North Carolina Newspapers

V ' VOli LXIINo. y The WwlhH ' ' " , KA1N . NEW BERN, N. CM TUESDAY- MORNING JANUARYS. 1913 v THREE CENTS PER COPY. AGITATE LAW TO PROTECT BIRDS TO PUT 1 EIID I0JAOELHEIS BASEBALL FANS LAW GHEAKING E IS TO GIVE PRIZES FOR TO HOLD FEETIIIG EASE BAT THE HIGH BUILD MA SO READ GO ft if r 5 r r f vi 1 - Movemeut to Protect , Feathered Sobftscera Finding Faror ' In This Section. '' TO GET LEGISLATORS TO ACT All Bird Tribe Decreasing Every Year Action Needed To Save Tbem. A movement to rotect song birds is finding much favor in several coun lies in this section at this time, and it U expected that several legislators will go to the coming General Assembly with the purpose of having an act pass ed for their preservation. Petitions asking for such alaw are being circulated in"sev.ral communities. Carteret county has taken the lead in the matter and Senator Davis and Representative C. S. Wallace have assured their constituents in that coun ty thai they will champion the bill. If an act covering the entire State is not passed, seera! counties in the hast will ak lor protection of the feathered singers on their own acvonnt On the hanks from (.'ape Lookout to Hatteras many motking birds yet remain, betides other species, and on the mainland robins are plentiful, but every tribe of the bird yearly decreases .as is the case for man) miles inland and the citizens of the section are deter mined that they shall be protected. TWENTY DROWNED Dre J?f ul Loss of Life When Freight it Is Rammed By Tramp. Newport, News, Va., January 4. Eight survivors of the steamer Julia l.uckenbach, rammed and sunk in Chesapeake Bay early Friday' by the British tramp Indrakula.. arrived here yesterday ard told how 0 of their number had gone down without chance for life. The fortunate eight, after a six-hour oattle with a ternhc gale, were taken from the rigging of their suken ship by the Danish steam cr Pennsylvania and brought herp. The- l.uckenbach, from Port Tampa to Baltimore, was about to anchor off the Tangier Gas Bouy, at the mouth of the Potomac early Friday, . when the Indrakulaa caught her and cut her practically in two. She went down immediately and only the men on deck had a chance for life The Indrakuala was badly damaged and in danger of sink ing, drew off and beached to save her self. Captain Gilbert, of the Lucked bach, and hi wife were among the lost 1 he survivors had scarcely reached the topmost parts of the rigging of the and for six hours they fought for life while some of their number .exhaust ed, clmpocd off one by one to death. With a wind blowing at cyclonic elocitv and waves beating against them, the hardiest ones held fast until their clothes were lorn to shreds, and they were on the verge of exhaustion. Chief Engineer ("his Knudson, was one of those in the rigging. He entjured the gale until his hands were bleeding ' from gripping the ropes. He became exhausted, let go and went down be fore assistance came. The Daniih steamer Pennsylvania, -which came to their assistance, could y not reach them at first because of the heavy sea.-. After many unsuccessful Attempts, life, lines were" run to the struggling men and in two. hours they : -were taken off one at. a tjme. 5 They ( were taken on hoard the Pennsylvania .very1' much exhausted,' and. had t,o be given fiirst-aid treatment.' ' ' , , .sS. ; i,', PROGRAM AT THE ATHENS - - TODAY ' - , c v A packed house greeted the Camp; hell Sisters' fast night,' and continuous S1' applause -followed every : song. ,': They 5. Krere. here several months ago and -de lighted all who heard them," -To-aight ?.i;4ad tomorrow night will dose their - aaaeement .with us. J The advantage '; :dI. the opportunity' to hear these gifted tv?rt refined young- ladies. Pictures a follows: '"The Branded '. . Ar Hi" -A' gripping Indian flory telling i;Vjfhow a white child was inpttired by the '; ' fr:fi s skins and grew to womanhood v among them. .Subsequently in a r , fierce battle with cowboys she is cap r " t ured and identified amid great re - i joicing. '" Value .Received" An el iciting, love ; drama amid the Western v gold fields. "A4 The Fates Deerecd" An exceedingly dramatic story of the. man-'ibout-town who yearned for wealth told as it happens daily. Same prices, . matinee daily at 3:45 o'cliick. 1st show at night r!s ;t ,i nd at 9 o'clock. Commissioners Order ' Heavy Oak ' Boards r Placed Across , : The Joists. FASTENED , WITH LOIG NAILS Several Ot her Matter of I Ri- portance Disposed t By County Board. One of the most important matters taken up at the regular, monthly meet ing of thd Craven County Board of Commissioners which was held in this city Monday, was the matter of putting the county jail in such condition that it would be impossible bor any prisoner to make an esacpe. During the past few months a nuin ner of the prisoners have succeeded in gaining tneir treeaom irom tnis institution and in the majority of the cases eacn t ok ine same course; climbing on the steel cage in which the colored prisoners are confined, then knocked a hole in the ceiling and from there crawled to the roof from which it is an easy matter to reach the ground An investigation was made and it was found that thct ceiling was very thin md could easily be knocked down. After considerable discussion the Commissioners decided to place heavy oak boards across the top of the joists and to fasten these down with large" wt?e nails This will make t almost Tnipbxsible fo any one to break through to the roof without the use of a very heavy hammer and the noise caused by knocking off these boards would awaken every inmate of the jail. Mrs. T. E. Warren, widow of the late keeper of Neuse river bridge, appeared before the Board and made application for the position of bridge tender. Since the death of her husband she has been having the work done by a man whom she employed and his work has proven satisfactory.The Board had some hesitancy in giving Mrs. Warren the position on account of the fact that if the man she now has em ployed or any one whom she would employ at a later dati should suddenly be taken ill or was to quit it would cause, a great deal ol inconvenience However, after considering the matter the position was awarded to her. .The pay for this work is thirty-five dollars a month. ' D. P. Whitford, 'who is president of the Craven County Farmer's Union and who lives in No. One Township, made a very interesting talk about the present condition of the roads in. No. Two Township and asked the Board to take some action towukl bettering the condition. The Chairman of the Board explained to Mr. Whitford. that at present the fund available ,for- the use of toad woik in this township was depleted and the work crnild not be done ar present, but that at an early date, or in fact as soon as the taxes could be collected, this fund wouldj be increased and - the work in this township should be done without any further delay,'' .' 1- The Commissioners have had sd many complaints from persons who say that their property has been im properly assessed that at , yesterday's meeting they passed' resolutions' -on demning the present' method of listing and assessing taxes and placed a copy of these resolutions .in- the h.trlds . of Representative' Gilbert'! Whitford .with a , request to , urgethe j repeal tof the present law andr yy urge a law which will be more .thorough and concise In the vital ppoinwj - v'- i f DEATH OF , MRS." JOSEPHINE Mrs. Josephine Williams . aged 65, years, died- Sunday - morning at 8 o'clock si her home 34 Johnson -street. r u neral services' were held yesterday afternoon, at "4 . o'clock from, the resi dence , conducted by Rev. B. F. Huske, assisted fay ' Rev. ' J. B Hurley.'.' The nterment wa. made in Cedar Grove cemetery . : I he - following ; served . as pall-hearers, D. F, Jarvis,. J. L. Mc-' Daniel, S. ' Basnight, J. J. .: Tolson, R. Pigott and O. Cuthrell. Mrs. Williams is survived by the following children: . Mrs. : Addie Kilpatriek of Notfolk, Miss Nita Williams and Dan iel W. William of New Pern, Gilmore and Zeb .Williams of Richmond end Rev. . Joseph Williams of Elmstown, It can at least be said of Senator railrv that he had all the equipment ( f ' 3nJ i! . fid r... n. To Assemble In Elks' Club Room Tomorrow. Night To Dis ci8S League Matters. AN ORGANIZATION FOR EAST New Bern Along With Wilmington And Several Other Towns Would Be In It. , Tomorrow night at 8 o'clock there will be a meeting in the Elks' club rooms ot tne local DaseDati tang who are anxious for New Pern to see some league baseball played here this summer, tnis matter nas oeen agi tated for some weeks and there was some disappointment when no action toward getting in the Carolina League was taken at the meeting held in Char lotte several weeks ago. Wilmington, Wilson, Fayetteville, Kinston and Washington are anxious to get into an Eastern League and if New Bern enthusiasts are willing to guarantee a small sum ol money tnis town will make a six team league, each of the above places being situated in such a manner, geographically that it will be easy to make the different trips which will be required of the teams. ""Ghent suburbs would make an ex cellent site for a baseball park, being situated on the car line, and it is under stood that the cowners would gladly donate a section of land for this pur pose. Every "real live town has a base, ball club. It is the National sport and is worthy of consideration. That it '.would prove to be a paying pro position there is no doubt and will exemplify that the city is indeed a "New Born New Bern". This meeting will be open to all and everyone who is in the least interested is urged to attend. Thre will be room for all and your presence is desired. FERRY BOAT OVERTURNS Two Men Have Narrow Escape and A Mule Drowns. G. N. Ennett, who returned to the city last evening after spending the holidays with relatives in Carteret county, told of an accident which occurr cd near Stella last Saturday which caused the loss of a very valuable mule and which, but for the prompt action of the men in charge of the ferry .might have resulted in the loss of human life. for some time the bridge which crosses White Oak river at Stella and which is the connecting link between Carteret and Onslow county, has not been in service; part of it having been blown down and washed away In its stead a large fat bottomed boat is used as a means of transportation across the stream.. Last Saturday morning (. U. Can- field ,who lives in Carteret county and vho has had charge -of the work in that section on the Central Highway, dispatched two valuable mules tei the Ortslow county side of the river. The mules were placed in charge of a com petent man and he was given instruc tions to be caret ul with them in crossing the river. ' The .stream was reached and the animals and the large . wagnn they Were-drawing were placed in thcboat and'-'lhe trip accross, begun. ;. One'' of the mules became frightened at so,m object , and despite the efforts of the. men iri charge of . the boats upset, the craft and the entire outfit - was thrown Into the waters The men managed to slip tne. prime irom overxne.neaa oi one of the nulrs and this aui ma! .suc ceeded in reaching the'shore. At the point at which the accident jocc.irred the water is several feet "deep and in order 10 9ave their own lives thc men were "forced to abandon the other jni- mal to his fate and he was drowned. The wagon and boat ; were "recovered a short time later some' distance down bte river.'"; ." ' " ) " U thfc'cfty Jari.JS,1 1913 Kfurabeth H. Caskins in the70th .year -of her age. Surviving are '.the .-husband. William Caskins, orte son ' ,C, W. Gaskins, one sister, Mary B. Gordon, alf of this city, one brother John C. Gatlin ol Merritt,- Pamlico county, N. C. The funeral was conducted from the resi dence Jan. 6th at 10:30 a. m.' Rev. J. B. Hurley" of Centenary Methodist church and Rev. B. F. Huske of Christ Church officiated. Interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery. , . (Ashe i!!e papers ploase copy) J More Infractions of Internal Reve nue Laws In 1912 Than v . In 1911, EASIER TO MAKE ARRESTS Illicit Distilling Seems To Decreasing, Retailing On Increase. Be In looking over the record for the past year kept by the local United State's Commissioner of. the number of arrests for violations of the Internal Revenue Law it is found that there is an increase above those of the previous year and there is an approximate esti mate ol thirty five per cent over the violations five years ago. Commissioner Charles B. Hill says that the deputies are not working any harder now than they were when pro hibition first went into effect but that the violations are more numerous and are easier to locate. Referring to his record he found that during the year 1911 there were twenty-three viola tions of the Internal Revenue Law by retailing without a government license, One delendant was charged with re tailing and illicit distilling and two with illicit distilling. in iyii tmrty-two persons were arrested by the revenue officers lor retailing spirituous liquors without the government permit., two for re tailiug and illicit distilling and one for wholesaling spirituous liquors. The district over which Com mis sioner Hill has jurisdiction is composed of the counties of Craven, Jones, Pamlico and Carteret and portions of Onslow. It is noticeable that there is comparatively little illicit distilliug. This condition is mainly due to the heavy penalty which the government places upon offenders ot this section of the law. In the opinion ol the government officials illicit distilling is decreasing but the number -of retailing cases grows larger each year, and in addi tion to this it is noticed that during the past yeir there was one case in which the defendant is charged with wholsealing. In this latter case, if the evidence is true, the defendant suc ceeded in placing more than a hundred and twenty :five barcrls of whiskey in this city within a peiiod of six-months or at the rate of nealya barrel a day. The number of government licenses allowing the holder to retail whiskey and spirituous liquors in the city oi New Bern is not as large as it was twelve months ago but, in other parts of the county and also in the counties adja cent to Craven the number is consid erably larger at present than at the former period.' Both the locdl and the government authorities nave uone tneir Dest to rid New Bern of whiskey dealer and much credit is due,,-espeeially -to the local police, for their work. At present New Bern is one of the driest towns in the State but in other parts of the county and also in adjacent counties statistics show otherwise. TO BE GUESTS OF MRS. JOHN HAYS HAMMOND. ' ' following is from an account -of social happenings in Washington City given in Sunday's Charlottee Observer- Mrs. John - Hays HammontJ has issued invitations for a tea at her hand some . home on Sheridan Circle to ie given in honor of 'Mrs1. Grover. Cleve land and her young - daughter, 'Miss Esther Cleveland., the tea to take place on the afternoon' of, January 9. On the evening following, ,Mrs? Hammond will entertain at , a dance far the debutante daughter' of . Mrs. Cleveland. ' Miss Isabel Simmons and Miss , -Katherine .Overman ' have re ceived invitation , to. the .dance, while" for the- tea,, Mrs Overman, "Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Page,- Mrs. Smalt and Miss Webb . are ' among the' invited guests, - The affair promises to be very brilliant as Mrv and Mrs.- Hammond entertain, elaborately and with ! great elegance."- t r ' NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Bradham Drug Co.- Our new reso lution. ; ' John 1. Smith If you Want the best. Davis' - Pharmacy Fresh Hower seeds. ' , ' , ..''' rhiiip Howard Annual clearance h 1" P.. A"i'H January Fale pC! Frick's Fifth Avenue Residence Will Cost More Than Five Millions. WILL NOT BE GAUDY AFFAIR Cost Greater Than Anv Home In New York Except Senator Clark's. New York, Jan. 6. Henry Clay Frick's new home on Fifth avenue taking in the entire block between Sev entieth and Seventy-first Streets, on the site of the old Leno l ibrary, will be the second most costly and most manincent of any in the city. The cost of the building will approximate $3,000,000; the land has co-t $ ,400. 000 to acquire, so the entire exnense f putting up a home for .Mr. Frick will be well over $5,00fJr000. It will cover a plot iOO.10 by 175 feet. Work on the new house will be start ed this spring and the contracts will call for the completion of the build ing vithin a year and a half. The residence of Senator Clark, at Fifth Avenue and St vent y seventh Street, is te only private dwelling in the city which cost more than the Frick home. It was built at an ex pense of between $6,500,000 and $7,000,- 000. The new Frick residence will not be a gaudy, showy affair. It will be a long and low structure, simple in de tails. The art gallery will be north of the' house, facing on Fifth Avenue. The principal entrance to both the gal lery and home will be from Fifth Ave nue. The exterior of the house will be In the Italian renaissance style. The. dining room will be at the southwest corner of the building, be hind the drawing rooms, and will look out upon a large fountain and sunken gardens. A wide corridor will con nect the library and the drawing rooms. The art gallery will not be as high as the main building, and will be about 100 by 35 feet. It will be one and one- half stories high. This building will contain Mr. Frick's valuable collec tion of art treasures, in which are some of the rarest and most valuable pieces in the world. One of the features of the sunken garden, which vill be close to Fifth Avenue,, shut off from the curious by stone garden wall, will be a pool, ixty feet long and fifteen feet wide. This will be in the centre of the garden nd at its south end will be a large fountain. Andrew Carnegie and Charles M. Schwab are the only persons who have homes in New York on larger plots than Mr. Frick. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. Whereas, it has pleased God, in His all wise Providence to take from our midst our beloved sister, Mrs. James Delamur, we, the members of the Woman's Missionary Society of Cen tenary Church, do therefore resolve: First: That in her death, not only has this Society suffered an irreparable oss, but the Church and Sunday school have lost one of their most earnest and faithful workers; yet, we count -ourselves blessed in having had asso ciated with us in our work one so gentle and beautiful in character and so faithful in the service of her Lord nd Master; v ' Second:, That we should emulate the,, virtues of her Christian -character. She loved her ChurCh, and was always ready, to; respond cheerfully, not only t6 the cause of Mission, but to every other good work connected therewith; Third: - That We extend to the be reaved family-and friends -our 'sincere ympathy in their sad bereavement, and u commend them to our Heavenly Father who doeth all things for our Fourth) ; That a copy of these Reso lution btr sent her family, and a copy be recorded on the minutes of our Society,, N f', -," t . ' i ? Mr..W. B. Blades Committee . ; Mrs, Geo. Henderson Mrs. A. B,' Powell. " CAR RUNS INTO WAGON. V- One of the street cars ran into one E. B. ( Ilackburn'i delivery wagons the corner of New and Craven streets., yesterday afternoon. 1 he driver escaped unhurt. The horse as slightly Injured while the wagon as overturned and parts of it Iroken. !ro stayed lor; enough, however, ; ' ' ( ) v e s. -i.c "ill' inns'' Also TO EXHIBIT AT INSTITUTES A Number of Sucb Meetings To Be Held in This Section This Month and Next. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture has arranged for Farmers' Institutes to be held at a number of towns in this section of the State at an early .date. The following towns and dates have been specified for these Institutes. Polloksville, January L7; New Bern, January !tQ; Bayboro, January 30; Newport, January 31; V'anieboro, January 1 ; Dover, February 1; Kichlands, February 5 and Trenton, rcbruary o. At each of these institutes premiums will Ik offered for the best loaf of bread and the l.-est five ears of corn exhibited. The bread will be a gear's subscription to some good magazine. The following rules must be observed: Bought or home made yeasi mav be used, but bread made by the "salt rising" process 'will not be awarded a premium. The following score-card will be used: Flavor, 35 points; light ness, 15 points; grain and texture, points; crust-color, depth and texture, 10 points; crumb-color and moisture, 10 points; shape and sie, 10 points; total 100 points. Size of pan recom mended, 7 -i by i -i by 3 1-i inches. A prize of a years' subscription to a good agricultural journal will be given to the farmer exhibiting the best five ears ol corn. Also a year s subscrip tion to an agricultural journal will be given to the boy under seventeen years of age who exhibits ,he highest scoring five ears of corn Ilowccr, no award will be made uidess the exhibit is meritorious and worthy of a premium. To win the above premiums care must be taken in selecting the five ears of corn. The ears should be of uniform length, that all of them practically the same length; uniform in size; in shape; size and color of grain and color of cob. The corn must be sound and considered good seed torn and well filled at the lips and butts of the ears. These institutes were held last year and although there were many who took considerable interest in them ,the number who attendtd them . was in several instances very unsatisfactory. These institutes are of much benefit to the farmers and they are urged to strive to make them a success and to profit from the valuable information which may be obtained from them. EXPOSITION STAMPS Now Being SeerT Here But Not On Sale Yet. Letters bearing a new series of post age stamps have been received in this city. These are the Panama-Pacific Commemorative Stamps. Only those of the one, five and ten cent denomina tions have so far been seen. vThey are of regulation color but each 'bears some distinctive scene. They measure three fourths of an inch in width and are art inch and one sixteenth in length. At the top appears the words "U. S. Postage" and "San Francisco, 1913." ; The one cent stamp is green and in . the centre, within a circle, 'appears . a bust of Balboa, the discoverer of the , Pacific ocean. On either aide of the background are palm trees, with the "' ocean -in the foreground. : Below are the words W'Balboa, 1913" - " The five cent stamp,' blue in color, .; bears a picture -of the' Golden Gate of '" . San Franscico harbor with , vessels, at i anchor. The ten- cent stamp js dark"'' yellow in ' color while the subject is' T "The Discovery'of SaB Francisco Bay'.'. H ' -:1 hese stamps ' are how 'on "sale at i several postoffices; in the State hut so-; far the local office has not received a.. supply. Inquiry there yesterday elicit-', ed the- information that they - would probably be placed on sale here within a week or two. - I T " .". LOSESjVALUABLE RING. While out driving last . Saturday afternoon Mrs. C D. Bradham had the misfortune to lose a very. valuable diamond ring. .'As soon as the loss of the ring ' was discovered a systematic search was made v but unfortunately it could not be located. Mrs. BrarHiam p-i?rd the ring very highly an.l has c ' I a very lilx ral rov.r ! f r it Chance For Farmers and Their Wives To Win Premiums. ii .is V, i,