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r - . . - - " : . . ' r- ' ..... T - . 4 v. 'V NUMBER 191 Tha Weather , FAIR , NEW: BERN, -N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1912 THIRTY-FIRST YEAR 47) -.1 . ( E E John L Roper Company Plana . Reclaim Over Half Million Acres of Land. to .-A-TO CONVERT JT INTO FARMS --V ' Territory 'Include a Large Part .;,: . of Dare, TyrreH, anav -' n Hyde County, r UV Norfolk Nov. 9. Reclaiming hu -dreda of miles of swamp land in Eastern UNDERTAKES HUG Oil SCHEME : . - North Carolina and converting it into ; .fertile farms is the mammoth project v ; ?just inaugurated by the John L. Roper , Lumber Company. The territory com 'j ?V crises all of the area between Albemarle ';v-;'d Pamlico Sounds including a' large - part of Tyrrell, Dare and Hyde coun '' ? l 'ie and consists of more than half i .'million acres. v Z?'$''';.i!X Never before has such a tremendous uoriect been attempted in this coun try and when completed will add to i' ",v;;tbe nation's productive area thousands -f Y of acres of the richest soil. 'i'1 C. G. Elliott an expert engineer for inerly employed by the government haa been, enraged by the lumber com Vpany -to carry the drainage proposi ' - ion to a hnisn. Mr. cinot Degar -work on November 1. , Tons of gigantic machinery have already been ordered and much of it la on the way to the scene of opera iinns. Enormous steam shovels, dred jjes,. pumps and other equipment it, included, in the contract which went 1 ' toi big machine company in Chicago. One of the greatest engineering feats included in the work will be the drain- '' nf 1 Mattamuskeet. in Hvde county, a sncet of shallow water 48,000 ,v '.acres in area which surronds some ol ... the richest farming land in the Old - f. Worth State. ' Adding to the development of this - ' territory, the Norfolk Southern rail Toad, is preparing to extend its lines, having already secured rights ot way and for the greater part of the route ! having graded its course, through the : heart of the new section. Extensions will probably be made from Columbia in Tyrrell county and from Belhaven across through Hyde county. Certain it is that the Norfolk Southern, contemplates invading this -newly opened land as soon as condi tions will permit. Lake Matte muskeet is the 'tiggeat piece of individual work con- '"templaed in the project. To accom- ' plish this a huge pump with a capacity of 75,000 gallons per minute will be ' ' employed and with this tremendous f pressure at work the vast sheet of ' -water, which covers an area almost -as large as the whole Princess Anne -iV 'cosintj will be pumped dry within a ,!'''. short time. J , A dyke, will be built entirely around -, , the lake and a canal eight or ten miles ' . " in length will be 'made, allowing the water- to flow off into Pamlico sound. The ' beauty of this piece of work is that when completed it will present an I ii.hrnken field without SO much 88 a tree to be cleared.; The,land bordering a this lake is famed for its productive iqualitiea, comprising some of the finest ' . mmI in' thrcountry. ' r. ' ; " a It has been conclusively demonstrated that .it I will yield large crops of cotton, ,heaj iand gardett truck.,1 For years farms have been producing great crops ' : and the quality of the soil is such that - ' artificial fertilization ,js unnecessary.. ', 1 The 'United States' Government has already been anver, most of the territory jn these three: counties and "made preliminary surveys under expert super-. vision, and has been prbnouncedf ull " of .wonder(ul possibilities'. ' , ; ; ; " iC. V. M illard,' JwesidenV and general i:;pR6Gj':AT TOE ATHENS . -,r .;( : .' i -i,; U PROGRAM AT THE ATHENS 1 V 'iiS i;H TOMORROW. Vaudeville Sidney Forrest and Miss Ray Loyd, in this great comedy success, J'IPatter, Clatter, : Chatter". ,This b "an act that will make. you laugh im moderately.. . Pictures "The Troubled Trail" A Vitagraph production,' ; showing that ibis trail, led, to happiness, after many tsadting- and thrilling acenes and ex periences,' A picture that-, will hold your attention. ' ': ' ' , "On. The Trail' of The Germs" A . semi-educational story, arranged and produced under tlie auspices $V the Chicago .Tuberculosis institute. "Traditional Customs'" An Italian picture. "A. Gun Factory" This is . ; an instruction as we!l as interesting subject. - Matinee daily at 3:45. Show at . i bt starts at 7:33. , BIRTHDAY PARTY Miaa Elma Basnlght Lupton Hoa ' teas t Her Little Friends. Little ' Miss Elma. Basnight Lupton. daughter .of Ms. and Mrs. Herbert Lupton, entertained a number of her little friends at a party yesterday after- noo, at theliome of her . grandparents Mr. and Mrs.: J. S. Basnight, No. 81 Pollock street, in celebration of her third birthday. " ' The lower floor bad been attractively decorated, a color scheme of pink and white being carried out in an attractive manner with flowers and ribbons. As the little guests arrived they ' were taken into the reception room and pre sentea to tne - hostess, . Many games dear to childish hearts were, played and late in the afternoon refreshment were served. The many beautiful and use' ful presents . received by litte Miss Lupton attest the' esteem in which, she is held by her friends. Among those present at the party were: Little Misses Mattie and bars Dill, Lucy Dunn, DorothyEllis, Lucile and Bessie Watson, Rosalind Willi?; Elma Hahn, Mary Mitchell, Elizobeth Baxter, Nora Williams, Elizabeth Nunn, Edith Allen, Eleanor Jones, - Virginia Cason, Louise Lane, Julia Pugh, Celia Filler, Francis Perry, MarthaWaters Sarah Clark, Rcby Kilptrick, Margaret Sanford, Margaret Royall, Lola Grif fin, .Elizabeth and Mae McSorley, Rachel Hancock, Pearl and. ' Mrajorie Chadwick, Irene Craven, Mary Jtfohn, Francis Grant, Elizabeth Duffy, Edna Carpenter, Louise Weddell, Martha Harper, Virginia Harrll, Catherine Rouse, s Charlotte Davis, Elizabeth Bishop, . Clara, Lillian and Elizabeth Davis, Jane Dill, Rowena Lucas, Mary Louise Ruff, PaOilne Edwards, Mar garet Armstrong, Beba Armstrong, Janet Land, Ollie Rhodes, Mildred Nelson, Nina Willis, Flora Ellis, Mar garet Emmert, Elizabeth Cutler, Mary and Lucy Hurst, Catherine Matthews, Elizabath and Annie Cook,. Sara Kafer, Sarah Venderson and Masters Charlie Hall Ashford, Charlie HalL Tom Davis, kSam Dill, Henry Armstrong, James Dawson, William Dudley, Claude Sprin- gle, Ben Moore, Dan Roberts, Jerry Holmes, Louis Angell, Earl Taylor, Louis Daniels, Kenneth Bell,' Harvey Craven, Richard Mohn, Ralph Midyett Cecil Chadwick and George Harper. - MANY SWEET POTATOES. Mr.' Daniel 'Lane, one of Craven county's most successful farmers," was in the city Friday attending to some business; matters. Mr.' Lane stated that the farmers in his section were very busily engaged just 'at this time in getting in their crop of sweet po tatoes. This, he said, was larger this season thatf before in many years and that in addition to this the prices were better than usual. "'. AT THE CHURCHES., Persbyterian Worship at 11 a, m. and at .7:30 p. m. : Morning, text Breal. up Your Fallow Ground". Sunday school at 3:30 p. m. . .; t ... . Ch . rch of Christ Services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. - Bible school 3 p. ra., M. W- Fodrie," Supt. : r St. Paul's Catholic Mass and ser mon at 11 a. m. Sunday school at 3 p. m.. Bendiedction of the blessed sacra ment at 4 p. m ' " - ' ' s , Chrisf Episcopal Holy communion :45 a. m. , Morning prayer and spr- mon ii: a., m. bvemng- prayer and sermon 7:30 p Cm.'' Sunday school 3:30 Centenary ' Methodist--r 1 1 a.,' m. Preaching by Dr.) Franklin. N. Parker, Trinity College. 3 p. m. ,Sund school, T. A. G'reen, Supt. ; 7:30 p.. Preaching by Dr. Parker;- 7:30 p. m. Mondayjneeting of the Board of Stew ards. 7:30 p ; .m' Thursday " prayer meeting. 800 p m. Wednesday Ep worth League meeting .. A boy has to explain to. his mother why he was out so. late ahd,a man "has to do the same thing to his wife. :.. . Lost .strayed or stole a; one hat in the ring. i w . ' . manager f the Roper 'Lumber Com pa ny, said yesterday that never be fore has such a project been under taken in this country by private capi tal. ,;: yA) - ' "We .do not know the. real possi bilities of this land,", said Mr. Millard. In fact it is hard to appreciate the onderful productiveness of this soil. For years small farms have been operating in . t! is spcti in and thcri iclJ has been marvel -us, but under the arrar-enunt proposed in our pro- ert e f pect to clevtlrp even greater it'i '. s that the most sanguine nu.u r.as concuvea. CRITICIZED VOTE D'J CUnGKJG Number of People Dissatisfied with . . Action of Alder menFrlday . ' Night.' - ' NEEDLESS EXPENSE IS CLAIM It ! Contended Norfolk Southern Should Curb Hancock and South' v South Front Sts. One of the main topics of discussion and criticism yesterday was the action on the previous night of the Board of Aldermen in agreeing to place curbing on Hancock and bouth r-ront streets before the Norfolk Southern Railway Company would go ahead with the work of paving the above named thor oughfares. This action was strenuously opposed at'the meeting by ,'six members cf the Board, who cited the opinion of the Supreme Court in their decision that the fiprfolk Southern Railway Company should pave these two streets on the sections along which their track was laid and that it should be done according to the contract then In force. In this contract it is especially provided that the company shall ' keep the streets paved by them properly drained. It would be impossible almost to dothis without, placing curbing. ' When the question of whether or not to place this curbing was put to the Board Messrs. Ellis, Baxter, Brinson, Bangert, Hill and Disosway opposed it while Messrs. T. F. McCarthy, Simpson, Smith, Kafer, Shriner and Gaskins were in favor' of the action. The vote stood six to six and ivjayor McCarthy cast his vote in favor of placing the curbing. An estimate of what this work will cost the tax payers of New Bern was made yesterday. . There are eight blocks to be paved, each of which will average three hundred and twenty-five feet in length. k Placing the curbing on each side of the street makes a total distance of six hundred and fifty feet for each block, the total number of feet, in' the eight blocks therefore would be five thousand two hundred feet. Granite curbing, such as would be used in the work, cost twenty-one cents per foot, making the' total cost for the curbing one thousand ninety-two dollars. The cost of putting the curbing down will be at least one thousand dollars' and the total shows a cost of more than' two thousand .dollars. ' 3, The action, of the board in requiring the tax-payer to stand for this expense was denounced by a number of citizens yesterday. . DIES IN JAIL. Several days ago William Hays, one of the " colored .convicts on the Cra ven county chain gang, was' taken ill with an attack of .malarial, fever. He was brought to- New Bern and placed in jail and medical attention rendered him by. the ' coifnty physician, .'His condition ' grew -- steadily - worse and Friday .night he j succumbed to the disease. ' As his relatives did not . ap pear to take charge of the body, it was sent to the medical -department of the State University for dissection, " GAS LOW, IN RICHMOND. After : a caref ut ' investigation , and utdy of figures-and facts, , the Bub- committee, of the , Richmond council committee on light has recommended reduction in the price of gas in that y i from 90 cents - per thousand to rents. ' This decision was unanimous. hough, it j is "stated, one memlar of the committee favored an 80-cent rate, in order to be conservative. a :' -- In Danville the rate is eighty-five cents per thousand feet. i. : . - In both Richmond ' and ' Danville gas is furnished by municipal gas plants, which have been able, not . only to operate without loss to the city, but to accumulate a considerable profit each year, In fact, the move for cheap er gas in Richmond has been due to the large surplus of receipts over ex penclitures. , In Danville, according to the last report of which we have know ledge, the annual . net profit on an eighty-five cent rate was something lika $10,000. LnycTiburg Advance. FLT OVERTURNS. . While the tug Margaret Was towing a flat loaded with lumber across Neuse river from Bridgetoh to this city yester day morning, the flat overturned and several thousand, feet of the lumber went overboard. The cargo was being brought over to the 'Neuse Lumber Company. The crew at once went to work and succeeded in recovering the part of the orgo that li 1 1 i lost. Bull Moc: -? to r' to k-ft cf us, vi t of L mm GUARDS AGAINST DISEASE Rules Adopted Prescribing Where Books' Are Not Allowed "f To Be Taken. - GO INTO . EFFECT AT pNCE Directors Take Precautions Against . - The Spread cf Con ' - tagion. The Board of' Directors of the New Bern' Library Association met yester day . morning 'with .ten members pre. sent? The Tresaurer, Mr. T. A. Green of 'the building committee, rendered the following report.: ' - Total amount of notes $4,375.21... Ahead collected. $2,874.23 Uncollected , $1,500,99 Due George Henderson $1,850.00 Spent on building $1,659.61 Incidental $34.86 Spent on lot ..r... $1,150.00. The treasurer of the Library-Asso ciation, Mr. William Dunn, Jr., re ported a balance of $1.09 in the trea sary. It was moved and .carried that the association thank Mr. P, M. Pearsall for a donation. of two valuable books also thank Mrs. C.-W. Munger for a handsome set of the Encycolpedia Bnttanica. A motion was made and carried That no books after this date be allow ed to go into any house where there is known to be a case of diphtheria, tuber culosis, scarlet-fever., measles or other contagious disease and that this notice be published in the two daily papers and also hung up in the library rooms." A committee was appointed to see qbout a new stove for the reading room It was moved and carried that Judge O. H. Guioh be appointed a member of the Library Board to- fill the place made vacant by the death of Mr. C. W- Munger. Much dis. cussion took place in regard to an amateur play to be given as a benefit. It was left to a committee to be de cided, upon. No further bu sines the meeting adjourned. ' Margaret S. Bryan, Secretary BRYAN. . (Baltimore ,Sun.) In the ' midst of Democratic jubila tion let us not forget the man who fought so bravely at the Baltimore convention for the nomination of a candidate acceptable to the . people. Moses led the Israelites out of the land of Egypt and through the wilder ness, and gave them a code of laws which has come down to' us through many centuries, but he ,wa not per mitted to enter the promised land. Mr. Bryanls experience has been simi lar in character, and thougtMie has been a great leader of his party, as well as political thought, he has been shut, out from the happy, land of Canaan. . But the country does not forget the splendid service he has. rendered dur ing all these years, nor for his part in making certain the nomination of Wilson. ' Like Clay, he may , never reach the summit of political ambi tion, but there will be room and op portunity for him jh - national affairs during the next four years. , -. - Notice to the Teachers of Craven County: . i!i ' A letter from. Dr. Joyner reminds me that the exchange period for books on the adopted list ends Dec; 1, 1912 except for- Histories of, the United States,-which extends to July 1, 1913. Please advise pu..ila and patrons so that advantage may be taken of the exchange offer at onec.-f.1 ,;;.' NORTH CAROLINA DAY. Program of Exercises for North Caro lina Day is being mailed today to each teacher. . ' V Friday, Dec, 6th, is the day fixed for. the celebration n the schools this years. - 4 t , - This day is to be known as "Aycock Memorial Day" and you are urged to follow the suggestions contained in the program. , -f . - , 1 Make the exercises as attractive as possible arid give cordial invitation to all pr.trons of the school to attend. i Send the contributions you receive for the "Aycock Memorial Fund" to the County Supt. of Public ilnstruction , nd the same will be acknowledged in the New Bern papers. . , ! S. M. BRINSON, ' Supt. Public Instruction, Nov. 9, 1912. , Craven County. Marrying a man to reform him is a ! ' ! ' ' !- ' : to i ' e an o - - r t ( f a 1 1 ( i. TERIBLE MASSACRE Creek Capture of Salonlki Attended - " ' r,. By Awful Scenes. . London, Nov. 9. An uncensored dispatch received by the Daily Chron icle from Constantinople, says: "Friday: Saloniki has been occu pied by the Greek troops. Their ap proach, was attended by awful scenes. Before the Greeks entered the town the elements of disorder broke loose and a terrible massacre of the nen-Moslem population took place. Shooting and looting were general. When the Greeks took possession they imprisoned. all the Pasha's officials and Turkish officers. The Turks in cap tivity in Saloniki number 27,000. Constantinople, Nov. 9. Pitiful scenes continued to be witnessed daily with the arrival of train loads of wounded from the front. Almost with out exception the wounded are on the verge of collapse from exhaustion. Many have been without attention for days and a majority of them with out food or water for 24 hours. The hospitals already are overcrowd ed and symptoms resembling cholera have appeared. Those suspected of having the disease are isolated in a special shed. If fhe dread scourge should come to Constandnople, where already there is so much distress and suffering among the wounded and refu gees, the consequences are too horri ble to contemplate. London, Nov. 9. Judging from to night's dispatches, Constantinople vir tually has abandoned hope of the abil ity of the Turks to offer serious resist ance at the Tchatalja line and is view ing the necessity of calling the city's manhood to the defense to the city it self. If Ihis is the case, the end of the war cannot be far distant. The Greeks achieved the crowning ing feat of their campaign by occupy ing Saloniki. It is not known yet whether the Turkish garrison of 15,000 evacuated the city prior to the coming of the Greeks or surrendered. It is believed, however, that they evacuated. The Greeks still must capture Jani- na Adrianople and Scutari also hold out, but it is reported that the two principal forts outside of Adrianople have been captured. A dispatch to the Vienna Reichspost says pourpar lers for the surrender of Adrianople have begun. Constantinople, Nov. 7. (By way of Kustendje, Roumania) Stories of the distress which . prevails among the Turkish troops, of the panic which seized upon various bodies of the men and what is worse, tales of pillage, rapine and massacre, continue to come in from various points. It is reported that Nazim Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, has decided to send to their homes several thousand men who have shown the white feather on the field of battle. AT ARMAGEDDON. (Wilmington Star.) We stand at Armageddon and view the landscape o'er. The. field is strewn with wreckage as it never was before; The elephant and moose are numbered mong the slain. And the Third Termer's dead as Hector ne'er to rise again. Let the - people sing a pean for the battle' they have won. And stand by -. Woodrow Wilson, the Re. public's mighty son; He'll sail he ship of State and will steer for Uncle Sam, And .keep all the . sailors straight with commanding epigram. if FUND STILL CLIMBS. Contributions amounting to eigh teen dollars were , yesterday- received toward the De Graffenried Monument Fund. .Young Mr. Walnau, the chief solicitor will tomorrow morning start oil a house, to house canvass.'--Every citizen of New Bern is urged to. con tribute. The amount has now reached point in the' neighborhood of three hundred dollars. 'This leaves hut little more than a like amount to b secured. Of this the Woman's Club, and the City Beautiful Club will contribute, a sub stantial sum and the pupils of the grad ed school will also help.1 " vr ,. j k - PAVING MATERIAL SHIPPED. It is understood that the material for paving Neuse road with bitulithic has been shipped and will arrive here uring the next few days. Mr". Cl D Bradham, chairman of the Board of County; Commissioners,, states - that the work will begin without delay and will be. rapidly pushed forward. : The paving of this road has long been con templated and there is general satis faction that the county has seen fit to start the worlk." It is being even more clearly era- ' I in the hour of Mr. Taft's t that every! ody love a fat man. IS INSPECTION TOUR Presidaat His and Other Norfolk Southern Officials In the City Yesterday. GO TO CAPE LOOKOUT TODAY Marsden J. Perry, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Also With Party. Mr. Charles H. Hix, the new presi dent of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, together with M. J. Perry, chairman of the Board of Directors, and other officials of the Norfolk Southern were in the city vesterdav. The party of railroad men were traveling in private cars Nos. 100 and 101, which with a day coach fpr the train crew formed a special train. The party left Norfolk Friday and spent Friday night in Belhaven. Yesterday morning they went through here and on to Oriental. From Oriental they came here and spent an hour or more looking over the company's property here. Divi sion Superintendent Virgil Walker join ed them here and they went on to Beaufort. The night was spent there and this morning a trip will be made to Cape Lookout. About noon the party will return here and go on to Kinston for a stay of about an hour. From there they go to Goldsboro and take the Southern for Raleigh to in spect the company's property and pro spects there. While in that part ol Norfolk Southern territory they will look over some of the recently acquired mileage of the road, which is to be used as a part of the proposed Norfolk Southern route into Charlotte. The railroad men in the party in addition to those mentioned were General Superintendent W. A. Witt, Traffic Manager E. D. Kyle and Chinf Engineer H. L. Nicholson. "FOOTBALLISTS" MEET DEFEAT. The New Bern High School Football team returned yesterday morning from Washington where on the previous day they played the school team of that place. Unfortunately the local boys had a number of accidents and were forced to change their line-up several times. This threw the team out of order and they lost the game, the score being 40 to 0 in favor of Washington. CHILD BADLY BURNED. Miller, the 12-year-old son of Mr. Willen, Allen who residec at No. 14 King street, was painfully burned yesterday morning when his sister, in removing a kettle full of boiling warer from the range, accidentally dropped the receptacle and the entire contents coursed down the young boy's side and lower limbs. The pain was, of course, intense and but for the fact that one of the neighbors had a chest of first aid remedies which were applied, results of his injuries might have been serious. Last night, though still suffering, the little fellow was reported to be resting as well as could be expected. GOOD DIVING THIS Negjo Fishes Up Keg of Nails From V Bottom of River. A remarkable feat of diving was exhibited at the Blades dock, foot of Middle v: street, yesterday, afternoon when a colored stevedore who said that his name was William Green, brought up from the icy . waters of Trent river a keg of nails which had been ' dropped overboard while being loaded on a; gas '. boat. . The negro, clad only in a . jacket and trousers, dived the first time and located the keg, on -the second trip down he placed a rope around it and oa the third trip finished the task of making this rope secure and arose to the surface with the free, endi' Catching hold ' of a rope 7 thrown him, he pulled the keg up with ' him and placed it. on the deck of the boatr Thewater was six-feet deep. . A 'NEW . ADVERTISEMENTS. , i . ., - -.. - A. J. .; r ,.' . i,.,-..-' - Burrus & Co. -Royal Jr. Hay presses. - Mrs. B. Allen Elected hy women. ' John I. -Smith Is your horse lame?1" ' Standard Shoe Co. The CrossettV shoe..' V ''': - ' ' ': F People's Bank Facilities at your .v disposal. ; . ' . - - . " . . . . V New Bern Banking & Trust -Co. - The saving habit. ' . . National Bank First among the banks of the city, etc. ' Tolson Lumber & Mfg. Co. Mantels OFFICII
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