, . e t NEW BERN, N. Cm FRIDAY JULY 10, 1914 SECOND -SECTION 33 0 -r- - i He RUBUST THE FjBST IS ' . THE SECOND P Hill i raui ihui District Democratic Exe- cutive Committee Met ; , Yesterday f Big Entrance f ; : Fee Demanded Each of Two' Candidates For Congress Mtf st Come Across With $1,000 Dol lars Each. . ; The Democratic Executive Cora mittee oL the Third Congressional District met yesterday at ' Goldsboro ; for the purpose of setting a date and framing a set of rules for the second f primary for the nomination of a candi date for Congress front this district. August 1, was the date set for the . holding of this primary. It was geh 'erally supposed that the committee v ' wdiiii take into consideration the fact ht b&h candidates were fatigued i.rom a,' recent primary, and set a date 'ytfmhf time in September as they were ' Cske to do by Mr. Th6ma,' but this ' they Mused to do. !. - .-EacV one of the ,two candidates r art also required to put up one thou i aM'dollafrs an entrance fee and part 'bf -thi must be up by the coming j ijWtfWajfr'' and the remainder by July 11 Wy' fet'the previous primary there veffe'ftii candidates and each one put lubae hundred and fifty dollars. The naming of the poll holders was left to the members of the Executive " Cmmittee frm each one of 'the nine v bounties in the district. f Summed up the above v the action K. j tekep by the, committee yesterday . and when the news 'was reached here lair night. $t creatediu?id&a m ment, especially, the fact that the can- , dida'tes had been compelled to put up a, thousand dollars each as an entrance fe.V Just . what is to be done with tbte Amount of money is not known. There, were six candidates in the race -in the first primary and the entire fluaih ;r only put up nine hundred dollars:.,,, wThe Complete set of rules which was 'VadSpfed-'hy the committee could not VaecHd?last night by the Journal 'buff yillbe. published tomorrow and there jsiConiiderable interest manifest- ef iil the probable contents of these. : With 'a Uttle more" than, three weeks th'two. candidates in the -race will Baptists To Enjoy , Wslermellon Feast WILL BE HELD ON THE LAWN OF THE CHURCH THIS EVENING . The members of the congregation end Sunday School of the First Baptist ahurch will enjoy their second social of the season this evening beginning at 8 o'clock. . Following a short prayer and praise service an interesting musical program will be rendered either in the lecture room or out on the well lighted grassy lawn, after which all will find comfor table seats in the moonlight, or under the. electric lights about the church yard and feast on the watermelons that ar nnw rmlmff fnr flip nrraRinn. This is the second social the First Baptist 11$ Madame da onseca la the wlte church have had recently and a real of the new military attache of the eood time is in store. All the members Brazilian embassy at Washington of the church congregation and Sun- She is the latest addition to the day school are not only cordially in- cosmopolitan social circle and has vited but urged to attend and share become a great favorite. in the delightful time that is promised. Remember it is prayer and praise, enjoyable music, good, fellowship and cold jucy watermelon on the comfort able lawn. ; MOONLIGHT SAIL WAS GIVEN LAST NIGHT JAGKSONVILL ENTER TEA E TO I THE CHERS 00 IN HONOR OF YOUNG LADIES WHO ARE VISITING IN . NEW BERN Will Gather In That August 24. Town On For Two Weeks The Instructors In Public Schools Will Be Taught One of the mast deliehtful events of the summer social seasm in New'Bern took : place last evening when Miss ainc' vvaiu niu iiu .....v- . citizens of the" OKres.ive 1'ttle tnined a number of friends on. a tnnOQii.i lii wwini' KV-.- liShf il oV board'f7he-vacht:LWie.ltown Jacksonville, over in Onslow in honor of Miss Ward's guests, Miss j county, are making elaborate prepara- Eleanor Crabtree of Goldsboro and I t;ons for the entertainment of the hun- Miss Mildred rarrott oi runston. dfed 0f more teachers who will ' Tk nfl-u' lff tliA (rrt nf I Pollock street shortly after the shades attend thVftuteto be held there on of evening fell and sailed down Neuse August 24. river for several . miles. During thel Two years ago Jacksonville played trip delicious refreshments were served! the part of host to a large number of and everyone ' enjoyed to the fullest I the instructors and every one who wa extent the pleasures of the evening. I present at that time thoroughly en- Those' eniovine the hospitality of I joyed their visit trhere and stated Miss Ward and her brother were: that if ever again the opportunity was Misses Julia Ellis, .Nettie Caroll Dan- offered, they would return and a large iels, , Charlotte Howard, Catherine concourse is expected to be present Stewart, Bertha -Hawk, Gertrude Car- when the next institute is held. The ra way, Lucy. Guion, Ellen Guion, meetings will be held in the large HUGE KILL ED IT 6 HUSBAND Opposite of n Beattle Case Enacted Near Raleigh. 4- VICTIM WAS: OUT DRIVING Woman Say Her Husband Was Shot From The Roadside Rev olver is found by Man's Side - Esther Marks. Nancv and Ruth Thom-1 auditorium of the High School and these Havif but little time- to do their cam 0f Sanford, Martha Munger, Flora I will continue for a period of two weeks. 'pVignji)4 land the general opinion here' iatht the Vcommittee should have aetalaljerdate., I'M'- Thomas was present at the meet frig' yesterday and after the business ' ha hetti concluded he left for the West - ern part of North Carolina where he will spend several days . before returning to. New Bern to begin an active cam paign. . Vi ' " ' ' The Best Crop Year t In Sections History SO ONE WOULD JUDGE "AFTER READING REPORTS FROM ; j KINSTON. I'Bell Day and Sultan . Flowers,. Blan-j- The building in which the institute chard Bonner, Charles and Allen Ives, lis to be held v is a very commodious Charles and - William .' Hollister, Roy and well equipped one and the teachers Hearne, William King and James will" have , at hand every necessary 'Bryan,,. Parhill Jarvis, " Hugh . Taylor, facility " for carrying out their work Charles and feobert Kehoe, T. Doe while there. In addition to the busi- Street, William Boyd, Haywood Guion. nest' 1 which : will betransacted during William ; Bailey - Everett ' Morris, C. I the two week's course there will be a A. York, Luther White, Adolph Hahn, I large number of social events compris George Green, Jr., Fred Cohn and A. ling dances,receptions and boating trips D. Ward. 'interesting Game Of Baseball Yesterday KINSTON, July 8. Report from many points in a territory a hundred mites square IndKiate tht 1914 will be ' one of the best crop, years in the sec tion's hidtory. ' Corn, cotton and to bacco are all doing well, with very favor able weather until the ; present cool period, a'nd prospects for an early change ; in the favor of growing things. , , ' - Cotton and . corn are in excellent hane. .,.,. . ' ' One of the finest crops of tobacco aver known is now maturing in the - H. S. Leard, Generaf Passenger Agent of the Norfolk Southern Rail road, and C. P. Dugan, Superintendent of Transportation of the same road arrived in New Bern yesterday morning on special car number 101. : After spending a short time here they , left for Morehead City on the. motor car number einhtecn. . ' ; RAILRAODERS DEFEATED THE GHENT TEAM BY SCORE v OF 8 TO 6. . One of the best games of baseball, that the New Bern "fans'have. had an opportunity ot . witnessing, was exhibited at Ghent ; Park yesterday afternoon' when the'. Railroaders", de feated the Ghent 'team by ithe. secore of eight to six. ; The game was hard fought from beginning - to the finish with featuring plays by both teams. ' .The Ghent team has recently signed tome new players and they are going to make a hard fight for the top of the percentage - column ' from now' until the close of the season. V - '"" The pitching and catching Was done for the Railroaders by. Spencer and Hargett, while Mitchell and Bartling down New "river possibly a fewcamp- ing parties at the conclusion of the institute. . , : . During thetwo weeks, the baseball team of . Jacksonville, which claims to be the crack amateur aggregation of Eastern North Carolina, will engage in conflict with teams from several nearby towns and as there -will be a number of teachers present' who are interested in the national sport, these events will prove to be of much real interest ' and will doubtless be well attended. Ample arrangements will be made for the .entertainment of all who atend the institute - and every teacher in the county is urged to be present. , Two Marriages Here During Past Week RALEIGH, Jujjf, 8. Mrs. Joseph Johnson, 22 yearatold, was arrested at Speed, this afternoon, charged with killing her husband Saturday night while driving out with him. The woman saserts that her husband was shot from the roadside by an un known person, 't's'.' Johnson, who was a prominent far- er, was found dead in the road with a revolver beside 'him. The woman will be given a preliminary hearing to morrow. ' " Governor Grants Reprieve Governor Craig granted reprieves to Jim Cameron and Grady Lane, two Moore county negroes under sentence to die in the electric chair here Friday of this week, both for murder. The elec trocutions are postponed to August 7, and in the meantime! the counsels for the negroes are to perfect their appli cations for commutations of sentence in their fights for the lives of their clients. The murder for which Jim Cameron is under sentence to die was the shooting of J. A. Blue, railroad contractir, whom the' negro shot in a commissary owned by the deceased near Aberdeen. The' negro had got ten mad with Blue on account of some difficulties as to 'time 'that Cameron had worked. v ' Fight Againal Seaboard Counsel for the Xaurinburg and Southern Railroad Company and the Seaboard Air Line, were here today ap pearing before the corporation commis sion with a number; of witnesses in fight that the Laurinburg and Southern is making to hav fthe ; Seaboard Air Line stopped fromsacting too ex pensive an iterlocking crossing equip ment, at the. crossing of the two lines near Laurinhurar. The Seaboard Air Line has a contract with the L.'and S. that the latter will put in and main tain whatever type of crossing the Seaboard requires and is demanding the type of interlocking crossing that the plaintiff is alleging is too expen sive and is not required there in the interest of traveling public. The Seaboard is contending that the type demanded is necessary. This case, or at least a phase of it, has been to the Federal Court in the past, having arisen back in the receivership period of Sea board. G, B. Patterson of Maxtom and Winston and- Biggs of Raleigh appear ed for The Laurinburg and Southern and Muarray Allen for the Seaboard Among the witnesses examined were J. Eck and C. J. Kellaway, respec tively chief engineers for the Southern and Seaboard Air Line railways. Plans for Improvements The Atlantic Coast Line has submit ted tQ the corporation, commission plans for considerable improvements to the passenger station at Ahoski, and these have been in turn forwarded to the Mayor , and citizens whose petition for better depot facilities brought the presentation of these plans . by the railroad people. The railroad com pany, is ready to provide , the build ing just as soon as the plans are adopt ed by the people and the commission. CUPID ,IIARD AT WORK AND" AROUND NEW . ' BERN ,.- '',Y If ,, Monday evening at the Methodist Parsonage In the presence of some friends, Mr. John M. Abbott and Miss MARINE NEWS. v The gas 'freight boat Alfonso left 'yesterday for Davis with a cargo of merchandise. , . , The gas freight boat Charmer left yesterday for Swaiwburo with a cargo of merchandise. Jhe gas ireignt lat nernice I ree left yesterday morning for Boiigiir Sound with a cargo of men hanilise. comprised the battery fori the Ghent I Lillie V. Deppe were united in marriage team. ' - ! , ;' I by Rev. W. A. Cade, Junior Pastor of Centenary Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott will make their home In Henderson where M I Abbott has a position. Petway Shaw ' Last night at the McthodUt Parson THE FIRST NORTH CAROLINA ? MELONS ARRIVE r i ( THE EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE IF STATE PLANNING TO HOLD FIRST 'STATE CONVENTION AT EARLY DATE. Senator B. F. Shively of Indiana acting chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, recently made a speech In the sen ate in defense of the administra tion's policy in regard to Mexico. GREENSBORO MAN FINDS CROPS INI EXCELLENT SHAPE KINSTON, July 8. Kinston's live Equal Suffrage League is making prep arations for the first state suffrage con vention ever held in North Carolina The league expects to send the strongest delegation from Eastern Carolina to Charlotte, or what other point that will entertain the convention. A letter sent out by the Equal Suffrage League of North Carolina declared that "it is now time for the state and local leagues to begin active work." The meeting will probably come off just before tire na tional convention. "In as conservative state as ours," says the letter, "such a convention can not fail to attract widespread attention, and it is essential f Jr the growth of the movement in this state that it be a glow ingsuccess,." Several national suffrage leaders are expected to be present, be sides a number of men and women prominent in North Carolina. Leagues are now to be found in 'the following towns in North Carolina:"' Ashevllle, Morganton, Hickory, Salisbury, Chap- pel Hill, Raleigh, Goldsboro, New Bern, Kinston, Henderson, Charlotte, Reids ville, High Point and Winston-Salem. Executive committees to work for or ganizations in Durham, Greensboro, Wilmington and Concord have been appointed. G AND JURY TO ROBE MYSTERY THIS CASE Usrrict Attorney Will Ask Indict ment of Woflaaa for Mur4er STRANGE New Witness Brings S'ttangt Ac count of Sensational Affair. ' r NEBRASKA BANKS GROW. Deposits for a Year Gain $4,500,000. Thirty New Institutions. Joseph J; Stone Visits Eastern N rth Carolina MEMBER OF Will Spend Several Days Ing Out Near Havelock. OMAHA, Nebr., July 8. A gain of $4,500,000 in deposits in State banks of Nebraska in a year is shown by the re port of Secretary Royse, of the State Banking Board, just made public. Se ven hundred and tmrty-seven oanits reported the largest number ever in business in the State and a gain of 30 in the annual period. Resources have in creased $6,616,248, aggregating, ac cording to reports, $115, 938,155. ! Loans a nd "discou nts have avanceodurtfi g the year $7,647,800, until the total is $87,867,742. Deposits have climbed to $91,962, 271 Sums due from banks have decreased PARTY by $1,500,000, the average reserve is 23 per cent., while the total number of de- Camp- nositors is 310,800. Joseph J. Stone, proprietor of one of Greensboro's largest printing houses accompanied by his wife, A. B. High and Paul Nichols were in New Bern yesterday enroute to Havelock where they will spend several days camping and fishing for fresh water fish, after which they will go to Morehead City and try their luck with the salt water members of the, finny.tiybe. The party left? Creensbbt-ft lastTues day and came down to Kinston whore short stop was, made. ; Speaking of the conditionifof the:, roads between Greensboro ahd, New iBetn, Mr. Stone says that , tlijfhoroughfat'ea,!. were in excellent condition: as far as Goldsboro and that even as" far 'down; as Kfasjon he found them in fairly good shape but that between " Kmstoii'fOnA thi vfcity the roads were, inf. very oaa .consition and that he Relieved that it;1 would THE KENNEDY FilEilL WE OPEN SOON BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BAPTIST ORPHANAGE NAM ED DATE Another Large ; Docket Yesterday "HIZONNER" RENDERED JUDG f MENT IN SEVERAL IN- " TERESTINO CASES The first North Carolina watermelons were brought to the local market yes- :H: D. Green, the colored man who was arraigned before the Mayor Bangert at Police' Coart Monday, charged with running' over one of T. C. Gaskin s children, was taxed with the, cost .at ... i -i. , '- Tki vesteruav . iiicrnwii oi,; mv Mayor' took intj consideration that the child was not injured, and that the collision was accidental and suspended judgement upon the payment ot tile cost Jack Jordan, colored, was fined one dollar and taxed with the cost on a charge of being, drunk and down in the street.' Willie Green-colored, en tered a pLa of n )t guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct. ' After . hearing the evidence the Mayor rendered verdict in favor of the ', defendant I The defendant and another Colored ma had a quarrel over a tn I in win-! Gree was alleged tohave UBcd pro'ane lang 'a STORY - TOLD KINSTON. July 6. The board of trustees of Ihomasville Baptist or phanage, who met at Thomasville recentlv, named a committee to de termine upon the opening date of the Kennedy Memorial Home, the new eastern branch, at Falling Creek in this county. Mr. J. H. Canady, of Kinston, a member of the committee, announces that the opening will not be before some time in August instead of July, as was previously intended. It is the purpose of the committee to have all the work in the buildings completed before the official start is made at the institutio.n - T" I l.-" J.. I. ..Ml L. - mAai pay the citueris of tins section tohave , Five mile8 from . town that spcuon pu ut good dettric light, for the buildings, of it would be a gVcat luoemcnt to tour- imt:. FREEPORT, N. Y., July 8. The grand jury will begin an investigation of the slaying of Mrs. Louise, Bailey Thursday at Mineola, the county seat, District Attorney Smith announced to- night. He added that he would demand , ' that an indictment charging murder be returned against a woman, who, he ( - said he was positive was the wo ma a ' who broke a window in the office of Dr. Edwin Carman and fired a bullet into the heart of Mrs. Bailey. ' The district attorney admitted there - ' was possibility the grand jury might not heed his demand because , of a . lack of sufficient evidence.- k 1 Witness Tells Strange Story, "I believe though," he said, "that the indictment will be returned. I in- 7 tend to have this woman indicted if I hive to present the evidence to every ', grand jury that meets in Nassau coun- ' ty for the next ten yearsL.w The story told by a witness, who was r : examined ia secret between sessions of : the inquest yesterday,' was revealed to- -: day. ' ' ::J''X--X An hour before the morning pro ceedings opened ,. a man whose name the officials say will be withheld un til Thursday boldly informed a captain . of the local police department that he ' knew who had killed Mrs, Bailey. He ' then told the captain the story he later .1 . repeated to the 'district ' attornwy. Briefly the story follows, r . - - "Last Tuesday morning the woman - suspect; jnet fm.lthe new,witnes)-and a man whose 'flame 'he gave and who he said, now Is in Kansas City or New York. The woman agreed to'give thetn $50 each if one would bring a revolver ' and deliver it to her on the lawn at v. ; the side of Dr. Carman's home. ; The new witness 'and the mkn he declared has fled came to Freeport from New t . , York on the same train with the wom an. The missing man had the revolver -' in his pocket. r ' Woman Aided by Mao .' f ? '; At half past 7 o'efock that night the man went to the Carman home sn v v there met the woman,? whe said shf " wanted to 'scare 'some one inside. Thf woman took " the Vevolver, , the man propped up the screeri and broke the window and then stood to one side while the -woman thrust the weapon -through the opening and fired.' Then, according to , the story, - she handed : the revolver back to the' man and the two escaped in opposite directions." ' . According to the , story, the man who told it decided to inform the au . thorities when his companion failed to turn over a share of the money. 1 "I do not know whether to believe i 1 his story or hot,", said the attorney. According to the story he toloTus the man who carried the revolver ia known ' in New York is a gunman." S The district attorney denied a rumor that he had telegraphed the police of Kansas City to arrest the man. ' He added that he knew where he could be picked up should he be Wanted.. - ' ' ... L-icLLXL:. ' wteaa, tne aormitones are r .us'CLi. itJ Mted with condition of the' Cfopf alohg tltct road and he was very enthusiastic pvci- the excellent condition 4oheroitig produce seen in Eastern North Carolina. "Crops," he eaia'yn, Eastern North CarnlinA. nartimWlvvbetween 'Golds boro and New Bern) are In- fine condi tion, In fact they are much superior to those found in the.;Vtestcrn part of the State, and I d o see why the farmers ; here should,, not make some money thii season," .The other mem bers ,of the party also gave glowing reoorts of the crop condition. The party left. New Bern yesterday after noon enroute to Hayetock ""d arrived there in time to pitch their camp be fore nightfall. ' Centenary Mctho'dist church.' Mr; nnd Mr. vPetwnV-loft on the gas. A small but ade quate plant for its manufacture is lo cated a few feet from the buildings Artesian water is carried into the dormitories and there distributed by means, of 8a pressure boiler. . A matron and eight children are now at r the Kennedy home, work ing in preparation for the coming of about 40 other, little ones who ,ul comprise " the necieus of what is in tended to be an orphanage popular tion of about 500. .The Kennedy home is destined, die trustees think, to be virually as important an institution as the parent orphanage. Elaborate , ceremonies will be , -held at the opening in August, wi(h noted men from all over the State in atten dance, next train on their bnda I tour to North- em cities. t. "WEATHER THIS WEEK terday from Bogiie Sound alxwrd the I age in the presence of a few frienrlsl ti,Pre wa ony one witness for the The two niiixt schooner Drxlor nrriv edin port ycstenl.iy (nuininK from It.ilii riore with a cargo of iihti liamli: c. gas boat Ilcrnice Crec. Captain Tay lor statcil tlmt there are very few melons this iK-awm in that, section of the coun try. The scarcity in due largely to the lack of rain. He also slated that the ground lias not been wrt than two im ln-s deep suit (Ik- nou wcie pl.i ill ei. Mr. Allen F. Petway and Miss Alinaciiy who testified that he did, and i( F. Shaw were happily united in mar-1 coiiiho Green denied it.-- In order to riage. 'The ceremony was iH-rfornieJ ' 'lomi9 the Mayor . ..,,,- 1 . 1, .told' them to shake hands ami ninkc by Rev. w. A, tadc, fnnior Pastor of - 1. 1 ' I up, whn 11 liofh very readily ugiecd to l I pm.,un Taylor and S.un iel Odiini, morel Mr. and Mr?. J. J. T0I.1011, Jr., rc-' l,,.ih lolonvl. were taxed with the cost turned l:ist evening, from a vuit of fur driving an automobile in the streets sever, il il,i)s o Noilolk. ( t lie 1 it y ii holt m in-r lights. Temperatures Averaging Near Nor- ; mal Promised the Country WASHINGTON, July 6. Temper atures. averaging near normal thrntiRh SPECIAL SLEEPER TO DENVER COLORADO. , Vl , SOUTHERN RAILWAY "Premier Carrier of the South" The Southern Railway will opTat through special electric lighted sleepin car from Goldsboro, N. C, to Denver, out the country, with local rains fairly I Colo., for accomodation of B. P. O. F.Ik well distributed, Were forecast tonight I going to the national convention, by the weather bureau for the week. . I This special tar will leave Goldslx "A disturbance now over the north-! at 2K1 P. M., July Khh on regul west,"; the bulletin said, "will move ' train No. 1.19. . Blowly eastward, crossi'iig the great cen-1 For reservation in this Car, write tral valleys Tuesday and the eastern wire.. Htates about Wednesday, attended by" O.K. YORK; risintf teniiM-iature and local showers I Tr.nelmi; I'.i- 'i. A; 1 1 ' I',!- Knights Ot Harmony Meet At Kinston WILL GATHER THERE TODAY- MANY IMPORTANT MAT., TERS TO BE TRANSACTED , ', KINSTON, July 8. The local lodge of Knights of Harmony will entertain the supreeme council of the order here tomorro The first session will be at noon. The concluding session will be at even ing, when the meeting will be of social nature and refreshments will be served. The Knights of Harmony are about 1,200 strong, with lodges exclusively in Lenoir Craven and Carteret counties. The order is of local origin, and com prises representative men in its mem bership. There will be but five lodges represented. Mr. R. B. Dunn, of Kinston, is the supreme president. PAROLES. LEVENWORTII, Knns., July Michael J. Cunnane, of riiil.i'1 and Murray L. TenneM, of Sfi' 111., iron worker dynaini'eti, i.i to servo three vein in l' I 8, prison, were morning,' 'I heir api'l he.ml by He ami f.iw.i..' ' ele I Ml I and thunder storms." I