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NOHTU CAIIOLLXA. SUNDAY MOIiNLVfi. NOVEMBER,' 37'19'iO.i
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IS ;Y0UR r,I0NE VSAFE ?
' PTTHE grcatest precautioniii , protecting- ydur .
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I I . mntiAO nraficr iAccitlA I Aecr ptiAiilllvxk
- t" ' '"J L " cised iq justice to yourself, v. The depositors
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- of this-Bank are protected by the- largest
Capital fund in this section of the state, The management
of the bank,1 moreover is conservative and ' prudent, its di-'t
reaoraie oeing composea oi prominent men.
Four Per Cent. Paid on.Savihgs and
Certificates of . Deposit.
NEW BERN BACKING &
TRUST COMPANY
It Takes Experience to Make a
Success - in Anything. . '
Our popularity in selling the Best Dry Goods, Shoes, ;
Ladies Coat SuitsMjssej Coats, Capes andurs, Mil
linery a specialty, at a fair pt ice certainly speaks well
for our experience and proves that we give our custo
mers just what they want at the price they want to
pay- : . ; . . . . .
Our store is crowded with seasonable merchandise
and there is no reason why you should net become ac
quainted with our goods and prices.
' . Yours truly '-
J. M.
61 POLLOCK ST
MITCHELL
& CO.
PHON&288
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AVE PRESENT
OUR CARD
- and beg to remind you that what-,
s ever the p i ice of coal be tween -now
end next April, it certainly ;v
won't be any: cheaper. Ijook'
, then, to you eoal bins at once ancR
let us fill them up -with some of
the beat fuel mined in (his country, '
In sizes to suit your needs,' well
c)eanedkfull weight and delivered' -with
promptneas. ; - -.j.;-.V-.5ji
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1m M iackjd Matter. Seat Out
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ing privilege by congressmen Beading-
out tong( of campaign roatters, ., bs
been lodged at the White- House by
Eepresentatif e Campbell (RpubIican,
of Kansas). - The Kansani wants the
president to call attention to the mat
ter in hia forthcoming Boeisage. Vfc
''Tons of franked:, matter were load'
ed on the "postoJfice department, -dur
ing , the last ;campaign4 . Campbell
said. ."Congress never Intended, when
it granted the franta; hat members
should send mail matter free to points
outside of their own districts. . But
nowadays, the abuse has grown and tons
of matter are shipped all-over the
country,
COLLmiLv
KliiG.PROenESS
rmera Are iWaruei. of ;the Be
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suits of the"'DevastateD,J"-s-
" C Should Exterminate 1th
. the cotton boll-weeil is etiH jnakina
protest agaiDst the abuas of tbnnkfBtoady -progress through, the cotton
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DEFEATS.
Thousaodd "ITitnesa ;, The Contest.
ougnc uame inrougnouvT'
growing area and it gives
elphia, Pa.J Nov 26, In one
of thai hardest fought fames seen tort
fives. 0 nr ; indvl this season ths Navy, deeatd the Army
cation that it.wiU eventually he. placed firi a ame of football herethfa after-4
in evefy section where cotton is; grown, j
iiie Ooll-weeyil nas jiot di8appeared
In Texas or any mother sectwoj where.
once established. - It h not 'becoming
harmless is true that many local
ities which" oo'ce 'abandoned cotton n
aqcoukt of weevil have agaitt begun to'
grow, it,' -and Jn some sections they
grow nearly M much as they ever aid.
Whether this )s because the weevil is
less deotracti ve than formerly, or wheth
er .it is because the growers learn how
best to escape its ravages ft is hard to
aay; but perhaps both these j things are
true.
"I happen to know that Id the last K But wherever the'' weevi "eomes,4n
campaign three car loads of matter of
a campaign nature were received mono
city in my district and it waf all un
der the frank of a well-known Pemo
craf.- In all I think nearly one hundred
tons of franked campaign material was
shipped into my district," " i :
Campbell alaa wants the president
to urge the increase of Civil was pen
sions, according to the plan proposed at
the last G. A. K. meeting in Atlantic
City.
Just received a fine line
of ladies long black v Cloaks,
light weight. J.-J. Baxter..
Progress in Craven County. .A Peculiar
One hundred or mora of the citizens
af Tuacarora . and Clark a with their
friends aasumbled at the new bridge
over- Bachelor creek to celebrate. the
union of the two sections mentioned.
By thia bridge which brings the two
parts of these prosperous ;comiqunitia ;
heretofore hindered! by this cresk'now
cloae neighbors, and co-workers j the
generU progress of" the -dajr. At one
is Coal and Jopd Yard Phone, 471
school houseIlheothef p"d 'a good
prosperous ehurch three miles diatan I.
The new bridge connects theae two
prbap'erous communltita. Jit was there
fore a fitting time nd place to cele
brate the union, and on this 1910 Thanks-
fgivisg Day these progressive? people
called their friends to meet them, and
especially the board of commiaaionera
which made it pojsibie to have this
bridge, and at high noon undtr genial
Indian sunamer sunshine the crowd
met on the middle of the bridge, .ti
TbanksiivlDK?3alm::w)w:'tt'M;hrJo,in'
Humphrey and prayer of iateroession
and Xhankegi vm?6ffered,;iiter whlcli
a few short talks iir Humphrey. Lane
and some of ttl:i4K'mlssitfw
era. It was soon. dic,o?ered. tweve.
tuat tnost ofiJn,erewd-idttoatjMe
houf were thinking more bf.tha barb,
cue thaneeechearo a beaatlfjaly
fepast -was spread n the bridge and
tne imngryjerow eujoyea -tnerepast
with keen relish,' and We believe it wss
a uoiversa) verdict thstbo Ib.ittef 4ar
bf.cue has been set beforekine or pess
ants any' where." ; A,f ter vall ; had eaiten
not only fragments T but rteai ly a whole
pig wasin evidence f the abundance, i
Such meetings as this bring friends
closer and peighborhoods mo e progrest-
r 'better when suffenng frdmaccident;
Trj I H i j or illness.than a. policy Tna" good,-,
x ; eiiabte'Comany..;:itwQrks wbem
ooony a score or 3 to u.
TM game wastulayed oh !anklral
field fqd thousands of spectators filled
the grandstand. ..Among ut m .were
maotf. notables, Uoth teams put up . a I
game; fight and it Was only by chance
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uj qaru worn, iuiu ine ravy s'lceeato
in waning out against their opponents.
The weather was ideal for the game,
not a; cloud was visinle and the immense
throng ws given-n opportunity of
seeing tn-ir lavontiea play without any
interruption.
every state yet invaded, ithu resulted
in an almost complete demoralizationxif
cotton-growing.fdr from 3 to 5 years;
and then when the community does set
tle back to cotten again,- it is with more
intensive methods on a smaller acrage.
more reliance on other crops ani live
stock, and not such a complete depend
ence on cotton alone. It takes from 3
to 5 yeirs to bring about thir change
and in going through such a change the
farmers must make considerable -sacri
fice. ,
The weevil fairly knocks the props
from under the credit system, at least
for a tew years. The tenants and bor.
rowing farmers who are never ready t
face the new conditions are not able to
meet their obligations in th fall, and
the merchant) fail or refuse to advance
on cotton next year. . ,
It ii not eur object heTe to discuss the
a ppearanc,jhnbl.s and .injuries- of the
BoH-weev,n,nr-to discus i .ths wayi in
which- it is (Jomatted. ; These things
have Ipeen placed befQre the puslie re
peatedly andany coiton , f aVraer,'in
North-Carolina: can get literature .on
the subjtrf by sMriiting "to-.tbi office.
But we d i want our f armor i be look'
ing ahead and plannin r the course thay
are. to puraua when the weevil getaTiere.
G ahead jfitUoiton if jfou wiaB, ; but
end if this new t oad pear Claris' ttttte
ion etardaa'weHbuiH commodfous brk
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j A Jlttie WPU .spent money m t he bui ld-
insr of "this bridae will noVhat s irt 'few
I do-thl wben. the wevil comes ? If so,
how? and if ttot what can I grow to
replace cotton v ' i "i
Of course, we all nope that the bol
fWeevil may not reach us. We hope that
f it-does reach us it will not be aa de
structive as in. the other sections;" but
we warn you that we have no basis for
believing that we will "be favored in
this way. So the "'.poly wise course ia
to be studying the methods of meetirg
the problpm when it comee. In Missis
sippi and Louisiana some, farmers have
done this nicely, beginning years in ad
vance. they gradually . turned their at
tention to other-qrops o td hwstqr
eatfle, but kept on raiaing cotton up to.
thver'year when1 h eevi Was up?
onnemy ana tnenuiey .were preparea
ts drop the cotton aliogethe, and make
t good itivmr: irom "the Tithef thing.
When ibcominunity setUesldowj
cotton again these mmers can return
to .cotton or riot,' as they wiabr";'';,-
The. boll-weevil"' now. occupies all of
.Jexaa'..;! xcep thet western porjfaon,
neighboring parts of Oklahoma and Ar
kanpaa, JIrof Louisiapa and two thirda
of - M issisiipoi, and .the southwestern
corner of A'abama.; , A llowmg'40'! of .
mat increase in the rate of t spread lor
the future, R.wems reaaonablo; to be-
'Wit I you can't Jhe Maryland Casualty
1,11 :.Co' ,(assef 4 $3,500,000 CO) offers high ,
i.j clas profectionfat small cost again-
jl physical disabifitvCpf everydescription-' '4f :Z
"r5t is Vefdorn a'maa rltegleili toe insure his property
against fire;ot his Iife"agafn's;deathX Is; there any,"
freasOn "why ; h; should npt'alsb -piotect .him? elf while
Jiying?;;Thinkhis over and let us explain how easy ;
" the plan works! vNo medical examination required;
'W.' O.: BOYDS'"Arrerit
REAL' ESTATE, INSURANCE, " , SURETY BONDS
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CIGARS TO SWEAR BY
,: -3 Tou.' can make your afildavit
that the cigars we sell you are
jut si we repreaent them. DoV
you prefer an imporU-d cif ar you
will got it at imported cij;ar priavi,
- Do you likeKey Weals, tluit'e
what you'll get. In rinm, ,-ntic ci
gars nothing can plciiso you bet
ter than tlie IJoyal Kolic, wlikh
we Bell for 5 c dI'i.
years advance, thejyreaifcitizenalit of
doui cummuuiLifB. Hourum luo uiaiance
lave timetad thus pave the way to the
ocial.'lntelle.tuaUndapiritoal welfare
, inia new roaq not oniycpnnectainese
twoneighborhoods but tha-weatwn end
of this rtewroadatihe ehurch" mention
ei is, at the eastern end of another road
which is partly -built ;and .entirely cut
out to'iha Cove section pf . our, 'county
and when this western extension is com
pleted "the: three section. . .heretofore
from 10 to 14 miles . apart by the only
travelled route Will only be from' 4 to 6
miles apart : This is progresa. ' Time
saved, apace annihilated, friends brought
closer together, .' that they may under
stand each other better.. ; ' ' ; - ';
f,The world is moving nearer together;
barrlirs heretofore impasaHble are be
ing apannedThe telephone, the auto
mobile; end last but not linnt the atro,
plane are all devices' v. hereby tlie world
gets closer together, - Every -moetiiiij
such as We have enjoyed tody,- is cl
culated to make the world around us
better, ' ' . : .- -
. It is surely a gre.it Imiirovempnt on
the g'enornl wny of p-riding Tlmi,!:s
givlng ty rn-ii j of our (. ; .fnq w :, : .,
in i ronf. $ to '10 yearsthaf .is. Irom
;i6.folfir;r
j ly,!!but Whi! i ift coiuing $teadty it has
iUmpsl-iso itjaeeins tiat wetwiUhve
aeyeral years yet id which to prepare
tor. ifeK'5?U'
All mens' and young mens'
ClSthing at cost. - Going out
of ithe clothing line. J. J.
Baxter.
MARRIED. '
Mr.-ff. F. Rogers and Mlts Lorens
Diwsonwere married last evening at
Mrs Thomas' boarding house. Rev.
C. L. Greaves of the First BaptiBt
church officiating. ' Mr. Rogers is a j
conductor on the A. C. Line, and Miss
Dawson ia stenographer at the Arm
strong Grocery Co. They will make
New Bern their home.
Died.
Yesterday at Ask in, Cecil Gray infant
daughter of Mr. C, B. Thonraa, and the
late Mrs. C. B. Thomas, of this city.
S-Bi I
The Foundation of every success, business or profession,
is money. Save your maaey aod a good OPPORTUNirY
for you to make a profitable business investment will surely
come. Begin saving and KEEP ON saving, and you will get
ahead. There is no other waj to do so.
MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK.
We pay liberaUnterest consistent with safety 4 perl cent.
THE PEOPLES BANK
THE
DAIKIIEST OF
MAS Ml.
FOR CHRIST-
Expression of Thanks.
You Will Find Them
Thli Store.
At
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Chicago on thesod errand of bringing
the body .of his only daughter, Virginia,
remained with his sister, Misa Aafy
Hatch Harrisod, two day?, He "was
deeply-moved by the kind ex press i job
Of sympathy from the many friendai
and relatives in his old home, i The
Lbeautfful fiowera and many courtesies
shown by the Girls Friendly, the U. D,
lift the sor-
C?and friendi did much to
row of the hour, He and hia sister
wlsH. to express to all their sincere ap
preciation,
1 Will Circle World on Stilts -New
York. Nov. 26. For a wager.
of $3,000 two German acrobats will at
tempt to circle the world on stilts. They
obtained a promise of police protection
from Commissioner Qropeey yesterday
afternoon on the first leg of thr jodr-
nvy through the crowded-streets from
City Hal) to the Jersey City fe,rry and
from thera they will make they way to
IJbiladelphiB,". The' hour of the - start
has not yet beam decided.
iiThe rountf mentare Albert .Harder
and Bans,' Heeded mp - until recently
employed as steward! on a trana-At-
lantfc iinerand the purse they hops to
win 'Was' raised by the Steamiihip Stew-
4ds "Verem'of Hamburg.
j Liame oa comes on-suuaemy ana is
dxtremely .painful; It is coosed byrheu
mutism ot t'i iiin'lee Qalck'.reireTis
afforded y :;apFlv,ing Chamberlain's
Limnaent. ; S"ld by .wea.!er,;!.'--;ii
Fetching jabots in the new
shades. Smart lace yokes. Hand
some lace collars. All the new
Persian effects.
Our neckwear department is
fairly crowded with bewitching
little feminine trifles. Many -attractive
conceits are now intro
duced for the first time.
Gift seekers are already coming
herein throngs and every day
many pretty prices are being snapped up.
.Choose now while assortments are largest
daintiest.
Tiny Sums Buy Delightful Creations in Our Neck weat Dept.
JUST 26 DAYS TO DO YOUR TRADING BEFORE US
and goods fteshest and
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BAXTER
DEPT.; STORE
ELK'S TEMPLE
to
-Remember, 1 1 da - not. lay ' that; ou
tnuat "quit couon. ", i.uq not say mat
Uhe weevil Will of certainly tescb us at
ll.'-c But X dd say, Jhat) it :jwll vTln 'all
prooabimy reaco an, ana ,tnat it. is our
business- to be studying the methtds by
which we can beat meet it when it does
come. '- Meanwhile .keep' on growing
cotton if. that Js your preference but
keep posted on the progreaa"5f the wee
vil, and see to it that you are hot caught
unprepared when the time comes. y '
s , FRANKLIN SHERMAN Jr.-.
Entomologiat, State Department iAgri-
culture, Rah'inh, N. C-
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County Teat! 'rs r,'n(l!1.
Next Snlunl.'iv, Per. !?rd, at 12 m
in Oriirin Memorial Aiiiiiionum, will be
held the r- 'u'.ir monthly mentini? of
the Craven County Tt .t-Ii-t.j.. Dr. Fur-r-ll,
will (' Hv-.r an address on tin
IIoi.l; Worm. -
iRe8olntlonB of ptespect.-
A t the last meeting o(Wi Oidghters
it h nderacy'g thefollowlnir
nations Weri pfwented and adopted;
i ineeGodjin Hi1nflniti8do(nhfl
seen best to tafr from us Miss .Nannie
Btreeti one p'rpumosflJbbWredjind,
BeaVly"b'e(ovedfflraberwd-Vha'iKW
Bern Chapter of. the United Daughters
of the Confedoraey. -desire to Jjlacedn
record' bur high" spreejatlonc'other
worth, and" also our expression bf sor
row, that she'.wiil.hojnore be-withu9
In bur meetings and in our plans taproj
mote the Interests of thecsuse Jb dear
to her heart,"theMfor:iV5rv-.-''":
: Resolved 1st That we sVall sadly miss
her bright cheery facs and manner, her
wise council and her readiness to aa-
aum any duty by which the memory of
our brave Confederate soldiers would
. be perpetuated. . ,;
'' 2, That we will endeavor to emulate
her cxamp'o of devotion and sjiirit of
h f i icrifice so often displnyud in our
work ever cherirthing her mrmoty us
one of our most sacred possessions.
3, But whila our hearts ar filled with
'sorrow ot ourpreat loia which we will
j feel more keenly an the daya go by, yet
! fl i!l bo tiuhmi viive to tha will of our
LOOKING FOR SOME
THING up-to-date and. handsome in Dry
Gooda many people are at this
season of the year and we have a
display of these goods that makes
it easy to select just what you
- want at right prices. There ia no
- better in town in either price or
quality,, with a clear saving in
, money and time by coming direct
to our store.
BARRINGTON DRY GOODS CO.
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i- Lefte fuffnisy6uyith? wliatTOu! rieed iWe hav$ ,
theiight rice or. iny ;;QwrititygCairloacJ EUwood
ire ferrce-just teceiyd vl bf Period Rur'
ber Robfin&we sell - is 'tMeeo:UfPhone or write.
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