KalfflSK.
M Bed crrMi Pf
Is I sites I i rata. $4 laaaaf a' sassM w4
Ml leas than 10 ineha at Ban sad
SO feet loaf. as be batted, MH tt
be itaarrsiiii at Maple Cypress Stent
Ms wtH be OMfted on the first
Montgy u April being April 5th. 101
Mail bids to the Counn Auditor
N.w Bern. H- (-'
if. ROBINSON
Seed Potatoes -- H.
Sultan Co., 30 Middle
St, Phone 755
WANTBD A live responsi
ble man to represent ut in
Craven and adjulniog
counties, in selling monu
ments and all kinds of
cemetery work. We have a
gyod proposition for the
right man. Address with
references, OWEN BROS.
MARBLE & GRANITE CO.
Greenwood, S. C.
WAITER BURTON
IS IN TROUBLE
-
Prominent Richmond Man
Under Very Serious
Charge
Richmond, March 29 Walter S.
Burton, former president of the Bur
ton Sign System, a wealthy retir
ed business man, was arrested in
his home last night by plain clothes
men, Oolsby and Campadonioa, on
the charge of subjecting Edna White
'ey, sixteen years of age, to vicious
and immoral influences. The girl
was taken out of the Wallerstein
appartments at Eight and Oraoe
street Thursday night by the two
officers and a oonfession which she
has made since led to the arrest of
Burton last night. Burton was re
leased on bail by Magistrate McCar
thy.
Burton is fifty-three years old, and
is well-known in the business circles
of Richmond and surrounding cities
He organised the large sign concern
of which he was president and recent
ly sold out his holding at a large
figure.
Watched Several Daya
Golsby and Campodonioa of the
morals squal learned that the Whitley
girl was living alone in room 202, at
the Wallerstein appartment. Thev
watched her for several days. - On
Thursday they arrested her on the
charge of being a delinquent child
under the age of eighteen. She was
lakes to the First Police Station and
turned over to the police matron.
The next morning at the request of
Oolsby and Campodonioa she was or
dered held by the Juvenile authorities
in order to give the police officers time
in which to investigate the case
The plain clothes men received in
formation that Burton was paying the
rent for the room, and returned to
the Juvenile home and questioned the
girl. She told them that she had
been supported by Burton.
Brains To Cry
Long before she had finished the
Story she told the polioe, the girl
was crying. She declared that she had
no where to go, and no way to earn
her living and that she accepted Bur
ton's offer because he promised to
furnish her with a home and clothing.
She told the detectives that she was
introduced to Burton by another
woman. This woman, according to
the polioe officers may be implicated
with Burton.
"She said that she went to the Wal
lerstein appartments about the mid
dle of January. She said that since
that time that Burton had purchased
furniture for her appartment and had
provided her with food and clothing.
NEWS FROM LOCO
Much Activity In That Particular
Section
Loeo, Mar -h 29 We- will again
let the readew of thu Journal hoar
from our l:ttl town.
We have hten having a lot of sick
ness slnoe we wrote last, most of it
ftom bad colds. Those that have
been sick are very much improved.
Corn plant i'.' is all the go now.
A few of the farmei are through al
ready and some have not started.
Gardens are look'ng qii!t poor yet;
they need a few warm days.
We had preaching up lirrc on the
twenty-first by Rev. B'lbio. We
would be glad to have him give us
servien more often. Qn'fe a Wire
attentanoe was present.
Our quarterly meeting at Wh;te
Oak come off next Sunday, April
fourth.
At the Are at K&ier's
Iskery fie fiivmsn oai -iti
reus who attended the Are all say
that thecily water pressure was the
best they ever saw in New Bern and
specially to considering the great
amount of water thrown, about 2,000
-gallons per minut.- This ia all due to
the good wt.rk of the ptient board
of aldermen and especially to the
water and light committee of which
Mr. W. B. Blades Is the chairman,
aad the people at the primary next
Taenia? ihnuM not forget t
things when they vet.
uuuviWVHV tnrui
COMMITS SUICIDE
Despondent, Charles De
Vault Fires A Bullet
Into His Brain
A PATHETIC CASE
Was In Failing Health And
Was Fast Becoming
Blind
Goldsboro. N. -T . Mareh
This afternoon a pistol shot rang
out in the vicinity of St. Stephen's
Episcopal church, corner of Mel
berry and James streets, in this eity
and Kev. Peter Mclntvre, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, was
just at that moment near by on kit
way down the street and hastening
to the scene he found a white man
sitting on the sheltered door step
of the door church bleeding profuse
ly from the head and in the last
gasps of ebbing life, with a pistol
shot through his hi am and the dead
ly weapon lying at his side.
Others soon hurried to the ghastly
scene and the unfortnnate young
man was removed by Coroner Btan
ley to bk undertaking room, life
being then extinot. The dead man
proved to be Charles DeVault who
came here from Clinton about a
year ago and did odd jobs about the
city and made his home with bis
brother, Tom DeVault, who works
at the Borden mills. He was 27
years of age and for several rears
had been in poor health and was al
most blind so that despair came upon
him and in his despondency he sought
to end it all this afternoon.
The following note written in lead
pencil was found in his coat pocket :
"Notify my brother Tom DeVault,
ootton mill of this city, and my
mother, Mre. 8. A. DeVault at Clin
ton, N. C, and my sister, Mrs. E. A.
Williams at Elizabeth City.
"You will find $11.00 in my suit
case. I bought this pistol at the
pawn shop this morning maybe they
will take it back. I gave 3.00 for
it. The remains will be taken to
Clinton for interment where his father
and a brother are buried.
T. H. Pritchard, of Swansboro, was
a business visitor to New Bern yes
terday. C. E. Foy returned yesterday from
a business visit to Jones eounty.
E. J. White, of Oriental, spent yes
terday in the oity attending to busi
ness matters.
Sheriff T. B. Henderson, of Jack
sonville. N. C, was a visitor to New
Bern yesterday.
A. E. Sieloff left yesterday morn
ing for a business visit to Morehead
City and Beaufort.
Prof. H. B. Craven returned yes
terday from a visit to points in the
central part of the State.
W. S. White, of Oriental, was a
visitor to New Bern yesterday.
Dr. Ernest Dum left yesterday
for a professional visit to Washing
ton, N. C.
Isaac, Cohn left yesterday morning
for a business visit to Hyde county.
Mr j. E J. White, of Oriental, pas
sed through New Bern yesterday
morning enroute to Kinston to visit
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Richardson,
of Dover, arrived in the eity yester
day morning for a short visit.
Mrj. i. B. Dickenson, of Wilnvng
ton, N. C. passed through the eity
yesterday mornint en roue hme
from Beaufort where she has been'
visiting relative and friend.
Mrs. John C. Searhoro'rrh, of
Winston, N. C, has returned home
after attend:ng the annual convention
of the Woman's Missionary Union.
She was the gue,d of Mrs. L. L.
Dameron.
E. W. Sabiston. of Jacksonville.
N. C, was a business visitor to New
Bern yesteiday.
H. L. Qibbs, of Oriental, was in
New Berrf last night between trains.
L T. Brown, auditor for the Bland -Cherry
hotels leit yesterday morn
ing for a business visit to Raleigh.
L. J. Tayloi left last night on the
west bound train for a visit to the
central part of the State relative to
engaging a vaudeville troupe for the
Athens theatre next week.
Mrs. Carrie Moody, of Norfolk,
arrived ia the eity last night and ia
a guest of Mrs. W. C. Stokes rm Han
eoek street.
Miss Rule Burgess of Norfolk, Va.,
spent yesterday ia New Bern 'With
Miss Bertha Tolson and left on the
afternoon train for Asheville.
Miss Do vie Nonnelly, of Chut at
town. Md., who baa been tpwUalng
severs! weeks in the eity with her
sister Mrs. R. B. Lane left yester-
day mturniag home.
ISON OF WASHINGTON
mm w w n art wa
LAW I tK KUINb UUWIN
AND KILLS YOUTH
Angus D. McLean's Automobile, Being Driven
at Moderate Speed, Strikes Lad Named Tay
lor and Inflicted Injuries From Which He Died
Within Few Hours The Accident Causes
Pall of Gloom To Settle Over Washington
The Dead Boy Ran In Front of the Car
Washington. N C Mareh 29 One
of the most distressing accidents to
occur in this section in a long while,
and one which east one life took place
about 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon
when a young son of Attorney A. D.
McLean ran down with his auto
mobile a young white boy named
Taylor and so badly injured him that
death oeeured abont four hours later.
Young McLean with his father and
mother and Miss Bessie Boyd, pri
vate secretary to Congressman Jno.
R. Small, and Mrs. R. T. Gallagher,
had gone out fcr a ride and the
machine was being driven along the
road ar a moderate speed when
young Taylor ran out from behind a
tree and darted directly !n the path
of the ear which struck him, knocking
him down and the wheels of the car
then passed over his body.
The occupants of the machine
rushed the wounded lad to a peace
where medical aid could be given him
but his injuries were of such a nature
that death occurred four hours later.
His legs broken, his skull crushed,
and arms shattered before the speed
ing automobile of Attorney A. D.
McLean, of Washington, Earnest
Taylor, the 7-year old son of Mr. and
'
Mrs. WiB Taylor, received fatal
Injuries, while the automobile was so
sWaped from its path that it crashed
Into a telephone pole whieh was
broken off its moorings and fell with
great force into the automobile, in
flicting injury to one of the lady pas
sengers yesterday afternoon in Martin
eounty.
The distressing accident whieh oc
cured at a late hour Sunday after
noon at a point on the Williamaton-
COSTLY FIRE
EARLY THIS A. M.
HKafer'8 Bakery Destroyed
Mayor s House Burned
EdTtor A Loser
Fire which is supposed to have orig
inated from a flue running from the
oven, at 3:15 o'clock this morning
completely destroyed Kafer's bakery
on Middle street and its contents and
also badly burned the adjoining build
ing owned by Mayor Bangert and
whieh was valued at three thousand
dollars. This latter building was
occupied by H. I. Crumpler and the
contents were, in the majority, des
troyed or damaged.
Mrs. Alfred A. Kafer first dis
covered the fire. At that time the
place was filled with smoke and she
and Mr. Kafer and ohildren had a
harrow escape with their lives. At
that time the building was in a light
blaze. Mrs. Crumpler was in her
room on the second story of hit home
and had not awakened until S. B.
Bledsoe, eity editor of the Journal
and who boards with family, franti-
Rheumatism
I
l
"It is eaav to use and quiok to respond,
apply. It penetrates without rubbing."
Head What Others Say:
"r. uaad ytmr UaJaMnt wry aneceatfully ia a tan of rheumatism, and
SLOANS
LINIMENT
Good for Nwa'rla, Sd'
AH Paatsrs 2Bc
Searf four etatta ia ataosM f or a frw. TRIAL BOTTLE.
DR. EARL S. SLOAN, Inc. db PhiUdalphia, Pa.
w .
Washington road about four miles
from Wifliamntoi in Martin county
was witnesses by the parents of the
younth, was entangled under the cur
and suffered injuries from which In
died within four hour.
According to i hose present i lie away and oing at Drett' od
youth had gotten out of his fathers Ra"' hu' bofore leavlQB they had de
automobile Whieh hud supped in I)OR!,ed basket which contained
front of the home while the small
had gotten down to open the gate, and
it was when he ran hehmH thn h-ltH
car to the oposit. side of the road to
open the gate that the great oncoming
machine was upon him before anv
one hardly knew of its presence. In
the car with Attorney McLean was
his wife, 14-year old son and'several
lady friends from Washington, lathi
efforts of the driver to prevent striking
the boy and to -top the machine the
car crashed into a telephone pole
alongside and this was broken off at
the ground and fell with force into
the rear seat
painful injuries
not fatal, to o
oar.
of the ear. inflicting
though it is
of the ladii
thov
s in I li
The youth who lost, his life is a
member of the family of one of Mar
tin county's most prominent farmers.
Attorney McLean, of Washington,
I IB nun rtf tt,.. I, ,i,li m, nil,,.,,.,,.. ,,.
P . , . ' ..
Eastern Carolina, a partner in the
uw flrm whi(,h inoiudes Hon. John
H. Small, Congressman from the
second district. Following the acci
dent, it is declared, Mr. McLean pick
ed up the injured child in his arms and
rushed into the house with him. and
that prominenet physicians from both
Williamston and Washington were
summoned.
earn Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't curs.
The worst eases, so matter of bow long standing
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Di
Porter's Atlt-rptic Ilmling Oil. It relieves
Pain anu ueols ut the same time. 25c, 50c, $1.1
cally knocked on her door.
The firemen wtre on tho scene as
soon' as possible, there being- a delay
in sending in the alarm and did
effective work, but the bakery was
doomed to destructiovn and in less
than an hour it was a mass of ruins
and the adjoining building at 5 o'
clock this morning was in a bad
condition.
The Kafer building was ow tied by
Mrs. Catherine Kafer and was valued
at ten thousand dollais and there was
three thousand dollars insurance on
it. Alfred Kafer valued his stock at
$10,000 and carried insurance to the
amount of $3,20). Mr Crumpler
carried a small sum on his furniture
and his personal effects and estimates
his loss at a thousand dollars. Mayor
Bangert carried no insurance on the
building which he owned
The fire was spectacular and but
for tho fact that the new high power
motor driven engine was brought
into service there is no doubt of the
fact that the loss would have been a
great deal heavier.
In the insurance mentioned above
in rogard to Mr. Alfred Kafer, it
might be stated that the amount
carried was on his machinery alone
and his loss falls heavier than auv of
the owners.
Muscle Colds
No work. Just
always havn a bottle on hand In
can of a cold or tore throat. I
l"h to say I think It one of
the bast el houeehold ramedie. I
would sot have uaed it only it waa
rn'oraioaaded to me by a friend of
mine who, I with to aay, it one of
the best boottart for your Liniment
I erT ssw." . Tf . Futltr, Dnnr,
Oaf.
" lutt a list la praiae of Sloan'a
l iniment. I hare been ill nearly
(ouitttn matt with rhaumatlam,
hart beta treated by doctor who
did their best.' I had nottltpt for
tht terrible pain for ttvtral niht,
when my wife sot mt a email botllt
of tbt Liaimtat and three appliea
' Uloaa fare mt rtttnl to that I oould
leep." vtetpk ftmofyn, tit Con
turtt Octal, ItcKmporl, pa.
' Sprains and
FINDS BABY ON
HIS FRONT PORCH
Two Men Left Basket Con
taining Little
One
A pretl little miss, apparently
about four week old, is furnishing
N w Hem its lateit thrill in the mys
Ur lin and thr little unknown is
receiving just about as much aotot
;ei at least locally, as did the fam
ous ("artr-Abernethy ease.
Early last Tuesday morning two men
al kid up to the home of W. W.
Garrison, a caipcnter who resides on
North street, and deposited on tht
fn nt poich a basket. Mr. Garri
son heard the two men when they
came up un the poroh. and raising
the window in his room, inquired
what they wanted. One of them
asked Mr. Ganison to oome down
and this he proceeded to do
I'pon unlocking the front door Mr.
Harrison saw that his callers were
hastily departing, then being a block
I ,inh.vt-r,rl Mr ''srrson spied this
! niost u so. n :.- he had opened the
, f"'or Hr"i a1 on"' 11 m:de where
In and his wife, after unwrapping the
covering of the basket, discovered
i he child.
Finned to the little one's dress
was a note to the effect that her
patent., wire from well to do families,
ilia! her name was Amv and that if
Mr. and Mts. Garrison took care of
hor that they would not regret it
Well, after looking the baby over,
Mr. and Mrs. Garrison at once fell
in love with her and have decided
I to keep her and to raiBe her as their
own child.
nnVinnnoi' man
terday went out to the Garrison
'home to take a look at the little
j stranger. He found Mr. and Mrs.
Garrison both in and the lat
ter was engaged in giving her little
charge a bath. Like the majority of
kidlets, Amy strenuously objected
to this operation and manifested her
disgust in very plain terms. The
child has blue eyes, in fact they
might be termed baby blue, has
splendid features and altogether bears
out the statement in the note whioh
aocompanied her when she was found
by Mr. Garrison, that her parents
are well to do people.
As to whose child it is, that's the
mystery. Quite a number of people
would probably give up their most
cherished belongings if they know or
could find out, but that part of tho
affair is just as much of a mystery
as it ever was and will probably oon
tinuo to be such.
Anyway, Mr. and Mrs. Garrison
are going to give Amy a home and are
going to look after hor and her parents,
whoever they are, may rest assured
that the little .one will be given every
possible care.
SEED CORI FOR SALE Rich
ardson's Prolific Seed Corn. This
Corn made at the rate of 10
bushels more to the acre than any
other Prolific Corn grown the
past season at the Farm Life
School and refer you to County
Demonstrator J. W. Sears, Vance
boro. N. C , as to its punty and
yield. Price 12. -50 per bushel.
Cash with oider. O. T. Richaid
son, Bellair Farm, New Bern Nr. C.
Phone 1120-2.
CHAMBER OF COM.
GETS INVITATION
Asked to Send Delegates
to Meeting In Okla
homa The Chamber of Commerce has
received en invitation from the South
ern Commeicial Congress, request
ing delegates to he appointed to
represent this body at thp sixth an
nual convention whioh will be held
in Muskogee, Okla., April the twen
ty sixth to thirteenth inolusive, for
the practical and constructive dis
cussion of problems relating to agri
culture, immigration, municipal effi
ciency and foreign trade.
At this convention there will be
addresses made by some of the most
prominent men throughout the coun
try. The lit of speakers for the
occasion inoiudes President Woodrow
Wilson, the Governor of Oklahoma,
William Q. MoAdoo, secretary of
the treasury, Lieutenant Governor
E. L. Daughtridge, of North Caro
lina and W. A. Graham, commiss
ioner of agrioulture for North Carolina
It is expected that the delegates
to rcpretent the New Bern Chamber
of Commeroe will be appointed at
the next quarterly meeting whioh
will be held on the night of April
the thirteenth.
The different companies of the
fire department were quiek in respond
ing to an alarm turned in last night
about 7:30 o'clock from box afty
two, and which is located on Grif
fith street near the ioe factory, bat
when they arrived on the scene it
was learned that the source of the
alsrm was soot burning ia the ehim
ney oi the home of Barney Hill, num-
ber thirty six Griffith street. Tha
building wan the property of tha
Norfolk Bouthern Railway Company.
Fred Tippet t. a young white man,
had the misfortune to break one of
his lower limbs while wrestling with
his brother at Jacob's farm pester
day after a sen.
MISS WAHLERS IN
COURT ACCUSES
VIRCINIUS MAYO
Manufacturer Smiles as She
Charges He Is Father of
Her Child
TELLS OTASSAULT
Case Is Suddenly Adjourned
A Week Lawyers Deny
Settlement
New Haven, Conn March
Declaring emphatically that Vir
ginia J. Mayo is the father of her
two-year-old daughter, while Mayo,
sometimes smiling, faeed her, Su
sanna M. W. Warders, his former
typist, gave testimony in the first
suits brought against the man whose
many domestic affairs were brought
to light by the suicide of Lillian May
Cook Mareh 4.
Mayo listened to her th.-et-h.our re
cital in the morning without showing
feeling This afternoon at the be
ginning of the second session Prose
cutor Woodruff for Miss Mahlers and
Benjamin Slade for Mr. Mayo, held
a half-hour conference and then told
Justice Lend, who presided, that the
case would he continued until next
Saturday. Both denied that the case
had been settled, aying the adjourn
ment resulted from the absence of one
of Mr. Blade's witnesses.
The suit is for the support of the
child and has no connection with the
95,000 damage suit for assau It
brought by Miss Wahlers against Mr.
Mayo.
Miss Wahler's Story
Tho court room was crowded this
morning and Justice Land had to
order out all except reporters, wit
nesses and lawyers. Mayo entered a
denial of tho charges made by Miss
Wahleis. She wore a blue suit, white
shirtwaist and black hat with a
green plume. Mr. Mayo took notes
of her testimony. After charging him
with the paternity of her child, she
testified.
"The child was boru on Jan 25.
1913. I was assaulted by Mr. Mayo
in his private offioe at the Mayo Ra
diator Company plant in II am den in
April, 1912.
"I spoke to Mr. Mayo about it later
but he only laughed at me. I asked
him to do something for me and he
suggested that 1 go to see. a doctor
"Soon after Mr. Mayo left his offioe
for a trip to Buffalo. He said he was
going to see a Dr. Thomas in Brook
lyn about my case. Before he went
he asked me to address an envelope
to myself and he would communicate
with me, but he didn't want anv one
else in the offioe to know he wrote
me." .
The letter was offered in evidence
without objection by the evidence
"I reoeived the letter in the mail
later and there was this note in it
She handed Mr. Woodruff a note ad
dressed from the Hotel Iroquois, Buf
falo. This note said: "Dr. Thomas
was not in. Get some other one. Fix
up the matter soon. Going to Detroit
tonight. V. J. N." This note was
not objected to by Slade.
"Mr. Mayo returned in a week
she said, "and gave me a blank pre
scription with the name of Dr. Wil
liam Thomas, N. 223 Sixth street,
Brooklyn, on it. He told me to take
$100 out of the cash drawer and to
go to Brooklyn to Dr. Thomas.
"I did so on Juno 20, 1912, and
registered at the Hotel Belmont.rNew
York, I went to Dr. Thomas, but he
said he'd see me on Monday. How
ever, I didn't go. I went back and
told my mother about it."
When asked if Mayo assaulted her
without her oonsent, she said:
"Without my consent and against
my will."
She said she spent only 913.95 of
the 8100 and gave Mayo the rest.
When the child was born Mr. Mayo
promised her $18 a week for two
years if she would keep his name out
of it, and that he would always take
care of her.
At this point Prosecutor Woodruff
had the child brought into the room
by her grandfather and held a blot
ter under her eyes so that Justioe
Land could see an alleged similarity
between the child's eyes and fore
head and those of Mayo.
Tho witness said she had written
to Mayo asking him to keep his prom
ise of B18 a week and had reoeived
on reply.
On cross-examination, Miss Whalers
said she suooeeded Lois Waterbury as
ehief bookkeeper for Mayo and in an
swer to Hlade a very embarrassine
questions she told of the'assault. She
said she resisted, but did not scream
beeause Mayo had a revolver in Us
seek and she was afraid he would
shoot her.
Mr. Slade told the eourt before ad
journment that he would shoot this
story full of holes. Justioe Land said
the proper way to do this was by evi
dence, not by statements.
Evangelist G. E. Peters, of Dur
ham, is conducting a series of sertiaej
at the colored Seventh Day Advent-
ist church, better known as the "Red
School House," on Wost street. Tha
sermons are illustrated by life-eiaed
saarts. It is stated by those that
attend that the Evangelist is handling
profound subjects ia the boohs at
Daniel aad tha Revelation. Tha
subject tonight will be: "Work at
the Four Great Beasts ef Dan. 7
A eorrbal invitation ia extended the
G. T. RICHARDSON,"
IS A CRAVEN ASSET
Farmers of His Bftd A Hat?
to Any Coanty I
the State
There are at
On eUaa is tint man
other k th one who
business. As a rale the
makes a living, but the latter to the
only farmer who sjaVji sao&ey ia
td ling the sail. Than is one jpac ia
Craven county, who might he term
ed the leader of the latter esses ia
this section, and this man ia Graham
T. Richardson, who lives at Battier
about sevea miles from this eity,
and who is engaged ia opetatsan a
stock aad Tagatsms farm.
Mr. Richardson has all modern
equipment far an up-to-date stoeJc
farm. Whoa ike started ia the atoek
raiding business, he sjnrnbaesd the
1 very-
highest breed stock ha oould
I get, and does not allow It to mix
with the ordinary atoek. so plentiful
in Craven eounty. As a TSatrilt ef his
excellent stock, aad the great oars
taken in breeding, Mr Richardson has
cattle that oould not be surpassed ia
any climate. Net very loaf ago he
sold a youqf buB for one hundred aad
fifty dollars.
As a farmer Mr. Richardson is
equally careful in the selection of his
planting seed. By careful selection
of seed he has developed a variety
of corn, that wffl yield about tea
bushels more per asm than ordinary
corn on the same land with tho same
attention. Last year he planted one
acre of this corn under the super
vision of County Farm Demonstra
tor J. W. Sean, and gathered sixty
three bushels of well developed corn.
The Beoret of Mr. Richardson's suc
cess in farming is a motto whioh he
has adopted. "Do What You Do
Right."
LITTLE DOPE i
"IS BEING SOLD
New Law Cuts Off
the
Supply of the
Drugs
That the now Federal drug aot is
having the effect of curtailing the
supply of "dope" heretofore procured
by those addicted to the habit and
more especially is making R almost
next to impossible for beginners to
obtain t he stuff is the opinion of t hose
who are best posted on the situation
in New Bern. The law went into ef
fect on March 1. placing restrictions
about the sale of opium, derivatives
opium and cooaine, the requirement
being that no physician can write a
prescription for any of the drugs
named in the law unless tho physician
has a Federal permit. Each prescrip
tion written 'is kept on a separate file
by the druggie ts, and the doctor who
is prescribing the drug, keops a dupli
cate of the prescription.
The law will result in a very ma
terial reduction in the number of
"dope fiends." Bo severe are the re-1
strict ions placed about the salo of the
habit forming drugs, that it will be
almost impossible for one to con
tract t he evil habits. All that is neces
sary to make the workings of the
statute practically ideal, is for the
physicians to use good judgment ia jj
prescribing.
The Federal Government can keep
a close tab upon both doctors and
druggists, so shrewdly is the law
drawn up. At the first of March a
sworn statement waa required of each
druggist, giving the amount of habit
forming drugs on hand. All new or
ders for these drugs will be scrutinized
by the Federal authorities, and if
there arises a suspicion that the drurs
are being too freely sold by any drug
gist, it will be comparatively easy to
catch the offender. The records whieh
the druggists keep will .also enable
the Federal authorities to keep in
ImiMl Wlfll tJl& vrn -. I
n.vu wo iniiuiu uugiuri, ana
in esse a pnysician is too lavish in
his use of tha drugs, it will be
to "call him.''
Since the law became effeetiv
who are pitiful oases oome to the
attention nf nhvtini.nu a,.
r w mwMmm weaaf'
ior a, ion? lime nava ruwm umminwi.
ed to stay under the infliMnca of xnu
opiate or coaaiim. Wm kue ala
off from theh aunnlv and ttih .n.
peats for tha drugs at distressing.
THE STATE GETS
fRAVFN'C. T
tu; j xrr mm
vvuMtjj ii oo vMms X Uftl
One to Come Across
With Money
PearvaVfJiAata mJt iLa J. At a tfJ tia3
oounty torn over to the Stele.
wmwb, m juiou u no morn uiu
amount being something above
ty-flve thousand dollam thl. .
has been fully paid and Sheriff
Lane now holds the receipts for 1
same.
Only two other counties paid
vowir Dim taxes oexors urarsa
aaross with her share and
be stated that both of these
paia a moon smauar mmtmms.
did this osunty.
Sheriff Lane and Ida
have been hard at work
books for some weeks aad
done remarkably watt
aha sssjajss in
oaenffrfto and the
agafa in it as a