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Pi1 IS'- Weddy Journal Published every Tueda and aU 4S rlUrt strwt b E. J. USD PRINTING CO. TalcaJsaimt Boaineas Office . HViuuical out iaad H. K LAND Maafecr H. L CRUMPLE It. KDITOK 8. H BLEDSOE Keporter SI ASCRIPTION RATES- Om year 1 8ix Mouths Three Months .-. The JOURNAL carri. s complete press reports furnished by I he Central Newt of America Prcst Association, and in addition to this, fully cover- eastern North Cnndina by special corespondets. Filtered at the jiosl oftict in New Bern N. ('second-class mail in:tt 'r TUESDAY. JUNE I ! ' I IF The day was cold ami dreary, chill winds swept in !' ocean around Fori Macon, was lashed into a fury t hrcr : yards away, and I lie g;:mt rolled upon the beach and lro with an omiiious roar. I ' 1 1 ill, an rout tl the so: mndrei e I In re alert figure on top of I lie (.hi l' at tent ion to I lies;'. Iv.'t died the wiudiii i: shore I paid little ll he sk" I- in il tra- ced along t lie jut as rapidly made notations alum; t! the skit I'll he was pre) iiwins, of rim'. Time In lgi lor.-, ; . The-, aid he Ik. Va. i n fi el a.de Mid sure lhal the landiui; somew her- bet ween Savannah. On., and til" Nor! I adapti il l Carolina coast is better ad such purposes, they content landing would be made here. I hat tin ( il riiia I ships could come into the Harbor of Refuge transport I heir forces over to Beaufort under cover of datkness and meet with but very little opposition. Thousands of nun could be landed before the alarm could be gii. and the march inland could he well under way before even a semblance of re sistance could ho given. If the Germai s did not cure to make dircd for Beaufort or Morchcad City, they could land on the slrip of land on which is located old fori Macon, and the Life Saving Station hcarine that name. If they c r d o dctn iii h Beaufort and Morchcad City at long range, they could easily bring Iheii guns to the old fori, place I hem in position and bombard these two towns to their hearts content, and ;a tin distance is comparatively short, il would lake them ,iji f,.w hours to do the work. In the meantime, supposing that the word of the invasion had liccn sent to the inland, troops would In gathered and rushed to the seine or every available train. However, tin number of men that could he brought into prompt service, if theVe were not i i. . . . . , nireauy mrccs ai me point of invasion, would be comparalivi ly small, and their equipment would lie such that it would avail thpin, but little against an attacking force of any si.e who wer equipped with munition for actual wiufnre. Wh'n the on'eoiiic would lie is not relishing. With the present condi tions prevailing, with no stronger or better equipped body of men to fore stall such an invasion, il would simply mean the annihilation of the defend ing force mid the invaders, could complete I heir journey inland with hut little resistance. It i practically a known fact that the Germans, realizing the advantage of the no st of North Carolina for a wading p n ha c had spies in Rast er North Carolina who know every ourvn of the mMMt line, who 6 an point out every channel, who know the n n m he r of men who can he sent out to oppo a raiding party and in fact hare every bit of information on hand that could lie desired, and il would lie no trouble for them to carry SHOULD COM and again he brought nilo play a powerful pair of lield glasses, which j brought wilhin ca -y view the light house overlooking i he Harbor of Refuge, t lie low ns ol Beaufort anil of Morchcad City, and after ea-h siir- I ' ' vox he .1 In .1 -. Ii tSmi.' 'It is wvll." Mi- ended gj3XH the portfolio of -1 h d ftl lgL lEP held ii lieu i.m hi.-- i hfci: i ii- inr- gip the Fort Maeon Life S:u iii Station I J V where he the spy of llie Kaiser, sel W ' J Af : ail ret urnii.g to t he Cariei i I capital, K ' his work eomplcl i d ami a map of t he jrniosi logical eulraiiee to in Atlantic coast, safely hidden from prying eyes. Aye. hi work was done and now il remained only for tin raiders of Ins beloved Si II el , ' II i , pill iulO e 'feci (heir plans. I n ease of v. a r '.vith ( Jerilian v. ' Kasleru Norlh Carolina would play a mosl important i ia rl , in fact its pari would lie far l"i proiiiinenl fori the benefit of those who iuhabil its t. , : t . .... i i a : , , . .. i ill lie viii. .-iiiii i i pei i nan have given hours i , i he si inly, an of I lie opinion ha I i he coast of this State would lie 1 la- mo! I'l.'ical for the Teutons 10 lend n vade the southern Slali s SSr OCRACOKE a fort cedd preua.e Taking, into aappauoa that Beau fort ajui MoMhond Cttf wen des troyed by aa at taeniae fame who iir- sirvsr to raurh inland. the i head towards New Brn and they would find their trat eity of six. What would be New B m - fate i pe-tuatie. Should the in vaders dVcide to destroy the eity, they could easily io lai-by mounting t (runs across Trent river and begin the bombardaient, and if this failed the old reliable Tauhea could be brought into play and the ineendary get in hit work. It would be in New Bern, however. that the invaders would mevt their first real resistance should they suc ceed in getting this far. Troops from all parts of the Stale could be rushed here, all the munitions of war that could le raked and scraped together could be dispatched here for defen sive purposes, and if these were pro I perly used, unless the invading for ces w re unusually large and .. il cquippi il. ' ; could lu der.ll a. sevcic blow. Once in pos ..f New Bern I the attackers would without doiib head towards Wilmington, and from thin (jo on further South burning an pillaging in their inarch, and like Sherman in his march to the sea, ruin and waste would lie in their wake. Iteali.ing all these things, the pen pie of Eastern North Carolina are among the naj ion's strongest advo cators of peace, and not until all else Iki-n failed will they sanction a step that would throw these two great countries at each other's throat. MRS. MABEN WAS MADE WELL By Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg table Compound and Wants Other Suffering Women To Know It Murfreesbcro. Tenn. "I have wanted to write to you for a long time to tel 1 you what your wonderful remedies have done for me. I was a sufferer from female weakness and displacement and I would have such tired, worn out feelings, sick head aches and dizzy spells. Doctors did me no good so I tried the Lydia E. Pink- ham Remedies Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. I am now well and strong and can do all my own work. I owe it all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound and want other suffer in women to know about it." Mrs. H. E. Maben, 211 S. Spring, St., Mur frecsboro, Tenn. This famous remedy, the medicinal ingredients of which are derived from I native roots and herbs, has for nearly forty years proved to be a most valua ble tonic and invigorator of the female organism. Women everywhere bear willing testimony to the wonderful vir tue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Why Lose Hope. No woman suffering from any form of female troubles should lose hope un til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair trial. If you want special advice write to Lydia K. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi dential) Lynn, Mass. Tour letter will he opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence, MANY RAISERS OF PIGS HERE Craven County Stands High Up On the List of Producers Mr. .1. D. MeVean, State Agent in Charge ol Boys Pig t lulis, lias given l he enrollment for the State in the Boys' Pig ( lulis as a total of Seven hundred and fifty-two for the contest of l(.H.r). Sampson County leads with an enroll mint of 119, while Johnston comes a close second with KMi boys Il is a noticeable fact that thes two counties have in their service the Ru ral Supervisors of the Department of Education. It was due to hearty co operation of these Rural Supervisors that has made the work so popular among the boys of. the counties. Tho enrollment by counties is as follows: Those counties not listed have no enlri s ill the contest.) Alamance 15 Anson 21 Beaufort 6 Bladen 8 Brunswick 13 Burke 1 Cabarrus 8 Caldwell Chowan - Chatham Cleveland..- I 1 4 1 27 29 1 7 2 Craven Cumberland... Currituck. Davidson Duplin Durham Ed (cecomb Forsythc Franklin dates Oranvillc (iuiirord Harnett Hoke Iredell JoKfcWon Macon Mecklenburg - 38 4 16 1 7 16 21 2 4 3 106 1 64 SURROUNDING SEC TION A WONDER FUL COUNTRY Col. Fred Olds Visits that Section and is Impressed With the Wonderful Things that He Saw. By FRED. A. OI US. I There is no soot a'one the coast of North Carolina, which seems more: foreign and fur away than Ocracoke. To begin with the tieach. properly known as the ' banks," really the bar rier reef of sae-J, which divides the sea from the souls, is there at its low est, and is but a trine ah ive the level of cither sea or sound. Going down from Meaulort tne route in alwavs si rl nv uie na tives as "down cask " ed from Beau fort, Ocracoke is wnren the moun tain language in Western North Caro lina would be trenied as "fur bit," in namely quite a way. The mail boat runs from Beaufort through tin' straits by Marker's Island, where the water narrows on tne nori nern sine uum is 'very like river, and where Mar shallburg stands with its big Indian mound, made of refuse oyster and claim shells, an outward and visible sirn of the Indian feasts of the olden days. Right here it may be remarked that in the long ago at a certain time each year the up-country Indians in large numbers made their way to the coast, their squaws carrying down arrow heads made of stone and tomahawks and hoes of the same material, for barter or exchange with the coast tribes. Then there was great eating of fish arid shellfish. The pictures made hy John White, the first gov ernor of the Knglish settlement at Roanoke Island, which are in the Hull of History at Raleigh, show the Indians spearing fish, and the gigs or i r . spears are m three tails of to il shaft, so or driven int passed hy tin out known as some cases mane iroui the king crab fastened they could be thrown the fish a-s the latter Indian canoe, a dug a pirogue or periaugur. How the Mali Goes. The mail boat goes as far as At lantic and there il meets one which has come up from Ocracoke. The mails arc exchanged and then the re spective boats go back, the one to Beaufort, the other to Ocrocoke. The waters broaden, distant shorts "loom" or seem to rise high above their real level, lure and tliere are passed on the beach circular houses wilh conical rofs, hiking precisely like the huts one sees in picture il lustrating Central Africa. The fish ermen build these huts out of marsh grass, and here again is an old Eng lish custom maintained in these daysj for while the sides are wattled of twigs and marsh garass the roofs arc very cleverly thatched with the same grass, and water-proof at that. These queer structures quickly catch the eye of the up-country visitor, and keep his kodak busy if he luckily has one. The Wild Ponies. Something else attracts him too, the herds of wild ponies, which some timis on the little islands arc seen in the grass, sometimes on the sandy shore or in the scrub growth, which marks the parts of the beach above high water, and which is composed of yeopon, myrtle, dwarf live oak and scrub oak, fan palmetto, which to lie sure many of the people call the "plmetus," and an odd shrub, some times like a little tree, the pellitory, which they call the "pillcntary ;" a growth quite peculiar to that section for the pellitory has plenty of thorns and a bark so bitter in taste that it puts a green persimmon completely in the background. It has, however, some medicinal virtues. In this scrub, which is blown by the wind until it in-places forms a gigan tic umbrella covering many acres, the ponies take refuge in lime of storm, or if there chance to be woods, which are generally pine with considerable scrub growth, they get among these; storms are frequent from August until May, and sometimes severe, and the water frequently breaches or breaks over the low places along the banks." Ponies Great Swimmers These ponies have a lot of instinct of course, but sometimes they get caught, They arc fine swimmers and ordinarily think nothing of swimming and wading two or three miles across a sound where it chances to be nar row. It is very fine to see a mother pony, with her youngster at her heels, walking out just as far as the little follow can hold his feet to the ground, and then "standing by" him, as sail ormen say, and helping all she can across the deeper water until he is able to get a footing again. ' m. . . . ,. i I nese ponies, hi range ui say, una the North Carolina of today with Sir Walter Raleigh's time, the great days of Queen Kligahcth, and it is to Sir Walter himself that their presence in thb part of the world is due. When the great knight was Uting out bis AND THE eiueditioa to tnak what he fondly Lirr settlement Ion Koaaoke Island he counselled his man of affair to take as part of equip meat a number of ye little Barhary horaea, which he exceeding hardy and nan endure much." These hor ses came from the northern coast of .fncK, along the Mediterranean, then and to this day known as the Bar bary coaat. from Across the Seas. The ponies were brought over, the colonists used them during the brief period of the colony's life, and then when the end of it came through "batile, murder and sudden death no doubt the little horses had their will and roamed at pleasure, for the Indians knew nothing about such annuals. And so as the Spanish hor ses of the Conquisladores gave to the great plains of the southwest the horses of today, did the little herd sent over by Raleigh beget the "Bank er ponies as t Hey are popularly known, which are now to be found along the North Carolina coast and which are much used in the interior where under better conditions as to food and quarters they thrive and do well. These ponies arc found north, or rather eastward to speak truly, of Beaufort inlet. South of it they are scarce and further down the beach there are none. The plan of catching them in pens or corrals is very oia and yet it a never failing attraction to visitors. These annual affairs are known as "pony pennings." The most southerly of all the pens is one a few miles from Beaufort, known as the "diamond pen." Not many miles off there is another, almost abreast of Harker's Island, all tin pens being alone on the beach, which is the main range of the ponies, though as stated the less will ones often swim to the mainland. The Penninds. The pens are made of rough timber, frequently gathered from old wrecks on the beach. They are square, with a wide entrance which can be closed by timbers, and into them the ponies are driven by two gangs of men, some on horseback and others on foot who start before daylight , the gang's facing each other, extending from the shore of the ocean to that of the sound and gently driving the ponies towards the 1 center. Then the lines of men form a V and the ponies rush into the cor ral or pen. Then there are wild scenes. To some of the ponies the pen is like a prison. Those, which are new to the business look and act as if they were crazv. From the sides of the eolts up to a year old hang mats of hair looking like a gigantic piece of Jelt an inch thick, which presently will be rubbed off in the wild push and be trampled in the sand and black water under foot. Some of the old ponies have hoofs which project perhaps foot, and these masses of hoof thrash the mud and water in all directions, giving spectators who sit on the fence many times a dose of this stuff on their faces or clothes, but it is all in the game. Into the pen, amid this surging mass of animals, dash a few hardy men, to seize and bring out the colts they want in order to tie and brand them. Then there is a battle royal indeed. Sometimes the animals go round and round in a oircle, as if they .were crazy. Out West the cowboy ean this "milling." A pony is seized sometimes by one daring fellow, and there is a gigantic black, known all along the beach where most of the ponies are, who dashes in and will alone bring out almost any animal. There are splendid stallions among the herds, with biasing eyes and beau tiful figures. There are wild faced ponies with shaggy forelocks which make one think of the Tartar horses in Siberia, and there are gentle faced mares, all devotion to their little darlings who are with them in the pen. Presently a oolt is brought out, fighting to the last, is hobbled and thrown upon the sand, and from a blazing fire of wreck stuff a branding iron, red hot, is pulled out, and the colt is branded on a hind quarter. Wild But They Are Property. These ponies ace wild and yet there is a sort of ownership. The mares are branded and it is easy to identify a mare's colt by her solicitude for her youngster, for she is very human and so is her baby. A certain percentage of the colts go to the men who hare been doing tie driving. Around the pen all sorts of bargaining is going on. People from the mainland and the up-country are there to buy the young eolts and sometimes the older ponies. All sorts of things are for sale, including watermelons, for the panning always takes place in warn weather. Home times there are two pennings a year at one spot. OM ponies which haw . i "a i i a excessive growth of noor are aeopssn and the exoees rat off. for none of the ponies are shod. Then after all the branding k tsV ished the ponies are turned loose and it is curious to watch their ways. Those who are used to the pens cavort 1Mb and ih W. rt'4 ar .way. th hraash! soils hot twsne af tht Wild wb tun fv it lata the trrab, Getttsa, Tkeaa lata Inu, TWw fallows another carious eight to an up-eouatry visiter, the getting f the animals, which have been boagbtiato the boat, as that they M he earned away Here comes are Iffhiing. and with great splash ing ft water, for the mode of shipping the pontes is as crude as the way of catching lb in, that is the penning. They are put aboard the boats and the stamping of theie-feet can soon be heard a long distance. There is al ways a fleet of boats and a person sailing through the sounds can easily tell taat either a pony penning or a camp meeting is in progress near such g flee on the beach Wheeled vehicles are at a discount in that part of the country, and all the world Is afloat. Nowhere in the United Mates are negroes scarcer than along this strip of coaat between Beaufort and Hatteras, as well as in Mitchell county, N. C, along the Tennessee border, and this has always been the ease. Quaint Ocracoke It has been stated that Ocracoke beach is very low, and it is quaint to the last degree. Passing out of the narrower sounds, Pamlico sound, the largest body of fresh water in this country next to the Great Lakes, has in part to be traversed and the boat passes a light house miles nut in the rather shallow water of this big sound, the mainland shore of which lies misty miles away. The boat is steered for Ocracoke and the latter's trees and houses come into view dimly, but on a stretch of beach across a narrow inlet stand what looks like big dry goods boxes on what appears to be a troelesss waste. This is the village of Ports mouth, where the houses are built on piles and where frequently the water breaches and banks from the ocean and passes on in a foaming sheet into the sound. Ocracoke looks quite green in com parison with its numerous liveoaks, big fig trees and its old-fashioned white light house rising amidst the greenery. It all looks like something out of a moving picture. Going into the town one finds not a single street or alley. The only way of getting about is through one yard to another and in many yards there are gravi stones. The town or village is divided into two parts by a beautiful bay, graceful though small, as any in the world, and at the mouth of this, for it is entered from the sound side, is a famous factory where clams are put up. Around the curving Rhore of this bay is a sort of driveway and on the ocean side, for the beach is very nar row between bay and ocean is the Odd Fellows Lodge. The latter is the "tie which binds" the two sections of the village, known as the "Pint" and the "Neck" the respective inhabitants being locally classed as "Pinters" or "Neckers." The ocean beach, quite wide in part and with hardly any slope, stretches like a gigantic sheet of silver, dazzling in its whiteness. There are bits of oool green grass in the village and the scenes at the light house are as quaint as any in the State. Up the winding stairs of this circular brick structure one goes to the lokout on top and gets a view which is as foreign as oan be imagin ed; sees the quiet life of the com munity at the very feet; sees the oreat ships coming and going on the gceau, and other vessels passing on the sound. Home of Ftsh. This favored coast of North Caro- iha, guarded by the barrier reef, which extends over half its stretch is naturally a home for fish, shellfish and birds, and now the latter are coming to their own again, under pro tection. White's pictures show the old profusion of life along the coast and the ways of catching fish in weirs The fishing business is important at Ocracoke. but clamming is a big trade, and all along the sound shore are what look like boxes on stilts ris ing out of the shallow water. These are "blinds" or boxes from which in winter time men shoot the geese and ducks, including the brant , the shoot ers being usually natives who are kill ing for the market, but not a few sportsmen go to that pari of the ooun try, for it is well known in the New England and Middle States. Prom Ocracoke northward one can go to Hatteras village and then twelve miles further on to Hatteras light house and thence sail to Rosnoke Inland, Manteo and Nag's Head. Any North Carolinian who wants to take a real pilgrimage will get new impressions hy making this one from Beaufort by Ocracoke and thence toJ Manteo and so to Elisabeth City or Norfolk, for the trip to the latter through the Albemarle and Chesa peake canal or . the Dismal Swamp canal will be found something worth remembering. The writer has made the trip many times and the route u about as familiar to him as Payette ville street, and yet it never loses human interest. The people all along the stretch Will he found clever and truly hos pitable, and if the trip is once taken it is quite sure to be repeated. North Carolinians go far to get impression ii very many of them know a. iromaly little about their own Stat 4 lis manifold attractions. of moaourTocs SsmsT; mm SiSWlfc'Hfll LS the Wihi! AIT UAIIW f IcVlfe! uii muuni LASMN Government ExDerts Ei pect Another Erup tion There Washington. June 12. The Us- mn volcano st Mount Lassen. Cat. is under observation by the Forest Seri viee and the Bureau of Oeokcieal Survey, which are recording its ac tivity as a bask for scientific study. Government experts anomder Mount Lassen a dangerous peak. "Mount Lassen, whose violent erup tion of May 10 places it in the first rank of volcanoes now dangerously active." says the Forest Service to day, "has become the subject of an informal co-operative study- by the Geological Survey and the Forest Service. At the request of the sur vey a telegram has been sent from Washington instructing the officers of the Lassen National Forest, in which the peak stands to continue ob servations of the volcano's activity and keep a record to he used as a basis for a scientific investigation by J. 8. Diller, a Government geologist, who is expected at Lassen early in July. Rangera at Work. "The observations are being made by forest rangers at the scene and from a fire lookout tower on Brokeoff Mountain, a few miles north of the crater, where the Forest Service last year kept watch on the numerous eruptions which occurred from May to September. "It is not. known whether a cloud burst started the last eruption by precipitating rain down upon the mol ten lava in the crater, or whether melting of the snow on the peak, with consequent flowing of water into the crater, caused the accumulation of steam which blew a river of mud out of the mountain. Mr. Diller. who made a study of the volcano last year, said that he inclined toward the melted snow theory, adding that the bright glow reported as appearing on the clouds of smoke and steam over the crater is a reflection of the red-hot matter uncovered by the eruption, indicating that the volcano is in a more or less dangerous mood. "The river of mud which was shot out of the north side of the crater and down Hat Creek has damaged Government and private property, says a wire to the Forest Service from San Francisco, destroying brid ges, which were necessary to permit the entrance of live stock that act" grazed on the forest range during the summer. Some 12,0)0 cattle and 30,000 sheep are grazed on the Las sen forest every year. "Mount Lassen is regarded as ex ceptionally interesting from a scien tific viewpoint, according to tho Geo logical Survey, inasmuch as it is the only active volcano in the United States proper, is very accessible to observers and appears to be full of dangerous possibilities." STOMACH TROUBLES Er. RifUad Write Interestiaf Letter on This Subject Madison Heights, VsMr. bias. A Ragland, of this place, writes: "1 have been taking Thedlord's Black-Draughl lor indigestion, and other stomach troub es, also colds, and And it to be the very best medicine I have ever wed. After taking Black-Draught for a few days, I always feel like a new man." Nervousness, nausea, heartburn, pain m pit ol stomach, and a feeling ol full ness after eating, are sttre symptoms ol tomach trouble, and should be given the proper treatment, j your strength and health depend very largely upon you? food and its dlgcwikm. To get quick and permanent relic trom these ailments, you should tak . medicine of known c ji alive merit Its 75 years of splendid success, la tm treatment oi just such troubles, prove the real merit of Thedford'i Black Draught. Safe, pleasant, gentle In action and without bad after -effects, It is surr to benefit both young, and old. Tor sab everywhere. Price 25c. R C in NEW BERN PASTOR TO GREENVILLE Rev. J. N. Summerell to Conduct Revival In That City Dr. J. N. H. Summerell. pastor of the Presbyterian church of this litjr left yosterd-.y fo- Ovrnville, N. C, where he will spend a week oreaehing a protracted asrviee to be held in that eity. The Presbyterian church has re cently installed an expensive pipr organ and today's service will be the first to be held since the installation was eon p' ted. Dr. Humme-ell or ganised and built the ehu chin 1808, snd at a special request le tiH hold the Weeks protracted service. Rev, A O Harris, of Greenville, will fill Dr. ftummerell'i pulpit at both asr vtoM today and C. D. Bradham will conduct the pr.tyw meatin ; Thurs day n'fht. Rev. W. Lewis of Beaufort es) through the eity yesterday en route to Brnul. HMM ISLAND a. ie.a. kaMMM MU M. HK MiKES New Industry There Bids Fatf to Make It (Prom The Elisabeth Cith IndVprn- Down on the Roanoke Island is a w industry that is going to revolu tionise the industrial and social life of that wonderful little island, or 1 is my guess. On the west shore of Koaaoke Island, about two miles from Manteo, one will discover the plant of the Buruside Packing Com pany. If one is so fortunate as to find the plant in operation, be will find it a wonderfully complete and thoroughly modern factory for the canning of fish, fruits and vegetables. The Burnside Packing Company makes a specialty of fish and fish roe. It will eventually make a specialty of fruits and vegetables. And that is where it is going to revolutionize the industrial and social life of Roanoke Island and vicinity. Why! Because when the people of that locality have taken advantage of the opportunity here offered them, they will no longer depend upon the fickle fish for a liveli hood but will make for themselves a certain and abundant income from their soil. When they draw an in come from both the sea and the soil they are going to have money. Money means better schools, better homos, better methods of transportation and everything that makes toward civic and social betterment, The Sir Walter Raleigh expeditions that first discovered Roanoke Island sent back glowing accounts of the marvelous vegetable life of the new country. We haven't heard much of it smce. The people who eventually settled on Roanoke went to the wa ters for their food and neglected the possibilities of the soil. So little aN tention has been paid to the agricul tural possibilities of Roanoke Island that many who are otherwise familiar with the place have a vague idea that it is an agronomical failure. The re verse is true. Roanoke Island is real ly the garden spot of North Carolina. Its soil and climate will yield anything that will grow in North Carolina, es pecially fruits and vegetables. For centuries it has been famous for its grapes. Within the past few years the fame of its luscious figs has spread somewhat. To-morrow it .will be famous for .'. fide variety of small fruits and vegetables. An orchard of .1,030 peach trees will begin bear ing this y ar. The island has been backward agronomicully because of its isola tion and the remoteness of markets for perishable stuff. The Btirnside Packing Company has thrown down the old barriers by putting a market at the doors of the island folk for everything they can produce. The Burnside Packing Company will buy and pack not only their oysters, fish. crabs and clams; it will buy their peas, boans, tomatoes, beets, pump kins and corn; it will buy their figs, peaches, berries snd other fruits. I was indeed surprised to learn that the plant of the Burnsido Pack ing Company is in operation only about two months out of twelve. This is due' to the inability of the company to get the raw material. The plant is new, the idea is new, and the people have not taken to it as freely an they should. But the plant will do even better this year than it did last year, and it will eventually have all the work it can do. ,1 am told that it has made money for its owners, Messrs. 8. A. and Cecil Griffin, as it is. I did know that when I visited the plant tbo other day just after it had closed for the fish and. roe season, 1 found its stock en tirely cleaned out, and I was told that it could not begin to fill orders. I suspect that the trouble with the Burnside Packing Company at pre ent is lack of capital. I do not mean that the Griffins haven't enough money to operate the plant; but a new venture ol this kind should have large capital behind it. It shouldn't wait for the people to make up their minds to plant stuff. It should go to the people with ready money and advance them seed, tools and fertili zers, and make them . get down to work. People never know what they can do until they have tried. I be lieve the Griffins have a big idea full of big possibilities for their nighbors and big money for themselves. I would like to see more money be hind the idea. BRYAN-HOBSON RUMOR IS RIFE Washington, June 12. Stories of a prospective Rryan-Hohson combina tion to line the Democratic party up for prohibition is not considered im probable in political circles. However, Mr, Bryan states that he hat no "political plans" for the "im mediate future." - . HUlfcY'S CIGARETTE FIEND, SHE SAYS, ASKING DIVORCE. Columbus, 0.. June 12. Charging that her husband is a cigarette fiend and that in order to buy cigarettes hs would sell anything in the house, Mrs. Lenore O'Brien Med suit for divorce yesterday against Michael J. O'Brien. Rhe says he sold her diamond ring, necklace, locket and chain, lace cur tains and her best dress suit for saowey Inch he squandered in riotous Bring. sTiVlllsf fli1ssssssn'A
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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June 15, 1915, edition 1
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