NEW BERN SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA may u 1915
I;.
DR. GEO. W. BELK
BIDS FAREWELL TO
NEW BERN TONIGHT
ted Evangelist To RISHOP KFLM
'reach His Last Ser-I tc ta nnrcinr
mon at the DUI Tobac- BWTWSWIB
CO Warehouse-- PllbHc Will Have Charge of the
Emended. CorduJL.-;
vitation lo uo Uut and
Hear Him
PRESIDENTAVOOPQW fFlLSON, upon whom the eyes
of th nation are focusseit, as he laEon with the problem
growing out of the fact that scores of American lives
were sacrificed when a German submarine torpedoed
and sunk the liner Lualtania. -
Raleigh, May 11. Bishop John
C. Kilgo will preside over the next
annual session of the North Carolina
Dr. O. W. Belk, the great Pres- Methodist Conference which will meet
u J;.. u i... in Wilmington November 17. This
ujmii.u vtauioiwi) nuu uvi vwu
doing the preaching at the union
revival meeting during the past ten
days, stated last night that he had
been preaching about hell and the
ugly side of life since he had been
here and that he was going to preach
about heaven or the bright side of
life. He took as his text the second
and third verses of the fourteenth,
chapter of John: "In my Father's
house are many mansions; if it were
not so, 1 would have told you; for
I go to prepare a place for you, and if
I go and prepare a place for you, I
come again and receive you unto
'Myself, that where I am, there ye"
may be also."
Told of Hcaveh
Dr. Blk said that he was going to
preach heaven; what it is and where
it will be, and this he did, and all of
his argument was backed with scrip
ture, with the exception of express
ing, his opinion on one point and in
doing this he stated that he could
not prove it by the Bible, but he
' presented. Strong oommon sense ar
gument in favor of his point. He
stated that there is a beautiful
world somewhere and that world is
heaven, and he told in a very inter
esting manner of its beauty as des
cribed in the Bible; of the streets of
gold and the wails of priceless jew
els. Heaven is a city tbst is free
is the first time that Bishop Kilgo
has been appointed to preside over
his own conference since his election
to the college of bishops in 1910. The
conferences which Bishop Kilgo has
held have been distinguished by a
great wave of spirituality and his
corning to the North Carolina con
ference has long been looked forward
to with pleasure to his friends.
Contrary to the usual custom the
Western North Carolina conference
will meet in Reidsville at the same
time the North Carolina conference
meeting in Wilmington. Bishop R.
O. Waterhouse, who last year pre
sided over, both North Carolina con
ferences, will be the presiding bish
op. The western conference is usu
all.v held the week previous to the
North Carolina conference. -
The plan of Episcopal visitation
was announced at the close of the
conference of bishops at. St. Louis on
Saturday.
JAMES M'DEVITT
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Asheville Wife Deserter
Says He's Tired of
Living
from stains of sin. aplace where thai. w1 . . .-J feeling.of many easterners in this fish
ay H. In a fit oif business. W
sinless will drink from a stream of
happiness, a city where they will be
no tears, no sorrow or sickness, a
place where music will be furnished
by a choir of angels.
Pictured Joy
Dr. Belk stated that he believed
that heaven is a place where every
person will retain their identity, and
he pictured the great joy in the union
of a family in that beautiful city.
"We will be with Christ and we will
be like Him," said Dr. Belk, and he
urged that the people get ready to
meet Him. He stated that heaven
would be a place of rest, and in il
lustrating this he told of a conversa
tion that he had with a dying wom
an who had been at a great disad
vantage in earning her daily bread
Dr. Belk said that she looked upon
death as a relief as she had had a hard
struggle and now she was going to
save a long peaceful f est.
Further Explanation
In explaining the size of this great
city, Dr. Belk gave the dimensions
as written in the Bible, and then il
lustrated the size by saying that if
three fourths of the city was taken
up by God and His throne and by
parks and streets, the remaining
fourth, if divided off into rooms six
teen by sixteen feet, would furnish
thirty one million rooms for every
person going there, at the rate of one
person every second for s period of
twelve thousand years. He marveled
at this great city, but still more so
at the people who will deprive them
selves of going there just for a few
worldly pleasures.
Farewell Tonight
Dr. Belk will preach his last ser
mon in New Bern tonight and no
doubt there will be an immense con
gregatinn to hear the farewell message
of a man who has labored as faith
fully with sinners as ho has during
the last ten days
B Rl DO ETON HONOR ROLL
Many Fuplli Made Uood Records
Lsst Month
The following is the honor roll for
the Bridgeton school for the lsst
month of the school year.
First grade, Mahle Oglesby, Mary
L. Ryman, Joe Phillips, Jasper Whit
ford, Ok n Barrow, Robert Williams,
Marguerite Stalling, Holland Btal.
lings, Rosa Lee Webber.
Third grade. Audrey Gaskins, MU-
dred Waters. Marian Disc. Charley
Johnson, Harry Curtis, Lucy Camp-
hell, DUy Himpkins, Albert Han
eoek, Maleolm Curtis, Guy Hops watt,
Fourth grade, Lena Louise Williams
Arthur Hopewell, Blade Ipook, Rob-
srt Parker, James Hi net.
Sixth grade, Clyde Htilley. Lonnle
Psrksr Gut Parker. Lillie Wbitford
Rath Phillips, Elisabeth Curtl , Chris-
Sn Rogen.
kvsath (ride, MsOatth Hal
Asheville, May
melancholia brought on by the strain
to which his mind has been subjected
for the past few weeks, .lames A.
MoDevitt, who recently disappeared
from his home here and who was
brought back to Asheville last week
from Bollivar, N. Y., to face a charge
of desertion, yesterday morning swal
lowed two bichloride of mercury tab
lets in an effort to end his life. He
declared upon his arrival at Asheville
with a policeman that his mind was
unbalanced at intervals and the mem
bers of bis family are of the opinion
that he was irrational yesterday when
be attempted to end his life.
Only a small son of the unfortunate
man was in the room with him at
the time of his rash act although Mrs.
McDevitt was summoned at onoe and
medical aid was given by three physi
cians who arrived within a few
minutes. The patient was taken to
local hospital where it is stated that
he is in a desperate condition. He
has not been in condition to make a
statement as to his reason for at
tempting to end his life since he swal
lowed the poison yesterday.
I
NEGROES ATTACK
AND ROB FARMER
r.vtt. -viPi , May ll-Maurix- Bill,
a veil ktv.wto farmer and truck of
Cunil t rl. ill a- attacked by two ne
gr s u:k .1 v30 last night near Fay
etl u.k driving home. The two
rot -i n- verj large, approached Bill's
lu v ai.d tho I; rge man struck Bill
Aiih a stick on the head and
Th horse became frightened
n leaving the negroes standing
r ad B.ll was rendered par-
un nse'ous for awhile and did
ce r until lie reached a neigh-
tecn ravettevule and
tw. e
arm.
an1 1 r
in th
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his i.v
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search
her. .
in un
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about five mill from
he remained all night.
Incoming alarmed, went in
him and notified the sheriff
l'l sheriff and a posse went
Momohile to look for him but
01
frili d lo lit id him, but found lying in
tl i -lid Bill's hat and the stick
wh i li 'I ev '.upnor-ed had hc'-n used in
asf:-ult:ng him. I', was a stout blud
gecn. Bill v. as carried home this
nf i n ne. lie is suffering from the
blov- ! :.i i not dangerously hurt.
SUPREME COURT
SEEMS TO FAVOR
WOMAN NOTARIES
Argument Before That Au
gust Body Yesterday
Morning
A NOTEDCASE
Mrs. Nolan Knight Now
Holding Commission
Will She Keep It?
BUTTON FQti
FIGHTERS NOT
DISBAND COM,
Will Only Resign from
ive Duty" to Retain
Their Charter
t-
ACTIONJEGRETTED
Riverside and Fourth Ward
Companies Want to
Take Place
THE FISH FIGHT
GOESRIGHT ON
Saunders of Elizabeth City
Continues His Attacks
Raleigh, May 11 The fish fight in
the east goes uninterruptedly on with
Senator Walter Cohoon applying
Roosevelt language to Governor Craig
and W. O. Saunders, editor of the In
dependent, broadcasting the vehement
Not only docs Editor Saunders de
vote, half of his front page to an attack
on Governor Craig and Senator Sim
mons, but he goes on the inside and
relates the cause of a supposed dif
ference between Judge Frank Carter
and Governor Craig. That the chief
executive and the judge do not admire
each other has been whispered often
GRANITE FALLS HAS
FAIR-SIZED RIOT
Granite Falls, May 11 As a result
of a fight with tsheiocal officers here
last night while TesufUng arrest, Chief
of Police L. W. flay nc received a
wound on the neck five inches in
length, assistant Police W. T. Payne
was stabbed in the side and Charles
Hendrix, one of the men wanted by the
officers, was shot in the side of the
hip and knocked down with an omc
cer's club fivo times.
Charles Hendm Will &ritns, the
two men wanted by the officers, are
supposed to be from Whitney. Thoy
were in town late last night
drinking and carousing.
When the officers went to arrest
them, they were met by two mon with
open knives, Charles Hendrix stab
bed W. T. Payne in the right side
just below the last rib. Payne op
ened fire on Hendrix, one ball strik
ing him in the hip, making a very
ONE QUART LAW
AT WILMINGTON
"Tigers" There Try New
Scheme to Circum
vent the Law
Wilmington, May 11 Ingenuity
inspired by the growing, gripping
thirst that has followed the advent
of the "One-quart law" and direct
ed through devious channels with
the end in view of assuaging at least
a portien of that thirst has failed
again before the eagle-eye and keen
nose of Wilmington's plainclothes
squad, and another consignment of il
legal booze yesterday went to join
those already stored away at the city
hall.
The shipment confiscated yesterday
was the largest yet, totalling probably
(10 t.r 05 gallons, and it came through
to Wilmington in five flour barrels
partly filled with flour, addressed to
i . ... i .i.:f t. "..( .,!,
but the weekly paper of Elizabeth City ' smal1 nps wou,m' v
nenurix at uic suiihi nine iwiiuk
him to tho ground and turned to
COM. H. L GIBBS
: IN PASQUOTANK
New State Fish Commis
sioner in the "Dan
ger Zone"
H. L. Gibbs, the newly appointed
State Pish Commissioner spent yes
terday at Elizabeth City attending
to business there which was connoot
ed with his new office. Elizabeth
City is the seat of the recent criti
cism of Mr. Gibbs but it seems that
he was not in the least afraid to spend
some time there right in the midst
of any enemies whioh he might have
Local fish dealers and the men who
who are engaged in fishing tne waters
of this section areof tue opinion thst
Mr. Gibbs will handle his new office
in a manner most satisfactory. Sev
eral person's here have a copy of his
report during the time thst he was
State Shell Pish Commissioner snd
this shows that be did much good
work aad it is the general opinion
hereabouts that the duties of his new
office will be bandied in an equally
VIGOROUS BOMBARDMENT ON
.THE DARDANELLES
perpetrated a semi-seoop upon the
dailies in going intimately into the
Ashevillo blind tiger eases which Gov
ernor Craig declined to appoint Judge
Carter to try.
Saunders was not springing any
thing new until that time, but when
he told how Maj. Jim Alexander had
rooted so lustily for Simmons, he
intimated t! it this might have had
much to do with the Carter "perse
cution." The last issue of the Eliza
beth City paper was decidedly anti
Craig and anti-Simmons and after
tho four and a half columns of blister-
ng by Saunders, he carried a whole
... . ;
page advertisement announcing u
desire to send out 10,000 copies of
that issue to all parts of the State.
The mere fact that the paper at
tach the two biggest Democrats
causes no speculation, but tho wide
distribution does create slight won
derment since Senator Cohoon's name
has been called.
E. Carl Duncan in these days of can
didates iRn't denying his own for the
governorship nor is he admitting it.
Tbeie is a great deal of talk about it.
One set of Democrats insist that the
thing for the Democraoy to do is to
nominate a business man liko Daught
ridgo, who will give confidence to their
party as Duncan would do his. They,
would meet what the Republicans evi
dently think is a wise move with the
same sort of wisdom. And then they
would quote Bickett to show the wis
dom of hot nominating a man of his
type.
But a much larger element seem to
favor Bickctt'r nomination because a
campaign is unquestionably needed
and it may become necosaiy to put
up the best peaking talent of the
Democracy to meet the best talker
of any party- money, money saved.
sad that will be an issue next year
THEY MAY SOLVE
WAR PROBLEM
take the other man when Hi ndrix
rose and evt Chief Payne on the
neck, tusking n slight wound five
inches in length. The officers finally
landod both m iho lock-up where
they remained until today when
they were landed in jail at Lenoir
awaiting the outcome of W. T. Payne's
wound which is thought not to be
fatal unless otln r complications arise.
RURAL DELIVERY
SERVHHUTTING
Postmaster General Intends
Making a Number of
Changes
Athens, Greece, May II. Vigor
ous bombardment of the Dardanelles
by the Allied fleets and sanguinary
combats for strategic positions on the
GallfpoU peninsula are continuing.
The Turks hold good positions. The
Turkish losses ia killed and wound
sd hart basn 4&QQ0,
Cleveland, May II. That the
World Court Congress which meets
tomorrow will he seised upon as s
practical solution for .the interna
tional problem of the war is the pre
diction of John Hayes Hammond,
advocate of world peace, Former
President Taft and other notable
will attsnd, x
Washington. May 11 It was re
ported? here today that Postmaster
Burleson intends to reduce the rural
delivery service in some North Caro
lina communities from six to three
days a week. A Postofflce Depart
ment official said tonight that the
report is unfounded. What win
be done, he said, is to cut out a lot
of routes that were put on in Repub
lican States by former Administra
tions. In other words, the partisan
routes that are deemed unnecessary
will be eliminated. It is estimated
that more than 11,000,000 will be
-avi c in this way.
There will be a geat howl, if Mr.
Ilui 1 son should attempt to cut North
Carolina routes from six to three do
liveries. Represcntstive Dough ton is on his
way- to Washington to go over the
rural route situation with the Post
office Department. He will enter his
protest against a ourtailmcnt of serv
ice to any of his constituents.
Thero is some doubt as to what
Mr. Burleson intends to do.
Jsmos s. Manning of Rsh igh. snd
A. L. Brooks of Greensboro, were
ban today to ink the Huprrmc Court
to advance the case of the Cape Kear
ami Yadkin Valley Railroad for argu
ment.
one Isaac hmun.
Plainclothesmen Leon George and
D. WT. Coleman located the ship
ment at tho Coat Line freight yards
yesterday morning and, under thai
direction of CWef N. J. Williams,
promptly seized it and had it trans
ported to tho city hall, where the
whiskey was removed from its floury
(oh joy) bed and locked up in the
store-room.
There were 10 live-gallon kegs of
1 1)H 1 mil lit that cheers, and about 10
or lf gallons in bottles.
The police know what to do with
the booze alright it will be kept in
storeage for a reasonable length
of time, in the hope that its owner
may call to claim it, and will then be
destroyed. But the disposition of
the flour presents another problem.
After the whiskey was removed
each of the seven barrels was about
two-thirds filled with flour of a very
fair grade. Chief Williams stated
yesterday that unless it was claimed
by the person to whom it was con
signedan event that is regarded as
altogether inprobahle it will probab
ly be kept for the required length
of time and then sold for the benefit
of the police pension fund.
Officers George and Coleman are
silent as to how they knew the bar
rels of flour concealed an illegal ship
ment of booze, nor have they vouch
safed by what means they were en
abled to discover other illegal ship
ments concealed in trunks and tool
hnroa ehoeknd as baggage, of which
several" have been apprehended.
But the fact that stored away at
Dolice headquarters now ia a total
of 110 gallons of whiskey, confiscated
since the new law went mto effect
testifies to the efficiency of their work
And in the meantime, the rampant
thirst remains unassuaged.
Raleigh. May 11 The Supreme
Court listened with a sort of facial
flexibility this morning to the woman
notary argument wherein Mrs. Nolan
Knight is concerned, and betrayed
the suspicion that its mind is made
up for the ladies.
Josh Billings would have called
guessing at Supreme Court decis
ions as "oncommonly pesky and
onsartin business, " but the double
) score of women were satisliea tins
( morning when they left the Supreme
Court hall. The court did not appear
to be perplexed and asked no embar
rassing questions of the lawyers who
did their best to enlighten it. Then-
was no real controversy, the attor
ney general on the part of the State
peaking from every angle.
Thomas S. Rollins, former Repub
lican State chairman, appeared for
the legislative act giving women the
right to exorcise notarial power. Mr.
Rollins sopke for Mrs. Nolan Knight.
his stenographer, who was the first
woman to receive appointment under
the act. When the law was debated
in the general assembly an under
standing was reached only one woman
should be appointed until the consti-
tutionaltity of the statute should be
determined. Accordingly Governor
Craig honored his home town.
This was the -first time in several
years that any considerable number
of women have attended any sitting
the Supreme Court to hear an
argument. At all hearings on this
and other bills relating to women,
the galleries of the house and senate
were fillod with women. The notary
act was passed one day when every
body had his back tunnel.
WIFE IS LOOKING
FOR HER HUSBAND
Miss Elsie Pugh of Oriental passed
through New Born yesterday morn
ing snronto to Elm City to ipond a
few days visiting friends.
Then
somebody came In a'nd started sucbr
trouble as to cause the house to re
consider. The action of the house
came near proving what the phil
ospher said of womijn, "wise upon
impulse, a fool upon reflection.'
Reflection came near losing the bill
n the house.
The argument today turned upon
three propositions: Is. one who. is
not eligable to vote to hold a public
office in North Carolina: . Is the po
sition of nptary public office? And
particularly, can a woman hold the
position of notary public?
Attorney General s Position
Attorney General Bickett was ex
pected to oppose the law, but he did
not. Ho presented both sides and
offered all the law in favor of each
contention that he could rake and
scrape. The position of Mr. Bickett
was much the same as that of Preacher
Tom Trott as a baseball player. Mr.
Trott did not like to "play in the
field" and he announced that he
would always be willing to play if
they allowed him "to knock on both
sides." Mr. Bickett knocked on
each side today.
Following the announcement that
the New Bern -Steam Fire Engine
Company members had handed in
their resignation as active firemen tO"
take effect on June 1st, and that the
company would be disbanded, an
nouncement was made yesterday that
the company would not disband but
w ould only -resign as active firemen,
give up their quarters in the City
Hall building and secure quarters
at some other point.
A Deplorable Affair
Interviewed in regard to the mat
ter last night Mayor Albert H. Ban
gert stated that he had nothing to
say about the affair further than that
he sineenely regretted the action of
the firemen and that the whole affair
was deplorable.
Must Make Changes
The resignation of the members
of the company from active duty,
makes it necessary o place the new
motor-driven truck which they had
in their quarters, in charge of some
other company. The Riverside Hose
Wagon Company and the Fourth
Ward Hose Wagon Company yes
terday held a meeting at which they
discussed the advisability of making
application for privilege of occupy
ing the quarters of the "Button"
Company. Just what was done at
these meetings was not made public
and probably will not be until the
next meeting of the Board of Alder
men. While the action of the "Button"
Company will somewhat take away
from the success of the coming State
Firemen's Tournament to bo held
here, that event will take place just
as planned and every effort will be
made to make ita complete success
and as enjoyable .as possible to the
thousands, who will be iruattendanoe.
BIG LAND DEAL
IS CONSUMMATED
Three Thousand and Nine
Hundred Acres Sold to
Northern Man
Norton, Va.. May 11 Charles Car
rol, a miner of th.s place, left home
for tho purpose of finding work, and
as he nan nine money wim
his wife fears that he may havo at
tempted to ride a freight train an
been killed. He promised to write as
soon as he reached 8t. Charles, and
when the letter failed to arrive the
wife made inquiry at St. Charles and
found that he had not been there.
She i greatly alarmed and it causing
search to be made far and wide for
her husband.
Carrol is a sober, industrious, hon
est man, and was never known to
neglect his family in any way. He
weigus 100 pounds, baa light brown
hair, dark gray eye, long face wttn
deep cleft in the chin, usually clean
shaved, and it Ave feet and a half
tall.
Mrs. Carrol It wild with grief and
anxiety and will ethanat every pos
sible means trying to locate hpr hut
One of the biggest land deals con-
sumated in this section in many
months, took place yesterday when
three thousand and nine hundred
acres of land located nonr Huvclock
and owned by Ex-Judge D. L. Word
of thit city and others was sold to
8. E. Tilton of Delaware, Ohio, for
several thousand dollars. It is un
derstood that there are a number of
gentlemen associated with the Ohio
man in this deal and they plan
to clear off the tract of land, out it
up into small farms and either em
ploy farmers to cultivate it or to
organise a colony of western farmers.
The sale of thit land was eontu mated
through the New Bern Chamber of
Commeroe who are putting New
Bern and Craven county before the
people of the west afid north went
and inviting them to soma, here to
make , their home. r. Tdton will
arrive In thia telion during the course
of the next few days and will take
charge of hit purchase.
ORIENTAL, N. C.
E. J. White, a prosperous farmer
of Oriental, was a visitor to New
Bern yesterday and while talking
with a Journal reporter "told of the
.progressive strides that he is mak- .
irig on the 'agricultural- world by td'l
lowing the plan of scientific' 'and di-! i
versified farming. ' ' ' '7
"I do not purchase much" was a
remark made by Mr. White during
the conversation. He said that he
raises all the meat, corn and hay
that, he uses on his farm, and all that
he has to buy is sugar, coffee and
such little things as that. In addi
tion to raising his home supplies,
Mr. White has won a reputation
throughout tho State for growing an
extra good quality of cotton. It is
known as "White's Prolific Cotton,, .
and by using the columns of the
Journal he has introduced the seed
of this cotton to hundreds of farmers
throughout the State. He states
that he is selling hiR seed to moro
farmers this year than ever before,
but all of them are buying in smal
ler quantities.
Mr. White spoke of the advantages
in growing alfalfa. Ho said that it
is a cheap crop to grow, but yields
well and sells for a good price. He
has a field of alfalfa which was sown
five years ago, and now is cutting
it five times per year with a yield of
about one ton per acre at the cutting,
or five ton per year. This hay sells
for about twenty-five dollars per ton,
at that prhe this field of alfalfa's grosa
returns will amount to one hundred
and twenty-live dollars per year
Mrt. Delia Roberts of Collinsville
Ala., who has been spending some
time la the elty visiting her daugh ter
Mrt. Euclid MrWhorter, left yetr
day morning for Calypso, N. O
to tpend a few days before return-
WILSON'S ADDRESS
HIS EXPRESSION
Washington, May 11. -He did not
mean to define his policy in his last
night's Philadelphia speech, the
President today told oorretponasats.
He said the address wat merely a
persons! expression. He declared he
would say nothing further on wie
Lusitanis tragedy until lie nat an inc
facU. He promised that the Amer
ican position will be made plain to
(lermairrae soon at all the infor
mation Is received.
Tha IrVeeident is all right, inid
IWdant Martin Wiegand of tne
United Oerman Societies of the Dis
trict of Columbia, today, la com
menting on Mr. Wllton't PaRadei"
phla speech. "If we only aad a bet
ter Saofatary f Huts evsrythlag
wonld ba all right," be said.
T. T. laasiter left ysstardajr hM
dsy for short viilt ta tfalk,