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George I pock has been appoint
ed agent for the Journal at Ernul.
He will receive and receipt for pay
ments on subscription or advert!
Ing and is prepared to let not on
ly the Ernul subscribers but many
others in the same section lnclud
ing Vanceboro and Vanccboro R.
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stand, If you have any business
with the Journal call on Mr. I pock
Andrew Carnegie welcomes the
gradua.ed income tax as one of the
wisest st' ps which this republic has
ever taken. He says it is hard on the
miTonaircs but good for them. Pe
haps thcro is no class of the population
that is more in nted of discipline than
the millionaiic class. The party now
in power, whilj in no sense disposed to
draw clas., lines but on the contrary
favoring the obliteration of class lines,
will do its best to s-e to it thai no class
shall escape its just obligations to the
government.
KNOWS WHEN HE HAS BEEN
SHOWN.
The President's habit of thoroughness
is standing him in gcod stead in con
nection wirh his duties in selecting
men for the various Federal posts
that are to be filled. He docs not rely
on petitions alone or on recommenda
tions alone, or on both. He goes deeper
still and finds the why of the signatures
to the petitions and the why of the
recommendations, being persuaded evi
dently that "there's a reason" for
these tl ings. The President has to be
shown end he knows when he has been
shown, something that can't be said
of everybody who claims to be from
Missouri.
NEW BERN'S PROGRESSIVE
ADVERTISERS.
Readers of the Journal must have
been impressed by the large amount
of adv.rtsiing in Sunday's paper.
When the merchants solicit business
after this fashion it shows that they
are in earnest and that they are pro
gressive. People have come to find
out that it pays to trade with firms
that adverthe. For such firms usually
employ ether progressive methods such
as polite and obliging help, careful
attention to details, clean and whole
some store conditions and all-round
square dealing.
Another rcastn why customers,
particularly these who are of the dis
criminating sort, like to trade with
stores that are liberal users of news
paper space is that they feel that those
ttcres are controlled by people who
understand the value of an up-to-date
newspaper in a community and hence
seek their publicity through an agency
known to be of usefulness and effect
tivenoss in the upbuilding of the com
munity. Advertising is the largest source
of the average newspaper's income
and by the giving or the withholding
of it the merchants of every city decree
whether or not the newspap-rs of that
city shall reflet t crjdit upon it.
THE FIGHT FOR LOWER
FREIGI.T RATES.
The men who a.e seeking to show
the railroai s their obligation to give
North Carolina more reasonable freight
rates are doing the State a great ser
vice. This State, in the opinion of
many though, ful observes, has long
been badly used by the railrcads.
Virginia cities have had a tremendous
advantage over cities in North Carolina
their freight rates being much more
reasonable:.
North Carolina, tired of this dis
crimination, has demanded that it
cease. The railrcads seeing or fancy
ing that they see, a loss of revenue as
a result of doing justice to the mercan
tile interests of the Stale, are fighting
the proposed reduction with all their
resources whii h are known to be great.
But the State has mai'e out such a
strong case mat it is uitncMt to see
how the railroads can have the hardi
hood to refuse to make the desired
reductions in rates.
Newspaper men have to learn how to
work hard and then lome. Perhaps
this accounts for the fact that the Navy
Ltiartnvcnt seens to be the source
ef more news than any otter of the
bureaus at Wash.ngton.
ED
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tary of Commerce Redfield
the people that the lowering
: ir iff will not result in an im-
reduction of the cost of living.
all right, Mr. Secretaiy just
reduction is sure to cosne sane
t consun.er will be willing to
wait. Having waited many years he I
M possess his soul in pateince a while
longer.
With one body at Ralcuth earnestlv
fighting or a reduction in freight rates
and another considering the needs of
constitutional amendments with special
reterence to a more nearlv eouitahln
ystem o taxation, the Sta e appears
to be squarely in the list of the p o-
gressives. The doctrine of letting well
enough alone has but few adherents
in this State. The working motto is
rather that the e is alwavs room or
improvement.
ROADS
AND HIGH
LIVING.
COST OF
Discussing the high cost of living
Secretary of Commerce Redfield says:
"If the farmers once realized the
awful tax that bad roads imposed upon
thjm, public opinion would sternly
demand the making and maintenance
of good roads everywhere. A through
system of good roads would strike a
hard blow at the high cost of living,
and this would, of course, be added
to evjry where motors can be sub
stituted for horseflesh."
Nearly evry one can understand
how good roads would help the farmer.
The thing that is hard for the farmer
to make. up his mind to look squarely
in the face is hat the only way to get
good roads is to pay good money out
for them. But there could hardly be
a better way to invest good money.
Th.; above quoted utterance shows
that the Secretary of Commerc is
alive to the ne.-ds of the country. It
would be hard to find a more effective
way to boost commerce than to boost
good roads. So close is the connection
that the two are well nigh synonomous.
NOVEMBER'S RESULT NO LAND
SLIDE.
A reader of the Richmond Times
Dispatch puts the following question
to that paper:
"Can you give in a few words the
cause of the great Democratic landslide
last fall?"
To this question the Times-Dispatch
replies very accurately that there was
no Democratic landslide last fall.
Democrats would be very glad to be
lieve that there was, but familiarity
with the facts in the case is fatal to
any such belief. As the Times-Dispatch
points out, the vote for Mr.
Bryan in 1908 was 6,409,404, while
Mr. Wilson in 1912 received only
6,293,544 votes. Nothing of a landslide
in these figures.
The reason Wilson carried so many
States and thus received such an over
whelming majority in the electoral
colhge was that the Republican party
was divided in so many States. Ii
t!iere had been no division in Republic an
ranks Wilson would of course have ,eei
badly beaten. But with either Taft
or Roosevelt as the sole bidder lor the
cuotumary Republican .support there
would have been serious defection
from the normal Republican strength,
resulting probably in Wilson's election
any way.
But be that as it may, the Democrats
can't take any comfort from the Nov
ember election on the ground that i'
was a Democratic landslide for it
wasn't . It was merely a' matter of
good fortune for once favoring the
Demccra:i; party.
The result of tariff revision downward
and the question of whether the Re
publican party remains in a state of
de noralization will be the determining
factors in the 1916 contest.
HURRYING THINGS ALONG.
Senator Simmons' finance committee
decided Tuesday that no public hear
ings would be given on the tariff bil
wnen ii reacnes ine senate, inisis
expected to shorten materially the time
that must elapse before the country
can show just what it has to depend
upon in the matter of the tariff and can
i i: i - c - l , . ,
uc icucvi-u ui i iic suspense wnicn is
now no doubt very trying on the large
number of people whose business de
pends very vitally on tariff rates. The
disposition of the Democrats to act
with promptness and dispatch in this
matter must appea very agreeably
to the great majority of the unpre
judiced people of the country.
A marr.'ed woman thinks she is being
n glected unless her hu band lets her
buy his socks and ties.
Young r a l, the safest way to study
t' e ci I it oi tier eyei is through a tele
scope.
livery Household In New Bern
Should Know How to Resist It.
If your back aches because the kid
neys are blockaded,
You should help the kidneys with
their work.
Doan's Kidney Pills
are especially
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Recommended by thousands here's
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Mrs. C. Holland, 206 E. Peyton Ave.,
Kinston, N. C, says: "I do not hesitate
in the least to recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills for they have been very
beneficial to me. I suffered constantly
from backache and I had pains in my
loins. Headaches and dizzy spells
bothered me and I rested very poorly
at night. One of my relatives who had
used Doan's Kidney Pills with good
results, told me about them and 1 got
a supply. This remedy improved my
condition in every way and I feel
justified in publicly endorsing it."
For sale by nil dealer. Price 50
cents. Foster-Mliburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents (or the Halted
States.
Ren ember the name Doan's sad
take no other. (Adv,
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Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
Passing the free sugar clause will be
as frolicsome as a candy-pulling.
PAINS IN THE STOMACH
If you continually complain of pains
in the stomach, your liver or your kid
neys are out of order. Neglect may lead
to dropsy, kidney trouble, diabetes or
Bright's disease. Thousands recom
mend Electric Bitters as the very best
stomach and kidney medicine made.
H. T. Alston, of Raleigh, N. C, who
suffered with pain in the stomach and
back, writes: "My kidneys were de
ranged and my liver did not work
right. I suffered much, but Electric
Boitters was reemmended and I im
proved from the first dose. I now feel
like a new man." It will improve you,
too. Only 50c and $1.00. Recom
mended by all druggists.
It is a serious thing to slap the face
of a Congressman when he is in Wash
ington. COUGHS AND CONSUMPTION
Coughs and colds, when neglected,
always lead to serious troub'e of the
lungs The wisest thing to do when you
have a cold that troubles you is to get
a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery
You will get relief from the first does,
and finally i he cough will disappear.
O. H. Brown, of Muscadine, Ala , writes
"My wife was down in bed with an
obstinate cough, and I honsetly be
lieve had it not been for Dr. King's
New Discovery, she would not be living
today." Known for forty-three years
as the best remedy for coughs and colds
Price 50c. and $1.00. Recommended
y all druggists. (Adv.)
"Justice is a cold proposition," says
an exchange. Of couse, it's just-ice.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
If you can't pay as you go you will
find the going poor.
Children Cry
rOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
1 ood f '.r thought cooking school bi:
FOR BURNS, BRUISES AND SORES
The quickes and surest cure for
burns, bruises, boils, sores, inflammat
tion and all skin diseases is Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. In four days it cured
L. H. Haflin, of Iredell, Tex., of sores
on his ankle which pained him so he
could hardly walk. Should be in every
house. Onry 25c. Recommended by
All dgruggists. (adv )
A platonic lover is usually a quiet
chap who saves his money.
DRIVE SICK HEADACHE AWAY
Sick headaches, sour gassy stomach
indigestion, biliousness disappear quick
ly after you take Dr. King's New Life
Pills. They purify the blood and put
new life and vigor in the system. Try
them and you will be well satisfied.
Every pill helps; every box guaranteed.
Price 25c. Recommended by all drug
gists. (Adv.)
An egotist is a man who thinks he is
better than you are.
QUICK RELIEF FOR RHEUMA
TISM. George W. Koous, Lawton, Mich.,
says: "Dr. Detcheon's Relief for Rheu
matism has given my wife wonderful
benefit for rheumatism. She could
not lift hand or foot, and had to be lifted
for two months. She began the use of
the remedy and improved rapidly.
On Monday she- could not move and
on Wednesday she got up, dressed her
self and walked out for breakfast."
Sold by Bradham Drug Co. (Adv.)
With 4,000 bills before its legislat
ure for the "uplift" of the people those
Californians are liable to get above
themselves.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
The fickleness of fortune is generally
equal to the faithfulness of misfortune.
But the wise man hustles for himself.
When a young man thinks a girl's
piano practice is music that is love.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Haw Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
WILL CELEBTRAE NINETIETH
BIRTHDAY.
Mrs. Laura Ives will on Friday
April 25, celebrate her ninetieth birth
day. On the afternoon of that day sh;
will Ii at home to her friend at the
rtMdence of her son, C. L. Ive, I
Johnson street, where she will be pleas-'
ed to receive between the hour ol four
and six.
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Personals
Tuesday, april 22.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Ipock and son
George of Ernuh were among the
visitor in the city yesterday.
George Green returned last evening
from a visit in Jones county.
Mis: Alice Sutton returned yesce
day from a visit wi.h lelatives at La
Grange.
Mrs. Jan? Meadows and daughter
Mrs. E. H. Gorham left yesterday
for a visit in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L on Williams have
as their guests Mrs. WilliamJs mothe
Mrs. L. E. Steere of Charlotte
W. H. Conover of Philadelphia is
in the city securing information for a
supplement to the Encylopedia Brit
tanica. J. J. Tolson, Jr., has returned from
a visit at Seven Springs.
J. G. Hardison left last evening lor a
short visit at Thurman.
D. W. Richardson of Dover was
among the business visitorsin tho city
yesterday.
W. S. Chadwick of Beaufort was
among the visitors in the city yesterday.
C. E. Foy left last evening for a
short visit at Kinston.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23.
J. A. Tingle ot Alliance was among
the business visitors in the city yester
day. Mrs. G orge B. Waters returned
last evening from a visit with relatives
at tio'dsburo.
rhomas Brogdcn returned last even
ing from a business visit at Kinslon.
Miss I ottic Saunders of Beaufort
was among the visitors in the city
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Marks have
returned from a visit at Atlantic City,
N. J.
A. F. Midyettl of Oriental was
amom; the busin ss visitors in the city
yesterday.
Mrs. F.rnest Wood returned last
evening from a visit with relatives at
Kinston.
Charles Humphrey of Goldsboro
arrived in the city last evening for a
business visit.
Mrs. A. Oct linger of Kinston who
has been visiting relatives in the city
returned home last evening.
C. D. Kidder representing the Pepsi
Cola Company left last evening for a
business trip to Oriental.
B. B. Davenport returned yesterday
from a visit to his farm in Pamlico
county.
Mrs. Margaret D. Nelson and Mrs.
O. H. C.uion left y -sterday mcrning
for a visit with relatives at Washington.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. K. Booker of
Defiance, Ohio, and daughter, Mrp.
G. G. Bell of Oriental, passed through
the city yesterday enroutc to Beaufort.
T. B. At more of Stonewall was a
visitor in the city yesterday.
Register of Deeds S. L Silverthorn
of Pamlico county was in the city yes
terday. Miss Lcnnie Mann of Goldsboro
spent yesterday in th. city the gues. of
Miss Eula Cole.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Webb and Mrs.
Long of Kinston spent yesterday in
the city the guests of Mrs. T. D.
W.I i re n.
S H. Haywood and Percy Curtis
of Trenton were among the business
visitors in the city yesterday.
Mrs. C. C. May and Mrs. George
Herritage ot vanceboro spen. yester
day in the city shopping.
B. . Allen of New York, N. V. is in
the city for a few days visit.
F. M. Hahn left last evening for a
business trip to Winston-Saiem.
L. M. Brewer ot Oriental passed
through the city yesterday enroute
to Rockway Beach, L. I.
Mrs. F. M. Simmons left last even
ing lor a visit at Washington, D. C.
T. D. Wiley ol Pamlico county was
among the business visitors in the
city yesterday.
C. E. Foy it-turned yesterday morn
ing from a business trip at Kinston.
W. E. Patterson returned last even
ing from a business trip at Boston,
Mass.
Mrs. O. H. Guion returnd yesterday
from a visit with relatives at Washing
ton.
Mrs. J. C. Marshbjrn returned
yesterday from a visit with her mother
Mis. M. L. Bumgardner at Edenton.
Miss Annie Haskett of Newport
spent yesterday in the city with her
sister Miss Susie Haskett.
A. J. Flowers of Bayboro was among
the butiness visitors , in the city yes
terday. When a man lives a double life he
may have to do two men's work, so
what's the use?
HOW' THIS.
We offer One HSundred Dollar Re
ward for any case of Cartarrh that
cannot be cured bv Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY A CO., TMedo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 yean, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
buiinesa transaction and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by the firm.
NATIONAL BANK QF COMMERCE
Toledo, O.
Hall' Catarrh Cure U taken intern-
ally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the sytem. Testi-
moniata sent free. Price 75 cent per
bottle. Sold by all Druggist.
Take Hall' Family Pill for con
tipation. (Adv.)
THE MARKETS.
April 24 191?
COTTON
(Quotations furnished by G. W. Tay
lor & Son.)
Middling 5-S ce.-r.
Strict Middling, 11 3-4 '
Good Middling, 11 7-8 "
POULTRY, EGGS, ETC.
(Quotations furnished by Coast Line
Meat Market).
Chickens Grown, pair 60-80
Chickens Half-grown pair 40-70
Geese, per pair $1.25-11. SO
Ducks, per pair 50 1.00
Eggs, per doz 13
Hams, country, smoked, lb 18
Beeswax, lb 22
Wool. 16 to 1
Wool, 16 to!7
Hogs, dressed, lb
.10-101-2
Beef, dressed,, lb-
,8-9
Hides G. S., lb.
.9
Green, lb
Dry Flint, lb.
12-14
10-12
Dry Salt, lb.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
(Quotations by New Bern Produce
Company).
Irish potatoes new crop $2.50
Sweet potatoes, bushel 50
Rutabagas, hundred $1.00
Collards head, .02
Turnips bunch, .03
Cabbage, barrel $1.00 to $1.25
Spinach, basket, . JO
LI-IMPART
BUT FORMER ATTORNEY GEN
ERAL IS NOT SURE THAT
ROOSEVELT WILL RUN
Atlantic City, N. J., April 23.
Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney-Gen
era1 during the Roosevelt administra
tion is here with his family for recrea
tion. In discussing the future of the Pro
gressive party, of which he is a leaelor,
having taken an active part in the cam
paign for the election of Theodore Roosc
ve't said,:
"It would bc-impossiblc for me to tell
at this early day whether Colonel Roose
velt will again be the Presidential cjndi
d;.t2 cf the Prjgressivc party in the next
national campaign. Principles, not
men, arc the epuestions under considera
tion at the present time. Our party
will conduct an active campaign of
education, its organization will be
strengthened in every State in the
Union, the members of the party in
Congress will act in harmony and will
embrace every opporutnity presented
to enlighten the country regarding
the principles and reforms for which
we stand.
"Many memb.rs of the regular Re
publican party have predicted that the
Progressive party will go to pieces, and
declare that its highest vote was polled
at the last election. I take no stock
in such predictions. The Progressive
party i unlike the o her new ones that
appeared and, after making one cam
paign, their leaders and followers
merged with the older parties. Our
party stand; for vital principle; and
for reforms that are badly needed. It
will live for many years, will be vigorous
during its life and wi.l be productive
for much good :or the people during
its existence.
"It devolves upon the next national
convention to determine who will be
selected as the standard bearer, and
I do not know whether Colonel Roose
velt will again consent to lead the party
for which he has performed such ex
cellent service."
TRAGEDY OF GETTYSBURG.
Confederate Soldier' Skeleton
Under Foot of Loaf Mold. , I
. 1
Gettybsurg, Pa., April 23. What
may be mute testimony to the fall of a
vietim of Union bulte s in the battle
of Gettysburg was found yesterday
in the mountain region eight miles
west of here, when wha is believed
to be the skeleton o a Confederate
soldier was discovered under a foot of
leaf mold, the accummulation perhaps
of half a century.
The find was made by Charles A.
Wills while surveying a tract of land
seldom traversed save by hunters. He
was first attracted to it when he stepped
on the end of the barrel of an old mus
ket. Digging away the leaves, he found
the hammer and lock and the trade
marks showing the English made gun
which was much used in th.- Confed
e.ate army.
A flattened buller bore testimony to
the manner in which the soldier met
h's death.
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ANEW Shipment of
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display.
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YOUR GOOD FORTUNE.
Fate has comparatively little to do with your
dest'ny and your gocel fortune depends upon your
self. If you lay the right foundation, you will be
prospc rous. You neve hear the man who handles
his money carefully and saves a part of it om
plain about fortune. He usually has a little ready
money on hand and is always prepared for any fi
nancial misfortune. Tomorrow tloes not haunt him.
Worry does not sap his strength and destroy his
hapincss. Try having a savings account with this
bank and deposit a little surplus money cvlry week
or very month.
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NEW BERN BANKINGS? TRUST C?
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Bellair Stock and Fruit Farm.
G. T. RICHARDSON, .Proprietor.
I have Full Blood Angus Bulls and Heifers for sale
immune from Texas fever, alsb full blood Berkshire
Hoes. You are cordially invited to visit farm and
see stock.
New Bern, IN. C, K. b.
Phone, Bellair line, 4
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Wagons and Harness see
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