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JOURNAL SEMI-WEEKLY NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA. DECEMBER 5 1914 h D A THE CITIZEUS OF 10 Te- Observe Community Service ' Week Two Committees v Are In Chartfe Of . " The Work. FIRST NUMBER LYCEUM , COURSE FRIDAY. DEC The Beverly Entertainers Are To Give a Performance 'At The School - Auditorium. Vanceboro, Dec-. 1. The past week in our little town has been full of interesting event! Thanksgiving Day was fittingly observed by the Vanceboro people. In the morning at 10:30 a goodly crowd gathered in the school audl- 1GEB0R0 CLEAN THETOWr II torlum whera ftn int.eraRt.incr rtlrw gram wax carried out. The meeting was presided over by Prof. O. O Marshall, who made a pleasing and appropriate talk. Several songs were sung by the school children and the primary department gave a motion .song ommemorating the day. Three interesting readings were rendered by Misses Neva Warren, Nancy and J.Ielen McLawhorn, students of therFarm Life Sschool. The exercises' were concluded by Rev, Wyche of the Methodist church who made a strong plea for our nation to be ' truly one of peace a righteous nation. A collection amounting to nearly .twenty dollars was taken for the Belgian relief fund. In addition, the special committee appointed is gut ting ready a bale of cotton to send to the American Red Cross Society in Europe.. Miss Annie Neal Clark, of the Farm- ville High School, formerly teacher of music at this place, spent the holi days at the Farm Life Sohool. Mr. H. L. Joslyn; of Raleigh, another former teacher here, also spent the- holidays in Vanceboro, On the evening of the thirtieth a - large Mumber of people gathered at ..the school-auditorium where pic tures of Niagra Falls, the Panama K. Canal and Craven county scenes were shown by Dr. Turlington and 'Mr. v Sears with the Farm Life School lan tern. The pictures were pleasing in .every way. After the pictures, the people remained to make plans for Community Service Day. Prof. Mar shall read the Governor's Proclama tion regarding the Community Ser vice days as set apart for improving . conditions all over our State arid for . bringing our people into a more co- . 7 ' operative spirit. It was decided that street working should be the point emphasized here. The merchants ;ijw . i. have agreed to close their stores for 'Vi, " . part of the. day to assist in this move 2. ment. Two large committees, one "s. lien and one of women, are com puting definite plans for the day. '" ii The first program of the Lyceum course, which -is being brought to Vanceboro this year,- will be given - ! v Friday evening, Deo. 4th, by the Bev ," erly entertainers fouryoung ladies who come very highly recommended -,' i This is expeoted to be one of the best C ' programs of the season. SHOT PROMINENT MAK; EXHONERATED BY JURY w. B. CARHART RELEASED FROM CUSTODY LAST , EVENING Atlanta, Ga., Deo. 2 W. B. Car hart, president of the Carhart Shoe Manufacturing Company, last night ahotand instantly killed James R. ". Callaway, a prominnet business man, in the Carhart resldenoe. . According ,to the story:' Mr. " Carhart at the , Capital City rt told the police, Callaway was a mem : ber of a party last night with Mr. and Callaway departed early. Up- off arriving home, Mr. Carhart 'dis- -- covered the man in' her sons room. Carhart entered the room and found " Callaway, who was mistaken for a burglar by Carhart when he fired the "fatal (hot. . " - -.- . , This afternoon the coroner's jury held that the shooting was justifl . able homioide and roleased Carhart. , 4 Thls practically, brings the ease to a . close. ' ' . w . J. B. IIARRIMAN DEAD Washington, D. Dec, 1. " J. Borden Harrlman, financier and banker, died here today after an Illness extending over prrlod of aevrr! months, , -i t i f . t" " T ADOPT. HDT RESOLVE IN RESOLUTION THEY RESENT THE "UNWARRANTED IN TERFERENCE OF , "OUTSIDERS." Durham, Dec. 2. As a result of a speech made by Bishop John C. Kilgo in ohapel in which he flayed the sopho more class of Trinity college because a pennant bearing the numerals '17 had been hoisted on the flag pole of the college, a meeting of that class wag called and official oangizance of the speech of the bishop taken. The sophomores in class assembled say that the class as a whole was not responsible for the prank, and .do not think the whole class deserves to be put into the "buffalo, scoundrel and sons of- Benedict Arnold" column. They 'adopted a set of resolutions in, which they say that they do not believe that it is the business of the class to ferret out the man or men who did this deed. The class also resents Bishop Kilgo's "unwarrant ed interference" in college affairs. The speech of the bishop caused quite a stir in the college community, and the publication of certain parts of his speech in the daily papers caused quite a stir in Durham. In tho town the incidont is looked upon as a boyish prank, one that would not have been thought of but for the very decided stand the bishop who is one of tho members of the board of trustees of tho college, took on the affair. The resolutions passed by the so phomore class when they assembled yesterday afternoon follows; ' "Whereas, there arc certain condi tions now existing in Trinity college which have been brought about by the appearance of the flag of the sopho more class on the Trinity flag-staff. therefore, bo it, by tho sophomore class of Trinity college. Resolved, first? that we, the class of '17, held it as our opinion that no man of unbiased judgment could poss ibly interpret the raising of the class numeral as an insult to our nation's flag; "Rosolved, second, that since we do not believe it is tile duty af any particular class or organization to ascertain rjheidentity of offenders against, HnT7eone1(ikifl,'5ro resent the. insult; which was offered our class as a body; "Resolved, third, that since the action was not indorsed by the class as a whole, and since there is no proof that the numeral was erected, by one of our members, we, the members of the class of 1917 at Trinity oollege, regard the speech of Bishop Eilgo delivered during ohapel exerciess Mon day morning in Craven Memorial hall as both unmerited and unjust; "Rosolved, fourth, that we resent tho unwarranted interference by an outsider who occupies no executive position .in the college management, In college affairs; and regard the terms, buffaloes, traitors, cowards, scoundrels and sons of Benedict Arnold, .as an insult to the members of the class, both as 'a unit and as in dividuals; "Resolved, fifth, that a copy of those resolutions be submitted for publication. TRIAL Of PERKINS , HAS BEEN DEFERRED SLAYER OF W. R. HINMAN TO FACE TRIAL JUDGE IN JANUARY. Charleston, 8. C. Deo. 2-TJpon motion of the counsel for the defense, the trial of George Batchelder Per kins, charged with .the murder of W. R. Hinman,a Jacksonville, Fla. newspaper man, on board of the steamor Mohawk off J,he coast of North Carolina, a few weeks ago, was today continued until the next term of Superior Court. Owing to" the Drominenoe of the parties implicated in this affair and the sensation it has created, consid erable interest. being manifested in. the proceedings. ' . SOME " INTERESTING , RED t ; jCROSS SEAL FIGURES. Few people have any conception of the magnitude of the - Red Cross Christmas Seal Campaign, v Here are a few figures that will show what a gigantio movement this Is. Already 115,000,000 seals' have been printed and lpraotioally that entire number distributed to agents in almost every 8tate of the Union.' Probably 16,000, 000 more will be needed.- Advertis ing circulars, posters, cards, etc, to the number of several -million have also been distributed. It is estimated that the army of paid and volunteer workers engaged in.selling the seals number well over 100,000. , The ad vertising and publicity . donated to the campaign amount ' to , sovoral hundred thousand, dollars. ' Every effort is being put forth to soil 100, 000,000 oals, or about one for every man, womin and. child n the Vqlted 8ttc' , ; - I EXTENSION TALK Report From Charlotte Saya That The System Is Aiming For Points Further South. BELIEVED HERE THAT THE RUMORS ARE TRUE. The Officials Not Giving Any Information But Are Maklnd No Denials. Out Charlotte. Dec. 2. Is the Norfolk Southern to press south of Charlotte in order to get an outlet on the South Atlantic or at some gulf port.? This question is again being asked, but no answer returned, for the mani fest reason that those who have the knowledge will not talk and those who are not on the' inside and cog nizant of future plans, are not in a position to know these things. How ever here are various speculative guesses being indulged in as the fol lowing from a Sanford paper will show: " ' "A local railroad man who claims to have inside information says the authorities 'of the Norfolk Southern aro laying plans to extend the ro ad from Charlotte through Georgia and Florida and' make it a trunk line. They are trying to purchase two or three small railroads in these States and if they succeed in getting hold of these properties the missing link will be connected up as was done in this State when the Aberdeen & Asheboro, Qlendon & Gulf, Raleigh & Western roads were purchased by the Norfolk Southern., It. has been understood all along that the 'Norfolk Southern would not stop at Charlotte, but what direction it would take after leaving that city was not known. This road reaches the coast at two points, Beau fort and the port of Norfolk, and traverses a fine farming section, and should it be extended through Geor gia and to the Florida coast it would bectrme one of thr" great trunk -fines of the South. Lee is the only county in the South that is touched by the Norfolk Southern and the three prin cipal trunk lines south of the Poto mac." Several Things Evident). Just what is under cover is some thing of extreme interest to Charlotte people.. Several things are self-evident. One of these is that the Nor- folft Southern was never intended to stop in Charlotte. The proverbial "wayfaring man" would never assert such a proposition. The promoters of the Norfolk Southern road as it is now constituted, purpossed developing a great system out of a number of jointed links by connecting them up and building them from section to section. The flrst unit In this develop ment plan wasTthe acquisition of the several snort lines Datween Kaleign and Charlotte and lie extension of the road into the Queen city. This has been accomplished and those in charge are waiting 'the clearing of the muddled wafers for another ex tension. This itls believed will carry the road through the highly fertile and wonderfully commercially de veloped Bection of the upper "Pied mont, say into Atlanta, and then the third step will be,to carry the system to some deep-water South Atlanta port, such as Brunswick, Ga or some Gulf port where the Panama canal trade can be tapped. Charlotte First Stop. Charlotte was selected for the first stopping place and every energy is now being directed by those in con trol of the system, to develop the sys tem and build up hV supporting terri tory in order' to jpav the way for tllA OAAinit af tn ' ''iTliln Will jlAI.Vflnn. oome a few yearyhmo when the financial waters, na. cleaned a little and the part of jtho jystem already uuuur uyermiuu ,w'i uuiy ine ex tension. X . Those who are in ' charge of the Norfolk Southern are .building on a very Droaa ana nrm. foundation moving slow and, dovilopinir as they go and such growth i the kind that always brings lasting results. Char- 101 w anorns . an aomiraoie resting place for. bet ween stages' of develop ment .for the reason that it is the HQost important center in the Pied mont and taps tne nigniy produouve field of the textile area of this seo tlon. '. ' According to those who are in a position o guess at such big things applying the rule of oonomio condi tions to development already in hand the next step of the Norfolk Southern will be to skirt the upper i border of the Piedmont section, striking for aoeess Into Atlanta, where connection will probably be made with the A. B. A A. road of which Mr. E. T Lamb, formerly president of the Norfolk Southern, is the head. This ystem Is laid to be oontrolled 'by in terest! that ao epntrpl tlir orfok NORFOLK 00 HERN RAILWAY COMPANY AUTOS FRANCE SEIZE! USED FDR JOY RIDES MEN WHO DODGE DUTY AT FRONT APPROPRIATE MA CHINES TAKEN BY . GOVERNMENT. Paris, Dec. 2. -Owners of fine automobiles, osting in some cam's several thousand of dollars, felt wave or patriotism when the cars were requisitioned by the GovernJ ment at one-fourth their value or less. Now they have learned that the finest cars were not usually sent to the fighting line, but were used by officers "embusque," a word given a revised or broadened definition by ex-iremier ciemenceau. An em- busquer, he says, is "an individual that public danger calls to arms and who does not experience sufficient combativity to get within range of the enemy's guns." In every place where thore was red tape, wherever there was a comfort able requisitioned motor ear to drive, or a Red Cross ambulance to pilot, guards to furnish, reports to; write or to carry behind the lines,"jrick to help, funds to raise, the embusquers swarmed during the first three months of the war. They were easily recog nized, for their were the finest cars and their uniforms were spick and span. But they are rapidly becoming less numerous. Minister of War Mil lerand spoiled their rest with an order requiring every officer not originally incorporated in an auxiliary 'service to rejoin his corps at once, j El SOLEMNIZED AT RALEIGH MISS IOLA BLEDSOE BECOMES THE BRIDE- OF CARY GREEN. j Raleigh, Dec. 2. Yesterday af ternoon at two o'clock a beautiful wedding was solemnized in Six Forks Christian church, nine miles from Raleigh, when Miss Iola BIedsoe became the wife of Mr. Carjr Green. Kev. J. S. Farmer officiated, the ring ceremony being used. i The ushers, Messrs. RaloLBailev and Berton HbneycuttT"" entered the church first, followed by Miss Chloe Beckwith and Mr. Vassil Green. The bride, handsomely gowned in brown and carrying white chrysanthemums followed accompanied by her sister. Miss Ayla Bledsoe, who was attired in blue and carried yellow chrysan themums. They were met at the altar by the groom with his best man, Mr. Drury Green, where the impressive words were spoken that made them man and wife. Miss Ella Parker of Meredith Col lege played the wedding march and during the ceremony McDowells Wild Rose was softly rendered. After tjie oeremony the bridal par ty drove 'to the home of the groom where an elaborate dinner was ser ved. ""-The young couple will leave this morning' on a wedding trip to Washington and other northern ci ties. The popularity of the bride and groom was attested by the many beau tiful gifts of silver, cut glass, linen and other articles presented by friends. Mrs. Green is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Bledsoe, prominent people of Wake and was educated at the State Nomal College, Greensboro. She is a niece of Mrs. B. C. Beckwith of Raleigh. Mr. Green is a son of the late Senator A. C. Green of Wake and Is a well known citizen and pro gressive farmer of his section. (Mrs. Green is a cousin of 8. B.BIod soe, a member of the Journal staff. ) POLICEMAN NABS MAN WITH .V A BOMB. New York, Deo. 2. Patrolman Coleman today detected a bomb planter in the act of plaoing a bomb iu the' hallway of a building at No. 157 Forsythe street. Coleman put out the burning fuse. The bomb thrower escaped. ifrr V.. ,,v... ,, ... Southern and hence the oommunity of interest established. This road could furnish trackage into Bruniwiok.Ga., where deep water is reached, or oould afford Communication on into the Gulf States proper. Of course it Is to bf understood that nothing immediate is contem plated. . Several years will probably have to elapse before any overt ac tion is taken but in the meantime, there will arise many features that will tend to strengthen . this aim of those in charge of this system. That Charlotte is immensely Interested is evident tor tnhr oity wffl be one of he main points along the new line. i " This Piedmont territory Is said to be the riohest on . the line of the Southern on eooount of the number of manufacturing establishments found In this teotlon. Ilonoe the desire of the new system to get Into this field and obtain ,t share. of the heavy ttfno( i GREAT REVIVAL AT TABERNACLE TO After Two and One Half Wreks One of The Greatest Meet ing of The Year Is Concluded. EIGHTEEN ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH ARE MADE. Real Religious Awakening frlas Been Brought About By Rev. Callaway And Assistants. With last night's service the Re vival at tho Tabernacle Baptist church closed. The meeting has run for two .and one half weeks during which time tireless efforts have been put forth in the interest of the cause of Christianity in this community and the results have been marvelous. While there has only been eighteen additions to the church during the meeting this is considered one of the greatest revivals in the history of the Tabernacle Baptist church. It has been a real religious awaken ing in this city and the christians have been thoroughly awakened and are determined as never before to dedicate their lives to tho service of their Savior. Mr. Callawav has proven himself to be an humble yet fearless minister of the Gospel. He has condemned sin fearlessly and with out compromise and has appointed the sinner to Jesus as his only means of escape. The Gospel messages of this gifted minister will have a lasting effect upon the community at large. At tho close of last night's service Mr. Callaway in a very appropriate manner highly complimented the membership of the Taberncale church for their loyalty during the meeting. Ho stated that ho had heard so much about this people until he really ex pected to find a loyal, consecrated band of workers, but that after he had been privileged to work with them during this meeting that they had even surpassed his expectations, and he predicted that within five years the Tabernacle would be one of tho largest, as they are now one of the most' influential, churches in the State. He spoke in the very high est terms of the present pastor, Rev. R. W. Thiot, and said that he expected great things to be accom plished under the efficient leadership of Mr. Thiot. James W. Jelks, the singing evangelist, who has been an impor tant factor in this revival campaign as leader of the music, was next to express his appreciation of the loyalty of the congregations that have at tended tho meeting. He was loud in his praise of tho splendid choir who has stood so nobly by him dur ing this campaign and also of the kind hospitality of the membership. Mr. Jelks stated that he had fallen in love with New Bern and that he would like to make New Bern his home were it not for the incon veniences that would be subjected to, and from the general remarks of both the preacher and the singer, they had been extraordinarily fav orably impressed with New Bern and her ptoplo. Mr. Callaway and Mr. Jelks leave on tomorrow morn ing for their home in Macon. Mr. Callaway is pastor of the Taber nacle Baptist church of that city and Mr. Jelks has Macon as his head quarters and travels oyer the coun try leading singing in evangelistic campaigns. Mexico City, Dec. 1. Gen. eral Villa and his forces are now within this city. The rebel leader was accompalned here by 25,000 troops. When Gutlerres arrives he and Villa will march to the presidential palace. MATE IEFT OF JUDGE BELL CITES CASE AS PROOF OF LOOSENESS OFF MARRIAGE LAWS. Atlanta, Deo. 2. The story of a hasty marriage that was even more hastily repented was told in the Superior Court to-day when Miss Lucile Baxter, the daughter of a wealthy -merchant and plantar of QrantsviUe, was awarded a final doeree of divorce from I.' K. Baxter, a New York lawyer, who Is known to fame, rather because of his title ohempion high Jumper of the New York Atheletlo Club than his legal prestige. At the same time the story served Judge George L. Bell, presid ing, aa a text for an t.ddress to the jury on the loose divorce laws of Ooorgia. J , Mrs, Baxter wat married in 110, wh.cn ft student In Weseyno College 1 Austrian Troops In Belgrade , -- sj The Attack on the City Was One of the First Moves Made by the Austrians at the Beginning of the War and Within a Week It Was Reported That the City Had Fallen. This Report Was Untrue and Since That Time the Attack Has Continued. Amsterdam, Dec. 2.-- i. 'cntntl News Cable) The Austrian troops occupied Belgrade, Servia, this morn ing. The attack on Belgrade was one of the first moves made by the Aus trians at the opening of the war. Within a week afior the beginning of hostilities, it was reported that the Servian capital had fallen before the invaders. This, however, proved to be untrue and the attack on the city, has continued ever since, THE GERMANS DRIVEN BACK ALONG THE VISTULA. Petrograd, Dec. 2. Unofficial re ports say that in terrific fighting in Poland the Germans were driven back along the Vistula. The Russi ans hold Plock by sheer force.' On the bloodiest day of the fighting in Poland, Friday, an entire Siberian corps stormed the Germans' trenches The enemy made terrific resistance. Ammunition pouches were cast aside and the cdefenders fought wit hbayon ets. Not a German was left alive when the Russians finally came into undisputed possession of one portion of the woiks. THE TEUTONS REMOVING THEIR FORCES IN FLANDERS. Amsterdam, Dec. ,2. There is ab solute confirmation of the reports that the Germans are removing large forces of mobile troops and smaller guns from Flanders and France to Poland. One hundred and forty eight machine guns and fifty thous and cavalry have passed through Her bsthal enroute to Poland. Eighteen large guns have been sent, forward to Blakeneberghe on the coast of Bruges, Four Children Burned To Death Home of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Early Yesterday Morning Their Lives. WTilmington, Dec. 2. Four child ren of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. McNeill, of Delgado, were burned to death early this morning when a fire of unknown origin destroyed their home at tho junction of the turnpike and the Castle street road, in tho cen ter of the village, which is a suburb of Wilmington. The other members of the family escaped from the burning house barely in time to avoid a similar fate, one son having to jump from a second story window. The dead are: Miss Hannah McNeill, 21 years old. Wade McNeill, 13 years old. Adelia McNeill, 11 years old. Walter McNeill, 8 years old. The fire evidently started in the kit chen in the rear of the home and when discovered at 1 o'clock by the fireman at the Delgado mill, situated about 200 yards away, had already made consid erable progress. The residence was a two-story frame structure and five of the children, including the four burned and Willie McNeill, who escaped from the building by jumping, were sleeping downstairs. Mr. and Mrs. McNeill and three children were sleeping down stairs and when they awoke the flames had made suoh headway that they had barely time to escape. Willie McNeill, 20 years old, when he awoke found that the flames were sweeping through the structure but he made an effort to get hit brother and sisters out, but the way of escape downstair was out off and there was at Maoon, she went to Utica, N. Y., on a trip with ber sister and H. F. Baxter, brother of the athlete-lawyer. There she renewed an olS acquain tance with I. K. Baxter, and they were married in New York City. The tame day she returned home, re entered the college at Maoon and was graduated. She has not seen her hus band since.' nil disabilities were re- movea oy me voruiot Whion gave hot the divorce. John Y. Smith wat he lawyer and VanAttor Bache lor presented, hot tunhand., indicating that the Kaiser is prepar ing to resist further attacks from the British and French war vossels on tho coast. THE GERMAN FLEET GETS READY TO FIGHT. London, Dec. 2. Germany's activ ity is arousing anticipation of a sea fight. An unconfirmed report says many German ships have left Kiel for the North Sea. Several destroy ers are now in the harbor of Zee brugge. GERMANS RE-ESTABLISH FRONT ON WARTHA RIVER, Paris, Dec. 2. A dispatch from Petrograd says that th e Germans, by a desperate effort, have succeeded in re-establishing their front between Strykow and Zdunskarola on the riv er Wartha FRENCH OFFICIALS PAY KING GEORGE A VISIT. Paris. Doc. 2. President Poin eare, Premier Vivavi and Field Mar shall Joffre, yesterday visited the headquarters of the British army and conferred with King Gorge. King result of this conference was not made public. EIGHTY THOUSAND RUS SIANS ARE PRISONERS. Berlin, Dec. 2. In Northern Po land the battles in progress are taking-their normal -course., . L5L,5outh. era Poland the enemy's 'attacks hvae been repulsed. The eastern army has taken 80,000 Russian prisoners sine November 1. At Delgado McNeill Destroyed By Fire and the Occupants Lost no way to escape except by jumping He was unable to get them to do so, but saved himself with only a few injuries. TheWilmington fire department was notified immediately and at once set out for the scone of the fire with one of the chemical engines. They were unable to obtain a stream of wa ter from the Delgado mill and at 2 o'clock the flames had been practically extinguished although the remains of none of the missing children had been found. Mr. McNeill came from Columbus county, near Whiteville four years ago and since that time has been an operator in the Delgado mill. Five of the children worked in the mill also. Mr. W. A. Woods, superintendent of the Delgado mill, arrived shortly af' ter the fire had been discovered and at once took charge of the remaining ' members of the family, who were corn pletely overcome by the shook and grief. He notified Dr. Houston Moore -who rendered suoh assistance as he oould in enabling the distressed family to recover from the shock. . - Mr. W. E. Yopp, the undertaker, and Mr. J. H. Mitchell were also noti fied and went at once to take charge of the remains of the burned persona. The gas freight boat Charmer, left yesterday for Swansboro with a ear go of merchandise. . ' - "The marriage laws of Georgia arn faulty," said Judge Boll, at the com" olusion of the day'e session of eourt. He pointd Jo the Baxter ,case to prove hit point. "It Is too easy to be ' married and particularly too , easv far children to marry. It is likewise too easy to obtain a divorce. Undor the law yon ean do nothing, but grant divoroes in undefended suits, although it it likely there is collusion lna great many of the cases that dit YOroe be easily ojitntne'l, A.-y
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