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WEEKLY JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1878. r Published in Two Sections, even Tuesday and Friday at Ko. 45 Pollock treet. E. J. pAV O PRINTING COMPANY PHOPKIKTOUe.t r-, , SUBSCRIPHON RATES. Two Months . , $ .20 Thr sMonths 25 Six Month...- i .50 Twelve Month). 1.00 Only in advance. Advertising rates furnished upon application at the office, or upon in quiry by moil. Entered at the Postoffice, New Bern, N. C, as second-cl.iss matter. TO CORRESPONDENTS The Semi-Weekly Journal's appeal, made a lew weeks ao for m re news from country correspondents, tad a noticeable ef.'ect as we imme' diately received a number of most inte.'csting letters. Now we are wri ting ag.i.i for fear the ardor of our friends will cool. We urte you to keep the good work up. Help us make the Semi'Weekly Jaurnal helpful and interesting to you. We regard the letters from our country correspondents as one of the means the Journal has of being of service to the section of country through which it circulates, These letters bring the people . closer to gether and tend to the development cf a community interest which is moK helpful. You help your own community and by suggestion help (th r communities liv sending us the nev s as it transpires in your neigh bcrh od. Let us hear from you ! CRY OF THE FEEBLE-MINDED SHORLD BE HEEDED. The communicated article in to day's Journal headed "An Emergency" aiipeirs to us to be very convincing 'I he Legislature with a depleted trea sury and so nianv urgent calls to con sider is certainly in an embarrassing and trying , osition, but it seems to us that there is no class of the St; t 's unfortunates that are as deserwng i I consideration as this class. 'I In y who are compelled to grow up ii igi irance have a 1 letinie ahead , f them to make i p lor the deficiencies, if early i aining. The institutions c in turn ;ay young people clamoring lor a higher education fur in most cas-es thote young people will win a fair degree ef success and happiness any way. And soon through the list. All can realize a fair degree of happi ness without ihe aid oi ihe State, but tiiere is no chance for the feeble-minded, no future, no prospect of relief. I he hardship is of course not un derstood by them ,hi they all have relatives and the unhappiness of these is very poignant and crushing, and the keeping ol this form ol unhappiness to a minimi m is a v.ortny undertaking for the Sti t:'. Felix ia is now ka er of ti e re! el forces in Moco, bi t it loo s as if Madero will soon be laid n the shelf, I iaz I econ e a Federal an ton.c otiur Iran hap into prominence as leai i lg rebel. Quick changes from Rebel to alion.il aie the fashion in Mexico. FENCE PROBLEM MORE ARD MORE DIFFICULT. A am graph in a lommunication frrm I u-sil s ( reek in Carteret county primed in to ay's Journal indicates tn.e considerable demand in that county for the Matewide stock law. Simply and in a few words the dif ficulties of the fence problem arc given antl Ihe brief facts citctl are certainly suffiii nt to make it clear that the peo ple who have to fence out their neigh bors' cattle and hogs have a big job and one th t is gelling harder all the time. The equity o ihe question is all on tie siele of the stock law. PEOPLE AVERSE TO WAR. John Barrett, director of the Pan American Union, recommends medi ation instead of intervention in Mexico. This is a wise suggestion. Fooling with lhe Me: 'c n question ai its pre sent stage is like fooling with dyna mite. A war with that country is the last thing to be desired no matter if this country could lick both factions with case. The American people are Y :1 at neacc and peace is what the easti'.' ma ority of them want. In comparison with the rest of the population the Jingoes of the I'nitcd States are a;. "trost neglible so far as numbers are ci n erned thocgh t n'ortunately some of them occupy positions of influence. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT. If the reorganized and revivified Chamber of Commerce wants to get busy right away on its proposal to elo great things f r the city, giving New Bern a new firm of government. Other progressives cities arc abanelon ing ihe outworn ward system. Why should New Bern cling to what other . i eij- tx i places are casting atiue as iinsuiiea io the needs, of a municipality ? Commercial organizations arc tak ing the lead in other cities in procuring changes in the form of govcrnmerl ami we do not believe that New Bern's leading commercial organization could do the city a greater service than to address itself at once and with deter mination to this great problem. It is important of course for a city to get all the new plants and enter prises that it possibly can and the Chamber ot, Commerce in bringing such to the city is doing an important and a necessary work. But a moeletn city government is fundamental in its importance . With that in effect, the task of getting new enterprises and boosting the city's cammercial and industrial importance in general is greatly simplified. Of course it is true that the trouble with government is oot all with the svstem. Witn tnc ocui system inae ran be devised there will be unworthy and inefficient pubhc "'V we think it an obvious fact that ys - improved upon and lenih can -be i .u . t.. .,..,., ii.i,, tne sum oi euv.wu iu wi mc uuni - rhat some of "'J P ,blc ine of th. School for Feeble-minded. 1ZJnZiJFmU ." ha. been spent, or provUim is the best system that has been de vised for cities. Perhaps, however the time is not ripe to put that in compltte effect in New Bern as in doing so thrre are so many matters that deserve to be carefully worked out. But a start in that direction could be made b a change in the charter whereby the Aldermen would be selected Ly the city at large instead of each ward selecting its own representatives. And that that method of selecting the Aldermen would result in a mere b si-ness-like and effective adivinisiering of municipal affairs we think there can be no doubt. Local conditions in this connection surely afford the Chamber of Com merce a golden opportunity to demon strate its usefulness. FERTILIZER FROM FISH. An industry, centered a present largely around the i j ; Bay wher there are 15 of t ( actories, and Beaufort, N. C, where there are 8 or 10 factories, is the manufacture from men haden of fish oil and scrap used in the manufa-ture of fertilizer. The fish which swarm in uncounted millions in the waters of the Atlantic were used for fertilizer in colonial c'ays, being plied cither directly to the and or in a compost with barnyard manure or woods litter. In the past 25 or 30 years however, during which the annual i-atch has ranged from 250,000,000 in 1802 to m ore than 1.000,000,000 in 190 , and averaging abiut 600,000,- 000, the indust y of extracting fish oil trout menhaden lias grown until aboi t 35,000 barrels of oil re produced a year, with between 60,000 and 70,000 to s of dried scrap as a by-product. A report of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, fro.n which these lacts are derived, states that in the dried fish scrap there is between 7 per cent, an I 9 per cent, of nitrogen an between 6 per cent, and 8 per cent, of phosphoric acid, two of the essentials in piant iooci, ana a trace ot potasn, me third ingredient. It is pointed out that heretofore cottonseed meal and slaugh ter-house bv-nroducts have been the sources in this country of nitrogen de rived from organic matter, which has been combined with phosphoric acid derived Irom Sourthcrn phosphate rock and po ash obtained largely from th Stassfurt field in Germany in the m r.u facture ot fertilizers. There are, how ever, on the Pacific coast vast fields of kelp or seaweed containing potash, and it may be that the opening of the Pan ama Lanal may make possible the ship ment of such potash to the Atlantic coast at rates low enough to compete with the foreign potash. If thi? should happen, together with the expansion of the industry of electrical fixation of nitrogen from the atmosphere in the manufacture of nitrates, the South W'll be given greater importance than ever as the center of the fertilizer industry cf the Cnited States. Manufacture Recoi d. IMPORTANT CONFERENCE There should be interest all over this Kaste-n section in the anti-malaria crusade to be inaugurat d in Norfolk next week. The Ntrfolk Virginian Pilot says that the conference which will be held is fraaght w th enormoue poientialiln and of course it is, lor malaria is one of the greatest curses that the country has to contend with and presumbably at the coming con iere ce some concerted effective plan ol warring on it will be suggested. The iseasc ha been reduced to a mini um in the lower portiois of Italy and a portion of the world more productive of malaria than lower Italy is hardly to be imagined. If the dis ease can be virtually wiped out in Italy surely the same thing can be do e in A erica, fer this country is second to none in its methods of sani tation and hygiene, as witness what it has achieved in this connection in Pana a. I'ARTH IN CRASH L'NL SS But Even If It Comes It Will Be 300,000 Years Hence. Paltimore, Feb. 14. A dire tragc 'y t the earth anel her sister planets and the sun was predicted yesterday by Garrett P. Serosa, of New York and France, the well-known astronomer. There will be a collision, he said, un less some change is made in the direc tion in whic i this solar system is travel ing at the rate of 300,000 miles a year. The solar system he said, is speeding northward almost directly toward the star Vega, which has a power 1,0C0 times greater than the sun. The crash, he sjid, is due in about 300,000 yeats. In discussing the question of whether other planets than the earth are inhabit- e I by animals similar in nature to hum in bei lgs, his attention was cal'.d to Venus. "We have never been al le to see tie su face of Venus," said Mr. Ser iss. "What we see is simply an atmospheric uevelope, much denser than that of the earth, which rcfl els the light of the sun with remarkablee brilliance. Since Venus is about 26,000,000 miles nearir the sun than is the ear.'h, it is probable th t no beings like ourse'ves could live there. It would be far too hot But we of the earth are so anthropomorphic that we cannot well conceive ol other kinds of human creatures. WI y sh dd there not be beings capable of living under conditions tl at Kilt ona is? It is certainly possible. 'For instance, that much nearer the sun there may be visible light rays of whi h we know only in theory or through scientific experiment as the 'ultra violet or the infra red. The in fluence of such rays, of or other forces of which we know nothing, may tend to foster forms of life of the highest state of developirent. Mr. Servi;s smiled, and his eyes twinkled through his glasses. He is a scientific man with a great ima?ina- ti n.as las been evidenced in his quasi-scientific novels dealing with m u vclotis adventures of human beings in the realms of space. Belore he be came an astronomer, Mr. Serviss was a . e vspaper man, having been night editor and editorial writer on the New York Si.n. : o, while he says that a ronon-y, so far as mathematics is . nc rncd, i i the most exact of sciences it 1.1 also the tn; thai allows the broad est I eld for conjecture anel the untram mcled play of the imagination. His big p 'p isc in life is to popularize as tron m fir he lielieves in giving to the n..scs of the epople thos: facts which oreii larily t.tl I eked in the mini i e f savmtr. ''( neler.tand," he continued, "no' MtrOM er can say positively that life tx td on Venus' or on any other planet except the earth, but neither can they prove th- contrary. It is even con ceivable that life exists on the mocn if we can inugine creatures who ran live without air or water. ' AN EMERGENCY. (Communicated.) There are now over 200 inquiries for admission of feeble-minded children l" . - n . f r. . . Sports 344 jn'.lms houses and i.ils. r - i ,.;., ,j .of, a ,,. ' "r "r i iZltZTtXj tion will lack nearly S40.000 of having enough to begin its op rations. The money m st come from somewhere to pot this school in operation before any Jiing can be accomplished. The School for the Feeble-minded s ould be made larj-e enough to eare for ai least five or rix hundred of these children. By far the larger number if these defectives are the off-springs of defectives, and the State has allowed icaily len generations to increase and has done i.othing to prevent its de crease. Prevention SEEMS to cost much, vet ene only way to really check this incr use is to take all of hesc cases into ihe Institution and prevent them from bringing into the UI others like themselves. There are other cases which education i i Eugenics will very largely help to regulate. The first step should be i i make provision this y ar at this sc- sion of the Legislature for the five of si.N hundred ujw entitled to admission. IJnliss the civizens of the State are wise enough io chec't such measures once iiiid to check this constantly grown number they will continue to s 'end iheir monev ineffectuallv. et's persuade our Legislature to mal e proper provision for the care of the lew feeble.-mi ided now rather than them an I and their off-spring in an other ge lerauon. It is the State's insurance hA'.c pure and simple. It is merelp a matter of adequate ap propriations. MISSIONS. (Comm jnjeated.) Much has be'eii said recently to bring missions before the people of New Bern. Is it not a great thing that as followers of Jesus, we may have so much power that we may be as the salt, of the e-arth, helping to make life sweet and wholesome? That we may be like lighted lamps in the home or like great towers of light giving help to hundreds of peo ple whom we may never know about? All this is possible for every one who lives the best life he can each day. Say is your lamp burning my brother? I pray you look quickly and sec; For if it were burning, then surely Some beams would fall brightly on me. There are many anil many around you Who follow wherever you go. If you thought that they walktxi in the shadow, Your lislit would burn brighter I know. FUEL IN DEMAND. 0 The disagreeable weather which pre vailerf yesterday caught a number of people in this city unprepared for the occasion by having their supply of wood and coal elepleted. Consequent ly the local fuel elealers were kept busy during the eiay filling orders. In ad dition to this there were many loads of pine anel oak cord woeiel brought in from tbe country despite the incle ment weather anel these were easily disposed ol at prices rant ing from eighty five cent to one dollars per load, ac cording to the size. NEW CORPORATION FOR MORE HEAD CITY. The Carteret Fish and Oil Com pany of Morchcad City was granted a charter Friday afternoon. R. VV. Taylor, J. C. Taylor aneFJohn Gutherie are the incorporators-and the authorized capital is twenty five thousand elollars with live thousand dollars paid in. The company will manufacture fish scrap and fish oil and fertilizer and will begin business at an early date. Many discoveries anel invention; are hardly worth the lives they cost. The suffragettes are alwaj's starting saimehuijvisdralk pii mvm mi it CV J FINISHING INTERIOR OF PA LATIAL HOME. - Worknien are now engaged In finish ing the interior of J B. Blades' palatial home on Broad street. When the exterior work was completed lust sim mer the stricture was closed and al lowed to "dry out." 1 here is quite an amount of work to be done befere the building is ready for occupancy but when the final touches have been added it will be one of the handsomest homes in the State. LOST, STRAYED R STOLEN. The Journal usual'y charges 4or publishing lost and found ads, but it will make an exception in the case ol the following, which comes in from March Dillahunt, R. F. D. 3, New Bern, N C: "To the nabers far and near. I have lost my cow. I suppose that some sharp theftf have drove her of. She is read cow an no tale, her left . eye weak, runs, water. She has Ben .gone ten days Please look out for htr and help n.e to ke.ch this sh rp thcuf. A reward satMcr ion." 17 1 I.. I J- bvwjrjeauy is uicu eo urn in urm help the ow . er of the cow catch the sharp thief. HOW MRS. BROWN SUFFERED During Change of Life How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound Made Her a Well Woman. Iola, Kansas. " During tho Change of Life I was sick for two years. Be fore I took your med icine I could not bear the weight cf my clothes and was bloated very badly. I doctored with three doctors but they did me no good. They said nature must have its way. My sister advised me to take Lydia E. Pink ham's Vege t abl e Compound' and I purchased a bottle. Before it was gone the bloating left me ami I was not so sore. I continued tak ing it until I had taken twelve bottles. Now I am stronger than I have been for years and can do all my work, even th 3 washing. Your medicine is worth its weight in gold. I cannot praise it enough. If more women would take your medicine there would be mere healthy women. You may use this let ter for the good of others. "Mrs. D. H. Brown, 809 N. Walnut St, Iola,Ean. Change of Life is one of the most critical periods of a woman's existence. Women everywhere should remember that there is no other remedy known to so successfully carry women through this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If yon want special advice write to Lydia E. Plnkham Medicine Co. (conn dentlal) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. a i Coupons Out of the Duke's Mixture Sack Many men are getting untold pleasure out of the Liggett&Mjftrt Duke's Mixture tack. One 3c package holds many yiperhfs of pure, mild smoking or, if you please. It will make many cigarettes of the good old-fashioned kind that you roll yourself, Sufi&L Dnke Mixture, made by the Liggett & Myert Tobacco Co. at Dur ham, N. C, It the favorite with ciga rette smokers. It's tbe tobacco that makes rolling" popular with men who want the true taste of pure, mild, selected tobacco. u ej" 'kla thi brDd leader of to kind. Pay what you will, you cannot get better granulated tobacco than DukV Mixture. You still get the same big one mnd m half ounce sack-enough to make many cigarettes-foe ifc. And with each sack yon get a book of eigaretta papers sod present coupon, FREE. Save the Present Coupons With the coupons you can gut many tf' d"'0' PenU - articles jultabla for men, women, boys and girls. every aeab" ot " SpKial offer for February and March only . .n,?'!IineTJ"UI,t,lid of pres. sends us their name and address. am I iWfcrK 9 J$rm4,fam.&i St. Let It v... DR. ELIOT CRITICISES TAFT. Finds Fault With Fourth-Class Postoffice Order. Boston, Feb. 12 President Taft was criticised b,y Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard Uni versity, for having placed fourth-class postmasters of the country under civil service rules. The criticism was made duriug a hearing on civil service matters at the State House. "I grealty regret to criticise a Presi deut of tue United States and I regret that a President of the United States I should issue such an order as that issued just after the election," said Dr. Eliot. "The fourth-class postmasters were patronage appointees. They are to be C( irtm.ed in oliice now simply because .. , . r. oi me application ol tlie spoils system. The blow has been struck from the capital at true civil service. EARLY MORNING WEDDING Miss Edna Earl Rogers and Mr. Carlton Parsons Married. Ycsterdav morning at 7:30 o'clock at the residence in Newport of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rogers, Miss Edna Earl Rogers of Newport and Mr. Carlton Parsons of this city were, united in marriage ,fhe bride's brother, Rev. C. T. Rogers of Wilmington, performing the ceremony Just before the ceremony the bridt's sister, Miss Elizabeth Rogers, sang "O Wondrous is the Power" to piano and violin accompaniment bv Mr. and Mrs Will White. The bride was at tired in a very becoming aoinc-awav suit oi Drown witn nat a nd gl oves of the same shade, and she carried a bouquet of white carnations After a wedding breakfast the bride and groom left for a journey to Northern cities. On their return thev will be at home at 113 Craven street. They received some very handsome wedding presents as tokens ol lhe high eslcem in which both arc held. Anions those present for the weddin were; Mr. and Mrs. J. Ihomas.Mr. 4nd Mis. A. 0. Newberry Mrs. Dur ham Stallings and Matthew Hall of New Bern, and Misses Annie May Gil.b and Annie Morton of Beaufort. The Woman's Club will meet to morrow aftcrnoin at 4 o'clock in the club rooms. All members are requested to be present. ELLIS-SMITH. Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Rev. J. B. Phillips on (eorge street, Miss Emma Snith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D Smith, was happily united in marraige with Mr. George Fllis. Both are residents of this city and have numerous mends who oin in earnest good wishes. The Journal acknowledges with thanks the receipt of a bountiful waiter heaped with barbecue and corn- bread from the Chamber of Commerce dinner last nicht in the lames Hotel "building. The entire force wjshes to tes.iiy to tne excellence ol tne repast. i IMPROVING ROADS. The convicts are now at work on the road just west al Jack Smith's creek. A section of this road is at present in pretty bad shape but with a few days work it will be in as good condition as the Neuse road, which is at present be one of the best pieces of country road in the county. HOW'S THIS. We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Cartarrh thai cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. We, the under; ig i 'el, have known F. J. Cheney for the last lyears, and be lieve him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by the firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern ally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testi monials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con tipation. (Adv.) FOR SALE One a horse wagon and Two Good Horses cheap for Cash, or on time with good security. Apply to T. A. DILLON, Tusfarora, N. C. MARINE ENGINEER WANTED fot river steamboat, 100-ton license needed. References required as to sobriety and character.' Tar River Oil Co., Tarboro, N. C. STOP AT THE Barrington House When in Norfolk . 908 Main St. V. HARRINGTON, Proprietoi Rates $1.50 day; $7.50 week Hot and cold baths. Special attention to transients. Home Privileges. B. P. S. Paint for every pur pose. J. b. Basnight Hardware Co., New Bern. N. C. 'Backs" Stoves and Range J. $. Basnight Hdw. Co., New Bern, N.C. thai mb run it cam BUBWIBHT LINIMENT M f- LL PMHWV .tr Jisih r aaaS aiia eeSto . ' CO, 9 few la NX Ask your dealer, or send 10c in stamps to above address and bottle will be mailed to you at EDDI ii ii T WJ!m l.ll J I Ka x THE USE OF CHECKS. Checks are the most fiexibl j medium of exchange known to business. By the use of checks you can handle any and all transactions promptly, safely and conve niently, avoiding the many risks that are attached to the handling of currency. The Peoples Bank invites you to open a checking account In any amount and as sures you of prompt and painstaking at tention whether you do much or litle. business. '.'HM M1.II1111M !1 II IN I M I M Ml 1 II M MIIIlI I :M H ! i M II T ! lt--llllllllllimillHHIMMIl MM II JUST RECEIVED A Car Load of Fine Kentucky HORSES AND MULES We also carry a complete line of up-to-date Bug gies and Harness, Whips, Robes and everything in the Harness Line. . We also carry a full line of Wagons, Cart Wheels etc. Call on us when in need of anything in our line. We are yours to please. Terms: Time orCash. T. W. HOLTON BRIDGETON,' N. C. Visit Chas. Ellis & Brother New Bern, N. C. BANKRUPT SALE Where They Sell it For Less. Prices Less Than Manufacturers Cost. Chas. Ellis & Bo 72 Middle-St. w INVESTING An authority on investing money ninrs 63 point that should be observed by ever pe.son who bys investments. Mo,t people aro too busy to study, io vestment propositions so thoroughly: It requies an expert to select round and ping investmen s. Even loans on first mortgages req iro '"careful inves tigation and -are skill, t-Xoerience and those facilincj -for procuring information that the ordinary man and woman do not have at -their command. The off icers of this bank are always pleased to talk witl any person who is considering investments. This bank invites savings accounts in any amount. NEW BERN BANKING & TRUST C? CAPITAL IOO.OOO.OO Beltair Stock and Fruit Farm. G. T. RICHARDSON, Proprietor. I hive Full Blood Angus Bulls and Heifers for tale immune from Texas fever, also full blood Berkshire Hogs. You are cordially invited to visit farm an d see stock. O. 7. RICHARDSON New Bern, N. C. , R. F. D., io. 2. Phone, Bellair line, 4 "rings, Don't Foufget The Farmers' Union Store F ARRIS NASSEF, Propiktor 66-68-7 Middle St. NEW BERN Subscribe For m iiimi i mw iiva It KT't I It I TlbTKeT er Mil ITII 1 1 1 1 1 H Til ! Hi 1 1 M 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 M ! 1 1 T ! ! N M 111' , : I i 1 1 Mill' I MM III 11 1111111111 II I ft)UR MONEY. The Journal mm Department nee-
