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THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
mCUASMG CLOUDINESS
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NEW BERN. N. C, TUESDAY MORNINGDECEMBER 17. 1912
STRIKES PUNITIVE
FIGHT WILL 8E
THREE-CORNERED
President Elect Wilson and
The Next "White House Baby'
FOR CONVENTION
as ,
fiET GOOD START
DISCONTINUE: jJSE
OF REST iOMS
LAWS FROM BOOKS
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Local Committee of Laymen's
Missionary Movement
Hold Meeting.
ATTENDANCE IS ENCOURAGING
Union Meeting To Get Matter
Before People Called For
Sunday Mght Week.
Arrangements lor the Conv cm ion of
Ibe l.jvmc'n " Missionary Mmeineiit
to be held hcie hell, il l were given an
auspicious Mart when the general com
mittee nu t wit h a s .U nci nl ai tendance
last night at ( cute nary Mcthoclht
church. Male Sccrctaiy I. I! Pad
gett was present and i aiiiumiI iiini
self a j ratified at tin- t Imroiijihuoing
a in wliich the la' men ol Bern
Jial taUm hold of the undcrtakim;.
S. M. IsriiiMin, t han man ol tlieioiii
mittee, tailed on Ke . J H Hurley to
lead in oraver. Altet tlx- r.i r Mr
Brinbon stated tie oliject ol the nieet
inj; ami eUi . il the ho- ami li lief
thai Nt Hern would arrange (or and
hold a convention ol the laymen's
Xlibsionai Moxeinenl thai w.itihl show
thiscitv to he fully ahreast ol the other
cities in the State amlotlni Staits in
the missionary entt rpri-i .
In the ahsenre of V. W. (.riflin,
rrretarv of the committee, K. W. Ilay
wukI was made temporary secretary.
State Secretary Padgett then told in
.i general way of the work of the sev
eral Mill-committees and the com
mittee went into an informal discus
sion vrilh the view of netting informed
. slo he duties which it would have
in jwiform.
To Raise Guarantee Fund.
Ways and means of raising a guaran
tee fund of $500 as determined upon
at a previous meeting were discussed
and it was explained that while the
registration fees of delegates to the
convention were expected to cover the
cost of the convention it was the prac
tice to raise a guarantee fund so that
the undertaking could be on a sound
ftnancial basis from the beginning.
The following became guarantors to the
.amount of twenty-five dollars each:
T. A. Green, Rev. J. b. Phillips, A. D.
Ward. t". I.. Ives, W. A. West, S. M.
Brinson, William Dunn, Jr., W. F.
Aherly; Rev. B. F. Huske, $10. The
4-omrrittee on finance was in
structed to go to work at once and raise
he remainder of the guaranty fund.
The members of the committee are
T. A., Green, chairman, C. I.. Ives,
W F. Aberly, J. B. Blades and E. K.
Bishop.
Union Meeting to Be Held.
In order to get the convention thor
oughly before the people, it was de
cided to have a union meeting of the
-several denominations Sunday night
week at 7:30 o'clock in Centenary
Methodist church, that church having
Veen tendered for the purpose by Rev.
-jk B. Hurley, the pastor.
Chairman Brinson and the ministers
jesent were appointed as a committee
on speakers for the union meeting.
The committee voted, W. C. Boyd
putting the motion that Chairman Bnn
mmi should be one of the speakers.
Subject to the approval of the Board
-of Stewards of ( entenary Methodist
church, that chinch was tendered by
Rev. J. B. Hurley, the pastor, as the
meeting place of the convention and
... the invitation as thus made was ac
cepted by the committee.
: The chairman was authorized to ap
potnt the committee on entertainment.
W-- W. Grirtin, secretary of the
PROGRAM AT THE ATHENS
Drckens and Floyd, a stngting talking
and dancing act, presenting the very
laughable sketch entitled "Did Tim
'Make Good", will appear again to-,
flight, Lsat night they delighted a
packed house, and were roundly ap-
:?vv ... ."tlttuded.
S-r? ' Picture program as fol!ows:"Little
,) r i 'i Haven's Sweetheart"- A splendid Tn-
) " tffiD picture by Pathe Bros "A Son's
Kxample -1 his picture tells us how
i at" devoted spn in order to shield his
J lather who was a defaulting bnk
A "cashier, shoulders the- blame himself,
' y run , away and goes west, -where he
M ( -waa successful on a ranch, made enough
, 'urtpay tack the money his father, had
' ' ustoleit and'marrid the girt who always
ilietieved him," jnnocent and waiting
i jatientiy for him to return;; ; !'A PolitU
j ., rsX KidnaDOin(t"-A Western otcture
, 4 showing hoW t,hey" work politics 'in
' ' shatcaft ol the country. ' ,
,-Kti," Matinee 'daily at Z-ASj - Show at
1 ausht starts at 7i30.
City Beautiful Club Pttids That
Use of Them by Shoppers
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CLOSE THEM AFTER DEC. 31
The Patronage Accorded Them Did
Nut Justify Expense of
Keeping Them Opan.
At a meeting of the Cft Beautiful
( lab he Id yesterday it was .decided to
discontinue lie rest rooms- over the
Public l ibrary after Jan. 1 on the
ground that the daily patronage of
these rooms docs not j'uetify their
beini; kept open.
I lie other proceedings of .yesterday's
Hireling a:- furnished by Mrs. (". I),
lir.ull.a in. lei onliug secretary, were
as follow-:
The City Beautiful department of
the Woman's ('lib met in regular
session at the Club Hall, Monday
Dec. lOih at 1 1 : id n'clocje, and was
fairly well attended Mrs.' E. K. Bis
hop presided in the absence of Miss
Jane Stewart, latelv elected .chairman.
After the roll call and tile ll.l;l.,',is
of the last meeting were read, Mrs.
II. II. Marks, retiring treasurer, sub
mil ted her report, which was most
sat isfact orv, showing a balance on
hand of SI 89.07.
A letter was read from Mr. S. M.
Brinson, treasurer of the Ufe Graffcn
ied Monument Fund, thanking the
u b for its donation of $18.00.
Mrs. Clyde Eby, chairman of the
committee of charge if the Stewart
lot .adjoining the Athens Theatre,
stated that grass seed and narciss fl
bulbs had been planted 041. the lot and
she also reported that numerous boys
took delight in trampling; OH and over
the flower beds, causing jhjijal: damage.
After much discussion as K the most
effective way of prevc-ntirigNhis nuis
ance, Mrs. S. 1.. Dill, Jr., was instructed
to ask aid of the Chief of Police.
A rising vote of thanks'was given
Mrs. J. M. Howard, Mrs. j" W. Stewart
and Mrs. R. N. Duffy, for the return
10 the club of their premium maney.
The following new members were
enrolled :
Mrs. Joe Rhem, Mrs. L. C. Tolson,
Mrs. Percy Ashford, Mrs. J. H. Crab
tree, Mrs. Nelson Angell, Mrs. I.. H.
Cutler, Jr., Miss Janet Hollister.
No further business coming up for
transaction, the club adjourned to
meet the second Monday in January.
MRS. C. D. BRADHAM,
KecordinBkUfcecretarv.
MUST MOVE BA
Property owners . livirtValong the
end of Broad street at the point where
the street is to be widenedl,have been
motified to move back to a certain point.
Those who fail to comply with the order
will be forced to do so.
committee, having joinedhe com
mittee, stated that his dutses were so
pressing just at this tune that he could
not discharge the duties -qf secretary
and asked to be relieved.
His resignation was aecrpted with
regret and W. (.. Boyd elected in his
place. 'iV.
Ministers Co-OperAtlng.
Wh:le the coming convention is to
be one of laymen, the cbrtonultee is
seeking (he co-operation asV$ne minis
ters. Of these there were present and
participating in the nicettngV Dr. E.
T. Carter, Dr. J. 11. N.vSuminerell,
Rev. J. B. Hurley, Rev. B.1 F. Huske
and Rev. J. B. Phillips.
While a number of informal talks
were made, by common .'ftahsent the
one which made the deepest impression
and the one which probably sounded
the keynote of the convention was that
by W. K Aberly on the necessity of
undertaking the work wtii he same
degree of faith in God Uielhe com
mitteemen had in themselves in their
various business undtrta&lpigs. ( Mr.
Aberly was importuned epvk5onsent . to
be. one of the speakers aYithe union
meeting Sunday night wirjjtv but did
not give fiis consent. -
; State Secretary Padgett cleaves this
morning, but expects to Tteturn -at an;
early .date and' joiri activplyvwitb the
local, committees in arranging for the
Convention . J, Campbell yvhite,, of
New-. Yorkand ot her not'ed-Miissionary
spekerBo-will address theN -convention
delegates'who are expected will be One
of: the features, ol the conve'ntion. By
personal solicitation the attendance ' of
delegates from all tne churches in this
section will be sought V'- .. v
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Copyright by Pach Bros, New Tort
OF course you know all about the next occupant of tho White House, bnt
do you know about the next White House baby I Her are both
President Elect Wood row Wilson and Ida little grandnleca, Josephine
(Jothran. They are the beet of pals and they are going to spend four
merry Ohrlatmases In the first home of the land. Gorernor Wilson has !
Tlted Mrs. George Cothran, bis only sister's child, to live with him at the
White House, and that Is how little Josephine Is going to become the next
White House baby and make light the heart of the next president
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NEW ENTERPRISE FOR ZORAH
The Progressive Lumber Company
Lately Organized.
(Special to the Journal)
Zorah, Dec. 16. The Progressive
LCmber Company is the latest addit
tion to Zorah's list of enterprises. This
company is under the management
of C. B. Knox, Daniel Toler apd Alex
ander Toler, all well known mill men
of this section. The company has
erected a saw mill and operations have
already begun.
A marriage of interest to the many
friends of the contracting parlies oc
curred here last Tuesday evening
when Miss Bettie Toler, the attractive
and accomplished daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Toler, became the bride
of Kelly Toler, son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. L. Toler. The ceremony was
performed at the home of the
bride's father by Justice of Hie Peace
J. R. Wiley. Immediately after the
ceremony a reception was tendered
the bridal partv. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Jeess Rowe and family
of Blount's Creek spent Saturday night
and Sunday with relatives at this place.
Gilbert Norman left yesterday for a
short visit with relatives and friends
at Blounts Creek.'
A. R. Whitfonl, who has accepted a
position with the Mills Campbell
Lumber Company at Goose Creek,
was in town Saturday night and Sun
day visiting relatives.
We note that Duffy Whitford who
has been residing near Vanceboro for
some time past will move back to Zorah
some time this week.
G. A. Whitford and children, Vera
and Arthur, and little Miss Neva
Whitford spent Saturday at New Bern
making purchases for the . Christmas
holidays, ;. t.r
Elder Duffy Toler filled , his regular
appointment' at - Friendship Saturday
night and Sunday. , '
JOURNAL ADVERTISING , PAYS.
, r The New Bern Journal Is In the
handstand home f the best peo
ple In. New .Bern in rhe morning
hours-the hour that Immediate
ly precede the shopping rush., - :?-:
, In a word, it reaches the buying
class ' at the - "psychological mo
ment." ' '
V That's ' why Journal adyertslng
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WILSON SAILS FOR HOME
President-elect Departs From Ber
muda on Bermudian.
Hamilton, Bermuda, Dec. 16. President-elect
Woodrow Wilson sailed yes
terday for New Ycrk on the steamer
Bermudian. A huge crowd gathered
on the quay and cheered Governor
Wilson as the steamer sailed away.
Governon Wilson declared that he
was delighted with his vacati6n. The
Bermudian was escorted down the har
bor by British officials in steam launches
The steamer will be convoyed on the
journey by the Royal Mail steamer
Oruba.
Washington. Dec. 16. The steamer
Bermudain .with President-elect Wil
son aboard, will be practically con
voyed to the shores of the United
States by several American battle
ships and the revenue cutter Seneca.
With their powerful wireless sweeping
the seas these vessels will be in constant
communication with the approaching
steamer. The battleships of the, At
lantic fleet left Hampton Roads Satur
day for the high seas, while the Ae:
neca is cruising southward from New
York.
Elf.HT HAYS Trt
CHRISTMAS
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r Going ! t Going !! Gone !!
All Your Chances WUlBe
; Gone If You Don't ;
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Present Congress Notable For What
It Has Accomplished
In Yhis Respect.
WIPES OUT UNJUST STATU! KS
five Million Dollars In Claims
Involved In New Construc
tion of a Single l aw.
Washington, Dec. Id. --'1 his .e--ioii
of ( ollgiesn has so I. ll been llolalih
maiki-d by slips taken by I he St n.m
and the House in strike tioin tin sl.ilm
books 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l.ns i.issi d during I In
bitter days ol and i in iuedi.it lev .iliir
the ( iil War a.id ainnd to h 11 in i I i.i 1 1
and embarrass the Soutlnru people.
I he House the ot hei d.is passed the
Watkins bill, wliiih pirinits soulbiin
people to prosecute tlnir il.iinis lor
property seized alter the war ended by
Union soldiers and .11 nts witout pie--tion
of their loyally being i -uisidei ed.
Under the old statute.il I he So-, them
could not show that lie was loval to
the Union, he was virtually kii ked
out of court with his laiin Then
are $5,00(1,(100 in claims involved in
changing this statute.
The Senate has not bee n far behind
the House in taking steps to efface- all
sectional feeling, despite the fact th..ta
majorityh of that body are adherents
of the Republican party In consider
ing the Omnibus CLiins bill the upper
chamber has agreed to an amendment
which directs the Government to pay
the heirs of Confederate generals who
resigned from the Union army and
afterward joined the South certain
claims under the longevity allowance.
Under this amendment the heirs of
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will get $438, the
descendants of Stonewall Jacksop Ji0
and those of Gen. Joseph Wheeler $.19.
The total amount involved in this bill
is about $100,000, and this sum will go
to the children and grandchildren of
the officers of the Confederate Army
who were graduates of West Point or
who were in the Union Army before the
war started. The-claims must be proved
in the Court of Claims.
YOUNG BRYAN DOING WELL
f The attending physician yesterday
reported Jthat the condition of young
William Bryan, son of Mr. and Mrs
W. P, M. Bryan, who was accidentally
shot in the left arm Saturday after
noon, was very encouraging. The
wound is just above the wrist and is a
serious one but unless some unexpected
complication set in there is every pro
bability that the young man will have
a speedy recovery.
NEW BERN VS. WASHINGTON.
Tickets of admission to the football
game between New Bern and Washing
ton which will be played in this city
on Christmas day, are now being sold.
The price of admission is twenty-five
cents. The local team is endeavoring
to secure enough funds in this manner
to pay expenses of the game. Both
teams are in excellent trim and the
game will be one well worth witnessing.
It will be played on the old baseball
ground on National avenue.
HUGE FISH CATCH
More Than Six Hundred Thousand
Pounds Hauled In.
Citizens of Beaufort who were in the
city yesterday told of an enormous
catch of fish made by fishermen of that
town last Saturday afternoon. The
entire fleet of fishing boats participated
in the catch and more than six thousnad
pouuds of fish were hauled in. These
were brought in to the local dealers
and hundreds of boxes were packed
and shipped away. With such an enor
mous supply on hand the storage
facilities were inadequate. Before all
the fish had been disposed of by the
fishermen they were selling as tow as
one penny a, pound and at this price
many " were ' purchased to be used
in fertilizer plants. This was the
largest catch in several years, the price
paid for the entire catch amounting
to more than fifteen hundred dollars.
EXPRESS RATES TO DROP.
ment in ine - parcels r posi,? ml w j na
brought th6 express companies jnto a
competition "thati thei baye Vdecide
to, rneet. t 0t'i'v.J0tiMs &'!
t .nit express tuinpaiiy rates will oe
revisea oeiore' January t to. meet ,-tne -i; vyaters, ..quggyv worKs-wny, not :' V ? f
parcels.' pos rates ;iand arrarfgements patroniz'.nomeJndustrye!;'V'' ''l r '''."'i,X4'
already , are under wayto exteltd the New Bern Banking and. Trust 'Cov 09
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1 1 exDress oeuverv ae veriee everv wnere. i u et ricn -saieiv. m i .-.v. ;.,:' .:;'..:!' -i; " e.'..i . fx. v ;.. -.
Results at Chicage Presage Another
Democratic Victory In
Next Campaign.
REPUBLICANS STILL WARRING
Roosevelt Refuses To Be lliniina
ted and '1 here's I ife In
The G. O. P. Vet.
Wa-hinglon, Del lo II I lie l) -feltllie
nl l'i i igir-si p.tr! l.'.nlirs in
( Im .il'ii tan In said lo int in .nithiii
t 111- I.i! . 1 1 ll I ol .ill', ill. I li. ilmn d
i .i t a i j uj.' ;n, it iiie.in a i li i i i orm i i d
lllll III IVlO ,l!ll ,i s. i I I li in. M I .11 ll'
ad minis! r.ii ion.
I he t-!y evidi nl di ! l i n i i,.i I u hi "f
I h I'roH : l l s to III llll ll.i l c- Ihiodnle
Ko.iseVi ll (or I he I'll Mill la aalll and
I hi tijiially t idi nt w il li.i; mss ol I be
( obinil to ac i ept the llonoi s-i ins tu
end lor .hum her four years al least all
talk ol "i 1 1 iiiin.it i 1 1 k the fount! Pic-i
dent lioiti the political eipiatioii
Mr. Roosevelt docs not intend to
eliminated His friends aparently
not propose to be parties to an c h
nation plot, and there the matter ei
I e
s.
Obviously is it useless for the Room ve !t
opposition to undeitake to send the
funnel c andidate to a back se.it, wl en
neither he- nor his partv even considris
the idea.
And this is the c ondition whic h will
make it impossible for the old and new
parties to get together. As long a-
Roosevelt is the big factor in (he Pro
gressive party, just that long will a
union of the (anions be opposed by the
forces that now dominate the Republi
can party and that dominated it when
the former President was defeated for
the nomination at the Chicago Con
vent ion.
These forces have imposed but one
condition in all the negotiations that
have so far been initiated for a reor
ganization of the Republican party.
That condition has been that Roose
velt be sacrificed. It these terms had
been or should later be accepted by
the Progressives, all other differences
might be adjusted.
Now that the terms have been re
jected no further overtures are likely
to be made to the Insurgents to return
to the fold. Any rehabilitation that
takes place in the Republican party
will be predicated upon the fact that
the third party is a permanent organi
zation and that the loss to it will sim
ply have to be charged up as irredeem
able. There are no good signs cither that
the old party is dead or is about to be
absorbed by the new. It will have more
than 30 members of the next Senate
It will have considerably more than 100
members of the next House and with
this rfS-nch salvage from the wreck it
is in a position to maintain a respect
able opposition to the Democratic pro
gram. There is also enough life left in the
old party to put up at least one more fight
for the Presidency. The fact that
Roosevelt is head of the Progressive
party and without doubt will be its
nominee furnishes all the incentive
that many Republicans will need to
keep up their own organization.
All this summed up seems to assure
the Democarts of at least eight years of
control. With conditions in 1916 as
they were in the campaign of 191i, it
will be next to imppssiblc to defeat the
Democratic candidate, whether he be
Bryan or Wilson or some one else.
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
Mrs, Virginia Robblns Laid
to
Rest In Cedac Grove.
The funeral of Mrs. Virginia Robbins
who died early Sunday morning at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.
C. Armstrong, on Broad street, was
conducted from Centenary Methodise
church Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
by Rev. J. B. Hurley, the pastor, and
the interment was made in Cedar
Grove cemetery. J. J. Tolson, Sr.,
S. L. Dill, T. A. Green, J. M; Howard,
S. R. Street, B. G. Credle, J. C. Whitty
and J. S. Basnight acted as pall bearers.
Mrs. Robbins was in the seventieth
year of her age. She is Survived by
one daughter,- Mrs. H. C. Armstrong
of this city and one son, 'George C.
Robbins of .Calverton, Va. ,
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