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'A VOL. XXXI, NO. 227 ;t The Weather' .. . SJAft ... -.v ftEW.Bl?RN.,N. C.. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ' 22 1912 THREE CENTS PER COPY. UOOARY HPS ; CmtM All of Receipt' of The First Day's Operation of Street Cars. OPERATE REGULAR SCHEDULE ; Writ Sitterding and C. P. Buchanan Jlere From Richmond To See Service Started. At 3:49 o'clock yesterday afternoon ' -the cars of the New Bern Ghent Street SaSway Company rolled out of the tarn in Chent and inaugurated i regular schedule over the line. . From hour until 10:30 last evening they lie regular trip and hundreds of Tie Bern citizeus took their first car ide in New Bern. The fares collected on the first day turned . over to the Circulating Library and several of the members of the Library Committee acted as con- doctors. TheBe ladies worked faith- .1 fully and deserve much credit. ,Aftpr ibe last trip had been made the money maa counted and it was found that about sixty dollars had been secured. t-or this the Library Committee ex lead their sincere thanks to the owners tti the company. Fritz Sitterding, one of the officers .and owners of the new line arrived in the city yesterday morning from his ' fioane at Richmond, Va., and spent the day making an inspection of the . liar and -the plant. He stated la6t il.li I that he was greatly pleased with gush the plant and the cars and that e greatly appreciated the interest iad appreciation shown by the people mA this city in the new line. Mr. Sitterding was accompanied Jbw C D. Buchanan, general manager sf the Virginia Railway & Power Com pany. ' The latter gentlemen is an ex pert in the operation of street cars and predicts, a promising future fot the local company Thtse gentlemen will -remain here today, returning to Rich auond tombrrow. . . The cars will be placed on a regualr . .schedule today." The . first car will leave the barn at 0 o'clock ttiU morning.' During the week the cars will be opera t- : d until 10:30 o'clock at night, on Sat awday night until 1 s o'clock and on - Sunday night until 10 o'clock. Un as! the tracks have been levelled and put in perfec(' condition the cars will not be operated at a very .high speed. A car will pass the Elks' Temple every fifteen minutes. 1 -'The company wishes to impress ivMku th nilHlio that- tfi. ran o r A rt Vjhe pay:as-you;enter variety and when , wer . possible 'the patron is urged to . v assve his or her five cents ready to drop im the box upon entering. Each motor- aaaa will carry small amount of Change ''aad will be in a position to make (Vhange when it is necessary. i V.:. CELEBRATE EMANCIPATION. - As has. been' the custoni form -onv . jyears past the colored citizens of New JJenr will ' celebrate January 'the . x ' i i ranged "hut it is understood that there .x ariO be several speeches made at some f .-n ... i u.. ..i " i.i.:. jile and also a parade led by a brass band - SPECIAL XMAS WEEK PROGRAM 1 ,. AT THE ATHENS. . r ,Three Separate Vaudeville at ractlona with a change of acts -i' 7 ' - m , : ' ( ' I 'Acta for Mdndlv-as follawni ti ilia musiu.vi, oiui tuns--ittiacK -Xac omeoy musical and! talking ;;va,umentsV''-V'y V JSIDDLB tindHYMEReflneil ; THE THREE LABERTAS' Sing tng and talking and novelty acro- V' Ivnrlr rontorllnniata'. ; v5Si "I'ntfP, A , . Our Monday' featare picture la .-THE LION, TAMER'S REVENGE" fn two full reel .2000 feet of, filfn. f wenty uons in tne rrageay enactea lfore your eyes. ,One of the most zirrling and exciting pictures ever made another ' good . picture' will . ',iakt our three reel service. , . ' TWs week's bUI Is the bifigest', " iSTid we trust the best in the history - f tbe Athens. Monday's program t'wt ad Idea what .to expect " i ro: ;h the week. ' . .'.. - " - -fj ices this week as follows t, , f t floor 25c. to all. Balcony 15c!! i t. Matinee lflc. to all. Matinee . ' at 3:45.. Show at nUht starts - 7:3-). SEES GREAT PROGRESS, MERE v-v j. Town Shows Progressive Appear i 1 ance, Saya Correspondent. ', 1 A correspondent of the' 'Presbyterian Standard, signing himself "K'V arites in this week's paper as follows: s "I have been- at New Bern, and find so many improvements in the vener able towa, that it shows a' very youth ful and progressive appearnce. ; I found granolithic sidewalks in all quarters, and tmj streets proper paved witli vitrified brick and tarvik, and iq all sections of the town much build ing, new houses,-and -remodeling old Ones. . Two residential suburbs are growing, and street car tracks are laid: It gave me great" pleasure to notice that the manse has been rolled back from the street and considerably raised. The antiquated windows' replaced with modern ones, wide porches in front and on one side. . In fact, it has been im proved beyond the tecognition of one who knew the old house squatted on the ground very near the sidewalk. It is, at least on the outside, a very at tractive home for the pastor, and ft is said to be quite convenient and com fortable. What a pity that other pastors did not 'enjoy this handsome, up-to-date home. Yet Brother Sum mered is to be congratulated that these needed change were not longer delayed. The congregation deserves the greatest praise for their progressive spirit, and-no doubt every member is proud of what has been accomplished for the honor of their church, and the comfort . of their - preacher, who seems to lie most highly esteemed by all clase in the community." WOMEN TRICKED? Recent Egg Crusades May Have Been Result of Plot. New York, Dec. Wholesale produce dealers here assert that the Housewives' League's 6-cent "egg crusade" is the result of a plot by the cold storage warehousemen and egg "shorts to get rid of as much as pos sible of the unprecedented surplus of preserved hen fruit. Nobody accuses the Housewives' League members of anything wrong. Those public-spirited women, headed by Mrs. "Julian Heath, got into the plot innocently and even yet they think it was all an idea of their own. The same scheme was worked on the Housewivesr League of Philadelphia, which in the last two weeks has sold 9,000,000 eggs at i,4 cents a dozen. But fir the "crusade" 'there would have been a still further break in the wholesale price of cold storage eggs, it is asserted by commission houses. As it is, the crusade, by fixing trie re tail price at 1 6 cents, has caused a rise of one-half Cent to one cent a dozen in the-price of the best quality of cold storage eggs. At the same time, it. is asserted io the trade, the people of New York ha ye benefited by the crusade first, through the popularizing of the much-maligned cold storage egg3, and second, by fixing the retail price at 10 to 15 cents below last winter's quotations. . ., ' , f The cold storage men's inotive in join ing the crusade, it is said, was "to gel rid Of, the eggsvo'as to make room for other food-iq which they-are speculattri'gV The warehouse men and the banks asso ciated with . thcin have 'made , all the money that can be got out of the egg storage season's con traqts!.' Apples are crowding in, and their storage season runs till next March. Poultry is crowds ing in, and that season lasts till next; spring. Between the two the warehouse men n great heed.of space,' in view of the record breaking accuroulatiori "of eggs" jn thcpol msj,' f . The. exteat.tp whic1( he$ wirehoutes .I"UCF V J??! pnng's. fold storage eggi rsbbdwi i the, following statement by IThe Egg; JMau'VlnV the current number of the New York' Pror ductf. RevieW 4na:AmHcanCTeamey', "Reports from all the pfnicipal storage houses in NewYorJk and 6rsey City ia dicate an'ictual output of about 118,000 cases JrotH pec:; lto j(C which would leave a34jP00 cases unsold at the close Of last weeluu'lf tM increased outpttt holds or iriake some further gain, we may ex pect the total reduction, this1 month, to reach about 300,000 cases-tw.hich would leave us with'some 360,000, cases or there-abouts to Carry over to" January Last yeae we carried over 167,000 cases.' '- if-- Funeral. . .' The funeral of jeseph H.' Boon will take place at i o'clock this afternoon at Clinton Chapel Methodist-church, col ored. -';''"'-'.'' I . Read J. J. Baxter's s i In this paper, pffie 5. It will djjou good fi FAVOff FOR DRY; DOCK 4 Naval - Officers of. Atlantic Fleet . Think It Should Go To .1 That City. HAS NUMEROUS ADVANTAGES Much. Better Suited, They Sajr, ' Than Philadelphia, Whfch i, Also Wants It. Norfolk, Dec. i 1. Naval officers of the Atlantic fleet and at the navy yard here lean strongly to Norfolk as a location for the big new proposed dry dock.' Norfolk's many advantages over, Philadelphia, which ;is working hard fof the dock, are pointed out by men who have seen duty at all the yards on the Atlantic coast. In the Norfolk yard officers from the admiral down declare there is no compassion between the two places as a site for a mammoth dry dock. If politics do not play too strong a part in .the selection, officers believe the House naval committee will un hesitatingly recommend the Virginia navy yard. ' Only a few days ago it is said a telegram at the local navy vard urged that a ship be sent in a hurry to Phil adelphia to be docked "before freezing sets in." This aiight happen twice in a century at the Norfolk yard. At Philadelphia it is a condition to be contended with every winter. Some of the advantages pointed out, for Norfolk by naval officers are these: This yard is nearest to the sea, but is well defended because of Fortress Monroe and proposed fortifications at Cape Henry. No ships put in at Philadelphia ex cept for repairs or for some other spe cific purpose. Ships passing to and from the Southern drill grounds at Cuantanamo pass, the Norfolk yard frequently. Almost always they tarry in Hampton Roads. Hampton Roads twelve miles from Norfplk, is the natural rendezvous for ships. There all the fleets of the world can assemble and there most- often are to be found ships of the fleets. Norfolk is the nearest important navy yard to Panama and the canal. In case of war fighting would moot likely take place in Southern waters, and disabled ships could easily 'put in for repairs at Norfolk. - The finest drill grounds in the coun try are off the Virginia capes, a short distance! from Norfolk. Here there is plenty of room and fine anchorage. In case of disability it is a simple mat ter to put in-at Norfolk. Two big" docks are needed -in ,soine important yard. The dock at Norfolk is not a new one but was an old one enlarged. There will soon be 35 feet of water in the harbor here and this could eas ily be increased to 38 feet. ; ; WELLESLE Y GIRLS LEAD ; In fielng Mothers They Out , Dls Holybke Girls. ' ,. ,,elhMley,i4w,:ftDec. 1. In the race to matrimony the Wellesley Col lege .graduates are forced ,t run sec ond to their sisters from.Moant Hol yoke; College,; out when it'eomes to' a more intimate acquaintance wit h' Mon sieur De Stork" the local .College lassies have' their South Hadley rivals dut dis tanced by ? a TakiriarginjThese tacts have been established by statistics rom kfle'd atboth institutions.4 '. ; Q:-y In thirty-seveh.years, of 454 gradu ates of Vellesley ',50p ha ye bee ft murV rierlbf only'33,67 per pent- - ' 'i Contrast hfc'perr centage; Jwfthf that of 44.79 at Mount Holyokcj- covring a' CoVisiderably "greater , number .of', years thatt. f be vWellesley talcihtlons, - and the . iflyidiousries of tiottipariscVnj'.be' COmcs'obvipuiBy;'?' y j Mount ' Hoi yoke girls i would seem hav' ,'dorie 'Jwel; as'S8;;crcentfcf their husbands, are college- graduates, and the number is on tbe increase, and 41 per cent.-pf thern are business men. But the former Wellesley students have surpassed their Mount Holyoke sisters irf the. number of their children. I, While the latter were proudly pointing to the fact that there has -not been a divorce in fifty years in which an alumna was involved, they have had to reluctantly admit' that two children have been the average. . ' ; , ' . (;, : Wellesley girls have done better. It has developed that to the 1,500 alumnae who have married have been born i,031 sons and 1,991 daughters. That gives the 'Wellesleyites a clear lead of f.vo ttiirds of a child per marriage over i;' .v.luates of Mount I" 'vi 1 i. y HERE YESTERDAY Merchants Report Record Break- ing 'Sales of Wares of All Descriptions. SHOPPERS VERY NUMEROUS , - - Great Inroads Made on The Large Stocks Laid In By The Business Men. Yesterday, the last Saturday be fore Christmas, was a busy day with the merchants of New Bern. Every train arriving in the city early in' the day was. crowded with passengers coming here to .make their last pur chases. From Onslow, Ca'rteret, Pam lico and Jones county they came, each with a well filled wallet and a determina tion to make the most of the splendid shopping opport unites afforded in New Born. It was a rcord-breaking day for business. One well known merchant who has been in business here for many years, stated that his sales were larger then ever before in the history of his establishment. In addition to the trading done by the visitors, several thousand local people were in the shopping district during the day and night making purchases. the trading was not Confined to auy one variety of goods, the confer tionery dealers selling as much in proportion as the dry goods men while the furniture dealers and jewelers also secured their share of the coin in cir culation. The variety of goods on display this season is greater than ever before. 1 he farmers have been prosperous during; the oast season and the mer chants realizing the advantages of this put in unusually large stocks consist ing of every variety of merchandise. .There are two more days remaining before Christmas in which purchases can be made. From now on the trading in a majority ol. cases will be confined to the local citizens, those living out of the city having already made their purchases, but this will be no small item and the scene in the busines dis trict 'will be as active as last week. RECEIVES NEW MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS. -Ever alert to the desires of its patrons and friends the National Bank has secured a supply of new money of various denominations which is suitable as Christmas gifts. The clean bills and the bright silver and gold make very attractive gifts. The supply is limited and those who wish to secure any of it should call at the bank without de lay. ATTRACTIVE WINDOWS. Two of the most attractive display windows in the city are those-of S. Coplon & Son's commodious new store on Middle street. One is designed to represent a child's bedroom. on "the night before Christmas." t The fur -nishing tof the room'- are oiplete . In every detail. ' The two children have been tucked in their bed and are fast asleep.. Slants tlaus has just . complet ed placing: the presents for the' young. The other window, is tastefully arrayed with numerous articles - of men's and boy's clothing. ' l' : R. I. Russell came in last night from Kinston and is spendingthe day4 with Christmas 'V.'sv-n-jK Order Ilateriil For ,Cri;tr:"3 EIr.-cr. I" I All Yctrr TccLs: C:t Tt:t Tree... , ir;t 2 .1.': ''" t'to Lc: Your HEAV SI ESS WHY IT'S POPULAR Comedy. In Coming Play Is One of v-. Its Strong Points, i One of the chief reasons why Charles Rann Kennedy's play, "The Servant in the House," has proved such a pop ular as well 'as artistic success, is that the author has not hesitated to employ comedy in liberal , quantities in the development of his beautiful story. Commenting on this fact, Harper's Weeky says: "The marvel too, is that Mr. Keedy's is not solemn at at all, except in an aftermath, laugh ter leaps in it, and the mind kindles to its delight. The author seems to have joined hands with humor, satire and irony and to have caught the flying glance of the comic spirit which George Merredith says is abiding overhead and looking upon us with a contemplation humanely maligh. It is easy to pic ture the author of 'The Servant in the House' looking upon an audience at his own play seeine it smile or weep or laugh in the wrong place, or pretend vainly to uuderstand, in his own vision meanwhile, what - Mere dith calls the "sunny malice of a faun." AH this is different from the recei t pessimistic reading of life which Ibsen, for example, has made familiar. The master-builder dreamed of building homes with high towers on them, and the end was a human fragments: Mary dreamed of finding a father who should be brave and beautiiul and good, and the end was human being in the like ness of his God. Perhaps we are be ginning to have done with destruction. Nobody, least of all the author, pulled down the Vicar's house to repair that drain. 'The Servant in the House' assumes the responsibility for the as sertion that if you only wish very, vety hard and to help spin the fairy tale everything comes true. Only few may believe it, but a work like this has at least made belief easier." "The Servant in the House" will be seen here on December -6th. PRETTY HOME WEDDING Miss Edna Barrus and Mr. J. T. Hood United In Marriage. (Special to the Journal) Pollocksville, N. C, Dec. i0.--A very pretty home wedding was solemnized on Thursday evening at eight o'clock at the home of Mr. I. H. Barrus, when his daughter, Edna Morton, became the bride of Mr. John T. Hood, the ceremony being performed by Rev. M. Cibbs, pastor of the Presbyterian church of this place. The home was prettily decorated with ferns and evergreens, an arch covered with trailing evergreens, be ing placed in the east corner of the drawing-room, under which was sus pended a .wedding-bell covered with flowers of pure white. Immediately before tfie entrance of the bridal party, two songs were rend ered, ' "A Story Ever Sweet and True," by Miss Lila Dillahunt, and "O .Promise Me," by Mrs. George R. kflughes, both accompaniments being played by Mrs. J, S. Hudson, who also played the wedding march. First came the ushers, Messrs. A. S. Lee and T. O. Pigford, who stood on either side of the arch. Then the bride, leaning on the arm of the grooin. The bride was 'beautifully gowned in white messaline and lace, wearing pearl ornaments and . carrying a bouquet of lilies of the valley. After the ceremony1, had been per formed, and the -bride and groom had received the congratulations of their relatives and friends , about sixty of whom were present, they were -ushered, into' the dining-room, ;-.by Kirs. N. J. Leary, where a most bountiful supper was served in three course. , ..- The bride is one. of Polloksville's most : attractive ' young women; .the groom being a a prominent business man also of this place. .Their many friends wish for them ,i long and happy Hid 1 ', ;.'. "i ' v. i GOES HOME. I LEAVES - YACHT. Charles Longstreth of Philadelphia, who arrived in this port a few days ago on board his handsome yacht, Arra wan II, ' left last' evening 'via' rail for his home wher he. will-spend the holidays. Upon arrival hjjrethe yacht was placed on the ways at MeadowsVmarine' rail way to be repaired and : repainted-. This work was completed yesterday afternoon and the" vessel again placed in' the water. Mr. Lbngstreth stated that the boat would remain here until the first of next year and probably longer as he wished to cruise the sounds in eastern North Carolina and would probably select New Bern' as a home port while so doirg. BRIDES SCHOOL WELL ATTENDED Hundreds of Kansas Girls Are Ta king Courses In Art of Home Making. MANY ARE ALREADY ENGAGED And They Will Feed Husbands and Clothes Themselves In Approved Style. Topeka, Kan., Dec. J. There aie 738 Kansas girls taking the course in the "brides' sihool" at the Kansas Agricultural ( olleijr this year, and when they complete their work early next June there will be thai many prospective brides -ready for homes, brides who know how to keep ho im properly. There will be 7.!8 girls who will never feed their husbands on sour biscuits or look dowdy in the nr dress hubby just bought. No one knows just exactly how many engaged girls there are in the schools this year. The instructors can only guess, and the best guess i. that fully 500 of the girls now tak ing the home-making course at tiii college are already engaged and tlat most of the in will be married bef en tile end of another school year. The course of study as outlined in the curriclum of the agriculture college does not say anything about a "brides" school" at the college. Instead, there are listed certain "home making courses," and it is the work of the girls in taking these courses that has lem minated this part of the school work as. the "brides' school". PRAISE BRIDGE SERVICE Several Persons Claim Tender Is Doing Full Duty. That the Bridgeton man who found fault with the way the Neuse river bridge-draw is kept was unjust in his criticisms was the positive and em phatic statement of two persons who talked to a reporter about the matter yesterday. One of these gentlemen said he had been living in Hridgefon five or si years and at no time had so good ser vice been given as has been given during the past month. Mr. Samuel W. Smallwood, who live-, near the foot of the bridge, says he has had opportunity to observe the ser vice given by the bridge tender and that it has been excellent. He says that the man who is attending to the draw now is the one who has been attending to it for two months past and that during that time the service, particul arly with reference to river trafric, has been especially good. .'The position of bridge tender was held by the late Thomas li. Warren, who died a short while ago. F'or some time before he died he was incapacitat ed and his wife employed a man to do the work. It is hoped by her friends that she will be allowed to hold the position, especially in view of. the fact, as vigproulsy asserted by these friends, entirely a'dequate service is being given. BE PRACTICAL, LADIES And Consider How You Might Re duce Egg Cost Provider. Mr. Editor : B'!) We are paying 35 cents a dozen for eggs in New Bern while in Philadelphia and New York they can be bought fo i 4 cents. The house-wives of Philadelphia want on strike and reduced them from 60 cents per dozen to i4 cents. If the women of New Bern want to do something except contribute to the "gayety of nations" by talking in clubs and by interviews in newspapers about woman's suff tage -they might devoid some of the time spent away from their duties at borne in helping the -"Pro- hvider" : to make tougne .. and kuckle meet by aping the women , of (Phila delphia in their recent laudable achieve ment instead of the , foolfadists .- of England.' , v 1 - ..-What cares .the average- utruggler after the "Wherwith"! whether or no "Pippa Passes;'!- if - the price of eggs remains ' ' , M ONE OF THE PROVIDERS. . , NEW - ADVERTISEMENTS- r il . 1. . x.: j . 4. . iiuiiuu rju&i . i eve i veti ear load horses. . . ' Bain & Styron Watch Ghent grow: , Sam K. Laton Christmas watches . ready to keen faultless time. . New Pern Tanking and Trust Co. " Central location.
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