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IiTV BERN, N C. WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 28, 1906
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ACKBURN'S STORES,
If you trade ypu will.
be pleased.
TryK Not as we ;say,
Mhen quit.
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' ,The Painting Season is nowr at hand ' ,
, Uc ntduicx ivimiwdii.
of colors. ' " '
' T;wo Cars of Windows and doors just to hand.
"'. Ell wood Wire Fence, Lime and Cement. s .
. - ' We are in a position io give you right prices.
Furniture and
uousenoiQ
: Goods.
, vvc ucuirc io can your at
tention to our complete line
ot Jfurniture. uur stocic is
being increased daily by the
best goods on the market.
GbGarts.
; .We have a new lot .01
baby carts in all styles at
. prices which will meet with
approval. -
J. S. MILLER
New Bern N.C.",, "
Lumsden & Stlth
.; . INSDRANCB AGENCY. -
Strong l.in of Fire Insurance Corn-
antes. ,..,
' All llminoiprotntl attendoJ to
Coal i Coals
Full supply of ths best
quality Hard Coal in Broken,
Eec, Stove and Chestnut
sizes.
Also the Celebrated Poca
hontas Steam and Domestic
lump.
All , orders given prompt
and pcrcon.il attention,
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Office and Yard No. 16
Craven Street. 1 "
IZollister & Cox
J. REGISTER
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J. L O'QUISN S CO.,
North Carolin,
Leading-Florists.';'
Roses, Carnations and Violets a fipcc-
ialty. All Flowers in season. ;
Wedding Bouquets and Floral Decora
tions at short notice. -
Palms, Ferns and .'Winter ' Flowering
- Plants In greatjvariety. '
Rosebushes, Shi ubbery," Evergreens,
Hedge Plants, and Shade Treea '
. in best leading varieties t
Mail, Telephone and Telegraph Or
ders promptly executed, by ' -
. J. L. O'QUINN & CO.?
Raleigh, N. C.
All Phones 149.
M. Door and . Llantel
-. " Factory -
No. 22 Hancock St, New Bern, N. C
Having yut in a line of np-to-datc
machinery to do all kinds of house
building work, , turning, ; etc., at the
same old stand on Hancock street, I
am prepared to fill aH orders at short
notice and la the best and latest style.
All orders entrusted to me will have my
eraonal attention. -.'
KEW f.!ASO:;iG OPERATiOUSE
The Createi Play of i Decade
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American Tramp
B; EE, KIDDER, Author "A Poor
Relation, "Peaceful Valley," etc.
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Lanchter Boyond Powfble Parallel I
4hr1Uin(r, Inlhrslllnr, tUroly Novel t
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Callory . , , 26-6e. '
THURSDAY, MARCH 1
mVILUE B. RAYMOND
CARTOON COMEDY
Buster Brown
With Ihl Original t York Cut
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Thurman
. ' February 26.
The weather for the past ten days
has been fine, and farmers are hustling.
Peas are up and beginning to show
greens Side . dressing caDDage, ana
planting potatoes, seem to be the far
mers work for the past few days. ,
. The trucking interest in this section
is on the decline, only about one-forth
as many acres in truck this season as
previously planted. If all the farmers
in the trucking sections of the South
would follow this 'plan, better prices
would prevail, and the financial result
would be a decided profit, instead of
heavy loss, as has been the result for
the past few years. ,7 - -
The fanners are preparing for about
the same acreage in cotton as last
year. J . i "
One of the best revivals that "Old
Riverdale Church" has been blessed
with, closed last Wednesday night . It
was not only a protracted service of
a ten days meeting, but' a 'Revival
in deed aid in truth. " .The meeting
was conducted by the Methodist pas
tor, Rev. W, A. . Piland, assisted by
Rev. E. C. Glenn, a Methodist evange
list, who held from two to three ser
vices each day,' The services were
very impressive ; from the beginning,
and iWe feel the meeting was a "God
send" to all cold, - indifferent and care
less church members, not only Metho
dist, but .Presbyterians and Baptists
also. They all attended and helped in
singing and praying, and all joined in
with one accord in reconsecrating them'
selves to God. Our good brethren of
'he Freewill ; Baptist church who was
co have a quarterly Conference service.
on Sunday, held their services on Sat
urday tright and agreed to worship with
the Methodist people on Sunday. Sun
day morning their good pastor, R-v.
Mr. Daughety and the congregation
took part in the revival services.' A
short recess and dinner was taken on
the church ground and an evening ser
vice was held. There were eleven ac
cessions to the .Methodist church, be
sides others ho will join the Baptist
and Presbyterian churches.' Let God
be praised for the outburst of His Holy
Spirit in our community. , '.
The attendance at our Sunday school
on yesteratty was urge ana tne
services were more impressive than
ever. Oar pastor Rev. Mr. piland was
present and in a very appropriate im
pressive and touching speech, present
ed to our much loved and worthy super
intendent a fine silk umbrella, silver
headed handle with monogram inscribed
thereon as a gift from the "Sunday
school. h
Miss Sa lie Conner returned to her
school at Perfection yesterday after
noon after a brief visit to her parents.
Miss 'Marls Buys spent' yesterday
1th her parents at Havelock and re
turned to Nv Bern to attend to ber
school duties as teacher.
Miss Carrie Hardlson Is visiting Mrs
Wm. Buys of Bavelock.
The Misses McLacklin of New Bern
are visiting their orouiers, wno are
some of Tburman's youug energetic and
progressive farmers. : j
' Commodore Thos. Gaskill Jr., of the
U. S. t Large is among our visitors aivi
seems to enjoy himself second to none.
Miss Bessie Morton spent Sunday
with her grand parents and returned
to her school at Croatao. ,
Mr. and Mrs Jack Griffin of New
Bern spent the day Sunday with
Mrs N S rjankeU.
The Thurman comet band .is pro
gressing rapidly under the instruction
of Prof Eugene Robenwn.
The ladies of the community' art
planning to have an entertainment tor
the benefit of the band on the evening
of March Sth.
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In Matter ot Injunction Against
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' 0. & W. Railway. . -
City Attorney Mclvsr's Statement to th Tax
Payers of Niw Bern - and Pamlico .
, County What Would Bs Future This
Road H Undisturbed. '
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As City Attorney I have been direct
ed by the Board of Aldermen to make
a statement of the position of the city
authorities in reference to the Pamlico
Oriental and Western Railroad Com
pany matter. " ' . "" . 1
By a vote of the people S0, 000. 00 in
bonds was given for $50,000.00 in stock
of this company. ! Our bonds have ben
issued and the taxpayers of New Bern
must pay them. - v
' The purpose of the subscription, was
to assist our neighbors and customers
living in Pamlico counly.especially in the
northeastern part in getting for their
rich and fertile section thp, advantages
of railroad transportation. "By the
terms of the contract' of subscription
the city did not receive its stock, until
the road was completed to RetUbbro
and therefore had no voice in the con
trol and management of" the company
until after that date... ; ', "'i ,..-;
The charter of this company was . a
peculiar one in that It allowed organiza
tion and corporate powers without " 8ny
stock subscription. .This corporate or
ganization negotiated a deal 'through
promoters with the Pamlico Construc
tion Co., a New Jersey corporation
with water for capital stock; bo far as
we have been able to find. At the very
time, of the contract of the P. O. & W.
R. R, Co., and the 'Pamlico Construc
tion Co., the Pamlico Construction Co.,
was voting in the stockholders meeting
of the P. O. & W. K. K. a ma
jority of all stock issue and since ' that
time a majority of the stock voted in
all the stockholders meetings have been
voted by the parties contracting with
the company. , - . . '.
In other words throughout its his
tory parties making contracts with the
O. & W, R. R. Co., to build its road
have been contracting with" themselves
in as much as the watered stock given
them was at all times a good majority
of the entire stock of the company.
We have not had access to the copies
of the contracts made but from the
minutes of the directors' and ; stockhol
ders meetings we gather that the Pam
lico Construction Co., and those who
have succeeded It were to be given as
payment in full for construction and
equipment of the railroad from New
Bern via Bayboro to Goose Creek
Island on Pamlico river, with a branch
from Bayboro to Oriental on Nuese
river 1560,000.00 of first mortgage bonds
up n all Ute assets of the railroad com
pany and in addition they were to be
given the further sum of ail the pro
ceeds of the capital stock subscription
of the railroad company. This includ
ed the $50,000.00 of the bonds of the
county of Pamlico and with the excep-
wn of a few small blocks of stock . is
sued totha promoters, the entire bal
ance of the nilread company author
ized for 1750,000.00 over 1600,000.00 was
issued to James A. Bryan. '-, --
According to our information $500,-
000.09 would be an ample price for the
full construction and equipment for the
railroad contracted for. While the
contractors have already received mort
gage bonds In the sum of $550,000.00
the proceeds of stock subscriptions and
stock $750,000.00. :
There has been . contracted about
twenty miles of road. . At the total ex
penditure it is Said of $2C8,000.00 which
is about $100,000.00 more than the work
done ought to have coat ' The com
pany now owns this road and a con
tract for the construction and equip
ment of the balance of Li.e rod"fully
paid subject to the outstanding morV
gags of 1550,000.00,
The Pmlico Construction Co., failed
to tarry out lta contract and all its
rights and Interest subject to all its du
ties snd obligations we gather from the
minutes of the meetings of the Com'
pany were tuw'gned to Mr. James A.
Bryan who undertook to carry out the
contract, , who In turn but Bv ptm-
tx-r axi'snod upon the same condition,
the tame to KUy!.!t A Co., a banking
conrern of Cincinnati, O.. wilh r..T, r
in Kew York J (.Uc?,gn, rs.t.- J in U
mercantile (lyrK a worth from
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That this stock issue should be made i
not tq the P O & W R R Co. but to the
share holders of the P O & W R R Co,
' at the proportion of one to five. i
i -This means the wiping out of exist
ence of the P O & W R R "k-and the
uniting in Kleybolt & Co. or its corpor
ation the contract to complete the P. O
& Vf railroad and also the sole right of
enforcing that contract- . " v "
The board of directors of the P O &
WE R Co. voted favorably on this
proposition and called a meeting of the
stockholders in New Bern for Feby 7,
1906 to ratify the same.
. With Carlton Bunce in the interest
of Kleybolt & Co., ' holding over 6,000
shares of the capital Btock of the P O
& W R R Co., the action of the stock
holders meeting if not interferred with
was a foregone conclusion. -1
. In this aspect of the case the .Board
of Aldermen in the interest of New
Bern and Pamlico county have brought
suit and procured an injunction to pre
vent such action,
. If this action should be ratified then
nil guarantee of the completion of the
railroad would have been destroyed,
ou the only person who ' could; have
cjo upelted Kleybolt & Co. to carry out
i s contract with James , A. Bryan to
v hich Janies A. Bryan who succeeded
4.3 purchaser from the Pamlico Con
duction Co. under its contract with
t-M P O & W'R R Co. would have been
ytkd into tools and agents of Kley
boit & Co. at whose expense the con
ir.ci. was to have been carried out
imre is this further "phase, of the
c to be considered. The laws ot
c.iw State do not permit corporations
w water their stock by means of con
crciB with themselves, or through
their dummies. Our laws require that
the holders of stock in a corporation
shall have paid in full par value there
for, either in money, property or work.
It ia clear in this case thafrsubstantial
ly all the capital stock of the P O & W
R R Co' with the exception of the sub
scriptions of New Bern and Pamlico
county is watered pure and simple. It
is equally clear that the holden of this
water stock are indebted to the com
pany to the extent of the full par value
of their stock. The collection of this
money can be forced only by action of
the corporation or through the court by
means of a receiver.
'If Kleybolt & Co. control the corpor
ation will they make Kleybolt & Co.
make good its water T
As New Bern and Pamlico county are
the only people who have paid for their
stock, should not New Bern and Pamli
co county control the oeration of the
railroad and its management so that it
should be conducted for ' their mutual
interest rather than it should pass into
the hands of a foreign corporation to L
build up sections of foreign States? .
Is it not -the duty of the corporate
power of New Bern and Pamlico coun
ty to see that the people's money which
has been put into this enterprise should
be returned to them in dollars and cents
rather than in water T , )' . '
: For these reasons the board of alder
men of the city of New Bern call upon
its people and upon the authorities and
the people of Pamlico county to back
them In thir fight for justice against a
game of wtiered stock v which In pro
portion of the amount invoiced exceeds
the watering pictured . by (Lawaon in
the stoiy of "The Ciime Amalgamated
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' ' ' City Attorney. '.
LIST OF LETTERS , -
Remaining in the Post Office at New
Bern, Craven county, N. C, Feb. 26,
1008.. . ' .
men's list. - , '
A John Afbonea. " '.
B G B Barrow. Jonah Barrow, S3
Burn St. - 'A - ' '
CRcm Nie Chantman,29 Mivlar St
Thomas Cewler. . ' - " NJ
D-Frank DniL
II J L Hodges, Geo Holder, James
Hoge.-': ,' ' - -
J Saree James.. .
M-J B Motion, Jas Marsh, (d U C
A McDaniel. 1 '
P Edward I'igolt, Kit Pollock, Hot
bertli Proctor.
R-Will Ranwy, D. Rice.
S James ' Bruce Smith, Robert
Smith. D A Swindell, Joe Smith.
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B- IlonnSa Hallo, Mrs Edith G Berry,
2 New f.L, Mrs AVey KmUm, R F D
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Blind Tiger Winged' By
- Police, . -
Raiding
Evidence of Liquor Business Carried on by
Colored Men Up Town.-
'-. Another drag net campaign has been
accomplished and alleged violators of
the law have been brought; into the
lime light of publicity Monday night
Chief of Police Harget acting upon his
own investigation and some reliable in
formation raided two plaees up town as
sisted by officers Lupton, Bryan and
Bowden. The stores raided were those
of Providence Bryan on Burn street
and Richard Guion on Broad street
above Five Points. The haul was rich
and the men living in the houses where
the liquor Was kept will have to do
some pretty clever explaining to shift
the dark cloud that now hangs over
them. "Having become assured that
liquor was kept in the places suspected
the chief and officers went first to Bry
an's house on Bum street and after
considerable search they found a big
tin box used for keeping bread. Thers
was enough whiskey in it to put a good
many out of commission and still have
some left The place was searched for
stray bottles of lightning and some
were found in various places carefully
overed. Bryan was arrested and
taken to the city jail.
At Guioti'a place it was found that
he kept a little store and lived in the
second story of the building. In the
living apartment was found a large
trunk and in this was concealed a much
larger quantity of "wet goods" than
"medicinal" or "family purposes"
could demand. The stuff was bundled
into baskets and carried off. . Some had
never been unwrapped but everything
indicated that it was kept for sale.
Guion was disposed at first to resist
the officers but after arrest made no at
tempt and submitted peacefully.
The Mayor's office is the reciprocal
of all confiscated liquor and has the ap
pearance of a bar room. The acquisi
tions have come from time to time since
January 1. The different brands ,on
the shelf are; 12 to 20 bottles of Old
Henry whiskey, several battles of
Dixie gin, 12 to 20 bottles of Baker
Maryland Rye, no brand, several bot
tles, Old-Sharpe William, Home made
cocktail, Pigeon gin, Monogram whis
key and Honest measure whiskey,
several bottles each and these in ad
dition to that confiscated Monday
night.
There were seven men in the police
court yesterday whose names appear on
the blotter as having sold liquor with,
out a license. They were Providence
Bryan, Richard Guion, J.T. York, Sam
Blackledge, Messrs. William Lovinear
James Harrison and J. O. Land.
Sam Blackledge was the first defend
ant before the Mayor, and Charles Gib
son was the witness against him. He
stated that he bought whiskey on the
24th Inst, that he he went into J. O.
Land's atom and got a half pint of
whiskey, paid 25 Cents for it and start
ed out on Burn street to go home and
was arrested by the officers., R O'Rara
was attorney for Blackledge and ques
tioned the man closely but the witness
was positive in his statements. He said
that when be wanted cldes. beorine or
any light drink he would ask for it but
when he wanted ' whiskey ha would
merely put the quarter on the counter
and the bottle would be passed over.
Police officer Lupton 's evidence dealt
largely with the circumstances of Gib
son's arrest A bottle of the liquor was
displayed in court and was declared by
Chief Harget Jto be whiskey. ; ,
' Providence Bryan was the next man
to be tried and attorney W W. Clark
Immediately moved for a dismissal, of
the case on the ground that there was
a flaw hi the warrant because it did not
stipulate to whom the liquor" was sold.
The Mayor upon advice of the States
Attorney, D. L. Ward amended the
warrant but Mr. Clark atated that un
der the circumstances he was Dot ready
to proceed with the trial consequently
all the men were put under $250 bonds
for their appearance at eleven o clock
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For one week only.
Beginning February
24 Wo will give with
each 25 cont purchase
your cholca of any 6
cent articlo in stock.
With each SI 00 pur
chaco your choice o:
any 25 rent 'Articlo in
rttock. All proods arc
marked in plain fir.
uron co that you may
Uno'v that this la a
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A CUTTER
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Absolutely Pure
HAS JO SUBSTITUTE
A Cream of Tartar Powder
freefrom alum or phos
phatic acid
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How are You Fixed
on Bed Linen ?
We have received a new shipment or Ready
made Sheets and Pillow Cases and can supply
your needs a great deal less than you can make
them. Get our prices.
Bleach Sheets, 2 1-2x2 1-4 yds. at 55c.
" 2 1-2x2 1-2 yds. at 60-70c.
Pillow Cases, 45x36 inches, at 12 l-2c,
15c, 20c.
These articles are made of the best brand on
the market.
Beautiful 10 1-4
Spread at $1.75 to $3.00 each.
10-4 Plain Spreads at 75c to $2.50 each.
J M Mitchell & Co.,
PHONE 288.
61 Pollock Mt. Opp.
NEW ARRIVALS.
We have just received a new line of Colored
Lawns and Organdies and a new lot of White
Lawns, India Linens, etc. Also a big lot of Em
broidered Shirt Waist Patterns,, Lace Collars and
Turn-Over Collars. Ladies Patent Leather San
dals, Oxfords and Shoes in the Newest jSpring
Styles.
We invite you to call and fee them.
17 BAXTER
Furniture, Stoves, Mattings, Etc.
Largest stock of Mattings in the city. Royall and
Borden Felt Mattresses.
New line of Go-Carts.
, We are still offering some bargains and it will pay you
co call on us, ' .
JOH N B. . I VES.
Phon 111 , 93 Middle 8iet. : "
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