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- NEW BERN SEMI-WEEKLY NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA. DECEMBER Is 1914 JOURNAL-:: CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. Is there a news letter from your section In each Issue of the SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL? If there ts not. there should he, and we want someone in every town, village and hamlet In eastern North Carolina to act as reporter in their particular neighborhood for the JOURNAL. Let the world know what you and your friends are dolnrf. There's hundreds of persons interested in your town and county, and they are anxious to read news from your section. Won't you help us an at the same time help your com munity by sending us the news each week? If you can't write a lonrf news letter, why write a short one, tell about the comings and doings of Mr. Smith and the social given by Mrs. brown, or the new house that Tim Tompkins is building. All of that would be read with interest and your town would get the benefit. Don't wait for someone else to do this, but sit down right now and mall us a short letter. Then when you come to Town, come around to the JOURNAL OFFICE, and make this your headquarters, and get acquainted with the men who make the paper. Let's work in unison to make the SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL the very best newspaper in the State. SEVERAL MILES i OF SHELL ROAD WILL BE BUILT Work Will Start Next Monday Morning Near Rock Quarry PEMBROKE-TRENT Roads Will Be First Paved With Material Ones NEW FAIR ASS'N IS PLANNED FOR EASTERN N. C. Ten or More Counties Would Be Included In The List General Von Mbltke Said To Have Resigned As Head of General Staff Difference of Opinion Between Himself STATE TO AID NEW BERNIN LIST The Plan to Be Put On Foot By Wilmington Capitalists At a meeting Monday of the Cra ven oounty Board of Commissioners a resolution was passed which will in the future assure tho use of shell rook in the construction of the pub lic roads of this county and the first work with this variety of material will begin next Monday morning when county road supervisor It. E. Snowden will begin the work of pav ing Pembroke and Trent roads. The start will be made at the rock quarry, two miles from the city. Tho work will continue down to End street and from there wjll go to Trent road. This road will be paved with tho sholl rock as far as the instersection of Pembroke road. The entire dis tance will be about eight and .one half miles and will give Craven coun ty one bt the best pieces of road bed to be found in Eastern North Caro lina. The start is to be made at t he rock quarry in order that the material can be hauled over good roads in stead of through sandy road. Pem broke road has during tho past few months been graded and is ready for the coating ef shell rock. The build ing of this section will bo used as an experiment to ascertain the cost of the construction of this varitcy of thoroughfare. The cost, it is be lieved will be comparatively small as the convict foroe is to bo used in doing muoh of tho work, and if it is larger than the cost of construct ing the former variety of road, it wiil doubtless prove to be a paying investment to the oounty. The old Board of Commissioners inaugurated the plan of constructing Concrete bridges whenever any one of the' wooden structures bocamo un fit for service and several of these are to be found along the road which is to be paved with the shell rock. These will greatly add to the. appear anoe and lasting qualities of tho thor oughfare. of Wilmington, Dec. 10. A fair as sociation, embracing the 10 or a ozen c unties of the trucking belt North Carolina, is planned by Wilmi i ton and New Hanover men. Th movement will probably orys- tali- in a meeting whioh will be hela during the first of the coming year, at which time it is likely that the association will be organized and that arrangements will be made to sell the stock. The New Hanovor fairs planned for the future are distinctive, since instead of being generally agricul tural, the trucking industry will be emphasized, Wilmington being the only city ia. the midst of. the greatest trucking center in the world. Mr. J. P. Herring, oounty farm demonstrator, is one of tho moving pints in the movement, tie says hat tho idea has taken strong hold in New Hanover and that everything now looks favorable to a successful organization. Tho Now Hanover Corn Show has proved such a decided success for two years that it has grown out of the small afiair class and for its fu ture accommodation must have some organized body to prepare for it, Hence, the proposal for the associa tion. Several sites in or near the city have beon considered but as yet nothing has been decided upon defi nitely. The whole affair being in such nebulous shape at the present timo Mr. Herring could not say today for how much it will "be suggested to capitalize the oompany. Tho territory suggested is that surrounding Wilmington between New Bern, Goldsboro and the South Caro lina line. Tho company will probaly have di rectors in each of the following con tics: rew Hanovor, Brunswick, CO' lumbus, Onslow, Wayne, Bladen, Sampson, 'Pender, Duplin, Craven and possiibly othors. The stock will probably soil for $10 or $25 a share. GARDNER'S PLAN IS ABOLISHED House Rules Committee Hands It a Solar Plexus Blow Washington, D. C, Deo. 12. The House Rules Committee to-day voted down Representative Gardner's demand for j hearing on the resolu tion for. an investigation into the country's defense. Ine . Democratic members were vigorously opposed to this action on the part of Representative Oardnor, and every one of them voted against it. WELL KNOWN. MARINE CNGI NEER DEAD. Southport, N, C, Doc 12. Follow log illness from' pneumonia, whioh set in after an operation for append! oitis had been performed, Joseph, C. Morse, a well known marine engineer ' of Southport, died last nlgfil, and the funoral was held this afternoon, ser vice! being conducted at the Method' 1st Church bore. The deceased was tWifty'-ibur' years ot m and Is sur- SrfvM Vfhii wife- a'tul one lister Ml and the Kaiser the Cause Hungarians Thinking of Seeking Peace With the Czar Turkish Fleet Is Again in Active Operation. AMSTERDAM, Via London, Dec. 12. (Central News Cable) Following the blowing up of the bridge over the river between Demirkapu and Mirowee, all traffic from Salonika to Euskub was brought to a stop. Information has reached here, though not official, that Von Moltke has resigned as chief of the General Staff of the German army on account of a difference of opinion between him self and the Kaiser. Von Moltke insisted upon a plan of campaign whereby the Germans would concen trate their efforts in an attempt to break the Allied ine at Voidun, forcing the British to retire in a northerly direction. The Kaiser insisted on driving them toward Calais which General Von Falkenhyn did with disastrous results. HUNGARIANS ARE ANXIOUS TO MAKE PEACE WITH RUSSIANS PETROGRAD, Dec. 12 There is a popular semi official opinion in Hungary in favor of making peace with Russia. Even the military men are urging that this be done and there is a possibility of this action being brought before official bodies and acted upon. THE GERMAN CRUISERDRESDEN, i NOW OFF THE PATAG0N1AN COAST LONDON, Dec. 12 Official reports from Valparaiso say that the German cruiser, Dresden, which succeeded n making its escape when the British fleet encountered and destroyed four German cruisers last Tuesday, has taken refuge in an inlet off the Patagonian toast. It is not known whether the British fleet will go that point in search of-her. THE FARMERS Will Furnish Them Innoculation Material With KING PETER HELPJNGTROOPS His Presence On the Firing Line is Inspiring James L. Burgess, agronomist and botanist of the State Department of Agriculture, has announced that the Division of Botany and Agronomy will distribute to the farmers of the State, during the winter and spring months, inoculation material for use on the English garden peas and Canadian field peas. The de partment will distribute this material at a cost of 50 cents an acre, and all those who wish to tako advantage of the offer are advised to send in their orders at tho first opportunity, and thus avoid the rush which will occur later on. It is also announced that the Botany Division of tho State Department of Agriculture will again clean tobacco seed for tho farmers of tho State, which work was inaugurated in 1910 and has grown until enough seed to plant 43,000 acres were cleaned last yoar. Tobacco growers are advisod to take advantage of this offer to have thoir seed re-cleaned free of cost at once. Packages should be addressed to the Division of Botany, State Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C, and tho name and address of the sender should be en closod in the package. THE AUSTRIAN LOSSES HEAVY SAYSERVIANS South of Belgrade They Lost Twelve Thousand Men TW0 HUNDRED NAVY AIR CRAFT ARE NEEDED One Hundred for Active Service and Others for Reserve EAST COAST OF THE BLACK SEA BOMBARDED BY TURKS LONDON, Dec. 12 Dispatches received here today from Constantinople, say that the Turkish fleet this morning bombarded Batum and its environs on the eastern coast of the Black sea. More than a hundred Russians were killed and a large number were wounded. BAKER BUYS COSTLY YACHT Raleigh Man Well Known Here, Purchases Craft WAR STRICKEN PEOPLE WANTED INTHE SOUTH Healthy Farmer of Belgium and Other Sections Will Find Welcome Here GOOD OPPORTUNITY Meeting Held Yesterday at Washington for Discus sion of Subject Paris, Dec. 12. The inspiring pre sence and words of King Peter of successes rooently aohieved by the Sorvian army, sayt a dispatoh from Nish to the Matin. "Soldiers! Heroes! Tour old king has come to die with you for the fatherland, for Servla.. Let us drive out the enemy!" The words, says the Matin's dis patoh, were pronounced by King Pe ter before the order for the general attack was given whioh resulted in the Austrians' defeat. Aooordlng to the Nish dispatch, the king's exola mation had the "effect of a train of gun powder and the unforgettable battle began before Topola, cradle of the Karageorgevitoh dynasty, tea miloi from Mount Oplenats, where rest the ashes of the Servian hero's royal family. Timor to isew ira jKnuiiaay. ... i - . 'Mm. Eortepis Us. tr tcWY&ai w Yidjor W Krs Bain. ftottrUf Washington, Dec. 12. The thriv ing, healthy farmers of Belgium, Alsace-Lorraine, and other war-striok en sections of Europe are wanted by the South. Taking time by the forelock, in anticipation of the rush of immigrants of the Agricultural type, a monster meeting was held here today of delegates from many Southern Statef, editors, railroad men, bankers, real estate 'and business SB M men. wno reeponaea to we oau or Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flori da. Hon. William B. Wilson, Secre tary of Labor, welcomed the visi tors and opened the meeting with a stirring talk on the opportunity of the rural sections of this country to ebtaln settlers and farm hands. The Department of Labor has been mak ing extensive investigations into Con ditions of labor, and is aiding all worthy moves for the assimilation of the floods of immigration in the sections where families are needed and where thrift and usefulness In Amerloan oitisenshlp can best be achieved. ' .. - " ...The meeting whlnh opened this fonnoo- in." ;ths Southern ' building, wns f ;(! 1 V ffanafV rVrsuer'- last fyo'n'ty The dcWfes",W rtfcy.M were tott bf .ity mXtfvi pla'ps &a had, Bonn .UVtlti bf otToYltrt Iff- clinod immigrants now out of work in oenters of large populations, to settle on Southern farms, and to care for tho distribution of the horde of foreigners who will probably quit the blood-soaked farms of Europe to settle in Ameriea. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, and words ot encouragement were aia by delegates from many sections of the South. Before the convention disbands, the immigra tion policy of the Southern States wiu nave Deon esiaousiied, and a plan of financing desirable agricul tural settlors will be adopted. The federal government is taking great interest in the meeting, for th subject of immigration is one of the most important quostions now be fore Congress, and the labor oon ditions in tne congested cities are such that the powers of the Depart ment of Labor are being exerted to solve the question of more practi cal distribution of foreign workmen New York, Doc. 12. Mr. Ashby L. Baker, of Raleigh, is to do some cruis ing in North Carolina waters in tho near future, as there has been a yacht purchased hero for htm. Tho purchase for Mr. Baker was made by Mr. D. S. Paris, of Oriental, ho spent several days in New York this week, coming here especially to purchase a yacht for Mr. Baker, who is the president of the Virginia Cot- on Mills Company, whose plant is located at Swopsonville, in Alamance county. The purchase price of the vessel as $30,000, and it is stated that Mr. Baker intonda to use it for cruising in amlicc Sound and its tributary waters. 1 POKER JOINT RAIDED. The Wilmington Police After Gamblers. More than .a peck of poker ohips tables, oards, dioe and other parapher nalia, enough to make Justice Har riss' office look like a cyclone-ridden gambling dive, were seized this morn ing and brought into oourt, the stuff having been found on the third floor of the building oooupied by the Riverside Restaurant. The officers out this afternoon to make a number of arrests, inolud ing, it is said, some whioh will be quite sensational. The affidavit was signed by Mr. H Maek Godwin and the papers placed is the hands of Constable John Davis for execution. No arrests having yet been made no names were mads public Wilmington Dispatch : Mrs. O. T. Randolph, of Klniton arrived in the City yesterday morn ing' to visit hsr sister Mrs, T. Turner' - ' '" 'r: '. v T. fj, tfyVian. W i yifarra mbYu KNIFE TO CURE BOYCRIMINAL Court Consents to Opera tion on Robber s Skull Philadelphia, Doc. 12. Clarke L. Borton, a Gormantown contractor decided to-day to risk his fourteeu-year-old-son's life in a surgical opera tion in an effort to oure the boy's criminal tendencies. Judge Gorman consented after sentencing the boy to the Glen Mills School for committing many robberies. The sentence was withdrawn, pending the operation. The boy J. Willard Borton, is un der observation in the psyohopathic ard of tho General Hospital. The operation will be performed early next week. It is mentionod to remove a de pression in the boy's skull, disclosed by an X-ray examination. "I am convinced," said the father, "that my son's aotioQs have been in fluenced by this depression. When he was six years old his head was in lured, and his waywardness dates from that period. I believe he does not know right from wrong. Special ists have told me the boy is not criminal. I am sure he can be cured by an operation." THEY MAY EVACUATE Report Reaches Rome That Troops May Leave the Capital Rome, Die. 12 (.Central News Cable) Tho Servian legation says that on December J, 10,000 Aus trians retreated from the field south of Belgrade, abandoning guns, horses and wagons. A further fierce combat resulted in a decisive defeat of the Austrians and they lost 12,000 men, including 5,0011 prisoners. It is re ported that they are preparing to evacuate Belgrade. 200 Germans Dead. Amsterdam. Dec. 12. Two hun dred Gorman soldiers were killed to-day, when a German troop train was blown up by the Allies at Gemme nich. In addition to those killed, a largo number were seriously wounded. Wearing White Clothes. Petrograd, Dec. 12. German sol diers who are located in the mountain districts are now wearing white cloth ing, as this renders them less easily observed on snow clad landscapes. Battle Progressing. Petrograd, Dec. 12. Moscow news papers report that the battle is pro gressing in Bukovina. There is now only a march of two days between the Russians and the Austrians. The latter are occupying a fortified posi tion in tho neighborhood of Wygow. The Austrians havo ordered all of the inhabitants to leave Redutau. Nuns Flee. Malta (via London), Dec. 12. The steamer Caledonia, which ar rived from Port Said to-day, had on board many members of religious orders, mostly French. Sixty-six nuns were landed here, but tho remainder will proceed to Prance on the steamer. A majority of the people were expelled from Palestine by the Turks while the others fled because of tho war menace Turks insulting. Rome, Dee. 12. An incident of considerable gravity has occurred at Hodeid, an Arabian seaport, one hundred miles northwest of Mocha. It appears from advices received here that the Turks on learning that G. A. Richardson, Brilish consul, remained in town, tried lo enter his house to arrest him. Consul Riehiirdson escaped tothe Italian consulate, which the Turks besiogod, although the Italian con sul, Signor Coeelii, eamc to the de fense of his colleague. Richardson was taken prisoner and dragged forcibly to a boat which then left for an unknown d filiation. As British subjocts in Turkey are under American protection, the United States embassy, it is stated, has been asked for information of tho in cident while Italy is inquiring about the alloged violation of her consulate. SO SAYSBRISTOL Chief of Aeronautical De partment Recommends These Be Secured 'sWAR TALK i BY Rev. von miller Jacksonville Pastor to Be Heard at Baptist Church Tuesday Washington, Deo. 12. Two hun dred naval air craft 100 for active service and 100 to be held in reserve are urgently needed by the United States navy in its plans for national defense, according to recommenda tions of Captain Mark L. Bristol, chief of the aeronautical bureau of the navy department, submitted to day to the house naval committee. It would require an appropriation of $2,200,000 to bring the aeronauti cal branch of the navy up to the pro per standard of efficiency, Captain Bristol told the committee. Its purposes he described as fol lows: "The air navy of the United States must consist of aeroplanes, semi rigid, or non-rigid airships- the de stroyer, cruiser and battleship of the air, respectively. The aeroplane will be used for scouting to disoover the enemy's fleet, especially submarines and mines, and to attack the diri gibles and aeroplanes of the enemy. It is the torpedo boat of the air against the airship cruisers and bat tleships. Having discovered the sub marines and mines, it directs the air cruisers to attack these craft and to countermine and at the same time ' protects the cruisers from the .en emy's aircraft. The air cruisers also will lay mines, probably will be used to drop aerial torpedoes on the sur face ships of the enemy and be util ized over land, for reconnaissance and dropping bombs. Aircraft Necessary. "The uses to which aircraft can be put in war will be better known after the European war. It seems that the air navy will be just as an essential part of the country's fighting force as the battleships and submarines. The front of our fleet in action has now become a vortical plant, with sub marines and mines beneath the sur face, battleships, cruisers and de stroyers on tho surface and air craft In the air. To be successful against any enemy, the country must have command of the air the same as com mand of the sea." Detect Mines and Submarines "Any nation that has suitable afa craft could detect submarines," he added. .."The aeroplanes can see sub marines and mines very plainly, guide tho dirigible to them, whioh can dooend close to the water, drop high explosives to countermine the mines or destroy the submarines. We can pick up the mines at their usual depth, even follow the anchor line of the mine down to a considerable depth below the mine. The subma rine, if it comes to the surface, would be attacked by the surface craft. The submarine could dive deep only for a limited time but must come up and show the periscope to get its bearings. A bomb dropped upon it should not bo arranged to explode until beneath the water. I say, 200 pounds of high explosive, it would distrub the submarine not sub merged more than 30 or 40 feet even to fhe extent of disabling it, or it might destroy the perisoope. The periscope is often discovered by the wash it makes. One could see a sub marine 50 to 100 feet in clear water. .When Interviewed by a Journal reporter yesterday, Edgar 8. Weaver, a prominent merchant of Araphoe, stated that during the last week, or ten days business has inoreased con siderably, and the future looks bright er to the" merchants in that section, Mr, Weaver stated that the farmers have come Xts the conclusion that it is betWf to sell thstr cotton at the present prions ' and wr -debts than It Js rO'fcolfrl, fqr Wtif pAom trj kwp tut Vtttttf ottt of (f!rtfu!T!c!W Much interest is being manifested by citizens of Now Bern in the lecture to be delivered Tuesday evening of this week by Hev. H. M. Von Miller. "War Talk" is engaged in daily by all classes and first-hand information is at a premium wherever it is givon out. Mr. Von Miller's experiences and observations during throo months in the heart of the European war zone well equip him and it is oxpocted that he will havo somo very startling things to relate. It will be interesting in- doed to hear him tell of the bombard' mont of tho Liege forts, his three im prisonments, the loss of his possessions etc He was in Germany, Holland, Belgium and England from August to November. The lecture is not for tho benefit of the First Baptist Church, where it will be dolivered, but Mr. Von Miller himself has suggested that half of the proocodi of the free will offering to be received be sent to aid ' the suffering Bolgians, It is hoped that all in the city who are at all interested in the oondition of the peoplos of Europe and who are studying the war will be present Tuesday to hear Mr., Von Miller. The pastors are asked to announce the lecture from thoir pulpits to-day and also in their Sunday schools. EMPTY PRISON BY CHRISTMAS Cole Blease Plans to Free Every Man Con- y fined . k '' ; , : t Mid.' CI. ITartfcf: MWrnsd W td flTwhlnifan, "U. C. Ysskcrday' f tot 'vHrtUni rekflVM ft KflV Bnm', Savannah, Dec. 12. Governor Cole L. Blease of South Carolina, : since 1911 has shown clemency to 430 men. Only 60 prisoners art left ' in the penetentiary, The Governor announces that he ' will give them their freedom as a Christmas gift. ' The Governor s pardoning motto Is, Do Unto Others,". He believes he has a God-given power to lighten tho bur dons of his fellow men, and he has ex ercised his prerogative to ths limit. It is his purpose to' begin tho new year with the penetentiary clean. On hundred prisoners received pardons. parolos and oommuntatlona ' on Thanksgiving Day. The Govrroor hs given his rea sons for eve; psrdon bf has f"' ' but o rjinksi nd epn!"r'y r - ' inys V. " f" i n Y ' s BoUth t ' "n ) 1( , f c TTTiTTTi TrrTrTP I
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