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"NEW lERN. N.,C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER hi, 491?
NUMBER 217
: The Weather"
fMU. : WAKMU
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
Af
flSTIJOTLIVE
HUSBAND
Jt-$he DoerTDaughter of Dr. Mc-
Gill Will be Almost Cut
Off By Will.
' IXAVES VERY LARGE FORTUNE
There Had Long Been 111 Feeling
' Between Him' and Hid
Son-ln-Law.
TJeVYork, Dec. 10. The will of Dr.
John : D. McGill, which was proved
r ' t yesterday before Surrogate John P.
Egan, of Hiidbon County, provides that
his daughter , Mrs. Eleanor Acheson
Can, is to receive the income from
V three-fifths of the estate as long as
7 ,iv . he remains separated from -her hus
' band, Lieut. William B. Carr, a
' young United States army surgeon,
v '. Dr.. McGill' estate is worth several
hundred thousand and possibly $1,000,-
l -, '4The relations of my daughter, Mrs.
Kleanor Acheson Carr. with her husband
must be those of a complete stranger,"
says the will. "Should my daughter
4ect to live again with this man Carr
the trjustees of this will thai! pay hi-r
only $1,200 annually, with no reversion
to her husband for any" children she
jnay have."
The will further provides that if Mrs.
Garr bhould have any children by her
present husband, from whom she has
been separated for some time, the chil
dren are to receive $100 each and no
more. If Mrs. Carr should marry
another man she is to receive one-half
the income of the estate.
Dr. McGill's daughter eloped and
nurrie.) Lieut. Carr in March 1909.
He is a son of Dr. William P. Carr, of
Washington. Last June young Mrs.
Carr sued for a divorce In Washington.
The case was -dismissed becausexshe had
not been a resident of the District two
year. -
In opposing the wife's complaint
Leiut Carr" blamed his father-in-law
for his marital unhappinrss. He said
Dr. McGill had challenged him to fight
a duel. That was denied by the doctor.
"THE CLIMAX" PLEASES
Seen
By One of the Largest Au
diences of the. Season.
The largest audience of the season
-witnessed the performance, of "The
Climax" at the. Masonic Theatre last
night. It. was presented in New Bern
' on a former occasion and at that time
highly pleased the audience. Last
night new faces appeared in the cast
and the show was even better than
before- Miss Marietta Carter in . the
leading role surpassed all expectations.
' -ler voice has a richness and tone that
has not been surpassed by anything
heard here in several seasons and her
, -jrndkion of "The Song of the boul"
.on! prolonged applause. Theodore
Kehrawla as the teacher and Ernest
Milton as his son both handled their
' parts nicely while Walter Wahl as the
v doctor showed marked ability. The
' ; play. was one which will long be re--membered
by those who attended.
Closes his shop.
:y The Elks Temple barber shop which
had been operated during the . past
few months by N. Thrower, was yester
Viay .'closed to the public. Lack" of
sufficient patronage is said to be the
cause of the manager's action in dis
continuing the business. The furnish
intrs And fixtures in the shop are the
property of the Elks.
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PROGRAM AT THE ATHENS .
Pictures today "Bunny. AH atSea"
lie runs the ship, makes a hit and keeps
.things lively- throwsout a big laugh
ft rid, a few other things: This picture
(.. ' is one vbf . the Vitagraph Co's : latest
i . releases and shows John Bunny in one
-hi great comedy hits.'- Soldiers
"-i" DutyV(-r This great 'dramatic subject
: by' the Edison Co. l difficult -to des-
nbe-'tis' full' ofc."daring. and many
hairbreadth- escapes: 'The. Smugglers"
; -nautical love drama , by .Lubin.- .-.
; 'A-' Karnplia & Bell the "Southern Song
f Birds" close their, i engagement to-"-
night. You will miss a real treat if you
fail to hear these sweet singers. " Bekr
in mind that Jriday night is "Amateur
" Night," and three prizes will be given
1st, $5.00 in gold. 2nd $2.50 in gold.
3rd a week admission to the Athens.
Those who want to compete ha'nd in
. your names promptly. '
Matinee daily at 3:45 jShow at
fi'ii,ht starts at 7:3(J. , '
I DOCK HURTT CAPTAIN; ;
Former New, Bern Boy Heads A
& M. Football Team.
W. T. Hunt, a former New Bern
boy, will be captain of the football
team of the A. & M. College at Raleigh
next year. Yesterday' News and Ob
server says: .
"W. T. Hurtt, known to the fellows
at A. and M. as 'Dock' was ejected
captain of the 1913 football team
unanimously bv the members of the
varsity squad Monday afterdinner.
"Hurtt is a tackle of some note and
should have had a position on the all
South Atlantic team this fall,' but
who pick these teams, no doubt looked
over the tackle of A. and M. Hurtt
has been a member of the A and M
team for two years and he is a tower of
strength in the line, built more for
playing a game that is hard and con
sistent.
"The past season was Hunt's third
year as a member of the varsity and
he played a better game then he
ever played before and he seems to
improve with age. With 'D6ck' to
pilot the Farmers for the coming sea
son and with the material that will
be on the Hill, the A. and M. team
should be in better shape next fall
than they have been for a number of
years and have a winning team."
TO VIEW PROPERTY
City Authorities Planning Con
demnation Proceedings.
At a meeting of the Board of Alder
men held a few weeks ago the city
attorney was instructed to begin 'con
demnation proceedings against ipra
perty owners along the end of Broad
street, preparatory o widening that
section of the street before it will be
paved.
Tomorrow morning a committee
composed of several aldermen and the
city attornety will visit this Section
and ascertain just how much property
it will be necessary to condemn. Sev
eral houses are near the present street
line and it will be necessary to move
these back before the work of paving
can begin.
HOLD BAZAAR
Annual Event of 'the Presbyterian
Church Very Enjoyable
The ladies' societies of the Presby
terian church held their annual baaar
yesterday afternoon and last evening
and the event proved a complete
success, both socially and financially.
The lecture room had benn, appro
priately and attractively decorated
for the occasion and added to this
were the tastefully arranged booths
and decorated tables, making the scene
a pleasing one to the, visitor. Many
beautiful as well as useful articles
suitable for Christmas gifts were on
sale and refreshments were served.
There were many -visitors during the
evening and the amount realized from
the sales was gratifying to the. ladies.
RETAILING IS CHARGE.
The oolicc are eettine rierht down
after the. alleged retailers of whiskey
and the number of arrests which they
have lately made leads one tq beleive
that they mean business. Two more
alleged dispenser of the, ardent were
rounded up . yesterday. They were
John Pollock and his wife, white, who'
live on Cresceut street and the arrest
was made by Pcliceman McDaniel.
The defendants were taken to the City
Hall and underwent a grilling. from the
Mayor and Chief of 'Police. Both
stoutly maintained' their, innocencet
Owing to the fact that one or 'more
material wintesses could 'not be secured
at that time the case'vas "continued
until Wcdnseday. -The-woman was
released upon 'her own .recognizance
but Pollock waa held in ,dcfimlr,,of a
bond of one hundred dollars, . , J .
PAIR DEAD IN VACANT HOUSE
Woman .Murdered, Mao A Suicide,
- ;i ; Declares Coroner
. sSwartswood, N. J.t bee- l6-rthe
bodies of xMrs. Barbara Rapke, of 'New
ark,! and . Ludwig Palmer, . of " South
drange-r-the'wpman murdered and Jhe
man a suicide,'according to the, Coroner
were found in an nnocoupjed cottage
on thay shoreo of Swartswood 'Lake
three days after thecoupl? left their
home. v 'v, i . . Jt .
- The woman lay dead in -the kitchen
with a bullet wound in the temple. .The
man's body, also with ft bullet in the
head, lay in another room, beside hiraan
other revolver, loaded ,wason a table.
Palmer, a contractor, was married.
Mrs. Rapke was a widow .with two
children. . They had been acquainted
about a year; according to the police.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
GOOD
SHAPE
Superintendent Bri'nson So Rer
ports After Tourof In
spection. ,
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE LARGE
New Bern Schools Could Not Have
More Inviting Prospect,
Mr. Craven Says.
A matter of much interest locally
as well as as over the entire county is
the excellent condition of the public
schools in this county. During the
past few weeks S. M. Brinson, who
has all these schools under his supervi
sion, has visited many of the schools
and inspected the work being done in
them.
In every instance he has been greatly
impressed by what he found and of
course greatly encouraged. . Although
Craven county has not as large a number
of schools and pupils as some other
comities in theJState it ranks among
the leaders with those whose records
show they have accomplished good
work. Some sections are sparsely settl
ed and in these it is often necessary
for the pupils to travel several miles
each day in order-to reach the school.
Investigation shows, however, that
the average attendance at even these
schools during the present term has
been better than ever before.
In the New Bern school of which
Prof H. B. Craven is in charye, the
enrollment is larger and the atti ndance
better considering the fact that there
has been much sickness in the city
during the past few months than ever
before and in speaking of the prospects
Prof. Craven says that he is sure that
they could not be more encouraging.
Several districts have voted on a
special school tax since last term and
in these .the length of the term has been
increased, thus giving the pupils an
opportunity of receiving several weeks
more of the schools.
more of instruction than has formerly'
been the case since the establishment
Those who are interested most in
the. development of Craven county's
educational institutions arc looking
forward with much interest to the time
when the work on the proposed Farm
Life School will be started. Prof. J.
E. Turlington, who has been selected
to take charge of this school, is now in
Georgia, a member of the faculty of
one of that State's famous colleges.
His contract with -them expires next
February and he will come direct to
Craven county and will supervise' the
work of erecting the school. Plans
for this institution will be drawn by
a State architect and will be in readiness
by the time Prof. Turlington arrives
so that htere Will be no' further delay.
It is the intention of the trustees of
the school to have it ready for opening
by the beginning of the next term.
GREATLY REDUCED RATES
Between Points on.
Norfolk Southern Railroad and
Raleigh, Charlotte and .Southern
Railway. A
Round trip tickets will be sold
December 13, . 14, 1 7, (and 18 from
Raleigh only) 19, 10, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
31 and Jan. 1st.' Limited to return
until, midnight of January 6th. The
holiday excursion' fares apply bwcteen
points on the Norfolk Southern Rail
road and Raleigh, Charlotte and South
ern Railway, -as- well as to or from points
4n connecting lines. ,
For further - particular, aoolv to
any ticket agent of .V. 'W. Croxton,
General passenger Agent, Norfolk, Ya.
' TO STUDY NORMAL SCHOOLS
Maryland Commission - Leaves - for
'.This State. ;,.' '
V paltiinore, Dec, 10r To .observe the
normal school development oif tne
southern -States,' the ' members of the
Maryland State Norrhal School Com
mission left kst 'night for North CaroT
Una Normal SchooL at Greenville, bf
which Robert, H. VVrighf.'i formerly
principal q the Eastern High School,
this city, is president;." '- ,
""The commission will also inspect'the
Western Normal and Industrial School,
at ' Greensboro. Here they will find
another Ballimorean," Herbert E. Austin
professor , of science, t who formerly
filled he same position at the Maryland
States Normal. The commission ..ex
pects to return Thursday night.
In the party are Congressman Linthi
cum. State Superintendent Stephens
and Assistant Superintendent Purdum,
Senators Benson and Goslin and Miss
Sarah E. Richmond, principal of the
normal school. y
ffEMLOGK - LIKELY
: IH - SENATE FIGHT
West Virginia Legislature May
Not Elect- Successor
To Watson.
BITTER G. O. P. FIGHT IS ON
In Such Event Strategic Posi
tion of Democrats Would
Be Better.
Washington, Dec. 19. Qn account of
the bitter fight between Republican
aspirants in West Virginia for the
United States Senatorship there is a
strong possibility that the Legislature
of that State will fail to elect a successor
to Senator Clarence G. Watson, Demo
crat, who retires March 4.
In this event the Republican strength
in the next Senate will be cut one vote,
wrirn will place trie Uemocrals in a
better strategic position. Npt counting
West Virginia, the Republicans will
have only 43 votes unless they are able
to get one or two more from Illinois
and Tennessee.
It is believed the Bull Moose hold the
balance of power and can prevent a
caucus nomination lhe Republicans,
counting Bull Moosers and Regulars,
have 22 on a joint ballot.
The principal aspirants are former
Senator Davis Efkins, Governor Daw
son, William Seymour Edwards, both
of whom are Bull Moosers; Isaac Mann,
Judge Showalter, former Senator Scott,
fromer Representative Hubbard and
Judge Mason. Judge Nathan B. Goff,
of Clarksburg, is spoken of as" -a com
promise candidate.
West Virginia Democrats in Wash
ington declare that there is no chance
whatever for a Bull Moose Democratic
alliance by which a Progressive Demo
crat can be elected to the Senate. They
assert that some of them believe the
Legislature will be deadlocked and no
Senator will be elected.
PULITZER ESTATE TOO LOW
State Official Declares It Under
valued By Millions.
New York, Dec. 10. Surrogate John
P.. Cohalan rejected the transfer tax
on the estate of Joseph Pulitzer, declar
ing that securities held by the estate
had "been grossly yndervalued, pos.
sibiliy tp the extent of sever! millions of
dollars." William Law Stout, who
represented the State Controller as
special counsel, was admonished by
the. Surrogate to take steps to pro
tect the State's interest in the new
hearing.
The Surrogate's rejection of the re
port was based chiefly on the appraisal
of Mr. " Pultitzer's newspaper holdings
The total value of Mr. Pulitzer's estate
was fixed at $18,525,116. He held ail
but 10 shares of the Press Publishing
Company, which controlled the Morn
ing, Evening and Sunday World. His
$4,490 shares were appraised at $3,016,-
455, which made the total value of
those papers $3,080,955. His interest
in the Pulitzer Publishing Company
which controlled (the St. Louis Post
uispatcn, was appraisea at i,hj,h(.
According to the statements made on
behalf of the estate by its counsel,' the
Vverage net -profit of the papers for
four years were $536,580 for the New
York papers and $408,457 for the St.
Louis papers. -. '
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FOURTEEN
PAYS TO
CHRISTMAS
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DEC.il
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Ycu TCI Ca Left If You
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NAV Y -RECRUITS'WANTED
Effort Made to Rope in Young Men
Out of Employment.
Washington, D.C, Dec. 10. -During
L. " . r . , r
ue past iew montns uncle 3am na
found it a rather hard matter to secure
recruits for the navy. The demand
Tor seamen has been much larger than
the supply. Although advertisements
have been inserted in newspapers and
magazines all over the country a com
paratively small numDer ol answers
have been received. Recently the
government has established a clipping
bureau at Washington and at this place
thousands of newspapers are read each
day and great care is taken to read the
want ads.
Whenever an advertisement is found
in which the adyertiser wants a posi
tion, his name is clipped out and the
recruiting office at once writes a letter
to him, telling of the advantages of
navy life and offering every induce
ment to get him to join. So great has
become the. need for recruits that papi rs
from all over the United States are
being subscribed for and several thous
and ofthese are read every day. In
a report recently sent out by this
bureau they stated that on an average
one hundred thousand letters have
been sent out each week since the
bureau started. Of this number more
than one thousand come to North
Carolina.
TALKS ON DRESS
Speaker Pleads For Less Ostenta
tion on Part of Women. JJ
Chicago, Dec. 10. Gov. Chase S.
Osborn of Michigan, a newspaper man,
preached a sermon here Sunday,' from
the pulpit of his friend, the Rev. Myron
E. Adams of the First Baptist Church.
The Governor took fpr his theme a
plea for less ostentation on the part of
women church members. He suggested
a uniform church dress that would be
plain and inexpensive and would not
frighten away poor women who now
stayed away from church because they
could not compete in dress with pros
perous women.
"I've often wished that Protestant
churches in this country would follow
the habit I have observed in Spain and
in South America among Catholic
church-goers' he said. "There it is
the custom, of women to dress in plai n
black for church. I wich that our
women would do so and then the poor
would come."
WANTS THEM BABES ALWAYS
Strange Case of Purposely Arrested
Development.
Cleveland, Dec. 18. In a little
kitchen at her home Mrs. Maud Thol
has battled with-an effort to keep Time
from touching her babies.
Around her feet crept three children,
two, three and four years old. Victims
of a strange code her ingenuity devised
to prevent them from advancing be
yond the cradle, theylaughed, 'kicked
thiir feet and waved their handsas
she crooned over them.
The eldest boy did not creep faster or
with greater ease than the younger
ones, fie is barely larger tnan tnc
average child of two years and appa
rently has not advanced intellectually
beyond the cradle.
To further defeat their development
the mother has never fed them anything
except baby food. What .lay beyond
the door, through which .a stranger
neyer passed, they had no idea.
Neighbors say the woman never took
her children away. OccasionalIy( in
the hot. summer, .they say, she wo'uld
wheel them out in the darkness, but
always guarded xthem closely from the
gaze, of any person.
'She had a strange desire to always
keep', them babies, '' Deputy Sheriff
Stanley Sobczak said.' "The four-year-old
boy cannot talk or walk. He is not
as large as, my. youngster," who is only
eighteen months old." 4 ; , '
;S (.Several days ago William James,
clerk of. the Probate -Court, discovered
the; phght or the. children ,aM invest-1
gated.'N.He continued the investigation
until he made sure the children were
not imbeciles., f James, ana i lobzaK
went to the house, arretted the woman
and took her to the .City, Hospital.
The children will be placed' in an : in
fant institution., ,
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BUYS AUTO TRtteK.". Vf.
V The Gaston Hotel 'yesterday ; pur
chased an automobile truck to be. used
in conveying the guests' baggage . to
and from the depot.. ".The. machine
was manufactured by the International
Harvester Company and irt' addition
to being very attractive -is said to be
very serviceable and is largely in use
in many- northern and western 'cities
E AT HOME
STILL FUMING
Says In Statement He Stands By
Every Word He Uttered
at Richmond.
HAS NO APLOOGIES TO MAKE
Doesn't Care What Anybody In
American Union Thinks
About Him.
Columbia, S. ("., December lO.-Oov-ernor
Cole L. Blease, on his return
from the recent Governors' Conference
in Richmond, where he was the cen
tre of interest on account of his views
on lynching, made a signed statement
for publication, in which he says in
part :
"I stand by every word I have said.
I have absolutely no apologies to make
to any man or set of men in this State,
or outside of it, andas I said in Rich
meond and rpeat now, 1 do not care
what the Governor or Governors of
any State or States thought about it.
or what anybody else in the American
Union thinks about it. This is what I
think, and I said there only what I
said on the stump all over South Caro
lina, and I am receiving letters and
telegrams from all over this State
and from many other States of I he
Union congratulating me upon my po
sition." In a letter to the acting secretary
ot the Governors' Conference, in which
he asks for stenographic reports of
his speech at Richmond, Governor
Blease says:
"I hope that when these Governors
have been repudiated by their people
retiring them to private life, as I told
them they soon would be, and when
they have more time to think, that
they will realize the fact that we
Southern people are not negro lovers,
as some of them clearly seem to be."
Charging that the newsppaers mis
represented hiin, he says to the sec
retary: "If you lake your report
from the newspaper accounts, your
official records will bear a distinct lie
upfSn their face."
Governor Blease was jery vitriolic
in his reference to Governors Mann,
of Virginia, and Carey, of VVyominu.
and said that Governor Mann was
actuated in his attitude by a desire
"to paqder to the Northern people."
Referring to the Wyoming Gover
nor, he said: "If old Carey had kept
his mouth shut there wouldn't have
been any fuss raised. He insisted on
butting in on my speech, and I told him
in emphatic terms my position on the
question of lynching negroes who dared
to lay their hands on white women.
The sooner such negroes are put under
six feet of earth the better."
In his letter to Acting Secretary
Riley at Richmond, the South Caro
lina chief exectuive, asking for copy
of speeches, says, "Also copy of the
speech made by me on Friday, after
the adoption of the Mann substitute
resolution opposing, I presume you
would say, the protection of the white
women of the Southern States from
the negro race."
Governor Blease says the report
about his being defied an invitation
to the Gridiron dinner is false. He)
says he knew nothing about any Grid
iron dinner, and that he left Wash-i
ihgton for home the afternoon before
the dinner." He calls the report "a
newspaper lie."
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VIOLATED CAME LAWS.
Robert. Stokes, white, of Maple
Cypress was given a , heraing before
Justice of the Peace S. R. Street yesterj
day afternoon on a warrant-sworn out
by- George B. Waters, game warden of
Craven county," charging him with
violating the game laws by, shodtin;
o,uaH out-of season. The evidence in
ffiV rfltu vawrv fnnrlltatva .'a nA th
jice found the defendant, guilty
and placed a fine of two dollars and the '
cost., of the case rin him, TThe : offense
Was corri rait ted about three weeks ago.
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BLEAS
V NEW ADVERTISEMENT '
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People's Bank Money in the bank.
I New Bern Banking1 and T'rust Co.- (
The hired man. ," t . ' ; .' ' .
'J SarriLipman-When ?thel frost' is oua
the pumpkin. V l -, v'
;;i H. . C. Armstrong -r-Buy here and l.-i.v;
saveTnoney. ' ' , ' ' '-.'
s J. M. Mitchell & Co'.-Attend the-" . "' ,
great removal sale.. v 1 '
' Norfolk Southern Railroad Holiday v -
rate f'lrs-.:" '(y-T:y-