I
ftOOLPH
ROBERTS
KILLS HIMSELF
Well Known Printer Fired 32 Cali
bre Bullet Into His
Brain.
VICTIM WAS DESPONDENT
Fatal Shot Believed To Have Bean
Fired At 4 o'clock Yester
day Morning.
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CONFESSION
With a thirty-two calibre revolver
c'a9ped in 1 is hand end a bullet woum'
in his right temple, Adclph Robert'
proprietor of the Comnc.cial Punting
and Rubber Stamp Works, was found
lying dead in his bed rt t'le home cf
his brother, Will Roberts, No. 162
Scuth Front street, at 7 o'c'ock yester
day morning. The self-inflicted wound
was probably made between the hours
of 1 and 6 o'clock, most likely just
at 4 o'clock as Policeman A. A. Ip ck
who was in the neighborhood at that
hoi T, heard the report of a revolver
just after the town ekek had struck
four.
Mr. Roberts has for yer.rs been ir.
bad health, and constant hroocirg over
this and probably business wenies
are believed to have been the cause
of his rash act.
Mr. Roberts was born at Newport.
Carteret county, in li7!. Early
ir. life he entered a piinting office ar.d
learned a trade, i ince that time he has
followed this vocation ar.d has been
connected with a number of piinting
offices. Just prcious to the time
that he opened up the Commercial
Printing and Rubber Stamp Works,
he was connected with the I. J. Land
Printing Company, having been with
thi3 company for more than a year.
Once before during the past week
had Mr. Roberts attempted lis life.
This was on Thursday night. Closing
his place of business Thursday after
noon he did not go home but instead
remained in the building ar.d turned
on the gas. His sister, Miss Lena
Roberts, who also resides at the home
of Will Roberts, thought it strange
that her brother did not come home
to his supper, but finally came to the
conclusion that his duties at the office
were such that he was compelled
to remain there until late at night
in order to attend to them. When she
retired for the night Mr. Roberts
had not made his appearance. Upon
arising Ftiday morning she found
that he had not been at home during
the night. Upon the arrival of Mr.
Will Roberts she informed him of this
fact and he went at tn:c of 1 is brother's
place of business and found him Kinj
unconscio.s en the floor and the place
filled with the fumes cf gas. l e was
placed in a carriage and cariicd home
as quickly as possible.
Mr. R jerts appeared to be truly
repentrnt of this attempt at his life
and promised that he would never again
make such an attempt if the family
mould keep the affair a secret, and this
they consented to do. He remained
in his bed all duing the day.
The last time he was seen alive tvs
about midnight at that time he was
asleep. Miss Lona Roberts did n t retire
until 1 o'clock and she is positive
that her Ircther did net 1 ill himself
before that hour. Di ring the remr indcr
of the night the occupants cf the house
heard no unusual ncise and it is believed
that in order to mu'fle the report of the
revolver Mr. Roberts wrapped it in
the bed clothing. That he had been
dead several hours was evidenced by
the fact that rigor mortis had set in
and his body was stiff and cold when the
undertaker arrived on the scene a short
time after it had been found.
Death was in a'.l probability instan
taneous. The bullet entered at a vital
point and probably lodged in the brain
as it did not come out on the opposite
side of the head.
Mr. Roberts is survived by a sister.
Miss Loni Roberts and a brtther.
William Roberts, his parents having
Deen aeaa lor several vears. He was
a member of the local lodge Knights of
Pythias and of the Knights of Har
mony. The funeral will be conducted
from the late residence this afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock by Rev. B. F. Huskc
and the interment will be made in Cedar
Grove cemetery.
The only message left by the deseaced
was a note written on a small sheet of
paper requesting that all bills due the
Commercial Printing ar.d Rubber
Sump Works be paid to W. T. Hill,
from whom he had purchased the outfit.
hpzs Her Statement, Made Public,
will Help Other Women.
Hines, Ala. "I must confess", says
Mrs. Eula Mae Reid, ol this place, "thai
Cardui, the woman's tonic, has done iiu
great deal of good.
Before 1 commenced using Cardui, 1
would spit up everything I ate. I had r
tired, sleepy feeling all the time, and was
irregular. I could hardly drag around
and would have severe headaches con
tinuously. Since taking Cardui, I hsve entirely
juit spilling up what 1 eat Everything
jeettis to digest all right, and I havi
?a'ned 10 pounds in weight."
If you are a victim of any of the numer
ous tils so common, to your sex, it is
wrong to suffer.
For half a century, Cardui has ber n re
lieving just such ills, as is proven i: y the
thousands of letters, similar to the above,
which pour into our cl.ice, year by year.
Cardui is successful because it is com
posed of ingredients which act specifically
on the womanly cons'.ihtUoa, and helps
build the weakened c. ans back to health
and strength.
Cardui has helped others, and will help
you, too. Get a bottle today. You
won't regret it. Your drugjist sells it.
Writ! to : Ctu'.tanooea Medkln Co.. Ladles' Ad
visory Dept.. Chattanooga. Tenn.. (or Sjtrciai Jn
Hmctfont on your case and (rl-pace book. "Homo
Treauuent for Women," tent In plain wrapper.
WILL CONTROL
MUG
GUM
AGRICULTURAL DEAPRTMENT
DISCOVERS SERUM THAT
PREVENTS DISEASE.
Washington, Sept. 13. Inauguration
of a country-wide campaign to eliminate
i r control hog cholera b urged in a
special report today by Marion Dorset,
of the Bureau of Animal industry,
who estimates that during the pasrt
voir about $60,000,000 worth of hog?
died of the disease.
After experimenting for more than
25 years the Department of Agriculture
finally discovered a scrum that will
prevent the disease and li is now
being distributed in 30 i .... This
wcrk however, Mr. Dorset says, has
nit resulted in a noticeable diminution
of thc disease in the country as a whole.
In suggesting a nation's, an'.i
chclcra campaign the report urges that
the scrum be used as a bash. The suc
cess of the movement, it say ., depends
iron the crtablishmcnt of efficient
State an 1 Federal organization which
willwtrk together bit which must
enlist "the full co-operation and sup
pert cf the farmers."
circus can be attained by the know
ledge that they travel in a train of
eighty cars, have more than twelve
hundred employes, seven hundred and
fifty horses, one hundred and ten
cages, forty elephants and hundreds
of other animals.
Their parade is said to be more than
three miles in length and their tent
covers twenty acres. New Bern is the
only city in Eastern North Carolina
in which the circus will exhibit and it is
expected that fully ten thousand visi
tors will be here on the day exhibits.
AUTOISTS RETURN ER
10 PORTSMOUTH P
A SINGLE MISHAP
MACHINE IN LONG
TRIP.
WOMAN ESCAPES
OPERATION
By Timely Use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Here is Iter own statement.
Cary, Maine. " I feel it a duty I owa
to all suffering women to tell what
Lydia iu. rmKnam 3
Vcgotablo Com
pound did for me.
One year ago I found
myself a terrible suf
ferer. I had pains
in both sides an J
3ueh a soreness I
could scarcely
straighten up at
timeo. My back
ached, I had no ap
petite and was so
nervous I could not sleep, then I would
RAPID
PROGRESS
IS BEING MADE
Contractors Are Rushing Work On
New Tarm Life
School.
TO BE OPENED IN OCTOBER
farm Demonstrator Will Arrive
Atcut first Of Next
Month.
Tr
I Craven
cf the Norfolk!
Thursday's issue
Virginian Pilot says: m
"After an extended automobile tour
from Portsmouth to New Bern, Mr.
ind Mrs. J. E. Sne! ings and their . rr.enccd taking Lydia E.Pmkham s Veg
daughter and a party of relatives ctable Compound end soon felt like a
have returned. Thev made the trip I new woman, i naa no pains, wept we...
from Portsmouth to New Pern and had good
back without a single mishap of
J. E. Turlington, principal of
county's Farm Life School,
arrived in the city yesterday for
short business visit. Dr. Turlington
.i... -i u: .,i
be so tirad mornings that I could scarcely p't ... . .
: in li: c vrui uvn ui iuc miwi uuuusiig
n iv ii r 1 ft Rwnpfi 1 m of. t ImftMid
lb to move or do a bit of work and I land that tl is will probably be ready for
thought I never would be any better un- ccci'pany by the latter part of next
CI I submitted to an operation. I com- month. The
Elegance in Home Furnish
ing Without Excessive Cost
Our Furniture stands the test of time. It's bui't
of the best of Material -f rue in wood and work
manship. Good enough to be handed down to
your children as heirlooms. If your home is not
as cozy and comfortable as you would like it, why
not come and complete its furnishings here?
You will find just the things to give your dwelling a touch of luxury
without excessive ccst.
J. 5. MILLER FURNITURE CO.
Phone 22 'The H meFi rr fchers" 99 101 Middle St.
n;ctite and was fat and
v-,mU ?rt r.lrr -,nf nil tnv nwn wnflr for n.
v I ivuiu mi i.ia..... .j
sort, not even a punctured tire, and had ; f my health t(J yoa, me(1.
a delightful time. j jcjno.Mrs. HAYWARD Sowers, Cary,
They arrived in New Licrn jutt
before the terrif.c storm of a few days
ago when great damage was done
in that city and in the surrounding
country. In the touring party besides
Y.T. and Mrs. Snellings and their
daughter, were Vr Snellings' tiiter,
Mrs. T Walton Smith and her son
of this city, W. E. fuellings and
daughter Alberta and son Edwin,
and Mrs. Guy H. Snellings of Norfolk.
Miss Fannie and William Holland, of
New Bern, returned to Norfcl
the party."
1 Maine.
1 TP n.n ?11 Ar t-.rtf Amcr fOATior nnttl
" - " - t , g t cnce
cn operation n necessary, dui ai ence
I take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetabfj
Compound.
j If you have the slightest doutt
",iat Lydia E.Pinliliuiii's Vegeta
ble Compound will helpyon,writa
1 1 3 Lydia U.Pinkham WfedlclneCo.
( uoafidcntial) Lynn.Mnss., for ad
vice. Your letter will bo opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and hold in strict confidence.
ith
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5
10 BE S
BEAUTIFUL BRUNETTE GOES
IN STORE FOR MERCEN
ARY PURPOSES.
PROMISE
F
RAGES THURSDAY
BARRING BAD WEATHER COM
ING SPORTING EVENT SHOULD
BE BIG SUCCESS.
MINISTER TAKEN AT CHURCH
St. Louis, Sept. ..13. Miss Marie
Bakcwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
P.iul Bakewcll, prominent here soci
. 1 , and scver.'.l years ago a debutante
in St. Louis, has deserted social life
for a business car:er.
Monday will mark the end of her
first week as clerk in the drapery and
house decorative department of a big
store. Since last Friday she has re
ported at an O ivc street store at S:30
a. m., ruing down on tnc street cars,
and departed for home at six o'clock in
the evening. She has a number and
a time card and puncnes tne ciock
with the other employes of the great
store.
She is a ta'l striking brunette, about
twenty-six years of age. When seen
by a reporter she wa3 attired in the
regulation black shirtwaist and skirt
required of department stare clerks.
She admitted to an interest in house
decoration and said she bug has had
an ambition to become efficient in the
art. She is a graduate of the Visita
tion Convent in Baltimore.
She says she studied the art of
draperies, Wall cove.-int,s, floor cover
ings, etc., in current periodicals, but
only recently conceived the idea of
entering a shop and becoming an ap-
prcnti:c in house decorative work.
"Ihere h no s::rct . connected with
my being here," she said, laughingly.
"As a matter pi fct, t intend writing
to all my friends, telling them of my
vocatior.
"I cannot plead sociological interest.
I am just mercenary and more than
ordinarily interested in the work.
wish to fit myself in this that's all."
Barring bad weather to spoil the
track, the horse races next Thursday
at the Fair grounds will be the best
in the history of the track, according
to the horsemen and others who are
promoting the event. On Labor Day
the track was wet and heavy and the
races not nearly so dose as they
would have been had the track been dry.
Now the track is in fine shape and un
less some bad weather comes in the
meantime will be in good condition
Thursday. The horses which will be
in the races have been making fast
times in the work outs.
The races will begin at 2 o'clock.
Admission to adults will be fifty cents,
children under twelve years of age
25 cents. No extra charge for admission
to the gradstand.
The races will be as follows:
Free For All.
June Boy, C. H. Bush, Pittsburgh.
Billy Boy, A. B. Cox, Cove City.
Virginia Guard, Dallas White, Eliza
beth City.
2.28 Class.
Mary B, Charles Reid, Elizabeth
City.
Mary E., T. W. Holton, Bridgeton.
Lucy, Geo. H. DuVat, Pollokvilie.
Two exhibition races, half mile
heats, with pacers against runners,
as follows:
Rubber Dol', C. W. Bush, Pittsburg,
against running horse to be selected.
Billy Hal, I. L. Bray, New Bern,
against running horse to be selected.
WELFARE
WOK
FIST SPREADING
ELIZABETH L. OTEY BELIEVES
IT SOON WILL BE A REQUIREMENT.
Preacher
And
Called From Conference
Arretted By Sheriff.
Parkersbcrr, W. Va., Sept. 13.
Armed with a warrant for Rev. C. E.
Chalfant, a local minister, who is also
in the real estate and oil business,
a deputy sheriff from Mason county
to day had Chalfant called out from
the seseioas cf the West Virginia United
Brethren Church Conference, hich
he was attending, and at the church door
notified him he was under arrest.
Chalfant fell in a faint end did not
recover consciousness unt.l removed
to the church parsonage. 1 he warrant
charges Chalfant with obtaii ing money
under false pretences, based upon the
allegation that he sold oil stock which
he had represented to be of
man its true value.
The accused minister secured
release oa $500 bond for appear
at a hearing next wcik he chara
ited hia arrest " piece of s
EASILY RECOGNIZED.
"That man sitting in the back scat
is the one who owns the automobile.'
"Why, he is the only person in the
party who doesn't teem to be having a
good time."
"That's how I kr.or. He's thinking
about tires, gasoline and speed-limit
fincs."Washington Star.
Washington, Sept. 13. Welfare wcrk
will be a requirement in the near fu
ture, in the opinion of Dr. Elizabeth
Lewis Otey, who at the instance of the
United States Bureau of Labcr statis
tics personally -Uited upward of 50
establishments of the country noted
for wclt'arc wcrk. The results of her
investigation arc contained in a bulle
tin issued today by the Department
of Labcr.
Miss Otey found that sentiment
throughout the country generally fa
vored welfare work, but that it was
n?t so kindly received in certain Iabor
circlc-.
"The sphere of welfare work," she
declares, "must not be confounded
with that uf legislation, nor should
it Le used as a means of retarding
wise labor laws. If it should have this
effect and make v.crkroom conditions,
the safeguarding of machinery or the -prevention
cf child labcr end night
work for women dependent on the
employer's kinclir.:ss or sympathy its
effect becomes at once deleterious
instead cf bencf.ciJ. Sanitary condi
tions within the factory should be a
legal obligation."
The report asserts that the beginning
of all welfare work mutt be directed
toward bettering the physical well-
bcinz cf employes in their places of
wcrk, and adds:
"These ere clearly net matters whicli
should be left to the humanky cr r.l
tn ism of the employe. They ere the
things which concern the welfare of
society as a whole and should be under
the direct supervision cf the State."
work on the dwelling
being erected for the principal has
reached the point where the plasterers j
are at wcrk and this will be ready for i
cccupar.cy about the latter part of next
wee' .
H. L. Joslyn, who is to have charge:
of the Agricultural Department of i
the school will arrive tomorrow and will
begin to make arrangements
for putting this department in opera
tion as soon as the school has ben
opened to the public. Mr. Jqslyn
ccmcs to Craven County highly recom
mended and it is believed that his work
wiil be entirely satisfactory.
J. Walter Scars, who is now in charge
cf the Camp HH, Alabama, Farm
School , has been employed as the Crav
en county farm demonstrator and wil
arrive about October 1 to take up his
new duties.
Mr. Sears' work will consist of
visits to the farmers of the county I
to' whom he will make suggestions I
for the cultivation and fertilizing of'
the land and will help them select
the best seed, cultivators, ctock and
ether things pertaining to the better
ment of the farming interests of the
county. Mr. Scars is an expert in this
line of work and it is believed that his
teachings, if carried out, will prove
very beneficial to the farmers of the
county.
LARGEST
;i
CIRCUS
HER
E ON OCT. 4
BARNUM AND BAILEY'S FIRST
ADVANCE CAR IS IN THE
CITY.
The first advance car of the famous
Barnam and Bailey circus which is -to
exhibit here on October 4 arrived in the
city yesterday morning and a small
army of billposter spent the day in
i flooding the city with circulars and
more lithographs. A crew was sent out
into the country to put up lithograph
his and within a few day every available
ice building and fence will be covered
cr- with poster describing this great fir-
Buying by Mail
is a vcty satisfactory way if
you trade with a store like
ours.
Form the hab't of sending
to us for anythii.g in the line
of d-Juis, sundries and toilet
goods when it is lot conven
ient for you to shop in per
son. With the Parcel post in op
eration, distance is no bar
rier. We have a large mail or
der trade extending all over
the surrounding country
trade built up on the repu
tation of selling quality goods
at reasonable prices. We
wan) your trade. Just mail
or phone your order.
Bradham Drug
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Everybody in Jones and Ons
low County Should Carry
a Bank Account
It helps the Individual. It helps the com
munity Call and we will tell you how we are es
pecially glad to deal with
The Farmers
to whem so much of our success is due
Maysville Banking and Trust Co.
Msjs :( I C G tf). E WEEKS Ctshier
PLANT
SCUPPERNONGS
North Carolina's Greatest Fruit
A Sure Crop for a Sure Market
We will mail you a Booklet on Arboring and
Care of SVuppernong?, provided you own or
consider planting a vinyard.
Southern Pines Grape Nurseries
Largest producers of Scupper nong Vines
SGU1HIRN PINES, N. C.
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COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Coast
ADOLF II ROBERTS'.
(Quotation Furnished By
Line Meat Market.)
Sep -11 The death cf Adtlph Rclttt by
Chickens, grown, pair 75 to 85c suicide v.as eifccially distreiung to
Chickens, half grown, pair 60 to 70c . the Journal force. To realize that one
Duck?, pCr pair .6oto 80c who has worked tide by tide with you
Tees dozen....: 2fc I has sntffcd his life oit is an experience
Hr.ms, country smoked 20c
rjocswax, pound 25c
Wol, pound 11 to 16c
1'cgs, dressed, pound 10 to 11c
Hcef, dressed, pound 8 to Vc
Corn per bushel 85c.
COTTON MARKET.
Quotations by G. W. Taylor & Eon
Middling
Strict Middling
Good Middling
Sales 9 Bales.
that is not to be forgotten.
Ill health, with hUh Mr. Roberts
has wrestled all of his life, and in vain,
was doubtless the controlling motive
for the deed which co eaddencd and
horrified his friends.
Mr. Roberts was connected with the
E. J.. Land Printing Co. up to about
teven months ago. Despite his bodily
afflictions 'he was a checrftl and
12 1-2 j willing worker always doing his lull
12 5-s dut.y-
As. wc have stated, the Journal lore
feels his death v ith expecial keenness
and tenders its earnest condolences
to his sorrow stricken relatives.
NOT UP TQ THE ADVANCE NOTICES.
12 3-4'
TO GIVE BASKET PARTY.
THE BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WASH
ED AWAY.
Bu th mail trains : re ttill running
and w - would lik; to tell our out of
own f iendi th . we will fll r.11 orders
sent by mail as promptly as if they ciir.e
in pcr;on, and th y will get the goods
by return m i', d livcrcd irfely. Send
your order in fr what you want
in ojr I'.nr and see.
BRADHAM DRUG CO.
On Friday night, September 19,
there will be a basket party at the
Olyrnpia school house given for the
benefit of the Charitable Brotherhood
Loc't'C No. 12, After the supper
refreshments will be sold. Everybody
13 invited to attend.
COULD BE MADE LESS HAZARDOUS.
Electric
Bitters
Mads A N'w Man Of Him.
"I TvaB suiTering from pain in my
f:tomach, head and back," writes H.
T. Alston, Raleigh, N. C,"and my
liroi and kidneys did not work right,
bu; four bottles of Electric Biltera
.'niado me feel like a new man."
3 T RICE 60 CTS. AT ALL DRUG STORES.
Sir Oliver Lodge, president of the
British Association for the Advancement
of Science, made an address at a meeting
of the Association Wednesday night
that was looked forward to with the
keenest interest. It had been predicted
that the great scientist would make
statements of a startling character
concerning, immortality and the proof
of life after death.
The predictions can hardly be said
to have been fulfilled. About the
only thing in the address to afford
any ground for such a prediction wa a
statement of Sir Oliver, who i3 a man
of the highest scientific attainments,
as fellows: "The evidence to my mind
goes to prove that disr.imate intelli
gence, under certain conditions, may
intcrect with us on the material side,,
and t'lat "we may hope to attain
si ir e u iderstanding of the nature of a
larger, perhaps, cthreal (distance, and
of the conditions regulating intercourse
across the chasm."
This was a very guarded statement
and one distinctly disappointing to
sch as may have expertjd to find a
human being lifting the veil and looking
with seeing eyes into the beyond. But
a few who
Faith rather
than science is the eky that most peo
ple would think of trying to fit into the
portals of the hereafter.
According to a prominent member
of the Order of Railway Trainmen
a mcmocr cj tnat order Kinea every therc wcre pr0bably only
seven hours and fifteen minutes and j,aci any such expectation
every nine minutes a man n maimed.
With every sort of precaution the work
of a trainman will always be a hazard
ous one, but that the railroad managers
do not throw around the work the safe
guards that they might could hardly
be denied. Human live are too often
sacrificed to 'the call for dividend.
Men are worked, title the law steps
in to prevent, unreasonably long hours
and they are forced to take unreason
ably great risk. It ' true that death
and maiming of railroad men often
result from their own carelessness,
but that more result from the uncon
cern of railroad owner is very likely.
The conferees on the tariff bill,
dispatches from Washington state,
are making rapid progress. That is
what business men generally want to
hear. That the bill has j et to run the
gauntlet of the conference leaves some
cleir.cnt cf doubt in connection with
it and uncertainty is what queen
business.
RACES
RACES
At the Eastern Carolina Fair Grounds 2 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon September 18th. One Race for horses in the
2:28 class. One Free For Alt ------ -
Two Exhibition Races with a running horse against two
pacing horses.
TKT
Admission:
50 Cents for Adults; 25 cent for Children.
No Ad mli
dpn to the Grandstand.
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