REPORT OF PRESIDING ELDERS
HEARD AT METHODIST
CONFERENCE.
Oxford, Dec. 4. The members of
the Nortr Carolina Methodist Con
ference gathered in the Methodist
Church of Oxford at 9:30 o'clock this
morning for the second days' session of
their seventy-seventh annual meet
ing. After the singing of some of t
old Gospel Hymns, Bishop James H.
McCoy opened the Conference with a
short devotional service, followed by
the communion.
Following the roll-call, Rev. R. H.
Willis was re-elected secretary of the
Conference; J. L. Cunningim, assist
ant; G. T. Simmons, recording secre
tary; W. W. Peele, statistical secretary.
The various committees were then
appointed and numerous communica
tions were referred to them. The reports
of l.ouisburg and Littleton Colleges
were submitted, and the report of
The Raleigh Christian Advocate.
J. O. Guthrie and ,B. W. Townsend
were continued on the supernumerary
list. The following were continued in
the superannuate relation: J. E.
Thompson, A. D. Betts, T. J. Brown
ing, G. D. Langston, T. B. Bon
ner, W. H. Curtain, W. A. Forbes,
M. A. Smith, W. H. Moore and J. D.
Pegram. A number of these men were
present and made touching reports.
The Bishop comforted them with the
reminder that they will be employed
again when the calendar has ceased
to affect them. Doctor Stuart, of the
superannuate endowment fund spoke
of his work.
The principal business of the day
was consumed by the calling of ques
tion No. 22: "After all the preachers
blameless in their lives and adminis
tration?" The character reports are
one of the most interesting features
of the sessions.
The presiding elders were first call
ed, each one giving a report of the
work done on his district this year.
Atl showed the Church in prosperous
condition and even in the New Bern
district which was a sufferer from the
Summer floods, the financial report
showed up well.
The Bishop rejoiced at the evan
gelical condition reported by each one
and declares that the -Methodist
Church must continue to be an evan
gelical Church.
He asked particularly about the
Epworth League work, in which he
is immensely interested, and he com
mended those presiding elders who
have been leading the pastors of their
districts in the work which they are
doing. The splendid revival which
has swept Edenton Street Methodis
Church in Raleigh under the ministry
of Rev. H. M. North called forth the
remark that we can still have revivals
of old time religion in our city churches.
Dr. E. B. Chappel, Sunday school
editor made the address at the Sun
Jay school anniversary this evening.
IN MEMORIAM.
Editor, Journal,
The distressing earthly end of Dr.
N. H. Street, has pained me exceeding
ly, because such a passing seemed all
out of keeping with the man, who
something over a decade ago, was a
citizen who stood foremost for the up
lift of New Bern, and gave freely
of his time, money and energy to for
ward every movement which meant
betterment for his city, county and
fellow man. To those of today, who can
only recall the Dr. Street, sorely afflict
ted in find, and body, there cannot
be the true and just estimate of the
man. It was given the writer's privilege
to know the doctor in his prime and to
enjoy his friendship, perhaps more
intimate than any one else. It was
the period when his natural human
characteristics gave forth the true ring,
and in his labor for the sick and un
fortunate, he was equally liberal, as
were his efforts and contributions
in behalf of the material and industrial
welfare of his community. A pioneer
in New Bern's industrial development,
Dr. Street saw his city advance, and
his individual sacrifices made the glory
and profit of others. Standing in the
fore-front, he labored without asking
regard, only seeking that his community
might reap, industrially, from his
efforts. And in a great measure, because
of personal endeavors, excessive labor
and hard strife to attain and accomplish
things, came the physical overthrow
of this splendid citizen. God grant him
the reward which his citizenship fully
entitled him to,, is the heart-felt wish
of the writer, who will only remember
him at his best. .
. S.
PLAYING WITH FIRE.
The postmaster of New Bern, while
making faces at the Government, is
really making it easier for the Wilson
administration to force him to take his
hat and go, thus allowing a Democrat
to fill the position. He defies the
Government, but tinlike the Huerta
case, the Government will not wait
for him to crumble away. Failing to
gently push him aside, it will deliver
a swift kick that will land him with
out the portals of the pottoftce, and
as it is decidedly dangerous to nton
key with the laws of the United
States, the defiant, but slipping
post master had better be careful and
aee that there ta no disorder attend
ant upon his exit, no chaos la his
wake. He may continue to rail, and
vote the Republican ticket, but an far
as the poatmaatership of New Bern
is concerned he may aa well aave time
by taking his departure. Wilmington
Dispatch.
MEETING, BOARD OP COUNT
COMMISSIONERS.
December 1st, 1913.
At 10 o'clock a. m., December 1st,
1913, the Board convenes.
Commissioners present:
Chairman C. D. Bradham,
N. M. Lancaster,
J. D. Williams,
H. T. White, ,
E. Z. R. Davis,
and County Attorney T. D. Warren.
It is hereby ordered that Lee Heath,
white, of No. Three (3) Township,
be relieved of poll tax, on account of
poverty and infirmity.
The contract for indexing Wills,
Executors, Devisors, Devisees, Admin
istrators, Guardians, Special Proceed
ings, Judgments back for thirty years,
liens and partitions, etc., in the Clerk
of the Superior Court's office, was
awarded to Mrs. Mae Felgar, at
$1,950.00, she being the lowest bidder;
payments to be made monthly as the
work is completed, as per her contract.
Upon motion of the Board, the salary
of Mr. C. C. Cannon, Keeper of the
Maple Cypress Bridge, was increased
to Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per
month, beginning December 1st, 1913.
The stove formerly -used for heating
the Court Room was sold to Armstrong
and McCarthy for $25.00.
It is hereby ordered that the building
listed to S. B. Parker, for $6,750.00 be
reduced to $4,500 on recommendation
of the Corporation Commission.
It is hereby ordered that $20.25
be appropriated to enlarge a ditch to
carry the water from the roadway,
through the lands of Chas. Whitf rd,
in No. 2 Township; the bill to be ap
proved by the County Engineer.
The petition of J. T. Adams, J. E.
Dunn and N. D. Dunn dated Oct.
6th, 1913, for a public road from a point
on the Pamlico road near the corner
of J. J. Ipock'8 field, and running a
Northwesterly course until it reaches
a point on the east boundary of Shelt-
ing Bridge Swamp, over the lands of
J. J. Ipock, in said county, where a
private road has been used by the citi
zens of Craven county for about 100
years, has been declined, by order of
the Board.
, The following letter was read, and
ordered to be spread upon the minutes,
as follows, to wit:
November 22, 1913.
Mr. C. D. Bradham,
Chairman, Board of Commissioners,
New Bern, N. C.
Dear Sir,
As requested by you I have examined
the authorities of this State relating
to the law pertaining to stock law
and non-stock law counties. Our
Supreme Court has not yet decided that
a none stock law County or territory
is reqired to fence against a stock law
county or territory. The only two
decisions I have been able to find
in our reports, which throw any light
upon the subject are the following
cases, ziv: .
1. State vs. Mathis 149 N. C. Page
546. Thts case was decided December
16th, 1908.
2. State vs. Garner 158 N. C. Page
630, decided April 3rd, 1912.
In the case of State vs. Mathis the
defendant was indicted under Section
1684 of the Revisal of North Carolina.
The defendant lived in McDowell
County, a stock law county, with ad
joins Yaney county, a non stock county
The County Commissioners of Mc
Dowell County made an order, fixing
the Blue Ridge Mountains as a law
fence. At the county line between
the two counties there are no gates
or obstructions across the public road,
and stock can pass across the said line
Defendant permitted his hogs to run
at large after the order was made
by the Commissioners, and he contend
ed that until the Commissioners built
a fence to prevent stock in Yancey
County from coming into McDowell
County, he could not be compelled to
confine his stock.
In these cases the Supreme Court
held as follows:
1. Stock-law county Commissioners
Territory Boundaries.
In pursuance of an election held
under Revisal, Sec. 1684, resulting in
favor of the stock law, it is competent
for the County Commissioners to forbid
stock from running at large within the
county, and declare a mountain range,
a creek, a fence or other natural line,
as the limit within which the law shall
operate.
2. Same Fence Adjoining County
When the stock law is in force in a
countv. under the provisions of Revisal
Sec. 1684, and the defendant, prose
cuted for his violation, lives within a
short distance from the dividing line
of that and adjoining county wherein
the stock-law was not operated, and wil
fully permits his stock to run at large,
it is not a valid defence that no fence
had been built on the line to prevent
the stock from the adjoining county
to run at large on his' side of th line
when the County Commissioners had
declared the line to be a mountian
range or other natural or political
line.
(To be continued. )
IN MEMORIAM.
Holly Wood, Dec, 5 W. H. Moore
passed away at the of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Rosa Gu.n-ie, on the 18th
of October, in his 64th year. He leaves
to mourn his loss a wife and 8 daughters
and a host of grand children. He had been
ill about two years and bore his suffer
ing patiently. The writer has often heard
him aay he was ready to die. He was
laid to resf In the family burying
ground at Gail's Creek.
B. I G.
To Cure a Cold In One Day
aka LAXATIVE BKOklO Quisles. It SUBS Ik
Couch sad Hndachr sad works ofl th Cotd.
Ursaatsts rafnad monry 11 it falls to tare.
K. w. OBOtaTt sajpafre on aack kaa. Ma.
Croup and Coufth Remedy.
Croup is a terrible disease, It attacks
Children so suddenly they are very apt tt
ehoke unless given the proper remedy at
nce.There is nothing better in the world
than Dr. King's New Discovery. Lewis,
Chamberlain, of Manchester, Ohio,
writes about his children: "Sometimes
m severe attacks we were afraid the
would die, but since we proved what
a certain remedy Dr. King's New
Discovery is, we have to fear. We rely
n it for croup, coughs and colds,"
So can you. 50c. and $1.00. A bottle
should be in every home. At all Drug
gists. H. E. Bucklen & Co., Phila. and
St. Louis.
Game birds and beasts are thankful
that Thanksgiving is past.
Stomach Trouble Disappear.
Stomach, liver and kidney troubles,
weak nerves, lame back and female ills
disappear when electric bitters are used
Thousands of women would not be with-
eut a bottle in their home. Eliza Pool of
Depew, Okla. writes: "Electric Bitters
raised me from a bed of sickness and suf
fering'and has done me a world of good
I wish every suffering woman could use
this excellent remedy and find out, as I
"id, just how good it is." As it has
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do the same for you. Every bottle guar
anteed, 50c. and $1.00. At all druggists
H. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia
or St. Louis.
Remember the Christmas stockings
of the poor little ones. Don't let them
be empty. ,
Constipation Poisons You.
If you are constipated your entire
system is poisoned by the waste matter
kept in the body serious results often
follow. Use Dr. King's New. Life Pills
and you will soon get rid of constipation,
headache and other troubles. 25c. at
Druggists or by mail. H. E. Bucklen
& Co., Phila. & St. Loins.
The Mexicans do not let a little thing
like close kinship interfere with their
murdering each other.
Dr. Hobson's Ointment Heals
Itchy Eczema.
The constantly itching, burning sensa
tion and other disagreeable forms of ecze
ma, tetter, salt rheum and skin erup
tions promptly cured by Dr. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment. Geo. W. Fitch
of Mcndota, III., says: "I purchased
a box of Dr. Hobson's Eczema Oint
ment. Have had Eczema ever since the
Civil War, have been treated by many
doctors, none have given the benefit
that one box of Dr. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment has." Every sufferer should
try it. We're so positive it will help
you we guarantee it or money refunded.
At all druggists or by mail, 50c.
PfeifTer Chemical Co., Philadelphia
and St. Louis.
Even a deaf man has agood ear
Tor some kinds of music.
S ASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Ihe Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Hugo de Wattville,
Man-about-Town
"Watty" says he's Bar
ing cab aad taxi fares
since he swung ta Cros
setts. Crsesetts certainly
task a aa a feel like
walking.
"And I'm more stylish
than aver," be chuckled.
This season's most fash
ionable day boot Is abeam
below. Upper of fray
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Mother Of Eighteen Children.
"I am the mother of eighteen children
and have the praise of doing more work
han any young woman in my town,"
vrites Mrs. C. . Martin, Boone Mill,
Va. "I suffered for five years with
tomach trouble and could not eat
is much as a biscuit without suffer
ng. I have taken three bottles of Cham
berlain's Tablets and am now a well
woman and weigh 168 pounds. I can
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as I want and feel bet er than I have
' any time in ten years. 1 refer to
one in Boone Mill or vicinity and
i vy will vouch for what I say." Cham-
rlain's Tablets are for sale by all
tiers (Adv.)
Occasionally a girl uses one young
man to make another feel bad.
You have a right to think a lot of
things you have no rightto say.
Diarrhoea Quickly Cured.
"I was taken with diarrhoea and Mr.
Yorka, the merchant here, persuaded me
to try a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After
taking one dose of it I was cured. It
also cured others that I gave it to,"
writes M. E. Gebhart, Oriole, Pa.
That is not at all unusual. An ordinary
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he cured by one or two doses of this
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Good For Biliousness.
"I took two of Chamberlain's Tablets
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J. J. Fireston' of Allegan, Mich.
"They are certainly a fine article
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Adv.;
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Don't suffer longer with weak kidneys
Vou can get prompt relief by taking
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Good for the liver as well. Nothing
better for indigestion or biliousness.
Price, 50c and $1.00, at all druggists.
(Adv.)
Plantonic love may be a success
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Nearly Every Child Has Worms.
Paleness, at times a flushed face, un
natural hunger, picking the nose, great
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Kickapoo Worm Killer is a reliable,
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by mail. Kickapoo Indian Medicine
Co., Philadelphia and St. Louis.
The girl who is always trying to
attract attention usually attracts th e
wrong kind.
The Standard
Shoe Co.
New Bern, N. C.
Low Heel
English
Shoes
Button and
Lace
Boudoir
Slippers
HewBerirs Family ShQe Store
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NEW BERN, N. C.
PROMINENT SPEAKER DELIVERS
AN INTERESTING AD
DRESS. (Special to the Journal.)
Greenville, Dec. 5. Mr. Jacques
Busbee, of Raleigh, delivered a most
practtcaly and interesting lecture Mon
day evening at East Carolina Teachers'
Training School, on "Our Native Shrubs
and Plants." He opened the eyes of
his audience to the value of the common
place things.
Mr. Busbee is act authority on the
ill appreci
onst
You hear a lot, these
da vs. ahnut shnrta
cattle,v high cost of living.
and so forth. Of course
shortage of cattle
the leather market.
can't buy "cowhide"
shoes, if there's no
"cowhide" to
them from?
there's a scarcity vof hides and
LEATHER Shoes. You1
THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT
The name SELZ on a shoe means they are made of
leather throughout, and are guaranteed in a way
no doubt, that they are going
wearer better service and longer wear than usually
expected, because they are honestly made. '
in dollars and cents as well
fort of mind and body to insist on SELZ.
we specialize in, and it
to show them, for men,
btLZ KUYAL BLUE STOKE.
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in
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BROOKS AND COMPANY
STALK CUTTER
DISC HARROW
shrubs and Rowers of North Carolina.
His knowledge is thoroughly scientific
but to this he has added an apprecia
tion of their artistic value. He gave
the principles of landscape, gardening
.ui.i cave a list oi plants that are
distinctively Southern and told how
they can be used effectively.
ne Degan witn tne conjure neRro
and said that the drug store was only
the licensed "Cunger" doctor. He also
said that as you go through the country
in North Carolina that you see beauty
everywhere except in front yards and to
rrf
affects
You
make
and ifl
to give the
as com
That's
gives us
women
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Sin:
really appreciate our flowers we must
go to Europe where they an the pride
of court gardens.
Mr. Busbee ia a great favorite at the
Training School He painted, the
remarkable portraits of Governor Jarvla
and Mr. Ragsdale, which the societies
presented to the school last commeace-
ment.
The woman with aa ideal husband,
very likely wishes she had seme other
kind.