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Published every Tuesday and Friday at 45' Pollock J Street By E J.LssdPrialii!3-Co. Dott't forft to writ it 1915. . Ita" safe to say that at least nine-ty-nina par oent of the population Of South Carolina will be (lad to the daws of the day on whieh Col Blease tteps down and out of oDee and it U our opinion that he will not only be down and out of Boa but will also be down and out in every other way. ' Lt one of your New Year's reso lutions be to pay up all of the biH you owe. If you can't pay all of them, tart the year right by paying a part of each one and and then keep th good work up until the last dol lar has been paid. We are this morning on the thres hold of a new year, a year which holds great possibilities in store for all of us and right at the very start we should make a firm resolve to nake 1915 the banner year in our lives. It was Henry Van Dyke who said: "Life is a leaf of paper white a which each one of us may write his line or two and then comes night." The span of life is so short that we must do whatever we intend to do without delay. Opportunity is wih us today and we must take advan tage of it without any hesitation. Conditions today are such that we an make giant strides of progress in every way if we take the proper steps. Let us decide this morning to write on our page of life in 1915 the greatest deeds of any done so far and make this a banner vear indeed. Over iu Beaufort county a few days ago a woman killed herself and aa investigation brought out the fast that she and her husband and hi relatives had been having trou ble, those little nagging troubles that are apt to drive a woman to distraction. The woman killed her aelf and left behind a note saying that she was tired of it all and was going to a better place. There is doubt in our minds, as to whether he went to a better place. Self destruction is prohibited by the Lord ef the Universe and those poor, de laded mortals who have not the nerve and spunk to fight out life's battles will, we believe, stand but little how of improving Lheir condition by ending their efctetence here be low. If a few of the would-be-sui-ides would just stop to reason this thing out, look as it in a cold-blood-ad light there is every reason to be lieve that they would decide to re main here a while longer. Speaking baseballically the Kocky Mount Telegram has the following to say in regard to recent reports: "With the two daily newspapers in Kinston and New Bern, and according to rumor, a new one abrewing for Greenville, one wonders why if the town can support two dailies each, why can't they support a baseball team for say seventy-two games dur ing the dull summer months? If these three towns might each support a club it look as though with Washington, Wilmington, Fayetteville, Ooldsboro. Rocky Mount and Wilson to draw from, certainly three other towns should be secured where a franchise could be made to go, -and Eastern Car olina would again be the possessor of a baseball league. Baseball run along conservative lines, with a salary limit that was within the means of the town over the circuit could be made paying proposition if discretion were not tossed to the wind as has been the f east all too often in the history of the . fame hereabouts." The final estimate of the wheat and corn crops for 1914 makes pleas ant reading. The total wheat crop is 801,017,000 bushels as against a ,763,380,000. in. 1913, and the corn rep, 2,672,804,000 bushels as against L a final of 2,446,988 bushels in 1913. These big crops could not have been harvested at a better time when the world's, demand for our crop have been enormously augmented by rea son of the European war. All this meM prosperity for ; the- Western . farmer and U bound to be felt the 4 eountrr over, little later. ; The pain movement promises to grow till greater ' because , new foreign , ustomers are in the market. Italy and Greece are buying heavily and , the English, and French demand is . not slackening. Some of the sales , to Italy are destined to Switzerland .and this gives rise to the suspision that their ultimate ' destination is Germany? , However, it is grist for our mill whatever way . the grain g, - . ' The yesr 1014 has seen great pro- l 'in New Hern in all lines and pre- .. t Ingestions are that 19 13 will li n rvin morn prosperous year i fty war. This can be assured ? ' . put his shoulder i ! 1 '' t ami help , n i : nrli t. SALE OF ONE'S OWN BLOOD IS . NRVPROFESSION It Appears That Many Are Engaged In This Par ticular Business USTSONFILE Prices for A Transfusion Range From $15 Up New York, Dee. '.il. A new pro fession has come to light. The members of it are peruons with plenty of good, healthy, red blood in their veins, and their profession is selling this blood for transfusion into anaemic patients throughout the city. Blood thus sold brings S15 a trans fusion and upward. I I r is no mar ket price, and it is uuli velv there will ever be one. because in addition to healthfulness the blood transfused must agree with that of the patient in certain pathological particulars. Thus of seven pure blooded persons only one may possess blood so com posed as to be of aluc lor i r.i n -i u .; ion in a given instance. Extra Money. The interesting disclosure of men who make extra money by retailing their blood came about through in quiries yesterday at various hospi tals to ascertain if anv other institu tion had had experiences similar to that of Beth Israel, oji the Kast Side. As told y e s t e r d a y Beth Israel needed blood for three patients, and advertised for nun to supply it. One hundred men n pliod, only too eager to earn the money, whatever it might be. The superintendent of the hospital was struck by the evident dire need of money displayed by the crowd of volunteers, Xo other hospital or doctor has had anything like the same response to such an appeal, it develops. At Bellevue, the Presbyterian, the Poly clinic, the French hospital and others it was explainod that where trans fusion is called for some member of the patient's family is often found capable of supplying the blood needed. Where this is not true, or where the partem is wirnout relatives or willing friends, reliance is placed upon a selected list of persons whose blood has been used in the past and has proved satisfactory. Little Advertising. Only rarely is advertising resorted to and then, as in the case of Beth t i.i i . .. israei, me results are generally un satisfactory. Out of 100 men the East Side hospital found only two whose blood would do. Phvsicians said yesterday that even this net result was surprising, since most of the needy who volunteered were without doubt themselves below par physically. The method used at Beth Israel, in which the blood is transfused through a large calibre needle, is the invention of Dr. Edward Lindeman. of 40 East 41st street, who has taught the sur geons of nearly all the principal New York city hospitals how to use it. Besides enabling the surgeon to meas ure exactly the amount of blood transfused, the Lindeman method prevents scarring, which used to follow the old way of sewing to gether artery and artery, vein and vein. List of Elirfibles. Dr. Lindeman, who has performed hundreds of transfusions in the last two years at St. Luke's, the Presby terian Bellevue and elsewhere, keeps a list of from 40 to 50 persons whose blood is likely to serve in emergen cies. Most of these men he has transfused from, and all have under gone repeated blood tests. The exact patho.ogical qualities of thr blood of each is known and careful study has determined how frequent ly and in what quantities each can safely spare his blood. This is the method pursued by other surgeons and by the house surgeons of the leading hospitals throughout the city. It has been made necessary by the waste of time and . the unsatisfactory result involved in advertising for volunteer. The names of some of these per sonsnaturally they are chiefly men recur on the different lists. Some of them aro philanthropists, both rich and poor, whose charity take this peculiar but invaluable form. More of them do it for the money which they either actually seed or can use." ',,'"", ' , . Those whose names appear on the lists of . several surgeons and hospi tals may fairly be called professional bloodgiver. Of these there are thr oughout the city only a few dozen But of those who regularly supply their blood to patient of a particu- lar surgeon or of a particular hospi tal there are! several hundred. H . a. . . . rayment. is. always made, py me recipient of the blood where he is able to pay. If he is not the hospi tal may pay' the blood giver. Or the blood may be given without price, a pure charity. When the patient can afford it the usual price is 125 a transfusion; it may be as low as 15, and an upper limit i sot only by the gratitude of the person whoso life hs been saved. For nearly always transfusion is resorted to only to save life, if not directly, men indirectly, ry giving the pa tient strength enough to withstand a vital operation. 1 iiere is no r'ford of the Inchest STHNBACH FALLS INTO THE HANDS OF THE FRENCH 'Germans Put Up A. Stiff Resistance But Lost Out THE LOSSHEAVY Bayonet Charges And Artil lery Duels Featured Engagement Paris, Dee, 31. The French cap tured the village of Steinbach, in up per Alsace, after one of the hardest fought engagements of the war. The French fought their way from house to house, meeting a Taking machine gun !i:e. The rapid firers of the fler- mans were posted on rooftops and iu windows. The losses i.u both sides were enormous is declared officially to be of the utmost importance in open ing the day to roads running to Alt kirch and Mulhausen. The Germans were- defeated at Steinbach after hours of desperate fighting. The French i.ssayed doz n nl' In, unci charges. Repulsed time after time, the French came back until they finally gained foot hold in the town. From the sea to the Aisne the situation is quiet. The Ger mans blew up two French trenches north of Nillerj, but in subsequent attack were repulsed with heavy loss es. The French held the second line of trenches in the face of a series of bayonet charges. North of Mesnillcs and Hurlus, the French have taken the. offensive and captured a number of (ierman trenches. North of the Beau Sejour farm a (Ierman counter attack was repulsed and the Germans driven hack to their own secondary lines. The Allies have made slight gains in the Argonne region. Fijjhtinii Furiously Paris. Dec. HI. Fighting with in creasing intensity is in progress along the entire French center and right. The infantry is pressing forward slowly. The French are attempting to clear Alsace of the Germans soon after the first of the year. In the Champagnie district the operations are slowly developing into a general battle, with (he advantage on the French side. In that district wedges have been driven into the (Ierman lines and many trenches captured. Pneumonia and rheumatism among the troops have caused hundreds to be sent to the coast cities for treat ment. Germans Driven Back. Petrograd, Dec. 31. The Germans have been driven back at several points along the Vistula and Rawka rivers. Both sides lost heavily. - In the Galician operations the Austirans have been compelled to retire farther into the Carpathian passes. Rein forcements have been sent to the southern front, opening the way for the invasion of Hungary. East of Zakliczun the Russians have captured many prisoners and a number of ma chine guns. A strong Turkish col umn was attacked by Cossack caval ry north of Sarykamysh and retreat ed after losing half of its men. French Repulsed. Berlin, Dec. 31. French attacks north of Chalons have been repulsed with heavy losses. The Allies, shell ing Westend, have succeeded in des troying many houses and public buildings. An entire French com pany was annihilated when German sappers blew up a line of trenches between Alger and Auberge, to the outh of Rheiras. In western Ar gonne several French trenches were taken and 250 prisoners. THE MARKETS. Reading and Amalgamated Copper opened at slight ad vances while- Union Pacific and Pennsylvania rose from a .halt to a point. American Telephone selllnrf ex-dividends also advanced a substantial fraction. United States Steel and ' Southern Pacific were steady at yesterday's', close. The only weak issues were the stock and 4 per cent bonds of the Western Maryland Rail road which added to their de cline of yesterday In connec tion with the Impending de fault of Interest on the com pany's notes. -.. - . -. IV. Y. COTTON. '. New York, Dec. II. Cotton futures opened steadyi . May, 7.74 July, 8.1 J October, 8.S8. ' NEW ORLEANS. , ' New Orleans, La., Dec. Slo tfA linn fi.ti.f a kwmnmA t January, 7.2 J i March, , 7.81 1 . May. 7.71i July, 7.95 October, 8.20 asked. , ' ' ' - Miss . Lula Rowe, left yesterday Morning for Pollocksville, N, C, to spend a few days. visiting friends.. price ever paid for a transfusion, but in such a case as that of Dr. George Roe Lock wood, Jr., the distinguished stomach specialist, who received a transfusion two and a half yesrs ago. it is. likely that the park bench loun ger who supplied his blood to enve the New York phvsicinri Was ex tremely wll rewrdd. JAPAN IS ALSO INTERFERING WITH AMERICAN SHIPS England's Ally Holds Up U..S. Ships On the - High Seas SO SAYS SENATOR Member of House From the Pacific Coast Declares This A Fact Washington, D. C, Dee. 31. Constant . serious interforence with American commerce on the Pacific was charged today again t Japan, Great Britain's ally. A prominent member of the Pacific dlcegation of the House is authority for the statement that Japan has been hold ing up the United Slates vessels on the high seas in a manner similar to that of great Britain. Literacy Test Passes. Washington, D. C, Dec. 31. The literacy test was retained in the immigration bill bv a vote of 47 to 12 by the Senate this after noon. By a vote of 29 to 25 the Sen ate passed the Reed substitute amend ment to exclude negroes after Sen ator Williams of Mississippi had warned the members from the Pa- cmc coast mat tnev could not con scientiously vote against the amend ment after they had previously voted to exclude the Chinese from admiss ion. Safety at Sea. Washington, Dec. 31. The safelv at sea convention, drafted at an in-1 teruational - conference in London, virtually failed today because the European war had upset plans the formal exchanges of ratification. This was the last day allowed for ratifi cation and so far as was known here none of the great maritime powers made the exchanges. The United States made no effort to present its ratification, in view of conditions in London, and because the action of the Senate in attaching a reservation to its-resolution of ratification prob ably would have resulted in difficul ties even if plans of other nations had not failed. It is regarded as probable in dip lomatic circles that after the war is over the convention will be revived, and made effective through a system of protocols. Re-Arranging Cruise. Washington, Dee. 31. Naval offi cials are considering reversing their program for the assembling of the international fleet for tne cruise through tjjp Panama Canal so as to permit South American vessels to join the fleet at Cristobal. That would obviate the lone iournev to Hampton Roads where the American and European ships will assemble. LIED ABOUT GOD; IS STRUCK DEAD Peculiar Incident Occurs In County of Chowan A. visitor from Edenton who was in New Bern yesterday told of a most unusual incident which occurred' in Chowan county a few days ago and which has cast consternation into the oolored citizens of that particular locality. A'ccording to the statement of the visitor, an old oolored man who was known as Frank Cook, decided to make a speech before a number of brethern on the subject of religion. ,: Selecting a favorable street corner he started in and began a harangue of some length. A crowd soon gathered and the old man warm' ed up for the work before him. Dur ing the course of his remarks Cook raised his right hand and in solemn tones proclaimed: "I tells you all dat de Lord is talking to me." The words - had barely escaped his lips when he fell to- the ground and when picked up a few seconds later he had ceased, to -live. A The effect ' on the negroes was startling, 'r. They, were all of . the opinion that the Lord had strioken the old inan and a religious wave has spread over that section since thai time. , ' J,...:.. . ISHAM SHELL TO BE GIVEN TEST Powerful Destructive Agen ;. cy to Be Tried ; ;';:;!-v'..-';-;'0ut Washington Dec. .' 3i. Prepara tions are being made for a test in the near future of the much-discussed Isham shell by a naval board.. A new kind of fuse for the shell has just been constructed and submitted to preliminary test, and as soon at it has demonstrated its reliability the actual firing experiments will take place. . . The theory which it is proposed to demonHtrate is that tho explosion of a large quantity of high explosives on the outside of a ships armor belt would, by its racking and rendin effect, do ujorni dnnwiiMt than the en I iiisiuii or an trinnr piercing pro- j. i'.n pfter it i tu 1 a ship's side. DETECTIVE IS TO ; , SAY WHETHER1 1 WOMAN IS WHITE , . : -- i . Creator of "Craig Kennedy" Says That He Can Easily Do This A DROP OF. - BLOOD An Analysis of This Would Show Whether She ' Is Negress New York, Deo. 31. Arthur B. Reeve, writer of the newest movie serial, "The - Exploits of . Elaine," and creator of "Craig Kennedy," the detective who solves the most baffling mysteries through advance ced scientific agencies, declares, his belief that it is perfectly feasible to determine whether one is Caucasian, Mongolian or African through a single drop of blood. . A letter is on its way to Mr, Reeve from Mrs. Alma Little, of Detroit, who has been sued for di vorce on the ground that she is of negro blood, appealing to him ' to assist her in proving that she is of white. Mrs. Little's appeal 8 based on "The Toxin of Death," a story which Mr. Reeve wrote some, time ago, in which he incidentally touched upon the theory that radicial ten dencies are revealed through the blood. Mrs. Little, therefore, is asking Mr. Reeve to turn notion into fact. Would Make Blood Test. it can be done in this case, said Mr. Reeve. "I have not heard from Mrs. Little yet, but if she does make her appeal to Craig Kennedy hat expert will simply take a drop of her blood, allow it to crystallize and then put it under the microscope after the method of Dr. Edward Tyson Reichert, of the University of Pennsylvania. His test, I feel cer tain, will establish quickly to what race she belongs. Mr. Reeve took down the volume, The Dream Doctor," which is a col lection of the Craig Kennedy stories recently published by the Hearst International Literature Company. Turning to the story, "The Toxin of Death," he said: "Here is the quotation to which Mrs. Little probably has. reference." Dr. Kennedy was explaining a ease to his friend, and he said: -Kennedy Ecplalns Method. There is a blood test so delicate that one. might almost say . that he could identify a criminal by -his very blood crystals the finger prints, so to "speak, of his blood. , It was by means of these hemoglobins, if may call them so, that I was able to get on the right trail. For the fact is that a man's blood is not like" that of any other living creature. Blood of different men, of men and women, differs. I believe that in time we shall be able to refine this test to tell the exact individual, too. "What is the principle? It is that the hemo-globin, or red coloring mat ter of the blood, . forms orystals, That has long been known, but, working on this fact, Dr. Reichert and Professor. Brown, of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, have made some wonderful discoveries. . "We could distinguish human from animal blood before, it is true. But the discoveries of these two scientists take, us .much further. By means of blood crystals we can distinguish the blood of man from that of animals, and in addition that of white men from that of negroes and ; of, other races. ' It is often the -only way; of differentiating between various kinds of . blood. ., i ,. . Crystal Structures .Vary. ''The variations in crystals in the blood are in part of form and in part of molecular, structure, . the latte being discovered only, by means of the polarizing microscope. A .blood crystal is only one two thousand two hundred and fiftieths of an inoh in length and one nine thousandth of an inoh in breadth and yet, minute as these orystals are, the discovery is of immense medico-legal importance Crime may now be traced by blood crystals." :: . . ;. : All this was &ct!on,1ri whioh Mr, Reeve at the time he wrote bis story was - anticipating . the , experiments, whioh Dr Reichert was then conduct ing; ..-v-r,;. ' v ' ;':- ",! "It is a fact now," said Mr, Reeve, "and I reocommend that Mrs. Little turn to Dr.. Reichert, I understand he has completed a series of expert ments which eventually will enable him not only to distinguish between individuals by his blood tests, but also to .determine from a drop blood the parents of any given child.' NEW YORK AMERICANS V : SOLD. . - - New York, Dec. SlThe New York American Learfue team was sold this afternoon by Frank Farrell and asso ciates to Col Jacob Ruppert Brewer, "Wild till" Dono van Is to manage the New York yankers. Mrs, Annie McOrogor h returno home to Ooldsboro af!r spending few (Invs in tlie eitv visit nz jncti' nj r' Li vs. tt'crcars Attention : WE ARE STILL SELLING GOODS TO FARMERS AT FARMERS UNION PRICES Farris Ncssef C. L. SPENCER Hay, Grain, FeedstufiV Etc. " New Bern, N.vG. THE BEST SHOE ..roRM ?lBOYS ..IS THE.". WALTON "itwmwear." ' Mi mm To Our Out-of-Town Customers You are cordially invited quarters when in the city thing usually carried by a us your order we will give mail it to you tn the first The Rexall Cr. Middle & Pollock RESCUED FROM TEUTON CLUTCHES Liverpool Man ' Had Excit ing Time While Get ting Free Liverpool, Deo. 31 (Central News! Correspondence) Having fallen an easy prisoner to the .Germans Ser geant J. Harris, a Liverpool man was rescued from his captor's clutches in remarkable manner, . 1 Sergeant Harris was with his heavy howitzer battery tin the J battle of Ypres. Going forward "to observe the effect of the British shells he unsuspectingly walked - into a Ger man cavalry detaohment. The ser geant's sketch book, containing a useful sketch of the enemy's posi tion, almost sealed . his fate immed iately bu t the Germans decided to take their prisoner in" with them. To do . so they passed through a wood. .V ., , - - As the party moved forward there came, in husky scotch accents, the command, " "Lie ; down, man." -i Harris dropped on his face. . A sudden volley crackled and the Ger mans' . saddles were emptied. , Sergeant Harris was again at liber ty to return to his battery. . " GENERAL VILLA IS IN MONTEREY His Forces Follow Those of 7- Carranza Who Evac ' uated Washington, Dee. 31 Carranra's forces evacuated Monterey Tuesday. General Villa, with a large force, is now occupying it. " The railway be tween Tampico and Montgomery has been cut and trains' fired on. Villa is now expected to march on Tarn pi eo. . Gutierrez's cabinet has split, and the' minister of public instruction has resigned. ' . - - -i ' Advices from vMexioo City; today stated that General Blanco has i been imprisoned by VHla and hi staff offl- eers scattered among other Villa gon - eralS. :. ' The State of Veracruz Is free of tr:ii:... . .I ,-.,. nAnr..t l T IIII01 ami ( v.j'riiruwi iciicibi Sauviran, operating under Villa, sur- rendered six hundred met) to General Obregon at Jalpltan. ' . IRON MANUFACTURER ; MITS SUICIDE. COM. Lynchburg, Va., Deo. 31, H. E. MoWanc, fifty-five years old, presi dent of the Lynchburg Foundry Com- pany, committed suicide today. The eus9 is attributed to ill health. Mr. MrWans has l'ng been identified with iron and pipe pmniifaetnring in thu SMiiilh, '. t ; )nfMit m Ala- i i ti, ,'1 i,-';a. Bradham 66-63-70 Middle St. BRING TOE CHILDREN And let USlfit them with The Celebrated f WALTON SCHOOL SHOES Full Line, Dry Goods and Clothing for the whole . family. A. B. SUGAR to make our stores head and when in need of any first class drug store send it prompt attention and outgoing Parcel Post. - rug Stores Cor. Broad &. Middle GREAT DECREASE IN IMMIGRATION Cut' of Fortyr Five, Per Cent ; During the Past ,. Year New York, Doc, 31. Immigratioa through Nuw York. thi(f" year de creased 45- per- cent,' ' as comparod with 191, according to figures an-' nounoed today by the commissioner of immigration. " - ' During, 1913 , arrivals numbered,. 1,334,914 persons of whom 1, 163,-' . 993 were aliens and 1 70,921 -returning Americans; In 1914 "arrivals were .only 733,504, of those 573,675 were aliens, and 159,829 were ei ti-. zens. ; "'fi'jfi ' ' -iSj' 3t0 S - '"- :'' The number of departing aliens was greater by 37,818 than last year. During 1913, i-.381,0H& persons left ' New York; during 1914 'departures were 418,886, " . . . Immigration officials and .repre- ; sentatives of the Immigrant Aid So- cieties explain the decrease aside : from the war as due to the curtail-' ing work . in the United States and ' to an effort by foreign countries to restrict migration by providing work at home and bettering the condi tions of thoir working elasscs. - ' LARCENY CASE :: V IS UP AGAIN Further Investigation Into .; Stealing of E. W. Simp- : ' kins -Bicycle , At tho trial of Ed Marshall, col ored, charged .with stealing .a bicy cle from B. W. ftfmpkins, ; Wednes day, afternoon before Mayor Ban- u WM loMncd; tbat tbe le fondant Tiad another wheel in one of the bicycle shop's for repairs. The ' , poU.ornan lftdo'an investi gallon and foimd thftt lhe one th(m jn. the g. 'WMthat of Captain Will Rowe.-It lwft. alno learned t,hn.k nlhura .,! (beMl plH)ed ,B tho shop ,)y MtnhM One of - whioh was sold for repair charges. At his triul Marshall ntklej that the roaHon ho nlole the wheel from Mr. Simpkins wn because he owed him some money and would not pay it. When asked . by Mayor Bangnrt how niueh Mr. Simpkins owed hira he stated Hint it was about fifty cents. Mr. Simpkins stated ynnler day that he diil owo thfl nefro," to be exact, twenty two and one half cents, for some work done about ten 'days ego, but tho mmi left after tho work whs done, anil lie did not n him sgain until afler ho had iloleli the In' D Co l r a.
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