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NEWBERN, N. C. SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 17, 1913
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Farm
Life School ' Will
Tour Of , Farm v
"Home In Craven,
WILL
SEE
BOYS AND GIRLS
Wants To i Get In Touch With
Thote Who Will Attend
Farm Life School.
Dr. J. E. Turlington, principal of the
v -Craven County' Farm Life School, has
furnished the Journal with a statement
of some of the facta that he wants
Journal readers, particularly those liv
ia the country, to know: ' He proposes
,10 start soon on a tour of the farms of
the county. He does not expect to go
lo them all but he expects to visit many
of them and to get in as close touch as
possible with the farmers with the view
of getting the school before them and
also of getting in first-hand touch with
-the practical problems which the farm
ing fraternity in Craven has to solve.
' Dr. Turlington's statement, to which
rthe attention of the farmer readers of
the Jouranal is especially directed,
follows :
"I am planning to visit as man'y farm
Jhomes as possible jduring this summer
-with a two-fold purpose. First: In the
interest of the school attempting, to lo
cate and know the boys and girls who
should be in our school duying the sum'
.filing years. Second: In order that I
may visit the farmers at their homes
jand in the fields where I can study the
different soil conditions, methods of
cultivation, fertilization, crops planted,
stock raised, etc.
t i "J wish the farmers' to treat me as a
fellow farmer and we will question each
other about the farm and farm w6rk. I
shall, no doubt, answer many of your
questions by saying 'I don't know,'
for the things that. I'do not know about
farming are much more numerous than
the, things that I do know. Farming
' includes the study of all the laws of
Nature which are the laws of God. It
includes the study of 'the soil, sail life,
soil water, soil air, soil heat, plants
food In the soil and the effect of these on
the various kinds of plant life. The
study of insects, diseases of plants and
animals are also included in farming as
-well as the uses and abuses of fertilizers,
feeds and feeding, and many more prob
lems too numerous to mention.
"Perhaps as we' talk over some of
these problems I may aid you with some
suggestions, and I am sure that I can
learn a great deal from you. I have used
the wooden- plough and plowed with the
ox, but with much more . pleasure, I
have used the sulky plough and riding
cultivators. I am learning -many new
things about farming eVery year from
both' practical farmers and ' men who
spend their time in the laboratories.
JMy policy and1 advice to all,, farmers is
to isee what the most progressive farm
rs are doing and pattern after them as
" 'flinch as'p68&ib!e. It is the methods of
these successful farmers and their wives
that.we shall try to teach the boys and
.-girls who aflend theTarm Life School.
f-':i!.Theyr'wiU alsp'-.tttdy the reasons why
f " ' ihey are successful Ss well as the .reasons
v t"; "t why some of the other methods are not
y:., H b successful. One of the benefits of an
; education ia to reduce the number of
X ' -4ipoaiblcy the making ; of' the ; same inis-
,i r? ; ikes over and over agai . v '; C
"'T-Syfl "To Jthe farmers of graven cdunty
" f: mv twrv'tre helontr and when anv oc-
' 3. casibn arrhef w.liere T can be: of aonje
, . f f itefvice to youdoot hesitate W call on
' ' S,,tne.',yox' c4n Vach ' me by- mail, or
- ;jjpbone at tahceboroNp ;'
, r "A'A . Undoubtedly I cannot visit all the
('' i farmf n the'cotinty thiryear, but I shall
' ' ee "nany of 'ithemx..XKVsvv'' iv' -vV.K-f
, ' A . ! . 4 Letters and q.uestion regarding any
',, i' ; ' phase of farming or; the school, wjll be
' "'y. i V gladly received and answered.' .. 'fyl;!
-' . 'V ,W expect the 'chool to' open' In
' - ' "September and as soon at all the teach
, " ; i -en have been, secured, we will publish
- ,' an outline of the work that we propose
;"' ,v to do.. Suffice Itto say at present, that
: ' instead of Latin and Greek we will have
farnung and. home-making but English
' ' (( ?nd mathematict will receive at much
attention as in other high schools. Hii
' ' tory.rhysics, Chemistry, Botany, Phyt
ical Ct raphy and Physiology will also
le t.ii'iJit." , ; ' '
t ' Tie hrad of the Farm Life School an-
f .; -11 jii toilay's Journal that he Is
; ; cut among the farmers and get in
WILL BE BIGGEST EVER
A' Thousand Firemen Will Attend
. Meet In Wilmington. -
Wilmington, May 16. Capt. James
. McNeil, of Fayetteville, president
of the State Firemen's Association has
returned to his home after a brief visit
here to confer with Chief Charles
Schnibben, of the local fire department,
and a number of prominent citizens rel
ative" to plans for the coming tourna
ment and annual meeting of the firemen
hereon August 11-16. Captain McNeill
stated that heexpected the tournament
to be the biggest ever held in the state.
One thousand firemen will be here.
Plans for the tournament iuclude a
prize list of $1,500 for winning teams,
and this amount will be made up by
Wilmington citizens.
Clarence Hines has moved into the
Vuse corner of Craven and New streets
formerly occupied by Samuel Parsons.
Mr. Hines is one of the dispatchers for
the Norfolk Southern.
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STRUCK BY A MOTORCYCLE
ON CRAVEN STREET YESTER
DAY AFTERNOON
Sarah Elizabeth the eight-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Cutler,
Jr., was run over and painfully injured
late yesterday afternoon by a motor
cycle owned and driven by Will Deppe.
Just previous to the accident the little
girl was sitting on the porch of Mrs.
John Cook, who resides on Craven street
just opposite from the court house. Nat
Street came down the street in an auto
mobile and just oppsite the house his
hat was blown from his head. The little
girl, witnessing the incident, ran out and
recovered the hat and was just in the
act of stepping from behind the auto
mobile to hand Mr. Street his hat when
Mr. Deppe came along.
Just as the little girl stepped from
behind the automobile the motorcycle
struck her and knocked her to the pave
ment. According to M Deppe's state
ment he was running slowly at the time
and this doubtless saved the little girl
from serious if not fatal injury.
Within a few seconds after the acci
dent the victim was picked up and rush
to a physician's office where an exami
nation was made of her injuries. It was
found that her head was bruised, that
her left arm was probably fractured amd
that there were numerous bruises on
other parts of her body but fhe attend
ing physician does not think that there
will be any serious result from these.
During the' past few months there
have ban a number of accidents on
Craven tt.-eet and strange to say each
one has been within a block or two of
the one which occurred yesterday after
noon. Only a few weeks ago D. R.
Davis was knocked from his whed less
than three hundred feec away from the
spot where little Miss Cutler was in
jured and died a few hours later from
the effects of the fall. Less than a block
further up the s rect an automobile was
completely wreckedabout two months
ago, the occupants f ortu nately escaping
injur', and still further up a Mr. Wil
Iiarhs of near Bridgeton was thrown from
lis. wagon and painfully injured. Less
than a year ago. Miss Llda Davis was
thrown from a buggy and killed on the
lower end of this street and only a day
or two ago a lady wrecked her aatomo
bifeon the same street by colliding with
a street car, she.-Jortunately, escaping
touch with thft boys and jrirls who are to
be trie students tne school over wnose
destinies he is to' f resided '..
.:. We are gyre the farmers will give him
. -arm welcomed - They will likewise
appreciate the willirgness of Dr. Tur
lington foftdmit that he cart learn some
thing from the farmers a well as pos
tiblyi tell them something that the
don't,know. 'v'tfi '-!&lr' 'Cs,
- He proposes to be the messenger be
tween the successful farmws and those
who have not succeeded to well and to
be -the means 'of Impressing upon the
latter the wisdom of adopting the meth'
odt that have made possible the success
of the former. : ' i ;,v -
We predict that the head of the Farm
Life School is going to be. very popular
with Craven county farmert and that
his oresence amone them It going to
prove effective In increasing their proa
pcrity and in adding to their happiness
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SUBURB
BEEN Gill 1KB
More Than A Mile Of Six Inch
Pipe To Furnish Ghent
With Water.
HYDRANTS ON EVERY CORNER
Force Of Men Are Now Engaged
In Laying The Sewer
Line. '
More than a mile of six-inch water
pipe has been laid in Ghent, and yester
day the water was turned on. This line
extends to Ghent Park and will furnish
the water' for that place. 'Hydrants are
to be placed on every corner in the res
idential section of the su Imrb and a force
of nien are now engaged in making ex
cavations for the sewer.
The flooring is now being placed in
the casino which is being erected at the
park and this will be completed within
a few days and in readiness for the open
ing. The flooring is polished maple and:
is exceedingly pretty as well as durable.
n he casino will be a bowling alley, rest
rooms for ladies, a section for the moving
picture exhibitions and also for the re
freshments stands. ,
The music which will be one of the
attractions at the park will be f urhished
by a mammoth electric orchestra of
twenty-six pieces. This orchestra is
similar to the ones used at Coney Island
and Atlantic City.
The merry-go-rcund has arrived and
been placed in position and other amuse
ment features are expected to arrive at
any time, liie opening ot the park will
be held as soon as everything can be got
in readiness for such a momentous oc
casion, probably within the next two
weeks, the exact date to be announced
several days previous.
The young man who professes a will
inghess to die for a girl before marriage
may live to wish that he had."
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ARE SACRIFICED
MOTHERS TOLD THIS IS THE
ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO PA
RENTAL IGNORANCE.
Boston, May 16. "Three hundred
thousand babies a year is the sacrifice
laid on the alter of parental ignorance
said Mrs. Frederic Schoff, of Philad
phia, president ot the iNauomu t on-
cress ot Mothers and farent teacher
Association, in her opening address at
the seventeenth annual meeting; of thi
cbngresS, which began yesterday.
Proper education of mother an
fathers would save more than 60 pcr
qent- ot this mlant sacrifice, Mrs Nrhott
estimated.
"At the root of the white slave iraffic
and the social evil, the speaker said,
"is the absolute neglect of parents to
educate their children in the lav.s ov
erning the life and proper tire their
God-given functions. The present con
dition is but the result one can properly
expect from such neglect."
In referring to & need for a change
in tlje administration of justice in the
cases of the wayward and erring child
ren, Mrs. Schoff said:
"The sacrifice of infant lives is nothing
in comparison: to the sacrifice of child
ren to i ;IifeoP crime by mistaken
method of dealing with child offenders."
She added that "inefficient homes are
largely -responsible for bringing child
ren into fne courts."
DEATH OF MRS. EMMA HOUSE.
,'Mrt. Emma House, widow of the late
Dr. j. T. House, died of pneumonia at
7 o'clock yesterday morning at the fam
ily residence at Bellair, aged '5 yeart.
The funeral will take" place at Beech
Grove Methodist church this morning
at 10 o'clock, the burial following at the
family burying ground. Mrs. - House
leaves three children, J. T. House, E.
E House, and' Mrs. May Mcllwalne all
of Bellair,- She' alto leaves a- brother,
Joseph May,, who livet ?near ' Grjfton.
y
. Clem Hooker left last evening for a
J business visit la Pamlico county..
300.000
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DELEGATES fltlif I
TO THEIR HOMES
Participants In Methodist Con
ference At Morehead City
Conclude Work.
NEXT MEETING AT GRIFTON
T.
C. Etheridge Of This City
Was Elected As Lay
Leader Of This District.
The Conference of the New Bern
District Methodist church which has
been in progress at Morehead City since
Wednesday morning, practically came
to a close yesterday, and the majority
of the visiting delegates returned to
their homes yesterday afternoon.
The conference was one of the most
successful ever held in the district. The
attendance was very gratifying and
much enthusiasm was manifested. The
people of Morehead City excelled them
selves in entertaining the visitors and
nothing but words of praise of their
hospitality were heard.
One of the main features of the con
ference were the early morning sermons
delivered each morning at 6:30 o'clock
by Rev. A. D. Wilcox of Louisburg.
Rev. Mr. Wilcox is a speaker of rare
ability and his discourses were both in
structive and interesting.
The greater portion of yesterday's
session was taken up with the election
of officers and other business. G. V.
Richardson of Dover, A. G. Coward of
Grifton, C. S. Wallace of Morehead
City and E. A. Stephenson of Goldsboro
were elected as delegates to the annual
conference to be held at Oxford.
T. C. Etheridge of this city was elect
ed Lay Leader of this district.
The next conference of the New Bern
District will be held at Grifton.
The conference will come to a close
Sunday morning and the few delegates
who have remained over until that time
will return home that afternoon.
A
BUT DIDN'T RUN
INSTEAD MISS SEBRA GRIFFIN
DISPATCHED THE REPTILE
WITH A PIECE OF TIMBER.
The theory that all females are mor
tally atraid ot snakes and will lose no
tinie in leaving a locality in which they
are known to be existing was shattered
by an incident which occurred in thi
city yesterday morning.
Just after leaving her home on N'unn
street, preparing to go to the New Bern
Produce Company's store on Broad
street where s-he is e m joy .cd.. Miss Sebra
Griffin discovered a large moccasin
coiled up in the road.
Now, Miss Griffin does not di-nv the
lact that she was lrightened. lo see
one ot these hideous reptiles in close
proximity is enough lo frighten any one,
but she eot a h;;II-ne.soa on her nerve
and proceeded to hand his slinakesip a
few well deserved wallops with a piece
of timber which fortunately was near at
hand.
Miss Griffin is of the type known as
the "athletic girl" and but a few seconds
Lelapsed before the intruding reptile had
breathed its last and passed into the
great beyond. Although dispatching
full-grown moccasins is not an every
day clearance with Miss Griffin she was
hot very much elated over the experi
ence and was very modest in telling
Ubout the affair in which she played the
leading role.
STREET CAR COLLIDES WITH
A DRAY.
. Shortly before noon yesterday, car
No 6 of the New Bern Ghent Street
Railway Company with Conductor
Gwaltney in charge, collided with
dray near the Gaston Hotel on South
Front street. . The vehicle was ttanding
near the track at the time the street car
hove in view and the driver, becoming
excited, drove the' dray right on the
track in front of the approaching car,
Conductor Gwaltney threw on the emer
gency brake and thut saved the dray
from being badly smashed up, : Neither
driver nor horse wat Injured. "V-v
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AGED CITIZEN DIES.
David W. Howland Succumba To
Complication Of Diseases.
After suffering for several days with
a complication of diseases, David How-
land died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. J. H. Russell, No. 10 Graves street,
yesterday afternoon, aged seventy-two
years.
The remains will be taken to Bel
grade this morning and interred in the
family burying ground about two miles
from that place. The deceased is sur
vived only by his daughter.
EDWARD CLARK UNDERCOES
AN OPERATION.
A telegram received here yesterday
fternoon contained the information
hat Edward Clark who was taken to
St. Luke's hospital at Richmond, Va.,
Thursday afternoon to be operated
upon for appendicitis and a complica-
ion of diseases, had undergone the ope
ration and was resting easily.
S CLUB 10
KEEP A RECORD
WILL RECORD ALL INTEREST
ING EVENTS AS THEY
OCCUR.
(Prepared for the Journal)
The .Woman's Club held a
final called meeting Thursday
May 15th at 4:30 p. m. The chief
business of the club at this meeting was
he settling of the affairs of the Federa
tion. The chairman of the various
committees made reports of their work
with bills attached, and the whole
work was most gratifying in its com
pleteness and thoroughness.
The club expressed its thanks and
appreciation for the many kindnesses
offered by our home people, both in
and out of the club. But for this gen
erous co-operation of our town people
we could not have scored so grand a
success as hostess club. The manv
letters read at this meeting from visit
ing delegates who were with us last
week all testified to an unparalled hos
pitality, and their deep appreciation
fully repays us for all we did for their
pleasure and comfort.
The Club feels strengthened and
broadened for having had this great
assemblage to meet with us, and is in
spired to greater work for the coming
year.
The Club sustained its record of
having new members presented at every
meeting by welcoming into the Club
Mrs. J. K. Hollowell.
As the Club grows in strength and
influence, it is desired that a record
be kept of the work, and to this end
the Corresponding Secretary was au
thorized to keep a "Scrap Book", so
that as the Club makes history it can
be preserved.
l'ue Club received for distribution
a package of circulars from the Dallas,
Texas Club in the interest o( the cotton
growers, t neir wives and daughters,
and at the request of our sister club we
are having published a circular letter
to the cotton growers, and we hope
every one will read this article and bring
1 to the notice of as many fanner folk
is they can reach.
At a business meeting of the f edera
tion our State President, Mrs. Cotton
urged rural betterment in all its phases
upon us, and stated that to her mind
thij was the greatest work of woman's
clubs in our State, and we can help in
no better way than is suggested by the
Dallas Club.
After a thorough review of our Fed
eration expenses and a plan mapped out
to liquidate all indebtedness, the Club
adjourned.
MATTIE W. MOORE,
Corresponding Secretary.
E. B. HACBURNMAKES IMPROVE
MENTS AT HIS STORES.
E. B. Hackburn has placed screen
doors at the entrance and exit of both
his stores on Pollock streets Mr. Hack
burn is a firm believer in the teachings
of scientists who say that the house fly
is one of civilization's worst pests and
it doing his best to keep these little
inseatt from his placet of business. A
store that'is screened is always cool and
hai that clean look which goet a long
way toward attracting the attention of
the discriminating cuttomer.
Arthur F. Midyett returned last even
ing to Oriental after ft thort visit here.
iMAN
CAPT. N; IK. JONES
LOSES RIS SUIT
Vanceboro Steamboat Company
Gett Verdict Against Him
For $1,200 Dollars
WAS ON A SURETY BOND
Agreed To Keep River Steamer
In Repair And Free
From AH Liens.
The most interesting rase disposed of
at yesterday's session of Craven county
Superior Court was that of Jones vs.
tht Va ireboro Steamboat Company. In
tl is case the plaintiff, Capt. N. W. Jones
of this city, who was represented by A.
D. Ward, was asking to be relieved of
a surety bond of $2000 which he was on
to keep the river steamer Carolina in
repair and free from liens.
The defendant company, which is
composed of J. 1!. Harvey, Mac Rae
Dinkins and D. R. Warren of Vance
boro who were represented by R. A.
N'unn, D. L. Ward and Moore and Dunn
put in a counter claim and asked that
a verdict compelling Captain Jones to
make good this surety of 2,000 be ren
dered. The case was long drawn out, a num
ber of witnesses being placed on the
stand and the attorneys taking up con
siderable time with their arguments.
The case was given to the jury late yes
terday afternoon and after being out
a short time they returned a verdict in
favor of the .defendants but cut the a
mount down from S2,0()0 to $1,200.
In the case of Hartley vs. the Nor
folk Southern Railway Company, in
which the plaint ill was suing for dam
ages in the sum of $(()U which he claimed
was done to his timber when it was set
afire by one of the defendant company's
locomotives, the jury returned a verdict
in favor of the plaintiff but decided that
the property damaged was not worth
600 and accordingly cut the amount
down to $225.
Today is the last of a two weeks' ses
sion of Craven county Superior Court
and the greater part of the session will
be taken up with the disposal of the
motion docket.
Mr. M. B. I'axson of West Chester,
Pa., who has been spending several
days in the city, a guest at the Gaston,
Hotel, leaves this morning for Charles
ton, S. C.
PKOGKAM AT THE ATHENS TO
DAY. Kalcm's sensational 2 reel feature
pictures Thrilling and dramatic, en
tilled: "The Last Blockhouse"
Synopsis: A parly of emigrants are
on the trail wcl. They have reached
the final out post and Captain Steel and
hist roop have bid I hem gi mil-bye. Crow
a renegade hall-breed, and hi. tribe try
to make friends with the settlers. The
head of the redim-ii i- enamored with
)nl. She very quickly ' gives him to
undersland thai In- i- obnoxious lo her.
1 n retaliat ion I he I ndians are incil ed by
Crow toattacklhc whites. The red men
set the blockhouse on lire. The flames
reach the magazine and the blockhouse
is destroyed. Some of the party have
left the building before the explosion,
among those are Dot. She is seized and
carried away by Crow.
Jack crawls out of the wreckage and
goes to tind Jim, who ha ridden out in
to the forest to make a clearing. Jack
finally manages to reach the husband of
Dot, who immediately ri les back to the
fort. The troops are assembled and go
to find the redmen. Jim is with them.
As the issue is joined he sees Crow put
Dot on the back of a horse and try to
escape. He pursues and overtakes them.
There is a sharp combat. Jim is the vic
tor. "The Caprice of the King"
This historical picture depicts an ep
isode in the life of Louis XIV. King of
FVance, and is very interesting as well
as edifying.
VAUDEVILLE
Freeman and Fitke
Refined comedy singing and talking. .
New and original jokes latest tonga.
This act will certainly amuse you. "
Matinee daily at 3:45. 2 thowt ftt
night, ltt starts at'8 o'clock. 2nd im
mediately after ltt, or about ,9:15
o'clock. If you will observe the hours
and come either to ltt or 2nd show,
you will always get a desirable tcaU
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