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T-a JOURNAL carries complete
pre reports furnished by the Central
Newt of America Pres Aaaoeiatiott,
and in addition to this, fully oovera
Eaatorn North Carolina by special
spondeU.
Entered at the post office in New
Bern as second-class mail matter.
Stamp Out Illiteracy
"Our failure under these oircu in
stances to stamp out illiteracy and
raise North Carolina to the apex of
the highest standard of educated con
stituency is not 1 think a reproach
to us. but knowing as we do the de
pressing effects of this incubus upon
everv vital interest and seeing that we
cannot reach the acme of our possi
bilities until this impediment has been
removed or reduced to tha negligible
minimum attained in the most pro
gressive oommunities, we must not
forget that now since the obstacles
that have hitherto retarded our ef
forts in this behalf have been removed
that neither posterity, nor society nor
humanity will longer hold us blame
less if we do not presently proceed to
bring to bear upon the final elimina
tion of this frightful evil every re
source which ample means and pur
poseful determination can summon
and command.
"Judge Geo. W. Connor has
thrown out of court the famous
Baugham ease of New Bern,
over which Judge Frank Carter
and Solicitor Abernethy had their
tilt and which resulted in a big
stir. Judge Carter became very
much excited over this case, it
will be recalled, and encum
bered the Craven court records
with his opinions as to the solici
tor's conduct. It is probable
that Judge Connor will expunge
observations of his predecessor
from the minutes, as he should
do if he has the power, so that the
whole matter may be dropped."
We agree with the Times that
Judge Connor should expunge Judge
Carter's charges from the court re
cords and thus close the regretta
ble affair. The Legislative Investi
gation has decided that the charges
against Solicitor Abernethy were ut
terly unfounded and the throwing
of the Baugham case out of court
-proves this. In fairness to Solicitor
Abernethy the record should by all
means be expunged and, knowing
Judge Connor to be a man with a
principle, we believe that he will do
this and free from any stigma of
an innocent man.
The Washington News, notes the
fact that it noticed one twopage ad.
and a full single page ad. and several
hundred inches of additional adver
tising in Sunday's issue of the Jour
nal and laments the fact that the
merchants over that way do not act
in as progressive a manner as the
New Bern merchants. It is to be
regretted Why one day last week
the Journal carried more than five
hundred inches of advertising in a
single issue for one merchant. Now
if that man was not getting results
h would not throw his good money
away and if advertising will pay in
New Bern it will pay at Washington.
The Paragrapher on the Greens
boro New has perpetrated another
outrage on the State Normal College
by dubbing the delicious damsels
who inhabit its confines, blessed
blossom. Now why not call them
the personification of prpt tineas and
let it stop at that?
Together with taking 'cm off anil
putting m on, (hp average man who
keep ap with the weather, has time
for little ehe.
'Bally Take On a Few Gallons"
pipe a headline in the Beaufort
New. At first we were constrained
to presume that Bally had an nhnor
mal capacity'.' Later we discovered
that Editor Morton was referring to
op of the nautical members of the
gender and that the gallons referred
to was gasoline.
If there is any one set of people
who "work" the newspapers for free
space, it is th owners and proprie
tors of the private schools and col
lege. Already the supply of "new"
ha begun to flow from these
institutions of learning and from now
until Urn opening of the schoo't
in the fall the private "news bureaus'
will ha kept working full Mast. Now.
a a matte of fact, then is no aow
ia thi slop, it is merely free adver
tising fa the school, aad the sooner
the editors of Sort h Carolina come to
thi. the oaer will it ha when
tkay wHI be ahls to get legitimate
advertising from the emporiums
of knowledge
. B. Moon left yesterday
fax far a busin visit to Washing
ton. N. C.
Jaut.. nM Cas-ttf kU tawt
UN thai U Ml -0 fcV --!
kt(Mlki ' WW Ogata- JM
M fuilty m - a at -
4U it to kia ml m u pMWy
right. U tk wa aa aal tar taw
fcjatajj tWr would bo aa nmmmm
of the W b thoae ao aoR it, for
there -old b. uo .-haae U U
which ifcay u peddli I
(uriuaateiT Jud CoatMT eannot
haad out to the purchaoar of taa
liouor the am that
plaee upon the "tigara," wot if it
wore in hia powor to -do uch, there
ivn raaaon to believe that he
would soak it to '.
Bulgaria and Rumania are now ar-
parinff to cast their hat into the
ring and got mixed up in the groat
European conflict. Well, it begins
to look like it's a caae of "the more,
the merrier." and the entrance of a
few more countries will not have th
effect of making the hostilities an
tamer.
There is a little misunderstanding
between one of the local tire compan
ies and the cuv fathers and this haf
. si bed verv unpleasantly. However
these things do a city no good and
we hope that the matter can be ami
cablv settled and the differences for-
ontlen. and indications are that
such will be the case.
Bcrnstorff. the German diploma'
who has been handing out such
superb line of chatter in the United
States during the past few weeks
yesterday told President Wilson, s
it is reported, that Germany wa-
willing to grant the demands o
this country relative to ceasing he
warefaro against ships bearing neu
trals but that she was not thorough!;
familiar with just what this eountn
wants. Our advice to Bernstorff is ti
et into communication with tin
Kaiser just as quickly as possibh
and urge him to save himself am
his country a lot of trouble by acced
ing to all requests.
ficance, education of the masses as
well as the classes, education which
imparts wise, practical and useful a
well as classical knowledge, freedom
of the mind and the conscience, a?
well as freedom ol the body, when
to look into it and thjnk about it
are comparatively new things in thiv
old world of ours."
"Alluding to North Carolina's part
in this educational program, still in
the making Senator Simmons said:
"True, we have done much to over
come and to free ourselves of lhi.
frightful incubus bequeathed to us hj
old conditions but the ovt r-masterinf
difficulties and embarrasments whicl
have retarded our efforts in this be
half, and which at length have ir
most, part been happily removed,
have been so great that strive as we
might and as we should we have not
been able in so short a time to reach
the goal of our hopes and abiding
purpose.
SERBIA AGAIN
GETS IN GAME
Official Announcement Leads
Leads the People to
Believe This
Nish, Serbia, June 2. (Via Lon
don) Resumption of military ac
tivity by Serbia against Austria
is indicated in an official announce
ment issued today. It claims an
artillery engagement resulted in the
rout of a battalion of Austrians which
was fortifying itself northeast of
Capinova.
Considerable Serbian activity also
has been noted on the Albanian fron
tier. Several months have passed since
Serbia has been actively engaged in
important military operation against
Austria.
It was in December that the last
heavy fighting was reported.
Recent dispatches have indicated
that a new Serbia army was being
organized and that a resumption of
hostilities might be expected. On
the other band Austria also has
been making preparations and a dis
patch early in May said a new Aus
trian army was getting ready to take
the Held against Serbia. It has been
predicted that Serbia would strike
again as soon as Austria was well
oecupied with the situation on her
Italian frontier.
WEDDING OF INTEREST
Raleigh Lady Weeks Cliisen
of
Charlotte
Raleigh, June 2. Mis Salli Jones,
the daughter of Mr. and Mr. W.
N. Jones of this eity aad Wade Gal
land, ( 'harlot te wan married tonight,
in the Fint Baptist church. Hev
Dr. T. W. O' Kelly officiating
The wedding drew quite a number
of friend from Charlotte and other
place where the aoupje an known.
The ceremony itself was of more than
ordinary interest, a large number of
couples attending. They left on the
night trsin for bridal trip that will
end with their resldeno in Char
lotte. Th brid ilso girlhood ha
been narked a on of' th city'
ssintoqmil young women. Taw
groom is a native Gastonia man.
0. MeLnwborn, of Van.aboro.
a business visitor to th tit ytr-
PASSENGERS MUST
VALUE BAGGAGE
Oa and attar June i, all person, who
heck trunk aa railroad tickets will be
blared natter the prorialoai of the
Cummin act amending the interstate
commerce laws to declare the value
of their baggag and the baggage
master a man of many trouble
u beginning to suspect that he i
dua for aa unusually unhappy sum
mer. Railway officials are now work
ing on plana to enable their subor
dinate to enforce the provisions of
the act with the least poarible incon
enience to the traveling public, but
they are not altogether sanguine thai
the new regulations will be popular
with tourists and others who will check
trunks when the rush to the seashon
and country resorts begins.
The railroads now carry trunks and
other baggage not exceeding lot'
pound in weight free with tickets
of transportation and assume lia
bility in case of loss or damage up to
$100. They declare they cannot
assume unlimited liabilii as per
mitted under the Cummins act bui
will accept the alternative of assum
ing the $100 liability on each piece ol
baggage checked and insuring the pas
senger for all over the amount on a
basis of ten cents per $100 the rat
laid down by the Interstate Com-
nerce Commission.
The amendment speaks speeiealh
of "shippers" and although no men
'ion is made of passengers checkint
trunks the commission has inter
preted the act to mean that baggage
constitutes a shipment in the mean
ing of the law. As shippers must
sign a declaration as to the value
of shipments it has been decided
that each and every shipper of a
trunk must declare the real value
of its contents when he has bis trunk
checked.
Any one who signs a declaration dis
honestly, a railway official who has
made a close study of the new law
said yesterday, will be guilty of a
misdemeanor. For instance, if a
trunk is sent as baggage and declar
d to be worth $100 and the trunk
goes astray but turns up later and
it is found that a SoOO diamond ring
is in the trunk the owner is liable
' o go to jail. It is equally an offense
to overestimate the value of bag
gag. It is understood that the railroads
will consent to accept declarations
as to values from agents of shippers,
which might be a valet, or butler,
ir porter, or second cousin, or any
body who helps a shipper, or passen
ger to make use of the checking pri
vilege, but everybody has got to be
mighty careful that no false decla
rations are made or there is sure to
lie trouble for somebody,
Railroad officials whose work will
be increased by the new regulations,
do'not believe that passengers will be
tickled over the necessity of. taking
time to go to a baggage master and
sign a declaration setting forth the
t 'ue value of the contents of trunks,
particularly if it is near train time
and another train isn't due for sev
eral hours. It is expected they will
urge the traveling public to go to
the station early and avoid the rush.
BRIDEGROOM SITS
IN BARRED CELL
Youth Tells How He Cashed
Worthless Checks on
Bridal Trip
St. Louis, May 30. The story of
a honeymoon that set in an iron-barred
cell was told Friday night at
Central District Station by Walter
Klein, 23 years old, of New York.
This honeymoon began to want
when the bank roll of Klein, the bride
groom, grew slender, wa restored to
its effulgency by the expedient of
cashing worthless checks and dipped
below the horizon when Pinkertoi
detectives caused Klein's arrest in 8t
Louis.
Klein was arrested at the Regent
Hotel last night by Detective Joyor
and Sullivan on information supplied
by the Pinkertons that he wa wanted
in Scat tie and San Franciaco on charge
of cashing worthies check. At po
lice headquarters he readily admitted
he wa the man wanted and told hi
story.
"' vewm-r, ne hiu, ui mci a
girl in New York ajd f J I in love with
ner. mat lime np was ompfoyea
as a drug clerk. They were married
u iwarrn. snn oecio, a lO spepn meir
honeymoon at the Panama-Pacific
reposition.
nr mi in a nan an" u'-
pomiM cnecK ror ivtw drawn on a
New rork bank m thi check he
arew iini, witn part or wmen M
J .:. . i a aiaal
sent hi. wife back to New York, whIU
ne went to Heattie.
There hi fund again ran low aad
ne put through .nother worthies.
encca. ims one ror w.o. later ne
i l. At . a
"rr " """" n"""T "n u '"iv
M, aay.
rromtiM wntkwoametoal Lowi
1 A - .a
r. J 0' WM i""
hen by th I'lnkerton. The authori-l
tie at fteattl last night wind the
SI. Loom potio they would send de
tective km for Klein
B. Foy arrirsd la th eity lat
BEAUFORT HAS
A CURFEW LAW
Beaufort. May 31 - Carfew Shah
Sot Ring" tonight U probably often
the deter miaation of many of Bean
fort's younger social set but no far,
and the taw hare has keen in
for soma time, this has not bee put
into effect.
Thar ia aa ordinance now it fore.
Beaufort to the effect that at 1
o'clock ail yoaagaters under the tendet
vge of sixteen rears, shall be indoors
where they" belong, and when tie
big whhrtfe at the electric kghtim
plant boom forth its reaaonant notes
thoae "little ones" who hsve no:
before that time sought the shelte
of the parental roof, lost no time ii
beating It" homeward.
The law, while it may seem to b.
severe, has had the effect of improv
ing the moral element of the com
munity and will doubtless remaii
n force for years to come.
MISS MASON A BRIDE
Pretty Marriage At Beaufort Yes
trrday
Yesterday morning at the home o
Dr. and Mrs. ('. L. Duncan at Reau
ort, Ex-Governor William I'pha
if Wisconsin ami Miss (Irace Masoi
f Durham, N. C, were happi
married, the ceremony being ler
formed in the presence of a few re
latives and friends by Rev. Bartholo
mew Huske, rector of Christ Episeo
al church of this city. Immodiatt
ly after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs
Uphan boarded the westbound trait
enroute to Annapolis where they wi
attend the closing exercises at Wes
Point of Which school the groom wa
at one time a student. After trave
ing extensively Mr. and Mrs. Uphat
will make their home at Marshville
Wis., the old home of the groom
The bridge, who is a sister of Mrs
('. L. Duncan, is a reigning societ
belle of her home city and has score;
of friends all over the State. Bg
ITALIAN FORCES
ARE VERY ACTIVE
Rome, June 1 In a bloody engage
ruont in the Tyrolean Alps the Ital
ians stormed and captured Montezug
na, a strong Austrian fortress domin
ating the Austrian fortified town ol
Roverto. All along the Tyrol-Trent
no frontier the advance on Trent ccn
tinues, said one official s(alemnt
from General Cadorna.
Peope, Benedict today granted an
audience to Bishop Kennedy and oth
er newly consecrated American Oath
olic priests. He expressed the hopi
that America would use its best t
forts to bring to an end the Europeai
war.
Newspapersjtoday printed dispati h
es reporting violent demonstrate ns
at Vienna, and declaring the Aust
an capital to be in a state of siege b
mobs.
AUSTRIANS LOSE
STRATEGIC POINT
Rome May 31 The Austrian
have evacuated . Fort Serraville,
the Adige Valley, and are fallinf
back to the Trentino village of Mori
sixteen miles south of Trent. Modern
artillery completely destroyed the
ancient rock fortress after a sixteen
hour bombardment. The Italians are
besieging the old forts at Malhor
getto. The troops are moving up the
ZEPPELIN RAID
ON ENGLISH CIT
London, limn 1 The pxpoctor1
Zeppelin raiil on London has become
reality. Gorman dirigibles passed
over the cast wad and other district
in this city, showering bombs. Tw
-oung women were seriously hurt,
lumber of penon arc reported
iave been w minded, and many build
ngs were set ott in. The official presf
bureau is rctieent about details. Sev
eral airships participated in the at
tack. They dropped both explosive
and incendiary bombs.
COTTON STATISTICS
J Department ol Agriculture Giv
Out' Report
Washington. Jbss I The n. n.rt
mMt of AgrioaJtan today announc
ed .., roUn non,jn Mv
oj, was NO n pa, "aaat normal, against
74 a . Vcsr oiro. and 10 1, the .verir,
for the lajil tea
Th Virginia condition wa 88
North r.ri(n. ar.
A Hl.U lHatnf TlAiaari- til-
day ihft Yauool Indians are again
.kni.. .i . vi.tiiit. v.
o-rahlu, Thr. i. f for
th IMktfv of Amcr),M(l. The Oar
r,,,, npr to,, Bm,n,v.d that
Carran had bought MOO tons of
com, and not flaw loaal anthoritie in
or,- that he would .upplv
' 'V
food whenever
Tkwre will he n Important moot
ing of the Roual HHffrage LaaM to.
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M. 0. Win4kry. 37 Broad MMi 'j.haaiar raaM in thi. seetWn.
POLLOCKSVULE HAS
A PLEASING PLAY
Baraca and Philathea Class
es Seen In "Farm
Folks"
PossoeksrUW. June 1 - The Reran
ud Philathea class of the Baptist
hureh of this plana gav a play in
he Academy on (be night of tar
!8th. "Farm Folks" was the name
f the play.
The leading character of the play
vas a farmers daughter The cant
as as follows:
Philip Burleigh-J. Samuel Hud-
on.
Dave Weston Lee Foy.
Amos Goodwin B. T. Scott. . 1
Bijah Finn C. H. Bryan.
Thompson Kenneth Jones.
Flora Goodwin Lillie Henderson.
Mrs. Burleigh Lena Thomas.
Grace Burleigh Isabel Williams.
Sarah Goodwin Bessie Colo.
Mrs. Pcasley Lucy Whitty.
Delia Slocum Mary Williams.
This play was one of the very best
hat has over been presented to the
icople of this place and ' was
t tended by 300 people all of whom
peak in high praise and one of high
lass. The parts, were well perform
d by every one on the stage, but
pecial mention should be given to
canine! Hudson and Miss Lillie Bell
lenderson as leading characters of
he play. Miss Lena Thomas as Mrs
flurleigh did her part to perfection
nd was creditable to one of jonger
;tage training.
tyfr. C. H. Bryan as Bijah Finn
.nd Miss Mary Williams as his wife
ook the comic part as a niral country
ouple. visiting Mrs. Burleigh and
laughter in New York, an aristo
crat ic family. This play will be given
igain in Maysville on the night of
he Sth of June. As evidence of its
A'orth and oi r appreciation wc are
roing to give them a big home pntron
tge from this place.
TRIED TO FLEECE
LOCAL MERCHANT
Young Woman Tried to
"Work" Establishment
for Two Dresses
Grace Bergerson, of near Middle
sex, who was discharged as a nurse
it a local hospital several days ago,
because of her incompetence to fill
the position, and other reasons, y s
t 'I'd ay laid herself liable to bo prote-
outed in the criminal court of Craven
county ,hen she attompfad to leave
New Bern with property that did not
belong to her.
The woman was discharged last
week, and yesterday she wont to
Mrs. B. Allen's store and had two
Iresses sent out on approval. Later
she asked the manager of the storo
to charge t rio goods t her, but this
oquo8t was denied. Lator sho told,
the manager that the hospital owed
hor six dollars, and when they paid
sho would pay that on them and
ive the remainder later. Miss Mam
ie Warrenton, who is in charge of the
business wile Mrs. Allen is away,
phoned tho head nurse and naked
her about tho six dollars. Sho was
informed that the woman had been
paid, also that she had packed her
runk and was eottipg ready to leave
the city. Miss Warrenton at Ohoe
notified the chief of poliee, who sent
an officer to the Union passenger;
tai ion to detain the woman, but the
train loft before tho officer arrived,
o the chief phoned to Washington,
N. C, and asked tho chief of police
of that place to stop her when the
train arrived. This he did. recovered
the goods and allowed the woman to
continue her journey. The dresses
were shi pped to New Bern by express.
BRIDGETON MAN'S
AUTO IS CUT UP
Left Is At Crotan He Re
turns and Finds It In
Bad Shape
Some Fp"ron. too common 'and low
to be tern. ed human beings, cut
new set of automobile tiro to pieces
for A. P. Fulcher, of BrTdgeton
Sunday night
Mr. Kuleher was returning from a
trip to Morehoad City on hi car
Sunday afternoon, when the engine
wont bad on him about one-fourth
of a mile beyond Cr. .Van. and he
aa forced to leave it ,1 and comr
home by rail. Mr. Fulcher pnshod
the machine put on the edge of tho
road where it would opt interfere
with traffic. Yesterday morning when
he returned to the scene to get the
machine, he learned that sorne imp
'lad been there and slashed up hj
tiie as badly that they will he of
no service to him any more, de
frayed the horn, carried off the
rear lamp and damaged the car in
other ways, and then rolled It off
down in the woods.
Mr. Fulehi r ha no idea who could
hav been so common a to do truck
n uncalled for act. While It 1 not
nowa who committed the deed
w i, PHI unu, i
I. I n !, del.. .red I lint .u.i.nln ,.t l.l
dost fail
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