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NEW BERN SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL NEW BERN. NORTH CAROLINA J1'ne i- 1915 f THIS STATE FAVORED iY INSURANCE OffS' Commissioner Young n Annual Report Shows That Huge Sum of Money Was Collected From That Source Other Raleigh Newt. THREE-PART NOTE FROM W.J. BRYAN Ex-Secretary, Has Too Much to Say for One Message (AY W. T. BOST. Raleigh, June-15.- -1 nsuranoe Com- 1 1 U Lesson for missloner James R. Young haa is sued the advance sheets of his annual report whioh -show the collections by his department for J914-'15 to be $352,047.30. This is the finest of the sixteen years whioh began 1890-1900 with JS4.878.28 as the highest figure reach ed. Immediately after the insurance business began as a real department the revenues went to (91,000 and a few hundred dollars. Only onoe in the whole administration of the laws has there been 'even a slight Washington, June 15 W. J. Bry an, back from Old Point Comfort, an nounced today that he will issue a three-part statement beginning to I morrow on "The Causeless War am Us." He intimated that lie will live in the East, at least during the coming winter. He said he expected to spend the winter? hereafter at Miami, Florida. Mr Bryan laughingly denied that he ha(" been offered $100,000 by a moving picture concern. MANY COMPLYING WITH HEALTH LAW OESPONMNT. VA. PAMLICO COUNTY HIGHLY PRAISED N. C. Agricultural Depart ment "Puffs' Our Sister County decrease and that was the second year. The outlook now is for $260,000 for 1915-1916. The department beliovcs, however, that supervision has done more good than the revenue collodions. "Of ' "in orj. mi . i vf ii lit, on j o miw ws.vj i . . collected made a good showing, but NX thw thT he h8 I 1 J Wn?ni TIn act lui tMllir in the amount saved to the citizens of Sanitary Officers Here Get Get the Help of the Public Sanitary Officer H. T. Bnnson, states that he is having less trouble his year in getting the people to the State by proper supervision brings more benefit to tkem and in the end makes a decidely greater total than the revenue collected." Mr. Young thinks the insurance companii s should pay only thiir pro rata of the coat of running the. Stato Government. He does not think. they should pay only the actual expense of runp'rg their department Mew C ompanies Twenty two new companies of all sorts was admitted to do business the last year. Twenty four either ceased business or did not renew their li cense last yeac. The oompanl s lic ensed ware 370 last year. They over every possible phase of Insurance arid fraternal associations doing astir ance. Much of tho report is based upon recent legislation which Mr. Voin; has discussed in a soriei of articles The last legislature dealt more free'y with the insurance issue thrn rnj preceding body, bad more measures up and went more deeply into the controversy as to rates. These all are touched in the book of nearly 100 pages. Judge H, O. Connor has discliarged tho jury Irving the Parker-Bond suit against W. L, Gi!bert and J. D Johnson. It was on action for $7,800 but the jury was bopelestly divided. It struggled un 1 late last night and failed to got nearer together than 7 and 5. - -s The secre'ary of stale today char ever Had before. Me is naviug io serve less notices than last year, and practically all of these are comply ing with the notice. There have been very few people indicted for not complying with the sanitary laws and the charges in some of these should have been made against the landlord instead of the tenant. Officer Williams, states that his greatest trouble is with white peo ple, who refuse to supply their back Mgga with the proper garbage cans. Mr. Williams stated that the people use any kind of a can and often one without, a cover. xne covers that are used can be easily knocked off by a dog, which gives the flies iree access to the waat matter from the kitchen. GERARD TO TALK WITH THE KAISER Ambassador Expects Confer With Him Soon to Berlin,. Juno 15 Ambassador Ger ard expects to confer with the Kais- r bufore Germany's reply to the Am erican note is made. The reply is not jxpectod for a fortnight. It is be lieved here that, portions of the sec ond note regarding the President's i willingness to mediate between Ger many and England representing ocean tered the Vi ncine-Bounds company I shipments are based on a formal in of Wellon with C. P. Vincent, H. V. I timation from England. London is I tn nils the. chief stockholders. It I begins business with $2,500 paid in. The Roan ke Ice.nd Fuel Company of Rosemary begi ns bus'noss v ith $4,500. 8. M. Thompson, Miss Maud Thvnp em, Mrs. Lmie Thomp son and W. S. Whitaker tike the stock. understood to have informed the United States that it was willing to modify the blockade of Germany and permit food supplies to enter, if Ger many would modify the submarine campaign against British merchant men. (From N C. News Let tar) e . With a record of $31.12 per aer Pamlico outranked 95 counties ol North Carolina in per-nse crop pro lucing power in the census year. More than that, in this particular t outranked seven of the eight ban ner agricultural counties of the Unitad States. The per-aore yield of crod values in Pamlico is m ra than twic that of the rich prairie states of the Middle West. The corn, cabbage, Irish and sweet potatoes, peas, snap beans and other 'rops are just now a feast to the eye in Pamlioo. A Very High Rank Pamlico county outranked 91 coun ties of the State in its 1910 Irish potato crop; 80 counties in its sweet potato crop; 91 counties in per capi ta corn production; 76 counties in the per capita production of pork; 5 counties in pigs per 1,000 acres; and 94 counties in the increase of pigs during the census period. The daintiest sea foods are abun dant the whole year round. The cli mate is ideal. Artesian water can be easily obtained everywhere. The soil is fertile and living is unbelievably cheap; and yet the per capita wealth of the people is only $263. With fewer natural advantages, the farm people of Iowa are worth $3,- 600 a piece, or thirteen times as mueh man for man! A Sparse Population Pamlico, a little more than most counties in the State, needs more people to the square mile. There is in the county abundant ellww room for 2,000 Middle Western farm fami lies. They could be settled in 75 acres apiece, and 50,000 acres of the present wilderness would still be left to its ancient solitude. Brisk little shipping and trading centers, more business, and a larger volume of circulating cash are in order in Pamlico. It needs what every county needs a capable leader with a big brain to spell out the big problems of cdinnnuiity life and busi hess: " ConOTmitywWeW who are genuinely and generously interested in community wealth and welfare! Everywhere there are politicians en. ough and to spare. A Brave People In spite of the meagre per capita wealth of Pamlico, the money spent upon public, education amounts to $11.39 per thousand dollars worth of property. Only ton counties of the State make a better showing is 50 per cent more than Wake d nearly 100 per cent more than New Hanover is spending for this purpose. The new school building in Orien tal, a town of 650 people, is hand somer than that of most towns three times its size. The lumber business is dwindling but the fishing industry and agri culture offer still greater opportuni ties. The business way out lies in a lar ger population, in trucking, beef cattle, and. pork production. MAN SHOOTS SELF THROUGH HEART W. W. Dickiry Tires of Lift and Commits Sttlcide ONCE IN THE NAVY Became Mixed Up in Scandal and Sent to Prison Ship SSWSSSSSf' Norfolk, June Dickey, former ward of the U. was convicted naval court committed suieids chief of m martial v 18. -William W. commissary ste eds . Kansas, who isconduct by a two years ago, by shooting him- HAINS HURT CROPS Fotatoas in the South Have Been Injured , Wilmington, June T5 On account of the excessive rains of the early spring, disease has caused consider able damage to the potato crop in several Southern States this season At least this is the opinion of Mr. J. M. R, Adams of tho Department of Agriculture after some investiga tions in bouth Carolina and Georgia Mr. Adams has been In this section for the past two days and is leaving today for the Norfolk Section. The farmers report the ore p to be reduced from 25 to 33 1-3 per cent in the sections visit ed by Mr. Adams. NOTED ANGLERS VISITOCRACOKE Broke All Previous Records In Catching of Fish Felix Harvey, of Kinston, D. W. Richardson, of Dover; Caldwell Mc Keel, of (Marks; T. G. Hyman and G, A. Niooll, of New Bern and W. B. Allen, of Havelock, returned yester day from Ocracoke where they spent several days angling. All of these gentlemen are noted anglers and usually have the best of luck, but this time they broke all records In landing three hundred and ine eom nice cover oi we potato Mn n,M , drum fl((h in SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST AUS' Claims That She Is Openly Fostering Brigandage TBI ndtranjr ordinary circumstances pro- uocts it agaii.st disease causing germs bat arc found in the ground, but with xcessi ve wet weather the cover o otato becoire porous and the lection is lost. It is only under' ab normal conditions that this happens and of course the result is bound to be destroying to a part of the erop. As k result of this !i esse, causing backward crops in the Houtre-s part of the potato raiting senti ns, the crops in the "Nut hern seetions w re ready for the markets as soon as those of the Southern parts anti now four states are shipping potatoes at the same "time, a condition. sas Mr. Adams, that had not existed in five yf. four hours. The majority of these were large ones, but the largest weigh ed forty seven pounds and was caught by T. O. Hyman. TLIj party was very much carried away with the luolc with which they met while on the island, and it is vary likely that they will try their hand ogain before long. ZEPPELIN RAID ON BRIT. COAST Loadn. June In fifteen mis killed i'l fifteen wounded In a J&ep- Ulu VI.. u rvi ... j'oejia Wa on the northeast coast of las! mnlM from RaJih mt llaokj ' sannmiy to- MwM ffcfit ttorm hnS,il? "o0Un0f4, m Rome, (vis Paris), June 15. Charges that the Austrian military authorities are fostering brigadage in districts to the rear of the advance- ing Italian army are contained in an official statement issued tonight at the war office. The communication follows: It is certain that Austria has left un territory actually occupied by us emissaries who have been given or ders to practice brigandage. Men of the landsturm, gendarmes and forest guards aro involved. Naturally they are disguised and provided with mu nitions. In addition they are paid 1,000 crowns (280) or more. "These men have fired here and there and continue to Are into the backs of our troops, at isolated sol diers and officers and provision con voys. Following the attacking col umns, especially in wounded re gions whleh permit waiting in am. bush without difficulty these brig ands even have fired at doctors while they were treating wounded, upon the wounded themselves and upon ambulance staffs." The note says an Austrian agent who was concealed in the vicinity dis charged two shots from a revolver at an observer who was directing battery of heavy Italian artillery hut without effect. The communication closes with the assertion that it Is the of the Austrian "to onset self through the bean at the home of his friend, Charles CI rover, New Jamestown, last night Desponden cy at inability to secure work so a? to support himself and wife and the sting of disgrace are reasons given by members of his family for the act. Dickey was one of the principals in the navy commissary scandal which was investigated by 4 naval court and the federal grand Jury here two years ago. Dickey was ebnvicted by the naval court and sentenced to five years on the naval prison ship at Ports mouth, N. H. He was pardoned early last December by jSosephus Daniels, Secretary of the Nf, and since then has been living in rfolk, trying to get a new start in life Deed Premeditated Since his release from prison he has been residing with his wife at the home of her father, .Wr R- Trower, 1 16 Highland Avenue. Jhat his suicide was premeditated is, shown by the act that he wrote sotaral letters two or three hours beforethis death. One of them was an open comniunieat ion. assuming all resDOirtibility for the deed. Another t) His father-in-law gave directions aSjfco the disposal of his estate and a thiw. whs addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Grover at whose house in the old .lamesiown exposition grounds he had br staying for the past week. The letters he left on the (able in the lied r6om where he shot himself and were writen yesterday afternoon after he returned from a business trip to Norfolk. He secured the envelopes from. Mrs. Grover. Grover, a chief commissary steward of the navy, now attached to the St- Helena training station, returned home about 6 o'clock and went up to the bed room to talk to Dickey. He and Dickey had been shipmates for several years and both were members of the crew of the battleship Kansas when the commissary trouble oc curred. Shot Self Through Hear! Grover said that he Tjhatted with Dickey for a few minutes and told hint to come down to supper in a mo innt or so. O rover then went down stairs to help his wife set the table. He heard a pistol shot, but thought it was a screen door slamming. Then he heard groans upstairs and when he entered the be room where he had left Dickey, found him lying on the bed, blood flowing from a wound over the heart. On the floor by the bed lay a Colt automatic pistol. Dickey was hieathing, but unconscious. He hur ried to a neignnor s nouse ami sum moned Dr. C. W. Doughtio by tele phone, but when the physician arrived Dickey was dying. K. Q. Backus, jus tice of the peace, was also notified and viewed the body. He decided an inquest was unnecessary. The open letter, addressed To Whom It May Concern, reads as follows: "In the event of any complications arising frojn my doath, I, W. W. Dick ey, wish to assure you no one is in anv wav resnonsible but myself. 1 wish to die by my own hands." Leaves Estate To Wife The letter to his father-in-law. W . R. Trower, directed the latter to qualify as administrator of the estate and ask ed Trower to sec that Evelyn, Dickeys' wife, received the proceeds of an in surance policy for $2,000 and any oth er revenue from other sources. He also said he owed "his dear friend, Charlie Grover," $300 which he wished paid. Mrs. Dickey was at the home of her father and mother when her husband killed himself. She and her parents were notified at onoe, but Dickey was dead when they reached the Grover residence. lis father is law for a while and wool ro to visit his frv-nd, Grover. Trower said that when Dsskey ws isrdoned by Secretary Daniels la December he ram at once to Nurfoll and took up his rmidence with then and had been living there ever siner Dickey had secuivd the agency for Vir rinia of the l uiu-d State ttticing Ma 'hine Company, but had not been abl to do anything much by selling the ma nines w hich are used for slicing meat Dickey was a native of Sherman, Tex as, and had been in the navy about aight years when he was tried by thi navy court martial. He was 30 yean old The navy court which tried Dickey was held on the battleship Louisiana it the Norfolk navy yard, to which hi had been transferred as the Kansa,' was ordered to Cuban w aters just be fore the trial began. Dickey was not summoned as a witness by the Federal rjand jury which investigated tht local end of the commissary graft charges nor did he appear as a wit ness in the trial of several local con tractor! whom the jury found not guilty of the indictments returned by the- grand jury. SENATOR SIMMONS MUCH CONCERNED ABOOi DYESTUFFS Is At Washington Making An Invstigation Into the Subject BUT LITTLE CHANGE Situation Now Hardly Any Worse Than When War Began 3EAUF0RT WANTS BETTER ROADS Particularly Desirous of Improving Thoroughfare From New Bern Wanbington, June 15 All parts ol leaufort county are joiuiug in tin lamor for good roads. Interest in he movement is incresifig daily. A lumber of meetings have already l en eld in the rural districts and others k planned for the near futur. . S i las there been a greater f,'i;.m 'i or the improvement of the hij li. ways in this section. Ke ports from Aurora state that eries of meetings arc being planned by the residents of that city. The iirst will tie held there within tin lext few days. Other meetings will K' held at Bloimts Creek, Clay Bot on, Chooowinity and Washington. A lelegation from Aurora will meet with he commissioners of Craven county md take up the matter of iiuprov ng the road leading from that cit to New Bern. A joint committee froni Washington and Aurora 'will meet thi week with the road commissioners oi Chooowinity township to enlist the issistance of these men in the pro jest. A general meeting is to be In Id in Washington, to which residents from all parts of the county have bci'n invited. Many men have promised to contribute liberally and it is ex pected that no serious trouble will be encountered in raising the neces sary funds. AUTOMOBILE TOUR FOR BUSINESS MAN Washington, June 15 Senator Sim mons has been looking into the ques tions of dye stuffs here. The sit :a tion has not mate ially changed ex cept that more American concern- re undertaking to supply some dyer- that Germany used to ship to t'n country. Cotton mill men are still clamoring for dyestuffs but nobody seems able to move the British h.rds of -.the eas., -,ficnj,or . ..tfek ! Smith has done it great deal of talk ing but the net results are very small. A large amount of American cotton consigned to buyers in other countries was tied up in Italy when it declared war against Germany and Austria and shippers have invoked aid of the State Department to secure the re lease. Some estimates place he number of bales involved at more than 100, 000. It is believed doubtful that the Germany and Austrian consigned cot ton will be released, unless it would bo for return to the seller with as surances that it will not iro forward to original destination. Since declara tion of war there has been a general seizure by the Italian Government of property belonging to citizens of bel gerent nations, and the government has been putting to its own uses ev erything available. Through unoffic ial sources it is understood that the Italian government is proposing to pay where the title of tho property re mains in a citizen of a neutral coun try; and that this rule involves much of the cotton. Langdon Harris of Dallas and Rob ert Harris, of Galveston, of the Harris- Irby Cotton Company, one of the largest cotton exporters in the United States, were in consultation with of ficials of tho Slate Department, and Robert F. Roses the State Depart ment's foreign trade adviser, seeking aid for securing release of a large amount of cotton which they had re cently shipped via Italy but which was caught by the declaration of war. The Harris-Irby company has officos in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Galveston, New Orleans and Now York, Havre, Milan, and Livorpool. Nothing Better for An Out ingA Few More Hints Nothing in the world is so good I'oj tho business man and his family us to get out on the highways for a two weeks' automobile tour. There is a rest about it, a recreation in the changing scones and in the beautiful vistas, that is uncqualcd by any other form of va cation. And t here is no reason why t h MING CA' F H FOR -LG1ANS High Grade St : for Those At St. H ...ia for Dairying Wilmington, June 15 -Mr. Wm. H. dcKaeh of Wilmington, has ra il rn.d from Cortlsnt, N. Y., where i purchased f r the Cimlina Truck i . ; Dt v -lofiuu nt Omnia ny a car I .ad of two and three-year-old high fradc HoWltinh ifers to be placed in .argi ' f the 1!. Iciaii families at St. i . na, n. . f the oil inies under the upervi i hi of this company. Tliere a ill be H) ciwk in tin car which will irrhe Thurda r Fri day of this Week. Mr. Frank M ad, of the Carolina Trucking D v. lopment Company, ho r.'cen'ly ret irn d fro:n a visit of s vend months in Europe, said yn icrday that there are now eleven Belgian families at St. Helena. They i;ivi had long expeioneo in dairying ;nd ' l has Ih- n d H-ided to given them nipi-.A, d cattle in order that they im.v hine an opportunity to oxer-use i heir tal. nls in this direction. A llulsUiin cow yields from four to ix gallons of milk a day which is i.lmut doubt.' the quantity obtained from a cow of unimproved breed. Holstei'H are also liettel for be( i an ic of bein ; larger. While the cost' U considerably mora than for unimproved cattle, each of the heifers to be shipped this week costing from SI 30 to $135, the differ ence in cost is more than made up ill The f bo ttle r quire dinar; had v believ Hutu a vali t crest i dairy i Thi for tli hero! i si r suits obtained. These cows ro c! lev care than thos of tho or breed but with men who have ide experience in daivyftifc i. i ed lo hi! possible to develop an at tins colony t-nat win prove hie oliji ct lesson for those in- in t he development of tho ; inter, sis of this' section, is a le w line of development Car. ili n i Company, attention ire having b .en confined large ly ( ever for 1 t ho growing it is believe e;ji lining tin a small scale will as occasion arises Mr. Mead has tarafully, not only of t ruck crops. How- ! I ':a' t.l'e time is ri no . growing of cattle on . . .... , i . i i win no ocveiopou ndtod the matter from !h" staud- OUT OF DANGER Duplin County Man Will ably Live Trob- essentials in preparation are looked after. Baggage should be placed in suitable cases, and these should not be thrown into the tonneau but should be strap ped out of the way. If spare tiros are carried, the opening in their center offers an excellent opportun ity to stow away impedimenta. Or dinary suitcases, if placed in tho bot tom of the car will soon become foot stools and by the end of the trip will be so badly disfigured that they will be unfit for respectable use. Experienced tourists advise regular meals. The entire measure or tho tour is dependent upon! the best of hea-ljjj for all the party! and nothing can cause indisposition so quickly as irregular diet and continual nibbling between moals. . , No difficulty should be experienced in keeping to the right roads. For example the National Touring Bu reau of B. F. Goodrich Company, Ak ron, Ouio, has placed attractive per manent road markers of blue and white enamel on nearly "0,000 miles of the best roads in America. These markers indicate the direction and distance of nearest cities and warn of danger points such as lailroad crossings and sharp turns. Tourists can also take advantage of tho offer of the Goodrich Touring Bureau to furnish road maps and road logs showing every fork and cross road without charge or obligation. These maps aro invaluable to the tourist and can bo used in conjunc tion with the permanent road mark ers, since they indicate the points at which such signs should be found. Touring promises to reach heights this summer which it has never at tained before, and tfi8 good roads which spread in ev ry direction to ward America's sinin s?i ndors will load hundreds of thousand- i f u - toris's on the best vacation I hoy- have over enjoyed. raaintiva "wi!:bi'hial.fwp,; but ol to of one who has seen what has been done i n European countries. The Belgians brought to the farms of the Car.ilina Trucking Develop ment Company have shown a won derful aptitude for growing lino truck ing crops. From ISO to SO days after arriving in this country and becom ing set IK d on farms in I 'eider county these Belgian families have had flue crops of potatoes, onions, cabbage' and ot'ner crops in nourishing con dition. A number of photographs tkeii of fields of those different crops which were taken the latter part of May have been sent to different points in this country by the Carolina Tr tekiug Development Company and ha ve boon a revelation to those who were skep'i cal as to the wisdom of bringing the Belgians to this country. Dtawrfreed With Wife According to a statement made by Trower Dickey killed himself because he was unable to support himself and wife. Dinkey and his wife had dis agreed about 10 days ago on her con tinuing to work, lie wished her to stop work. Hbe told him, so her father said, that as he was not making enough to pro vise for t hem both If she quit work hath of thm would b jlylng oft her Kinston, June 16 Herbort Carter, the young man who lived near lioon in Duplin coun ty and had his throat cut Sunday night by Mrs. Albert Baker and her son, Harvey Baker, according to a statement made by Carter, is responding nicely to the treatment in the hospital in this city and it is said now that he will recover As stated. Carter's windpipe was near ly severed when the attempt on his life was made. When put on the operating table, the anesthetic had to be administered through the severed windpipe Instead of the usual manner through the nostrils and mouth. After a preliminary hearing Mon day, Mrs. Baker and her son Harvey, were placed under $500 bond for ap pearance in court at Kenansville. ANOTHER FISH HOUSE TO OPEN Italian " is ssssf aa inilaa I jMfstiou u aiM u4 ths mm T tkl " "h W, T. Haddvr, who has for several weeks been critically ill at his home on South front street, died at (leorge E. Oi II i kin. of More herd City, has moved to New Hern and today he will open an up-to-dsli fish house on Month Front stre-t, and will handle all kinds of sea food His place will be equipped in a thor oughly sanitary manner and nothing but the best and freshest stock w ill 1 served the people of New Bern. Mr. Gl'likln is connected with some of the largest tbh houns i t Morehead City and his stock will be furnished by these establishmenis daily, and a treh supply will always be on hand. Mr. DougUw Creroh and Ml -a CAPT. C. D. BRADHAM GETS AN INVITATION Asked to Attend Good Roads Convention At Asheville Captain C. I). Bradhum, chairman, if the Board of Commissioners of Craven county, is In receipt of the following communication from Dr. loseph Hyde Pratt, secretary ol tho North Carolina Good Roads Association. Dear Sir: "The Annua1 Convention of the North Cnrolt'ia Cool Koads Asso- llttion wl 1 be leld at the Hotel Lfngrun, Aslievi N. t .. .Inly I Ith, ltth and 10th. Since the l,i"t convonti in one of the chief objeits of tho Association has boon accomplished, i. C, the roation of a State highway commis-' . . . . I A I I.. sion liv ine iicncrai Asseiniuy oi IU1.Y At this annual oonventUuj the work of the State commission will Iw discusses and plans developed for fiirthiring tie- work and influen oc of the commission. "Tho subject of "Maintenance of lioads" will be thoroughly discttsasd also, 'Organization of Bond HNirces.' . 1 1 n . . -!. ... . o'olook this morning. Amiftmnti 'J? . J'" fof thi futtstal un not sompUfl .IS" wft, lVL W " 1 pi to m U wauW ip urin off N "You are send namoii t "This con interest to sinners, road nnt. foTem ifood nad N orth t sroj All are i Uppolpted invited to al and, also, it) id alt h. It and ni 'Wi want to mH tkis ths bUfttt ioftveut n (ryf mU In hm km IMUAUi l.il linrili I i Ml fH" iwpPJJ M Nlsilvei. ttntfl.
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