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J0 3 - No.64 GRAVEN FARMERS E Raise Uu of 10 CaUed Money Crops and , More Stock and Feedstuff. BUYING VERY LITTLE MEAT Instead of That They Are Brlnft- .. - Ing It to Market and. Get ; ting Good Price. For the past year or more the Far mers' Unions all over the country have been urging the farmers to raise more corn, wheat and oats and devote less of their time and land to growing the customary money crops, such as cotton and tobacco. That the farmers in Craven county haw heeded this re quest Is evidenced by the fact that the hay' and grain dealers in this city, who supply the wants of practically every farmer in thecounty, say that their trade in these articles has greatly de; creased during the pasrfew months and that the amount of feedstuffs being sold at this time is not near as'large as - at the same time durlng4ast year. Another noticeable thing is that the farmers are now buying but little meat but rather are bringing it in for sale. A few years ago it was not an unusual thing to see a farmer come to the city,' go to a grocery store or wholesale dealer and buy one or two hundred pounds of hoe meat." This condition was brought about by the fact that they paid but little attention to raising hogs. Every week there are now brought to New Bern many hundreds of pounds of meat and sold to dealers and consumers."-- The farmers receive a good price for this ' meat and also do not have to purchase that which they use for their own comnsuption. ACCIDENT INSURANCE FORT. R. Colonel Has Been Drawing $12.5 A Week Since He Was Shot. New York," Nov. 8. 'Accident in surance in the sum of $12,50, a week has been paid to Colonel Roosevelt since the attack upon him in Milwau kee, Wis. It would have been $125 a week but for the good luck of the company in cutting down the size of the policy from $25,000 to $2,500 a short time before the Colonel reached the Socialist centre. Ten accident insurance companies originally shared the Roosevelt $25,000 policy, issued in June, 1910, shortly after Colonel Roosevelt returned from . Africa. The former President was1 at that time comparatively quiet politi cally. The policy is said to have been made payable to the Outlook "Com- . pany, which concern had first lien upon the Roosevelt services. Then came 1912 and the rigors of the big cam paign just closed. ' . For several yesr the accident in surance companies have made a prac tice of refusing to insure active public men, particularly the more prominent ones, . fear of their assassination being the compelling reason. Nine " of the companies dropped out cf the Roosevelt risk, leaving one Casualty Company in the Missouri . Fidelity and Casualty Company, of Springfield, Mo." ' . - ' DIES IN JAIL. Several day's ago William Hays, one of the colored " convicts on the Cra ven county chain gang, was taken ill with an attack of malarial fever. He was brought to New Bern and placed In jail ' and medical attention rendered him. by the county physician. His condition grew ' steadily ; worse and Friday night he succumbed to the disease! As his relatives did not ap pear to take charge of the body. it was sent to the medical department of the State University for dissection. Sfl CARBONATE OF LIMB fg - WTO fyXV - I Highly Soluble Forms , IVCR0PFERTIUZERS1 C l. spnncER5 DEALER IN ay, Corn,: Oats, Bran, Hominy, AND ALL KINDS OF FEED. IIIGU GRADE CORN MEAL. SEED A AND ED RYE. 1 RICK FOR BALE tr.z'A Crilcrs Given Careful Attention. Lower 1 1! J Jb Street, New Dcrn, N. C. 111 FAVOR OF AH EXTRA SESSION 1 Democratic Congressmen Arriving In Washington Want Tar iff Revised. UNDERWOOD DECLARES FOR IT The Bryan Following la Conftress Stands With Underwood . ' In This Matter. Washington. Nov. - 8. Democratic Congressmen now arriving in Washing- Uon are In favor of an extra session of Congress next spring' to revise the tariff schedules downward. Representatives John N. Garner.and William R. Smith, of .-Texas, arrived here today, and both announced posi: tively for the extra session.' The declaration of Oscar VL Under wood, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has strengthened the extra session sentiment, and opinion is grow ing in Washington that congreess will be called to meet some time next spring after President-elect Wilson takes up his duties at the White House. The Bryan following in Congress stands with Chairman Underwood in his declaration for an early reform of the. tariff. One of Mr. Bryan's closest friends in "the Hoifse reached Wash ington today and said the extra secssion should be called. This man is also close to Governor Wilson and said he did not care to be quoted by the press until he has talked with the president elect. The fact that Mr. Underwood has announced for an extra session pro gram creates the belief in Washington that it is practically settled one will be called. It is declared that Governor Wilson and Mr. -' Underwood under stand each other on the tariff, and the latter would have hardly given out his statement had he not known the wishes of the man who is to take up the eladership of the Democratic party n the White House next March. FINANCIERS ARE CHEERFUL. Say Business Interests Will Be Safe Under Wilson. Washington, Nov. 7. A Democratic administration at Washington holds no terrors for financiers and business men of the District, according to interviews given out today. ' , The statement of Charles C. Glover, president of the Riggs National Bank, is typical; "- "I have never felt less pessimistic as to the business future than now. 1 am delighted that with President-elect Wilson there will come in a Democratic Senate and Democratic House. This will mean that the responxibletis of government will be solely upon the Democrats. And responsibilities brings a. conservation on business lines that cannot be overestimated. ''Mr- Wilson has made a favorable im pression on people of all classes. He will be confronted by teriffic pressure from the most radical element of his party to turn things topsy-turvy, but I am absolutely confident that whatever overturning he may attempt will be with the country's best interests at heart, and that the business world may feel safe to go forward with its work of progress." . John Joy Edson, president of the Washington Loan and Trust Company, expressed much the same statement: "I am not personally acquainted with Governor Wilson, but I am satisfied that he will make one of the best Presi dents we have ever had. He has a reputation as a conservative man, and the business interests of the country will undoubtedly be safe under him." , WINS THE HONORS FROM Burned or Oxide of Lime by $75.00 per acre in a sixteen year test, and proved beyond question that It is superior fertilizing ingrediant. Brown C C03 , by analitical test heads the list of fertilizing limes. For full, information write at Once to mm coast m co. - New Bern, N. C. NEW BERN. N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER $ UNDERTAKES HUGE John L. Roper Company Plans to Reclaim Over Half Million f Acres of Land. TO CONVERT IT INTO FARMS Territory Includes a. Large Part of Dare, Tyrrell, and Hyde County. Norfolk Nov. 9. Reclaiming hun dreds of miles of swamp land in Eastern North Carolina and converting it into fertile farms is the mammoth project just inaugurated by the John L. Roper Lumber Company. v The territory com prises all of the area between Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds including a large part of Tyrrell, Dare and Hyde coun tips and consists of more than half a million acres. Never before has such a tremendous porject been attempted in this coun try and when completed will add to the nation's productive area thousands of acres of the richest soil. C. G. Elliott an expert engineer for merly employed by the government, has been encaged by the lumber com pany to carry the drainage proposi tion to a finish. Mr. Elliot began work on November L- . Tons of eieantic machinery have already beefl ordered and much of it is on the way to the scene of opera tions. Enormous steam shovels, dred ges, pumps and other equipment it, included in the contract which went to a big machine company in Chicago. One of the greatest engineering feats included in the work will be the drain ing of Lake Mattamuskeet, in Hyde countv. a sheet of shallow water 48,000 acres in area which surronds some of the richest farming land in the Old North State. Adding to the development of this territory, the Norfolk Southern rail road is preparing to extend its lines, having already secured rights of way and for the greater part of the route having graded its course, through the heart of the new section. Extensions will probably be made from Columbia in Tyrrell county and from Belhaven across through Hyde county. Certain it is that tne worioit Southern contemplates invading this newly opened land as soon as condi tions will permit., Draining Lake Mattemuskeet is the biggest piece of. individual work con temolated in the project. To accom plish this a huge pump with a capacity of 75,000 gallons per minute will be employed and with this tremendous pressure at work the vast sheet ot water, which covers an area almost as large as the whole Princess Anne county will be pumped dry within a short time. A dvke will be built entirely around the lake and a canal eight or ten miles in length' will be made allowing the water to flow off into Pamlico sound. The beauty of this piece of work is that when completed it will present an unbroken field' without so much as a tree to be cleared. The land bordering on this lake is famed for its productive qualities, comprising some of the -finest soil in the country. i It has been conclusively demonstrated that it will yield large crops of cotton, wheat and garden truck. For years farms have been producing great crops and the aualitv of the soil is such that artificial fertilization is unnecessary. The United States Government has already been over most of the territory . these three counties and made preliminary surveys under expert super vision, and has been pronounced full of wonderful possibilities. , C. I. Millard, president and general manager of the Roper Lumber Com pany, said yesterday that never be fore has such a project been' under taken in this country, by private capi tal. - .-' "We do not know the real possi bilities of this land," said Mr. Millard, 'iln fact it is hard to appreciate the wonderful productiveness of this soil, For . years small farms . have been operating in this section and theri yield has been marvelous, but under the arrangement proposed in our pro ject we expect to develop even greater possibilities' that the ; most sanguine mind has conceived." CONSIGNS KITCHIN TO THE PO- LITICAL SHADES. ' When Senator Simmons addressed the voters of this city last Thursday night, the platform on which he stood had. a a background a large arch illuminated with many small incandes cent lights. The arch which was used for this purpose had on former occasions been used at the Elks' Memorial exercises and had the . words "In Memoriam" painted across the top. These had been covered by a strip of cloth and suitable sentences for Sena tor Simmons painted on them. Yester day some wag removed this strip and I just underneath wrote the words "Kitchin," Later all ho passed the court house were surprised when they read the inscription which was as fol- ' lows, "In Memoriam Kitchin,", DRAINAGE SCHEME GRAVEN COUNTY'S IMPROVED ROADS State Geologist Says County Is Losing One Hundred Thousand Dollars Annually. URGES ISSUANCE?iOF BONDS Many Miles of Roads Have Recently Been Improved State High . way Progressing. In a report recenti)$ issued by the State Geologist he states that Craven county has three . hundred and fifty miles of : public roads 'land that only seventeen miles of this is. improved road, leaving a balance of three hundred and tfiirty three uUes.-unprove6l.f"''';After careful compulation it t found that the annual .loss to the county because of these unimproved roads is in the neigh borhood of one hundred thousand dollars. . Going further in his report Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, the State Geologist, says: "A number of tcv!i;tn,l individuals in Craven County ha -t p't dged them selves for money ar. 1 'ii' oi in connec tion with the rebuild ngjnl main roads leading from New Bern to points in Beaufort County; but aside from what has been done on the Central High way, the county has not made any a'dvance steps in road building during the past year. Craven County could undoubtedly obtain a good system of sand-clay roads by the issuance of $200,(100 to $300,000 worth of bonds which could be easily supported and retired by the county, without any in crease of taxation." Since Dr. Pratt wrote the above report the Craven county Commis sioners have had the county convicts at work on many of the roads and the total number of milts of improved road has been increased above that shown in his report. In addition to this much! work is being done on the road? all over the county and within the next year it is believed that the total number of miles of good roads will amount to more than one hundred. The Central Highway through the county will also be completed by this time. AT ARMAGEDDON. (Wilmington Star.) We stand at Armageddon and view the landscape o'er, The field is strewn with wreckage as it never was before; The elephant and moose are numbered mong the slain. And the Third Termer's dead as Hector ne'er to rise again. Let the people sing a pean for the battle they have won, And stand by Woodrow Wilson, the Re public's mighty son; He'll sail the ship of State and will steer for Uncle Sam, And ,keep all the sailors straight with commanding epigram. TAUGHT WILSON Interesting Story . of President elect's School Days in Wilmington. Joilet, 111., Nvo. 7. John C. Baker, of Manhattan, was the happiert man Will county over the election of Woodrow Wilson to the Presidency be cause it fulfilled a prediction made by his sister,. Mrs. Mary Russell, more than 40 years ago. Mrs. Russell ' was Mr. Wilson's teacher when he was 10 years old in Tileston School, Wilmington, N. C, and ot the time predicted that the boy some day would be President. She died three years ago at Leesvillc, N. C, at the age of 84. As a token of his esteem, Mr. Wil son presented his teacher with a little fretwood picture frame, which is now in the , Baker ' home..- Mrs.' Russell watched Mr, Wilson grow to fame, and .with each advance changed the picture in the frame. When she gave the frame to her brother she remark ed: "You will want to keep this, for when he gets to be president you will be very "proud of it." ' . Baker - said that Wilson s father, Rev. Joseph Wilson, visited him at Manhattan- at the time his son pub lished his first book, and said: "Well, I don't see where Woodrow gets his smartness. WILMINGTON MEN DEFRAUDED. Lose $25,100 By-Wlre-Tapplng Swin dle Three Under Arrest. New York, Nov. 7.- On the com plaint of Dr, J. W, Powell and Curby Cleveland Sidbury, a lawyer, both of Wilmington, N.- C, the New York police yesterday arrested two men on s charae of having defrauded the Southerners out of $ 25,000 through wire-tapping swindle. , Sidbury identi fied one of the prisoners as a man who posed as telegraph company official The lawyer says he lost $22,000. The prisoners gave the-' names of "Charles Daly" and "Frank Graham.' The police have them booked, how ever, as Charjes'H. and Frank Gon dorf, notorious for years as swindlers. 1912 FIRST SECTION MANY AVAILABLE FOR THE CABINET No End to the Booms Started By the Friends of the Various Possibilities. TWO PORTFOLIOS FOR SOUTH But in AH the Sections There is An Abundance of Suit able Material. Washington, Nov. 8. As it has al ways done with newly elected presi dents, Washington is already picking Governor Wilson's Cabinet for hi,m. That he will recognize the South with two and perhaps three portfolios seems' assured. President Cleveland did this by the appointment of Hillary Herbert, Lucius Q. C. Lamar and Hoke Pmith to Cabinet berths. To meet this expected demand, the South is pointing to many favored sons. Texas would like to see cither Congress men Robert L. Henry of Albert Burle son named; Virginia offers Edwin A. Alderman, president of irs university; Representative James Hay, former Con gressman II. St. George Tucker and Congressman elect A. J. Montague, while Louisiana comes forward with National Committeeman Robert Ewing and North Carolina selects Josephus Daniels. In the East there is a wealth of mate rial. Massachusetts, the home of Rich ard Olney, today has its Loius Brandeis; New York is no less provided with available candidates. That State is the home of Chairman William F. Mc Combs, Vice:Chairrnan McAdoo, Sam uel Untermyer and Norman Hapgood. All of them hive been Wilson men from the beginning. The Far West has produced Rudolph Spreckels and Governor Burke, of South Dakota, a one-time candidate for the Vice-presidential nomination. The middle West has its Harvey W. Wiley, now transplanted to Washing ton; Robert M. LaFollette, William Jennings Bryan and a host of others. Mayor Baker, of Cleveland, who figured conspicuously in the B.ilitmore convention; Henry Morgenthau, of New York, chairman of the Wilson finance committee, and Senator O'Gor man, of New York, are being "men tioned" as possibilities. From this array of Democratic lead ers Governor Wilson might easily find enough figures to fill all the Cabinet offices. Aside from Mr. Bryan, there is not one who has been named who would refuse a place in the next Cab inet, it is believed. While Colonel Bryan has been sug gested again and agian by his friends for Secretary of State, it is a fact that he has told a good many people he would accept no appointive position under Wilson's administration or any other. There is reaon to beleieve, too, tha Governor Wilson is personally acquainted with the fart. For Attorney General there are plenty of able Democratic lawyers. Samuel Untermyer, of New York; Louis Brandeis, of Boston, and Senator O'Gorman are in this list. Governor Harmon, of Ohio, who held this position under Cleveland, had been mentioned for it again, but his age would probably eliminate him, if he did not eliminate himself. Dr. Wiley or Congressman Burleson would be entirely willing to succeed Secretary James Wilson at the head of the Department of Agriculture. Many people believe Wilson could not do better than appoint James Hay, of the House of Military Affairs Com mittee, to be Secretary of War. Power ful army influences will be brought to bear upon the President-elect to do this . Novody, so far as Washington hears, has been proposed specially for the Secretaryship of the Navy. McCombs, McAdoo and Daniels have been proposed for the Post-master Generalship. The Postoffice Depart ment has be come the biggest business nstitution in the Government; a astrong business mn is needed ft run A number of leaders would cheer fully accept the Secretaryship ot th Interior Department. Natigal Com mitteeman Fred Lynch, of Minnesota, U among them. So is Josephus Daniels, who was private secretary to Hoke Smith when the latter held the job. So is Represnetative Henry, of Texas. For head 6f the Department of Com merce and Labor. Louis Brandeis and Norman Hapgood, . both distinguished sociologists, are proposed. It is known by all of Governor Wil son's friends that he is trying to find the ablest business man in the party for the Secretaryship of the Treasury, Morganthan might be chosen. ; . MANY SWEET POTATOES. Mr. Daniel Lane, one of Craven county's most successful farmers, was in the city Friday attending to some business matters. Mr. Lane stated that the farmers in his section were very busily engaged just, at this time in getting in their crop of tweet po tatoes. This, he said, was larger this season , than before in many years and that In addition to this the prices were better than usual. MEETS TO Large Number of Candidates Were Voted on, Making The Count - Very Tedious. MEETING PROLONGED TILL LAT The Full Democratic Vote In County Not Very Far From Two Thousand. The Craven county Board of Cqn vassers and the Democratic Executive Committee met at the court house in this city yesterday at noon for the purpose of canvassing the returns from the election and Senatorial primary. Owing to the fact that the State, county and national election were held at the same time, the returns were large and much time was necessarily consumed in getting the totals and filling the reports. Until late last night several members of the Canvass ing Board were engaged in this task. In the senatorial contest the total vote in the twenty precincts in the county was as follows: Simmons 1658, Kitchin 209 and Clark 62. The vote by presincts follows: Maple Cypress Simmons 49, Kit chin 2, Clark 1. Vanceboro Simmons 123, Kitchin 42, Clark 24. Truitts Simmons 63, Kitchin 0, Clark 3. Bridgeton Simmons 83, Kitchin 2, Clark 1. Taylor's Store Simmons 22, Kit chin 0, Clark 0. Lee's Farm Simmons 35, Kitchin 7, Clark 0. First Ward Simmons 140, Kitchin 9, Clark 1. Second Ward Simmons 370, Kit chin 10 Clark 6. Third Ward--Simmo.ns 202, Kitchin Clark 1. Fourth Ward Simmons 150, Kit chin 4, Clark 4. Bern Precinct Simmon 30, Kit chin 0. Clark 0, Tisdale Simmons 22, Kitchin 0, Clark 0. Dover Simmons 48, Kitchin 57, Clark 3. Fort Barnwell Simmons 64, Kitchin 44, Clark 3. Cove City Simmons 60, Kitchin 16, Clark 8. Jasper Simmons 98, Kitchin 8, Clark 0. Gum Row Simmons 8, Kitchin 0, Clark 0. Ernuls Simmons 63, Kitchin 0, Clark 5. Beech Grove Simmons 20, Kitchin 0, Clark 5. Thurman Simmons 18, Kitchin 1, Clark 1. In the results for Governor, Craig received 1860 votes from the twenty precincts, Meares 152 and Settle 105. Giving Craig a majority of 1603 votes in the county. For President, Wilson received 1819, Taft 8-) and Roosevelt 204, giving Wilson a majority over his opponents of 1526 votes. In the election for county officers on the Democratic. and on the Republi can tickets all of the former were vic torious by a large majority. The com bined county vote on each follows: Democrat Republican. Clerk Surveyor Reg. Deeds Sheriff Treasurer Coroner 1946 1932 1943 1944 1937 1934 147 151 146 151 134 151 The Vote in Pamlico. .The vote in the Senatorial primary in Pamlico county was Simmons 449, Kitchin 223, Clark 25. BEAUFORT COUNTY RETURNS. Washington, Nov. 7. Complete of- ' , .-' ,.11 h. i.W v1 r?,.V'9ll BOARD CANVASS RETURNS V7 Si V. h - TOLSON LUMBER & HFQ. CO FOR EVERYTHING )ffice and Factory 129 E.Front St New Bern N. C. We call your attention to Farm Implements The John Deere Low Down Manure Spreader needs . no introduction All you need is to see it . . Our line of Seed Drills. "Ontario." "Buckeye" . and "Pennsylvania," never fail to make friends. sv ci.ii. ri..n. ....:.(.:.. !." TAn rtium" : n your selection can't fail to please you, and then Our Prices are made to suit YOU. Your orders will be carefully at attendedto. Phone 98. ' ... J. C. Whitty '-G Co. s 35th YEAD TO BRING MORE E Seventh Party of Western Farmers Will Probably Arrive In December. "" : COME BY NORFOLK SOUTHERN Descriptive Matter Being Sent Now To Prospective Tourists In Ohio. The Land and Immigration Depart ment of the Norfolk Southern Rail way Company is making preparations to bring another party of western home seekers to North Carolina. This will be the seventh party of westerners brought to this section by this com pany. On each of the former occasions the visitors were well pleased with what they saw andlearned and several of them have moved from their western homes to this State. Mr. B. E. Rice is in charge of this department of the road and he is an untiring hustler. On his last trip through this section and while in New Bern he stated that the company was doing all within its power to aid in developing this country by bringing these men- to look the land over with a view of settling and that so far the results have been more than gratifiying. The tour will start at Cincinnati, O., and descriptive matter is now being sent out to prospective tourists. From Cincinnati the party will be taken to Norfolk and from there brought on down through North Carolina, stop ping at every prominent point along the road between Norfolk and Beau fort. At each place, as on former occasions the visitors will be enter tained by the Chamber of Commerce or some other punlic organization. The exact date of this seventh home seekers' excursion has not been an nounced, but it will probably be during the first week in December. FLAT OVERTURNS . While the tug Margaret was towing a flat loaded with lumber across Neuse river from Bridgeton to this city yester day morning, the flat overturned and several thousand feet of the lumber went overboard. The cargo was being brought over to the Neuse Lumber Company. The crew at once went to work and succeeded in recovering the part of the cargo that had been lost. ALLEN JURY DISMISSED. Prospective Juror Had Discussed Case in Presence of Others. Wytheville, Va., Nov. 8. After a jury had been secured in the Wythe county Circuit Court here today for the trial of Sidna Allen on an indict ment charging him with the murder of Judge 1'hornton L. Massie, the de fense moved that the jury be dismis sed. Immediately the prosecution join ed in the request, and the court so ordered. Another venire of 50 men will be summoned from Grayson coun ty. In the examination of prospective jurors it developed that one of them had discussed the case in the presence of the others and this was apparently the reason for the motion of the de fense to dismiss the jury first selected. Court adjourned until Monday. ficial returns from Beaufort county show the total vote for each of the can didates as follows: Senatorial ticket, Simmons 967, Kit chin 428, Clark 355. ' Presidential ticket, Wilson 1605, Roosevelt 548, Taft 285, Debi 61. - Gubernatorial ticket, Craig 1825, Meares 482, Settle 293, Hodges, Social ist, 72. THEN SEE our complete line of - ROM SEEKERS Going to v mil if l r
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