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- NUMBER 211; rW ' : THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
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S All PlSICiS GATHER FOR
S E VENTEENTH
. V Representative Attendance
, ' Here From Virginia and
' V : , North Carolina. "
VrfiETfilllH WELCOME FBOM
- SPOKESMEN FOil CITY
A Dr. E. G. Williams' Place
r . ' Taken by Dr. Cyrus
' ? Thompson.
The tirst sesfcion of the seventeenth
annual convention of the Seaboard
Medical Association of North Caro-
lina and Virginia which in now in
' , session in this city, was held at Griffin
. ' Auditorium last evening in the pre
. nence "of a fair sized audience com-':fv;-
potsed of visiting "and local physicians
. Si stnd a number of interested men and
P women of the city.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. B: F. Huske, rec(or of
, , Christ Episcopal church.
.;;,. .Mayor C. J. McCarthy had "been
" ' selected to welcome the visiting phy-
. -C ' eicians to the city but on account of
"r an important meeting of the Board of
Aldermen he was unable to be present.
?',. L. H. Cutler, Jr., president of the
, Chamber of Commerce expressed the
Mayor's regrets at not being able to be
' ' present and for him extended the citys
.- wecoine to this body of learned me I.
y In behalf of the Chamber of Commerce
Vjf . Mr. Cutler .extended a warm welcome
';'' to the visitors, fie gave a brief re-
" "- view of the city's history and achieve
;:" ments and told of what the citizens
v' .. and the Chnmber of Commerce in-
' ; tended doing in the future. Inon-
elusion he told the doctors, thatthe
Ht.' ' city was theirs and thai its citizens
i '.. were more than glad to have them here.
f In extending a welcome on behalf
il of the Craven County Medical Society
fT ., Dr. H. M. Bonner went into a technical
'analysis of the cause of many of the
LfHj V:- diseases and maladies of the present
s; day and explained what part the
Axi ' 'physicians weee taking in making the
country free from disease and de
, ' generacy.
t - , Dr. J. E. Sebrell, of Norfolk, Va.,
"v. ' made a responcse to the welcome to
behalf of the physicians of Virginia,
t'-j-. His rentakrs were well timed and de
f' livered.
'i-v, In responding to the welcome on
behalf of the visiting physicians of
- .North Carolina Dr. A. K. Tayloe of
Washington, C. said: "I esteem
. it a great honor and pleasure to be
assigned the pleasant task of ex
pressing to you in words the emotion
of our hearts, at the kind words of
greeting which have just been delivered,
and on behalf of the medical fraternity
i'of the State .of North Carolina, it so
I'fay pleasure, privilege . and honor it
Jtiy' we sincerely thank' you. The
Kind words with which we have been
welcomed to your fcity are highly
appreciated."
- Annual Oration. .
. In delivering the annual oration,
Dr.R, I.. Payne, Jr. of Norfolk, Va.
took for his subejet "The Doctor's
Vacation". He had his subject well
in handvand for forty inihiites- eiiterr ;
tained his audience with his "discourse.
"Dn Ennion G. Williams, Cotnissioner
ofr'Health, .Richmond, Vs., was to
have been present to deliver an illustrat
ed lecturo on "The Most Dangerous
Animal in the World the House Fly".
;- PROGRAM AT THE ATHENS
' '? ' ,'today.
. " Those splendid dancers-.Austin and
V cCarvin, appear for , the. last time to
might this ' act will bear s seeing
..fceyeral ti mes a better : dancing , acV
s - has . never been - seen in . New . Bern.
Pictures as follows.- ,
."&'vXWritten in tne Sand"-JQuf name
krahd -' 'hopes . are often' written in the
. aand; of-'timel to be .effaced by! the
J 'varying tides and -waves of'iife -it is
well illustrated in this Vitagraph perfor
; f: ma nee. , Mr. Chas. L.-. Gaskill an old
:-'.';Kew Bernian,is author of the play '
' 'JForgtve Ut Our Trespaese3"-I one
' "oi the best dramas . of the . season.
V J'The Horst.-Thieves',,-w-An Indian pic
r tureiL the plaint. '- .
- We. will show 'The Count of Monte
' .Cristo', ' Friday,. , matinee and , night.
- There are 3000 feet of film. And is one
' . of. the most powerful and picturesque
. romances ever penned. Don't ' mis
it.' No advance; in' prices, v Matinee
daily' at 3:45. Show at night start
at 7:30. H.::,,:.
: AN N U AL S ESSI 0
Unfortunately he was detained "and was
not able to be. 'present. . Dr.' Cyrus
Thompson of Jacksonville was chosen
to fill the, vacancy. Dr. Thompson
informed his audience that he was un
expectedly called upon to deliver this
address and wasthereforc unprepared
for the. occasion. Nevetheless Hie
made an interesting talk oirthe deadly
ravages of this little pest and his re
marks evoked the strictest attention.
Following the lecture .pictures of the
birthv and life of a fly were shown
This morning at 10 o'clock at the
court house the first regular business
meeting of the Association will com
mence. This will continue throught
day and tonight'at 9:30 o'clock the
visitors will betendered an informal
reception by CD. ,Bradham, Chairman
of the Craven County Board of Heatlh,
at his home.
Among the physicians who have
already arrived in the city are Dr. F.
E. Stewart of Philadelphia, B. . Holse
of Tyner, Dr. J. E. RavU of Suffolk,
Dr. Paul Anderson of Richmond, Dr,
K. r. Honner ot Morehead City, ur
A. K. Tayloe ot Washington, Dr.
James T. Spruill of Columbia, Dr. C.
S. Barker ol Trenton, Dr. Cyrus
Thompson of Jacksonville, Dr. E.
Blassucci of New York, Dr. R. I..
Payne, Jr., of Norfolk, Dr. W. Hunter
of Norfolk, Dr. H. W. Carter of Wash
ington, Dr. Benjamin Hawslev of
Roper, Dr Clarence Porter Jones of
Newport News, Dr. R. P. Cradall of
Washington, D. C. Dr. W. C. Whit
field of Grifton, Dr. J. E. Sebrell of
Norfolk.
"U. S. MOST LAWLESS NATION"
Cause, Lack of Military Training,
Says General Wood.
Philadelphia, Dec. 3. Major-Gen.
Leonard Wood, Chief of Staff of the
United States Army, at th? one hundred
and sixty-third annual dinner of the
St. Andrews' Society of Philadelphia
said the United States is the most
lawless nation in the world because
its citizens lack military training. He
again asserted that the United States
is unprepared for war and is not in a
position to defend itself against an
attack of a first class world pbwerr
"Five times as many men commit
murder in the United States as in
England," said Gen. Wood, and'' eight
times as many as in Switzerland, where
military service is demanded of every
citizen. Because of thivlack of mili
tary training there is not bred in the
people a respect of hw."
"VVe do not want a standing army,
but we must perfect some system of
short-enlistment for every able-bodied
citizen, to. prepare him to take his place
in the army and to train him to obey
the hiw.
"We -have never had a war with a
first-class power. I am not impugning
our capaicity, btit no, unprepared nation
can successfully fight . a ' niillion citi
zens trained to niilitary tactics with
out serious danger and severe losses."
TRAIN AT FAYETTEVILLE
Baltimore Orioles to - Have Their
Spring Co hip There.
Fayetteville, N. C; Dec. 3.-i-Jack
Dunn, : manager' of .the Baltimore
international League "Baseball team,
and E. W. Wicks, secretary and trea
surer of the ;lub, were in Fjfyettillc
yesterday for. the purpose of looking
over this city as a training place
Manager Dunn- before leaving, ? ad-,
nounced that he had determined to
select this point. . ' . '
-The Orioles manager said that be
would be inv Fayetteville .March J - ttf
make arrangements for th coming of
the players, v while -the athletes, . at
least 'twenty-five ' in number,-- would
arrive about March,Jl0v The. traiping
grounds will be those 'of .the ; Cumber
land Fair, Association, just beyond the
limits of .!' the ityy-.wT'heseji grounds
were jU&ed s by the Eastern Carolina
League during the two years. Fay ettej
ville was a member of that circuit." 'A
new grand stand has- just been built
at a coit of 54,500,- " ''j ' , ' '
v Dunn and Wicks arrived at . 8 o'clock
yesterday morning. They "were met
by a number of local baseball enthus
aiastics, headed by James. F- Johnson,
Hubert . Kamsaur,- president of then
Chamber Tof. ; Commerce, ' and .Mayor
John ' Underwood. It 'was Mr. John
son whd conceived the idea of invit
ing - the. International Leaguers' here.
A number of other towns have been
attempting " to .' secure the . Orioles,
among which were Rocky :' Mount and
Wilson. k : . x . ' ; "
U NEARING COMPLETION r
f .... ... . i-s a J-.. I-a5
Pitying on Neuse, Road . Will Soon
.T Have Been 'FinisJicd.- .";
: The work of paving Nettse road- vith
bitidithic material ' whih was bpu'n
atiouttwo weeKs ago lvriptcuy neartng
completion and the last Cwt .pf he
paving material will probably be placed
by Saturdaynorning, f
-. Since the work was begun the road
has necessarily been closed ta the public
and there has-been no traflic over it
The paving material dries cjuickly nad
within a short time after the 'work is
completed the road will be again open
to trsffiic.
Beginning at the end of Broad street
the road has been paved for a distance
of two miles. Formerly -this section
was in very, bad condition, especially
during -the winter and spring month
when there was much rain, and traffic
o ver it was so bad that many fdrmers
cohhl not - bring loads of produce to
the city. When the present work of
paving has been tompleted there will
be no better road in Eastern North
Carolina.
It had been the intention of tjie Conn
ty Commissioners to begin paving Trent
road as soon as the work on the Neuse
road was completed. However, there
will be some little delay in doing this
but the Trent road will at an early
date be paved for a distance of two
miles with the sn.e 'material' and fol
lowing the conclusion of this the work
will be taken up o l thf Oaks road.
FISHERIES CONVENTION
Persons Interested in the Industry
To Meet in Washington.
A number of local fish dealers will
leawe this morning for Washington,
N. C. to attend the second annual
meeting of the North Carolina Fisheries
Association which Will convene there
at 10:30 o clock, in the Elks' Hall.
Many matters of interest to fishermen
and fish dealers all over the ejitire State
will be taken up and acted Upon at
this meeting and a large number of
delegates will be present. The fol
lowing program has been arranged
for the meeting:
Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1912, Morning
Session, 10:30.
Convention called to order Geo.
N. Ives, President.
Opening prayer. Rev. H. B. Sea-
right.
Address of welcome, Hon. Collin
H. Harding, Mayor of Washington.'
Response, George N. Ives, Pres.
Object of Convention, Joseph Hyde
Pratt, State Geologist.
Work of Legislative Committee of
1009, Hon. A. W. Graham of Gran
ville County.
Status of Industry in North Caro
lina at the present time. Reports
from various committees.
The Principal Cause of the Decline
of the Fishing Industry, Dr. . H. F.
Moore of the V. S. Bureau of Fisheries.
Report of Secretary and Treasurer.
Appointment of Committees:
On Resolutions.
On . Nominations and next meet
ing place. " -
On. Legislation.
Afternoon Session, 2:30 O'clock.
ProWsed Fisheries Legislation. Re
port by Legislation Committee of the
Association.
Discussion. .
Reports of Committees.
Election of Officers. -
If the discussion regarding pro
posed legislation and the adoption of
resolutions ' covering such legislation
cannot be completed at the afternoon
session, a morning session will be held
on -.Thursday .December 5th at 10
o'clock.- ' . , -
v Tonight at-.8 o'clock ' the visitors
will be tendered a reception by the
Washington . Chamber of Commerce
assisted by the business, men of the
city. . . ' '' '...' '
THIRD CAR IS NOTiHERE YET
But is on the Way and Should Come
.... & . . t'i - ... V-
- mini Any nme, -e
There A Was a report 'current ' on the
streets' yesterday that the?, third car to
be -used'- on . the.'street railway had
arrived. Upon Investigation this
rumor proved to be groundless. " .Mayor
McCarthy stated last, night that 4 the
car was shipped on the day. following
that' on' which j the two. cars which
arrived here last Saturday were sent
out from, the factory and should have
arrived - Here, yesterday but -that it
had been delayed at somepoint along
the road. , A tracer has been -started
and the car . will probably be located
and brought here by the latter part of
the week. . . .
The engine which will furnish power
for the large dynamos in. the company's
new power plant has- been shipped and
will arrive' here Friday amorning nd
will be installed without daily. '
'; CONFERENCE APP0INTMENTS-
Complete IJst of the Assignment
V 'v.. For .New Bern; District. ,
r "TheToliowing is a complete list of
the appointments made fpr the New
Bern District at -the North Carolina
Methodist Conference which adjourned
Monday afternoon at Fayetteville after
a. very successful meeting:
New, Bern District J. E. Under
wood, . presiding elder, Atlantic, Z
P , . . 1. . . n : - e
l A Cotton; Briduetoh circuit. R. E,
Pittman; Carteret . circuit, F. T. Ful-
cher; Dover circuit, L. N. B. Pet
tishall; Elm Street and East Kinston,
J. M! Wright, Goldsboro, St. Paul's
N. H. D. Wilson; Goldsboro, St
John s, B. C. Thompson: ! Goldsboro
circuit, C. O. Durant; Grifton circuit,
E. D.,Dodd; Hookerton circuit, W. E
Hocutt; Jopes circuit, C. E. Vale:
Kinston station, F. S. Love, La
Grange circuit, J.. M. Carraway, sup
ply; Morehead City station, E. H
McWhorter; Mt. Olive eircuit, W
A. Pjland; New Bern, Centenary, J. B.
Hurley; Ocracoke and Portsmouth, F.
F. Eure, supply; Oriental circuit, Wal
ter Patten; Pamlico circuit,-F. S. Bec-
ton, supply; Sevfcn Springs, R. R
jonnson, supply; snow Hill circuit,
J.J. Boon; Straits circuit, W B.
Humble, .
Among the other important appoint
ments made were L. E. ,.ThijaRan,
presiding Elder, jSfanfjntM..:Bierirtr
in. M. wrignt,- Jacksonville; R. L.
Carraway, Onslow Circuit; J. M. Low
der, Richlands; J. C. Whedbee, Swans
boro Circuit; R. C. Beaman, Presiding
Elder Elizabeth City District, J. C.
Wooten, Fjrst church Elizabeth City,
W. L. Rexford, Bladen street church
Wilmington; C. T. Rodgers, Wilming
ton Trinity; J. D. Bundy, Grace
church Wilmington, A. L. Ormond,
Carr church Durham: G. F. Smith.
Memorial church Durham; R. C. Cra
ven. Trinity church, Durham; J. H.
Hall, presiding Elder Raleigh District
H. McCracken, Central church Ra
leigh; H. M. North, Edenton street
church Raleigh; R. F. Taylor, Jenkins
Memorial and Annex Raleigh; J. T
Gibbs", Presiding Elder Washington
District, T. E. Wyche, Vanceboro
Circuit; R. F. Bum pass Presiding Elder
Warrenton District.
DEEPEfl CHANNEL
Major H. W. Stickle to Hold Im
portant Hearing In Pollock '
ville on -Dec. 11.
10 FOOT DEPTH CONSIDERED
r-
Hearing is Preliminary to
Ex
aminutlon fo ,be Held
at Later Date.
Among the other items included in
the River and Harbor Act. approved
oy congress last July tnere was an
examination pf Trent river from New
Bern to Pol loks ville ordered in order to
decide whether it would be advisable
and of 'enough moment to dredge this
route to a depth of ten feet.
In- a letter received front H. "W
Stickle, . Major, Corps ot Engineers,
u a n., ne states tnat ae will hokka
hearing in connection with the prelim-i
nary examination, at Polloksville at
0 clock,- December 1J . This hear
ing is for the purpose of affording in
terested ,' parties An opportunity "of
presenting their views on this improve
ment.i"; .
At present the depth of the water in
Trentvriver between New Bern and
Polloksville is at times so low that it is
practically impossible for vessels draw
ing more than three - or ; four feet
water" to be successfully-navigated over
certain-points. . If aa channel ten feet
in "depth is dredged it will mean that
larne ; Vessc! can reach Polloksville
kwitbout any danger of tunning agroiind.
il is a -manor u inucu import nor only
to th people of that place but to'' the
people of the entire section.
TO ATTEND CONVENTION, . .
- Rcv.-Pr, E. J, Carter, pastor of the
First Baptist church, ReV. J, B. Philips,
pastor of the-Tabernacle Baptist church
and A. X. Ward, one of the delegates
from the -First Baptist church) went to
Goldsboro yesterday-'1 to attend the
Baptist State Convention. - Mr, J, C.
Whitty and S. M. ' Brihson are also
delegates from the First Baptist church
and Mr. Brinson will go today. Mr.
Whitty is cjuite unwell and may nut
be able to attend. The onvention
meetings are beings held in the First
Baptist church, a new structure which
was erected at a cost of $40,000 and
the Baptists of Goldsboro are extending
a warm welcome to all visitors.
FOR
TRENT RIVER
BOnBOiiECTSiLt
s
BUI
LOfNO
To Advertise Over For Proposals on
Proposed Light and Power
Structure
WANT IT ENTIRELY FIREPROOF
City Water To Be Furnished Fre
For Washing of Oysters
and Fish.
One of the most important matters
brought up at the meeting of the Board
of Aldermen held last night was the
proposed erection of a new building
to house the water and light plant
At a former meeting of the Board plans
and specifications for the building were
submitted and accepted ahd at the
following meeting bids were received
These bids ranged from twelve to
eighteen thousand dollars. -At that
time there was some tajk of the light
plant being sold and the contract was
not awarded but a conmmittee ap
pointed to make further investigations
and report at the following meeting.
Alderman T. F. McCarthy stated
that as nothing further had been heard
ii regards to the purchase of the local
plant by the Carolina Light & Power
Company he moved that the bid of
Blalock 3rothers, which was slightly
in excess of twelve thousand dollars
be , accepted. Alderman Simpson
made a short talk in which he explained
theconstrutcion of this'proposed build
ing. Alderman Ellis then arose and
stated that he thought that it would
be best to let things lie just as they
were at this time and that the contract
be not awarded at present. Following
Alderman Ellis'- remarks W. B. Blades
. H. Cutler, E. B. Hackburn and James
A Bryan made short talks advocating
Alderman Ellis's view of the matter
Alderman Ellis then made a motion
that the Board defer action on build
ing this structure and reject all pro
posals and that the bids be advertised
for again and the contractors be asked
to subnit plans and specfiication of an
absolutely fireproof structure.
In making his report to the Board
Dr. J. F. Foley, City Meat and Milk
Inspector, stated' that he was having
trouble with oyster dealers and boat
men who persisted in washing their
oysters and fish with wa.er dipped
from .he river at ' the Middle street
dock. Upon motion a pipe was order
ed placed on the dock and city water
will be furnished free to all oyster nien
and boatmen to be used in washing
fish and oysters. In the future those
who persist in washing them with
river water will be arrested and made
to pay a fine . Dr. Foley was also
instructed to publish his report on the
diries furnishing milk to the citizens
and to publish this report every month
Alderman Gaskins presented a peti
tion asking that East Front street be
shelled from Johnson street to Queen
street. " .
Alderman Ellis made a. motion that
the rubber' boots and coats recently
purchased by the city for the fire de
partment be turned over to the Fire
Committee and that they in turd should
deliver them to the chief of the fire
department and receive a receipt for
same and that the chief could then
hand them out' to the different com
panies.
Aldeptnan Disosawy asked that three
additional electric light s be placed at
the corner of Burn and Pine streets.
This request was referred to the Lights
Committee. ' . ' " . -
The Board decided that 'lib fire
crackers, or firearms o( any variety be
fired , within the city limits between
the hours of 10:30 a. in. and 1.. p. m.
on Christmas day and the Chief of
Police was instructed to arrest all
violators. .. . ' '
- .
'The ordinance relative to merchants
displaying their wares on the sidewalks
was ordered r suspended during the
week of December 16. N ' y -
City Attorney . Nunn informed the
Board that he had succeeded in closing
the matter of the money due the city
from1 the Gooding estate.-' In this case
he presented a bill fof fifty dollars.
This was allowed,, - I !,' CxVi.'
i Just before the dose of the, regular
business meeting Alderman Hill and
Cheif of Police Llipton had a tiltioyer
the enforcement of thd city ordinances.
Mr. Lupton stated that if he enforced
every ordinanceon the books he would
have to place several of the aldermen
under arrest. Alderman Hill told him
not to let that deter him but to en
and enforce the laws of the c:'
Bids for sewerage to be r '
northern part of thee!-
and rejected and t1
o again advci '
fi
t
Attendance on Services of Special
Celebration is Gratify
ingly Large.
-MEN ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT
Service Will Be at First Baptist
Church --Special Music
By Choir.
Thi- second afternoon's program of
the local ccU-bration of-Home Mission
Week held yesterd.'iy afternoon in the
lect ure room of the Presbvteriun
church wa equally as well attended as
was that of Monday afternoon, which
as stated yesterday morning, was
especially gratifying and encouraging
to the-local committee of women who
have ben working so assiduously to
make New Bern's celebration of the
week comport with the importance of
the occasion.
The devotional exercises were con
ducted by Mrs. C. L. Slover. Mrs.
George Green discussed the subject
of "The Saloon and Temperance Re
form." She gnve some startling fiyunsl
showing the hold .that the liquor
habit has on the people and the dis
astrous results which it produces.
The paper was an impressive arraign
ment of the liquor tr.ifhV. Miss Ett.i
Nunn, who was down for a paper on
'Country Life,' had not returned to
the citv as it was expected she would
when it was announced that she would
read the paper. In her absence Mr.
W. A. West made a few remarks i-n
the great cause which w.is uppermost
in the minds of her hearers Miss
Nunn, it is expected, will be heard
Saturday afternoon.
The first of the evening meetings
in connection with, the celebration will
be held tonight at the f irst Biptist
church. Rev. Dr. E. T. Carter, pastor
of that church, is at Goldsboro attend
ing the Slate Baptist convention and
Rev. J. B. Hurley, pastor of Centenary
Methodist church, will conduct the
devoticnal exercises. J. M. Dick will
deliver an addres on "The American
Indian" and Mr. Lapslcy will speak on
on "The Frontier." The choir of the
church will render an anthem.
The woman's committee of arrange
ments is very hopeful that there shall
be a large attendance at tonight's and
all the other meetings of the series.
A service tomorrow night and the fol
lowing night at the First Baptist church
and another woman's meeting Satur
day afternoon at the Presbyterian
church and a mass meeting Sunday
night at Centenary Mcthodisit church
are the remaining services of the week.
Men as yvell as women are expected
at the evening services.
GIRLS REBEL
Spooning I'nder Eyes of College
Chaperons Resented.
Wcllesley, Mass,. Dec. 3. Regu-
ated spooning at Wellesley College has
proved unpopular.' A month ago the
faculty advocated the opening of two
sorority houses Sunday nights, where
he young ladies could entertain their
gentlemen callers after chapel services.
The first open house was a success as
regardc attendance. But vigilant chap
erons in the guise of the college faculty
looked on as the girls entertained their
guests. Since the "house warming"
night, attendance has fallen off stcad-
lv, until at the ' last gathering there
were but six couples. 1 ne majority
of the girls have fallen back on the old
custom of . receiving their friends and
iweethearts in the dormitory, parlors.
As one student laughingly said:
"What youth wants to woo 'neath the
stony gaze of a chaperon, or what fair'
ollegian cares to flirt when she knows
that her dignified instructor in ento
mology is studiously scanning her
guest' . . '
. AYCOCK MEMORIAL FUND.
Postal" cards bearing the picture, of
the late Charles B.: Ay cock are being
distributed among all the School chil-
dren In the.state by the Department of
Education..' . These cards, are to .be sold
at -ten cena. each and tile' money win
be turned over to -the Aycock Memorial
Fund, a The cards which have not been
sold by Friday, the "day on which mem- '
rial exercises, wilt be Ijcld in' a".."' -schools
in the' State", will be r -
MISSIO
WORKERS
MUCH
NGDURAGEO