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NEW BERN. N. C, FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 2, 1913
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Deeds Conveying It To the United
States Government Formal
ly Executed.
HALF MILLION PRICE PAID
Sale Marks Notable Event The
Realization Of the Efforts
Of Over a Century.
Norfolk, May 1. Deeds conveying
to the United States government the
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, a
section of the inlra-coastal waterway,
were executed last night and Colonel
E. E. Winslow, U. S. A. engineer in
charge of this district, announced that
commencing today the canal is a free
highway.
The" price paid by the government
-was $500,000 and that sum was turned
over to the Albemarle and Chesapeake
Canal Company last night when the
conveyance of the property was form
ally consummated and the deeds were
filed for recqrd. Cobnel Winslow,
through whom the transfer to the
government was eftecte'd, stated las'.
night that it is the purpose of the gov
ernment to proceed immediately with
preparation for beginning the improve
merits contemplated in the plans adopt
d for the Norfolk-Beaufort link of
the inland watercourse. Surveys are
ven now in progress, he said, and
it is the tiesire cf the government to
Lave some of the work under contract
L-efore the end of the current year.
The appropriation available for the
section of the waterway between Nor
folk and Albemarle Sound is $800,000,
In accoradnce with act of Congress
providing for completion of the Nr-r-folk-Beauforf
link, come d t!c appro
priation was available pr'or to the trans
fer of the Albermarle and Cbescpcake
Canal to the government.
Washington, D. C, May 1 After
.having received a telegram from Col
onel E. E. Wjnslow, army engineer in
cliarge of the Norfolk district, Repre
sentative John H. Small of North
Carolina made the following statement:
"Today tWre will be consummated
the purchase of the Chesapeake and
Albemarle canal property by the gov
ernment of the United States and
forthwith this'canal will become a free
canal and dedicated to commerce. This
canal is a part of the route of the in
land waterway from Norfolk, Va., to
Beaufort inlet, North Carolina. It con
nects Elizabeth river on whjch Nor
folk is located with Albema.le sound
in North Carolina.
"This is really a notable event. It
marks the realization of the efforts ol
3more,than a century. There are about
sixteen hundred miles of navigable
jriver in North Craolina, exclud
ing the Cape Fear, which empties
into the inland sounds. There are no
navigable outlets from these rivers to
the ocan except at Beaufort inlet, and
as. northbound commerce from that in
let must pass Cape Hatteras,.. this com
inerce i3 in reality , denied access to
jnorthern points. The fathers, even be
fore, the beginning of the last century,
''appreciated this, condition and the
States of North Carolina and Virginia
through privat-capital authorized the
construction- of what was know'n r.s
the, Disr.ial Swamp canal. Later the
. Albemarle and Chesapeake canal wis
constructed, also largely by private
capital.'1 The exaction of tolls "and in
, adequate facilities induced shippers
and public spirited citizens many years
: ago to begin an agitation for a .water
,y,'wayfree":o, all commerce. "A number-.
'! c- .men; n former, years pios of. them
v VtoVdlearl, waged art. active propaganda
j; ;; for this subject,,;am6ng "the most not
;t'i"ab! ir .whom was Com'modore Mar-
! I,esojivd wlieri firi "elected to
, rv I; j;. Congress .in-1898 that J wov.ld devote
1 1 ! 3ny efforts io the consummation of this
' ' ' ';' f'inoet important worknd in an humble
VA I1 4 -Vj i Wy bay',--, persistently .followed that
f ;t V; resoiution. iTlift delegations inf Con
' 'gress': from ;tNorth Carolina' and; Vir;
s '. inia "have co-ODerated. but it Can be
naid without the risM oHrividious dis
tinction that Senator F;; M. .Simmons"
' ti North Carojina, has been peculiarly
f i-l'J-i' v effective by reason' of his 'membership
on the Scnate'committee on com-:
y J mcrce'. ; 1 ' ::V ..f ."''':"'
' ' ; "The entire-waterway from Norfolk
'' to Beaufort is to have ; a minimum
FINDS MOTHER DEAD.
Mrs. Carrie Meekins Giles
Suc-
cumbs To Heart Disease.
After receiving norenly to repeated
calls Mrs. Nellie Jordan entered the
room of her mother, Mrs. Carrie Meek
ins Giles, at No. 5 Moore's avenue
yesterday morning and discovered that
she was lifeless.
Mrs. Giles, who was about fifty-five
years of age, had appeared to be" in good
health on the previous night and her
sudden demise was entirely unexpected.
Heart disease caused her death. The
deceased is survived Ly a daughter,
Mrs. Jordan, and one son, Benjamin
Meekins of Norfolk, Va.
The funeral service will be con
ducted from the home this afternoon at
3 o'clock by Rev. B. F. Huske, rector
of Christ Episcopal church, and the
interment will be made in Cedar Grove
cemetery.
A. L. Brown, who has held position
as baggage agent with the Norfolk
Southern Railway Company at their
local office several years, has resigned
and accepted a position with the J.
S. Miller Furniture Company. H. E.
Brown, who has been employed in the
ticket office at the union passenger
station, has been promoted to fill the
position of baggage agent.
TO SHOW CHILD
HE EXHIBIT
CONSERVATION OF CHILDHOOD
TO 3E FEATURED AT KNOX
VILLE EXPOSITION.
Washington, D. C, May 1. A Coin-'
mince on Child Welfare is being formed
to prepare an exhibit for tho-National
Conservation Exposition to be held at
Kn )viile in S,etcm!or and October,
of this year. Mis.-. Julia C. l.atlirop
Chief of the Children's Bureau of the
LT. S. Department of Labor, is chair
man of the committee and is in full
charge of plans and preparations tot
the exhibit. Miss Lathrop made the
announcement from this city today
that she has already received accept
ahce from the following committee
members:
Dr. S. S. Crockett, Nashville, Tenn.,
Mrs. Charles A. Perkins, Knoxville,
Tenn.; Mrs. T. R. Henderson, Green
wood, Miss.; Mr. Sherman C. Kingsjey,
Chicago, III.; Dr. Elizabeth C. Kane,
Memphis, Tenn.; Miss Adele Brandeis,
Louisville, Ky.; Mr. S. McC. Mamill,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss Ellen C. Bab
bitt, New York City.
The latest and most interesting aspect
of the work of conservation is the con
servation of childhood.
The Knoxville Exposition has giver
the child welfare committee carte
blanche , as to its plans. The child
welfare exhibit will co-operate with
the 'educational exhibit and with the
public health exhibit, but will be housed
in a separate building, to be known as
the "Children's Building". This build
ing will contain in addition to charts,
photographs, and. wall material, of
the type already used in the city child
welfare exhibitions, many iloor ex
hibits of new and striking character.
Congressmen will never cut out the
Record as long as it -continues to print
their speeches in full.
Indei to New Advertisements
People's Bank Soundness.
New Bern Banking & Trust Co.
An appreciated account.
National Bank of' New Bern The
bank for the farmer. '
T. B. Smith, Special Agent Mis
souri State Life Insurance So.
Brooks .& Co., Se'z Royal Blue
Store. ' : ; ;- -
; S. .Coplon & Son rThe, finest goods
in the world. . . ,.,
depth' of ; twelve ;feet,v which "will in
volve; the deepening and'Vidingt not
only . of the land . cuts "of the Albe.
made and Chesapeake Canal, but of the
natural waterways :albrig'(the routeV'V,
; "After the purchase of the Albemarle
and..'phesap9akeCaal.there-Ulj.be
available $00,000 for continuing 'the
workyof improvement during be coh
lag - fiscal year. . It . is ; estimated that
about, four years frotn this date will
be requested to complete the entire
length from Norfolk to Beaufort, at a
total cost of $5,400,000.'
WELFA
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MUD'S MS
Eleventh Annual Meeting Will
Be Held In New Bern
Next Week.
'VILL BE AUSPICIOUS EVENT
An Elaborate Program Has Been
Arranged For The
Occasion.
On next Tuesday morning, May 6,
the gates of New Bern will be thrown
open to the many visiting delegates
who will be here to attend the Siate
Federation of Woman's Clubs which
convenes Here on tnat date lor its
eleventh annual session.
For weeks the local club and its
several departments has been making
preparations for this momentous event
and it promises to excel any ever held
in North Carolina. Nothing thai will
increase the pleasure and entertainment
-of the, visiting ladies while they are in
"The City of Elms'' will be left undone
and the entire population of the rity
will co-operate with the local dab in
entertaining the visitors durin;.; thiir
four days' visit.
The first clay's session will be lalxn
up mainly with business session:-.
The first session will be held at 1 ;):.!',)
o'clock. At 1 o'clock there will be a
luncheon and at 4 o'clock in the afie -
noon there will be a r.u.-.iii;.; !' ike
Board of Directors in the i'il's' Temple.
At niejil there will be aiMivsscs in
Griffin auditorium by Mrs. K. R.
Cotten, president cf ihe Nnrih Caro
lina federal ion, and Miss Julln I.;;h
rop, chief ol the National Children's
Bureau. Following this the visitors
will be tendered a re'eptit.-n.
The first businct.. meetiivr ':i Wed
nesday will be held ai the Elks' Temple
and a; that lime the deU-... es
present their credeniiaU. A; 1 o'clock
the visitors and local members will go
by boat to Glcnbr.rnie Park where
luncheon al fresco will be served. At
2:30 a business meeting will be he'd at
the park, after which the return trip
to the city will be made. Wednesday
evening is to be known as "Fine Arts"
evening and the exercises arranged for
that occasion will be held in Griffin
auditorium.
On Thursday morning another busi
ness session will be held at the Elks'
Temple and at 1 o'clock luncheon will
be served. In the afternoon a business
session will be held and in the evening
Judge Walter Clark will address the
Federation in Griffin auditorium, after
which there will be a reception.
Friday will be the last day and there
are a number of interesting events
planned for that day. As on the pre
vious days a business session will be
held at the Elks' Temple firs and this
will be followed by a meeting of the
Board of Directors. This meeting will
be .one of the most important held
during the week. At 3:00 o'clock the
entire delegation of visitors and also
the local members will go on board the
revenue cutter Pamlico for a cruise
down Netise river and this will end the
program for the week.
Arrangements have been made to
entertain a larpe number of visitors
and it is expected that sever ii hundred
will be in attendance .
Committ:'-"s Armour, -ed.
'The following "on:ni''t:e t of ar
rangements for the luncheons of the
Federation have been appointed and
are requested to meet at the Parish
House Tuesday morning at ten o'clock:
Luncheon Committees.
Mrs. Walter Di.ffy, Chairman.
Wednesday, Mrs. R. -B. Nixon, Sub
Cha'rman, Mrs. T. J. Roberts, Mrs.
Uzzell, Mrs. J. B. Ihtrley, Mrs. Dame
ron, Mrs. A. E. Pitmart, Mrs. Veruon
Blades, Mrs. W. K. Baxter, Mr?.' Geo.
Catoiv Mrs. K. K. Chapman, Miss
Alice Duffy.
Thursday,; Mrs. B. E. Moore, Sub
Chairman, Mrs. C. D. Bradham, Mr
G.'.C. Speight, Mrs. S. Cox, Mrs.
Ernest Wood, Miss Faith "Brock, Mrs.
A. T. Dill. Mrs. T. P. : Ashfbrd, Mrs.
Ernest ' Warren. t .
Friday, Mrs; John pavis, Sub-Chairman,'
Mrs. Chai. Hall, Mrs. J. F. Rherh,
M rs P ,C Tolson j Mrs... A. Newberry,
MrsH.; M, Bonner, Mrs. Isaac Cohen,
M rs. L. H. Cu tier;' Mrs. Joseph Hahn,
MrsV.Chas.. Dcjckham, '-Mrs.- Owen
Dunn'.'"'.. ': ', 'i. ' ,' :l ;
lase and ' Bish. Committee. Mrs.
bi . Henderson-, Mrs.' Nelson Angell.
TATE MEET KG
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Rapid Progress Being Made
Disposal Of Cases On
Tbe Docket.
In
SESSION MAY ADJOURN TODAY
C. Cleve Found Guilty Of Re
tailing And Is Sentenced
To Jail.
Rapid progress is being made in
the disposal of the cases on the docket
of Federal Court which is in session
here this week and in all probability
the term will come to an and this after
noon. Yesterday was a busy day for all
connected with the court and although
not such a large number of cases were
disposed of, there was not an idle
moment during the day. I'nlike the
previous day when many of the de
fendants either submitted to the charge
or appeared without attorneys to
represent them, the majority ol those
before the bar of justice yesterday were
represented by legal talent ami the
taking of evdience and the argument
consumed some time.
A session of federal Cour: .-lwas
attracts considerable attention ami- at
all times the court room is crowded
wuh spectators, some who have friends
or relatives on trial and who are on
the tii vivc while other are present
merely to hear and see what is going
on. It is indeed a cosmopolitan crowd
iliat one will find there, white citizens
and colored people are seen and ihere
is no discrimination in the nationalities.
On one seal may be found a son of
satiny ll.iiy wh.il,' on another one will
ee a placid-looking Chinamen. How
ever, all ar.- in teres ed and :he strict
est attention is paid to the proceedings.
During yesterday the following cases
were disposed ol :
Brrtddock Hansley of Onslow county,
pleaded guilty to a charge of retailing
but owing to the physical condition
of the defendant who is afflicted with
palsy, Judge Connor suspended judg
ment and dismissed the case.
R. C. Cleve who lives near Vance
boro was found guilty of retailing and
was sentenced to four months in jail
and fined one hundred dollars and also
taxed with the costs cf the case. This
defendant had three attorneys exerting
every effort to clear their client but
their work proved of no avail.
E. W. Rogers of Wayne county
entered a plea of guil.y in a charge ol
retailing and was sentenced to serve
four months in jail, taxed with the
costs of the case and fined one hundred
dollars .
Champ Benton of Craven county,
and Will Tew of GoTdsboro, Wayne
county, were tried on a qharge of re
tailing but the evidence was not suffi
cient to convict and the juries returned
a verdict of not guilty in each case.
Rob Jones of Lenoir county was
found guilty of retailing and sentenced
iO serve four months in jail, taxed with
the costs of the case and fined one
hundred dollars.
The city is improving the appearance
and condition of Clianec street by
placing a number of leads of oyster
shells ou it. This street has been in
pretty bad shape for some time past
and the improvements will be of great
benefit.
Silver Committee. Mrs. Geo. Moul
ton, Miss Edna Speight.
Flower Committee. Mrs. Wade Mea
dows. Ice Committee. Mrs. Geo. Hender
son, Jr.
Meat Committee. Mr. J. B. Dawson,
Mrs. McBennctt, Mrs. John Tolson.
Tea, Coffee, Sugar and Cieam Com-.
mitlec, Mrs. S. E. Sullivan, Chairman.
'Thursday, Mrs. J. L. Williams,
Mrs. D. E. Henderson.
Wednesday, Mrs. Jas. Biddle, Mrs.
D. L. Ward.
Friday, Mrs. Hartsficld, Mrs. Chas.
Ellison. '
Ice Cream and Cake Committee,
Mrs. W. K.jStyron, Mrs. J. A. Jones,
Mrs. N. W. Jones.
. Bread and Cracker Committee, Mrs.
Chas. Dockham, Mrs. John Weddell.
Salad Committee, Mrs. F. Sawyer,
Miss Sadie Hollistcr.
Transportation Committee, Mrs. T.
J. Roberts, Mrs. T. A. Uzzell,
FEE
NAM;. LOST. HIT ! M f.I.l.l t, K NT j
Patient SufierinJ irom Aphasia!
l our Years i mum In
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v. F.u.l.
m -;i rimi-
.hard K,,v.
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iii-arly lour i tr
tin Is
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ial h.r t In- in-.iiit
"liable lo t. I! 1,U r.in.i ..r id : : i: . i
..n itucllii'.et man i- th, M.-tiu.i .t
of C. J. nmlnsen and Ralph .
Whcclock, member of the State li.i.ini
of Control, who ret:. rued fr.,m !(, li-
e-tcr Unlaw "KtV ea-e i, to i,e
taken up with the Navv I ei;.ir: na-ni
in an attempt to discover the man's
identitv.
'I asked the man to write his name",
said Mv Swendsen, "and he put down
the initials 'J. G. B." He also was able
to write the date he left San Francisco.
May 27, 1907, to return to his position
in the navy at Annapolis. Al.houtih
par.ty paralyzed, he is able to walk
about and, despite his inability to
speak or express himself, he seems to
be rational in everv wav and looks like
an intelligent man.
The State has interested itself also
in the attempt to identify the man.
Mr. Swendsen declared that the man
had been examined by expert physicians
but no pressure sufficient to cause loss
of speech or memory was found on
the brain.
SENATOR MARTIN SAYS SEC
RETARY WILL BE LOG
ICAL CANIDDATE.
St. bonis Mayl.--ll' William
I-
i, , ; an, Secretary ;l r, ate, is a e.: nei.-l.ii e
ol I lie Pre.-idency, to succeed ii on,
iiDlhing in the v.orld can 'om hi: i ir.-ni
bein.; elected, aecniin:; to Senai'-r
James E. Martin, ol New Jer.-ev, who
came hire as a member ol the Con
gressional delegation Irom '.t.-hingi on
to attend the dedication ; the Jefferson
memorial.
"Bryan will be the logical candidate",
he said, "People have come to know
and to understand him better. Peo
ple think that he has become more
stable in his views struck an equili
brium, as it were. The fact is, Mr.
Bryan is just as radical today as he
was 2;() years ago, but the people have
grown up to him."
He said that the fight on the tariff
bill which is now being debated in the
House of Representatives undoubtedly
would keep the Senate in session all
summer, and probably there would
not be a recess until next October.
SEASON'S FINAL
PIANO AND VIOLIN CLUB WILL
MEET NO MORE TILL
NEXT FALL.
The List meeting of the Piano and
Violin ( lab for the Spring term was
held Tuesday afternoon, the great er
parl of the program being rendered
by the beginners, who showed a great
deal of progress due to ihe cirebd
training they had received.
In addition to the usual musicd
prcgram, two papers were read, oni
on Beethoven and one on Kathleen
Parlow, these making ihe meeting more
entertainingly as well as more ins,r..e
tive. The program follows:
Piano solo The Puppets ...Van C.aei
Mary Bray
Piano solo The Echo
Harriet Dunn
Piano solo The Count)' Band
Kathleen Caton
Pianoolo Melody Rogers
Piano solo Souvenir Jadasohn
Lavinia Tolsi n
Sketch of Beethoven Agnes Foy
Piano solo-Clownish Pranks ...Harding
Emily Parker
Piano solo Melody Schumann
Hattie May Cohen
Piano solo.... The Indian Boy
Dolly Hyman
Sketch of Kathleen Parlow
Albertina Jonel
Piano solo Waltz Stoddard
Margaret Bray
FOR BRYAN TO
SUCCEED WILSON
MEETING HELD
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imur m awnnimnti
New U rn's Ci'y H autiful Clubt
To Make Chi'.disb Hearts
Glad.
Will. BE ON CRAVEN STREET
Work of Putting The Ground
In Shape Was Started
Yesterday.
The children of New Bern will soon
hae a play ground where they may
romp and play to their heart's content
without the least molestation. This
play ground will be located on the
vacant lot just north of K. B. Nixon's
residence on Craven street and is
being put in shape and will be at all
times under the supervision of the
City Beautiful Club.
For some lime the City Beautiful
Club has had the matter of preparing
a playground for the children of the
tit y under consideration bm were
tillable to secure a suitable place until
a few d.tv- ago. work of ( baring away
the rubbish on the lot was begun yes-
icrdav ami wi.lon a e.iy or two t ne
appearance of the pl.iee will be entirely
transformed.
This lot is very wide and runs far
back iut i
!!. k, .fi; r -lie;, an ex
r 1 he ch'iorc n to amuse
cellei
place
themselves, ii
el v.iy-.
v. II! ai'i in iv
'e will be pi.. -.ell
V. ill 1 1. -I': -. 1 ,
rt'.-tic i-ene:
Many
eg tin
on the
dinky -.
and
n! will
articles whi.l
children plea-
ni;!s Tin i
id-, swill
I), ii:1
las and
ic pi. , rod
aiso
ill 1 he
C i i y
ii- !'.,.'!
'When .he
made known I
e.l turning ,b
Club
i ' ! U 1 -
i o:i ml
s and
I and
again
ci;i
retid v
a lll.'leoer o!
tl.i
in s :n:f.i I : ' . :
. I I : fai n
tli lit - 'si r.i! ing
ens of New lb.-
-h
it all
ly assi i in improving the city and
making it the besi in the State. The
lumber which will be used in the con
struction of the pagodas, swings, and
seesaws will be furnished by the Broad
dus ei Ives Lumber Company and l he
John L. Roper Lumber company while
the' hardware will be furnished by the
Gaskill Hardware Company and the
J. S. Basnight Hardware Company.
The work will be under the super
vision of the members of the City Bcu
tiful Club anil they will exert every
effort to have the grounds completed
and in use by the time that the State
F. deration of Woman's ' Clubs meets
in this city, which will be on next
Tuesday.
BALTIMORE WEEDS OUT ITS
SALOONS.
Baltimore, Md., May 1. At mid
night last night approximately 160
Baltimore barrooms closed for good,
because of the refusal of the liquor
license board to renew their licenses.
Taking the stand that there were too
many saloons in the city he board
began a crusade of elimination which
touched every section of the city. The
loss in tax revenue will amount to
about S16ll,0(i0.
PROGRAM AT THE ATHENS
TODAY.
VAUDEVILLE.
Blanche Aldrich & Co.
Introducing several character im
piTsoul at i iis, intermingled with ori
ginal songs, (lever il.int i:-g and witty
repartee. This an cxce'lent act a
packed house roundly applauded them
last nigh..
PICTURES.
Our feature pictur1' today is a Bio
graph infilled
"Drink's Lt:re"
Th's is a subject full of heart interest,
showing win re fate prevents a downfall
and removes temptation. None better
than a Biograph.
'Training A Tightwad"
One of Lubins latc -t and best conic
dies. "Wild Man For a Day"
This is also a splendid comedy.
"His Birthday Jacket"
A screamingly funny farce comedy
by Hssany.
This is'a big Friday's bill and will
satisfy most anybody. , ,
Matinee daily at 3:45. 2 shows at ,
night. 1st starts at 8 o'clock 2d at .. 'g'''
9:15. Observe the hours and you wij .
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