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NEW BERN, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14 1913
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SHOWS
SORT OF CURIO
Mr. Davenport Displays To Friends
A Bone Ring That Has
A History.
HF PRIZKS IT VfcRY HIGHLY
Given To Him By Heathen Queen.
Made From Bones Of
Savage Chief.
H. I'. Davmport has -n di'oili(y at
his store on l(jei Middle- street a
very inteiebtinif rnrio in the shape
oi ii n:r. riaUi: from pnvr oi hone.
I !i liii, i- .1 ery l.irne one, weighing
.ilnnn UN ti'Min'. in.! Iit'in- so f.tliion
i i i i ; 1 1 ii uill rier (wo firmer "f ;i n
ih.iM - Ii.iim! Ii u..-. ill In
Mr I .i i ii mi i n I In.; il I M. ,i loi n.er
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S.il'dlill l-liild. line lorin u.l
i.igin ..I lln time .I'l l onl one incni
IhT of ill. inn ln.il.ii;ed lo le.llll the
l"ire .ill' I-. The iiih.il'il.int- of this
il.Pid weie veiy j.;i,iei' iiiid hiid an
indyiiij; haired ;:j;.iiit the white race
and roneiieii(ly I he sailor w?s at once
aitnr(d li ihe naics and after
Wing seeiirel hound was phireJ in a
hut and told that he was to Le executed
on the following day. A short time
inter his jailors carried hi in before
their queen to lie sentenced. This
woman was strangely moved by the
nuin's apKjarance and on her com
niand he was released. So grateful
wan the sailor tfiai he asked to be al
lowed to nuke her some offering of
hi appreciation. Being? cast oshorc
with naught but the clothing he wore
the poor man w?is at a loss as to whjt
Ite could present to the, queen.
Ilaviny learned to carve irticles out
of wood and stone he asked that he be
given a pit re of hard wood or bone.
A bone which was said to be from the
body of it chiel of neii-hboiing island
vas ji'iveii the sailor .mil' from this he
fashioned the ri.in nnh in Mr. Dave
pot I s possession.
Some lime later a merchant vessel
bound to this otintry dropped anchor
Hear ill. i land and the ;-.iilor was
rescued. The pn m had become
infatuated with the man and -he in
.some ay secrete.! herreil on ihe vessel
and w is carried lo cv York. It was
in that city that Mi. Davenport saw
t he erst v lull qui I'll .
Son.e time later the niiccn ieliiined
IO Ii r native home and a few Weeks
aftei 1 1 is M"' Davennoi! rueived t he
eirvnge souvenir. The ring is so de-'
;.isticl thia I here is room on the front
for an ennrav iti(! ' f an ea;de. the stars
and striins and a lar;;e star. It has
been seen by hundreds of persons and
the owner h is had many haltering offers
made by collectors of curios and relics
mho vere dcsir.ms ol adding it to
their collet lion.
FIRM GETS LARGE ORDER.
The Tolson Lumber and Manufact
uring Company of this city have re
cently secured 4 Contract for the largest
tfhipmcnt of window and door frames
ever shipped from this city. The
contract calls for nine carloads of these
frames and they are to he shipped to a
firm at Lynchburg. Va. The amount
involved will be several thousand dol
lars. The Tolson Manufacturing Com
pany make a specialty of the manu
facture of door and window frames and
they have recently secured a number
of -large orders for tliem.
TROGRAM AT THE ATI1NES
TODAY.
Vaudeville Mack and Meade. "The
crying coon and he classy singer"
appear agiin tonight in an entire
change of program.
Pictures, "Cutting California Red
Wood" The spectator is tranpso'ted
by train to the wonderful red wood
district of California, and scarcejy
realizes what the eye beholds. " This
is a full reel subject with, every foot
' idtertwting. '
''The Governor's Clemency" An in
teresnng armna of the goldenn West.
"The Apache Renegade"' A splen
did, Indian and Cowboy picture Sfcy
Kalem. V i
, Matinee daily at 3:45. 1st Show at
night start at ):30 ,d at 9 o'clock. -
OlWrve the hours and you can al
ways get a desirable seat ' ' Ji'.VN
IS 1
LUNATIC AT LARGE
Frightens People Ou Upper Pollock
Street Later Apprehended.
A demented colored woman created
considerable excitement on upper Pol
lock street late yesterday afternoon,
when she attempted to enter several
homes in that section. The woman- first
went to the home of J. B. VVatson and
finding the door open, boldly walked
inside. Mrs. Watson and 'daughters
were in the house at the time and to
these ladies the woman stated that she
intended ending someone's career.
After much persuasion Mrs. Watson
succeded in quieting the unwelcome
visitor and getting her to leave the
house. The woman also made an at
tempt to enter one or two other homes
but failed to gain admittance on ac
count of the fact that the nughbor
hocd had been warred that a lunatic
w.is at lare and doors and windows
had been securely barred.
SI e was linallv taken in ciargc by
l.er relatives ami cairicd home. I he
oi:..iii seem-, to I- i.iImhih under
ai. I;, i I .: Dial ion that -.he i. beia. pin
-in il li an evil s(n. it .mil I. as been
-. ill: I...! Ildl d !o tss.l-.tlllle Millie olle.
A mammoth i t
pi i ii li ! lie, in it hi ne i
I he i I. nit ol t In e
w -.Ilea i i 1 1 j4 .1 'i I
being installed It
lie. n ! :i.n Work-. .
Ihe niai hine weighs more than -i
tons and is one ol the laiijist ii: uiv
plant l i the State.
N SPEECH
II "SEVERE JOLT
Chicago Commercial Club of P.usi
ncfK High Brows Were
Dumfoiinded.
HAD UNCOMFORTABLE EVENING
Listened to Sermon In Which Their
Own -Defects Were Mer
rllesly Treated.
Washington, Jan. 13. Governor
Wilson left Chicago Sunday at 1:40
P. M. after giving the business men of
that city the most uncomfortable
evening they had ever had.
The Commercial (Tub, the oiganiza
tion before which' he spoke Saturday
nighl, is the most hit;h-Lrowed club
in the Middle West, It is composed
of the leading business man of the city
and it expected the President -elect to
sav something soothing. Instead he
rasped its leelings.
1 1 is hard to give a n idea of t he du :nb
fnunding effect I hat Mr. Wilson's
speech IitiI on these men. I ookin foi
S melhing ol a gen lal num., un-
..pccilu and harmless, t Ivy I .und them
selves lisloaint; td a serin r. in which
tKVir own defects, or at least those of
the class to which they belong, were
meiciltssly treated.
Mr. Wilson knew how they would
take it. The sardonic smile with wltich
he called on theni lo applaud his
strictures on brsincss methods suffi
ciently showed that. His manner
when he arose to speak was cold and?
formal. He expected what he was
going to say to have the effect of a
douche.
The men who sat before him almost
gasped as he told them their sins. They
had not looked for il and they did
not like it. To those whi had followed
the Covernor'3 course since he was
elected President it seemed that he
had chosen this occasion deliberately
to emphasize the fact that he belongs
to the progressive wing ol the Demo
cratic party.
LOAF BREAD BY POST
New Bern Baker Sends Out Six
Loaves Postage Ten Cents.-f
New Hern business men. are joAing
no opportunity to- take ajfaoidge.o
the benefits which arr tQ.rbjTdcriv ed
from . the new parcsj post lwand' in
consequence tlvere are rria'aj, jfteer
packages deposited at the local (lost
office to be transported to other points.
The new law makes it. possible to get
packages of merchandise in the hands
of out-of-town Consumers within a
hoi t time and is proving of much
service tn other ways. Aroong ine
packages mailed here yesterday was one
Containing six loaves of breiad -being
sent to an out of town customer hy
thevHomeiBakery, ' The package
weighed-sixi'pwinds and required tro
cents jwifctitirtpos tag stamps to carry
it -to its ustVuation. The package Was
mailed here before noon' and few -hous'
later was in the hands of the it;
VULSO
dressee who lives on one of the rvifafi boro, according
routes.v1 1 ) -l ' '; k Jed here from tl
SPHINX YIELDS
UP ITS SECRET
Egyptologist Explores Interior,
Finds Temple of Sun -and
Ancient Citv of Gold.
OLDER THAN THE PYRAMIDS
Egypt Propably One Vast City.EdiJe
Of Which Has Only Been
Scratched.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 13. I hat he
has discovered the scents of the sphinx
was made known lo the authorities of
Harvard Semitic Museum and the
Boston Museum of l ine Ails !i Pro
fessor . A. keismr, 1 larval ! Lg pto-
lo.isl.
Inside the s li pi ri s he I miihI .1 temple
h di ..led lo
llle
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s i in t lire
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nd (.1100
I .e pi ian
t lie kniK
.i iiit who
i older than
its dale i.
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Milli a lieu
i e f .. In I- 111
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il
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I l 1. lo in 1 1 I he spin i,
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iraled, lor I he am
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will in It .
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ii'.iii on si uioni hs.
Ihe pllilx is i.nved oui .1 i lie ra
ft rr.il rot k, but within ..re I !u e.i v cs a nil
buildings of a it v ol gold which was,
perhaps, once opcn I" ih a r
At pre .en I the excavations in eon
fined to the chamber in the heath Thfs
chaniler is 60 feet long and 14 wide.
It is connected by tunnels with the
temple of the sun, whit h rests within.
the paws of the sphinx
Such refics as the "crux ansntia.r
the looped itoss, symbol of the sun,
are found by the hundreds. Several
of these are of gold and have wires for
tiny bells which, when sounded by the
priests, summoned up ghosts.
Inside the sphinx are also tiity pyra
mids, although the sphinx was built
long befo.e the Great Pyramids.
A pyramid in those times wasa.nun
dial, according to Professor Keisncr,
an 1 the sphinx was a sun god. The
Pyramid of Cheops is an absolutely
accurate time keeper.
'According to Professor Kti-ner, Fgy
pt of totiay is one vast city ,tlu etlge
of which has been scratched and the
interior ol which will probably 'lever
be disclosed.
E
HOY ILL MEET
j.
Leon Williams Will Rreprescnt
New Bern and Possibly There
Will be Other From Herv.
WEDNESDAY DAY FOR MEETING
Oroani.ation Expects To Be
Benefit to Every Section
Of the State.
Of
The North Carolina Chamber of
Commerce will meet at Raleigh te
morrow at i:30 o'clock. Every com
mercial organization in the State will
be repiescnted. If there are any mem
liers of the New Bern Chamber of
Commerce who can attend this meet
ing they are requested to no. ify Secre
tary ). Leon Williams at oner. Mr.
Wdliams will represent New Bern at
this meeting and he desires to go and
make the delegation fionm this city a
large one.
The North Carolina Chamber of
Commerce was'organized a few months
ago. It has great plans for;beiliS
and itV work , will be pf,great licnefit
to all sections of ilie'Stai. "i t wort,
primarily, Ts'fi ' "iet the" wqrld know
what Nortel Carolina has ' to offer
within f1rihorrffrsii i
withirritSifoorders';-
Tlie; organization will devote" its
time to 11 phases of industrial activity
fricght rates, .manufacturing, 'farming,
banking, building, etc.
. The Texas -Chamber of Cornmerce
has done wonderful things 'for that
State, s, Other .organizations of' this
character are doing -wonderful tilings
for their respective States. ' :f:M-,
elf you canv spend a day in Raleigh,
'phone J.. Leon Williams and join the
delegation which will boost V New Born
New Bern."
There was snow last nighi at Golds-
to reports which reach-
that city, s
STATE COniERC
CITY BEAUTIFUL '
HOLDS MEETING
Number of Matters Of Interest
Claim Attention Of This
Organization.
WORK FOR BIRD PROTECTION
Decides To Give Illustrated
ture On "Civic Improve
ment" Soon.
Lec-
The City Beautiful Club met yes
terday aftermon at the home of the
acting Chairman Mrs. R. N. Duffy.
Being the first meeting of the year
it was well attended and much business
of importance was transacted. Just
before the business meeting, tea was
served by Mr... William Dunn and Mrs.
Mark Stev enson, assist'-d by all of
ihe ouioing and ineomin officers.
fler which I lie meeting was called
to order Ov .Mi- I'uliv .mil the min
utes of the last nut line lejd.
it was decide 1 to .end a ntiition
from the tlub lo the leeislatois Irom
this district endorsing t fit bill to pro
l'.cl sorifc tin tl s
The illustrated Inline on "( ivie
inproveincn; " beiny s in out ly the
(.fncral fc.hratiui will be given by
the club in the near luttire. This
ecture will 1 fre'e, ami is both interest
ing and instructive.
iThe 'orming of 'a Junior l eague
among the High School students was
discussed, and a committee appointed
to address the students on this subject
Thursday morning.
Twenty-five trash cans are ready
to be placed on the streets, it was an
nounced, also that the club still has
Swenty-five of the galvanized cans
or sale at fifty cents each, and they
piay be secured -from -Mrs. R N. Diiffy.
A committee-was named to confer
with 4 he city authorities in regard to
duioMMf ashes- on the streets. Ashes
loose. on the streets are not only un
sightly- but very annoying to pasersby
and should be placed in a receptacle.
The chairman appointed a committee
to discuss with the Pair Association
management ,the advisability of secur
ing tht services ol a landscape gardner
Plans lor holding a nazaar were
considered and it was decided to hold
an open air bazaar the last ol March
flowers, plants, garden implements,
decorations baskets, etc., will on
sale.
The Booster Wee':, m be held by the
Chamber of ComnieM was discussed;
the flub votini; to ft r their services
for the serving of Inixiies durinv that
week.
Three new members were enrolled:
Mrs. James A. Kryan, Mr-. M De
W'. Stevenson and Mrs. William Dunn.
INAUGURATION PLANS
Governor-Elect Leaves Asheville
This Morning Sworn In lo
morrow.
Raleigh, Jan. 13. Tuesday morning
at 9 o'clock .Governor-elect Craig will
leave Asheville by train scheduled to
arrive in Raleigh at 7:30 that evening.
On the train with him from Asheville
there will be a large number of citizens,
friends and neighborss of the Governor-
elect. Among the number will be
Stite Chairman Charles A. Webb. At
Greensboro the gubernatorial party
will be met by 1 members of tbe joint
legislative inaugural committee, of
which Senator Zebulon Weaver, of
Asheville, is chariman ,this committee
to leave Raleigh at 8:35 Tuesday morn
ing. A reception committee of Ral
eigh citizens, 5 in mimbe-, will leave
at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoooacdj
will join the party at Durham o.
arrtvine in 'Kateieh Governor elect
Craig ..will be taken to th Yarborifugis-
hotel. . - m'b
The iauguration ceremoities williuke
blaceiatWauditoriurrf wlier Governor
Craig, will deliver hiii'aigural ad
dfJ3After lie aniievthetatc
ofiiceriC" sworn in?&overnorCraig
wiitreview the parade from the balcony
of the Yarborough hotel. The military
previous to this will form at the foot
of i Fayetteville, street and will inarch
directily north along it, , ; . ,
In the afternoon -there will be -a lun
cheon at the mansion given Governor
Craig his party, and various guests.
At night from 7:30 t'dl 10 there will be
a public reception at th; mansion where
refreshments will be served,1 antf where
the governor and other .state officers'
with their wives wil) meet the visitors.
1 7 " i v -'.
J Men. are like trees; they .grow either
crooked or straight. " "
FIRE IN HOTEL
Basement of the Giersch In Ral
eigh Gutted Sunday.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 13. Fire broke
out in the Hotel Giench y-u-rday
morning about 6 o'clock and complete
ly gutted the basement and street floor
containing the kitchen and heating
plants in the basement and the office
lobby, cafe and-private dining rooms
on the street floor. The upper stories
were badly damaged by smoke and
otherwise. It required three hours to
get the fire under control owing to I he
fact that a big lot of stored solt coal
ignited.
The fire started from a hot water
heater containing coal lire
Many of the guests had to rush
from their bedrooms in their night
clothes and gain the strt'-t through
dense soot, smoke ami coal gas.
IO HOI D TOURNAMENT.
The titieps of Menitl in Pandit o
Coiinlv ire making tl.iboi.ile piep.ua
rat ion b i ,t ..ui i v l.ii li is in
be held tlleie lit m I -ul iv. A veiv
evt ellsi
I .1 ih,- .
be .: Ian
tout nan
I 'I i'C i -llll II. I s I ii ii pie p. lied
. a-ion and t lit It will doiil lli ss
!' H llll H I ol j i. ii I it ip.i ill s. he
lit Will I .e I olid it t i nil li lies
similar to 1 li- I 1 ,n ( ) '. mi.. I ,-w
weeks aeo ar d w hit li pi o t l in!).- ha
big slice ess. llle pidili. lsi-Miinl. .1 an
iir. il at ion to ai ten I
PUT TALKERS" IN
.MANY THEATRES
Contracts Signed With Eidson For
K-lnetopbones In More Than
One Hundred Places.
TISIS IS ONLY , A BEGINNING
Motion Picture Promoter and
Vaudeville Managers kvf
Where Interested.
New York, Jan. 13. Vaudeville
and Thomas A. Edison joined forces
and incidentally established a new
record for big business in theatres
when E. F. Albte, representing B. F.
Keith, A. Paul Keith, Martin Beck,
the head of the Orpheum Circuit, aan
J. J. Murdock, executive manager ol
the United Booking Offices, signeel
contracts for the installation of the
Edison Kinetophone for talking pic
tures, in more than 100 theatres under
their control, the aggregate royalties
accruing lo the inventor exceeding
$500,000 per annum. This, however,
is only t beginning ,as mot it n picture
promoters and vaudeville managers
everywhere are negotiating for rights.
Besides Messrs. Alhee, Keith, Beck
and Murdock, there were present F. F.
Proctor and V. F. Proctor, Jr., M. Shea,
of Bulalo, and Toronto; Jake Wells,
of Wells' Southern Circuit, with head
quarters in Richmond; Harvey Wat
kins, ol Montreal; Carl Lothrop, of
Detroit, and Mr. Shanberger, of Balti
more. They shared the general en
thusiasm and hastened to contract for
the kinetophone for they respective
houses.
These theatres, among others, are
being equipped by Edison experts for
immediate installation o' the Edison
tilting picture apparatu: B F. Keith s
theatres in New York, and the Kieth
theatres in Boston, Philadelphia, To
ledo, Columbus, Indianapolis, Cin
cinnati, Louisville;., Shea s in Buffalo
anf Toronto; Temple Theatre .Roches
ter, and Temple Theatre Detro-t; the
Orpheum houses in Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Spokane,
Minneapolis, Des Moines, Salt Lake
City, Duluth, Oakland, New Orleans,
Memphis, Sux City Lincoln, Winni
jiefU Kanjfe pty, ;.St; Paul, Omaha,
Denver, iBtfrninghani and Nashville;
the- ColujBjii. Theatre, St. Louis; the
MajestitffandSalace Theatres, Chicago;
Majestic .Milwaukee; the Grand, Ma-
con;;th Empire, Richmond, and the
Maryland Thatre Balti more.
NAVAL RESERVES NOT TO AT-
TEND INAUGURATION.
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A meeting of the New Bern Division
of the Naval Reserves was held last
night f&r the purpose of securing a
definite decision in regard to the com
pany's attending the , inaugural ex
ercises to be held tomorrow at Raleigh.
Captain C. ; J. McSorley had , stated
that he would not-attend this event
unless m man 'yas thirty' niembers of
the. company would attend : and . as .a
number of the members coiild not?-be
away front their work at this time there
will be no further eflort .nnde to attend.
STRAUS DECLARES
FOR
Candidate For Senate From Mary
land Comes Out Strongtly
As Progressive.
FACES ISSUE UNEQUIVOCALLY"
In Hearty Sympathy With Absolute
Sovereignty and Supremacy
Of The People.
BaltimnM-r, Jan. 13. In response lt
the insistent calls from the large audi
ence at the Maryland Theatre j ester -
jy afttrnoon, former Attorney-Gen
eral Isaac lobe Straus, canditiate for
the Democratic nomination as Senator
rum Mai viand, emphat icallv declared
n tavoi of tlic initiative ai.tl n It ren
in in.
II.
he w i ml. I not 1 1 t , ml t u
Ii I . ll Willi l III- pi oposil , ,
bv t le- i le. r -p. akt-i , but
is ri In .:i t s iiip.it h wil h
1 pi llll 1 1 I e s .il tin i t It is-
ih.,! I-.
tin in
1 11 I'M.
I III- ll
I ii.
In t.l st i if 1 he killtl
li late I l t l.t I ' nitr
in M.'i t land, was
till which .th-spMe
I O I if IH. llll I I , .1 t . i
st at t s e li.l I ol - III i
ttlt ill a luiel s
hi., sevt u hoaiseiitss, Mr. Straus mad
it the mass-meel nig held under the
inpsices . ! the Diie. t I egiolatio
League of Mar land
Invitations hail been extentled to
Governor CoMshorough, Mayor Pres
ton, Senators Smith and Jackson and
all the candidates for the Senatorship.
Mr. Straus was the only one of these to
accept.
At the conclusion of the scheduled
speeches there were calls for Mr.StrausJ
He at first bowed in response and shook
his head in refusal. The audience arose
and continued calling for a speech.
Although taken hy surprise, Mr.
c1iam irimp"nrlrH in an earnest speech
that won him frequent applause. He
was warmly congratulated at its con
clusion upon the manner in which,
without preparation, he had treated
the subject. He said:
"I make no pretense of agreeing with
all that has been said here this after
noon, but with the central theme, that
of the absolute supremacy and sov
ereignty of the people, I am in hearty
symapthy. I give my unqualified
approval to the doctrine of the right
of the people to initiate and pass upon
laws. No man who is loval to the
principles of free government woultl
foi a moment deny that the people
have a riht to dictate and control
the laws under which they live. I be
lieve the more directly government
is administered by the people the
better it will be done lor the people's
interest."
TO BE SEEN S00.I
"The Fisherman's luck" will lie
given Wednesday night Jan. i 6.. This
promises to be one of the cleverest
plays seen in New Bern for many sea
sens. The cast is composed of New
Bern's best home talent who arc real
artists ' in their profession, many of
them hazing figured in first class plays
that have been given here before and
having shown themselves so clever
that they established an envibale record
foi1 themselves. They are having daily
rehearsals and lovers of good shows
certainly have something to look for
ward to in "The Fisherman's Luck".
PRICE OF EGGS DROPS.
The bottom has dropped" out of the
price of eggs on the local market.
Yesterday they were being whole
saled at prices ranging from eighteen
to twenty ccents per dozen and retail
ed at twenty-five cents per dozen.
The drop in j the price was caused by
an increase in the supply accompanied,
by a falling oft of. the demand,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
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. New Bern Banking and Trust C0.-1-4
Four per c?nt compound lptcrtst.
A Casfct Hamburgor sleak. ' '
" R. B. Lane--To Tax PftjfcfW, ,
S'. Coplon & Son-Hfan'tary-rWrances1
sale starts Thursrday.
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