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NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, THtJRSD
THIRTIETH YEAR
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YOUR MONEY SECURE.
THERE is a satisfaction in knowing that your money is
safe and secure. When money is kept at home or car
ried about, there ia always danger of loss either by ac
cident, fire, burglary or some other cause. This bank assures
positive protection for funds that are being used for personal,
household or business purposes, and we invite accounts either sub
ject to check or interest bearing The New Year is a good time to
beg n depositing all of your money and paying all of your expenses
by check.
WEIL GET
THE STORE TO PUT YOUR FAITH IK ?
We are going to get you you, NOT through advancements, NOT
through cut cut price-, NOT through anything on earth but QUALITY
and VALUES. You can't miss such values as o,urs forever. There's an
bnupuiil ilispl y of quality cloth s here and we know you would enjoy see
ing t' em CiiHin i ut SuiU and Overcoats $10, $16 and $18.
S. Coplon & Son
SELLS IT FOR LESS
LITTLK OUT OF THE WAY, BUT IT PAYS TO WALK TO COPLON'8
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turer and shipper will find BOXING an J CRATING lumber.'
here. The small jobbet can buy material for any job our
ttock Is t truly representative onefor LUMBERl " -
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Wti rp going to YOU for a permanent custo
mer sooner or Inter, you are going to rome
to a thorough and final realization that this is
YOU SHOULD
.. come here for everything in LUMBERl
f We do not cater lo the building trade
ALONE. We have LUMBER for every
purpoie the furniture mover, manufac
HE.SOUEIT.YCIiB TEIOE
on all kinds 'cf toslfor htiiinf
ka4 cooking in the Jkmm, tor the
f am are la shop or stor, for iteam
Injr purpoaa in factory ef mill,
full wnfidnt of th qusllty of;
tmrfual. Its cleanllneM Ind oar
B :, , feeillile for prom,t 411 rf W
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Ellis Coal and
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C0TTQN1STIMATE
OinDiDg Report of Government
Bureau. Former Crop Fig-
Washington. D. C, Jan. 24.-The
vast 1911 cotton crop of the United
9 atea had been ginned and baled to the,
extent of 14 6K 676 bales on January 16
a -Cording to the census Bureau's report,
showing 193,674 bales were ginned dur
ing the period from January 1 to 16,
inclusive. Ginners this seaepu have
been forced to greater activities than
ever before by the enormous crop. A
considerable quantity still remains to be
ginned before the close of the season.
The exact amount wid be made known
by the Census Bur. au's final ginning re
port March 20, giving fi,ures up to Feb
ruary 28. The ginning report is about
375.000 bales less than the Department
of Agriculture's estimate of production
which was 14,885,000 of 5 pounds gross
weight.
United State', 14,510.676 hales com
pared with 11,253,457 baleR last year,
when 97.3 per cent., of the 1910 crop
was ginned prior to January 16; 12,666,
203 bales in 1909, when 96 8 per cent,
of the 1908 crop was ginned, and 12,767,
600 bales in 1905, when 94 9 percent, of
the 1904 crop was ginned.
Round bales included were 97,668
bales, compared with 111.079 bales
in the 1910 crop; 14o,378 bales in
1909, and 232,510 bales in 1908.
Sea Island cotton bales included were
109.692 bales, compared with 86,424
bales in the 1910 crop; 92,191 bales in
1909, and 90.287 bales in 1908,
Ginning by states uilh comparative
statistics and the percentage of the
total crop ginned prior to January 16,
lafctyear, and in other record crops,
follows:
States.
Alabama.
Year. Kales.
1911 1,638.099
910 1,174,122
190K 1 316.805
1904 1,411,834
Georgia
19)1 2,657.6 3
1910 1,779,902
1908 1,952.113
1904 1,898,597
North Carolina
1911 996.714
19HI 718,405
1908 661,669
1904 704.801
1911 1,636,299
South Carolina
1910 1.176.905
1918 1,192,723
19,14 1.144 514
Dates of Farmer's Institutes.
Farmer's Institutes will be held
kt
the following places on the dales men
tioned. Every farmer is u ged to at
lend at leist na of there Institutes
They will fin I them t I e of great be
nefit.
Kins ton Saturday. January 27.
New B ro Wedm-ttday, " 31
Washinglon f rida)', February 2
Bayboro Saturday,
Vanceboro Monday,
Newport Tueaday, '
Plymouth Tueaday,
Pantego Wednesday,
Snacquarter Thursday, '
Farmville Tuesday,
StanUxiiburg Thursday, '
slack ey's Tuesdsy,
Columbia Wednesdsy, '
Creswell Thursdsy,
Edeoton Friday,
Hertford" Saturday,
Currituck C. H. Monday, '
Eliiabeth City Wed.. '
Camden Friday,
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United Statti Post Office.
New Bern, N. C By direction of tbe
Poat Office Department, the. at tent i n
of patrons of this office is Invited to the
advantages of providing facilities for
the receipt of their mall by err e Ing
conveniently accessible box s or cuttlrg
agitable slots In their doors. Such action
would enable the poat master to gives!
prompter and better delivery svrvicc
with Ihe means at his di-posal, since the
carrier can cover anurh more terr t f
la lea time If not compelled to wi it for
en answer la Ihrir. rimj. Private is
eeptaclea for mall are also a great con
venient to tha householder, eh la I g
(ha necessity of reapendlof to Ike nr
fitr's call at tneoovenleqt moment and
permitting tba aafa delivery of mail la
lh absent of member of th house
bold. They also prevent Uieaceasional
aeceaslty of a rarr ker'a proceeding ea
bis route without delivering mail b
eaoae of f alkir to answer hi ring wi tt
la raaoonabU tea, and enable him to
tnak deliver! to patron Bring oaor
aetr Ui tod of tfco rout at aa oarlier
oof.--? r; ' H. ;.: '
It ha ber shown by actus! tpert
oca that the twmeSu derived by patron
of eity delivery front th be if enefcr
rpaele far Mtwelght the small ei
pens Involved. AtXii ofTtc I fnter
td In furnishing the teat pneoiMe
rvlc at the Waal pi, your com
pllane wltk the forg ofng tug jet' Iwi
ill be morh srpr'itd.
- J. R. P A ' r.
ABE DESTROYED
Swept by Fire at an Early Hour
Tuesday Morning Loss More
Than $12,000. Fire Started
in the Engine Boom.
Raleigh, North Carolina, Jan. 24 1 h .
Smouldering fires and barren walls
tell the story of a destructive fire that
swept away four buildings of the Cath
olic Orphanage early Tuesday morning,
entailing a loss of about $12,000. The
bui'dings buroed were the old dormito
ry and school room, the laundry, baru
and stables. All that is left this morn-
ng to tell where stood the buildings
are the ashes and smouldering ruins.
Luckily no live were lost in this de
structive fire.
Prominent leaders of Republican pol
itics in North Carolina confirm reports
now spreading that it is the settled pur
poe of the "organization wing" of the.
party to run Hon. Thomas Settle, now
attorney-general to the Federal Tariff
Court, for governor of the State; and
to make former district attorney A, B.
Melton, of Winston-Salem, State Chair
man, and give ihe National committee
ship the place now held by his arch en
emy, E. C. Duncan, to Hon. J, M.
Morehead, former Congressman and
now State Chairman. The real battle
will be between tbe Morehead or "or
ganization" forces and the followers of
E. C. Duncan, prtsent national com
mitteeman.
It is not believed that there will be
any passible compromise in this cam
paign, and that the, leaders of the con
tending forces in the party in this state
have determined to let this fight be to
a finish and ring the political death
knell of one or the oth r factions. This
too, is underatod to be the desire of
the National Republican powers at
Washington.
('resident Taf t and heads of the de
partments, who have been "pulled and
hauled" so unceasingly for years past
in contests over the political patronage
in this State, are said to be demanding
that the two factions must come to a
show down as to who does really repre
sent the party in this Slate and that
they are tired of having the State
chairman and National committeemen
continually locking horns over every ap
pointment that comes up and creating
no end of embarrassment for the ad
ministration.
There u no intimation as yet as to
the probable slate of the wing of the
party represented by National commit'
teeman E. C. Duncan for State ticket,
beyond the fact that the supreme fight
is to be for the retention of Mr. Dun
can ai National Committeeman.
It is conceded that if Hon. Thomas
Settle is put up for governor he will in
aiat on an advocacy of local option as
against Statewide prohibition which be
has fought bitterly from the very in
ception of the movement in this State.
A $l 25 Lantern Free. See
our window display. Gaskill
Hardware Co.
WILLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS
Have you neglected your KidneysT
Hava you overworked your nervous ays
bam and caused trouble with roar kid
neys and bladder? Hava you pains In
loins, side, back, groins and bladdef T
Have you a flabby appearance of the
face, especially under the ay st T Too In
quent a desire to pass ortne? If so, Wil
liams' -Kidney Fills wlU ear yod-at
Drugcist, Price 60c Williams' M'ff
Co.. Propa., Cleveland, 0.'
SEEKS REPEAL
Under Prraeol Law 8paalah War
VeWrana Barred Id
InaUnor. ;
WashiofWei, D. C, Janr.M,- ra
pes) of tM law that pohibiU too pay
ment of on mawnl psaaloa y
Vetera of too' Cohfede army, '
the "widow. tbtUroa or fceir of aaf 4
cetsrd Demon who In any manner' vof
uo'arilf ni4gd K-wed or abetted
th lata rabelll' a against the' authority
of th UolUd Bute," I asked for In a
bill Introduced todajf by Representative
Brantley Dmoort, of Pnr !., ,
Th refusal of the, penitno office to
great a pension to th a red father of a
dad Bmn la the hr, bwaus the
father wst Confederal a-.MUr, Was
the"lnim()ltfsuas for th lolro1uc
lloo of the lirantlej MIL
"lAi th taw la tntru1,' atl Vt.
Brantley, " tran of H e ! t ' S
Amnriran war I in!ik ' '- f r J n
If he U tbe s-n t ' ' Vrate
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COL IDA
t RETIRE
To Leave the N. 8. February 1st
After Serving More Thau
Thirty Years.
After a service of more than th'rty
years with tbe Norfolk Southern Rail
way and its predecessors., Col H. C
Hudgins. assistant to the president of
that system, will, on February 1st re
tire from active service. Col Hudgins
entered railway service June 1st, 1381,
as agent at Norfolk of the Elizabeth
City arid Norfolk Railroad Company and
on Deouber. 19th of tbe same year was
appointed general freight and passenger
agent of the company, which grew
finally into what is now the Norfolk -
Southern Railroad system. He had been
assistant to the president of the Nor
folk Southern since September 1st,
1910.
President E. T. Lamb, of the Norfolk
Southern, has issued the fo'l wing cir
cular on the subject of Col. Hudgins' re
tirement.
It is with deep regret that announce
ment is made of the retirment from the
active service of this company, effective
February 1st, of Colonel H. C. Hudgins,
Assistant to the President.
Col. Hudgins entered railway service
on June 1st, 1881, as agent at Norfolk
of the Elizabeth City and Norfolk Rail
road Company, a predecessor of the
Norfolk ' Southern Railroad Company
and on December 19th, of the same year
was appointed General Freight and
Passenger agent of said company. He
served the successors of the Elizabeth
City and Norfolk Railroad Company in
this capacity Until his appointment, on
September 1, 1910, to the position of
Assistunt to the President of the Nor
folk Southern Railroad Company.
When he retires on February 1st, he
will have served this company and its
predecessors for more than thirty yearn
a faithful and efficient officer and a
bard worker. The company reognizes
that in his retirement from the cares
and responsibilities he has shouldered
for so many years, it loses the active
co operatipn of one who has been i
potent factor in its operations and de
velopment, and congratulates him upon
the completion of a service that has
been so helpful to the company and so
creditable to him. Ledger-Dispatch
Norfolk.
FOR RENT.
That very desirable residence on East
Front street known ss the "Stimson"
or "Pellotler" home, also four residen
ces with 6, o, H and lu rooms, respect
ively,
C. T. HANCOCK.
"Three Twins." Smartest Of Musical
Comedies.
"Three Twins" exactly as presented
during its five months run in Chicago
and ten months taiumpnant sojourn st
the Herald Square Theatre, New York,
will be th attraction at the New
Masonic Opera House tomorrow night
Much Interest centre In this play
owing to the fact of Its being a revival
of "Inoog", which theatre-goers of a
docad wi II recogn ze in it new muai
cal dress. This famous old farce of
Mr. Pscheo's had in its original cast
surrounding tba star, Charles Dickson,
such well known actors a Louis Mann,
Robert EJegaon, Harry Davenport,
Clara Liptnan, Ellen Berg snd Lillian
Burkhardt,
It la seldom that as e'ever a play as
"Incog" And its way into muaical
comedy and It la fortunate indeed that
It was particularly wall fitted for muai
cal adaptation, so that u&iike other
than; ea of this nature It has improved
lastoad of so (Tf ring by the adaptation.
Three Twin abound in many
striking aovsltUs, aowng them being:
"Th Mem Go Round," "The Seven
Ares Of Coddling," iTh Crying Grass
Wldow.'-WTh Hyppotlc Kios,"
"Ysaaa -Yam Maa"aad 'The
Myttorlou f fte?' watch ' fat hound
to prove a aenaatioa to o th moat
kliu tkeali .aal' ' .
"TarM llTwIoa" 1 mulpped with
om of ta boat lyrics aad most beantl
fat oal thai baa b aoard for a
longi timcine'l) kr'ty Otto
HaarToHad th musl ty Karl Hoa
cha, aad.avsry ooo of - th wambara la
eUilng.-',Boo Boo t H," -Little
Mis Up To Dato," ,"tb Girl Up
Thar' "Hyeotl ?, "All My
GtrlaVIa Oodiimd,,,t)ool Night,
Sweet htt, Good Night, Coddl Up
A . Litti . CVeer. Lover MW ' and
"Th Tama lama Ms.' BM a distinct
hit -Th laat.two Bomber agisted
aocseea that U poaitlvely pnenomoaal.'
Th aal of cat opod yajiterday at
Clatk's e'gnr store aivd j Jtidging fr tn
th frvitifnit already Vnad, pwk
el house l!l t in vU 'V h9 h
curtain g' cp tumorrow alghu Price
fcfl. 75, 11.00 and 1.W- '
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SAVE, PROTECT, INVEST.
For the average person to achieve success it is necessary
to save money, protect it and profitably invest it.
This bank affords facilities for doing each of these
three.
It encourages saving by accepting deposits of One Hol
lar or more; it completely protects money, and it affords a
profitable investment by paying 4 per cent interest on all
funds deposited in its Savings Department or according to
the Certificate plan.
AVAIL VOUBSELF OF THESE FACILITIES.
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SALE
CONTINUED TO FEB. 1
On account of the very cold weather which kept
so many people from coming out to our sale, we
have decided to contine the sale till Feb. 1st.
We still have a good stock of Ladies Suits, Skirts
and Coats to go at a greater reduction than ever,
also Mens and Boys Clothing and Overcoats, Shoes,
Dress Goods, White Goods etc.
All Goods on Sale
of This
J. J.
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Fifty head of fine Horses
and Mules now in stock.
Must be sold.
PRICES AND TERMS
REASONABLE.
SCOTT & CO.
NEW BERN, N. C.
25 to
OSES
MULES
REDUCTION SALE
On account of a lnre stock of goods left ovar after Ihe holidays, wo
have decided to cut on all Clothing and Merchandise until ouc Rtork is
suinciently r duced. All goods sold from 26 to M per cent on thn dollar
reduction.
SAM LIPMAN
Cor. Middle, and a F. BU.
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SOFTEN;
I .Th bole that mak tbelr appear anew in th dtan pans and milk-pan
eotwi without warning, Ilk th ol teat walka athtit. JaoncknotnT
bow H bapene4. Ws don't Mind, f eo'ira, bffaun It mak fastness1
food for oa." Th bole ar titer, and th nw pan! are be re. That'
what w ar tt jrlna to irt at rVilld, horMMt lin, fanhlond fneotinlent,'
ahining pns, et., waitinf to te fa marry ltf anrf keep tha fefid
rlian end V.eiw7i, Al mK h bolf ha ffHUjnto th tnaklnf of (hi
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Month.
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