North Carolina Newspapers

n ... 5 -' c ... NEW BERN, NY C, TUESDAY, JANUARY)!, 1913FIRST SECTION th YEAR III la U I . iv...u I Mr. Daniels Apr18'- Before Na. tlonal Association In la- v terest of Naval Militia. WANTS LIGHT DRAUGHT BOATS Also There is Need For Vessels With Larger Accommo . datlons For Men. - Thomas C. Daniels has, returned from Washington, D. C. where he represented the North Carolina Naval V.. .ia at a meeting of the ' National Naval Association held in that city. "The special purposeof Mr. Daniels' attendance was to urge the National Association to recommend to the Navy - Department'the construction of a type of vessel suitable for the use of the militia in times of peace, and for use in the shallow- waters of the tropics in time of war. ; 'This wouldx necessitate the building of ships lesg than twelve feet In draughts '' " y ' '' . MfDanicls admitted that the North Carolina Naval Reserves had gained a Ifcreat deal of practical knowledge from the use of the torpedo boat Foote and ithe converted yacht Elfrida, but stated that he Relieved the work of instruct ; ing the naval militia could be greatly advanced by the u&eqf vessels of the ' type advocated'. " ;.' - .J.' , One difficulty with thVpresent ships . ' is that the accommodations for the men Sre unsatisfactory. The proposed ships Vould be sufficiently large to accom modate at least one battalion at a time with all the conveniences desired.' Jn , addition ' to this ad va ntage it 1 would give the government a class of ship of light draught,' of which ; at present it is badly In need. ,: All the modern , ships ' are of heavy ; armament and require more than fifteen feet of water - for navigation. Whe n.- it is necessary to send warships into shallow waters the old-fashioned gunboats of antique . type are necessarily used. The effi- ' ciency of these vessels is much less . than that of the proposedtype, , Want thhr $J4.7j quick Director of Mint Gets 500 Appeals ' Washington, Jan. 16. The" Treas ury Department gave out a news item a few days ago that tucked iway in the vaults of the treasury there was $34.7 for every man, won an and child -in the United States, the ; per capita of the reserve fund. i ., V :" Director of the Mint Roberts yester day and to-day -received 500 letters from all parts of the country, in which the writers demanded that they be tent their &.M.7 forthwith. One man, writing from the distant West, ecked that his be sent in $1 bills and pennies. OPEN SKATING RINK. John Parker1 and Girard Mitchell ' have rented the old tobacco warehouse on Ccorge street and are operating a skating rink there, , At . present the young men are not furnishing their patrons -with skates but are intending doing this at an early date. The" rink has been in operation for several nights pa.t and large crowds have been pre sent each night, i -..' Motorcycles are becoming so n'ume roiis and some of the riders so reckless that the Chief of Police has given orders that officers keep a special watch for riders exceeding the speed limit which for motorcycles and automobiles is twelve miles an hour. . " X , ... jm. L LEE i.ID L,a. f." nnnnrv-i L.-ulJu: I'liuUiliiul Memory of Great Leaders of The Confederacy. Will Be Fit tingly Honored - ' , . -"i . EXERCISES SUNDAY JAN. 1 Rev. B. F. Huske, Rector of Christ - Episcopal Church To De- ' " .-.". liver. Eulogy. ,' The program for the Lee and Jack son memorial exercises Sunday ofter noon ar 4 o'clock at the First Baptist church - has been " arrangfd--by the committees having it in charge and is at follows; - o .-w -. Processional -Hymn Children 'oCCon- '. ' ' r federacy, Prayer; :.:...;...;...... Rev Dr. . Carte music .;...;...,. j.i.......i..Choir.. Eulogy ...li..,.. .........Rev. Mr, Huskc Music ....:..v '. Choir.. Poem,..'..V..........,...Mws May Hendren MusiCw.j.Jl., .... .j. w....;.. Prayer ........Rev. Dr. Summercll.. .;... Presentation of Crosses of Honor ' Benediction .......Rev, Mr. .Hurley Those who' will be entitled to re ceive crosses of honor 'arc the following veterans;- W. Z. Boyd, Croat an; J. H. Cumbo, Irentpn; Wiley A .Ewell, Vanceboro; Lewis Gaskins, i Ernuls; J, R. Harget) L. A. Haywood and Lewis King, Trenton; Jos: F. Maids, Mays- ville; S..F. Noble, C. C. Smith, J. C. Parker, and J. B. Pollock, Trenton; James Ringgold, New Bern. ". Others to receive cresses of honor are; Mrs,. B. A. Armstrong, Bayboro; widow, of Henry D. Armstrong; George H.. Bryan, Halifax, son of J. H. Pryan; Emeline Edwards, Vandemere, daugh ter ol Noah R. W. Slade; A. E. White, Pollokuville,' , son of Needham M. White; Alex H. White, Polloksvilfe, son 4of H. A. White; Reid Whitford. Charleston, S. C, son of Col. John D. Whitford.. : " "FOUR YEARS LONG ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH ANY 'MAN."; v Pittsburg, , Jan. 16. "Four years is long. enough to live with any man." This was the only "excuse the wife ofWilliam -A.',INagel gave when she left him in 1908,' accordinglo the test!-', mony of the . husband." They-' were married Jan. 14, 1904, and livcdto gether uijtil May 0, 1908, and having exceeded the limit as to what, accord ing to her ideate period of marital life should be Mrs. Nagel left her hus band. ' ' - T,he latter testified that on the day she left his wife quarrlelcd ' with him and hit him over the head with a cup. He said he tried to induce his wife to return and live with him after she left, but she would not,- ' THE ENDEAVOR CRUISING IN , EASTERN CAROLINA WATERS The Endeavor, a ship . which was built at Norfolk and used as a rhan-O'- war during the war between the States has come-into 'the -waters of Eastern North ' Carolina and wilt Ins - used "in surveying work. She is in command of Captain J. B. Bontelle. Her last trip to this section was made thirty. six years ago and since that time she has been in almost constant ' service in one capacity or another. She will remain in this section for seveaj months. . ; - ' ' . Having been defeated for Senator from Maine, Obadiah Gardner is now ready for the cabinet. m4 Ml J, t A. - WINS THE HONORS FROM 2 timed or 0::h!c of Lime 1 .. fit Aft J . ' iy vj.uo per acre m a sixteen yea te:.t, and proved beyond question tha it is a si'i ciior ferlili.iug . inrcdl.tnt i' u' C CO J by analitiYal tes '('! t df f. i tiiiing limes. I'( ' ' :;Mim write at once to ' "I !": . ui m hoe i;: TiiEcr::;inY? Reported That Mm. Nicholas Long- " worth Will be In "Petti-' . coat Division." REPORT NOT YET CONFIRMED But It U Known That Roosevelt's Daughter Is Now Out-and ' r Out Suffragist. Washington, Ja:v 16. It is reported that Mrs." Nicholas Longworth, daughter- of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, will ride in thcT'pt'coat cavalry""! the suffragist ' parade 'March 3. wMrs. Longworth is not here and the story has not been confirmed.' It is said that Mrs. Longworth has become an' out and out sulTrag'st since.her father con ducted the spirited Bull . Moose cam paign last fall. Some of Mrs., Longworth's friends, among them . Mrs. v Bourke" 'Cockran, Mrs. Shane LeslieMrs. Charles Dam, Gibson ami Mrs. Russell Cult (Etfiel Barry more)-1 are outKpoken .idhefent" of the woman's cause. ' . . ; Mrs. R. S. Burlescn is to Ik Chief Marshal ol tne . "petticoat cavalry." She is a noted horsewoman. Some of the women who will, ride are Mrs. Churchill Candce of New York, Mrs. John C, - Fremont, Mrs. James V, P nchot, Mrs Charles P.outcn Wood Mrs. Richard Wcightman,. Mrs. Rich ard Wainwright4and Mrs. tfeldea Lay. TRENTON INTERESTED IN PRO- . , POSED CAR LINE. '' "The people "of-Trenton would . be very glad indeed to see the New Bern Ghent Street Railway ' Company ' ex tend its lines to Trenton and wpuld heartily co-operate Jn bringing about such an extension", said S. H. Haywood president of the Heritage-Haywood Company of Trenton, yesterday. '."I believe too, that to get such a line the people living along the route would gladly give the rights of way, he added. Our people would be exceedingly glad to . havf the representatives of . the traction company come ' to . Trenton and talk the ; proposition over , with us. When they come they, will fnd 6ur peo ple anxiouS for better transportion facili ties ind willing to do anything reason able to get them." . 7 . . -' . ' II! National Association -of Bottlers ;of This Beverage Holds ; Convention'.. D. Bradham of New Bern Dis coverer of the Drink, A mong the Speakers. Tue annual meeting of the l7a. tional Association of ( Pepsi-Cola Bot tlers was convened In Greensboro Thursday morning for a two days' session". C. D. Bradham of this city, president of the company, left Wednes day 'night for that city and was one of the principal speakers o(. the occasion Yesterday's , Greensboro JNews has the fol!owrng to say of the convention ; Gathering-heie . yesterday from, all sections of a widetcrritory, the.Ynem bcrs of the National Association of Pep si, Cola bottlers began a two days ses siort, the meetings-4firrg held in the Guilford hotel: Tha meetings, are oc cupied t itb. a general discussion of the business with a view to improving the facilities or. distributing an article that has already become a , household word and the purpose is mainly mutual assis tance, encouragement and improvement A number of speeches were made yea ttrd.iy, among those, being one by the president of the Pepsi-Cola company, C. D. Bradham. of New Bern. Mr Bradham is the person who "discover ed" or "invented", the favorite drink and trough his keen and energetic business sense it has been made famous, He has held firmly to a belief in in telligent advertising, and he has built the company to its present tremendous proportions through this means, con sl.ml!v crowing and increasing the fii In tion ul the company by adver ti .. ; and utilizing' the re-utts of ad . i tisiinr. - In New I'.ern ,the home ofl'icc ,the li.inufai turing plant covers, half . a I.!. k t proiiiM, ii.ut lias a daily ea j.nily of more than 56,000 gallons 1 he sim.ir i dim s by the bat ge load from v Yot k. The coiiipany last yea i i ti,!! .'m .li iiii-n-.isi in imi-.:i" o (Hid Pn-M.-nt rri.!!, , , ' ' i ,(. the ,... ' PEPS ME GREEnSBQHQ SEEKins to e;;d For Such Purpose" Senator. Cunt- mins Will Ask That Fedf raf .. Taxing Power J e Applied. WILL INTRODUCE BILL ' SOON Tax of ' Ten Pr Cent.f Will Be ."Levied on Certain Sulei , , Including "Futufes." . Washington, - Jan. 16. -A, plan to prevent gambling on stock Exchanges, by jisg of ..the .Fedea;al-toxiiiK "power has been tormulaieU by Senator CutHi mins. -.He will introdjee a bilf ernbodv. ing his rheoriS' within a few days!- !(, is his beher thit the evil can be eradi cated by the imposition of a prohibitive fee on transactions that art un Jt&irjble. Jhe bill will levy'a tax of 10 pe cent. on all stock exchange or board of trade rant.actlons wlere sales are made by parties not owning tha enmmodity-they propose to transfej. - This will cover all dealings in ."futnresfti and include cotton and. all agricultural products, , As an illustration ,the 10 per cent. would be.irrpo:ed on trinsactions where stock is spld. "short," or where agricultural prodjets arc sold for future delivery ' by person not then owning the products to' be. sold. : , sv - ' Previous proposals aimed to actom- piish the same purpose. have been based on . thii-f riant !ri.Mncrc . toA reiu- ote interstate commerce., or to de termine what shall be sent through the mails. As precedents" for his. proposals to pmre a prohibitory, tax on gTnbling transactions, l , Senator Cummins . will point to the tax on 'State bank circulation, ' Proper exceptions are to be . made in the billto allow a farmer to sell his growing crops or a packer or fan ner to contract for the sale of his pro ducts, and for similar transactions con sidered" legitimate.;',' i&&?:&.X During the last session of Congress a certain kind of match was taxed out of existence. . A Fedcr-tl 'levy ; was im posed equivalent to the entire sum at which the product; could lie sold. ; It was intended to prevent future1 man ufacture of the match,2 which cauwd a peculiar ' disease - known - as "ohossy ja w,M ."At-U4twiim SmJmt uley protested -against the- lepwlation sly- ing it formed a precedent- under "which any objectionable , industry could he taxed out of existence. ' i ; ? ; - HERE'S GHAKCE OF AF1QT11ER MILL With Sufficient Inducements Golds boro Lumber Company , Would Put Plant Here. ' ' HAS STUM PAGE , IN SECTION The, Donation of a Site By the , City Would Probably ' Bring Plant Here. - " ' If some public spirited citizen will come to the front and donate a section of land, cither in this city or in James City or vicinity? large , enoguh forra site, there is a probability that another saw mill can be secured for this section.. D. W. Richardson, " Manager of the Goldsboro Lumber Company which operates a large plant at- Dover, stated yesterday that if the city would give the company a site which was located along -the river front either in or near the city, they would locate a plant here. The company owns several million feet of uncut timber in this section and it would be greatly to their advantage to have a plant at this point, . saving them the unncssary expense of tran- porting it to Dover before it could be manufactured for commercial -use. The "mill would employ at lcasf thirty of forty men at all times and in other ways it would be of benefit to the city There are- fceveral available sites near the city and possibly one or two in the city that" could be secured for this purpose. It is not probable that the owners of these would be willing to give their property away but as was suggested at a ' recent meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, it would pay the city to purchase these sites and donate them to concerns which agree to erect and operate manufacturing plants on them. The Chamber of Commerce now has under consideration the matter of offering some inducement to the Vir ti.iia Lumber and Box Company of Petersburg, Va., to build a plant here and Mr. Richardson's i.fcr Vtill pru L.iMv I e brought up and n hi, rrd I (in- t Dil l I ll'g t r !,.- GUILD FOflTflESS AT OE HEnnY It Erection Approved By Subcom- ' n (nittee of the Appropria- : Hons Committee. IT IS Td , COST jOVER $J,500,000 -'j.yg.; ".,. . - 'in ' '; ,, ...,: . Will Be Manned by Four Sixteen . .Inch Guns Together With Eight Mortars. . Washington, Jan. 16. The erection of a mammoth fortress at Cape Henry, mounted with 16-inch guns, to protect Baltimore, Washington and. Virginia aities from a hostile fYHeet in time of war is approved by lihe," fortifications subjcommittei' the . House Appro priations Committee. " , This subcommittee, which has had under consideration ; this, project for the past ycar or more, favorably acted upon a bill authorizing the purchase of a site at Cape Henry at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. No amount was named in this bill, but the neces sary funds will be Carried injhe Sundry Civil bill in January. ' - It is estimated that the construction of Tfhe fort will cost In the neighbor hood of $3,500, 000. The army engineers estimates are $3,614,700. The fortress will be'jmanned by four 16-ir.ch guns and. eight morwrs.. General Weaver and other army, engineering experts declare that the range of the 16:inch guns will, reach across the mouth of the bay' to Cape, Charles. A 16-inch gun has a range of iO.OOO yards', and at that distance it will , perforate more than inches of Krupp; armor,: the heaviest 'now carried by a battleship. With the 16-inch, guns, it is held by General Weaver, it;Will not be neces sary to erect a sister fortress at 'Cape Charles'., i .. , f j ': ;J i-X'-'f-..: ' .; , '' ? Gon. Leonard Wood, chief of staff, before the Fortifications Subcommittee declared that the erection of a fortress at the Chesapeake) Bay Capes is the most important work of its kind on the Atlantic Coast. . f ; ; S The construction of this mammoth fortress at1 Cape Henry will mean the dismantling of Fort .Munroe and the removal of the Garrison Jo the Vir ginia Capes.. It is probable other forts guardjng Washington and . Baltimore further up the bay, will eventually be dismantled andthe entire protec tion of the Chesapeake Bay cities be placed upon the proposed -big fortress at Cape Henry.'. ' ..' i f, . EXTENDING SCOPE Postofflce Notified of Admission , of Printed Matter to Par- ' i . .eel Post Privileges. OTHER INFORMATION GIVEN Directions ' For "Taking Medicine May Be Written on Label ' Attached to Bottle. The new parcel post law has found much favor in this city and surround ing section and every new order sent out by the , Postoffice Department touching on this law is of interest to everyone! Orders have just been is sued extending the scope of the; system. The following order has been received at the local postoffice: "Printd - matter relating to an article of merchandise which it ac companies is regarded as descriptive of the .article within the meaning ol Section 4S3, Postal Laws and . Regu lations, and, therefore U V permissi ble enclosure" with such, article when mailed as fourth class matter. ' "Printing on an article of merchan dii, or on its wrapper, or.pn a label pasted' to it , fi suth manner as in form an integral part, of if,' does not affect the classification of the- fourth class. . . ' '- "Order forms, address tags, reort forms, letter and bill heads, insur ance and legal forms, cards and other similar v supplies, regardless of the amount of printing on them, bank check bodks, receipt1 books" and other books of forms, partially in print, may be mailed ss fourth class matter. '.'Directions for taking medicine written on a laLel attached to a bot tle or package containing the medi cone or enclosed with it are permis ible and do not affect the classifi cation of the parcel." NOTICE RECEIVED rrr:;i-ccLA changes. I.. 11. Grtiiu s, s.d. s tn,inai-r of tin Vt i-Cil.i Co, hi .my, has re,it;iu,l l et v I'l ciiTiiinue v,i.h the ( oinp.tnA, d." ; v, k i.i (', i. in it y of l is 1m n,, , : , , i i.,i.ii:.;, S. C. I ,. I I !. S v I. ) 1 .-. 1 1 rir.'.'l lii.iil, I. i, . i n h ! OFFEflED STATE SECRETARYSHIP J. Leon Williams Tendered Post of - .Honor-In State Chamber - ; of Commerce. WAS OBLIGED TO DECLINE IT Duties Here Such That He Could ; Not Give Proffered Place -; Needed Attention. J. Leon Williams, Secretary of the New Bern Chamber of- Commerce '", returned ycstercfliy from Raleigh where on the preyious-day he attended a meet ing' of the "North Carolina JChamber of Commerc'e which was held in the rooms of the organization in that city. The meeting was well attended and proved to be a very interesting one. - This State , Chamber of Commerce is practically a new organization, first coming into existence about two months ago when .- temporary officers were appointed and a call sent to the varidus organizations in the State to send rep resentatives to Raleigh on January 15, The object of the organization is to promote the interest, and advance the prosperity of the State of North Caro lina. " ' " ' .; After several short talks had been made by the representatives present the plection of officers was held and the following were chosen: - President, Fred JJ. Tate of High Point; Vice Preisidents, Julian S. Carr of Durham, Herbert A. Ramseur of Fayetteviile; and A. K." Joy of Hickory r. Secretary and State Organizer, R. C. Hood of Greensboro; Assistant- Secretary,, S. F. . Sherman of Goldsboro;. Treasurer J. O, Ellington, of Raleigh; Executive Committee,- F,, I. ' Sutton of Kinston Williams of Raleigh and E. W. Thomp son of Charlotte. J. Leon Williams of this" city was nominated for Secrearty and State Organizer but he stated that on account of the fact, that it would be impossible for him o devote the time to the work it would be impossible for him to serve. ' "; : : ' Any Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, commercial club or similar organization can join the State Chamber of Commerce by paying ten cents per capita for its full membership' and efforts will, be made to make the or ganization one of the largest '", of its kind in the South. - : ' The organization will hold quarter ly .;' meetings, in October, January, April and July. : Mr. Williams extended the organization an invitation to hold its next meeting in New Bern. The selection of a place of meeting is left to the Executive Board and they will announce their decision inregards to the place of' meeting several weeks be ore the time set for it. ; . EXPURGATED Girl From Rector's" Without Ob jectionable Features.. "The Girl From Rector's" was pre sented at the Masonic theatre last night before a fair sized audience among which were a number of ladies. This show was presented at' Weber's theatre in New York a few years ago and at that time. won the name of being a very risque play but since then it ha? been trimmed down considerably and those who Attended the performance last evening expecting to see a .racy play if there were such; were badly disappointed. , There Is nothing sug gestive , the plot being based upon a general domestic mix up with many ludicrous situations. The cast handled their parts well and the performace was greatly enjoyed. "He Who by the Plow Would Thrive : Must Either Hold or Drive' We Sell Blount's TRUE BLUE Lint Of Tlo va ROOSEVELT iinro n . n n- b. U, I . With Him' Out of Equation The ; Two Wings of Party Would Soon Get Together. COLONEL REFUSES TO BEND Old Leaders Are Determined That Never Again Sh,aU He . Lead Party.- Washington, Jan. 16. Every effort -thus far made to bring about an amal- ; gamation of , the Republican and Pro gressive parties has proved futile, and t the reason is demonstrated by just two facts. ' . . First The' Republicans will , never " agree - to any reunion that does not - . eliminate Theodore Roosevelt. . ' . ! nn UlilULd SecondrThe progressives will never; v agree to any reunion that does eliminate ' - u Theodore Roosevelt. ' That is, after all, the whole story. Mr. Roosevelt is the sole issue between the two wings' of the old party. , If he v would voluntarily retire from the situ ation, the factions -would come together. If the Republicans would accept the leadership of Mr. " Roosevelt, the pro- ' gressives would retnrn to the old party over night and "be mighty glad to do it. . If the Progressives would thro. Mr Roosevelt overboard and return to the fold, they would be joyfully received and would be cheerfully allowed to dictate their own terms of surrender. . ' Talk to tfSy leader of either party and he will tell your that this is just excatly how the matter stands." He will agree in a minute that there is but one condition which makes party reunion impossible. f There would be no difficulty in enm- " promising as to principles, policies and plans. Any differences that might exist between the old and new parties ' as to these propositions could be ad justed without a national convention or even a national conference. ';: The adjustment could be effected , right here in Washington by the repre- -scntatives of the two bodies who are ; in Congress. Expediency would .be the basis for the Compromise and the details could be worjeed out in. a week. But there seems no possibility of such , ; a compromise Vwkhin the coming four ;' years, v Roosevelt will not bend and without his withdrawal as a factor nothing . can be accomplished. The old leaders of the Republican party will never agree that Roosevelt shall again b.e the leader of that or ganization, t , ; " '"' Practically every', man of .them is filled with acute resentment at Roose velt's determjned effort to tbwtroy the party that made him and to gam the Presidency through an organiza tion built upon the ruins of the old. These men refuse, to listen to any harmony proposal, .that contemplates Roosevelt's leadership, They s have : rejected, and from the way they "talk they will . continue to reject, every overture . made to them . predicated (upon anything but;X Roosevelt's abso- . lute elimination. .. .. " , ,' r ' ' A SMALL FIRE. ; .'; ' A spark from one of the John L. . Roper Lumber Company's engines set fire to a lot of grass on a vacant lot at the foot of Avenue A yesterday afternoon and before the grass had burned a small frame building on the ' lot has been ignited and destroyed The structure was practically worth less and no efforts were .made to save it. '.."''' ' The knife will sharper when the carving of Turkey begins again.