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AUGUST a, 1915
la our Individual life there
come opport unities, which we
must miss because we have
suc h false standards hy which
we Judge things- We welt
for the i rea t event end for the
ireat occasion, and we call
that dreat which makes a bid
splash in the world. Or.
when the trial cornea we shr-
Ink from it through false
modest), aayind to our selvea
tt,mt some other mare worthy
K ii mi ahould be chosen.
II our general attitude were
rlrfht. we would see the mean-
ind of all that Is called oppor-
t unity. He are not alive to
the gracious possibilities of
the unregarded chances pf ev -
ery day. We need a more sol-
emn sense of responsibility, a
more serious view of the ever-
constant Junctures that occur
Hudh Black.
How about "Watoh Washington
Win" for a slogan for our sister town
and "Greenville Gets Greener" for
the habitation of our friend Biggs?
We respectfully call the attention
of the Asheville Citizen, Charlotte
Observer and the Wilmington Star
that there is no such city in North
Carolina as "Newbern." Whenever
they get ready to refer to this para
dise they will please spell it New Bern
with the accent on the Bern.
About the worst thing that we can
wish for that fellow Biggs on the
Greenville Reflector is for him to
spend a real hot day in New Bern.
We hope to inveigle him this way on
the next occasion thai (he mercury
roaches the century mark At 2 p
in. in the shade and hangs there for
five hours.
It was the lamented Horace Gree
Jy who first said that it was a wise
policy to keep hands off preachers
And women. Greely said that if
you took one side or the other that
the opposite side would sail into
you and that you had no Come back.
Believing such to be the case we are
always neutral when the black cloud
of disturbance arises in feminie ranks
or among brethren of the cloth, be
lieving rather that it is wiseest to
allow them to do their own warring.
When the State Firemen's Asso
ciation meets in this city next week
they are going to look into this mat
ter of the of exhorbitant insurance
rates and it wouldn't surprise us one
but if that look in dont cause some re
duction in the piratical actions of
the Southeastern Tariff Association.
The majority of the cities in North
Carolina have modern fire fighting
tfaoilitios and the fire loss is being
-cut down each year. However, the
insurance rate continues to soar
and, if the public will allow it, these
rates will keep right on soaring. The
time has come when some action is
necessary and we sincerely trust that
the investigation to be made by the
Firemen's Association will bear fruit.
The wife of Charles Becker, up
until Sunday, had the sympathy of
nearly every one who was familiar
with the ease of her husband who
paid the death penalty for complic
ity in the murder of Herman Rosen
thal, the gambler. We say up until
Sunday for on that day she committed
an act that has caused thousands to
criticise her and showed that even
though she was a good wife, the al
lowed her bitterness against Gover
nor Whitman to get the best of her
and bad inscribed on the plate on
top of her crook husband's coffin
meat to the effect that he was
ed by Whitman. Of course
the statement was not allowed to
remain there and suoh was right
Whitman by no means "murdered"
Becker. He simply saw to it that
he got his just deserts and be deserves
the praise of everyone for bis manly
Action in the stand which ha took.
Tonight the Board of Aldermen
sat in regular session and one of
the most important matters that
they should take up and diaeast,
ahould be that in regard to the em
ployment of a milk aad meat inspec
tor for this city. Greensboro k
now in the throes of an epidemic
at typhoid fan which originated
ass dairy farm near the city aad
aw aad m ia irnaebly mere lack that
be HktM to toaigat.
Sl'MMEB DBBSSFOBMBli
"aee ehif horror of the city earn
mm " aa ye the Philadelphia Public
Ledge
"is tne linen euuar. ine
or broker or lawyer would
.a aa tl ini
appear without hi
as without two inches of
ed linen eloae about bis seek. He
should oome to bis omee in a high
neek soft shirt, such as is permit
ted in summer resorts. Be clings
to the starched collar either for the
same reason that be wean two but
ton! on the back of his morning
coat, or because be believes in the
motto: 11 taut sounrir pour
But in spite of their
linen bravery the gentlemen are not
beautiful."
The Ledger misjudges. The aver
age man wears a linen -collrr in town
n a h''t r)ay not to look "1 . tr i'- I"
but to I k respect i b e, Aud l.e
looks iwhr . i : r.ti is cooler in it
than in any.iug except no collar
at all, or perhaps the loose low col
lar of an outing shirt. It is not the
linen collar that is the plague of the
American man's life during the heat
ed term but the heavy woolen clothes
that custom condemns him to wear.
What we need in torried weather is
the white duck or thin linens of the
tropics. But unfortunately the im
mediate objection of this, from the
point of view of the unopulent citi
zen, is that a neat man would re
quire a number of suits where now
he can make one serve, and this
would involve a much greater outlay
and a heavy laundry bill. But for
this common sense in such matters
would eventually rule.
HIDEOUS STATE OF
AFFAIRS IS THIS
White Girl Had Illicit Re
lations With a Black
Man
Raleigh, August 2.-Bedie Bobbitt.
the pretty 16 year old daughter of
Mr. Thad Bobbitt of Rougemont, con
fessed here in the presence of her
father and Solicitor Herbert E. Nor
ris to having had illicit relations
with the young negro Sidney Bass,
who was arrested at Apex Friday
night and lodged in jail on a charge
of kidnapping and criminal assault.
The negro was brought here for
safekeeping as the feeling about
Apex was such as to indicate that vi
olence might be attempted. The girl
was on the same train, in a different
car, and at first denied knowing any
thing about the negro, Later she
told a story of having beep drugged
and carried away by him Wednesday'.
The negro was until a short time
ago employed on her father's farm
and worked about the house. The
girl confessed to having entered into
illicit relations abou a month ago
and when she realized her ruin, de
cided to leave with him. She le a
high sehooj graduate and a girl of
more than average intelligence. She
was required to give a 200 bond and
left with her father for their home.
The charge against the negro wilt be
changed.
WORK ON POSTOFFICE
MOREHEAD CITY
PROGRESSES
AT
Morehead City, Aug. 2. Work on
the new postoffiee here is progressing
rapidly and by the first of September
it will be ready for oeeupancy. This
building is being built according to
the plans of the Postoffiee Depart
ment though it will be privately
owned. It is made of red pressed
brick and will have a frontage of
twenty-five feet by sixty-five feet in
length, two stories in height. The sec
ond floor will be used for offices
while the first floor will be ocoupied
by the postoffiee, exclusively. Locat
ed on the corner of ArendeU and
Ninth streets, just a little oyer a
block of the present location of
the building now used for a post
offiee, this building promises to be
one of the handsomest in the city.
A party of young ladies and young
men from Tarboro, Freemont, Pine
tops and Goldsboro, passed through
the city last evening enroute to
Straits where they wijl spend a week
attending a house party given by
Miss Rachel Lawrepoe o Tarboro
JONES TO VOTE ON
STOCK LAW TODAY
Indications Are That the
Antis Will Win by Big
Majority
Jones county voters will today
go up to the polls and by their vote
tay whether or not they want the
took law in that county. Several
days ago a report was sent out to the
affect that this election would not
held just aa this time, however, such
proved not to be the ease.
Yesterday the matter was taken
up by the County Commissioner at
their regular meeting aad after die-
soadnti both pro and cos, it was de
cided to hold the election today.
Indications an that the mi as Ufa
will he defeated by a considerable
majority.
PASTOR TALKS TO
LARGE AUMENCE
Hundreds Heard His Ser
mon Last Sunday
Nifht
WAS ON MORALS
Told of the Law Breaking
Going on in Craven
County
Using aa his subject "The ProstW
tution of Our Moral Decency ,', Rev.
R. W. Thiot, pastor of the Taberna
cle Baptist church, Sunday night
preached to aa unusually large con.
gregation and that bis remarks made
a lasting impression upon his hearers
there is not the slight est doubt.
The minister did not minee bis
words in the least. He told of fer
reting out law breaking here in Cra
ven county and of the evil effect
this was having upon the commun
ity. He urged the officers to do their
duty in breaking up this unlawfulness
and ended with an earnest plea to
every sinner to accept Christ as his
savior.
Rev. Thiot's sermon, in part, fol
lows:
The Sermon
"Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy
voice like a trumpet, and declare
unto my people their transgression,
and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Isa. 58:1.
This is what God commanded
Isaiah, His servant, to do when the
people sinned. It was not an easy
nor a pleasant task, but an impera
tive duty, never-the-less. It has al
wavs been God's call to His servants
and was what Jesus did Himself
It wa the rebuke of sin in the life
of a public official which caused John
the Baptist to be cast into prison and
finally lose his head at the hands of
Herod. Jesus, in His disgust, of
official misconduct and political chi
aanery, called Herod "that old fox.'
With terrific denunciation He as
sailed the Pharisees, lawyers anjd oth
er wilful hypoorits of Hi day. While
He was the meek apd lowly Ope, He
is also 'the lion of the tribe of Jufjah.'
While the angels could sipg, "Glory
to God, and on earth peace among
men in whom He is well pleased"
(R. V.) Jesus said also, "Think not
that I came to send peace on the
earth: I came not to send peace
but a sword." It is unthinkable
that God, or His messenger, If faith
ful to Him who has called him into
service, can sit passively by and not
cry out against the wickedness of
sin and those who wilfully perpe
trate it.
A Call From God
It is wjith this conception of a call
frpm God to stand against evil
and for righteousness as it is in the
Lord Jesus Christ, that this pulpit
is hurled against thp drvd and his
work, whether in places high r jpw,
and for the moral and spiritual up
lift of the individuals and our com
munity life. We do not take our
stand wjh the hope of receiving the
appropation of aJl our people, but
realizing that whew ',e unsheath
the sword we must fight. We ape
in the fight and in it to stay so long
as unblushing sin and shame is
flaunted in tin- face of our people
and allowed to reap its awml toll
Wa have no criticism to make p
those who do not agree with lis to
what a preacher should or should
not do, nor shall we allow them to
deter our efforts for God and right.
Opposition is always the order of
the day when a fight is made against
the devil and his works. He is not
dead and when his kingdom is as
sayed, he makes no mean defense.
ever sins we entered the ministry
pf Christ, we have tried to fight this
battle. The enemy ha payer fail
ed to try to combat the efforts.
When the fight Is turned against li
quor, gambling, harlotry and their
kindred evils, we have never failed
to draw the enemy's fire. Every
time the truth concerning these things
is laid bare, the whiskey man, blind
tigers, gainbfers, harlots, rotten po
liticians, some of the officers who are
supposed to enforce the Jaw, and once
in a while some preacher joins hands
with the bunoh, and all together they
arraign themselvaa against us, It
was so in the days of old and many
were the prophets of God, and even
Jesus Himself, who did their work
and delivered their messages in tie
face of the devil's fire.
It is with this conviction, that it
is our duty to God and this people,
that wp cry aloud against the sins
which are blighting so many Uvea
in this community. ' if fhe officers
of the law who are paid aad sworn
to protect us from stum evils would
do their duty and close them out,
instead of crying out against oar
community's shame wa could sing
the praises of faithful men and give
our time to other phases of oar Mas
ter's work.
The Wind Tiger, la Owr Midst
Not the least of the lawless vices
which have sunk deeply their
cancerous roots into our moral vi
tals are the blind tigers which are
doing flourishing baainess. Thane
an called blind tigers, while we found
them running with their eyes wide
open.
In one of the service in the recent
teat meeting we stated that New
Barn waa setting an example to other
towna in the way they were cleaning
p in some partienjnrn. After the
1.
any liass
aay oa
9 Far
faas af lasses City ha
to ua It was bard to
wafted
With a
aaaad ma
aa aa maay bad aaad.
It hardly aeemed possible that they
would naa an wide open a l
of the gospel could walk right ia aad
be served like the rest. Still, know
ing thai, if the oftears of the law had
allowed the places to run so long
without saateetation, wa could not
hope for nation from them, wa
the trip.
A Trip Through A Beat
Tide
Four of as took a ear across the
bridge. After crossing a few bonks
of the barn brought out a husky,
burly and murderous negro. Bs
unlocked the door of a dusky shack
and said, "come in." We were led
all the way through the house to
the last small ro.im on the back end
and under the dense darkness of the
bach yard shade. The room was well
lighted and contained several iee
boxes. Out of one which was well
filled with beer and "monkey rum",
the negro drew the bottles. He would
not allow them to be carried away
from the place and the one way to
get them was to have them opened
there. This we did each taking one
and drinking a part of their contents
This wa did knowing full well that
some of the dear, pious brethren who
never do anything against this ne
farious traffic would have their de
nunciations ready for us. We did
it because we believe the time to be
sweet-mouthed and nice, while the
devil is making drunkards of the boys
of New Bern, has passed. That
place should have been closed and,
if the man who should do it would
not, then there is one humble ser
vant of God in the city who is willing
to bear the blame, if only these hell
holes can be closed. We do feel that
a horrible condition of affairs obtain
here when such places are allowed
to run wide open and the one way to
close them is for the ministers of
Jesus Christ to go into these mur
derous dens and drink their rotten
blind tiger booze in order to get the
evijience to cjose them up. If the
officers persist in getting the evi
dence and turning tiiem up ' By
strategy one of the party slipped out
the bott)e ho had bought and 'I'111
was a part of the evidence taken
before Commissioner Hill. After
leaving the place some of the party
returned and bought a half pint of
"monkey rum," wh ch was also brou
ght before Commissioner Hil ,
What The Officers of The Law
Can Do
First of all, they ahould not blame
the citizens for crying out against
these blind tigers. They need not
say they are not in the city for the
speaker has not confined his visits
to James City but has found the in
fernal things nearer home than that.
They should not expect the people
to feel that the officers are doing
their duty so long as these places
nip in the open' as they do. To say
that the officers of the Jaw cannot
detect the places is but to rday the
"baby act," present themselves as
incapable of doing the thing they are
drawing their salaries to do, and
make of the citizens a set of "ginks"
who haven't sense enough to know
that, if men leaders of the churches
in the city can get the evidence, our
administration can do ' the same
whep they get jlady to. The thing
the ona thing, tfr officers of the aw
cap dp to piaae thpmsol ves in the
proper light before the people is to
institute such a campaign against
these hells of infamy that, whether
they are brought to justice or not,
they will be afraid to continue in
their devilish traffic.
Christianity In This Crisis
The call to cry out against sin is
the call of God to every believer
in the person and principles of Jesus
ChfUt- Npt ordy does the voice
of (lod en! us to a fajjju.ul testimony
aga pst these eaouaeiess cMfnpwpity
sins and this shameless debauching
of our publlo morals, but the copdi
ditkms themselves challenge us ipto
action. The great question is, shall
we accept the challenge and wage such
a warfare as to force the cleansing
of our public morals or shall we,
thrpugh our passive aequ'escenes, let
the capper grpw? Men and women
of God, in the name pf God j cry
out against a criminal negflgcnee
on your part and plead wtp. you
to take your stand for Ua decency,
suffering humanity and God ip this
eity.
The law loving and clean men and
women of the city rhould let the
lawless element, whether propri
tors of infamous joints or the men who
wink at them, know that the real
manhood and womanhood of this
town wild nuysr ffft until ther in
fluence, political power' anJ Pfaoes
n the community ie 'have beeji tak
en from them. Remembe that no
excuse saa be rendered for such con
ditions and demand relief, f ore ng
it, if necessary at t3 bar of the bah
The supreme oajof all la the say.
ing of the samhag generation from
an environment of sin and to (rod
and glory. Every Christian ought
to condemn sin. They ahould keep
men ia remembrance of Ha fearful
ravages and power.
The one safeguard for the father's
arm or the mother's daughter is to ao
lira before them that wa may ten
derly load thorn to Jesus God cries
oat for this. The call of the lost
we beard- With a mm Ml. street!
by a splendid eitiasary, it was bard
i open
The CaM af Ced
The
Want of tan pa
saa who baa
by
wvdt d ta
a be ike am
bat or the
bad withaa
God tores the
has aiaa. Jasa
rants to aare him The OM
Book aays aa "waald have at ansa
to be saved, aad eaaae to the kaow-
hje of the train."
la a rescue aahaeoa which aaad
to be run m Atlanta a mono ban
the wall read, "There ia antb-
iag too hard for J esse." Tata is
all true. Be can save the
vilest and moat shan
we 1 as the mos cultured one, la
New Barm tonight. One
a man came into the miss ton at
marked by sin, but with face aglow.
He said he had been a do per and a
bad one. Ha was a drunkard and
took both morphine and cocaine
His wife and two children had long
since lef. him and be did not know
where they were, He had been
arrested a few days since and thrown
down on the cement floor of a cell
in "the Tower." As he lay there, a
good woman came by and gave him
a little New Testament with the re
quest that he ahould read it. He
was o mean, he threw the testament
on the floor. The kind woman sim
ply said, "poor man, God bless you,"
and passed on. This made his con
science hurt him and he picked up
the book and began to read. He op
ened it at John 3:16 and read, "GoP
so loved the world, He gave His
only begotten son, that whoaeever
believeth on Him should not perish
but have eternal life," This went
home to his soul like a dart. He took
God at His word and God took him
right in. He testified that was three
days ago and God had taken from
him all desire for morphine, cocaineor
whiskey. He said he had the wonder
ful joy of God's salvation and his
gace showed that to be true. He
left the mission, after giving his
wonderful testimony, to go out and
find his long lost wife and children
and rebuild his home.
This is God's work. Every poor
blind tiger keeper, victim, or other
sinner, who will come to God repent
ing of his sins and believing on Jesus
Christ, will be saved. God can
and can save every poor sinner in
this house tonight who will thus turn
to Jesus Christ. Our plea is that you
give God a chance with you.
NEWS "BUTCHER"
IN TOILS OF LAW
Robert Poe Had Too Much
Liquor in His Pot
session For some time the local police
have had an idea that candy, fruits
and periodicals were not the only
things that Robert W. Poe, a news
"butcher" on the train running be
tween Norfolk and New Bern, were
bringing to this oity, in faet they were
sure that Poe was handling a little
spirilua frumenli as a sort of side
Jine. This belief grew so strong that
pn Sunday night ' Policeman A. A
Ipopk swore. ' out a search warrant
for Poe 4d want to. fhe raJn to
search his belongings. Arriving ihefe
in company with other officers, Po
liceman Ipock found a quart and
three half pint bottles filled with
liquor in Foe's box. He emphati
caUy' declared that he did not know
how the Jtiquor1 came to he there.
mSLJLZ- Set l.tftiTO; .A. m .iLm . .
noweyer, uie pojice aeciaeu iib.l Ji(
had better j'ejj tfoe" court 'abojiit tiu't
and hp was placed under arrest
At midnight Hayna Bangert altowr
ed him to give a cash bond hf his
appearance before him or Thursday
and he waa released from custody,
It has long been rumored that news
"butchers" between New Bern and
Norfolk were bringing whiskey here
and the police have had eyes on sev
eral of them.
Notwithatandind the fact that
there is soon'to be waged in New
Bern and 0fayen MPupty, a campaign
against the dreaded disease, 'ypp1d
fever. Of. J, f, Rhpm, county phy
sician, will continue to administer
the treatment to a ! person who do
sire to take it before the campaign
starts. The serum la furnished him
by the State Board of Health and he
ia administering it free of charge
to all who will call at his office in
the afternoons between four and
8p p-cjoiik'
Dempsy Wood, of Kinatoa, ar
rived in thp city last night for a short
visit.
All dealers who are subject to
the special tax levied by the United
States government, who have neg
lected to settle with Uncle Sam, will
have to pay an additional tax of
fifty per cent of the original tax.
W Pfif r fw. exoeptlon.
is due to be paid ajf mpribf in
advance, frpm the first pf Jujy to
the first of January 1018, but unless
the next Congress re-enacts this
special law it wiJ expire at the end
of the ensuing tlx months, and dJ
ers ia tobacco, owners of theatres and
moving picture houses, bowling al
leys, poof rooms and brokers, will not
be subject to aay federal tax
The Board of Alder rasa will hold
their Augntt meeting Tuesday night
at the City HalL Aa far aa ii known
than ia ao special perianal to be
rajaaitsii at this meeting, mora than
the routine of affaire.
WAGE WARFARE
ON "TY" FEVER
Appropriated Four Hundred
Dollars to Carry on
the Work
EXPERTS COMING
Citizens to Be Given the
Serum Absolutely Free
of Charge
That Craven county will have aa
anti-typhoid campaign waged withia
its borders waa assured .yesterday
when the Board of County Commis
sioners appropriated the rum of fowT
hundred dollars to be used for tin
purpose.
This matter waa brought to the at
tention of this body at the July
meeting by County Physician Dr.
J. F. Rhem. who recommended that
the Board take the matter under con
sideration. Dr. J. F. Patterson, port
physician, went before the Board m
Aldermen at their July meeting and
asked that that body co-operate
with the county in carrying on this
campaign. Dr, Rhem and Dr. rat
terson have both been very active
in securing this campaign and are to
be commended for their interest in
the welfare of the citizens of the
eountv.
Dr. O. M. Cooper, of the Bureau of
Rural Sanitation of the State Board
of Health went before the board
vesterdav and explained the matter
and informed the Board that four
hundied dollars would cover the cost
of advertising the campaign and
pay the men who will be sent here
to administer the treatment. While
talking with a Journal reporter yes
terday morning Dr. Cooper stated
that it would be the second week M
September before he would have two
men whom he could send here. He
also stated that it would take about
one month to get the campaign
thoroughly adverti sed throughout the
rural districts of the county.
A number of the countira of the
State are now enving on this iun
paign against typhoid fever. The
campaign has recently olosed in other
counties aBd it ha? proved a great
success in every case The peopL
li'. l.o. 'r'i . nirer fnf the t.W-n t 111 ell 1 .
ucvv r f (,(7 r- ' J.
and i( is beii eyed that the people of
Craven pouniy are gong to give t
the r support. The se.um tu min
ed by the State Board "f Health and
the only cpst tp the cpunty wi" be
fpr advertising and paying the doctors
who administer i t,
ANOTHER ENGLISH
VESSEL IS SUNK
BY THE GERMANS
The Leyland Liner Iberian
Goes to the Bot
tom lODflpn, Aftt 2-AP un-
derwrtters dispatch today w-
nounced that the Leyland
liner Iberian of 5,200 tons
haa been sunk by a German
Submarine. The crews were
bared. ' '
s . -
London, Aug. 2. Five of the prow
pf the Leyiaqd liner Jberjan were
killed when the vessel was submarined.
The remainder were rescued by a
trawler. The Iberian sailed from
Liverpool for Boston, carrying a
thousand tons of cargo of a nature
unknown. The vessel had been used
as a horse transport for England. The
menjwere killed by shell fire from a
submarine aa a warning to leave the
ship.
American Dies
WfRSrr)( 4Wgr &Ap Araeri
oan muietoe named Wiley died aa
the result of shook and superficial
wound, when the Iberian waa subma
rined off the oast of Ireland- Con
sul Frost at Queens town reported to
the State Department. Frosts' mes
sage said the vessel was rying to es
cape when torpedoed.
W. F. (lamer, of Havelook, spent
yesterday in the city attending to
business.
PI 4WT HATED SLANG.
Philadelphia. Pa., Aug. 2. Jaet
to show how mueh averse to slang he I
was a small boy in a Chicago school
explained to the teacher one day that
he had been walking with a friend,
but neglected to take off his hat when
they met a lady both knew. His
ffjepd had nucjged him, aad whisper-
Take off your lid, you aimp!"
"What he should have said," ex
plained the boy, "was "Remove
FOUr hat, ypU put!"
I he jmeraj sepir cpt is rammed
up In the words of a small boy, who
rental id this:
"Anyway, it's only roughnecks
who use slang nowadays."
Wllber V. Webb, returned yester
day from a trip through Virginia
ia the interest of the Desk Cahjaatto
Company.
SOME BASEBALL
GAMES PLAYED
Several Teams to Visit New
Bern During Next
Week
Baseball fans, both local aad visit
ing, will have an opportunity of see
ing some first class ball playing here
during the week of the State Fire
men's Tournament, Arrange at ta
have beam made by the City League
to play with teams from Washing
ton, Aurora, Morehead City aad
other points and a game wilt take
place each afternoon It was thought
for a while that one of the teams ia the
Virginia League would be secured
for the week but it baa been decided
not to do this. Each afternoon dur
ing the time that the firemen are in
the oity there will be a game. V
Boat Racing Also
Many of the firemen from up the
State have never had thp pleasure
of the thrills of witnessing a boat
race. For their benefit a speed test
of water craft wjll be held one after
noon during the week and some of
the fastest craft in North Carolina
will be entered. Thirty miles an
hour on land is considered pretty
slow time but thirty miles an hqur
in the water is, speaking figuratively,
going some, yet there will be boats
entered in the races that oan "make"
that time and then have some left.
Police Protection
Always ia it the oaae that when
ever there is a great gathering of
people there are a few pickpockets
on hand to relieve unsuspecting per
sons of their wallets. However, if
these light fingered gentry are com
ing to New Bern they has just about
as well make up their mind to land
in jail. In addition to the regular
police force there will be a number of
plain clothes men on duty to assist
in keeping order and to ferret out
any crooks who happen to drop over
in this "garden spot" for a few days,
and visitors may rest assured that
here they will find only the most per
fect order.
"BHIY" BOYD IS
GROWER OF PEACHES
Produpts pf pis prpharfi ifj
Reap of His fiofne
ynsUFpassapiB
W. Q. Boyd, of insurance fame)
whose home is on Pollock street, is
of the opinion that every citzeq
who has a back yard as large as ten
feet square, can grow hjs own fruits
and vegetables and in upholding hig
contention he h3 one of the fines,
orchards to, he found in the county,
Mr, Boyd's yard is rather large
and that accounts for the fact that
Lhe Is able to have a number of tree
of different varieties planted there.
Just at this time the peach trees
are bearing and the fruit they are
loaded with would take the price
at any exhibit.
A basket of these, of the Elberta
variety, was presented to the Journal
yesterday by Mr. Boyd and in ad
dition to bpfng ufiuanajfjv 'fine taofe
ing specimens, the tasto was'equaljs
as pleasing and might be termed
luscious. -
Mr. Boyd is also a truck farmer
in a small way and the products
of hi 8 garden are on a par in excellence
with the peaches.
BIG BREAKWATER
FAST BEING BUILT
-
Hundreds of Tons of Stone
Being Placed There
- Daily
Rapid progress ia now being made
in the construction of the breakwater
at Cape Lookout and hundreds of
tons of stone are being1 damper
every day, at least every day that the
weather is not so inclement that the
big scows cannot take the trip from
Morehead City to the cape. Tbt
D. L. Taylor Construction Company,
who have just added to their fleet
of boats another large tug and a
double derrick scow and their fa
cilities for transporting the atone are
greatly enlarged by this addition.
The rogk eontinuea to be quarried
at Neverson at the rate qf twentyr
five cars day and this it being ship
ped to Morehead City just as rapjdr
ly as possible,
H. I. Gibbs, of Orinetal, State
Fish Commissioner, passe! through
Now Bern yesterday enroute to More
head City for a few days visit.
J. R. Ball, a qcal cotton broker,
bought two hundred and eghty
btles of middljng cotton last weak
with the pr(re ranging from 8 1)4
to 8 1-3 cents pea pound. Farmers
-, n have been hodipf theff cotton
tr Hhor prises seem to be getting
a 1 ttle nervous since the report that
large crop Is expected and are plan
ing i t on the market.
Mlsa Olivia Randolph, of Kinato
arrived In the eity last evening tn
a visit with friends. or