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VOL.LXII No. 101. 'Tfca Weather.' FAUl , , NEW BERN.-N, G, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29. 1913 THREE CENTS PER COPY. rJEGRO, ARIVIED IViTH REVOLVER; ROBS FARMER Oil PUBLIC ROAD W.D. Stapleford of Truitt's Has Exciting Experience Near Bridgeton GINGER CAKE NEGRO GETS THIRTHIVE DOLLARS Posse Formed, Negro is Wounded and in Hiding Bloodhounds Sent For While returning to his homo yester day afternoon shortly alter 3 o'clock and while near Bridgeton. V. I). Staple ford, who lives near Tniitts and who conducts a mercantile business at thai place, was waylaid by an unknown negro man at the point of a pistol and robbed of thirty-five dollars. Mr. Stapleford came to New Bern about noon yesterday lor the purpose of doing smile trading. He visited a number ol places and shortly before returning home asked a negro man to hold his horse while he went into a near Jiy store to make a purchase. 'I he negro was the one who later attacked him and it is supposed that he saw the roll of currency in Mr. Stapleford's -wallet and at once plotted to rob him. A 6hort time after leaving this store ,Mr. Stapleford started for home. The trip until after he had pissed Bridgeton was uneventful. When about three hundred yards from the old Fowler road, according to Mr. Stapleford's account of the affair, the negro came no from the rear and told Mr. Stapleford that if he did not give him his money he would kill him. The negro brandished his pistol in the other man's face and fired it but without pointing it directly at him. The m;ro pulled out a round from the cart and raised it to strike the white man. The latter caught the blow on his arm and then the two clinched in a ecufric which lasted several minutes, the negro finally getting possession of Mr. Stapleford's money and making off at the top of his speed. Posse Is Formed Mr. Stapleford h;irried back to Bridegton and reported the occurrence. A poste, l.e,ii'd by T. W. Holton was quir':K- formed and started in purs it. !n :i lit lie while they caught sight of the negro iifty yards away dodging be hind some trees. He had his pistol in his ha'nd and was showing plenty of fight. He fired at th" posse apd Mr. Holton returned the fire with a shot gun 1 aded with No. o shot. The negro stumbled. Mr. Holton fired several jimes.in rapid succession, and the last time the crack of the gun rang out the negro fell. He was now on the edge 01 ihe pocosin and darkness had fallen. As he was ' armed with what appeared to be automatic revolver and was apparently determined to fight to the limit, the possemen decided not to PROCRAM AT THE ATHENS TO-DAY PICTURES 'The Awakening of Bianca' , In this Vitdgraph prod uction 1 we Sre . shown where the inselfiahness of true love paves an Italian irt from, a' false ' suitor poverty and, the loss of her hair She marries the mau -willing to sacrifice himself for her. , c1 ... : V'" ) - ' "His Mother' Hope t , '' 4 , ,?f there Is one memory in all the world ot.iiwi an mill a u item lesponu UJIOn whe n nil other: fair, 'tis the sacred mem- orv of "Mother'V ' Hpnf fihit' tnrw wineu auouc. ine nope or a mot nor , nd the loss ofher child.-,, Nq: ont cofld fail to enjoy and appreciate thi? splriidid f Edison.... picture. ' ? "Aw Indian .Sunbeam f A fine western drama with scenes laid Staged . by ' the world's: acknowledged v tnanter of fiJm-craft, MnXl; M.'Ander- , VVaudevHlal:' . 'Logan and Klunker, -comedy singing, tAlking and eccentric dancing " Matinee daily at 3:45. .First show fit night startsat 7 ;30 o'clock, second at 9:00. Observe the hours and always get a comfortable seat.' 1 go into the pocosin in the dark- after him, but, instead, to wait for day, guarding in the meantime the means cf egress from ihe pocosin and not believing that he would attempt to go through the pocosin a distance of twelve'miles to get' to the -station at Askins. . - Sheriff Lane and Deputy Sheriffs Thomas Smith and J. W. Huff as soon as they were notified of the occur rence went1 to aid in the search,. Last night Sheriff Lane ordered the bridge draws kept open so that the negro could not get back over into New Bern. The Fowler road wat also guarded' at the behest of the Sheriff. Bloodhounds Coming. The chief of police of Tarboro is on his wiy here with two bfoodhounds which will be put on the trail of the fleeing negro . He should get here with the animals this morning. Sheiiff Lane first telegraphed to Goldtboro to to see if bloodhounds coud be had there. There was none there. Then he tried Greenville and aeain was disappointed. On the third round Tarboro was tried and it was found that the chief of police had two hounds. He telephoned that he had about one hour to make an eighteen mile auto trip to catch the Noifolk Southern train from Raleigh to Chocowinity, but thought he wuld have no trouble in catching it. Description of Negro. The negro who is believed to be a New Bern negro, is described by Mr. Staple ford as of ginger cake color, weighing about 150 pounds and thirty or thirty- five years of age. Mr. Stapleford is at Bridgeton with relatives to be on hand for identifying the negro in case he is found as it is very likely he will be. The money taken consisted of one twenty dol lar bill, one five dollar bill and eight or ten one dollar bills. PAINT AND POWDER CLUB OR GANIZES Members of the cast of "A Fisherman' I. tick," met at the home of Mrs. David Congdon last night and organized the Paint and Powder Club by the election of the folowing officers: J. B. Dawson. president and business manager; J. C, Bagg, secretary and treasurer A. T. Willis, stage director. The other mem bers of the club are Mrs. D. S. Congdon, Mrs. George Stratton, Jr., Miss Leonora Greenabaum, Mis Iv.be I ?-nith, V. K. Baxter, J. J. Tols'i:;, !r. .11 -i 1 ..vid Morns. i re ctul) pta-s to l.vc i egu l.ir mel tings and ;o bo re.iiv at ar.y time to stage anything in the way ,;' amateur plays at tue request of any ol the chari table organizations of the city. Thurs day night it will repeat "A Fisherman's Luck" for the benefit of the Elk' charity fund. ; is- fi TERM, SO OFTEN FALSE LABEL ABSOLUTELY TRUE IN' " THIS CASE , New York, Jan. 28-r-fn its -new sta t ion in New York City, now nearing completionhe ; News ft. York . Central Railroad has a . building which .hs' de signers think has" reached theiitnit- iii protection against fire. il he term 'absolutely fireproofvso often a false label on hotels and theatres, is said to Oe accurate af applied fio yhe world's greatest-terminal.:. ' . .t - Nowhere about the building aV Park Ayentie a nd Forty-second street has there been used any structural material that tan, biirn;'-"' With i a frame of .steel and an exterior surface, of marble'; the station has thousands of tons jof jna- tonry in its walls And oont; About a half million' square feet of terra cotts blocks have gone. Into the -floors, and about 830,000 sfnre feet -are used for column covering and partitions. 1 The branch postoflice on Lexington Avenue; tbft office buildings, the power houses and the hotel on the terminal site are fireproofed just as thoroughly as the station. There s a system -of automatic alarms '.and sprinklers to prevent the spread of . any blaze that may start j among the contents of the offices. Fire'hydrants with a plenti ful equipment of h6se, are scattered over the terminal arca.s i -. - -v - 1 HI DID OF: Negrc Workman Seen With Leather Bag Later Disappear and Is Heard of No More RUMORS OF BURIED TREASURE Missing Man May Have Secured Hidden Hoard and Left For Parts Unknown. Stories of buried treasure, of the hoards of misers and of vast sums of gold and silver hidden years ago, are rife on lower- Metcalf street just at this time. The cause is the supposed, dis covery a few days ago of a large sim of money in the building, No. 13 Metcalf street, by a Workman who at the time was engaged in assisting in the remova of the structure to a point further back from the street. The building is known ns the Denni son place, -is owned by Mrs. C. W Blanchard and was erected many years ago. Sine that time it has she! tered many eccentric persons and it generally supposed that one of these buried the money which is said to have been found. J. . Scott A Son, co.ored house movers from Goldsboro, have charge ol thf work of removing the build ing and they had enVpJoyed sevtra colored nrn to assist them. During the time that the preliminary work was in progress, one of the men, who at the time was engnge in tearing down the foundation of dne of the chimneys, was seen with a dust cov cred leather bag in his hand. The4 man's fellow workmen thought nothing of the incident and it would have passed entirely from their memory but for the fact that a short time later he left the premises and has not been seen since not even calling for the wages due him for his work. No one taw the money supposed to have been found and its actual dis covcry is merely a matter of rumor but circumstances surrounding the case are leading many to believe that the workman did locate something of value whether money or jewels is a matter of speculation, and fear of detection caused him to refrain from returning to complete his work. PLAYTHAP HEEDS mow 'FISHERMAN'S LUCK" ON LIPS OF ALL WHO SAW IT WED NESDAY NIGHT "A Fisherman's Luck" is to be re peated at the Masonic Theatre tomor row night. This plays needs nq. introduction or newspaper puffs as it has been on the lips of every person that was lucky enough to even get atanding room at its production on , VVedneday . pight. If all the gqod things that have been";said a,bout he play .could be put in print, we wo'uld have' no trouble in. filling the house at its presentation next Thursday night..- Just-one of -the good things that Has been said possibly more than any other, is that it could not be improvedon out the'east says different. Come , and they'll - "show . you .Thursday night. Same prices lower floor 50c., upper floor 25c. . Reserved seats without . extra charge' at Edi Clark's for the benefit of the Elks' Charity Fund and Organ! ration of a Dramatic Club.-v ' ' HEARD ON THE STREET 'AFTER "Best amateur production ever wit nessed" here.". . ' JT.'. , "Enjoyed as much .and even more than big : professional productions," ut from New York seeinf all the big ones," eh joyed 'A Fisherman Luck' Dettehii: . "New 'Bern should, be proud of the local .: talent : yand , hould- encourage f "Saw Richard . Gryle three nighty be fore, enjoyed F ishernman Luck' better," ,,'. ,- You dicln't'see !t Then.you missed the best show in New Bern in a Jong time. j i. , , .", "Don't miss it this time it Is great." Some people have such a funny idea of humor that ' they will pay parcel postage on a paving block and think the joke is on Uncle Sam. Washington Post. " ' , SUM MONEY UlREJ) behalf 0 UI N. A. Purlfoy Tries to Arouse Inter' est of Merchants In Thor oughfare. THE ROAD IS NOW PASSABLE But More Work Will Have to Be Done to Conserve Effort Al ready Expended. N. A. Purifoy, who lives on the Walk er road in the eastern part of the coun ty, was among the visitors in the city yesterday. Mr. Purifoy's main object yesterday was to wonk up some en- thus iasm among the business men of the city in regard tp putting the Walker road in such condition that it will be an incentive to the farmers living on the lower end, near the Beaufort county line, to come to this city to do their trading instead of going to some town in Beaufort county. Mr. Purifoy says that during the past few months the citizens living along the road have done considerable work on it and have put it in passabl condition but unless more work is none in the near future that which has been accomplished will be lost. 1 he matter has been brought before the county commissioners and tney hnve been asked to put a section of the convict force to work on it, but at the present time they have not seen fit to do this. As the matter now stands the road is open to trarhc and in such condition that vehicles can pass over it with ease but urrtcss the work 'already done is made permanent the road will soon be in as bad condition. as it was twelve months ago. At the next meeting of the Board of Commissioners they will be asked to put seven or eight of the con victs oh the road and work' until they complete it. . TAYLOR NOT TOLER In an account of the polict court pro ceedings, Monday afternoon and which appeared in the Jourbal yesterday, morning an inadvertency caused the name of Tom Toler to appear for Tom TayTor. It was the latter who was in the court for failure to pay dog tax and not the former. 'Let It Bear Its Banner Ever In the Lead For Deeper and Better Waterways." THIS SPEAKER'S INJUNCTION Representative of Rivers and. Har bors Congress Tells What Deeper . Channel Means. A large audience of representative New Bern business men met at the Court' House last evening at 8 o'clock to hear an address by Captain Wilyon Davenny, Field Secretary of the Na tional Rivers and Harbors Congress, on 'the subject of deeper aterways. Captain Davenny is thoroughly con versant with this theme and or more than an hour he. held the undivided at tention of hU andience, telling them of the great work which the Rivers and Harbors Congress and the Atlantic Deeper ; Waterways ' - Association ' are doing fdr the country and urging the co-operation of everyone in -the task which is . before ; them, i Before pro ceeding, to the main part of his address Captain Davenny spoke of the achieve fnents along this line by Senator F. M. Simmons 'and said tha he was glid to be in the Senator's Jiome city- He also highly praised the hospitality -of the citizens of JIew Bern and their great advancement in civic improvement, and predicted a great future fo rthe city. " Captain -Davenny said in t part, . -1 have been glad to quit for a time the tissue-exhausting hustle of the American metropolis, that has claimed me for a period, for the hospitality of the Old North State. v New Bern, I doubt tot was the ancient Athens of North. Car olina and may have rightfully celebrated her two hundredth annerversary, but surely she has renewed her youth-the evidences of substantial industrial and commercial activity are visible on every and, and the waters that flow by your doors explain your present - measure Continued on page 4. iiitycd onii in ii IllTHEFM BLEASE IS KING BEE OF ODD ONES South Carolina' Notorious Gov er nor Has Many Imitators, But No Equals. AS A SPECIMEN HE IS UNIQUE Determined to Be United States Senator To Succeed Sen ator Smith. Columbia, S. C, Jan. 28 In practi cally every community in this country some man, shrewd unscrupulous and practical in politics, has challeed the forces of public opinion .by lining up against it the forces of organization and graft, concealing his purposes and methods under an appeal to partisan ship, prejudice or class hatred. While this school of "old-fashioned politics has its representative in every State by common consent, the lion Cole L. Blease, Governor of the proud old commonwealth of South Carolina, is conceded to be the kin-j of them all As a species, "Coley," as hi-, friend: and adherents call bin, is by no means rare, although as a ?;x'cimdn he night ue said to ue unique. 1 rouatily no man is this country called to high office has ever done the things he has done and "gotten by" with them, lie has kept his State continually in' the limelight ever since he was first elected. It is there now as the result of the con troversy that has broken out between him and the senior Senator of the State Ben Tillman. The last time he put his State before the eyes of the nation in such manner was when he made hos outbreak before the conference of Governors in Rich mond early last month, and as the South Carolina Legislature is now in session it is expected that there will be some thing doing all the time until it ad journs. And, as he is determined to be United States Senator to succeed Senator Smith, there will be something more doing until after the close of the Sena torial campaign. Everybody will know South Carolina is on the map as long as he has any official connection with it or desires any office within the gift of its people. It is only fair to say, however, that the advertising he has been giving his State is not of the character appreciated by the thinking people of it. It makes them wince, and they do not like to alk about it. But, as Governor Blease, he does not care what they like or what they do not like. The men who think are for the most part his political ene mies, and for their opinions he professes a most complete indifference. He ha the votes of those who do not think, and that is the main thing according to his plan of operations. FAIR STOCK IS EASILY PLACED COMMITTEE GETS SUBSCRIBERS TO $2500 WORTH IN A HURRY A committee composed of a number of members of the Executive Committee o( the Eastern Carolina Fair Associa tions. Company spent yesterday after-noon-'in visiting thd business men of the" dty and securing their subscrip tipns for a new issue of stock in the com pany.,7 ' JiThe last Fair,, which incidentally was the first, demonstrated the fact that this venture a spaying one . and almost evervj penon -visited during' the after- ncKjn subscribed for one ornore shares. When , the. committee returned to the rooms of the Secretary and. figured up the total number or shares subscribed for It was found that more than twenty five hundred dollars Worth of this new issue of stock had been placed, . ,' ; It is the intention of the officers of the Fair company to makea number of improvements to the grounds and add additional buildingg before the next Fair is held and it is also their intention to make this one a record breaker in every way. ' Other stock', wilj , be - dis posed of during the next week or two. American airships have worn grooves in both oceans "rushing to -protect American interests" in Latin America. -Philadelphia Telegraph. .' WILL MAKE RAPID CANVASS OF CITY Teams From Laymen's Convention Committee Plan To See Many Men EXPLAIN OBJECTS OF MEETING Expect to Enroll Large Number -of Delegates and Contributors of 11.00 Each. From three to five o'clcok this after noon members of the committee of ar rangements for the convention of the Laymen's Missionary Movement to be held here Thursday and Friday, Feb ruary 6 and 7, will make a canvass of the ity with the view of finding how how many men will htlpbearthe ex pense of the convention and at the same time share its advantages, 'ncluding the privileges of a delegate ai d atten dance noon the convention snnner , f which is to be the climax of the conven tion and at which it is exuecled I h:ii most earnest and feeling speeches for greater consecration of l.ivmen will be made. The cost of I lie convention including printing, postage, railroad l' V T. CAMPBELL WHITE One of The Leading Sneakers it The Laymen's Convention, February 6th and 7th. f.ire of deputation com mil tees and ing speakers supper and incidentals will be about five hundred dollars. To meet this expense it is expected to se cure five-hundred delegates who will pay one dollar each for t he privilege of being enrolled as a delegate and attend ing the supper. The canvass this after noon will be for the enrollment of de'e- gates. The commit teemen will work in iemas the idea being that t wo or three men will be more successful in arousing in terest than otic person would be. There wi'l beaoemmitteeforcach of the prin- tipa' streets, also lor each ol t lie vari ous factories and - sa wmills, railroad hops, offices, etc. In addition there will oe an autonioljilecomiiuttee whicn will make a rapid canvass of the stores and plants on the outskirts and which cannot well be canvassed by the com mittees on foot. At five o'clcok the canvassers will meet again at the Elks headquarters in the Elks Temple to report the success attending their efforts. I n case a person isfound out when called on the committe will arrange " to see him later on, either this afternoon or at some other time. The committee is asked to meet at three o'clock sharp and start Out promptly for the canvass of the city. - Rev. Dr. E. T. Carter, pastor of the First Baptist church, is conducting. revival at Bridgeton. Services will be held at the Disciples church tonight at 7:45 o'clock. Missouri still wants to be shotr n. Its Legislature has ten doormen at each en trance. Cleveland Leader, : - Li'- , NEW ADVERTISEMENTS i;: - 'Newk Bern, Banking "and Trut Co. 1 J The foundation of success. .s v ' . National Bank ol New Berne Four per cent. On savings and time deposits. . . Peoples' i Bank-Solving your finan cial problems. C - ,' Dr J.- O.' Baxter, Optometrist Re-lie-ring the eye. strain.; . V y I. M. Mitchell & Co.--A more than ordinary showing of the famous C. B. Corset. - - '
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