcomed as the Baltimore and Ohio is known as a powerful system snd a great upbnilder of -the territory served by it - Brings Home Some Fine . Cora. Postruister J. S. Basnight paid a vis it to Mr, John Fields, at Filds' Sta tion Friday. He ' returned with a stalk of corn with four fully .developed ears thsreon. Mr. Basnight said that Kr. Fields took him through a field containing fifty a?rea of the finest corn he ever saw. No stalk had less than three a: s while some bad as many ss tx. ; ' " 1 FOR SALE: ' V J . . . . Cottrell press from which the loiunal was formerly Drinted is " r ale by the E! J. Land Print-1 Co. Is in fair condition now - 1 ; with a little ' overhauling 'i be made to give many ' a' service. Will ta,ke up to f U lumn folio. Anyone wanting 1 1 :wspaper press and not wili ! to incur the expense of buy a new one would do ...veil t ; into this proposition. " E. J. Land Printing Co., New Bern, N. C, SUGGEST DUNCAN ASNEWN-S HEAD icnnnrn PRESS A STROLL IN GHENT: INSPIBES, CONFIDENCE IN GITY S GROWTH Inspection of New Suburb Calculated to Dispel All Pessimism. STREET RAILWAY LAID ON SPENCER AVENUE Lined With California Pop lars, It Runs Two Miles Down Boulevard Any pessimistic indiv idual who has doubts atout the rapidly approaching substantial growth of New Bern is ad vertised to take a stroll or a rids out along the line of the new New Bern Ghent street railway line. Starting at the Union station, thetiackslavebeen laid down Graves street to Craven, then on down toScuth Front, and along that street to Middle. Turning in front of the Elks Temple, the road runs out Pol lock street to McCa-thy's Circle Cross ing the Coast Line tracks, on Queen street, the line enters Spencer averue, named after the founder of this beauti ful suburb, Ghent. Mr. Spencer was a men who had traveled, and he named his town site Ghent, after the beau iful European city of that name not copy ing Norfolk. Lined by beautiful Cali fornia poplars, the track now extends some two miles due we?t down the m d dle of this bou'evard. Spencer avenue is 80 feet wide, and gra?s covered from side to tide. A 12 foot diveway will be built along side the walks. The next street north is Rhera ave nue, or '''the boulevard," named in honor of the original owner of the lacd There are three of the3e avenues run ning paralell with the car track, while the cross etrcets are cumbered, a la New York. The track upon which Ghent is laid out comprises over 500 acres. The en tice plot ia fifteen feet higher than, the ground upon which the pustoffke stands being the top of the wat-rshed between the Trent ard Neuse rive-s. Not far from the city light and wa ter works is the site of the conlemp lated rark. A car barn will be built there, 40 x 100 feet on the ground plan. The, 70,000 brick necessary for the erec tion of this stiucturehava already been shipped. As to the new railway that will ehort ly be ia commission, it is high grade in every particular.; Cypress and liirht wood ties, 70-pound rails and good bal lasting make it the equal of any heavy service rosd-bed in the country. me cars, wincii win be running wunin inree wceas, u is .promiaeu, are now being finished in Cincinnati by the Gould company. There will be four of them, Of the latest storage battery type- The New Bern Ghent Street Railway company ia a close corporation. The following well-known men are responsi ble for it: Mr F. Sitterding of Rich mond, Dr. E. C. Armstrong and Mayor McCarthy of New Bern, and J. W. Bryan, Jr., of Norfolk. In fact, there are two companies the street railway company snd the land company. Mayor McCarthy merely represents Mr. Sit terding in the railway company. Wanted to Help Them. Miss Foy George was reading a book called "How to Propose Without Getting Excited." MaiTea, Helen sent one to every young man she knew. GetitatBi4xter' And there will be no aftermath of regrets. 7 Baxter has . the stock and the prices. Whatever 'tis that menj ' women and children wear get it at Baxter's. It is ' '. ' The Old Reliable Store. J. J. Baxter, Department Store ELKS TEHPLE ECONOrjJY Can your Fruits and VcgetablesSce outline ol1 Ganners-- "Carolina" "Home!! ki i "Ideal"..and "Ranney" -' FHUIT CAHG E. J. C. WHITT FAVORS TOWnSHlP BONDS FOR ROADS- A public spirited citizen asked FrI- ' day: M"Would it not be a fine Idea. for all tht wnshipB In Craven county' to buili sand clay roads? i A number of these' townships have already' voted V f' special tax for road improvement. This tax, when collected, will rot more than keep the roads in repair, By Vot ing bonds, this tax would pay the in terest on amount invented and leave a surplus sufficiently large to keep the sand city roads in excellent repair; By' adding to the already existing tax rate a small per eent of extra tax, these bands could be paid in installments . from surplus of tax money received. -This should not be a political move, but must be taken up by all public spirited citizen), regardless of political , affiliations, and all interested in good . roads." Good roads are a prime factor in all educational and commercial development, and the success of this movement is a consummation devoutly ' to be wished. New Bern Inspires Him. Yes'e'day's Raleigh News and Ob- server says; fM:n Mr. Johi A, Duncan his frienisin happy mood salute him as "Jack"came 1 back to Raleigh yesterday after a three weeks' stay at Beaufort, to which he liins each- succeeding summer. Mr. Duncan informed his friendsthat twice a day while away hj took dips in -the salty waves. "It was fiie," he de- clared, as he toli of diving and swim ming in the water. On his return trip he stopped over in New Bern and he , is inspired to eloquent tributes as to ' the progress of that city. . He side- : wa9 and. "stresU, ha 4c'ares are mo p dels. - ' ' ) "Jack," said Mr. Duncan, referring to his faithful dog without whom it ia a rarity to see him, "la still at Beau- " fort. He had as fine a time ss , I did and I await his coming to Raleigh with . the greatest impatience." f NOTICE. The hour for tbe meeting of thefcra ven County Farmers' Union on tbeJOtJk of Au'u t is chmged from 2 p. m. to 12 m rr th accomodation of. ProrYp W. C Crxby who will be with ui and pp,ak on lhlB datf. Professor Crosby is Secretary of the ' Educational Committee of the State' Farmers' Union, and a man throughly conversant with the state warehouse system. This will be the theme of his iscou-se, and not only the farmers,, but every body in our county as well as adjoining counties are urged to come and hear him After the speaking there will be an executive session of the Union. o D. P. WHITFORD, Preident. . Peculiar Chinese Industries. In Taochow there are some Strang ,r Industries. Oner la the ralshng of the . . machl, a sort of large pheasant, the ' tall feathers of which are very valu- t Me, as they are needed for the dress ttata of mandarins. Timber ' la very -plentiful In this district and Is sent ' away by raft to all parts. , t . , i ' NEW BERN, N. C. IS rJEALYk & C xiimHiniiimiiminj iimiiiinnmTtmimy