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iliiii'Siitt r .' v VOL.LXII.No. 81 - Th Weather: ,, , fata. - NEW BERN, N. C. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1913 THREE CENTS PER COPY. V f ''.I':'. ' ... :!.;. '"'V;- ... .. ' :'7 Coed-Sized Portion of Busi ness Section Burned Yes terday Afternoon F13E OPJGINATEO IN COLORED HESUn at Damage Estimated From tif ty to Sixty Thou sand Dollars CBy Long Distance Telephone.) 1'ields, May 2. Fire which origi nated in a restaurant located in the j business part of town completely de stroyed a section of that part of La Grange this afternoon and caused damage which is estimated at be tween fifty and sixty thousand dol lars. The fire v originated in a small building in the middle of one of the rnaia business blocks and which was occupied by a restaurant. When first- discovered the blaze could have 3eca extinguished and the disastrous fire which followed might have been averted. However, there was some elay and before the fire company arrived on the' scene, this building m-aa in a mas of flames. From the Jrailding occupied by the restaurant tie flames sprang to an adjacent structure which was used as a bar ter snop and this was soon laid in "waste. From this building the blaze .swept into R. J. Creech's general merchandise store, destroying that aad the following also: Mewborn Jewelry store, A. W. Kennedy's gro-ea3-y store, Walter Wilson's grocery store, three colored restaurants, J. IV Joyner's blacksmith shop, the Worfoli Southern passenger station and ticket office, Milton Hardy's gro cery store. Across the street con siderable damage was done to the JbuUding of the Rouse Banking Com pany, Barwick's grocery store and "Wowtea & Kinsey's furniture store. Tim nrosress of the flames was rapid owing to the fact that a high -wind was blowing at the time and ,tte merchants had but little time to Ht any of tSe Roods from . their places of business. However, they succeeded in getting out some of the foods and these were placed just atTTm the street, presumably at a point where the flames could not rvfeb them, but sparks and burning erasers were nymg in every uubc Una and within a short time the fire jbad spread to these and much of the Coods whtcn had .been taken from tna tonraed buildings were: also de- , ' etroyed. s i The eastbourid train in charge) of J ' Conductor "William Hinnant and En Slmer Jack Neal arrived at LaGrange ' "before the fire had gained good ' tead-way and the train crew at once egan to save the Norfolk Southern '' V Tasilway Companys property. Fif teen 'box'c'a.rfl were, pulled out of .' 3Mrger and the; Contents of the pas . ensr .depot were taken on the - ' -v ' vr.Tt toeethor ' with much of the r- XttrdtifrX in the warehouse and carrl- to Tailing Creek. The passenger ' rt.tftra owned by tho Morfolk South - - : ;rVtlaUway .' Company was burned ;::v,;.ii4o"'tTie''rground,.S1'" Several times the V; . - Vr'utwarehOuse Ignited fromtlie r, t 3iymg embers , du eacn time wv :r . j. iiap -was exu There was a scarcity of water and tts, small Jre comcany assisted fey "?.c'k citizens Wnd the train crew se- " ft ntea i mttcn or tne water, irom me "i 4mlt tit fhis Innnrnntlvii attafihed "to ;'';'j:":;f:v4haBtbound ,trainl'Thls was' used w " ' "" V.n fishtlng -the flrd near-.tfie depot , ! -; ''Ci '; ?an -which courai hejeached with the y.v Tb . Harper H6tel ls 'located adfl tjacert to the: buildings ."destroyed, bjn :fim and It, was thought several times ".dial, this ' wouid W destroyed" but V 30n?pToof shutters- haf a recontly been pTaocal on this building and they iav- ved it from destruction. The' tele- plsono exchange , was located In, this JitjUdlng but , all the' wires -.wre . ftarned down and tonight the town ESIRiTI FI ISSUED UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Accident to Monotype Causes Trou ble in Journal Office. Tbis issue of the Journal was is sued under difficulties owing to the breaking down last night of the mon otype machine which is used in set ting the typo for the paper. Only one machine is used In "setting up" the Journal and when this gets out of commission things take on a seri- i ous aspect. I I Owen G. Dunn, editor and proprie ' tor of The Sun, kindly offered the use of one of his Linotype machines and with the assistance of I. W. Med- lin, an Expert Linotype operator, the material for the paper was put in type. The management of the Jour nal wishes to thank Mr. Dunn and Mr. Medlin for their timely assis tance. The Journal's Monotype machine w'U be repaired and in commission by Monday and until then we crave the indulgence of the patrons of the paper. DELIVER LIQUOR T MANAGER TAYLOR TO RELIEVE CONGESTION AT FRONT OF OFFICE. Manager Tayior of. the Southern Express Company announces that as soon as the repairs to the company's local offices have been made, the same having been made necessary by the recent fire, arrangements will be ihade to stop the delivery of liquor and the sale of liquor money orders at the front of the building and to transact all this business at the rear. When this arrangement goes into effect, persons desiring to purchase liquor money orders or to procure liquor shipped to them will go down the alley to the rear entrance and get waited on there. Mr. Taylor states that this will be done In order to relieve the conges tion at the front of the office. has no communication with the out side world. The last disastrous Are occurred just across the street from the. one which took place this afternoon. On that site several new brick buildings, including the bank have been erect ed. In these structures, so fierce -ves the heat from the burning build ings, the big plate 'glass windows were cracked p.nd several times it was thought that in spite of all that could be don the fire would extend to that side of the street but fortu nately this did not occur. Spaiks pnd burning embers were carried over the entire town by the h'gh wind and many ;h 30ns living in the vicinity of the blaze moved their effects out of their homes, ex pecting that the entire town would be ; destroyed and according to the statement of an eye 'witness, pande monium, reigned supreme for more then two hours. r At the Norfolk Southern,' Raihvay compsny s aepoi tne agent ana tne crew of the eastbound train;' which remained there for more than an hour, succeeded Ik removing the greater part of the furnishings, fix tures; etc.; and buWew of the tick ets." records or books were jfost.s This la, the thl'ril tim that this corapnny has been a victim o( flre,durlng:the past two months, the depot Dover being' destroyed a few weeks ago and a 'freight jurarehouse '."at VGoldsboro being: a.' preyf: to' flames si' tew .days iater.;-vi:;::Ae"wy 7 v. The damage is covered by some' In suranca,,' Just how "much , ' Is jot known, but' the actual I6ss! 'llMn all probability be jmbre than twenty- :.i.v' u oooe SCHOOL PARADE THE CITY More Than Eight Hundreil I'upil Pailie ijiate In Spectacular 1'asjeunt. MARCHERS CARRIED BANNERS. Object Was to Show Voters What Pupils Think of Proposed Bond Issue. The parade given yesterday at noon by the pupils of the New Bern Public School was one of the most spectacular events of its kind ever witnessed in New Bern. More than eight hundred pupils of the school participated in this pageant and sev eral thousand people viewed the pro cession. For several days the pupils of the school and the teachers have been preparing for th's event and as the time grew near for the big event the more exuberant grew the enthusi asm of those who were to participate in the event. The chief object o! the parade was to show the voters of the city who will on next Taosday vote on the proposed bond election for the improvement and enlarge ment of the schools just how many pupils were in the school and also what these pupils thiiik of this pro posed bond issue. A large number of children had prepared banners to be in the parade on which were inscribed ap propriate insci iptions relative to the bo;;d issue. It is doubtful if there has ever in the city of New Bern b?en seen so many banners in one procession and that they attracted attention there is not the least doubt. Among the many other inscriptions an the vniious banners wore the fol lowing: "Give us a building and we will do the rest." "Give me elbow room." "What can a child do without an education." "You anti-bondists set our goat." "We want what we want when we want it." "Give me a desk to sit on." "The heaviest tax ignorance." "The test investment education." "The savages pay no taxes are you a savage?" These and numerous other inscrip tions were seen and each and every one was right to the point. The parade formed on the school cam pus and from there the line of march extended to George street. Down George street to Pollock went the marchers and at the corner of Mid dle a turn was made and the pro cesion wound down to South Front and from there to Craven and up that street to Graves. From Graves the marchers went again to Middle and came down to Broad where they turned to the left and want to Han cock and from there back to the school campus. All alorg the lino of marr'i were interested spectators and t'.e pai ticipants in the parade rece' ed fre (jrent applause from the adherents of the proposed bond i?ui ". That the pupils enjeyrd their y.'st in the parade there )-? rot tVo ! m: doubt and the showlus they ni:ul. .vas in deed a creditable one and c::t! which will not soon be forgotten. WASHINGTON MAN DIED THURSDAY NIGHT. News was received in this city yes terday morning of the death on the previous night at his home in Wash ington of J. W. Brabble. Mr. Brab ble, jvhp was oneof Washington's most estimable citizens, was well known in this city. Index to New Advertisements P.iirrim JB- Co.; Labor Ravine Cole planters and distributors. n ' Sam , Llpman Our- guiding ambi- ' . National Bank of New Bern There Is not a farmer in this sectioril who should not have a bank account. 'l New Bertt'ttnnklhg & TrusCo. Permanent service. t yO'..-' ,-VJ M. Mitchell Co.- Fancy 'Jac- duard wulards . 7 , i . liiard irittUrdK! ;.";.'; V V -'..v-.. y; , - "-"-'., . - ' .." '''.', REFUSES TO TALK T IRRi But Miss 'reel) A Margaret Wilso'n About Svhool Hniis s SM'iaJ (Ynte's. ENTHUSIASTIC OVER PLANS. Has Some Pronounced I dens As To the Things School Children Should le Taught. New York, May 2. Miss Margaret Wilson, eldest daughter of the Pres ident, explained before taking the train for Washington what she had learned about the social centre move ment in this city. "It will really be useless to ask about my views on marriage and so ciety," she said. "Since I have been in New York I have been besieged by newspaper writers who have want ed to know if I thought early marri ages were a success, what income was suflicient to marry on and how much a woman's wardrobe 1 cost her. At present I am ivit ested in marriage." "There are just three thi- y Merest me this morning," - -ed Miss Wilson with a fa ! si npcl out the essential issue ihy of her father. "They are hould luier- -. that if-n ii y for wor ill re lated. I have just been talking to a (riend of Governor Sulzer, who ".'. h the Governor is soing to stump ilie si IiooUkiuF'.'s ie the State in his fight for (he passage of the Primary hl. That is splendid! It is right that the sclioolhouses should be used as meeting places. In fact, it is this ase of the sclioolhouses as a centre for the community that undeilies the principle of all social centre work. When the school drops its dry peda gogy and its isolation from all lhc practical interests of life it may he of more service to the city. "This use of the schoolhouse for political meetings, which Mr. Sulzer proposes, will be more of a step to ward the realization of the ideals of the social centre movement than any thing that has yet bsen accomplished. "The second matter," continued Miss Wilson, "is the attitude toward the investigation which has been car ried on by Professor iianus. Opin ions voiced at a dinner to Mr. Hanus last night showed there is a very prevalent misunderstanding about Mr. Hanus' criticism of the schools of this city. Anyone might think the schools of other cities had attained the highest ideal of perfection, and that the New York schools alone were deficient. All schools need a general legeneration, which will come from the working out of the social Idea. At present school children are taught subjects which are not of the slightest practical use to them, and they are taught in a manner that does not develop them. Knowledge is poured into (hem, but (hey are not taught to produce anything. All their real interests are outside of school, simp'y h'c; -i-fc the school doesn't connect i(?clf with anvthing useful or recre-itivp. The school is the logical ceit:e for the social life of the community." Miss Wilson paused. . ''What is-the third matter in which you are interested?" ashed the re porter. " "In catching my train," laughed the President's daughter. UNVEILING EXERCISES SUNDAY NOT SATURDAY. The unveiling exercises by the Bridgeton camp of the Woodmen of the World will be held on Sunday May 18, and not on Saturday as was stated in the Bridgeton correspond ence a few days ago. "We regard the unveiling of monuments to our departed comrades as one or our most sacred duties, perfectly in keep Ling with the highest conception of the right way of observing the Sab bath, and such exercises are invari ably held on Sunday," said a leading member of the Bridgeton camp yes terday. 'The government wilj hardly go so far as not to join California in its YVoridV fair project. ' -. ..... , :vVi,;.;'i'i(-.'. ..-fv - : MASS MEETING 5E IS LIKES PEPSI-COLA. Cuban Citizen Wants to Buttle Pe licious Beverage. tfoods .laced on the market by i are known but ail over timber inan- New Hern manufacturer not only in this country the world. Frequently ufactured in local mills is shipped to European ports and occasionally to other countries. However, New Bern lumber is not the oniy thing that is eainint: a world-vide reputation. Yesterday tl1? Pepsi-Cola Company received a letter from a citizen of Cuba in which the writer stated that he had sampled this delicious beverage and had found it thoroughly satisfactory in every way and wanted to begin bottling it in that country. One of the chief reasons that the wares of local manufacturers are so widely known is that the makeis be lieve in advertising and letting (he public know what they have (o sell. The New Hern manufacturers and merchants believe in advertising and consequently there is no dull season:-' with them and they at all times have a demand lor their yoods. F ONE WEEK TEI!M CO( LIDKI) AM) COCItT OF IJEITKN NOME. 'JTESOAY i'K'liliS After having been in session since Tuesday the term of Federal Court for this district which was convened here on that day with Judge ii. (',. Connor of Wilson presiding, came to a close yesterday afternoon and Judge Connor and the other visiting court ofheers left yesterday after noon for their respective homes. This term was originally intended to be a two weeks' term, one week to be devoted to the criminal cases and the second week to be consumed in the hearing of the civil actions but owing to the fact that it is necessary for Judge Connor to be in Richmond, Va., next Monday morning, the term was shortened to one week. The criminal docket was conclud ed yesterday morning by the dispos al of a few minor matters and during the remainder of the day a few civil and admiralty actions were disposed of. Three men were sentenced to serve terms in the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., during the week and these left yesterday afternoon in the custody of an officer for this prison. Five men were sentenced to terms in the Craven county jail and these be gan their terms yesterday. COVE CITY MAX l.Kol (.111 1IEKE FOK TKK.miENT T. R. Lane, whose home Is at rove Citv, was brought to New Hern ves- terday afternoon and placed in Stew art's sanitorium for treatment. Mr. Lane is suffering with a complication of diseases and has been ill for some time. His condition is serious and grave fears are entertained for his recovery. l FROG LEGS IS COMMON DI I" T. j j Bureau Would Make Them Or dinary As Bacon And Ks. VVashinglon, May 2. Frog's leg' may become as ordinary a dish as bacon and eggs i( the I'nilcd Slates Bureau of Fisheries succeeds in pro pagating the scheme with which it has just started to experiment. At the bureau's hatchery at Edcnton near the western Albemarle Soiim!, North Carolina, efforts arc being made this spring for the first time to discover how frogs may be propagated rapidly. .There is much territory in North Caralina, Virginia and Maryland, asl well as in some other States, where, I in ithe opinion of fish experts, frogs ' Bhould thrive and become so olentiful in the course of a few years that they would become articles of common diet. EDERAL COURT GOES 10 CLOSE AI COURT ILL ATTENDED Fully One Thousand Men! M Women and Children Hear the Speakers PROMINENT CITIZENS FAVOR ISSUING $20,000 IN BONDS Col. J. A. Bryan Favors School Improvements But not Bond Issue Fuily one thousand men, women and children attended the mass meet ing held at the court house last night in the interest of the proposed bond issue for the enlargement and ini Iro em.ent of the public schools of the city. Never before has th'-re- been such a spi-it of enthusiasm manifested in any one project as was manifested at last iit's meeting in this pro posed election and time and again t!ie vast auditorium rang with the cheers of the huadruis of spectators who were intcn; !y tailing in every word uttetcd by !he rakers. The in' t tin.!: v ;k presided over by T. . (in Tr.'ste. iOOis. I of thi I-!' s;.i. of the Hoard s rf 11,. Mr. inert v. in Grade;! 'il the ob ".!.' a slioi t is.ue and Sc no Hi. bond ni-i-i tali tavor of ai'ii telling of schools. Following Mr. and ins! riicl ivr I ds (,r the Gre.-: interest in? ilks ".err made bv U. A. N'u mi, A T. G. llyman, 1). Ward. I,. I. Moore, C. Ii. Mradham, Rev. H. F. Haske, Wm. Charles !.. Siew-ns, ley. Rev. .1. X. II. i as l)i;l, Rev. II. Dunn, Jr., Mrs. i:.'V. J. is. Hur iiiiini"i eil, Mar A. Mrrfeld. Dr. l.einster buffy, .1. I!. lades and S. M. Rrinson. Each of these ladies and gentle men told of the present inedicient facilities of the school and urged tjfn voters (o cast their ballot in favor of the bonds and improving the schools. Col. James A. Bryan made a talk in which he said that he was in favor of improving the schools and giving the children of New Hern a better opportunity of getting an education but that he was not in favor of a bond issue and would be willing to be one of twenty-five to give fifteen thousand dollars to be used in im proving and enlarging the schools. Several other gentlemen also agreed to give as much as Colonel Bryan for this cause. The meeting consumed more than two hours but (here was not a dull minute during the entire time. Judge II. G. Connor left last even ing for his home at Wilson after pre siding over a term of Federal Court in this city. PROGRAM AT THE DAY. ATHENS TO- We have a big two reel Yitagraph feature picture today entitled "The iiciini o of Dainnil," or (wo I'oi I nuts. Th'!-. s) h ndid production shows the vengeance which Durand nurtur ed for another, rulers h's o.vn soul !'u' U( wli'c'a he sharpened with jealouay and li-'tnd aad placed in his daughter's h url, is turned ligainst him, and In- reaps merited punishment. "Pat lie Wee My." 1 hi:: is a recent release and shows many interesting moving pictures of I evemtH all over the world, including the founding of the Steamship Alca zar from Trinidad near Beaufort. YAl'DEYILLE. Blanche Aldilch .V Co. Introducing several character Im personations, intermingled with ori ginal songs, clever dancing and wlt- 'cpartoe. A very amusing a. Matinee daily at 3:45. Two shows at First starts at 8 o'clock; second at 9:15. Observe the hourt i and you will not have to wait tor 'a desirable seat. I 1 ! tu (t-. - --. "- :' (!-.-: V,'.
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