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NEW BERN SEMI-WEEKLY JOUENA NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA MUL n 1915 i I I J m AUDITOR HOLDING ISf MAKING THINGS WARM IN THE CAPITAL CITY Declares That Unless the Commissioners Prove Their Charges Against Him He Will See That They Wear Stripes Governor Craif Offers Reward For Murderers of Vance County Man Other Raleigh New Raleigh, April 10. Auditor Henry Holding today issued a manifesto in the warfare betWeeh himself and the county commissioners declaring that it the statement against him stnhds, his punishment should be stripes and that unless the com missioners make good their charges they must wear the clothesnof the cphvict-, if tberfc . is law to pake it. Th auditor's dramatic statement to toff newspaper men followed a declaration that the commissioners knew of the contract between both the county and the city and George Bancom, Jr., under which Mr. Bau com, the deposed clerk to the audi tor was to receive a certain compen sation for making a tax map of the county and city, the charge of the eomtajBsioners against the auditor is thai put his signature to a vou- fcbef tot salary not allowed to young Bauoom and not only that, but for money which the commissioners had refused to allow. Man of Courage The Auditor, a man of great cour age, ha been constantly importun ed to keep the peace, but he applies toafcVntted arid unornamontcd word "individually and collective ly" to the commissioners who say they knew nothing of an arrange- by which the auditor's clerk tho breotsh of all mdderh Wake county quarrels because it cannot bo olassi fiwi under the old line-up. When the auditor went into his office one of the factions did daim him as their find and a very remarkable one. But the lines do not seem to bo drawn about him, ' The result is that it is not the usual county fight but a disagreement between county officials wh'eh will result in grand jury investigation, pefhaps, damage suits and may be' worse. Though yo0ng( Bauoom, a graduate of the University and a young tr.an of high reputation is ordered dismiss ed, it is not for any offense of his own, it seems. He. plays the role of Jhe . by slander who receives tho charge meant for another, as he views it what money, he drew was by agree ment of the auditor and by the au ditor's signature. Tho commission ers declare that they knew nothing of this arrangement. Mr. Holding declares they Today, instead of one clerk in the auditor's office and that one orde d dismissed and the clerkship ahol ished- Mr. Holding has two and in defying the commissioners to do their worst. He is ready for any $rt of flght that W'U determine whether he has caused moneys not allowed by law to be paid out or whether charged with a great wrong, his aceusen must produce the proof. Offers Rewards Governor Craig today offered re wards for the arrest and delivery of the murderers of G. I. Haynes, of Vanoe county, and for the arrest and holding of Robert Henderson's sup posed slayers in Warren count y The commissioners of Vance had offered $100 for Hayne's murderers and the Governor supplements it with. $60. In the apprehension or Henderson's supposed murderers greater diligence will he necessary. Vance Hicks, Sam Hatchctt and "Big Boy", a fellow whose real name Ik not known, are charged with kill- North Assoeiati tern s;tiituoiritnmt " i " tion will be taken to his 11,200 It ywtr. Attorneys baw " ' ' ""' the next meeting, hrctt ftnu W both inch. I, i J Each u opposed by me or more can-h ion discus Novem., Itssrft Last HjbU . K. Dellinger and A. M Rivers nd C. C. Aniey of Oreensboro from a judgment of criminal libel of other Grand Lodge Masons, the office holders, has been continued and will not be heard at this court. These prominent colored men were tried in the recorder's court and oon vioted with fines ranging from .$100 to $10. They appealed and were to have been heard Thursday but the docket has been stretched out over a lot of more ancient oases and the Masons will probably get together without further unpleasantness.' New Charters The State today chartered the Carolina Jitney Company of Racford, Paul J. Barringer, D. C, Knibbs and M. B. Moore being the stockholders The capital stock is $570 of the $25,000 authorised. The Goldsboio Electfit) Railway Company took out incorporation pa pers today with $600 of its $25,000 paid in. J. E. Robinson, Leslie Weil and G. S. Dewey hold the stock. The Naeh Horse Medicine com pany, of Nasheville, pays in $2,200 of its $50,000 and C. C. Ward, S. G. Griffin, Baldy Batchelor and many others are interested. The Palace Clothing Company capitalized at $125,000, $5,000 paid in, does business in Wilmington and was chartered today. Joseph E Schloss of New York City, A. W. Goldsmith and E. I. Bear of Wilming ton take the stock. The city registration books closed today for the primary April 19 when a recorder, three commissioners and township officers will be chosen. Judge W. C, Harris is unopposed but is the only member of the city government who does not put up his hands. Quite a hefty organize tion to fight the present city admin istration has bo'en put to work and the largest registration in Raleigh's his tory is said to have brought about this week. Mayor James I. Johnson, eotnmis.doner of Finance, 0. G. King, commissioner of public safety, and didatcs, Commissioner King having seven to beat. Mayor Johnson has two and geawell one. Each commis sioner declares his belief in his ability to return at least in the second pri mary as the elction is to be held a few days after the primary. C. D. BRADHAM IS HONORED BY GOV. C. D. Bradham, president of the Pepsi Cola Company has received a commission from Governor Locke Craig stating that he has been ap pointed as a delegate to represeat, with other delegates from different parts of the State, the manufactur ing enterprises of North Carolina at the Southern Industrial Council to be held in Chattanooga, Tenn., Ap ril the twenty seventh to thirtieth inclusive. This conference is held for tho purpose of drawing the leading peo ple of the South together to discuss plans for the advance of the entire South, and will be attended by some of the mini ' prominent people re presenting nearly every vocation in the South. Mr. Bradham stated to-a Journal reporter yesterday that, he had. re ceived the appointment, and unless be is providentially detained at home he will be numbered among those present at the conference. He will be accompanied by Mr-. Bradham. Tho following is a complete, list of the delegates who have been ap pointed by Oovornor Craig to repre sent tho Old North State on this oc casion : Agricultural. Hon. K. L. Daugbtridge. Rooky Mount; John Sprunt Hill, Durham; Frank H. Fleer, It. F. D. Thomas- vllle; John Wood, Edentoo; John Wilkinson, Belhaven; J. C. Currie, R, ; Frank Page, Bisooe; n, North Wilkeaboro; ran, Wilmington, Manufacturing ?arr., Jr., Durham; T. II. N, UoltUborti . .... I It 1-t Kob urf tl ci m mi cciiwn i- rf rwik I Are to Hold A Business Session On Monday Night J The stockholder of the Eastern Carolina Fair Association will held a meeting in the Chamber of Com merce room Monday night, April the twelfth, for the purpose of elect ing the directors of the association. After the board of directors have been elected they will hold a meeting, at which the officers will be elected and the date on which the next fair will be held will be fixed. Other matters of importance, will also be attended to. PLAN TO DISCUSS THE STOCK LAW ' Important Matter to Be talked About At Cham ber od Com. Meeting The stock law will, be an important subject to be discussed at - the next regular meeting; of the New Bern Chamber of Commerce, which will be held Tuesday night, April the thirteenth. This body, has been endeavoring to get such a law in Craven county for Some time, in fact they were represented at the last Legislature by a committee composed of a number of its most prominent membeis. They are untiring in their Jef fort to. have Craven county or a portion of it released from the quarantine district, and now tbey have on foot a movement by which they hope that the section of the county situat ed on the south side of Neuse river, may be released from the quarantine district. It is the object of this body to outline a district, and submit the proposition to the vote :of the people in that district. - The matter . of. erecting another tobacco warehouse will also be taken up and discussed pro and con, and it is probable that some definite ae- in this matter at BLOODHOUNDS ON SLAYER'S TRAIL Traced the Man Who Slew Norfolk Mail Carrier Norfolk, Va., April 10. Blood hounds from Elizabeth City early today easily traced the alleged mur derer of C. B. Rodgers, rural mail carrier, who was found murdered early Friday morning in his barn at the family residence in Campostella Heights. The dogs followed the trail without a break to Newton's farm, in Norfolk county, to the home of An drew Fuller, a well known negro. Fuller was promptly taken into ous- tody. It was early morning that peo ple were attracted to the Rodgers' barn by a light, unusual for him. They found the mail carrier's body cold in death, stretched on the floor and the clothing covered with his life's blood. An examination showed that he had been shot three times And that his pockets and the mail bags rifled. As he returned home around 9 o'clock Thursday night, it is believed that be was shot and robbed at that time. There was no clue, hence the employment of the dogs. SCULPTOR DEAD Karl Bitter Die olt. In Califor. Now York, April 10.-Karl The odore Francis Bitter, chief of the de portment of sculpture of the Panama Pacific E,x position, and one of the best known American sculptors, died in a hospital hero today of injuries re ceived when he and Mrs. Btter were run down last night by an automo bile on Broadway, Mrs. Hitter's in juries are not serious. Mr. Bitter was director of sculp ture of the Buffalo exposition. He bad executed important private (ion, including the statute committ or Carl e homes hy men. National s and an academician of on design. ma, iade NOTED REVIVAL LEADER IS TO BE HEARD HERE SOON Rev. Raymond Browning to Conduct Services At Centenary Church NOW AT KINSTON Great Religious' Movement Is Soon to Begin In This City Rev. Raymond Browning, of Lit tleton, N. C, and who is an evan gelist of national reputation, will con duct a revival meeting at Cente nary Methodist church in this city, beginning May the ninth and con tinuing for about two weeks. The meeting at Centenary church will follow the one at the Presbyterian church conducted by Dr. Belk, and this will follow a t wo weeks campaign at the First Baptist church conduct ed by Dr. Whorton. All of these men are successful revival workers and eloquent speakers, and the cam paign which begins on the eighteenth of April is expected to be the'great est religious meeting ever held in this city. '' Rev. Browning Is noW conducting a meeting at the Oueen street Me thodist church in Kinston And yes terday's issue of the Kinston'. Daily News, carried the following "about the meeting at that place: "Evangelist Raymond Browning in his sermon yesterday morning preach ed what is thought by ma$y to be the most powerful of any of the series so tar. He took his text from the Lord's Prayer, "Thy will be done," and Wb many beautiful illustrations oa this subject visibly moved the congre gation. List night Mr. Browning took his text from the 5th chapter of Ephesians, I4th verso, a continuation of his sermon of Wednesday night, "Awake thou sleepest, Arise from the dead and Christ shall give you Life. During this sermon toe evan gelist made; a strong appeal to the church people to awake from .itheir sleep of inactivity and arise to the op portunity of saving souls. He gave as an illustration a bag of salt situat ed in the cfcigregtion. While the salt remained perfectly good, due to its inertia, it did nobody else any good, so therefore he appealed to the Christians of the church no to be Mire the bag of salt, but to get busy and do some good for the meeting, in the way of prayer and personal ef fort. He also pictured the church member that agreed with the preacher as long as the preacher used sermons that he liked, but as soon as a ser mon Was preached that did not agree with him, it "ribbed wrong." He ill ustrated tin With a man that curries his horse and' rubs him off, if the horse has no We it will nestle up to its master and be perfectly gentle and eontenteuj'Aut if the horse is af flicted with a sore, he would surely jump and kick. "Tho choirin this church gradually increases and.the music that is heard is certainly inspiring. Nearly every service Mr. Reed sings solos which are much enjoyed by the congrega tion. . ' "Today, on the Pollock lot near the Norfolk Southern depot, the huge tent that is to be used during the meeting will be erected. There will be no ser vices in this ohurch today, but to morrow there will be the usual Sunday sermons." COLORED PORTER STOLE BIG SUM Took Six Thousand Dollars From A Bank In Virginia Richmond, Va., April 10. The my stery surrounding the disappearance of 16,000 from the Merchants National bank hern several month ago was ex plained today when James'Bradshaw, a negro porter in the bank, was ar rested and sjonfessed to the crime. He will be prosecuted by the bank. When the loss of the money was dis covered officials of the bank were in clined to think that an error had been made in the bookkeeping department a then' was absolutely no suspicion against any one connected with the liusifinaneial instUtl After oareful investigation by the Pinkortoa detective agency the con clusion wan reached that the robbery was an inside job and Bradshaw was transferred to another department of the work and a negro detective was assigned duty with the porter. enthusiast and bis feelings were work ed ob until he aade a confession and told where the greater part of the TRAIN SCHEDULE CHANGES TODAY Traveling Public Urged "To Take Notice of and to Remember These There schedule are a few changes in kh of the Norfolk Soot hern trains on this division. which go into effect today. The -afternoon train for Ooidsboro wiU leave New Bern at 6:55 o'clock in stead of 630 and' the afternoon train for Beaufort will leave at 0:10 o'clock instead of 6:15. The train which has been leaving here for Ori ental at 6:20 o'clock in the afternoon will leave ten minutes earlier. With these exceptions there have been no changes made on this division. There has also been some changes in the schedule on the Raleigh and Charlotte division, including the put ting on of a special through train on Sunday, in regard to which the Char lotto Observer, of yesterday's issue has the following: The morning train out of Raleigh for Charlotte, No. 31, will leave Ral eigh at 7:10 and will reach Charlotte at 1:55 p. m. It will reach Star at 10:60 a. m., and at that place will make connection with trains to Eller be,. Candor, Asheboro and Aberdeen. The morning train out of Charlotte for Raleigh, No. 30, will leave Char lotto at 6:30 and arrive at Raleigh at 1:20 p. m. It will arrive at Star at 9:30 a. m. and make close connection with the Asheboro and. Aberdeen branch for Ellerbe, Candor, Asheboro, and Aberdeen. At Asheboro connec tion will be made for High Point and points on the Southern Railway. Train No. 35 now leaving Raleigh at 7:45 a. m. for FayetteviUe, will, beginning with Sunday, leave Raleigh at 8:15 a. m. and arrive at Fayette viUe at 11:10 a. m. Train No. 34 now leaving FayetteviUe at 7:25 a. m. will leave1 8:20 a. m. and will reach Raleigh at 11:15 a. m. instead of 10:20 a. m. as at present. There will be only One change, in the train service between Raleigh and Norfolk. The train leaving Norfolk at 8:30 at night, which now arrives in Raleigh at 7:40 a. m., will,, Jbegin ning Sunday, arrive in Raleigh at 7 :05 a. m., and connect with No. .31 leav ing for Charlotte at 7:10. This new schedule is one which has been determined upon as a basis movement of trains upon which it is the purpose of the road to tfild.-as, rapidly as may be possible from the business whioh is developed. THE WAR IN BRIEF Austria la reported in dis- " patches from Switzerland to ' have abandoned her campaign ' against Serbia for the sake of 1 aendlnd additional troop to ' the Italian frontier. It is reported from the same source ' that Vienna has decided to 1 sound Russia as to peace ' terms. The official organ of ' the Vatican denies report ' that Austria has requested .' the Pope's assistance in such ' negotiations. Russia is said to have made Important captures of duns and war munitions in the Car pathians. What I represented as Information from the Aus trian general staff Is that in the battle along- the Duhla Experies front the Austrian 1 lost 26,000 men. Popular agitation n Italy ' concerning that country's ' attitude ha increased to a ' point which has necessitated ' energetic action to prevent ' disorder. The faction for ' and against war have arrang" ' ed mas meetings for tomor ' row, whih their leader say ' will be held In spite of a police ' prohibition.' A French sailing vessel. ' from London for New York, ' has been sunk by a German ' submarine off the Isle of ' Wight. The Germans allow ' ed the crew ten minutes to ' quit their vessel, and all wore ' saved. A wrecked British ' schooner has been stdhted ' off the American coast, and ' is believed to have hoe n at ' tacked hy a German warship ' several weeks ado. THREE-MASTER REPORTED tO BE ASHORE masted schooner Flora A. Kimball, which sailed from Morgan Chy, La., March 30, with lumber for New York, want ashore on Banter Bar on the New Jersey const early today. Seven of bar crew were brought nshorn in the surf boat of the Bar negat coast guard sffiBpti' ' The DR. H. B. THOMAS DIES AT BURG Dr. H. B. Thomas, of Bun N. C, died at hi ho ate at that p yesterday afternoon after tuffe for store than a week with an att of pneumonia. The body will be brought to New Bern this afterno, arriving on the train trans' Golds boro and will at once be carried fct Cedar Grove cemetery where the interment will be made, Dr. i. N. tt. Sumraerea, pastor of the Presby terian church, officiating. Dr. Thomas, who was well and fav orably known all over the Stole, is survived by his wife and one child. He was a brother of Hon. Chariest R. Thomas of this city, Rev. James Thomas of Clinton, Rev. Fred D. Thomas of Sanford and Rev. John Stnaley Thomas of Eldorado, Ark ONLY ONE CASE i ITT, IN POLICE COURT Mayor Bangert Having Bttt Few Offenders Before ; Him Now The only case disposed of at Po lice Court yesterday afternoon was oai in which Willie Grady, colored, was charged with being disorderly in the city and selling sweetened water for whiskey. - - It is alleged that Orady approach ed two white men back of the Gaston whiskey, whereupon one of the melff ?maJ " told him to would take a half pint. Grady informed them that he did not have less than a pint but had a friend who would sell them a half nint. fnr fnrt.v wnt Ha want, ft.nr) t hu fi h a.i- n.h,it th ft.m tim f!hif Lontot. spied them. Grady's friend sit ed in making his escape but Grady arrested and arraigned before Mayor on a warrant charging with being disorderly. A verdict of guilty was rendered, and as the defendant was unable to pay a fine of twenty dollars and the cost he was sent to the county roads for fifty! days.. . ., Grady has been arraigned before the Mayor a number of time for this same offense and has served a term on the road for it. . . , ' . Select Gtod White,' extra early big boD flic Botton for the past twelve Careful field selection. If youfi not going to plant but one aero. the best. I have it. I have it, two bales to acres the past year, only 400 lbs. of Poy's 8.44 fertlia to acre. For sale at SI. 00 bushsll. P. 0. B. Oriental. All orders, mi! dc accompanied witn uasn,, r. u. Orders or Cheeks. Have limited E. J. WHITE COTTON SEED CO. fOsdcmtal, N. C. SEED CORN fftk MLERih - ardsoa's Proline Seed Cora Corn mad at the rate tn bushels more t the aer than other Proline Corn grown past season at the Fam School Demonstrator J. m" Stars, Yaasjn- boro, N. C, a to its purity and yield. Price $2,50 par IrashoL Cask With eider. Q. T. Richard son, Bellair Farm, New Bern N. G. Phone 1120-2. SUNDAY UNDISMAYED BY FIRST CONVERT'S WATER WAGON FALL. Paterson, N. J., April 10. Al though Frank Flood, the first con vert of Billy Sunday in Paterson, fell from the "water wagon" and from grace and got locked up, the evan gelist and his followers were far from despairing doday. "What though the 'trail hitter' does make a misstep?" said Fred Seibeft, Mr. Sunday's assistant, consider the weakness of human turn and the strength of such tempta tions as this place presents." Mr. Sunday will deliver hit s est anti-drink sermon on Sunday ernoon and big preparations are being made for it. NEW BERN COTTON MARKET. (By G. W. Taylor and Rons) Middling 3-da Striot Middhng He Good Meamtog lc Low Grades 1 ' b ho TYEPWRITER tVERS TO HIDE THE BOOZE lairmoat, W. Va., mystery of the en typewriters carried oa Ohio Railroad trains SMfl WsbbM, XU With n nw PROTEST STATES :omplain That Tbi Coon try Has Accomptaabed Nothing With Allies REGARDS SHffPiNG Anxious to Have Foodatuaa SfWto Civilian In Wat ring Countries f Wasiisttota. April 10. Cvmmmf haa aeat the United Stats a not eosn- Iplaining that the latter ha aoeom- plisbd,not hing in its diplomatic ear impendence with the allies to obtain for American exporters the right to hip foodstuffs to the civilian popBhv tion of a belligerent country. Vim communication intimates also that the United States ha virtually aasjuissasl in the British Order in Coonefl pro hibiting commerce with Germany. I view of these considerations, Qr many calls attention to the fact that the allies are daily obtaining large shipments of arms and ammunition from dealers in the United States, and declares that the American govern ment, while insisting on its legal right to ship arms to belligerent, do nnt with equal energy pursue its right to ship foodstuffs and non-contraband articles to the civilian population f Germany. Quotes President Wilson The note urges that irrespective f lapping arm to - belhgerente, tint (spirit of neutrality should be observed. In support of this contention, a quo tation is cited from President Wilson's addresfr aarX'ongress on Mexican af- in August, 1913, when ho " bJl follow the best practice of us in inn matter .01 neutrality oj the exportation of arms or munitions of war of any kind front United States to any part of the republic of Mexico a policy suggest ed by several interesting precedents and certainly dictated by many mani fest considerations of practical expedi- lny. W cannot in the eircumstan- ices be partisans of either party to too imntesfeflfcat now distracts Mexico, lor,, connthtite ourselves the virtual umpire between them." . Officials of the State Department have begun the preparation of a reply. The complaint, that issaliialiwpafciias.- had submitted to the mlhienoe of tho in connection with the right to tionai contraband ha been mfa &mmmy in law dM m 9 " iomuaty that this government ha - anisoed in any weyVto the Order r council and probably wiB refer to the note sent by the United States to Great Britain arguing at length to apposition to the viewpoint of tho Allies on the blockade question. As for the uttoranoes of tho Pres ident on the shipment of arm into Pfflci,8 Tense, in no way comparable with the .relations between the United States and. the European belligerent. Offi- ioJabj pointed out that tho I deem it my duty to niatamu th authority conferred noon me by th law of March 14, 1912, to see to it that neither side to the struggle now going on in Mexico receive any sstista t from this side of the border." There is no law by whioh the Pram dent of the United States, it wat declared, could exercise the same an thority, even if bo were duthun f lot bid ding th exportation of art to all belligerents, as to do so with authority from Congress would bo uav constitutional. NORFOLK SOUTHERN LOSES Charlotte, April Ia OuptoRt Court yesterday,, a jury rt turned 1 verdict of $10,000 in favor of iW. Q raaainrrr against the NorfolkrSotlik W A JBH ii trornwaing 1 . m w plomatit L I li. "We mustjera Railway. While no aanaatjMM meat hat yet been made, it is sxpsst ed At attorneys for th dftM give notice of an appeal to th Court. sum of $30,000 was asked b plaintiff, Penningar, as eompta m for the lost of an am aMi yards of the di The tatohing of ive bridge o was alleged dent, Pstrnl usable u will af t . The cxtneauv Biiraw I I J htlsaaa