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tfERNHe 10. 1912 ff NUMBER 216 The Wwther ' fAi . THIRTY-FIRST YEAR n' J:: Tit? ;"r, i V .. -1 V;' r- fllRIICE --if..' 'Jast of the Rallies of Week's Ob servance of the Cause In thin City. HELD AT CENTENARY CHURCH JDrs. Carter and Beaman Urge j Church People to C0-oper- FOR MISSIS ate in the Work. 'V - K The last of the Home Missions V.7iV- "Week rallies was held at Centenary , t , Methodist church Sunday night, tak--: ing the form of a joint meeting of sev !.ai congregations. The congregation -was unusually large and the in- . h,.' "terest manifested in the addresses was , Mi, .. marked . Dr. E. T. Carter, pastor of ' She First Baptist church, spoke first. 1 4 u v lie urged co-operation of church work ' j 4TTS and told his hearers that there 1 ' i was much work to be done within the S shadows f le church steeples of. New ' "Bern. He was followed by Rev. Dr. ) - R, C. Beaman, presiding elder of the " ' Durham Distri t M E. Church. Dr. Beaman spoke along the same lines, h . urpng a more concerted work here at :-!. home on the part of all christians. Dr. Carter said in part: i.i. "When 1 first entered the ministry "L, 1 thought that the Baptists were Cod's hoeen people and that it was the only "j:. (creed worth being connected with. Years ago I got over that idea and '? " now I believe in perfect christian ,'" jtnlty. I believe that in the future the ante of God will be the talismanic 'word which will unite all Christians in ' great conquest to go out and save the ioi." rl to Christ. When Napoleon '.' i as L.inishcd to the island of Elba . lhere were thousnads of his admirers . i and adherents in France who. wanted r . s tiim restored and the empire rc-estab-lished. However, they could not go '. i-i around proclaiming their desires and each of them wore a small charm, the filceness of Napoleon. Meeting one , Another they would cautiously display tbisanu utter the one word Napoleon and go on their way to work for him. f (imp thf rti-itilfv nf Tputie fhrict '.?-? ( will draw nigh to each other, whisper i - His name and pass on to work for His ... .. , ungoom. mere is no oetter mustra i, V. tioa of this great work thaf is before '-'Ji-. the present day christian that the lives il John and Andrew, two fishermen from tne sea oi uainiee. une uay as s they were walking by the sea, John .'" v pointed out Jesus to Andrew and told 'v. liini that He was the I.amb of God who A i taketh away the sin of the world. The ' text day John and Andrew followed ... v . Jesus to his abode and spznt " several .j' ' ' hours in his company. Andrew then '"j-"; went in search of his brother Simeon and brought him to Jesus. This U the . root of the idea of the gospel. The '-'"r' ' lirrtldnd of work that is necessary in .. - carder to bring the world to Jesus is Vv t eek the sinners and tell them of 'fl ' Jfim. The business of the church is Lrf. -:: ?4UtJto swell denominational ranks but jtf to preach of Christ. The work of the V church id to find the sinner, tell him of Jesus and bring him into the . . . . Cold. Those who are now members of the church must seek the non-comer And "bring him to church, they must fiegin where Andrew began and pro- -v ceed along the same lines. ' t"'A few years ago there was a man living in one of our western cities who PROGRAM AT THE ATHENS A (Kaninlin & Be.ll those "Southprii r -i r -- - . - ' Song' Birds" delighted our large audi- t ' tnce last night, and thev will appear '' ti.in toniiht. . This act is one of the y ; ; best and V Picture f .'Toddy"- ; best and highest priced acts on .the They , can't fail to please you. Pictures as follows; "Father 'Wot .Toddy". He .likes his toddy wifcy Jj (objects.,- This Vitagraph picture tellb ome . wonderful things they .both did. i ""Big Cun Practice at Fort Hamilton", , This1 -picture is a complete demonstra- ton of 'how , coast defense- Would ; he y . irried out in case of ear.'.f VThe War , on Mosquitos"T--!ti . this Edison : pict ' f t ure taken in New Yorlf . we see . in a -dear intensely;; interesting , and ;.in 1 tructjve .wayt ustMtow this , work is v leing Conducted. ('The? Convertible i , ,Auto"-"A! comedy feUturing :n' auto snobile : which is equally servicabl6 on r. 'land, 6r oh sea Remember Friday ' night will' be f Amateur" Night'Wte will give J prlzes as follows! 1st prite ' -15.00 in rold.-' 2nd Prize S2.50 ill Bold. rdf prize a v Week admission ticket to i ii Athens. Those who wish to enter tl'-e contest will please shand in their p ::iea promptly. . , - . ' . i latlnee daily, at 3:45. . Show at r'wttt start at 7:30 o'clock. ' REPLIES REQUESTED Secretary Williams Must' Have In formation Asked. Several days ago J. Leon Willianis, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, sent out letters to a number of local business men inquiring about the a mount of freight received and snipped out by them each year. Many of these inquiries have been answered but there are a few who have not. yet been heard from. This information was a desired for a specific prupose. The Atlantic Coast Line Railway Com pany has been asked to operate a line from this city to the north. Before taking any action in this matter the railroad officials asked for information as to the amount of freight that was being handled. This is a matter of importance and all who' have not answered these inquiries are asked to do so without further delay. - was afflicted with locomotor ataxia. One day he started out for a walk. In that section severe storms frequently come on within a very short time and without any warning and when this man was some distance from rjis home one of these storms arose. Unfort unately the man was stricken with a severe attack of his malady and fell to the earth, unable to move. Snow began to fall and he was soon covered with the flakes. When he'did not re turn to his home his friends began a search for him. They scoured the fields and roads in every direction and finally found him. almost frozen but still living. This illustrates the work of the church. There must be a con certed seeking for the lost. Let me say again that this is the only justification for the existence of the; church. We are saved to serve and if we do not serve it is doubtful if we are saved. This seeking of our lost brother can only be done by those who have found Christ themselves. The Lord is not seeking the help of unbelievers in furthering his cause. The ' unbelievers are the ones to be helped. There is a certain class of professing christians in whose offerings and service Christ can have no pleasure. These are the ones who meet the world half and half and es pecially a little nearer on the world's side than on the Lord's half. These are the ones who are in constant at tendance at the club, theatres and card parties but who are never seen in Sun day school or at prayer meetings. These people talk eloquently of poli tics, the latest play and other worldly things but when the blessed name of Christ is mentioned they are suddenly struck dumb. 1 "These people are hindrances to the cause of Christ. Jhe world which meets them half way does not respect them I appeal to you to come back to the Savi and ask to be forgiven. The Lord re- requ ires holy men for His work, Bro ther should lead brother to Jesus. Christ says go ye into all the world. In going forth on this effort we must not forget our brother, he is at . our very door. There may be very little romance in doing this work. Doing Christ's work in North Carolina .or Virginia may seem commonplace to doing it in China or Africabut if it is less romantic it is more urgent. With in .the shadow of the church steeples in New Bern there is much work to be done and I ask God to help us seek our brother and bring him into the fold." Der. Carter was followed by" Rev. Dr. R. C. Beaman, preseding elder of the "Durham District M. . E. church and' he. strongly urged against, exr cessive dcnominationalism and for a more concerted work of .-seeking tne lost , souls in our " city. ' ., "Christ", he said 'cares nothing for denominations but wants us to combine and do his work. The most,' shameful waste of time is that lost "W'rivalry, between churches." Continuing1 Dr. ' Beaman said that it was not necessary to sen4 missionaries '-, o. foreign.;, countries, to -.find v lost 4 souls, and redee jtv . them but they could be found .right here in our city and that Christ ' was-as eager for them to be. brought "into his fold as heis for, those in foreign lands,- The Journal l v requested by the lopai committee fto express . the : com mittee's 'sincere .thanks tar ver)f j wne who in any Way 'aided in the several meetings held during the ,week of the Celebration. The committee found a ready and willing spirit of co-operation and for the same it iij deeply grateful The -members of -the committee were Miss Etta Nunn, Mrs.S. J. Phillips, Mrs. W. J. Lucas,- Mrs. Charles Hall, Mrs. H. M. Bonner, Mrs. Morris, Mrs. L. E. Young, Mrs. J T. Hollister, Miss Nina Basnight, Mrs. W. A. West. NEGRO FIRED AT DROPS RATIONS "Stop" "Cried a Voice But Joe Chapmaiy Didn't Heed The Command. TIME TO RUN, NOT TO HALT Pistol Shots Rang Out and Joe Then Gave Exhibition of Some Real Running. Joe Chapman, a colored man who lives a mile or more east of Bridgeton, appeared at that place yesterday morn ing and related a harrowing tale of an experience which befell him while en route to his home afltr leaving one of the stores at Bridgeton last Saturday night. . Chapman had been in town purchas ing supplies for,his Sunday's dinner and had loitered yound until the hour was growing . late. Finally shouldering a sack of flour and taking a cut of beef in hisother hand, Chapman set off down the road. At a point about half a mile dis tant from Bridgeton, Chapman savs some one commanded him to stop. He became frightened and began to walk a little faster. At this juncture a voice from the opposite ide of the road gave him the same command. The negro then became panicky and began to run. Several shots were fired at him and in order to make better speed he dropped his provisions. Run ning on a little further he fell over in a clump of bushes and lay Mill. A few minutes later he saw some one come out to the side of the road and pick up the sack of flour and beef which he had cast aside and return to the woods. Chapman was in town endeavoring to get a line on his lost groceries but the police there were unable to assist him in the matter, not having any definite" clues upon which to work. WRITTEN UP IN "MONITOR" Christian Science Paper Tells of Work of P rkhill Jarvia. In a late issue of the Christian Science Monitor, published in Boston, there is a very interesting write up of the achievements' jaf Parkhill Jarvis, son of D. B. Jarvis of this city, as a wireless operator. Preceding the arti cle is a very good picture of Young Jarvis' operating room and his instru ments. The article contains the following interesting account of the young opera tor: . "The town of New Bern is not a. little proud of the wireless achieve ments of one of its boys, Parkhill Jarvis, who has attracted the attention of experts in that line of telegraphy. Young Jarvis is not inclined to speak much of what he has accomplished, but the plant installed by him is con sidered as a rather reamrkable accom plishment. The boy not only set up the station but made . the intricate parts of the apparatus. 1 he wireless room is fitted with every appliance essential to its perfect service. He has even" posted on the walls the warning sign "Don't Talkvto the Operator." There is alsq a warning thai it will prove unpleasant to come in contact with the electric current." Young . Jarvis took up this work some ;,. months . ago and his progress has been remarkable. Starting with a i few pieces of an . old telegraph in strument, he fashioned a crude receiving and sending apparatus. Next he erect ed poles and strung the: wires accross them,., conceiving , the entire method of 'installation fronT.his own thoughts. Later, he- became , more interested- and in addition to the Instruments which he fashioned, purchased other. The plant is now in .condition - to , rt- cefve messages for : two. hundred . miles although, it 'is impossible for him-at present to use his . sending , appratus iri" dispatching messages that distance. There is ibelieved to be; su brilliant future before him Ju. his chosen field of endeavor ,j ,. "1" l- j '- ,;i ; MANY WILL "ATTEND- ' 1 Ji Leon Williams,. Secretary 'of the Chamber of. Commerce, yesterday re ceived letters from several Secretaries of chambers of commerce inj other cities of the State saying' that they would be on . hand to attend the first annual dinner of the local Chamber to be given on ;- the evening of Friday, January 3, at the Gaston Hotel. Mr Williams is now engaged in getting up the program for the occasion and perfecting all arrangements for making it a complete success in every waty. FANS EAGERFOR LEAGUE RASERALL Funds Prime Need, But Lovers of Game Say Money Can Be Raised. ONE OF THEM OFFERS $25 Rocky Mount, Wilmington and Goldsboro to be in the Organization. The article appearing in the Journal a few days ago relative to New Bern becoming a member of the Eastern Carolina Baseball l eague which is to be revived again next season, has caused considerable comment among local fans and may result in baseball being played here next year. The only thing that is keeping New Bern out of the league is the lack of sufhi ient funds. One enthusiastic lover of the game stated yesterday that he would gladly give twenty-five dollars on a subscription for this cause. He voiced the sentiment of many others. There are, of course, many who could or would not give this amount but would subscribe a smaller sum. It doesn't take a mint to maintain a ball team when once it is organized and enthu siasm has been aroused and there is no doubt but that it would prove lobe a paying proposition for a stock company. Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Charlotte have had a ball team for several years and the owners of the team have not raised any wail about losing money. Rocky Mount, Wilmington and Goldsboro have signified their intention of entering the league and when a meeting for the purpose of organizing is held at Charlotte next month New Bern will probably be represented. PREPARE FOR PARCELS POST Postofflce Will Be Ready for It When Installed. Postmaster Basnight and his corps of assistants are getting everything in readiness in the local office for the Parcels Post Law which goes into effect on January 1, 1913. Assistant-Postmaster Hewitt stated yesterday that the local office had not received complete instructions regard ing this new law and were unable to give out any definite information about it. The country will be divided into zones and a map of these different zones will be placed in a public place in the office. Persons who send pack ages by this new rate will be compelled to bring them to the office, the carriers not being allowed to collect them. In addition to this stamps which are to be used exclusively for this purpose must be affixed to each package. At some of the. large offices it will be necessary to equip the carriers with extra pouches or add to the number of carriers but this will hardly be the case in New Bern. 1 he majority of the carriers will doubtless be engaged in New Bern. The majority of packages will doubtless be consigned to patrons on the rural routes. VESTRYMEN ELECTED. At the annual election of the Vestry of Christ Episcopal Church, which was held yesterday at noon in the parish house, the following were elected vestry men for the ensuing year: G. H. Roberts, Judge H. R. Bryan, E. K, Bishop, W. S. Simmons,, J. G. Dunn, H.-B... Smith, H. M. Bonner, Win. Dunn, Jr.,.C. A; Seifert, R. J. Disos way, T. D. Warren," W, G. Boyd. , Fifteenf Days to )- t Cliristmas The early shopper eti the cream of that there I no doubt. ; ; The Procrastinator '11 get you - If you - -...''. '-"..'., .f -v. Don't tWtch Outl , Ejy TL:-2 Chi ' -3 TUr:s r-- - ... IV ttl FROM MR. BRADHAM Favors Bond Issue for Good Roads .Under Certain Conditions. Editor Journal: Your editorial and article on firs first page of your issue of the 8th of the action of the representatives of the Farmers' Union, in regard to an issue of bonds for road improvement. If you had been present, probably yo:i would have put a different construc tion upon the action of the delegates. 1 was told that the meeting was for the purpose of asking Special legislation authorizing an issue of bondtj for the permanent improvement of (raven County's main roads, but in view of the fact that we have such a Statute, passed by the Legislature of 1905, it was deemed unnecessary to ask for further legislation. You state that I opposed the move ment fqr a bond issue. On the con trary, I favor it under proper condi tions, but think it unnecessary, as is explained below. Mistakes are frequent in road build ing and all work of this nature should be permanent. Guilford County built several miles of water bound macadam road from the proceeds of a bond issue of several hundred thousand dollars and last winter the surface froze and there is remedy only in resurfacing, which in no wise prevents the road from freezing again from base to surface. The National Cemetery raod on George street is of the water bound Macadam type and it is a failure. Buncombe County is trying sand and clay ; it is to be inferred that its Macadam is unsatisfactory. Macadam roads are almost prohibitive here on account of price of stone and gravel, which is right at hand in some sections and which coasts $2.30 per cubic yard delivered here and would be to haul from one to five miles, making this type road cost $5,000 per mile. The sand-clay road has been un satisfactory in this section, 1 think this is due to the high water level, making drainage difficult, and to the quality of sand and clay. Roads built entirely of soil, such as Neuse road be yond the A. & N. C. crossing and Beaufort road, have stood the weather and wear well. This soil abounds in our County, and by its use may be made into good roads where drainage can be had. The sand hills will need special treatment. Bituminous Macadam, that is the rock road with suitable waterproof adhesive binder, rightly constructed, is the nearest approach to permanency. This is seen-on East Front Street, but the cost will run from $7,000. to $8,000 per mile. This is prohibitive, at pre sent . If the rock can be left out, using sand and binder the cost will not exceed $1,000 per mile for finished road, a saving of seven hundred thous- Land dollars in constructing 100 miles of road. The surface of all Bituminous roads is composed pf sand, very fine gravel or stone and binder, then why will binder not unite with sand alone? This very theory is now being tried on Neuse road and if it works to our satisfaction, the Main roads of our County can be built from a levy of fifty cents each year for four years, giving us two hundred miles of un improved roads without a bond issue, which always carries with it a sinking fund and the interest, which in the case of an issue of $200,000 would annually amount to one half of the fifty cents suggested. 'I he interest of a bond issue amounts to more than the principal in thirty years. Just figure this, it is amazing ! Federal aid to Counties for the per manent construction of R. F. D. roads is about to be offered us. State aid will, no doubt, be forthcoming, when the next Legislature convenes; in the meantime it will be the aim of the Board of. Commissioners to get the roads in condition to admit of permanent im provement by raising the base- or - by proper drainage. ; This u necessary before any "road can be built. The lateral roods will receive attention by the ' organization of .: a " maintenance force, acting under the supervision oi a competent engineer or some intelli gent road supervisor'. ; The above was, in Substance,' my remarks before the Farmers' Union on Saturday at the C6urt House, when, called upon by President VWhitford; and I . was told, further "action wa deferred" for he present pending Federal and tate aid to gooH roads."' ' . ' ' ,, . v : : ' ' Yery respectfully, r -CD. BRADHAM. New" Bern,. Dec. 9th,'ll - : - ' .It is more blessed to" give than re eive but a little of both don't hurt. DESCRIBES IRIP OF Special Writer For New York World Tells of Twirler's Outing. NEW TITLE FOR G. A. NICOLL Reporter Also a Little Fanciful In Describing Natural Sce nery Around Havelock. In an illustrated article in Sunday's New York World a special writer for the World tells of the recent hunting trip to this section made by Christy Matthewson, the noted baseball player, sometime ago. Barring such little inaccuracies as referring to George A. Nicoll as a railroad president and ascribing high cliffs, rocks and crags to the Havelock vicinity, the article is no doubt a truthful portrayal of about what happened while "Matty" was down this way for a bit of sport. The opening paragraphs follow: Where the hunting horn echoes over vast stretches of a low, 0en country wild and awampy and tangled with masses of greenbrier and smilax lies Camp Bryan in a preserve that is flung out over Carteret and Craven and a part of Jones Counties, near the central coast of North Carolina. There are few human beings in its wide limits, but its woods, thickets and lakes teem with wild life hear, deer, duck, geese, big bass and alligators. The openings are picturesquely called pocosins, where tough gallberry bushes grow so thick that a hunter must cut his way through Here and there in these spaces are small pine and bay trees. On the edge of this tract is the village of Havelock. The railroad station agent has time enough to fol low the news of the ouside world, and like many longing souls in remote places his mind is most occupied in leisure moments by the struggles of the clubs in the two big baseball leagues. Many such men know more about the game and the statistics of the players than the New Yorkers who crowd into the Brush Stadium on summer days. They hungrily read every scrap about Matthewson and Marquard and Joe Wood and all the rest of the diamond stars. Matthewson is back from the wilds and brimful with picturesque stories of adventure in the North Carolina jungles stories that breathe the free life of the open air, hardship and ad venture. "We had a wondeful time," said Matthewson. "That preserve is a wilderness filled with game. Torn Keller, who is a 33d degree baseball fan here and one of the wealthy men who maintain Camp Bryan, was the host of a party that included Frank Stevens, the son of the Polo Grounds caterer, Police-Lieutenant George Schoenick, Prof. John Henry I.arkin of Columbia University, Walter A Bass, Charles Uodd and other well known New Yorkers. George A. Nicoll, who is a railroad president m North Carolina and deeply interested in Camp Bryan, was also with us. It is estimated that there are 3,000 deer in the preserve, as well as hundreds of bears. There are hve large lakes. including the noted Mallard marsh where thousands of geeese, snipe and ducks feed. There are creatures of the wild for 100 miles around. The reference to the rocks and crags of Havelock is made in connection with a description of the capture of an eagle. CUT TIME BUT IT WILL BE ONLY TEMPORARY. Bulletins were posted in the Norfolk Southern shops , yesterday morning announcing the reduction of the time of employes from 53 hours to 45 hours per week. Heretofore the employes have been. working nine hours five days and eight hours on Saturday. Under the new order they .will work five hours on Saturday and eight hours on other days. .The reduction is to apply only to Jan. 1 and u made lit order to keep the .expenses' within" the appro- . priation.,; . ' i ' f NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, I : Harry , Cawthorne, Admis Valuable property for sale. ' " C v ' ' ' J New Bern Banking and Trust Co'.-' Our holiday greeting.. '. Vfvfft'r Mrs; B. Allen The price? does not indicate the quality. V--. : : t. Jr. J. S. Miller Furniture Co. Prac MAT! EWSQN tical home gifts. . v ' ' '. ' -r.:.'- .t y it 1 1 y- . ' ,
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