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N. C.. ae eecond-claia matter.
Gee, but this is Fair weather.
Here's to the great State Fair.
Sulzer's sin was the sin of being found
out.
Just a few more days till the big Fair.
Everybody is coming.
Here's hoping that Wilmington will
be able to land that boat line.
Has anybody heard anything of
Thaw lately? Wonder how his cold is
getting along.
The United States could easily
save the situation by hiring Murphy
to go down and impeach Huerta.
Mrs. Pankhurst ignored our advice
to come by way of New Bern. Result,
she is to be deported.
I Pie! Oh! Great and glorious pie
Think of the sins that are committed
in the chase after Thee!
The -Medical Journal told us how to
lie when asleec but very few need
any advice how to do the job awake
The Board of Trustees of the Graded
Srhools will meet to nisht at 7:30
o'clock. Mr. A. D. Ward's office
For the eecond time we advise Hon
Robert Broadnax Glenn to take that
federal job if her can get it. In this case
there is not even a bird in the bush.
There is no indication that Wilson
will write a letter asking Hobson
to remain in the House.
Of course Glynn will be independent
of Tammany. No one will suspect him
of taking orders from the boss.
If we have money to pay out in pen
sions we ought to have enough to pay
out teachers more than twenty-five
and thirty dollars per month.
The Governor has ordered his over
alls with which to work on the roads.
Have you ordered yours?
If we happen to be sick on the Sth
and 6th of November, of course we
know you will excuse us.
Each day the papers carry stories
that Huerta is going to resign and
each day Huerta takes a firmer hold on
affairs in Mexico.
Let old Saunders believe as he pleases.
If he wants to take chances with his
Satanic Majesty, let him do it.
Over in Germany if a man fails to
support his wife they garnishee his
wages. In this country the wife quiet
ly garnishees them after hubby retires
at night.
They are talking about pensioning
schoool teachers in North Carolina
but before they do that they ought to
pay them a salary.
We sympathize with Sulzer's loyal
wife, She did everything a loving and
loyal woman could do to save her hus
band, but the goods were on him and
he had to go.
Every town can't boast of noted United
State Senators, so New Bern will
he excused for being proud of her dis
tiaguisbed citizen.
One of the things not to worry about
it whether Wilmington is going to keep
getting there will all four feet. Wil.
Star.
What kind of animal are you, bro
ther? Every year North Carolina pays
41,500,000 to the fire insurance com
panies, which is just twice a much as
We should pay for the risk insured,
according to experts who have etudied
the situation.
According to the Wilmington Dix
it eh a Woman Writer advise her sex
not to marry slim men. The Greensboro
New if of the opinion, however,
that hi elf -evident fact that some
women will risk a slim chance in pref
erence to mm at U.
ABSURDITIES.
la aa Ironical way the Greensboro
Nw puts a lot of truth in the follow
I 'Of all the abnurd absurdities ' re-
nark th Catawba County News, 'the
of a city girl to teach agri-
to the children in the rural dis-
tncts is the limit. Some of the city
girls know as much about growing to
matoes, beans and other vegetables as
the man in the moon.'
"There are so many absurdities, nowa
days.
'It is absurd for a younf girl to be
assigned to the task of teaching the wo
men of a community how to make their
homes beautiful and comfortable, how
to feed their families, how to care for
their children in sickness and how to
prevent disease in a word, to teach
them motherhood and wifehood; a young
girl who never had a house of her own,
the preceptress of women who have had
practical experience of many years
and have borne and reared a numerous
progeny.
'It is absurd that men from laborato
ries and editorial offices should pretend
to teach farmers how to farm; only less
absurd that a farmer should waste
time reading books and paprs to get
the ideas of these same office and labo
ratory farmers.
It is absurd that young men hardly
out of their teens should issue torth
from college to tell dairymen and or
chardists, farmers and gardeners, stock
and poultry raisers, who have been fol
lowing these avocations all their lives
how to run their business.
Yet these absurd things are being
done all along, and more and more, with
much satisfaction and profit to all con
cerned.
DUTCH WEST INDIA MAIL
STEAMER ESCAPED FATE
LIKE VOETURNOS
New York, Oct. 20. The story of a
fire at sea which raged for four days
in the hold and coal bunkers while the
crew of a steamship fought desperately
to prevent it from spreading while the
ship raced 500 miles to port was told
for the first time by officers of the Royal
Dutch West India Mail steamship
Jan Van Nassau, which docked here
today.
The bravery of the crew and the fact
that the Jan Van Nassau was able to
make good speed to port prevented a dis
aster that in many ways might have been
a repetition of the burning of the
Volturno.
The Dutch steamship had a big cargo,
including several thousands cases of gin
and a quantity of glassware packed in
straw, which aided greatly in spreading
the flames. Before the fire was put out,
after the vessel reached Punta Delgado,
St. Michaels, the Azores, all the coal in
the fore bunkers and more than SOU tons
of cargo were destroyed.
Third officer William Thigs, in idling
the story of the fire, said the Jan Van
Nassau left Amsterdam on Sept. 29
for the West Indies and New York.
"On October I," said he, "smoke was
seen coming from the forward bunkers.
An investigation was at once made.but
no trace of fire could be discovered, Al
though careful watch was kept, it was
not until two days later, when we had
already left the English channel, that
the flames were seen in the main hold.
By that time they had gained consid jj
able headway and the smoke from the
burning cargo and coal was so strong
that our men, in charge of First Officer
De Boer, werejunable to get far enought
down to reach the flames. We brough
some of the cargo on deck, but the
smoke was too much for us and we
had to batten down the hatches again
and shut everything up tight. Then we
turned on the steam into the hold
and had several pipes carrying water
on the burning cargo and coal.
"Things got pretty serious, and it was
decided to go full speed for port. The
ship was headed for St. Michaels, 50
miles away. We reached port late on
October 4 with the fire still burning.
At Punta Deigardo the city firemen took
charge of the ship and after some hours'
work we had the fire out.
"Much of the cargo had been dam
aged and most of the coal in the fire
bunkers burned. The ship, however,
had escaped damage, so we got rid
of all that was left of 800 tons of cargo
and continued our trip."
SAUNDERS' PERSECUTION.
The prosecution, or rather persecu
tion, of Editor Saunders is sickening
to the last degree. The gist of his al
leged offense is that he dared to express
his thoughts. Should he be persecuted
because some one does not agree with
him? Are we to have a judicial cen
sorship of the Press? There is no.deny
ing that he has used some pretty
strong language in his writings. Some,
perhaps, that he should not have used
but should he be sent to the peniten
tiary for that, when nine-tenths of
us use worse language every day of our
lives?
But it was sent through the mails,
his persecutors say. But did you know
tht there is language in the Bible
that is not used in the parlor. Did
you know that the Bible goes through
the mails every day? Did you ever hear
of a Bible publisher being jerked up
in court and imprisoned?
Be it understood, we are not argu
ing Saunders1 case; we hold no brief
for him. We are arguing for free speech
the right of every American citizen.
We are arguing against the church using
its influence to imprison men because
their views and opinions are not or
thodox. You can't force people to
believe a you do. This is not Russia
and we need no Russian methods of
silencing the Press. There is a deeper
meaning in this matter than appears
on the face, and we believe it is the
duty of every newspaper man to resent
it.
"America The land of the free and
the home of the brave." About the
only thing free in this country is a few
cheroots that politicians hand out
every once in a while and even these
have a string attached to them.
CHURCH TACKLES
NEGRO PROBLEM
Immeasurable Wrong Done When
Ballot Was Given, Says
Bishop Nelson.
NEEDS MORE MORAL UPLIFT
Episcopal Prelates Affirm Progress
Has Justified All That Has Been
Done Ward Of Nation.
New York, Ocotber 20. Two of the
Southern bishops attending the trien
nial general convention of the Pro
testant Episcopal church discussed
the negro problem tonight at a mass
meeting held at the Cathedral of St
John the Divine, under the auspices
of the American Church Institute for
Negroes. Bishop Nelson, of Atlanta,
made "a plea for a Nation's ward."
Bishop Gailor, of Tennessee, had for
is subject, "Work of the church
Among the Negroes of the South."
"It sounds to me like either af
fectation or ignorance," said the At
lanta prelate, to hear that there is
no negro liolJ'em, when for one
third ot tra negroes residence in
the United StSes there has been dis
pute and di an ion North and East
South and Went as to the best meth
od of dealirn with the question of
his uplift."
Notoriety, he continued, the ex
ploitation of the negro's rights and
woes, good points and vices has been
the greatest hiindrance to this work
Undue prominence increases self in
portance.
"An immeasurable wrong was
done," said Bishop Nelson, "when
the ballot was given to people un
trained for citizenship. When free
dom and franchise were given the
negro he then became the ward of the
Nation. He still needs to be fitted
for citizenship. He needs a vitalizing
religion. He needs education but not
so much of the sort which we have
been trying to give him the arts a
sciences, the classics and roman
languages and music and theology. He
needs instruction in honor, righteousness
thrift, truth and purity more than
he needs the ballot."
Bishop Gailor agreed that the sud
den enfranchisment of the negro was
a great mistake. Hut alter all our
troubles," he said, "we are beginning
to see daylight and it mjust be said
for the negro that his progress has
justified all that has been done for
him. In 35 years the percentage
of illiteracy has decreased from 70
per cent, to 27.5 per cent. It is es
timated that today the total wealth
of the negro population of the United
States approximates $700,000,000.
"But there is another side to the
picture. The moral progress of the
negro has not at all been proportion
ate to his progress in book learning
and ability to acquire property. More
than anything else in the world, the
negro needs religion."
Bishops and clergymen attending
tiie general convention of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church occupied
pulpits of the city's churches yester
day. Sulzer says he's coming back. A
lot of others have said the same thing,
among these being Jim Jeffries.
"Thaw trial held up" says a headline.
Harry's lawyers arc evidently awaiting
another installment on their fees.
That Goldsboro ma n who was nabbed
here on a charge of having toomany
wives was evidently not a woman hater.
"To the victor belongs the spoils."
knowing this it is queer so many office
holders under Republican administra
tion expect to keep right on the job.
New Bern got soaked good and hard
in that freight rate deal but regardless
of this she is going ahead just as rapidly
as ever. While the blow was a severe
one it was by no means a knockout.
While the "dear public" may not
like the present cold snap, its a safe bet
that the coal and wood man is now in
all his glory.
November 5 and 6 have been set
aside by the Governor as "Good Roads
Days." This will be an excellent oppor
tunity for the citizens living along the
Walker road to shoulder a shovel
and show the County Commissioners
that they are in earnest about wanting
that road put in tip top shape.
A well known local man says that a
lot of the people who use whiskey
will go through fire to get it. A lot of
them will not have to go through fire
here above, but its a cinch that they
will have an opportunity of doing the
stoking stunt hereafter.
With the big Eastern Carolina Fair
in progress here next week and W. O.
Saunders the Elizabeth City editor
on trial in Federal court for sending
obscene matter through the mail
there'll be comething doing in this city
all during the entire week.
THRIFT.
"The teaching of thrift in the public
schools, colleges and universities, dis
cussions of thrift by commercial or
ganizations from its economic standpoint
and preaching of thrift in the churches
from the point of view of morality,
are a few of the plans of the American
Society for Thrift which has been organ
ized in Chicago. Work it well under way
an anxious public is informed, aad
promises to enlist the forces of school,
church, rostrum and co-operative or
ganizations or farmers, mechanics and
women in a great national effort to
arouse the American people to greater
individual thrift. The picture of Ben
Franklin is the badge of the society.
'Nowhere, however, is there mention
of the home as an agent for the teaching
of thrift, and yet thrift like charity,
begins at home. Maybe the society
is going to teach the home and, if so
it will accomplish a great work, for the
home will do the rest.
However, the object is a good one,
whether the results obtained be great
or small. It is to promote nationally
the individual thrift which is the basis
of good citizenship, and community
prosperity. This organization, duly
financed, has taken up a nation-wide
inquiry to determine how best and most
quickly to change the prodigal spirit
of our times, to the spirit of thrift.
.
Work also has been taken up to
bring about that change. It is the plan
to make the personnel of the board
of advisory council of the society
nationally representatives. All in
dustries, trades, charities and philan
thropies will be represented. All rep
resentative bodies will be asked to co
operate, to discuss thrift." Richmond,
Va., Virginian.
A menu card recenly prepared for a
certain celebration contains that pala
table dish, "hot dogs." Just what breed
was not mentioned.
THE CITY HALL IS
NEW BERN'S MUNICIPAL BUILD
ING UNDERGOING
IMPROVEMENTS.
New Bern's City Hall is undergoing
a transformation and when the carpen
ters, who are now at work on the
structure have completed their task
the building will present a very pre
possessing appearance.
I he City Hall has lor a long time
needed repairing and the Board of
Aldermen recently voted to have this
done. The present Board of Aldermen
have already gained a reputation
for doing things in a thorough, business
like manner and in repairing this build
ing they are carrying out their usual
tactics.
Many persons have said that the
timber in the building was decayed
and predicted that it was only a matter
of a short time before the whole
structure would come tumbling down
and some one would either be killed
or seriously injured. When the carpen
ters tore away the flooring and ceiling
they found that every timber was just
as solid as the day it was placed in
position. Work on the structure is
progressing nicely and will be completed
at the earliest possible date.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Gorham have
returned to their home at Morehead
City after a short visit here with rela
tives.
Harry Marks left last evening for a
business visit in Western North Caro
lina.
D. L. Ward left last evening for
professional visit at Raleigh.
D. P. Whitford, of Askin, was among
the business visitors in the city yesterday
George N. Ives returned last evening
from a short visit to his farm at New
port.
ueorge Attmore has returned Irom a
short visit with his parents at Stone
wall.
Col. P. M. Pearsall left yesterday
for a business visit in Pamlico county.
W. O. Saunders, editor of the Eliza
beth City Independent, was among the
business visitors in the city yesterday.
Louis Hummell, of Goldsboro, spent
yesterday in the city attending to
business matters.
George Attmore left last evening for
a short visit in Pamlico county.
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. McGehee left
last evening for a short visit at Raleigh.
Nelson ngcll left last evening for a
visit at Raleigh.
Miss Lizxie Neal left yesterday for a
visit of several day in Baltimore and
other Northern Cities.
Mrs. George Green left yesterday
for New York where she will attendthe
national convention of the W. T. C. U.
Mr. and Mrs. Durham Stalling
returned yesterday from a short visit
at Newport.
Miss Mary Bryan spent yesterday
at Raleigh visiting relative.
L. H. Cutler left yesterday morning
for a short busineas visit at Washington.
Miss Mary Miller, of Bayboro,
pent yesterday in the city visiting
relatives and shopping.
D. L. Ward returned yesterday
from a short business visit at Raleigh.
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COL. ASHLEY HORNE
PASSES AWAY
DISTINGUISHED NORTH CARO
LINIAN DIES AT HIS HOME
IN CLAYTON.
Raleigh, Oct. 22. Col. Ashley Horne,
of Clayton, is dead. The news will
carry sorrow throughout the state,
for he was a man who held the love
and esteem of all.
His death was sudden, and came
from heart Tailure, occurring about
one o'clock this morning at his home
at Clayton. During the past two
years he had been sick from time to
time and had been North for treat
ment.
Col. Horne was in Raleigh yesterday
afternoon, and was a visitor with his
wife, to the State Fair. He was in
a party with Governor Craig which
made an inspection of the exhibits
and about two o'clock left forJhis
home. The news from Clayton was
that he retired at his usual hour, and
shortly before one o'clock awoke seel
ing badly. Physicians were sum
moned, but before they arrived he
was dead. Heart failure is assigned
as the cause of his death.
Ashley Horne was one of the best
known men of North Carolina. As a
lad he volunteered for service in the
Confederate Army and served the
Southland with devotion and gal
antry. After the war he returned to
Clayton and by attention to business
amassed a fortune in the mercantile
business and in farming. He invest
ed in many enterprises, had stock in
fertilizer companies, banks, insurance
companies and various factories. He
was especially acquainted with the
cotton market and his advice as to
cotton was often sought.
Col. Horne was a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor
in 1908, against W. W. Kitchin and
Locke Craig, and though largely sup
ported he was defeated. A Democrat
of Democrats he never sulked, and
later at the insistence of the people
he represented Johnston county as a
member of the House of Representa
tives. He was always a liberal con
tributor to the Democratic campaign
fund.
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