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t. i - NEW SEMltWEEKLY JOURNAL ;5 NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA Februarys 1915 BERN New oern N..C. Farm Demonstrators bptnlnt Sekcion of Farm Demonstrators Convene tlon Held Last Evening Mayor A.H.Bangert Made Xddtess of Welcome In Behalf of the City- Other Interesting Addresses -Chamber of Commerce to Give an Oyster Roast to thi Visitors Tomorrow at Jacobs Farm Forty or mora farm demonstrators frt all parts of North Carolina gath ered in New Bern yesterday to at tend lb Farm Demonstrators Con vention whieh ia being held here this week. The opening session of this -eeavsalion was held last evening ls the Chamber of Commerce rooms and In Addition to the large number ef demonstrator who were present, the eity was well represented by a amber of its most prominent, citi- Mayor Makes Address Tha address of welcome to the visi lers was made by Mayor A. H. Ban gert. In welcoming the demonstra tors the Mayor praised the great work - $bey are doing and the immense value being derived from the same by the farmers and assured them that New hern was glad to have them within Us borders and wuold do its best to entertain them in a manner which they would remember. The response was made by R. W. Freeman, district agent, who in a few eboten words told of the object ef the convention and of the result whisk, would be derived from it. He was followed by Hon. S. M. Brinson who welcomed the visitors in be-half ef the New Bern Chamber of Com merce. - Mr. Brinson took the place ef President C. L. Ives who was una voidably detained. The response to .this welcome was made by C. K. ludsoft, the State agent. . J.;W. Stewart Talk. business men of the city and tbeowner ef several of the largest farms in the sounty. was called upon by the chair man to make a few remarks and in behalf of the business men of the city he made a most interesting and highly beiiefioial talk. Mr. Stewart assured ' the demonstrators that it was a pleas - urt to entertain them and hoped that their stay here would not only prove profitable but would be a plea ant ene as well. At the conclusion of Mr. Stewart's address the regular business was tak 1 emin. C. R. Hudson, State Demon stration Agent, submitted his annual report and this, in full was read to those who were assembled and proved , ef great interest to all. U. S. Agent Heard. The next event on the evoning's program was an address by Mr. Me iey of the Department of Agricul tore at Wasington, D. C, on "The . Dltiei and Functions of Domonstra . . tton Agent and the Growing of Cot- ton Under the Old and New Sys . . tenia." This address, which was illus trated with colored lantern slides, I WM thoroughly enjoyed and pro ved of real Interest as well. Mr. Mb ley Is an expert In his chosen line of work, and having a thorough study ef it, is in a position to give vaulable information. ; ' Oysiejr Roast. The convention will be in session today and tomorrow, throe session being held today and tonight and the Y public hat been ' extended a cordial . invitation to attend these. Tomorrow . . the visitors will be the guests of the . Chamber of Commerce at an oys ter roast which will be given at Jacob's farm, down Neuee river, and this . , .. . event will doubtless prove one of real enjoyment. Secretary of the Chamber of Com mcrec, George Green, is doing every " . , thing possible to aid the demonstra (or in their work while here and --. ac in charge the 'entertainment . program. ' ' ' ' -" .. !' " E. J,. White, a prominent Pamlico county planter, was in New Bern yesterday. Mr. White stated while talking w(th a Journal reporter that ' he raises everything that ! te be raised on the farm. On an . average be chlpi a crate of eggs a week, bai plenty chickens to eat, and plenty of meat in the smokehouse. - 'r Miner Raker, colored was fined two dollars and fifty cents add taxed . . With the eoit by Mayor Bangertat Police Court yesterday afternoon , for being drunk and disorderly in . the sity. Tbf defendant was unabtt te pay the fine and eott and wilt be sent to the county roads for thirty days, - Thomas Dudley, Thomas Norrls, D. K. Langdale and O. T. Eubanks, of Beaufort, were ia New Bern yes tordy selling cotton, . Is Host ( G V Buenos Ayres, Feb. 3--rBrazilian social circles were shocked when Marshal Hermes da Fonesca, the president, married Senorita Nair de Teffe. The president is sixty three years of age, while the bride is only twenty-six. However, as she is one of the most beautiful women in Brazil the chief executive . will probably be excused for making such a choice. BANK PRESIDENTS WILLBEPRESENT Virginians Accept Invitation to Attend Big Dinner A the time for tlio annual dinner t b given by the Chamber of Com Ui?rc oil February 1 i th draws nearer,. Secretary Qoorgo' Green is receiving numerous acceptances to invitations which, havi recently been sent out. Anions the prominent men who yesterday informed Secretary Groen that they would h? in attendance were Caldwell Hardy, president of the Norfolk National Bank. Herbert Jack son, president of the Virginia Trust Company o!' Richmond, Va., and E. C. Duncan of Raleigh, president of the Merchants National Bank of that city. This dinner will be an event of interest all over this and adjoining states and will in fact be one of the most auspicious local events of the year. SENSATIONAL CASE CONCLUDED TODAY Interest In Legal Action Now Being Heard In New Bern The sensational case of J. B. Bur row against the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company in which the plaintiff is suing for damages in the sum of three thousand dollars and which was tnl;-n up at Tuesday's ses sion of Craven county Superior Court, will doubtless be coinluded today. In this caso th:' plaintiff, who is n resident of Vancelmro claims that W. M. Bagley had a life insurance policy with the defendant company for there thousand dollars and that he was the beneficiary. Bagley died and the lift) insurance company re fused to pay tho policy to Barrow, claiming that tho policy was fradu- lently secured. The case has been I hard fought from tho first, a large. number of witnesses liave been ex amined and the counsel have made ex tensive r.ntumcnt. Two other law yers aiM to spo.ik today and after the charge i laudo by Judge Carter the caso will :;o to the' jury. HAS BEAUTIFUL VOICE . . The Denver Post Praises Southern Singer . , . ' ' , "kits Denver Tost has tho following to say. of Mrs. Margaret Chapman, who will Visit New Bern next week: Mrs'. Margaret' Chapman has one of the most beautiful Voices ever beard In Denver.v A rare soprano of great range, heavy, yet sweet; she sang in, French, German and English. Her interpretations were exceedingly artistic, her singing of a 'lullaby brought tears to the eyes of the. audi- enee, so wect' and sympathetic Is her voice, and yet Jn her heavier' pieces she was most dramatic, ' She has a eliMnilng and, winning stage presence.'; . , . . to The SPECIAL TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT Has Been Called By nor Locke Craig Gov- The Journal stated a few days ago that both the civil and criminal dock ets of .Qrayeiu Superior .. Court were badly crowded and that, as '"Judjre Carter was at leisure a special' term would probably be called for the week beginning on February 15. This niatter, upon recommendation of Judge Frank Carter, was ta ken up with the county commissioners by the local bar and Chairman Brad ham in turn took it up with Gover nor Craig and the special term has been called. Tho Commissioners hold a special moeting on Saturday and at that time a jury will probably be drawn. Cj H. Hall left yesterday morn ing for a business visit to Vancebo roK ' FARMERS WEEK'S AT VANCEBORO Farm Life School The Scene of Acitivity This Week This is "Farmers' Week" at the Farm Lifo School, and today is the big day of the week. J. K. Rivers of Loo county, assistant agronomist of the State Department of Agriculture, will address the farmers on various farm operations. During tho. afternoon session a Woman's Institute will be held. This will be conducted by Mrs. Carrie Hudgins Garren, of the State Depart? ment of Agriculture and Miss Eliza beth 'Moore, domestio science teaoh er. of the Farm Life School to whioh Women are invited to come and join inline discussion of subjects pertain ing' to household economies, health in the home, ..the eduoation of .'the children, and other topics of interest to mothers and home makers. ; SOME "PIG", THIS Tipped the, Scales at 107 Pounds At Brldrfeton Craven oounty has of late gained .considerable fame as. a bog-raising county, and. if reports of "big pdrk- era" continue to come in, it will soon hold the banner of the State. ; Yes ,' trirday . morning I.' 8. Waters of Bridgeton, who is the foreman of the Blades Lumber Company's plant at that place, killed, a "pig" eighteen .'months . old and after bis pigship had been dressed and. made ready for salting away it was plaoed on the scales and weighed.. The animal was ,an unusually 4 large ,.one, but those who had, seen it had no idea that it would tip the soaks at five hundred and seven pounds,, but such it did. Other similar reports, have been brought in from U parte of the county and many person have gone into the. hog-ralsing huslueii N )arge sculu, . , , . v. NO FAV0RSJOR,iBATTALION OF HARRY K. THAW He Must Fare Like Othcr Prisoners the There FL 3 J Albany, Feb. 3, Assuming that Harry K- TUt Will be returned to Mat tea wan, $Ute Superintendent of Prisons John P. Riley gave an inter view today In which he declared that "henceforth Tbaw will be treated like any other inmate of an asylum for the criminal Insane." "Thaw nse ;to occupy a private room", said Mr. Riley. "I can see no reason why he should not sleep in the ward. Only inmates of homicidal or suicidal, tendencies have separate sleeping quarters. I don't believe Thaw is inclined in either of these directions. l: the superintendent of Matteawaai l?r. Kieb, so certifies. Thaw will be f ome a ward inmate. Won't. HevSo Many Visitors. "The day jrhen unusual privileges may be extended to Thaw is past," continued Mr. Riley. "He will not be permitted .as many visitors as in the old dayj nor Lave what some people seeme to regard as the run of the institution. Hereafter when Thaw has a .Visitor, whether it is his counsel, a relative or a friend, an official of Matteawan will be pres ent." i Supt. Riley, explained that under an order issued by supreme court Justice Tompkins, Thaw, prior to his escape from i Mat tea wan, was per mitted ,tp; h$ve private conferences with his counsel. "I have succeeded in having that Supreme Couft order abrogated," explained-Mr.-Iiley. "There never was any warrant In the law for it any way. It do6nH seem reasonable that any Judge should have the right to say how; theTBuperintendent of Mat teawan should! conduct the institution or regulate Hie conduct of persons confined there." Plot Hatched in Private Talks ti is the opinion of Mr. Riley that the conspiracy which enabled Thaw to escape couM not have been hatched had it hot been possible for Thaw to talk private&r with persons who called on hin . ; . Mr. Rijey has ether r'easoiii f of ou .tailing iwiviUJWdeAtaXW-ia thO pasti- j'The discipline of the insti tution was harmed by reason of dis criminations in favor of Thaw, Fur thermore, he finds that Mattea wan, which the State Hospital Com mission has certified has a capacity of 61? inmates has an actual popula tion of nearly 800. "inmates are sleeping in halls and corridors," said the superintendent. "In view of this Thaw should not be given a private room in wnicn lie may install a library and other ap purtenances to make life more agree able. "I believe Thaw is capable of doing some work of a-ciencal nature, per haps. I shall advise Dr. Kieb to pro vide some form. of employment for him." LOAFING MUST STOP Rowdyism Must Cease Around Passenger Station In speaking of the loafing, gambling, and smoking cigarettes in the union passenger station yesterday, Superin tendent J. C. Lewis, of this division of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, said that the use of the depot Mr this purpose will be broken up. Other ways will be tried, but if they fail to accomplish the purpose, tho waiting room will be locked up, only during train hours. Superintendent Lewis stated that he Would regret very much to have to resort to this method, for he reason that thero are a number of people coming here from the country and other towns who use the waiting room a great deal between trains,, and he would hate to incon venience them. LORLYSE. ROGERS PUCEDON TRIAL Indicted for His Relations With Ida Sniffen - Walters -New -York, - Feb. 3 -Lorlyi Elton Rogers, indioted on a satutory charge for his relations with Mrs. Ida Sniffen Walters, mother of his ohildren appeared , in court today to begin his fight for freedom and to pave the way for the defense of Mrs. Walters when she is tried for poisoning her two children. Friends of Rogers and Mrs. Wa) ters were said to have contributed more than $10,000 for their defense. . Rogers was to argue fo the right to inspect the grand jury minutes taken in the session which resulted in his indictment. His counsel by affidavit already has indicated his ar gument will be an attack upon the "white slave" Interpretation District AM or tity Maryn has piacefl upon tj TEUTON TROOPS IS ANNIHILATED The Russians Swept Down Upon the Kaiser's Men Suddenly FELL LIKE RAIN Terrific Fighting Reported All Along the Battle Front London, Feb. S, lOnlral News Cablr) An entire battalion of German troops are said to have been annihilated by the Russians during the fighting in the Beskid pass in the Carpathian mountains today. Further successes are re ported at Luka pass where the Russians advancing along1 a broad front gained the mountain ridge, capturing many prisoners, a bat tery of six cannon, two mortars and a number of rapid fire guns. I TERRIFIC BATTLE London, Feb. 3 A battle ter rific in violence is said to be rag ing on the fronts before Bolimow and Borjimow west of Warsaw. At the village of Goumlne, near Borkimow, the Russians not only succeeded in re-taking the trench es lost Sunday but gained con siderable ground. The German losses in this region are said to be staggering as a result of launching of repeated infantry attacks in the face of overwhelming artillery fire. ENGLISH FIGHT TURKS Berlin, Feb. .'5, (By wireless to London) Fighting between the Eng lish and Turks continues at Kurna. A'dispatch from Bagdad describes a night attack by 200 Turks. Two English battalions, on opposite sides of the town, the dispatch says, lie came confused and fired on each other for several hours. The Turks were driven back at daybreak by flre from the British gunboats. J, An -j Indian , expeditionary force is operating at the heau of the Persian GnifvS It was aniuncirt.KeC!9njber that Turkish fortes at Kurna had surrendered and that the (owil was occupied by the British who thu. gained control of the country from the junction of the Tigris and Eu phrates rivers, near which Kurna is situated, to the Persian Gulf. Paris, Feb. 3 Fierce hand-to-hand combats in the region of St. I'au! mark the launching of the new der mal! onslaught in the effort to a pas sage of the Aisne at Soissons. with in less than sixty miles of Paris. Mo roccan troops on the outskirts of St. Paul, north of the Aisne, repulsed three successive German charges. The Germans bombarded a bridge from the north bank of the Aisne and bombs were dropped upon Soissons. The Germans seem determined to drive the French from the north bank of the Aisne. They have also start ed new attacks against the Belgian near Ypres. In the Aisne region the Germans are directing violent cannonading, es pecially near Soissons. The French repulsed an infantry charge near Perthes, and made gains in a coun terattack. Many prisoners were taken. Heavy fogs today caused a cessation of the operations in the Vosges and Alsace. BONES OF WOMAN BEFORETHE COURT Shown to the Jury In Fam ous Murder Trial Brunswick, Feb. 2 Bones, claimed o be those of Mrs. V. K. Davis, were exhibited today at the trial in (llynn Superior Court of V. H. Davis, charg ed with the murder of his wife. At two former trials juries could not reach a verdict. The oriine is alleged to have been oommitteed Ootober 29, 1013, and the bones were found a few days later near Thai man and Davis was arrested. A brother, A. R. Davis, left this sec tion and was next hoard of in New Orleans, where on his death-bed he confessed to killing Mrs. Davis. A telegram was produced in the trial to day showing that on October 2, A. R. Davis requested the woman to come . to Brunswick on the first train. A witness swore that the husband of the woman got on the train with her at Thalman and that they got off together at Blount. The bones were found near Blount. One witness to day swore be beard the acoused man say on one occasion! ' ;. "If she foots around my place I'll fill ber so full of lead she won't be able to oarry It."'" - State witnesses will be disposed of this afternoon. It Is believed the ease will go to the jury tomorrow night JUDGE CARTER SEES DANGER IN PLAN States His Position In Re gard to Sectional Rota tion of Judges Judge Frauk Carter, who is pre siding over a two-wwk term of ("raven county Superior Court in session here this week, has a ery si t opinion as to the movement in re gard to the sectional rotation of Judges. In the following letter which he wrote to the editor of the Raleigh News and Observer he explains hi view - iiinl makes some strong points: J udi- Carter's Letter To the Kditor: The Constitution provides for the eleetioii of judges of the superior eourt l.v the State-at-large. but expressly empower. the Legislature to require them to be elected by distriets. There is no mid dle ground between elections by the entire State and by judicial districts. Whatever the power of the lx-gisla-i lire to prov ide for rotation by sec tional divisions, there can be no con trillion that it can require eleetioii by urn lliv lsloll. State-wide election is a national corollary of State-wide election. I pon the contrary, whole-state elec tion is utterly inconsistent with half state rotation. Who could justify an arrangement by which the East would vole on Western judges when West ern judges had no duty in the Fast'' Such an arrangement would savor so strongly of gerrymander, of a stack ing of the political cards against an opposition that could hope to control several of the Western districts, that the sense of common fairness (which no party is strong enough perma nently to ignore would ultimately compel the Legislature to concede election by judges. And the process of compulsion, by which considera tions of reason and justice would ulti mately constrain a dominant party to forego a manifest political advantage, would necessarily inure to the perma nent benefit of the opposition. The Proposition To state the proposition more di rectly: The political sensibilities of the West could and would lie in flamed against an arrangement by which the East was permitted to cou trol the election of judges with whose seryW the., J5ast . bad ho toneero; - '.:.''7.,-';'V- vaw.,.!,.fc'taiiijL.L'. with the TneviTalTfeTfrhTSrt; progressively weakening the Demo cratic hold upon the West. Even the negro (leirioniition argument was not strong enough to override the home rule sentiment, which is as strongly rooted in the Kant as in the West, and the old county government had to go. In the end, the East would be just as resentful of Western interfer ence in a matter so foreign to its in terests as the West would be of the reverse condition. And during tho evolutionary period State sectionalism would run rampant. It takes no prophet to foresee that, soon or late, sectionalued rotation would necessarily lead to election by districts, and when that time comes the very least of the hurt would be from the Democratic loss of several districts. Worse still would be the binding up of all the judges, East and West, in local politics. The judicial dignity would assuredly suffer, if the judicial character did not. The ad ministration of justice has nothing to gain by setting the judges to minding political fences. Firmly Rooted The question here is not whether the rotation system has outlived its usefulness, as lias been inaccurately suggested; the rotation system is too firmly rooted in the constitution to be dispensed with by legislative enacts ment. The question is whether we shall adhere to a system of State-wide rotation and State-wide election that is logical and consistent and appears to be entirely satisfactory to the peo ple, or whether, in order slightly to promote the convenience of less than twentv individuals, we shall embark upon an experiment of sectional rota tion, with its possibilities of in jurious political agitation and the ul timate cheapening of the judicial of fice7. I believe it can be truly said that the judges are held in higher esteem in North Carolina than in most of the other states, and I further believe it to be susceptible of demonstration that the fact is directly attributable to our rotation system. It is with the gravest concern, therefore, that I con template an innovation that seems to me so vitally to menace the integrity of that systotn. The objection that, under the pres ent arrangement, it takes too long to cover the State seems' well met by the suggestion that the riding in each dis trict "be reduced to four month. For merly there wart an average of ten counties to the district; now -the av erage is five; so that with a four months riding the judge could give more time to each county than form' crly be gave in six. The year would easily and naturally divide itself into spring, summer and fall circuit With this slight modification a judge would oover the Btato in eighty month 0 2-3 years. ' 1 i . . ... Fcrrait me to conciuoe wu a p r BUSINESS BETTER - r IN THIS SECTiON THAN ELSEWHERE So Says President Young of the Norfolk Southern VERY OPTiMISTIC . Head of Big Railway System Spent Last Night Here "Observation has convinced me . that business along the lines of the Norfolk Southern .Railway Company ia ml.il, luitl.r than i tl 9etinA At ai number of other points in the State and that conditions are rapidly im proving all over the south," said President J. H. Young of the Norfolk Southern Railway Company who ar rived in the city yesterday on board of a special train which left Norfolk earlier in the day. Accompanying President Young were Chief Engineer F. L. Nicholson and Traffic Manager E. D. Kyle of the Norfolk Southern and William L. Ross of Milwaukee, Wis. and Henry C. Nicholas of New Yol-t. .- : President Young and party ar making an inspection of the Norfolk Southern system and will today go to Raleigh and then on to Charlotte from which place they will return to Norfolk. The entire party spoke in the highest terms of the efforts being made by the citizens of Eastern North Carolina to make the best of the slight depression caused by. the war and it is their opinion that business as a whole will have resumed its normal activity within the course of a ; mouth or two. President 2 Young stated that his company is noW band ling many car loads of freight each ' day aDd that the passenger' traffic . is very flattering and, taken as a whole the company is very well satianed. When asked as to the" reported in tention of the Norfolk Southern con structing a line to Uape ixtononi in order to handle the large; amount of material ; which will be used in the construction of ., the garbor' of-, Re fuge end other improvements at that , plffntrfflYu-eiateatiia thi -was -snallifirv about .which the company had - though Tory jittle. - He declared that lf.a roajt was W ne onstrueted to haul material, that this,. would be up to the contractors and that the Norfolk ' Southern would . would not go into the(veJwre until ' n.nnt. intanHod erectine a ooaltnr . liauon mere. ucu, - . ,J. .Li " " - J t dent Young, "It will be well worth ' wbile to construct such a line. White in New Bern the visitor spent much time in docking over tne looat omee and they highly praised Supt. ". Lewis ' and his assistants for the efficient - manner tit which they are handling the work; " -a-,?' ' LAID AT REST. body of Mrs. ). S. ftasnidht Rests la Cedar Grove. . ' The funeral service of Mrs. J."-. S. Basnight, who died at her boms on Pollock street Saturday morning were conducted by Dr. J. N. H. Summered of the Presbyterian oburoh and Rev. J. E. Reynolds of the Disciples of Christ. The servioes were conduct ed from the Christian church Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Bas night. was sixty years of age and is survived by btr husband Mr. J. S. Basnight,' two daughters, Mrs. Her- . bert Lupton and Miss Nina Bas night and - two sons, Don W., and Stein Bainight. The , active pall bearer were: Mr: O. A. Atkinson. T. M. Bowden, Garrison Farrow, E. II. Wood, Rodman Guion, Wade Meadows and Ralph Davenport. The honorary pallbearer: Dr. Riohard Duffy, T. A. Green, David Henry 8. W. Brinson, R. A.. Kunn, T. O. Daniel,',W. T.' Lewis,' ,D. F, Jarvis and Carlyle'BeU.- ' , ;'i " , NEW BERN COTTON MARKET. ; 08y G. W. Taylor, and Son) Middling ...... 8o 8triot Middling -.. 8 l-4o Good Middling -i 8 l-2c Receipts yesterday . zoo Date. Marriage lioense were issued yes terday by the'' Register of Deeds to the following couple: George Frank and Mis Nannie Smith, of Vance- boro and J. M. White and Mis Pr- tha L Davis, of Cove City. ' t. 8. Koonee, of Ocean, returned home yetterday after a visit to re latives and friends in the city. tonal word: , I have had no in opposing the wishes of my l i of tho beit'U who diff.-r wi 'i this matter, nor would 1 l.uve . except fur a compelling i lio d ' y, F1MNK (M : INT
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