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f7 No, 119 GOOD ROAD BUNDS HAVE BEEN SOLD thirteen ' Thousand Dollars Will Be Spent In Improving Carteret Thoroughfares. IMPROVEMENTS MADE SOON utuene ot That Section Are Progressive And Interested In The Work. (Special to the Journal) Beaufort, May 19. Thirteen thous and dollars worth of Morehead City Newport roads bonds, recently voted upon for the improvemnet of the roads from Morehead City to the Craven county line were last Saturday sold to a Cincinnati' firm. The work of improving these roads will begin at an early date. The road leading from Morehead City to the Craven county line is at places in fairly good condition While at others k is almost impassable and in the opinion of many vehicle drivers there is not a worse road in the whole State. Hardy Lewis, Superintendent of the Beaufort Electric Light Works, is now engaged in putting in a line to furnish current to the government's wireless station located near this place. Formerly the station has been operated with power generated there but this was found to be unsatisfactory in a number of ways. The disappearance of Lillie, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Harren of this place, has caused quite a sensation in Beaufort, the young lady left here on Sunday afternoon, May 11, and was later seen in New Bern. Since that time she has not been heard form. Her parents firmly believe that she has gone to Waycross, Ga., to marry a physician at that place whom she has known for some time. The Home Telephone and Tele graph Company of Henderson have concluded working on their local line and a large number of the local citizens now have telephones in their homes and places of business. The company has a well equipped office here and is giving excellent service. With summer only a few days hence the owners and operators of hotels and boarding houses are putting them in rcadinSss for the annual influx of vis itors who always visit Beaufort during the hot weather. The approaching season promises to be one of the most successful in years, Beaufort is pre paring to entertain the largest crowds in its history. Farmers in this section are com plaining of the lack qf rain. For several days, until today, not a drop of water has fatten and the produce is simply drying up. This afternoon a refresh ing rain fell and this has done much good all over the section. VANGEBORS WILL A PRIVATE PARTIES GETHER TO CLUB TO MAKE SAMPLE MILE. The people of Vanceboro and vi cinity have clubbed together to build a sample stretch of sand clay road. Some gave money, others labor and others the use of teams. A force of men will go to work this morning across Swift Creek from Vanceboro and baild along the road leading towards Streets Ferry. ThisS road is vety candy and it is believed that when a mile or so of hard sand clay road is built .the contrast 'between it and the sandy road will be so notic able that many good roads advocates will be made. There is great enthusiasm on the part of the people of Vanceboro over the question of good roads and when the recently subscribed appropriation for the improvement of the road to Streets .Ferry is used up it is expected that more will be forthcoming. It is also believed by ht friends of the good roads movement in the county that the building of the sample stretch near Vanceboro will be followed by the construction of similar stretches of road in other parts of the county. Count R.H e u ' . .7 . will go up to Vanceboro this morning to be present at the beginning of the work on the sand clay road. The Mutual Banking Company have dl.poeed of their building on Broad street and are erecting a commodious trick structure at No. lOOOueen streets r I u. n. Work on the new building in progress and will be completed in progress and vlll be cor. pi .ted ly date and will at o.we be BUILD ROAD HUNDREDS ATTEND THE UNVEILING Bridgeton Woodmen Of The World Honor Memory Of .Departed Member. VISITORS ENJOY BIG DINNER Ceremony At Cedar Grove Was Very Impressive And Beautiful. Sunday was a momentous day in the history of Bridgeton, just across Neuse river from New Bern, the chief event of the day being a big dinner by the Bridgeton Camp Woodmen of the World previous to the unveiling of a monu ment to the memory of Francis A. Harriet t, a departed member. For several days previous the Bridge- ton Woodmen had been preparing to entertain the many visitors who were expected to be in attendance. Sunday morining dawned dark and cloudy and indications were that it would be a very bad day as far as the weather was concerned. - However, no rain fell and the occasion was not marred by this. At 8:30 o'clock a delegation from the Bridgeton Camp came to New bern and welcomed the visiting Wood men who came from Morehead City, Newport and Cove City. Before re turning to Bridgeton the party was joined by a number of the members of the local camp. Returning to Bridgeton the visitors and the members of that camp began to prepare for dinner and at noon this was served. A table which was one hundred and ten yards in length had been prepared for the occasion and tbjs was literally "groaning" under the weight of the delicious viands. About five hundred persons partook of the food and in the opinion of all it was one of the best dinners they ever ate. The visitors wage profuse in their praise of the culinary achievements of the Bridge ton Woodmen and their wives and daughters and the latter were glad to know that their efforts were so greatly appreciated. After the remains of "t his sumtuous repast had been cleared away the Wood men formed in a line and accompanied by many citizens of the town, marched across Neuse river bridge to New Bern and to Cedar Grove cemetery where the monument is located and where the ceremonies were held. Arriving at Cedar Grove Cemetery, several appropriate , songs were ren dered at the grave and at the conclus ion of these Rev J. B. Swain, a member of the Bridgeton Camp, and a recently ordained minister of the Christian church, delivered the unveiling address. Rev. Swain is a speaker of ability and his address was thoroughly enjoyed by every one present. At the con clusion of the address Miss Elizabeth Morton of Bridgeton recited a beau tiful poem which had been written for the occasion. There is a strain of solemness in the unveiling of a monument by the Wood men of the World but It is a beautiful custom and is symbolic of the brother hood of man, carried even to the grave. The unveiling Sunday was carried through without the slightest hitch and the occasion will linger long in the memory of each and every person who attended. EDWARDS IS OUT OF JAIL ALLEGED ONSLOW COUNTY DIS TILLER SECURES A BONDS MAN. Robert Edwards, theOnslow county man arrested in that county late Unt Monday afternoon by United States Deputy Marshal Samuel Lilly on a warrant charging him with i licet dis tilling and" later brought to New Bern and placed in the county jail in default of bond for his appearance at the next term o Federal Court, was yesterday released from custody, having secured a bondsman in the person of Henry A jarman ol Jacksonville. Ma 2- r 1 I ' oiwnsiow county I most prominent citizens and a larae land owaer and his object in goini on Edwards' bond was to get him released in order that he might goto work on one ol his farms. When carried before United Statei Commissioner F. W. Hargett at Jack aonville for a preliminary hearlne Edwards pleaded guilty to the charge against mm. The Pinnix drug store, located ROBERT NEW BERN, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1913-SECOND SECTION SBCTY OF NAVY HONORED HON. JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Secretary of The United States Navy JOSEPHUS DANIELS VISITS (Special to the Jouranl) Washington, N. C, May 19. -Today marked an epoch in thc history of this town which will ever be remembered Dy tnose wno were wit inn its Doruers. Today, Hon, Joscphus Daniels, Sec retary of the United States Navy and editor of the Raleigh News and Ob- j server, paid the town, his birthplace, I visit and was royally entertained i... .1... , . ... , Yesterday, May 18, Secretary of the Navy Daniels was fifty-one years young". In anticipation of this mo- j mentous event and since he had ac-1 cepted an invitation to visit the town on this occasion, the citizens of Wash-1 ngton had made extensive and elab orate preparations for the event. The town was ablaze with color. From every business house and from many res idences streamers and banncis carry ing the national colors uiif'irlcd to thc breeze and lent their aid in making the occasion the climax of all held here Secretary Daniels arrived yesterday afternoon and his wife came last night. They were entertained a thc home Colonel W. C. Rodman. A 10:30 o'clock this morning a long line of automobiles, military company, and a crew from the revenue ctitter Pamlico formed in front of Col- onel Rodman's home and marched to the graded school of the town where, in the auditorium, thc chief exercises of the day were held. E. A. Daniels, Jr., welcomed the dis- nguished visitors to the town in an loquent and masterful speech. In response to this speech of welcome, Secretary Daniels paid a glowing trib ute to Washington. He said that he was proud to call thc town his birth-. Goldsboro, brothers of the Secretary place and was bringing back to her all'j. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State the laurels he had won. To his mother, who was present, he paid a glowing tribute and one which could not but have made her more than proud of her son as he stood before thc vast crowd and swayed them with his oratory as WERE IN STORAGE BUT NOT COLD THREE DOZEN EGGS FOUND WHEN TURTLE WAS DISSECTED Freeman S. Ernul returned last evening from a visit to his farm .near a.win WKil. .iu L J - !- , early yesterday morning Mr. Ernul found a large loggerhead turtle which he promptly killed and carried back to the house to be prepared for dinner. When the turtle was cut open it was found that there were three dozen eggs in it. Turtle eggs are considered a rare delicacy and are very scarce. Mr. Ernul divided the eggs with one of his relatives and brought thc re - mainder home with him. The eggs are about one-half as large as a hen's egg and are perfectly round in shape. An optimist says that all things are of us BIRTHPLACE the wind sways a reed. In part he said: "All that I am, if there is any worth in me, 1 owe to my mother. All that any man ever has been or ever will be 1 iu rlno In htQ mother It is she that made him; she fixed his character, fixed his soul, shaped his career. No good mah, no great man, was ever reared by a weak or vicious mother. Whenever a big task looms up before me, whenever a mountain of ,, , , i hi- ii rt mo mhnn. ever thc sky seems darkest and storm- iest, I recall the placid face of my courageous widowed mother, I go back again to the days of childhood, I feel the glow of her radiant countenance, the courage of her calm, steady eyes, the fire of her dauntless soul. She still lives, thank God, and is here with us today, as when I was a bare footed boy, and guides my life now as then. It will ever be so; it is so with all men, whether consciously or un consciously." Following the exercises at the school auditorium Secretary Daniels and sever al hundred of the town's most prom inent citizens and visitors went to the Elk's Club where a banquet was ten dered thc guest of honor. At this banquet Col. W. C. Rodman pre- sided as toastmastcr. Secretary Daniels and his wife and mother left for Raleigh at 3:30 this afternoon. The citizens and visitors who participated in the banquet and other events then boarded thc revenue cutter Pamlico and cruised down Pam- lico river for several miles. There were many prominent visitors here to participate in the days events. Among these were Mrs. M. C. Daniels, the Secretary's mother, C. C. Daniels of Wilmington and F. A. Daniels of Lieutenant Coyle of the revenue cutter Pamlico; Rear-Admiral George E. Rcit er, U. S. N. Col. R. S! Ncal, Capt. H B. West, U. S. N. Commander C. D Bradham of New Bern and Lieut. Gabbett of the revenue cutter Pamlico. REVENUER RESIGNS. Deputy Marshal LUly Now A Mem ber Of Police Force. Samuel Lilly who has held the office of United States Deputy Marshal in , tbi 8ection for more than two vca" handed in his resignation yesterday morning, having accepted a position on the local police force. There is considerable speculation as to who will be appointed to fill the office made vacant by Mr. Lilly's resignation ,n tne Pln,on 01 ihOK wn rc familiar with the existing conditions it . . . . K.li..,l h.. h. .1 ...l.-l I a ubiifcTVU iiioi im. uiiui) luai oiiai jat Washington or at Goldsboro will be transferred to this district, the ex piration of theterm being so near that the appointment ol a new man wi not be feasible. The commodious residence being erected on Avenue A by H. M. Groves is rapidly nearing completion and will 'be ready for occupancy wit,hin a short while. Work on the residence being erected by J. O. Gray on the corner of Blades street and National avenue is also progressing rapidly. - A lazy man's affinity is a woman who furnish his daily bread RUSE DERRICK FALLS IN CREEK One Man Seriously Injured And Two Others Have Narrow Escape. VICTIM IS NOW IN HOSPITAL Accident Half Occurred One Miles North Vanceboro. And Of Edward Watson, employed as an engineer on a combination pile-driver and derrick machine owned by the John L. Roper Lumber Company, was , , , , scnously injured yesterday afternoon when the machine fell from a trestle neer J- K- Dougherty ycsterday after being erected over Swift Creek, one and noon at 1:45 o'clock when the step on half miles north of Vanceboro. The Roper Company is erectimr a trestle sixty feet long and thirty feet high over this creek and at present it about half completed. In its con struction a section is erected and the errick machine is then pushed out n that point to continue the work. While hoisting a number of rails yester- ay atternoon the machine tipped over and crashed to the creek in about hree feet of water. With Watson on he derrick were two other men but in some miraculous way they escaped injury. I The injured man was brought to this ty on the 5 o'clock train and placed in Stewart's sanitarium for treatment ASKS CLOTHES OF MRS. WILSON . Woman Tornado Sufferer Appeals To President's Wife Gets $100. Columbus, Ohio, May 19 "Please send some of the cast-off clothes of your girls. It would surprise you to see how much can be done in making hem over. This note was sent to Mrs. Wood- row Wilson, wife of the President, several weeks ago by a woman residing near Percy, Randolph county. III.. I hose home was destroyed by a tor- nado that visited that section of the country Easter Sunday. Mrs. Wilson turned thc request over to the Red Cross and that organization through its Columbus flood head- uartcrs, today sent the woman a check for $100. NORTHERN MEN PAY NEW BERN A VISIT S. M. Wallach and Seymour Hacht, members of thc firm of Goodman, Wallach and llelver of Baltimore, Md., rrived in the city Saturday morning track immediately in front of the lo.'o nd spent the day in looking over thc motive. The step struck his prostrate extensive millinery department in the store of S. Coplon & Son. The main bject of the visit to New Bern of these gentlemen was to look over thc field with a view of establishing a branch, They left last night for Goldsboro here they will inspect the big depart- ment store of H. Weil & Company. AFFECTS FAMILY STATES WHERE WOMEN VOTE COMPARE FAVORABLY WITH THE OTHERS. Denver, May 19 An investigation here to determine the effects of woman suffrage on marital relations has de- veloped that Colorado has a greater percentage of married women than has any one of thirty-three other States. Two of the fifteen which execeed Colorado in that rcspscct have for years recognized thc right women to vote. The figures further show that only six States, except two which have woman suffrage, have a smaller percentage of single women, Denver has a larger percentage of married women than has any of the im - portant cities of thc country except Cleveland, Detroit and Los Angeles, and a greater percentage of thc population of Colorado in 1910 consisted of chil dren under five years of age than in a was a mass of cuts and bruises, majority of the States north of the A short time later the remains were Mason and Dixon line. The record was taken to J. K. Willis' undertaking cs exceeded in all the Southern States, tablishment and prepared for ship where the colored race forms such a ment and at 12:30 o'clock this morning considerable part of the population. were sent to Richards, N. C, thc old The figures are less exouraging when it comes to divorce. In Colorado one woman out of every 84 was divorced, Utah had a record of one woman vorced out of every 33, Idaho one out every 118 and Wyoming one of out evory 103. All these are suffrage States, For some of the other States the figures are: Maine, one out of 105; New York, one out of 321; Pennsylvania, one out of 296; Ohio, one out of 134; Indiana, one out of 109; Illinois, one out of 144; Michigan, one out of 126; Wisconsin, one out of 176; New Mexico, one out 106: California, ione out of 75. YARD CONDUCTOR ILLICIT DISTILLER INSTANTLY KILLED I T. S. Manning Thrown From Engine Tender And Body Is Horribly Mangled. SEVERAL WITNESSED ACCIDENT Coroner's Jury Placed Blame For The Tragedy On Un known Persons. T. S. Manning, yard conductor for the Norfolk Southern Railway Com- panV( wag throw rom the rcar em, , , of locomotive No. 3 in charge ol engi- 6 6 whichhc was standing was struck by an iron Ulster lying on the track and was instantly killed, his body being Horribly mangled The accident occurred on thc Nor folk Southern yards at a point near Attmorc street at what is known as the "Atlantic Coast Line connection" it being the point at which the Norfolk Southern Railway Company transfers freight consigned to that road, and was witnessed by a number of persons, all of whom were powerless to render aid . .u ..r.. i i 1 u"1" ul,lu"u"atc beyond the ken of earthly assistance. A fcw minutes betorc the accident Conductor Manning had superc vised thc transferring of eight cars to the A. C. L. track. At that time thc engine and the cars had safely passed over the iron bolster and this leads to the belief . I . ij : . I : i .i iu . """"""" " these cars. After transferring the cars Conductor Manning walked around to the rear end of the locomotive and mounted the step which is found on all the locomo- lives used around the yards for shift - ing purposes. On the opposite end of this step was William White, a colored brakeman. Conductor Manning did not irrasn the irnard rail nlaccd iusl above the step and to this is partially attributed his death for there is not the cast doubt in the mind of those who are familiar with the existing conditions but that if he had been holding to this he could have saved himself. The Accident. The locomotive was running back wards on the return trip and just as 11 reacnea tne iron bolster wincn nao hcen .a'c'v nassed over a few minutes ,, , , , ,,, tlllO i , u ' r. IIIV flip uiv bent it downward for a distance ol three inches This threw Conductor Manning forward and he fell on the form, caught him beneath it and rolled him over and over, then feeding him to thc merciless wheels behind. While, had a firm grip on the guard rail at the t me and when the iron bolster struck the step he was not thrown off but was an eye witness to the awful tragedy. Asquickly as possible he ran to the op posite end of the step, the end from which Conductor Manning had been thrown, and signalled the engineer to stop, bngineer Dougherty brougnt ine ocomotive to a stop and saw the maglcd body. In a statement given County Coroner Dr. N. M. Gibbs last night he said: "Saw Man Under Engine'' "I saw a man under the engine and I knew then that I had run over some one, either an employe of the company or some person who had no business on the yards and 1 was badly fright cned." In thc meantime several persons who had .witnessed the accident were on thc scene and they scccecdcd removing thc mangled form from be ncath the locomotive. It was seen at oncc that life was extinct but a phys eian was summoned and within a few minutes he arrived on thc scene and I made an examination but could render ofino ajd. I The body was horribly mangled The right arm was crushed to a pulp The left leg was broken, there were cuts and bruises on thc face and head but the most ghastly wound was arouni 1 the middle of the body. It appeared as though thc heavy locomotive had I passed over this, then torn and twisted it, in fact the entire body, with the - exception of the chest and shoulders, home of the deceased, for interment, Conductor Manning has followed railroading for many years and has di - been in the employ of the Norfolk of Southern Company for some time. During the past few months he has been employed with them at Kinston I but on last Friday was transferred to New Bern. His wife and three children reside at Washington, N. C, and he spent Sunday with them, returning here yesterday morning to meet his death a few hours later. of The Coroner's Inquest For four bour last night County 30th YBAf IN JE TOILS Onslow County Man Brought Here Yesterday And Placed In Jail. HAD REVENUER GUESSING Rode With Him Two Miles And Identity Was Not Dis covered. United States Deputy Marshal Sam uel Lilly returned yesterday morning from Onslow county, having in custody Robert Edwards, white, whom he placed in the Craven county jail to await the next term of Federal Court to answer to a charge of illicit distilling. Edwards was placed under arrest late Monday afternoon and was taken before U. S. Commissioner F. W Hargett at Jacksonville for a pre liminary hearing. He entered a plea of guilty and was bound over to court under a bond of two hundred dollars for his appearance at thc next term. He was unable to give this and his in carceration followed. Deputy Marshall Lilly had a novel experience in placing Edwards under arrest. The officer was hunting for him but having never seen him was not familiar with him. Monday afternoon while driving through the country he met a man who asked for a ride in his buggy. The officer had an intuition that the man was Edwards and willing ly took him in the vehicle. The two talked on different subjects for at least half an hour and the longer they conversed, thc more thc officer thought that his suspicions were groundless. Finally the stranger told Deputy Mar shall that he was ready to alight and this he did, disappearing down a path through the woods. Later the officer met one of his friends. The latter had seen the two together and upon inquiry the officer discovered that he had really been sitting in the buggy with the man for whom he was search ing and as can well be imagined was greatly chagrined. While the two were talking the man lo had ridden with the officer came out ol the woods and walked up within few feet of the revenuer. Needless to say that he was soon under arrest and within an hour was Joeing given a preliminary hearing. DEATH OF LITTLE CHILD. (Correspondence of the Journal Pollocksville, N. C, May 20. Mattle, May, the twelve months' old child f Prof, and Mrs. Alex H. White, died Sunday afternoon, the funeral took place Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock nd was conducted by Rev. J.M. Gibbs, pastor ol the I'rcsbytenan church. The interment was made at thc local cmctery. Many floral offerings were sent as tokens ol the sympathy 01 riends for the bereaved couple. A- inong those here lor tne lunerai were Mrs. Warren Ellis and little daughter of New Bern. BRIDGETON LADY DIES AFTER PROTRACTED ILLNESS. After an illness extending over a leriod of several months Mrs. Joseph Stallings died at her home at Bridgeton st Monday night. The remains were ken to Kit Swamp church for inter ment in the tamily burying grotino, Rev. I. W. Rogers, pastor of the Chris tian church, this city, conducting the service. The deceased is survived by her husband. Coroner, Dr. N. M. Oibbs made in quiry into the cause of the death of Conductor Manning. A number of witnesses were examined and every detail of the horrible affair was gone into with the greatest precision, and every effort was made to lay the blame, if there was any blame, on the person who caused the accident. However, from thc testimony of the witnesses thc jury decided that there was no blame to be laid at the door of any known person and rendered the fol lowing verdict: The Verdict. "We, thc Coroner's Jury empanelled this 19th day of May, 1913, to view the body of T.-8. Manning, deceased, do he r :by render the following verdict; to wit: "That the death of said Manning was due to an iron bolster being placed too near the tracks of the Norfolk Southern Railroad by persons unkonwn to the Jury, said bolster being struck by thc steps of tender of engine No, upon which said Manning wa sum ing, causing him to fall upon the tracl and being run over by the engine. Respectfully, J. L. Harlsfield, Foreman. S. H. Eaton, W. G. Boyd, M. W. Fodrie, A. J. Gaskins, CP, BartUiJKecroUry.'' 1 I al
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