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MUCH DETAIL IS INVOLVED
Many Letters Being Mailed Move
' ment Less Than Seven Years
Old Very Effective.
Executive Secretary L. B. Padgett,
of the Laymen's Missionary Movement,
is. a very busy man these days as upon
his shoulders falls the principal burden
of preparation for the Laymen's Con
vention lo be held in this city Thursday
and Friday, February 6 and 7. There
are countless details that have to be
carefully worked out in adVance and
which the uninitiated person would
never think about. Mr. Padgett is
patiently attending (o all of these mat
ters and at the tame time keeping the
several committees which are assisting
him keyed up to the degree of effective
ness which t he" occasion demands.
It is a difficult thing to arouse people
and to get several hundred lined up
in an enterprise requires extensive
corresoondeiue and a great deal of
personal solicitation - Numerous let
ters are going out daily from convention
headquarters in the Klks' Temple ex
plaining the object of the convention
and asking for the co-operation needed
to make it a success.
Movement's Origin.
The Uymrn's Missionary Movement
was (wganized in the chapel of the Fifth
Avenue Presvyterian Church, in New
York City, on Nov. 15, 1906. It was
at a laymen's meeting held in connection
with the celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions, the first Foreign Missionary
Society in North America. Due large
ly to a severe storm, only about seven-ly-five
laymen were present at this
initial meeting of the Movement.
From tlWee to six o'clock in the after
noon a large part of the time was spent
in prayer. During the evening session
one address was givein, followed by dis
cussion concerning the necessity of en
listing the laymen of all the churches
more fully in the work of foreign mis
sions. A series of resolutions waspassed
calling into existence a committee
of twenty-five or more representative
laymen, "to consult with the secretaries.
of the various foreign mif ionary
boards, with reference, first, to the con
duct of a campaign of education among
laymen, to interest them more largely
jn missions; second, to the devising of
a comprehensive plan for the evangeliza.
tion of the world in this generation,
third, to endeavor to send a commission
pf fifty or more laymen to visit the mis
lion fields and report their findings to
the church at home." J
The chairman of this committee,"
Mr. Samuel B. Capcn, of Boston,
presented these proposals on behalf of
the committee to the annual Conference
of Foreign Mission Boards of the United
States at their meeting in Philadelphia,
Jan. 9, 1907, including representatives
of all Protestant churches in North
America. In the formal resolutions of
the Conference these paragraphs oc
cur: "We recognize this movement as
providential, having been born of prayer
and of the spirit. In its spontaneity
and timeliness it gives evidence of the
hand of Cod, and we profoundly con
vinced that this is but another step
PROGRAM AT THE ATHENS
MONDAY
Tomorrow is "fearture picture day,"
"and we have secured "Kerry Gow,"
a turee reel subject 3600' feet of film.
Tuis is a play that the Kalem Company
. has gone to Ireland for and' brought
back with the t roe at mosphere'and every
reel characteristic of the Irish soil and
'JiifT"-' V4,h heart- TV neart of the play $
. .rtgutation one wherein the villian's
" efforts are frustrated at every turn and
the itory ends with him on hi way. to
""jail and the lovers preparing for the
- f- , 'Th.e IrUh landscarje is produced and
'Mrka)an the 'picture i: really great, fane$5.'
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JAMESTOWN "BOOKIES" HELD
INNOCENT OF VIOLATING
ANTI GAMBLING LAW.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 25. Racing in
terests won a decided victory when
Magistrate R. T- Powell, of Ocean
View, ruled that four men accused of
bookmaking at the Jamestown Jockey
Club track last Noqember had not
violated the anti-gambling laws of
Virginia.
The cases were prosecuted by Assist
ant Attorney-General Davis and Com
monwealth's Attorney R. I. Marshall,
of Norfolk county. The case was
heard in a store at Ocean View.
After the decision was announced
Davis stated to newspaper men that
he thought there would be no further
efforts lo prevent racing at the local
track except through legislative enact
ment. " The cases h:ve been before three
magistrates of the county and all have
decided mat tne metnoo oi Detiing
on races at the Jamestown track is
not a violation of the law," said Davis.
"I told the Governor before I came
to Norfolk that I though it was useless
to try to stop gambling at the James
town track. The people here appar
ently want racing and are determined
to have it."
Magistrate Powell in rendering his
decision siad. :
"It has not been clearly demonstrated
to me, by the evidence, that the statue
has been violated. In deciding cases
I want direct evidence. The witnesses
who were heard v W there, but they
don't seem to know exactly what took
place . I was there myself. I had a
few dollars that I might have bet, but
no one came and asked me to bet.
The evidence is not sufficient and I
dismiss the case."
in advance toward the completion of
this great purpose in the redemption
of mankind. We recognize the imper
ative necessity for this new Movement
in view of the tremendous demands
of a world field white for the harvest,
which requires that the churches of
Christendom shall lay plans and put
forth effort adequate to meet the de
mands that are upon us."
The Plan.
The plan of the Movement is not
to send out missionaries nor to admin
ister missionary funds, but to co
operate in the enlargement of the mis
sionary work carried on by tlv various
churches through their own r-rular
agencies.
Many of the denominations in the
United States and Canada have organ
ized their 'own denominational com
mittees of the Laymen's Misssiohary
Movement, to promote the spirit and
methods of the general movement
more thoroughly in their own com
munions. About twenty secretaries
are now employed by different commit
tees to give their whole time to the
supervision and extension of the Move
ment. When the Laymen's Movement be
gan its work, very few churches had
discovered the value of the missionary
committtee. The reasons for having
such a committee mr.y be summarized
as follows: It divides and locates ri
sponsibility, enlists lay activity, rein
forces the pastor's efforts, challenge
to the study of missions, provides a
great opportunity , for Christian
sen-ice, reaches the membership indi
vidually, stimulates the spiritual life
of its members, greatly increases in
telligence, intercession and offerings.
Some Results.
Many thousands of these committees
have been appointed as the result of' the
agitation conducted by the Laymen's
Movement. It is estimated that some
hundreds of -thousands of laymen are
now serving as memWra of such committ
tees.'; The ultimate: tt.ltvi,0Wa
committee (service - in developing ;tJ
the laymen of the .churches' into active
Christian workers is likely to be one of
the Jargcsf fruits of the present mission
ary a.wakening.v ; t . . f '
It is the purpose and hope of the
Movement toenlist ; the men : of all
Churches in ; the; steady Support of '
missionary: : policy f adequate - toy the
presentation theospeT . of Christ to
QThe; iverage free show is worth just
about that . muchSa!i.S?
?To' heads fhay be'bettef than oneff j
they: are ittii1H0&M4i&& I
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New York-Banker Would Pay That
Much For Friedmann Con
sumption Serum.
BUT IT MUST BE EFFECTIVE
To Test Cure Mr. Flnlay Proposes
To Treat Tuberculosis
Patients Free. 1
New York, Jan. 25. Charles E,
Finlay, president of the Aetna Na
tional Bank, states that he is ready
to pay $1,000,000 to bring to Amer
ica the tuberculosis serum discovered
by Dr. F. F. Friedmann, of Berlin,
if it can be demonstrated in New York
that the treatment will cure ninety
five out of a hundred cases.
To test the cure, Mr. Finlay pro
poses to hire a sanatorium in iNew
York possibly the Old Polyclinic Hos
pital in 1 hirty-lourtn street, ana
treat 100 tuberculosis patients free
of charge. The first of these patients
will be his son-in-law, Rex Lee -Paris,
Princeton athlete of the class of
1()0. who married his daughter, Neva
F-stelle Finlay, and subsequently de
veloped tuberculosis. Mr. Finlay said
that his in: erest in the cure had its
origin in his consideration for I. is ma
in-law.
About three weeks ago Mr. Finlay
read of Dr. FYiedman's success with
the serum and wrote to him. Dr.
Friedmann's brother, Dr. Arthur Fried
mann, of Colorado Springs, took the
matter up with Mr. Finlay, and there
was a conference at the Aetna Bank,
at which Dr. Laureson Brown, of Sara
nac, was present. Mr. Finlay receiv
ed a cablegram from Dr. Friedmann
in Berlin saying the offer looked
more reasonable than any previously
recejved. Mr. Finlay expects to get
a definite response from him within
forty-eight hours.
Mr. Finlay said that he had offered
to pay Dr." Friedmann's expenses to
this country and also the cost of a test
on a hundred patients, which will
amount to nearly $40,000.
It is his hope", he said, to discover
whether the serum is effective ,and to
that end he intends to give patients
every possible auxiliary treatment and
care. He intends to leave the selec
tion of patients to New York phy-
icians, and no charge will be made.
He said that he had been told that
Dr. Friedmann has presented his cure
to the Imperial Board of Health of
Germany, and that the rights to it for
the British empire and Russisa have
been sold for $1,000,000 each.
"We intend to make a through test
of this serum," Mr. Finlay said. "If
ninety-five of the 100 patients are
cured it will have been established as
a cure. If 75 per dent of them are
cured the public will be informed,
and in the event of its failure that also
will be made known. We intend to
test the serum on tubercular cases in
the primary .secondary and Hterally
stages. We 9"11 give it a fair trial.
We wast to nnp out also wnetner
the after-effects are injurious worse
than the disease itself.
"If the cure does prove effiicacous
we shall establish a sanatorium near
New York, and perhaps a half dozen
throughout the country. The poor
will be treated free, and the wealthy
will pay us what they see fit.. I can
not say . whether the treatment will
be made .public, then, because Dr.
Freidmann tells me that in the hands
of a burglar it is as dangerous as a
knife in the hands of a maniac.
"No one knows how' earnestly I
hope that Ihv Friedmann's cure, will
prove absolute. I am not a. rich man,
and .$1,000,000 will take practically
all 1 have. But, I shall, consider,, ", my
self fortunate to have, had the oppor
tunity to help humanity. r There are
12,0W,0Mi'.6of)ie' .w.:HleiiiIosia
in;' e;4Jnited "States Vind of 5 these
600,000 die ,a : year, : 28.0QO : 'iu. New
Ydrk?loie. And ; the majority;: of
them. Iirevyoung-taen.: It is-ayoung
man's : disease.;' 1 1 have gfeat fakh
in OiV.lfii;-'';
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? John Bambalis; owner and proprietor
of the Busy Bee tfe a this cky and the
Bambalis ' HoteF AtNorfolk, returned
to Norfolk f yesterday Rafter;; la short
visit here-! with.l his Votheri, who are
managing the local establishment. Mr,
Bambalis states that' he Will return jo
New Bern at an eat( date and again
New Bern at an ear date' ahd,again
make this city' his honied 'V? A---k
ii i n
AT LEAST" THAT IS THE OPINION
OF HORTICULTURAL
EXPERT.
Washington, January 25 Charges
by Professor L. L. Corbett, horticultur
ist in the Department of Agriculture,
that the agricultural wealth of the
country is generally overestimated two
to three times caused a stir among offi
cials of the department. Professor
Corbett made this declaration in a lec
ture here.
"We record the corn, wheat and hay
the farmers produce," he told his hear
ers, "as well as the cattle, hogs and
other animals he raises, never stopping
to think that the animate are fed on
the crops."
Professor Corbett issued a warning
that unless the farmers received just
prices for their produce they "would
unite the country over and starve the
cities into paying them anything they
asked." He denied that the agricultur
ist was responsible for the "high cost
of living," and said the average
farmer was increasing the yield of his
acres. 1 he blame, he insisted, lay with
the uneconomic system of distribution,
and he advocated municipal markets as
a remedy.
F ree advice is the dearest to fol low.
Too many friends can break a Croesus
Scandal shrieks so loudly that truth
can t make itselt heard.
BALL ALL RIGHT
COLORED FOLK NOT DETERRED
BY STAND TAKEN BY
GOVERNOR WILSON.
Washington, Jan. 15. There will
be an "inaugural ball" in Washington.
It wil not be a part of the ceremonies
incident to the induction into office of
President Wilson.
It w 11 be held at Convention Hall,
the largest building of its kind in
Washington, and in charge of it will
be the National Negro Woodrow Wi son
League, of Richmond, Va. Tickets
wi I cost $2.50, and nobody will be
admitted without that piece of paste
board. Giles B. Jackson, a former negro
bank president of Richmond, director
of the negro exhibit at tfje Jamestown
Exposition and later promoter of the
negro "Coney Island of the South,"
at Pine Beach, Va., is the man behind
the ball.
The capacity of the hall is 6,000
and from the way the tickets are going
among the negroes in Washington
and Richmand it looks that an over
flow ball on the asphalt outside may
be necessary.
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MEET FRIDAY
ASSEMBLE AT GOLDSBORO AND
LAUNCH EAST CAROLINA
LEAGUE '
Next Fridav reoreaentatives of the
baseball enthusiasts at Wilmington,
Rocky, Mount, payetteyille, 'Wilson,
Goldsboro arid New Bern will meet at
Gotdsboro for the purpose" of forming
an Eastern Carolina Baseball Associa
tion ' 'y v '
. During the past. teit days this matter
has been discussed in ; these various
cis mentione'd and according to all
repottC'he $vaj4bVf4f!
each la areryt enthusiastjc ;xer
the proposed meeting'ahd have promised
their support if theAasociatioo b formed.
VIn- addition to the. committee which
has been chosen to represent New Bern,
a '.aiimt.ntftaffa'nfi' urio
ittend?th tingi:l;yBer4iciti;.
xc sS" .wat .lit: . isetal''::; ni 3-B-' era s
ever inducement; ojhay
this proposed league,; Atf present;; no.
subscriptions have '? been asked for "or
received, but if the meeting" results as
is expected the subscriptions will then
be secured. No definite action will, be
be taken u ntfl after hii meeting and th
I fans here are Jooking forwafd to i, with
j much atterition; $'3 I
, j v -.:'-. ivrif '"fHHlllifs .CI
HOLD
INAUGURAL
BASEBAL
FANS
Believes In and Wishes To See In
Operation-Policies Enunci
ated at Baltimore.
HE STANDS ON THE PLATFORM
Advocates Tariff Legislat ion That
Will Not Injure Legiti
mate Industry.
Washington, Jan. 25. Aiked to say
whether or not he was a "progres
sive," Senator Simmons declared:
"Yes I am a progressive, for my
definition of a progressive is 'a man
who believes in and wishes to put
In practical operation" the policies and
principles enunciated in the Balti
more platform of the Democratic
party. '
"As to the tariff, I am heartily in
favor of following the instructions of
the party platform.
"That platform says: 'We favor the
immediate downward revision of the
existing high, and, iu many cases,
prohibitive tariff duties, insisting that
material reductions he speedily made
upon the necessities of life. Arti
cles entering into compteitiou with
trust-controlled products and articles
of American manufacture which are
sold abroad more cheaply than at
home1 should be put upon the free
list.
"We recognize that our system of
tariff taxation is intimately connect
ed with the business of the country,
and we favor the ultimate attain
ment of the principles we advocate by
legislation that will not inujre or
destroy legitimate industry.'
"I think that Mr. Underwood,
chariman of the Ways and Means
Committee is very fortunate in his
use of the word 'competitive' tariff
which means duties that will allow
competition. We want competition
and revenue. If the tariff is too high
there will be no importations and no
competition.
In this brief statement Mr. Sim
mons has sized up the situation in
the Democratic camp in regard to
the tariff. There will be reductions
and equalizations, without destroy
ing any legitimate industry.
"Who is to be who in North Caro
lina when Gov. Woodrow Wilsou be
comes President f fs an unset tied
question. Mr. Wilson may know
'who is to be who' but he has not
told anybody his purpose, or given
a list of favorites.
North Carolina has a number of
prominent candidates. Josehpus
Daniels of Raleigh is an avowed can
didate for a Cabinet position. It is
understood that he prefers to be Post:
master General but would take the
Department of the Interior or the
War Department.
Former Governor Glenn is looking
around to see if there is 'any place
that would suit his tastes. He would
not be averse to being an Interest
Commerce Commissioner, or Judge of
one of the District of Columbia Courts.
Nobody seems to kuow whether
or not Mr. Daniels will be given .a
Cabinet place. Persons close to Mr.
Wilson and to Mr. Daniels say, that
the North Carolina National commit
teemen will win, yet Mr. Wijson -has
not indicated what he will do. '
Mr. Glen has a prize under Sena
tor Overman. He says that he has
not yet decided whathe wilt do about
running for the Senate.
Mr. Glenn could 'be comfortably
shelved," said one of his friends this
week. An- effort may be' made to
"shelve" him.
i After all of. the talk from Trenton
and: North Carolina is boiled down,
there is ( but one thing that seems
to - be" a foregone conclusion and
that is that Cot W. ri. Osborn of
Greensboro will get-a position if he
wants It. Si People here would not be!
surprised to see Colonel Osborn suc
ceed Royal E. - Cabell, Commissioner
of . Internal Revenue. v , , ,
William G.- McAdoo arid. William
FMcCoraba,'' both of whom ; were
am6ng;3Govtfn)fa "Wilson's; leading
don campaign,' 'have;f expressed Iheir
appreciation; ot ; jihiVgcbrlritine
for their candidate by Colonel Osborn?
if he: wa'nts m&0$0Ki
flit ? will ; .fee 'halted'; .bybse'who
took;, farf iiihetate1 tight hAt Colt I
net iDsborn1 iiaol -ntuch 'to : with"the' j
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North Carouna"l';sald ''mart close to
M i WitoAwj iflt'of r "hftt -towfef ni hi will
Pennsylvanis Railroad System Asks
Builders For Bids On
12,300.
EXPECTS BIG TRAFFIC GAIN"
With Those Now To Be Added,
Road Will Have About
275,000 Freight Cars.
New N'ork, Jan. 25, Believing in
the continued growth of traffic along
its linesnd to provide for its prompt
and efficient handling, the Pennsy
Ivanic Railroad system, comprising
all the lines from New York at one
end and Chicago and St. Luois at the
other, has requested from freight-car
builders bids with a view to the pur
chase o( 12,3000 new frieght cars,
involving a probable expenditure of
some $16,000,000.
Of the c.irs, 1 0,000 ill be additional
to the equipment, while 2,300 will
represent requirements. As these re
placements, however, will In all cases
be cars of 100,00(1 pounds capacity,
whcrc.li the worn out ones had only
an average capacity of 00,000 pounds,
there will be a nel addition to the
carrying capacity of t tie company of
about 40,000 pounds per car. The
replacements and additions will repre
sent a net increase in the carrying
capacity of the company of 546,000
tons.
Although these cars will be pur
chased by the Pennsylvania system
as a whole, the lines East will utilize
5,000 of the steel gondola cars, 1,300
wooden side gondola cars and 1,000
refrigerator cars, and the lines west
of Pittsburg will use 3,000 gondola
1,000 wooden side gondola, 5000 re
frigerator and box cars.
It is expected that the gondola cars
will cost about $1,200 each, the re
frigerator cars, 2,000 each and the
box cars $1,300 each.
The pucrhases will be in addition
to orders placed in 1912 for a total'
of about $20,000,000 worth of freight
cars, comrpising 9,875 additions to
equipment and 8,000 replacements.
During the four years 1901 to 1912,
inclusive ,the company added to its
freight equipment a net increase in
carrying capacity of 1,389,370 tons.
With the cars now to be added,
the Pennsylvania system will have
provided about 275,000 freight cars.
The purpose of the new equipment
is that shippers may have equipment
available without delay for the nor
mal increase in traffic to be expected
on the Pennsylvania Railroad System.
FAIR COMPANY TO MEET.
The regular aunual meeting and
election of officers of the Eastern
Carolina Fair Association Company
will be held at the office of the company
room in the Elks' Temple on Tuesday,
February 4, at 12 o'clock. At this
meeting much business of impostance
will be transacted and it is expected
that a number of changesjand improve
ments will be made in conducting the
next Fair.
A man's religion seldom wears out
from overwork.
Wilson campaign when the Under-?
wood forces were making such head
way. '
But, ail of the good things cannot
go to North Carolina, A Cabinet
place, a judgeship, and Commssioner
of Internal Revenue would be too
much to expect. "' " '
O. F. Crowson, candidate for the
postofhee at Burlington, has been up
and filed his claim. His case was
presented to Maj. C. M. Stedman and
Senators Overman and Simmons by
a ur u . rim.n ii v r "'x&ft
Attorney W. H. - Carorll.-tH. E.
Bryant in Charlotte Observer.
stvasiiaAav msn
A. T. Willis Co. Bates Street Shirta,
; S. Coplon & Son Ladies' Day MoiH T .
day..W- , . :
. Hackburn New goods for spring 4 ,
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PeopWs Baak Shall your money in- ,
'crease otdemAst t JV V
a:-J. . &i Millet ; Furniture-Co.-Reddc- "
f ion' in woolen blankets.. : r "
National Babt; or New iBerne-Fonr
per cent. interest compounded quaiv ,
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