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X JSTEW, BERN N.C SUNDAY ORfINp; OCTOBER 6, 1912
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
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;H EDWARDS GUILTY
; Senatlonal Shooting Scrape Be-
tween Prominent Men at
A, Vanceboro Finally Settled.
"JURY OUT SHORT TIME
Edwards Mutt Pay Finer of Two
v Hundred Dollars and Costa
r of the Case
, At the opening of yesterday's session
of Craven county Superior-Court the
case of the State vs. J. F. Edwards, of
Vanceboro, charged with shooting Mr,
B. R. War.en at that place several
weeks ago, was taken up. This ' case
has attracted much attention all over
this section, owing to the fact that the
principals in the affair arc both well
known and the court room was filled
with spectators interested in the pro
ceedings.
The defendant was ably represented
by Messrs. A. D. Ward and R- B. Nixon,
while the firm of Moore & Dunn assist
ed solicitor Abernthy in the prosecu
tion. The hearing of evidence began
without delay and continued through
a part of the afternoon session. A large
number of witnesses were placed on the
stand by both sides and the case was
stubbornly fought. At theco nclusion
of the taking of evidence the arguments
were begun and this consumed about
two hours, In his charge to the jury
Judge Cline told them not to be pre
judiced by the defendant's physical
condition or any ill will that the two
principals bore toward each other but
to render their verdict according to the
evidence they heard. The case was
given to-them shortly after 6 o'clock
and they retired to their room. After
being out only a short while they re
turned with a verdict of guilty.
The sentence pasfeed upon Mt,
Edwards was that he pay a fine of
$200.00 and the cost jol the case. He
gave bond for his appearance in court
nextv Thursday and will pay the fine
and cost at that time.
TO DRAIN GEORGE STREET
During rainy weather that section
.of street near the corner of George and
Cypress is invariably in bad-condition,
owning to poor drainage. At the last
meeting of the Board, of Aldermen this
matter was taken up by Alderman
Disosway and upon his recommendation
Mr. R, R. Eagle, civil engineer, was
ordered to investigate and see what
could be. done toward remedying this
condition. He will inspect this street
and make surveys and report his find
ings to the Poard at' their next meeting
and if he finds that the street can be
properly drained the Work will b6 taken
tip at once.
Persons who saw the westbound .train
coming upto the Union station ye
- terday afternoon doubtless ' thought
that- one. of the coaches was on fire.
Dense clouds of smoke and flames
were : surging : upward -from a . hot
' box On the rear car and it really did
have a terrifying appears nee to those
who saw it from a distance. "Despite
the fact that an extra ar loaded with
- fish was attached, the train came in
exactly on time.. , Uponlts arrival here
the' defect was remedied. -
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. if
New Bern'' Furniture' -.sCo. Don't
1 wan or coiq weatner, rage. q,-K.
:'-J. S. Basnight Hardware Co. -Showing
seasonable .Sjc1alitie8,;page Mt.
,S.,Coplort & ;Son-H-Fali.. Dress Ghoda
!' ' HOI Taorii;;PA:nt
' - - of the world as. out of fashion.'' page 8
t M.f E. Whiteblnrat vftvCo!4Perfeet
f 'oil heatersv page
r People Bank Your' name; on a
check gives you standing, 'rage 6. i' ..
' Standard Shoe ;,CoCrossett5shoe
."makes we s walk easy," page Ai':
.City Clerk F. T. Patterson Pro-
posals fot power plant building, page 8.
Surrus's & Co.yetch, j the fihest j
winter lorage, page 6..:. : ; -- -.
New Bern Banking and Trust
Wishbone or backbone? page. 5. . '
W. W- Kimball Co.-'.A great exhibit
page d. ' ' , ) ;f
D. F. Jarvift-rlnyitation. :.''to', inspect
. winter stock, page 8. - ,
J. AI. Mitcheir &- Cp'Fashioh's
decrees, page 8 . ;! J; ,
E.- H. Hackburn Capev Cod Cran
' berries. . :
Wootten Studio Baby Day, page 8.
THIEF DRAWS
:HEAVY SEfJTEflCE
Two Yean In Jail for Young; White
Man, a Stranger, Wno v
Stole.Watch. r ;
ASKS COURT FOR "MERCY
Sentence Imposed on Several Other
Criminals, Convicted of
' Various Offence. ,.
R. H. Bryce, the' young white man
who was on Friday found guilty in the
Superior Court of the larency of about
$45.00 ancK'a watch, was yesterday
sentenced to a term of 2 yaars in the
Craven county jail. -Bryce made a
pitiful plea to the court, asking its
mercy and stating that he had a wife
and two small children at Hamlet,
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N. C, who were dependent upon him
for support, but Judge Cline did nit
see fit to grant him clemency.
A sentence was imposed in a number
of other cases in which the verdicts had
been brought in during the week.
Henry Jones, touna guilty oi an
assault with a deadly weapon, was given
a sentence of 60 days on the county
roads.
William Crawford, charged with
carrying a concealed weapon, sentenced
in two cases to a term of 30 days on the
county roads.
John Whitfield found guilty of an
assault was fined $10 and the costs of
the case.
Owing to the fact that the court was
unable to reach them this term several
of the smaller cases on the docket were
continued until next term. Monday
morning the civil docket will be taken
up.
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LIGHT UP DURING FAIR.
The appearance of the streets of New
Bern during the week of the big Eastern
Carolina Fair will doubtless rival that
of the By Centennial celebration held
two years ago. The Board of Alder
men have already, agreed to light the
streets with the many electric arches
used . at -that time and which still re
main and it is now up to the merchants
and others to see that their buildings
are decorated for the occasion. Many
of the business firms already have yards
of flags and bunting on hand and will cost
them but a small amount to have these
placed on their buildinga. Those who
do not own these can purchase them for
a nominal price. The people of New
Bern always come to the front in grand
style on an occasion like tfiis and it is
safe to say that visitors here during
the Fair will -find the entire city pro
perly decorated for the occasion.
CHURCH SERVICES.
Today is members day at Centenary
Methodist Church and it Is the desire
of Rev. Hurley that every Methodist
in the city be present if possible. fRain
or shine, special services will be con
ducted and those who do not attend
will miss a rare treat. . " ',
Christ Episcopal Church Sunday,
October,' (J, 112. Morning -service,
Sermon and Communion 11 a. nu Even
ing servkend termon 7:30. ; 'Sunday
School,-4:30 p, : v
Religious services conducted at the
Free Will Baptist Church on Fleet Steet,
Sunday a. m. lljp clock by Rev, C O.
Armstrong Subject-'of sermon, ("The
Word and Power.4' 'ii Evening service
W". ..w: Lewis. vommunion j, services
immediately after.the sermon. Sunday
school at i o clock, J. G. Brinson.'Supt,
Pubh'c cordially invited to attend these
services. 'it;'&l?:ffe
Snriday.t CK&bertb
a. m. and 7:30 p."ht,f' Bible school 3:10
pt sa.rMlW FodrreSupij5'4K
Xf irst Baptist Churchiddle Street
Services ' as' usual with , sermons byjthe
pastor. ln. the morning he will .com
mence-,a series of ernibns upon ,the
"Lord's, Prayer "The sermon will be
from the words; 'Our Father," You
should not miss 'one of these sermons.;
At night Dr. Carter will give his popu
lar lecture to young 'people,' entitled:
James A. Garfield,- the scholar, states-
man.'patriot, Christian and martyr."
All are invited, bat special invitation
is extended , tot all young people, as the
lecture 'is 'for them, ;V Come and bring
your-friends.? Begins aVll ..' ten", and
First Church, of Christ,' Scientist.
Sunday services 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
SubjectrUnreality. Jer. 3: 23. Sunday
School 12 m. Vednesday . evening
testimony service at 8 o'clock. Read
ing room open daily from 3 to 5 p. m.
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"THEY Are Good Enough Fop Me."
(With Acknowledgments to Davenport)
From
JUDGE CLINE SETS FIRST
Test Hill and Charles Moore, Colored, Escape Electric
Chair by Narrow Margin.
' MUST SERVE TWENtTSrS IN PENITENTIARY
The Two Negroes Who Killed
Several Weeks Ago by Cutting His Throat.
Story of the Crime.
With their death warrant lying before
him and only awaiting his signature to
become offjeal, Judge Cline last night
set aside the, verdict of murder in' the
first degree .brought in by the jury in
the case of the State vs. Test Hill and
Charles Moore charged with killing
Mr. Leon Johnson at Dover several
weeks ago, and" allowed the prisoners
to submit to a verdict of murder in the
second degree, sentencing them each
to a" term-of 20 years at hard labor in
the Stale prison.
Judge Cline stated that this case had
caused, him much anxiety. .That ever
since the jury had returned a verdict
he had been deliberating whether Or not
to s:nd the two men to the death chair.
He said that he believed that they had
killed Mr. Johnson but there was great
doubtln bis mind that the tturder had
been premeditated. He said that as
the evidence was given" to the jury they
could hot-nave consistently brought in
al. different verdict nd that in setting
aside their decision he did not' wish to
reflect any'discredit upon- them., ;-. '
Counsel for the prisoners asked that
the sentence of Hill, who b a mere boy.
EXHIBIT OF. KIMBALL PIANOS.
S A tepresentatlve of the Journal yes
terday had the pleasure of being shown
through! the most Interesting exhibit
of the .Kimbail Piano Company; of
Chicago, now being made in one of the
store; in he Stewart buldingv on Mid
dle street, by, experts rom, the factory
who thoroughly- -understand and talk
most' interestingly of. their 'work. .The
exhibit "is a .revelation to' anyoney es
pecially .as to the manner in which these
high grade pianos ; are --manufactured
and the, greatare with which thejatet
rial is selected. : s 1 "jf Vif 5ii
,The demonstration, of course, -19 for
advertising purposes, this , greatest . ' of
all manufacturers of pianos ' and
organs believing that it isthe part of
wisdom to, acquaint prospective pur
chasers with just what they are .buying
when they' put their money into such
an investment, 'y-'r''. .Vi-
It is of interest to know that" the
Kimball Piano Company is the largest
manufacturer of pianos and organs in
the world, their output annually being
twice that of any other plant in the
world. The plant in Chicsgo, covers
96 acres of floor space anJ employs
3,5000 ; ' " 1 f f v' m i are hh
who do the '. ':. die work t' t c to
the New York World, Sept 15, 1912.
MURDER
Mr. Leon Johnson at Dover
be made lighter, that in their belief he
was only an accomplice in the murder
However, the judge failed to see the
matter in. this light and gave them the
same -sentence.
STORY OF THE CRIME.
On September 1 the body of Mr,
Leon Johnson was found lying on
road near Dover with his throat hor
ribly slashed and the jugular vein severed
The ghastly discovery was. made by
two colored, men and they hastened to
town' ad informed the authorities of
their discovery. An investigation and
search was made and Test Hill and
Charles ,Moore were found hiding be
neath if church hear the scene of the
murder; : Both- 'of. these ' men showed
evidencetfoThaving been in an encounter
and ' they- were' placed under, arrest
charged with- killing ; Mr. Johnson.
From the-first they stoutly Honied hav
!ng , seen the murdered . man, stating
that: theyhad been? in.' ; fight l with
another white man and hi had cut
them - On the following day they were
brought to New Bern and placed in the
county Jail for safe keeping until their
trial. iJ.vvii;in',i
perfect the tone. - The capital is (8,000'
000, threee times that- of, any similar
concern and their fame 1 extends the
world Over More peopieia" grand
opera'odajiilrttelban
piano than other and the company has
beeai theiipient.ttof many awardsf
prizes jat.-worldsf fairs, 4Since the es
tablishment i of . the Jactory-. iaj J8 J7,
more; than' 300,000. pianos'have' been
sold, not to mention the' large number
of ! organs' from4 the Jordinaty tp' i;he
uignest priceu lnsiruiueui. - ( .'
: In he-demonstratioiiwhiclLis ;iof
great - value ''to any '"Ohe cohtempjating'
the purchase of a piano, is. shown the
material used and the manner iit which
it is prepared and assembled.-- It was
surprising to learn tnat the strain on
the frame froni the" tSuf Strings-is equal
to 17. 1-2 tons, when tuned to inter
national tune and about 18 tons when
tuned . to concert. This necessitates
being" conetructed strongly and makes
the pia no '. necessarily heavy ; Other
parts are constructed with , the ; samei
care.. ) : f . l"A
This exhibit willjcrtntinue for several
days and a cordial invitation is extend
ed the people of New. Bern to attend. -
All the
aw votes show that t.2
wind blows toward Simmons.
PURSE NETTERS
ARE FIRED UPON
Bullets Fly, Bu No One Was In
jured, Though Badly Scared.
Boata Leave However.
ASSAILANTS WERE ON SHORE
Similar Incidents Have Occurred
In The Past, Many a Time
and Oft.
News has been received in this city
from Swansbora of an attack Thursday
afternoon on fishing craft at Bogu
Banks, near New River. The schooners
George D. Balster, Captain Parkins and
Charles S. Willace, Captain Bonner
Willis, were fired upon. No one was
hurt. The vessels were sailing off from
the banks when a fusillade was com
menced upon them. The persons who
fired the shots were concealed behind
dunes, and are thought to have been
jealous fishermen who were angry at
the purse net fishermen of the vicinity
or alleged violations of the fisherie
laws.
The crew of the schooner Balster
said they heard the reports of the rifles
but no shot came near them, the vesse
being quite a distance from the shore
Buck Parsons and Willaim Smith, a
the stern of the Wallace when fired upon
narorwly escaped a bullet which passed
between them and cldpe to both. An
other bullet whistled by Captain Willis
and he sought cover. The assailant
could not be located exactly and the
fire was not returned, the craft soon
passing' out of range.
The net fishermen claim that the
purse seine men have not heedeed the
state law which prohibits the latte
class from fishing within three miles (
shore. It is not known .whether the
two schooners were engaged in fishing
when fired upon or not. It is said the
purse seine fishing season has been ex
tremely unprofitable and but one good
haul has been made during the season in
the lower sounds, this by a vesse! which
carried 60,000 pounds of mullets into
Beaufort last Saturday. All classes
of fish are scarce, although the net fish
eries are begininng to 6? more successful
LESLIE TAYLOR BETTER.
Young Leslie Taylor, who several
days ago fell from the roof of a house
on Craven street which he was painting
and who was taken to Stewart's sani-
torium for treatment, has recovered
sufficiently to be taken to his home on
Hancock street. It was first thought
that he had been injured internally but
it was fqund that this was not the case
Ufiis only injuries being a broken wrist
and sprained ankle.
. LOST HIS CHECK.
, While stopping oyer at Kinston Wed
nesday,' enroute to Hartsville, S. C,
Mr. R. Lt Blalock of the contracting
firm of R. L. & J. W. Blalock,' of this
city, lost a certified sheck for $1000.
Mr. Blalock was enroute to that city
to make bids for the' construction of a
hotel and was .taking the check along
to deposit with the architect as a guar
antee of good faith. .The contract is
an important one, calling for about
$7,000v and fortunately Mr. Blalock
was not seriously inconvenienced by the
loss of the check as he wired here for
another and proceeded on his journey
a short time later. However, the loss
caused him. the trouble and expense of
advertising and notifying thcjbailcsg
3 DrAj ames EW" Foley, the recently-
annotated ';- milk . and; meat", inspector,
gave some interesting facts concerning
the - consumption , of food, products,
when seen by a Journal man last.night.
He stated that the oyster -and fish deal
ers were ; violating the latf -concerning
then se of the polluted waters taken from!
the docks on Neuse ami Trent rivers,
to wash the. food ' products that they
wre' td ?off eror' ?sale. This practice.
has been proved to bethe cause of dis
semination b( typhoid fever, V An an
alysis of this water has shown it to cbn
tain Typhoid, bacilli. J jDni Foley noti
fied these peorde'that hereafter the law
would be VigidlyeitforiVW
'The doctor also stated that. the colff-
.ditiott of the fish he , inspected made it
unfit for human food,- White the dealers
were not prosecuted, as might have been
done, a . repetition bf the offense, wijl
cause the delinquent hucksters to be
severely dealt with.' i-:'--':'v:"'''y
How did it happen that they named
the new battleship Pennsylvania insteai
of Penrose? - . . ' ' '
MOHitflTUO
DE GRAFFENREID
Movement on Foot to Erect a Suit
able Memorial. W9!n4l
tmum
FOUNDER OF CITY OF NEW BERN
County Superfntendent of Schools
S. M. Brinaon Treasurer
of Funds.
Little more than a year ago a move
ment was started by several teachers
in the public schools of this city, assist
ed by their pupils, toward the erection
of a monument in memory of Baron
De Graffenreid. The pupils took a
great interest in the work and succeeded
in collecting a small sunt of money for
the purpose. This was turned over to
County Superintendent of Public Schoda
S. M. Brinson and he was'made treas
urer of the fund. Shortly after the
movement was started vacation days
came on and with many of the teachers
absent from, the city the children had
no one to advise them and the work
stopped. to t
Recently several public spirited citi-'
zens have suggested that the school
children again take the matter up and'
place it before the people of the city.
Baron De Graffenried was one of the
most famous men in the history of the
city and although there is not a school
child living within the borders of the
"City of Kims" who is unfamiliar with
the part he played in making history of
the town, there is no material object to
remind one of him. New Bern is num
bered among the few larger cities of the
State within whose borders there is no
monument to one of its famous men.
This should not be the case. A monu
ment that would reflect credit upon the
city could be purchased for a few hun
dred dollars and this sum could be
raised within a short while.
Superintendent Brinson was yester
day asked what he thought of the mat
ter. He stated that he was heartily
in favor of it and wOuld do all within
his power to help make it a success.
His is the spirit of the majority of the
people xof the city. All that is needed
is a leader to niap out a campaign and
he will have a score or more of assist
ants. During the next few days the
matter . will be thoroughly discussed
and there is every probability that with
in a few months there will be erected
at some desirable spot a monument to
the founder of New Bern.
MONKEY RECAPTURED.
Friday morning several monkeys
escaped form a cage at the carnival
ground. All but one of the animals
were captured and after diligent search
had been made for the truant the owners
came to the conclusion that he had de
cided to return to his native jungle and
was enroute thither. Yesterday morn
ing Mr. Hellen Huff, who has charge of
Cedar Grove cemetery, went to that
place to do some work on one of the
plats. .Glancing upward he was sur
prised to se"a monkey swayiner on one
of the topmost boughs of , a tall tree.
Suddenly the animal jumped from its
perch and landed almost at "Mr. Huffs
feet. Strange tb say it was uninjured
although its impact with terra firma
was heavy, having, jumped a distance
of about fifty; feet. Mr. Huff oaurht .
the animal and returned it to the.ownersl
: -.tiolldnc-tiiaeVnT'this: district
were handed down Friday bv the Su, '
preme"Court;;y:3,-yT;v .
$ Caton vs. Toler, from Craven, no
FlahneriFlanrier frbmraven, '
P Stephens ; vs.' 'RoDer Lumber fcot'i ;!
from, Pamlico anirtoed' ' ''-v
, ...vwtj. irmiuan, irani-i unsiow,- -
arnd
general
tyfau,.to-..:A",r
changeViri'': te'mi;V?:&iv-'
perature $ Ul-BSM"
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to m'O' d e r a t
For North Ca, w
rolina. General- V: ';,:-;-;:SV-?-'-.
Iv 'fair to-nicht -V v'-'; -
and Sunday. S"
Light to modern "
ate winds, mot ' .
ly northeast. ,
All areCordially welcomed. ( i