cneisras cons niDifJG ii:
OfihTIDOFJOYWDHLDCWldE
tV;!"'r; g"J " ' L.M ... .,.1,, lu.,,,
' i New Bern Welcomes Crown
:. ing Event of Happy
Holiday- Season.
JtLtPBEPARilTlQNS
E.
FOB GREAT Ot
. Weather - Will Be ine ana
: ? : : v Favorable.
-'"Lest you torget, it is Christmas.!
'! World-wide is the celebration and
i ttie keen enjoyment of it r; as f ir uns.
' Ja the practice of c. lebratwg it i in
' flj-lf.' Eveiy where Christ may t: cele
K; fcratcd for there is no place where
"""CbrisUaiM have not gone, and every
where the H.iv hrirps a f'oixl of jov f
tlip hearts ot t imslian nu n ami w
';. soen.
, Alter a rtonjsy traae in unprocc
'dented proportions New liern is pre
for a thorouchBOine celebration
',. ml Christians . The weather man after
- . - . T I , T . imln nt Kljxnrl'iir ii'.iimn'l
M ' sweeter disposition yesterday and
ivf 'M0mises to he good again today
,Nct' to "a white Christmas a clear,
')old Christmas is the one that most
jJtwpl's-Iike and it is the kind that has
. The day before Christmas in New
' Bern wa not unlike other Christmas
ee in New Derp. The rain of the
. earlv uiorning served doubtless1 to keep
rw oiiuntn' rwvinlo (m m rnminu i-n
' tewn.but the stores nevertheless en-
i: joyed a brink trade, and last night in
tfcc' most of them it seemed, j udgwg
from the crowd, -that the injunction
'.-lift shop early had been wholly over-
; looked.
5 '. Purluiu tliprr was Ies of disorder
'. tfHi'the streets last nieht fhan'on pre-
VioW occasions. . The idea that the
A 'proper 'ay to1 celebrate Christmas eve
' . ' SS Iff liltlKC g :aivcl. wo Clitvj Laim.u
'liV a smaller number of people thin had
.. i.. .a .
t' been the case with some Christinas eves
rf-yore. The throngs were uiet and
tfVTIPnV 111 IfirU. . AIILJtUIMtlVW . .VI Iviiv
' V , t. -
Vreat day' iut none the less happy as
inany :.' ipamiir eye ana giowmij
4eek attesed. 1 he,,, ringing ol tne
i ':- -9ticet 'car ffonks, toa added a new and
AMI moving meuiey i wniniw wiir r i
ttbe precursor of the day of days.,
, Christinas day a sual in New Bern
as but the opening of the holiday sea
tan. It wilt be several days before the
Vious events which get their inspira
XtoiFEuttf Christmas will have, been
onrluded. ' There will be ciiurc'li, Sun-;-dar
school and social entertainments
galore ana not until alter tne nrst 01
. Im rnminir vear tetlf the .old town urt-
fle dowa to k B-ork-ailay Ratt , again,
" Traveling Men to Celebrates.
t..M JLiA M4- mI1
..r nem vauuiw uavc inxii uiauc cii ,a.
she local hotels1! .for accommodations
iiringfltt' ndkyVAn
-svlio are 'din 'he-road" ' Will tryiid
-"make New Bern" tediy n xirdci lo
... -i l 1 jt
. panicipuce jn ; uic, Lt-n.-uriiiiuu , which
-have been planned for the' occasion. :
" -, A patty of lfteen "Knight of the
"Crip" have -made. arrtogcmentsto
fcive a high-ojd time at th Caaton
Hotel.T. Several lay: ago they wired
PROGRAM AT THE. ATHENS
. ; TODAY., " :- ' '
ne naft n cucpiionauv gwi
Christina ; day bill read the 1itJ
ver, and you- tan'f stay away. ii i
V " "'Hies , ' - t . ?
' . The Three I.aBertas, singing
' t .Iking and novelty tacrobatlc
.rtlonists. , - 4 .
; 1. Riddle and Rhymed Re
4 : 1 sinking and talking and
4frr trie dancing. '
', TheMuslcal Brattons, com
eJ t usical and talking, lntroduc
i evfral atandard instruments.
"T , i prpurate nets all good. -
s: "In the Garden Fair"
, li comedy drama.' "Bob-
' k" An Ed.'son comedy.
n.tl ferTices'This
s 1 I Jl-ion coie.'y. "The
tit" A ror-aiice of that
', irt"? Col ..t;' ' j cattle
1 ' ' . 1 ' vc ! 'i. 4 $00 J
. C , 1 . ., is ( s '. i
. ; t i II. I . !! y 15c. to
8 10c. to f!l.
SNATCHESTflWOF
oiiiiiis
Would-be Thief is ! BmJijy 0?er-
, taken in Alley-Hiahd
nacea vnaer rst
PUTS UP IIVLlilWTUSSLK
' . :
Pretended to Be DrUGems
scatterea uut wrariy. aii
Later RecovercciJ1' .
Rirhmon.l, Va.,Dec4iWnatching
a trav containing nine- fWvtond rinvs
valued at 54,000 ,a vovAv.man-ivho
later gave his name ;it .,i)sVV.-MyiTS,
dsAhcd out of Lunsden'Vicjf'Irv store
on Main street about TwfliiWTlock hist
niglu and ran down ihsAVUftroughfare
for several blocks, liofluV ;Ursued by
ii.i.iin V. M I'rrAVw scotil
other lerks in the ifwef. Captain
Mvers flnallv overt rk rlie '.tOgitive in
an alleyway where a desperate tussle
ensued. However, with .the aid of re
inforcements, he s iccSn,fciJ, in ov
powering his man. Swtv
I he captive was led AW,Ynearbv t-i
gar store where pendinJ-AA arrival
ol the police he pretended, to: be drunk
and refused to talk. Not(ling wis
found on him to indicate his real
identity. When he entered tHo jewelrv
store, he first purchasedtJief of, cheap
cun' Out tons, ttien ne aaK?a to be
shown some dimond 'land'.Jiwhen the
tray, of sparkler11 was ta1vei from (he
case 'he had little troublcvn v getting
away with ifiem. Only f"A'tohe rings
were recovered when tWft,,roan was
caught, these being fotmd on his
litigers.x Kix others wee'JutT' lxated
in the nUeyway with tbevpjd of. police
earrhlit;hts.
.V.'
GLADDEN MANY HEARTS.
Many hearts will be maw ilad today
by the Christmas dinneA'.yhich the
q,i....s- a. ,ili ;i,
Captain Satterfield and corps oil"' attcndw' !n bod-'
il i.:.,,
, . , i,' '' ii- r j
day preparing the large baskets of ood
! ... . - , ' v
which will be given to every- worthy
. TLV.i '11 hi
person who calls. Thirty -well filled
i . . i. , . t'- i a
p-,..,
.u. :n .
; ,ir " rrTr"
" rJ...SJX
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7
Manager Cherry to secun&VvChristmas
kx.w. fj 'th uirt n.rikt,-.w- w.If Utt I
ti.v..t ' "V .w,3W" .iiMV, U .1
placed lit the hoteL parldijAd !oaded
wiku me k, .iiiui ihc uwuvri uu i
friends of .theparty.wiHlJiiffld hi.- ;A
bpecta dinner 1tiepired
and serv4 t itc .merry ia4rrsi;i ..-v
At th other hcfetetrie Wt Christ; land sympathy for the. h?tuwl htis
m tneirui hv been fettmrecl and band, parents and other rola'ives.
everv consideration will beVov.n i he
Thereareamimterof aeArVandflcf-l
reuses in the cifv for tbeV.olidav and
these exponents of Thespi's:, all?of w hi.rn
are' doomed to'spend th&dAy , away
froni their befoved ' Hr!?zA x'w; will j
ouch to nave a nomklo eo
There-are many iTerki; A Vew Bern
ire many f ierK .-,iwv pern -
d with, local firM(R5ho live
iiarts of thfe Staivho will
iaTshort holjdavi)iat it will"
store ana wi
. . ' i.-j:...,.". i:n kni-'f ' '
in other -part
have such a short holiday ih;
nnf be noKsihti for them tAfrtftrfi hnmc I
These,ijns the majority of Va.-es, -have
friends in'-thc cit v and" (thoN occasion
tt'ill rtrnv rwitlMinir ti .Yfoi'i 'Tit-riiUrnA I
bered
them
' . Amusement , k
There will bc,. number ot' in fractions
and aumsements: during fjie- day and
no one need fed lonesonnv-.,.This afteri
noon, beginning at 1 o'clock, there will
be a turkey shootout at (.hi nt park.
At J:30 o'clork rip.ir the snme place
the . New Bern and: Vas! ni'Mon foot
ball teams will, plav a
i. h jr tnie.
awe at
There will be a ( hnstii)
the AthensThcatre am
there tonight. The m
a
show
if t!
Athens 1 heatre have ( i
f vaudevi 'e art!:- for t'.i
penormance is one oi mi
in tome lime.
guebt' and 'those wNoartpenting Thebudyfras Jiurird in CeilT lrt i
thiy taffiprfi' honje, aHc ones 'CbmeterV. J T, ' . ' i
ilf be i made a happy asn&nl Ie. , ' ; ', ' - '
V 'With The Actor Mis, " - . i 'w't - " - 1
aS8ii in nuivi-imig u.e u rr --- r local ownerg ad rtjadagers of
tne ae or ,oik it is nexco impose - -r last . fct
toRethomlorShnatmWWiUhcsjr-"""- - V V; 1'4lv", ! were , doing a fine buhiiiea
arc luck enougn to nave a nom to iro to: t v,, tu iuni,,.i'H
Christmas Morning
FUNERAL OF MRS. DEI. A MAR
Praised Warmly By "Her- Pastor-
Laid to ltc$t inCed'ir Kitm'c'
I' The funeral ol the late Mrs, ...(',.
tpela mar rook piaca yester-nv.' after-
uoon at J 30 ocloik from -Centenary
Methodist church and was conducted
by the pastor, Rev. J. B. Hurlev. Tte
numbers of the Woman's .Missionary
Society of the church of which -Mrs.
1Jl Amr w, 'aur.u.i and espucwlly
I -v , . t . I ' . ...
a,so Present a oeieeation
from ihc Daughters of the Confederacy,
, , " . , .
The pall-bearers wire A. 1-.. H'bbard,
, , . . . . . '
j-ll" v.. ioison; r. m. i.naa;vi.'k-, n. u.
I -- U , . , . ' Z.
Craven, T.-C. hthendge arid J. P,
in rv.i
, ln tne rr0an, 01 runm were a
duet by Mnr W. HBisho, andS M
ad 'J"" hvmn, "I.Am
Glad thai Je,.is J me, which
was a favontp with Mrs. Delamar
Rev. Mr.' Hurley .poke in terms of
unstinted prai.se ' of r the . rlcutsed,
dwelling
upon her fortityde-iiv fickiK-as.
1.-1.
her abiiurcfinp cheerfulneLt, her rare
iri a UIIIIITllllll.' I UCri UllllCAy, Jl CTV. TilWG
u nclf ishness, her ftentlenes U charac-
ifi aim oisiiu')ii anu ner- consianvjy
JisplaVed solicitude 'for thi welfare; of
oChers. - - : . v .. . ', -
- AacvMenftes M respect for t hu deceased
friends sent many heaii'tli'I Howera.
HINOHARAvTO , SPEK. t
I."'! be tpworth League ofvCemenary
j Methodist church will hold a Christmas
U-Tviceln the league room- thi e;en-
'i t o-tlocle. At his hour, Rev.
cordial , inVitian'on -is-' e r.tended to
v" . iiT fu w" .v..i;v yy
tnf public -tp Wine out to. tbU ChiKt-'
mas servke.
..' , ' - "
lih. nmlti, Iii-Vaih. Ahf tn. thu I'htiul.
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I OOR OUT, BOYS! '
icemen have been iiiinin:cted
under arrcyt anvpersdii v 1ini
or:hear of disclvirrini; hrc-
other combustible between
'
wiv-
the hours of 10 o'clock t Ins. morning and
t 'o'clock this afternoon. , ,,.-
at gii;;:;t c,
ON'
IN NEW SI UURB
One Hundred Blazed Forth Last
Wight For First Time.
Onikundred thirty-two candle power
incnrlesccmV . hnip blazed tv-r.'li I;.?
night for .the first time on Rhen; iven e
in the new suburb, Ghent, in th -est
ern part of the citj.
- For several weeks slectriciims have'
been nfatjed in placintr these b-Jits
in position. When, the Tightnu' "
tern of this suburb: was plani"!.' ihr
owners decided to introduce -i. m
novation in the lighting systen., ft' ich
was practivally a new idea if. this
section. . Formerly arc ligh 'h-ive
beer used in illuminating the-ciry.
Jr was found tltat a number of smaller
lightsTcmldjhe wsed with aboct tbe
sjtieT)peoJiture and -that the ill . in
itiation given, byuhese was much better
than the arc light; Accordingly at a
distance of about sixty feet all along
Rhem avenue, arches containing six
of these; thirty-two bundle power in
candescent lamps were placed. The
test last night proved very satisfactory.
BUY FOURTH CAR
Street Railway People Find That
- Thre Are Not EnpngJh. -, . f
'i As evidence of the fact that the owners
of the; New Bern Ghent Street Rail
way Company which began the 4pec
tion of -btoeet cars iitthisjcitybiii
Saturday, are.greatl)r pleased wkh the(
patronage given , them, 'by . the ' people
of--New Bern, thsy yesterday placed an
order ; with the Cincinna U Car Com '
pany for. another car, 'Similar to.-tfe
one now being Ubcd'and which were
constructed by thenC " ,
Mayor. C , McCarthy; one of t' t
the m
the earn
nd that
each ''day's receipts BO' far .have been
very .gratifying .to' the fconipany, j '.-w vi
At present the schedulae ii effect
is nofTall that coul.d be-desired.1, It is
the intention of the
a f "-x r initte, sched
new r.ir arrives .
oct. 'I i.is car will be
frohruary 1. ,
ny to give
-is soon as
! a. put in
1 red about
A. Kay Hill left Mono. morning
fof a visit with relatives at South Creek.
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BE
TELEPHONE'S RIVAL
But It Will Be Many Years Yet,
According To John Hays
Hammond, Jr.
IN EXPERIMENTAL STAGE YET
r
Nevertheless, He Sees Wider and
More Practical Field Than
One Now Occupied.
Boston, Mass., Dec. il That he
will soon be able to talk from his ex
perimental station at Gloaeiter to W.uh
ington by wireless telephone, is the be
leif of Rihn Has Hammond, Jr., Mr.
Hammond, who is the son of the null
ing engineer, has been experimenting
several years with wireless tclephon.
He believes that ultimately telephon
ing without wires will take the place
of the present system.
"Withing a few months," he said, ' I
shall no doubt be talking daily with
the government experimental slatior
in Washington.
"lomv mind wireless teleohonv of
fers a wider and more pr.i Inal held
of endeavor than v..eless telegraphy
but in tins connection I wish fo soun
a note of warning. I he public shoul
be somewhat charv of accepting as a
established fact the commercial statu
of wirelesa telephony. The whole s.sub
tect !s in an experimental stage
yet and it will be many years in al
probability before wireless takes the
place of the present system.
"The General Electric Company is
making an apparatus for me at the
present time' which I propose to use in
connection with certain inventions of
my own, and I shall be very much dis
appointed if we do not succeed in talk
ing with Washington when it is in
stalled. The particular system
wireless telephony which we are using
here at Gloucester was the discovery
of Dr. Leon Chaffee."
GREAT SERVICE PLANNED
All Churches To Unite In Launch
Inft Big Laymen's Meet.
A gfreat union service in the interest
of
the approaching Laymen's Con
vention to be held in this citv in Feb
ruary will take place at Centenary
Methodist Church Sunday night. While
women will be invited and expected to
be prevent the men will have setts to
themselves, the women being present
more as spectators than as companions
of the men.
There will be a brief address by a
layman from every Protestant church
in the city nd the service is expected
to develop great interest in the Feb
ruary meeting. '. It will be the fiist
"big gon" in the preparations for the
convention.
Practically all the Protestant
churches will unite so thai an extra
ordinary large congregation is expected.
BROTHER OF MRS. ALPHECS
DISOSWAY DIES . , .
1 Dr." d Mrs. Alpheas Disosway of
Plyriiouth had started here last night
to. upend Chrjstjnaa with Dr. Disosway'
parents, "Mr.-aad M"-' Mark Disosway.
Before lea vng,: however, Mrs: Disos
way received a telegram from Hartford,
Conor, announcing the sudden death of
her brother, Mr. ' Wallace. She at
once left for Hartford to attend her
brother Vi funeral, ' while Dr.- Disosway
continued his ri to this city, ,
AT THE EXPRESS OFFICE, v
Z V. Taylor, manager of the Jocal
office, of tht Southern Express Company,
states that the oflice will be open today
as usual and that the wagons will de
liV
er' paclrages . all during" the- day..
Persons
intend leaving home fort
the ,day
age 8'
the o..
ho are expect! ng--pao'
atake arrangements ? with 1
j hold the 'same! Wii f,tr
morrow,
i
Christm as With prisoners.
The prisoners now confined- in the
Craven county jail and those who are
members of the chain gang will not be
forgotten today. Sheriff R. B. Lane
has made preparation to serve them with
an unusually good dinner and they
will also receive gifts from their, ret
ives and friends. The inmates of
- jail have been looking forward to
ii tmas Day with much anticipa-
ii an.t everything po.ible will be
. to r..! p t!,ei ' '.v the anniver
r f I'd 'i ' C ., i t.' The chain
' v ' ' '.tto the jail
WIRELESS
SENATEVETERANS
JO
Senate "Insurgents" Will Hardly
Be Able To L'nhorse Strong
Southerners.
.MAY GAIN MINOR POINTS
Older Men Know Game lletter and
Have Advantage of lieing
Intrenched.
Washington, I )ec. -- As was e-iKcle-l,
the youncer eleinent in i'ie
S-.nale is niakini; its plans fur a hard
fiaht to overthrow the "oil onkr"
in the reorganization which i-, I" lake
place when the new administration
begins. This element is vehement in
its expressions of dissatisfaction with
the system of seniority which im-s so
much prestige to the veterans in the
Senate service, some ol whom the newer
men decclar'' to be out of sympathy
with the spirit of the tunes and ot the
present dav Democracy which trnmi
phed at the Baltimore convention.
I he '"insurgent inovciient will ;
directed especially against I he oe-
linuance ol enalor I honias . .V.n
tin, of irinia, in ihe tiosilion ol
leaileisslup of the Demo'rilie aii(us
including the c hairmanship of t lie
'Vmcjcratie steering onimi' tec-. It
will also brinfi its batteneii to bear
against the rise of Senator Simmons,
of North Carolina, to the chairman
ship of the finance committee, wlurh
will have charge of the shaping of
tariff legislation at that end of (he
Capitol.
Unlesu President Wilson himself
takes a hand ' in the fight against
Senators Martin and Simmons, there
appears to be no reason to change the
opinion already expressed in this cor
respondence that the "insurgents" will
be unsuccessful in their attempt to
unhorse the two powerful Southerners,
though there is no doubt that imoor
tant concessions and adjustments will
lie made to conciliate the newer ele
ment.
When the veterans have won i he
main point, clinching then hold upon
the first honors, thev may .yield various
other positions to which their prestige
entitles them, hor instance. Senators
like Martin, Simmons, Tillman, Haron
and Culberson now hold the ranking-
Democratic membership on several
mportant committees. Neither of
them, of course, will bechairman of
more than one of these committees.
but the custom is to leave, a Senator
in the second place on any conuiuttee
for whose membership he may have
been in line if he elects to take the
chairmanship of some oiher committee.
The veterans will be willing to re
linquish some of the secondary honors
to win their fight for first ones. Senior
ity in the main has alwavs won in
the Senate. The older men know the
game better, have the advantage of
being entre.ncbcd.nd are able to deal
temptingly with ambitious Senators
who-stand "betwixt an-! between" the
old and the new in length of servx-c.
JlffiSTTO RETURNS,
After. awjeefcrof splendid bport,, in
cluding-duck shooting ., deer stalking
and casting for bass, a party of five
gentlemen from the western part of the
State passed through the city yester
day enroute to their homes from Have-
lock where they have been for the past
ten days. In the party were W. F. Clegg
and Capt.- C. W. Fowler of Greens
boro, E. W, Koontz of Charlotte and
W.- D. Myers and M. A. Teeter of
Salisbury, These gentlemen, all noted
for their skill with both gun and rod,
reported. a j bag -of 1 siscjy-four ducks,
seventy finer bass -and a deer. They
'started three deers during their .visit
out two eluded both dog and gun.
Mrs'.'-T.: A.- .Cranthain ' and children
1
leftyesterday ifor -Washington, . N- Q;
tor a,i5-it .with relatives, V , V,
' rv mi
kpw AnvvRTi&Flu If Kits' fi' ' '
' M; E. Whitehursfcfi, (V.W'wV'v
j.f I..?xterri5krv tnanit yu
New Bern Banking and Trusty Co.
' --1I
Positive proof of safety. T
A: T. ' Willis Co. We? wish you
merry Chrirtniai. ' " i ' ',
H. C. Ar.mst rong-Merry Christmas
ev ry body. . , x .
S. Coolin A Son Wishing yea "a
merrv Chi 1st mas. , ,.-, -v...
1 reel. Sc ot t 1 hanks for pa'ronage.
v. (.' I'oyd I he si ason's greet ings.'
A Castot Our best wishes.
RETAN
POWER