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Municipal Board Attend to Other
Importanr Business at Rft
ular Meeting. )
Electric current fiv power was re
iUce! to four c-nta per kilowt at tin
regulai i eeting of the Uoari of Alder
tn MJ lift nigUt. At present uerv
ol electric current lr rtr.ver are piy'nR
itfi raiiging from fo'.ir-an-1-one lalf
to six crnt p" kilowit. Alderman
McCarthy, who : chairman of the
W.iltf' and Lmht Committee, stated
at last right's Hireling th-tt h? thought
this rale wns txri-bbiv bnd that the
city could furmsn pnwi-r at u
-heaper rate. There was s.-'nt dis
Clission, but Hie I-'onid Siidllv decided
t make a :'at r:-"tc of (our -nts r
kil-vat l.r elc. jii.itv usi-d 3- motive
vr. ' urrent urn 101 niuii'iiistmn
will couiinu
to be soli at it" cent.-
krlowjt.
A.'-ot'ier important iij Her bi fore the
Boprd last nilit war tit openin-: ol
the bits for the proposed ron-tr'icu(m
ot .1 firepr'l buildini to hout the
water am! lvt plnt. This v.as the
6cond li.ne that )r()oa!!, lor this
work hid been rali.-cl lor. On the lorm
er or-a'-ion there wi-ie .several bidders
but fur some nl.nown reason only one
bid v: s r; reived lust m'ght. This was
lr m S. Ha::eocl- 'f this rily aiK'
he. ofifereH to erect the huilditig aecord
tng to pjjecilications of the city engineer
for the sum ot SO. 700 Altr-r discus
sion the matter of investigating .he
hid a referred to the V.".Ur and Light
C0Ji1mit.ee to be r ported on by theni
31. a special meeting to le held or
Jauuary IS. At this time the contract
will probably be awtrded
Bids for the construction of a sewer
line on Riverside vere nl opened.
There were three bidders for this con
tract, Stallings Brothers of this cit',
Brett Engineering and Construction
rompiny of Vikon. and Frank Hackney-
of this citv. These bid were m)
j ' complicated that the romm-tiee wt'O
had been placed in charge of computing
and finding out who made the lowest
li.', wen. unabl. to toinnlete the.r
Y ' ' work and action in this matter was
' gluo deferred until! the soecial meetint;
1 to l.e held net week.
Dairy Ordered Closed,
Or. I. F Foley, City Veterunrisn
And Me-it and Milk Inspector, appeared
-before th- Boi'trl and stated th;t le
Ind N-en out-ff the city for several
davs and durinp- his absence Dr. - K.
I C: hargett hul acted as a substitute
Ourinjt this time the dairy, of H.J.
Staub had bceu found to be below the
t average in percentage ?rd as there
was an ordinance requiring dairies
falling Lelow t hi per ceutage to ceu"
elling milk to the public .Mr. Staub
ha been orderea tu .discontinue - the
sale of . milk but had -not done no.
''Alderman Ellis mad'' a short talk Vf
4-which he stated that he iaw -na IteicSt
I'int pavin? an Insix-ctor a salarv unless
iie enforced the r;de ind regulatK
'l tn 'the ordinances over which he had
'Stijiervisi'in. Dr. Toio s urotifd
I..-' to vlose Mr.Stauh'i dairy thic -nornmg
.'ifp." 1 nnd ,to 'swMtba' h" discontinued the
J", ale ol milki.
V' l'h'e were e.ral news ordinance
. , rtu6H-j whi''h art for thf purpose.- ol
' v"r.fv- vei.ting racrident. One -of these -'
i - makes It an- offense -wtn a .penalty.'of
. two dollats for anv boy under Vx-
" r TRpCRAM AT tlfBATHENS I
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.? ;"St!ndinsf room only, jaMlie Athens
J l.ist night 10 hoar the JCaiopbell sisters,
; and a the excellent picture prograitu
. The 'Aliases Campbell appear ; to
' .V night fot the last ilmtvani in an. entire
change of progrtm. 0 V t
- TiLtures follow: 1 '
1 4Oiit of thf Shadows" This is a
t-eautiful Vitagraph lo,c-tlraiiial.8how
- ing that after years of abseiire 4 youni?
. v " Ip Jy's - lover returns. ' Jealousy and
; distrust overshadowed their path, , but
". 4 light restored sunshine t,o their hearts,
jind scattered the shadows. ; "Paths
Wi-cklyV This weekly has many in
teresting pictures of recent events all
) over the civilized world-"-it brings the
woil'l right to your door. , :i :
''The Substitute ModeV'--A comedy
!r.inia founded on a dramatic incident
f r-opi one of the season's bigfest how.
H.nnice d uly at 3:45. 1st show at
t 'J.t starts at 7:30, ind at 9 o'elocl.-.
"We Are Just Getting Started,
Declares th Chief of the
Bureau of Soils.
IS AN AUTHORITY ON SOILS
Asserts
That Generous Harvests
Await Farmers Who Fol
lows Instructions.
Washington, Jan. 7.-rM Agriculture
in this country," says Professor Milton
Whitney, chief of the bureau of soils of
the Department of Agriculture, "is in
its infancy; we have hardly more than
cleared the ground and got the fences
up. When we settle down to the real
business of farming snd get a thorough
knowledge of the soil of each field, as
the people of the longer settled coun
tries of Europe have done, we shall
have fewer failures to pull down our
average of poductivity. There never
have been greater opportunities offered
for American farming than at the pres
ent time. In the East and South es
p?cially are cheap and productive soils
awaiting re-settlement ana re-occupa
tion."
Dr. AVhitney believes that farms in
all parts of the Union which have long
since been abandoned may be developed
so as to vieiu generous nrvesis lor
those who are willing to follow the in
structions laid down by this bureau.
The work ol the soil survey, says
Dr. Whitney, "began in a very small
way in 189, and 6,595 square miles
of terrritoy have been surveyed and
mapped. Over 900 different types of
oils have been mapped and classified,
and thereby it is now known for what
crops the different types are adopted
and how they should be treated to ob
tain the maximum yield. Within the
next twelve years every type of soil in
the country will have been mapped and
classified.
CAPT. LONGSTRETH HERE.
Captain C. Lonsgtreth, owner of
the yicht Arrawan II which arrived
in port a few. weeks ago from Philadel
phia, returned yesterday from that
city where he spent the Christmas
holidays with his family. Captnin
l.ongstreth stared that he would pro
bably remain at this port for several
days before, goin on a cruise through
the Sounds of North Carolina.
teen years of age to jump on a train,
automobile or street car while in
motion. Another ordinance was fas-,
e-J making it an often.? with a penalty
of five dollars 'or any bicytle rider to
hang on to a street car or RutomnHls
while these latter are in motion.
Aid For Riversides.
A representative from-the Riverside
Hose - Company . appeared before the
Board and asked for a donation of one
hundred dollars to be used in cancelling
a note given wnen tney purcnasea -a
new , wagon - some tiifce ago. -iThe
original cost of the wagon was three
hundred dollars but the company, had.
paid all but one hundred dollars of'
thjis amount. .Upon motion of Alder
man Bangert the request was granted
and a -voucher for this, amount ordered
issued. ' ' , r
L. J. Taylor asked thai he be allow
ed ' to '. remove to totton-woodi irea
in front of his residence' which were in
a - decayed condition, And. Which were
a menace to thr public.;-,.: This.' request
was granted, rf' ' y ' " y ''
f: City Attorne R-r A'. ,Nunn stated
tkat he and a committee appointed
by the Borad had yisited the property
on "upper Broad street along-side the
section which will be. widened and had
condemned as .much as they saw -fit
Upon his recommendation C- D. Brad-ham-
W.- P. Mens and, W.; A. Mcin
tosh wdre," appointed a Committee .to
Visit this property -and to make - an
asessment of its value.' v
V.f D.;. Mclyer; -representfng , Fritz-
Sitterdirig of " the" New Bern - Ghent
Street' Rail wayjCompaoyf' asked that
a' bond of two thousand dollars put
up by this company when they were
granted ,a .charter, be returned. He
stated that this money was to insure
the building of a car line, within a cer
tain length of time and as this had been
done the agreement had been filled.
This bond was ordered returned.
The Chief of Police was ordered to
see that the city's dock at the foot of
Polio- k street was not used as a 1 Hid
ing for small, boa is V nd also to pee that
there, were no obstr
lions at t!
at t'se foot of Crave
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Searching Probe Into Chesapeake
; " Bay Accident of Last Friday
Is Announced.
SIXTEEN LOSTjXHEIR LIVES
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All Facts To Be Brouilht Out As
I c To -' Whether Indrak ula
Did He Duty.
Washington, Jan. 7- A searching in
vestigation is to made by the Federal
authorities into the collision In Chesa
peake Bay Friday morning between the
Biirish steamer Indralcuala, Outbound
from Baltimore, and the Julia Lucken
bach, inbound from Tampa, by which
the Luckenbach was sunk and 16 of her
company perished, including Capt. H.
A. Gilbert and his wife, and after which
the Indrakuala was beached to sive
her from sinking.
As soon as Gen. George Uhler, super
vising inspector general of the Federal
steamboat inspection service, karned
that the Indrakuala would be towed
to Norfolk or Newport News for re
pairs, he ordered Captains Bray and
Tapley, at Norfolk, to conduct the
Government investigation of the causes
and circumstances of the collision.
At the same time General Uhler or
dered Captains Wright and White, the
Baltimore local inspectors, to pursue
an investigation of their own and sub
mit their findings to the Department
of Commerce amd Labor.
The inspectors at New V'ork were
telegraphed to take affidavits from the
members of the Luckenbach crew who
were rescued by the Dutch steamer
Pennsylvania and taken Jo that port,
rhese affidavits will became a part of
the case. '
General lThler announced that the
nvestigation would be sweeping. It is
to include every phase or the collision
and the facts are to be brought out as
to whether or not Captain Smith, of
the Indrakuala, refused to stand by the
Luckenbach, as he is obligated to do,
f he can, by evcy civilised law of navi
gation.
WORKING UP CORN CLUB.
S. M. Brinson, Coifnty Superinten
dent of Pnblic Schools, is at present
engaged in mailing to the teachers of
this county printed matter relative to
the Craven County Boys' Corn Club
which was organized Several days ago.
Each teacher is being forwarded . a
quantity of this matter and is a.ked
to distribute it among the boys of the
schools... Although the Club' has been
organized-Only'a short time a number
of . inquiries have been received from
prospective members.
THE MUNICIPAL DINNER
Editor Edwards of Klnston Paper
Writes ef Bnnouet. r -In
the Kington, Free, Press appears
the following editorial by Editor D.
T. Edwards and suggested by thr recent-
Chamber 'oof- Commerce Municipal
dinner at which he was one of the in
vited guests: ys I ., J'J- " "j
j "New Bern' municipal dirt ncr'1 Fri
day' right was 'a decided vsucJbss, "a
luccess that''pnghi to make -llr. J,
Leon Williams, , secretary, and the
splendid .business men who compose
the; city's. Chamber .of-;. Commerce feel
cry 'much likef congratulatihe' them-
r" Perhapsa ; hundrect - and ; t wenty-
flve ' men gathered in . the beautiliil
dining rojm of the ' Hotel 'Gastoftfor
the dinner..- The menu waa elaborate
and' . the intellectual . fea.st was ' wcll-
planned.-: ; The.principal address ..; of
the evening was made by Hon. Jose-
phus Daniels, editor of the- News and
Observer'.. ..Senator Simmons was- to
have been presntv but his public duties
forbade his being a ,i v Irom . Wash
ington at this time; so Mr. Daniels,
who was to have been one of the giiests
of honor, consented to deliver the lead
ing ' address. ; This he t did with such
effect a to impress his hearers with
the very g"reat importance ol.his mes
sage, and with his own ability to diag
nose and prescribe a remedy for what
ever iu our social life impedes progress
and makes for wrong and injustice.
"The climin.iiion of feudalism from
present-day social life and the sub-
titution of co-operation for individua
lism was Mr. Daniels' theme. ' i','s
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MR. MILLER'S HEALTH FAILING
New, Owner Is Experienced Man,
And Laundry Will Enjoy
Continued Success.
A deal of more than usual importance
was, consumated 1 yesterday when JjG,
W. Skinner of1 Suffolk, Va.,' purchased
from E. M. Miller the machinery and
other property of the Model Steam Laun
dry located on lower Middle street.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller came to New
Bern Several months ago from Lynch
burg, Va., and took charge of the
laundry. Mr. Miller had much ex
perience in this line of business and
from the very -first the venture was a
success. Jor several months Mr
Miller's health has been failing and
his pyhsician advised him to change
climate. Both he and his wife have
made many friends since coming to
this city and it will be learned with
regret that they intend returning at
an early date to their former home at
Lynchturg, Va.
.. Mr. Skinner has conducted laundries
in different sections of the country
for the; past few years and comes to
New Bern highly recommended. For
the past few years he has been engag
ed in business at Suffolk, Va. He and
his family are now in the city and havt
taken charge of the New Bern plant.
WOMEN GARBED AS MEN
Create Disturbance In Church Alley
and Get Locked Up.
Flora Jones and Cora Boyd, two
notorious colored women, attired them
selves in male garb yesterday after
noon and proceeded to enliven the
atmosphre o( Church alley, with.a
black fade: vaudeville skit in several
acts. The performance failed to please
the citizens of that locality and a
telephone message was sent to the City
Hall asking that an officer b sent to
the scene. Policemen Lon Bryan and
McDaniel were nearby and as soon as
the message was relayed to them they
hotfooted it to the airdome, arriving
during an intermission of the perfor
mance. The women were placed under
arrest and when told that they must
go to jail, stated that they could ima
gine nothing of less consequence but
nevertheless refused to budge a peg.
But, 'whatever it took to get theni to
jail, the officers had it and the duo
were . soon peeping from behind the
bars at Sheriff Lane's boarding house.
This afternoon at 1 o'clock they
will face Mayor McCarthy, with cos'
tumes and all Other paraphernalia, to
answer to a charge of creating a dis
turbance in the business district of
the city.
was. the ntost . powerful . instrument
that had. yet been devised for effecting
progress ' along social and industrial
lines. Bitt we- must have a care, . he
said, that ociety controls the corpora
tion rather than be controlled by it; 'i
, The speaker ,was introduced - by
Judge O. H. Guion, - shortly after
President Cutler had delivered the
address of welcome' Secretary Wil
liams ' - presided ? as toast master and
did it- gracefully and weJU Mr Panr
lelsVaddreos was followed : by. remarks
from many -of- the other guest of the
evening 'and , by a. number of .short
talks and very instructive papers from
various me'mbers 'of the. Chamber - of
Commerce arrff o the city government.
"(During; the- evening: Mr Williams
displayed a chart on which was -the
wording,1 New-born New' Bern:'. and
this he declared was accurately des
criptive of New, Bern's condition to
day. ! "And indeed this . seems' to be
the case. For many years New Bern
stood still" or made very -little pro
gress, .unt-tne spirit -ot -co-operation
came over her-dreams; and she , has
gone forward by :; leaps and bounds
within.;-, the last decade or more. The
results' are . there' manifesting thenii
selves in a : larger and better .New
Bern with excellent school buildings
and-equipment, '.with- many miles of
street pavement of Vitrified brick, with
propserous business houses and in-
dm -trial plantaj . with a large organi
zation of progressive business men
"Th(e are sufficient proofs of the
'iu'ty f New Pern's clain to have
t "N -v I im n" into- a new em)
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M. Miller Sells Out To G.
iSklnner and Will Return
To Lynchburg. '
Such Is Conviction of New York
Lawyer Who Is In New Bern
On a Visit.
SEES,, MUCH PROGRESS HERE
thinks New Bern' Sets an Example
To Entire South By Its
Progressive Spirit.
Isaac Allen, a prominent lawyer of
New York City, is in the city spending
several days with his family, his wife,
Mrs. B. Allen, having recently opened
a store on Middle street. This is Mr.
Allen's second visit toNew Bern and
he is greatly impressed with the pro
gress which has been made by the city
since his last visit. In an interview
given a Journal man yesterday he said:
"There is a very apt German saying,
wnicn, renaerea in cngusn, means,
"He tarried for a while and saw for a
mile.'
t am a stranger in this town, cum
here on a visit. Three months ago
was nere ana stayeri lor about one
week! Whnn 1 first saw New Bern I
was struck by its beauty, Com-i-g
from New York, the American metro
polis, I could not be impressed by the
sie of New Bern, nor by the towering
height of the office building on the
corner of Middle and Pollock streets
But the cleanliness and evenness of
its paved streets, the hue quality of
drinking water, the extended sewer
system, the artistic architecture
many of its private residences, the two
daily newspapers, the enterprising
spirit of its business men, the civic
pride and consciousness of its citizens
and, above all, the natural beauty of
its scenery, the two rivers holding this
little town in their fond embrace, all
these cannot fail to impress any stranger
at all susceptible to the in'luences of
beauty and harmony.
wniy tnree moutes passed since
my last visit, and in that short space
of time I find so many changes for the
better. Street cars have been installed
a,nd are running on scheduled time.
The Journal has been enlarged from
four page to eight, and its columns are
crowded with attractive advertise
ments, and its appearance and editorial
make-up much improved. A muni
cipal diinner was given to boost the
town, a- base ball team is in the em
bryonic stages of formation, talk of a
city park and the extension of the car
service,.' is in the air. 1 find activity,
enthusiasm and an abiding faith in
the future and possibilities of the city,
and a, general .desire and determination
to work for the prosperity of New Bern
Progress on Every Hand.
I find -signs of progress on every
hand. Everything has improved in
appearance except vour town clock
in the Post -office building. Three
months ago I could not tell the time
by it unless I was within one hundred
feet from it, nor can I tell the time now;
and I wender whether any one else can.
The combination of colors is such that
one has to go over and feci the clock
hands to be. able to tell t apart from
the dial. But I suppose this is not the
fault: of . leWi. Bern. , The Post-office
building is the property of the Federal
Government and the city cannot do
anything to improve ita usefulness,
except to petition Congress for an
appropriation to repaint the - hands or
the dial of the clock: and now; that we
will soon have a- - Democratic'- Congress
and President, the chances' are that an
appropriation would be made for -that
purpose,- - ; U ' '.'r
"But 4side from the time furnished by
the? Federal Government ' New -Bern
is. certainly ; not bcrnna '-the. J times.'
One can see signs: of progress every where
and if New Bern is representative of the
spirit that is now animating the -South
crural;, it is to be hoped hat pretty-
or the South will come into it. own
- nd take the'place in the Union ef States
i j which it is, by reason of .its natural
resources of wealthj'entitledvx j if'rZ
' I .'.; -.Errs In One.Thlng.-.- .
"In one thing, however,.! believe,
the South errs, and that is in its oppo-:
sition to immigration. The West is
a couple 'of hundred years younger !
than the South, and yet it surpasses
it: in. manufacture, industry," mining
and even , in agriculture.. , The ' West
is bubbling with life. Cities grow Up
over night and are populated by
thousands in no time. Large tracts of
non-productive land are turned into
populous cif less ml prosperous farms.
The air is f " I wi-.h the VU1 sound of
t! - f rv v.!.' a- 1 t' e im'i
Medical College of Virginia And
' University College Of
Medicine Unite.
DETAILS ARE MADE PUBLIC
Union of Institutions Means
Closing of One of Rich
mondj' Hospitals.
Richmond, Jan. 7. With practically"
the entire membership present, the
Board of Trustees of the University
College of Medicine last night ratified
the articles of consolidation, which
earlier in the day had been approved
by a special committee from the Board
of- Visitors of the Medical College of
Virginia. While the merger of the two
medical colleges is practically completed
by the occurrences of yesterday, the
full board of the Medical College of
Virginia must meet within the next
ten days to formally accept the plans
of agreement.
While not in the written agreement,
it is understood that the merger of
the two colleges will lie immediately
followed by the closing of the Vir
ginia Hospital, the institution at
tached to the 1'iiiversily College of
Medicine, and the combining in the
Memorial Hospital of the work for
merly done by the two hospitals sep
arately. This is done both for the
sake of economy and convenience. The
Memorial is a hospital with iSO beds
thoroughly modern, anil sufficiently
large to handle the clinical work of
the New Medical College of Virginia
for the present at least.
In the interest of the medical pro
fession and training of the State,
Governor Mann has already agreed to
assume the responsibility for the ap
pointment of the new board of visi
tors. While none of the officers cared
to give out the detailed plan last night,
it is understood that the merger, when
once finally approved, will be put into
actual effect immediately.
PAVING STARTS SOON.
City Engineer E. R. , Eagle is in
receipt of a letter from the officials of
the Norfolk Southern Railway Com
pany in which they state that the con
tract for the paving of Hancock and
South Front streets has been awarded
to L. Lawson of Norfolk and that as
soon as he can make preparations for
sending a force of men to New Bern,
which will probably be during the next
two weeks, the work will begin and
will be rushed to compeltion.
WEDDED LAST NIGHT.
Mr. J. M. Wilcox and Miss Janie
B. Conner, both of Riverdale, were
married last night at 7:30 o'clock at
the residence of A. R. Conner, 43
South Front street. Rev. J. B. Hurley
officiating. The groom is a popular
R. F. D. carrier and he wins as a bride
an attractive young woman. 1 ne
marriage will be a surprise to many
friends of the couple as but few knew
that it Was to take place.
the West, is not opposed to immigra-'-
tion. On the contrary, it invites attd
encourages European , immigrants to
settle .and is affording them all possi
ble opportunities, to Inake their homes '
there.' ' . ' , ' -,; '
!Lthink the South errs in disoOurag-
ing ; Immigrants. ' from t settling ' here "
The j Southern - people, X' undoubtedly, '..
know a' good deal now, to, live and how v,"" v
to adjust,then;Jiffai to
venience' But few new ideas brought '.v'i'V'".
Over front the other side of the Atlantic, : . a '.
ideas , of labor, ideas of business and V
farminjr;. may-. come" in ' handyi.rfThe'- i1:.
South 'should be-Iwilling ; to receive '?;, '.'''.- '.
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lew suggestions, even tnougn trey come ,
franV abroad.. a kThere Q is ' something r
very.' f useful . these Europeaihs , brintr.' 4
over. hereT; n! the 'South should :not
surround ' itself ' with; a--" Chinese - wall f
shutting out all strangers. v;';" ' v'v
J "! hope that the enterprising spirit - ;;
of New Bern will eventually spread
throughout the Southern States and
make them "more kindly disposed to '
immigration." . , , .
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
J. J. Baxtei- Great clearance sale
starts todjy. '. ...
C. T.. Landes A real piano factory
New Pern. ,
S. Coplon & Son January '
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