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N. C as second-class matter.
As if there were not enough trouble
scattered atound through the world,
China is trying to produce another
revolution.
John Sharp Williams suggests that
the pages of the Congressional Record
be enlivened by the work of a first-
class cartoonist. But what cartoonist
would want Us work buried like that?
A Chicago dispatch tells how Sec
retary Bryan entertained himself and
four others at a midnight lunch costing
forty-five cents. Have to give the
Commoner credit for doing his best to
live within that twelve thousand dol
lar income.
Even the Balkan States are beginning
to appreciate the blessings of peace
Experience is a good teacher. After
a little, the most war-like of these
small, but very warlike, nations will
be found accepting Mr. Bryan's peace
pact.
The Journal acknowledges the re
ceipt of the premium lift of the fifty-
third State Fair. John A. Mill is pres
ident and Joseph E. Pogue, whose very
ume suggests the State Fair, is again
Secretary. The list is very com pre
bensive and the Fair will no doubt
prove quite as great an attraction
this year as it has always been,
A was expected by those who have
kept up with the progress of, events
even moderately well, Progressives are
voting for some of the sections of the
Simmons-Underwood tariff bill. A
number of Republicans of all factions
have declared that they favored
revision of the tariff downward and now
is the time for them to show whether
they were in earnest or not
FIGHT AHEAD FOR BURLESON
Postmaster-General Burleson's plan
to increase the size of Parcel Post
packages transmissible through the
mails and to carry them at lower rates
is not to be carried out without con
siderable of a fight. The railroads
say it would mean a tremendous loss
to them and of course it would also
hit the express companies hard. It
is also claimed that the Postmaster-
General exceeded hi authority in
ordering the change complained of.
It seem that the Parcel Post up
to this time ha taken a class of business
that the express companies did not csre
much for any way. Now it is proposed
to take over the handling of a class of
business that has been profitably
both to the express companies and to
the railroads which receive fifty per
cent, of the pay received by the ex
press companies for the carriage of
A bill has been introduced in the
Senate to repeal the section of the
Parcel Post law under which Mr
Burleson proceeded when he issued
his order for an enlarged parcel post
service, and all the indications are
that the chief of the postal service
has entered into a large sized contract
A REBUKE FOR HUERTA.
President Wilson's decision that mu
nitions of war shall not be shipped
from this country to either the Con
stitutionalists of the Federals in Mexico
was probably a wise decision though in
the nature of the case with affairs
ia Mexico in such an unsettled condi
tion one course with respect to it is
about as apt to be right as another.
It other nations would follow suit
and refuse to sell either faction in the
war-torn republic the implements and
supplies of war there might be real
progress made in the direction of ef
fecting a cessation of hostilities.
Heretoire the seeling of arms to
the Federalists has been permitted, but
the rebels were not allowed the same
privilege. It was claimed by the latter
that this gave Huerta the one advantage
needed to keep him in even the precari
ous position of nominal authority
that he hasenjoyed.
The result of the President's decision
which is supported by the foreign
relations committees of both houses of
Congress, will be awaited with the
keenest interest. l is of course in the
nature of a rebuke for the' Huerta re
gime (or which President Wilson has
plainly but little if any respect.
POPULAR RAILROAD PRESIDENT.
Ooe of the wisest railroad mea of this
generation is W. W. Finley, president
of the Southern. We do not know that
ka j very effective; si a practical
railroad man, but in the very important
snatyar, of accelerating sentiment favor
Mfgtt tjjf railroads and of doing it
! WfcRW t0 offensive,
,JUs has tw fi'v nl n.
he is a past master.
The Southern used to be not over
popular. But under Mr. Finley it has
outlived much of its unpopularity.
One reason that he has made good
that he has) bees) a great booster
for the Southeast, the portion of the
country served by the Southern. One
is just compelled to think well of a man
when he is perpetually calling attention
to the fine points of the country in
which one lives. -
Mr. Finley has also been wise in
cultivating the newspapers. Some
railroad men affect to move in a differ
ent sphere from that of ordinary man
kind- and far beyond and above the
spere in which the newspaper
man moves. Mr. Finley has taken
newspaper men into his confidence,
has sought their aid and co-operation
and has acknowledged their service
to society, as witness his very sympa
thetic and cordial address at Asheville
to the Press Association which was
but of a piece with many other utter
ances of his.
The directors of the Southern did
a good day's work for that road when
they elected Mr. Finley president.
Senator Bristow alluding to Mr.
Bryan asks. "Upon what meat doth
this our Ceasar feed?" Mr. Bryan has
told them what he drinks, grape juice
and now they are after his meat.
The Republicans in the Senate are
going to find out, after a while, that
the Democrats of that body have fully
made up their minds on what they are
going to do to the tariff and that
they are going to do what they have
decided to do. So far there has been
gratifying unanimity of action on the
part of the Democrats and there are
no signs whatever that important
differences of opinion are going to
develop. Democrats who object to
individual schedules will support the
bill as a whole.
There are no rules for spelling pro
per names, and this old maxim has
received much additional exemplifi
cation in the way some of our exchanges
have handled the name of the new gener
al passenger agent of the Norfolk
Southern, Mr. Leard. This gentleman
has been fairly conspicuous in railway
circles for years, yet half the newspapers
that carried the item of his appoint
mem, called hin Laird. The incident
probably shows that the bright young
men who do the local for their
papers don't keep very close tab on
names beyond the immediate vicinity
where they live and move and have
their reportorial existence.
GOOD TO THE SCRIBES.
Score once more for the newspaper
man as an especial object of solicitude
on the part of President Wilson.
John P. Murphy, of Knoxville, Tenn.",
for years publisher of the Knoxville
Mercury, has been appointed post mas
ter of the United States Senate. It is
the opinion of a great many people
that newspaper folk do more work
for less pay than any other class of
workers. President Wilson must belong
to this class for he certainly does seem
to be partial to the scribes. It is
possible, however, that the fact that
a brother of his was for years a hard
working writer for the Nashville Banner
of Nashville, Tenn., explains his fond
ness for the representatives of the
Fourth Estate.
PROBABLY A HOAX.
A dispatch from Knoxville, Tenn.
says:
"Three children of Mr. and Mrs.
John Cooper, of Townsend, Tenn.
were fatally bitten by rattlesnakes
late yesterday and while Mrs. Cooper
fought for them an infant she had placed
near the bank of a stream fell into the
water and was drowned."
This sounds very much like the dis
patch which was sent out from Green
ville, we believe it was, about a year
ago, telling of a similar combination
of fatalities alleged to have transpired
in Craven county. We susptct that when
the truth is known about this Tennes
see anair it will be lound to exist
only in the imagintion of some not over
scrupulous correspondent.
A WORTHY UNDERTAKING
In helping along the anti-fly campaign
the City Beautiful Club is doing
practical service that is of the highest
value. The members of the Club should
have the hearty co-operation of the
public generally. The fly is a most
active propagator of disease. Whoever
impairs his capacity for producing
sickness is a public benefactor.
Of course It is well understood that
no matter how much the City Beautiful
Club spends in prizes all the flies
in New Bern will not be killed. But the
more of the little pests that do get
killed the better it will be for the com
munity. The main benefit, however, from such
a praiseworthy undertaking as that
launched by the City Beautiful Club
is the emphasis that it gives to the fact
that the fly is exceedingly dangerous,
and that person who value the health
of themselves and their families, and
who want to save the expense of doctor's
bills and to avoid the sorrows which
death brings must be ever on their
guard against the fly.
The anti-fly campaign will result in
b tter and more effective r twining
against the fly now and hereafter
and it will also have its direct and im
mediate results in the slaughter forth
with of several millions or more of one
of mankind's most deadly foe. All
succct to it I
Miss Pearl Waters attended the pic
nic held yesterday near Askin. ,
AND
Dr. L. B. Mc Braver, of Asheville,
in an article in the current bulletin
of the State Board of Health, in
quires of parents:
"Father, mother, do you give as much
attention to the selection of a husband
by your daughter, or a wife by your
son? Do you inquire as particularly
into his or her ancestry, and into the
physical condition of his or her being,
as you do when you go to buy your
hogs and horses and grain and flowers?
If not, why not? If you do not, who
is playing the fool? Is not the matter of
raising children that are to be 'bone
of your bone and flesh of your flesh,'
as important a matter as planting an
apple orchard or stocking your farm
with cows and hogs? Don't you know
that defects of mind or body are just as
surely transmitted from parents to
offspring as are defects in hogs or
cattle or fruits or flowers? It is true,
anyway, whether or not you have
ever stopped to think about it. And,
thank God, the converse is also true.
Strong characteristics are also trans
mitted in the same way. Strong men
tality, strong character, strong bodies,
etc., are transmitted from parents to
their children, just as the strong points
in the hog or cow or fruit are trans
mitted to succeeding generations. Do
you want your child to marry a person
who, while apparently healthy, has in
him a strain of insanity, feeble-minded
ness, or other defects of mind or body
or character, and which defect is just
as sure to crop out in his offspring
as there is a God in heaven? If not,
is it not time that you were giving
this matter your most earnest consider
ation.
An affirmative answer could be given
to all of these questions without getting
anywhere. All of those desirable things
enumerated by Dr. McBrayer the fond
parent covets, and covets eagerly.
But parents are not consulted about
these things. Young men and women,
rightly or wrongly, usually settle
these matters for themselves and often
before parents know that anything unu
sual is going on have themselves tied
up irrevocably or at least supposedly
so. They are the ones to whom the
eugenists oughtjto address their remarks
the truthfulness of which no one can
successfully deny.
THE SCHOOL HOUSE AS A CIVIC
CENTER.
It is obvious that the schoolhouse
is in most communities used only during
certain hours of the day, those hours
when the rest of the community is
busily engaged in bread winning work
It occurred to the gentlemen who
started this movement that inasmuch
as the schoolhouses belonged to the
community it was perfectly legitimate
that the community should use them
for its own entertainment and school
ing, when the young people were not
occupying them; and that, therefore,
it would be a good idea to have there
all sorts of gatherings, for social pur
poses, for purposes of entertainment
for purposes of conference, for any
legitimate thing that might bring
neighbors and friends together in the
schoolhouses. That, I understand it
in its simplest terms is the civic center
movement in short, where by meeting
each other the people of a community
might know each other, and by knowing
each other might concert a common
life, a common action. Woodrow Wil
son.
HOW A LITTLE AD. RECOVERED
A BICYCLE.
This little ad. was pnt in the Journal
Thursday morning:
BICYCLE found. Inquire of Ma.inda
Chase, No. 60 Pavie avenue.
A few days p.evious, Joe Franks
drayman for the New Bern Grocery
Company, had left his wheel in front
of the store on South Front street
A little later when he went for it, it
had disappeared. When his attention
was called to the advertisement in the
Journal he hastened to No. 60 Pavie
avenue and there recovered his wheel
A son of Marinda Chase had found it
in the colored baseball park.
NEW BERN'S REPLY.
New Bern Accepts the Evidence and
Many Journal Reader Will
Profit by It.
Which is the more weighty proof a
few word from a New Bern resident.
whom we knows and respect, or volume
rom strangernin distanttowas? There,
can be only oe reply.
Mrs. C. Pennington, 27 East Front St.
New Bern, N. C, say: "I suffered in
tensely from backache, and sharp
shooting pains across my loin. Often
t was so lame that I could hardly ttraigh
ea after stooping. I knew that my
kidneys were disordered for the seer
tJoas were very unnatural. I used just
one box of Doan'a Kidney' Pilb that I
got from the Brad ham Drug Co., sad
this was sufficient to remove my ache
and pain. Doaa's Kidney Pill have
been of greater benefit to rat than any
other kidney medicine I have ever tak
en." (Statement given Jaauary 24
1908.)
THE BENEFIT LASTED
Mrs. Pennington was interviewed re
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mend Doan's Kidney Pills, for they gave
me permanent relief. You may coa
tinue to publish my former endoisement
of this remedy."
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I: Personals
RIDAY, JULY 15
Edwin Richardson returned last even
ing from a business visit at Goldsboro.
Charles Humphrey, of Goldsboro,
was among the business visitors in the
city yesterday.
H. R. Bryan, Jr., returned last even
ing from a business visit at Raleigh.
M. L. Sultan spent yesterday at
Kinston attending to business matters.
Rev. J. B. Phillips, pastor of the Tab
ernacle Baptist church, returned last
evening from Augusta, Ga., where he
has been conducting a revival meet
ing.
Z. V. Rawls, of Bayboro, was among
the visitors in the city yesterday.
Mayor L. J. Moore, of Polloksville,
spent yesterday in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. George N. Ives return
ed last evening to their summer home
at Newport after spending the day in
the city.
S. M. Brinson left last evening for
Morehead City where his family is
spending the summer.
Benjamin O'Neil, Sheriff A. H
Stephens and L. T. Smallwood, of
Oriental, were among the visitors in
the city yesterday,
H. A. Reel, of Reelsboro, spent yes
terday in the city attending to business
matters.
G. A. Jones, editor of the Snow Hill
Square Deal, was in the city yesterday.
C. M. Mattocks, of Maysville, was
a business visitor here yesterday.
J. F. Rawls, of Alliance, was in the
city yesterday.
Miss Mary Rouse left yesterday
vor Kinston where she will spend a
few days with relatives.
Col. James A. Bryan left yesterday
for Washington, D. C, where he goes
to attend to business matters.
George Green, Jr., left yesterday
for a visit of several days at Beaufort
Mrs. Z. V. Rawls, of Bayboro
spent yesterday in the city visiting
friends.
Miss Mary Scott Monroe, of Golds
boro, is a guest at the home-of Dr,
and Mrs. N. H. Street, No. 18 John
son street.
SATURDAY, JULY 26
Col. P. M. Pearsall left last evening
for Morehead City where he will spend
several days.
Miss Grace Martin, of Wilson,
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
T. D. Hewitt.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hancock left
yesterday morning for Beaufort where
they will make their home.
Mrs. J. Leon Williams left yesterday
for Cedar Point where she will join
camping party for several days.
Stein H. Basnight left yesterday
for Cedar Point where he will be a
member of a camping party.
Thursday's Greenville Reflector says:
Miss Alice Ward, of New Bern, came
in Tuesday evening to visit Miss
Annie King.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hollowell have'
returned from a short visit with rela
fives at Beaufort.
Mrs. J. P. C. Davis and children
left yesterday for a visit with rela
tives at Morehead City and Beaufort.
L. A. Mann, of Newport, was among
the business visitors in the city yester
day. Paul J. Delemar, of Oriental, spent
yesterday in the city attending to
business matters.
Charles Turner has returned from a
visit with friends in Western North
Carolina.
K. B. Stewart, of Newport, was among
the visitors here yesterday.
Mr. amd Mrs. E. K. Bishop left
yesterday for Rockbridge Alum Springs,
Va., to spend some time.
F. H. Sawyer and wife left yesterday
for Asheville to spend a while.
L. K. Tyndall will leave this mornine
for a business visit at Baltimore, Md. I
SUNDAY JULY 27
S. M. Brinson I spending the day
with his family at Morehead City.
Irthur P. Midyette, of Oriental,
waa among the business visitor in t he
city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Went, of RopW,
who have been visiting Mr. and Mfcrs.
M. W. Kodrie, left last even lag for a
short visit at Morehead City.
T. D. Warsta left last evenino fordM.u u atm uul lmi rvi,ii
Morehead City where he will spend aj
a? ' .77 T
iew amy,
( George Duncan, of Beaufort,
home last evening after a business
visit in the city.
H. L'. Gibbs, of Oriental, was among
the professional visitors in the city
yesterday.
G. V. Richardson, of Dover, passed
through the city yesterday en route
to Askin for a short business visit.
T. J. Roberts left yesterday fora
short visit at Vanceboro.
R. X Wade, editor of the Morehead
City Coaster and H. H. Hamlin, of
Beaufort, passed through the city
yesterday en route home from Ashe
ville where they attended the annual
meeting of the North Carolina Press
Association.
Miss Fannie Hcptinstall, of Norfolk,
Va,, is a guest of her aunt, Mrs. George
B. Waters, on Pollock street.
Master John and Little Miss Fay
Mc Daniel of Clarks, are the guests
of their uncle, Dr: E. G. Hargett.
Captain and Mrs. D. L. Roberts
left yesterday for a visit of several
days at Straits.
Mrs. E. H. Gorham, of Morehead
City arrived in the city yesterday
morning for a visit with relatives.
Miss Mary Parker left yesterday
for a visit with relatives and friends
at Pantego.
J. B. Blades went down to Morehead
City last evening for a short visit.
Freeman S. Ernul, Sergeant R. P
Montague, Policeman E. H. Griffin
and Hardy Whitford attended the pic
n:c held yesterday near Askin.
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