. , " ' ' -- " 'S . . . .i , v . YOL.JLXIL No. 105 The Wetber: FAIR - NEW BERN, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 31, W13 THREE CENTS PER COPY jv v r t' (I t V-4 - t iEiiiieiyn Etiiisiisiic out Important Meeting Chamber Commerce Was Held ;' Last Night. Of MANY MATTERS DISCUSSED Various Committees .Make Some Very Interesting Re ports. The meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held at the1 Court House last night was one of the most import ant held during the year. Unfortunate- ly business kept many of the members away from the meeting but what was lacking in numbers was more than made up "for in enthusiasm. This meeting was held mainly for the puropse of hearing the reports of the chairmen of the various com- mittees appointed some time ago and I incidently to discuss the just freight movement. The 'first report was made by C. D. Bradham, chairman of the Ad vertisine Committee. This committee is now engaged in getting up a booklet -which is to be distributed over the North and West and "which- will ad vertise this section. Mr. Bradhan told in a brief way of the work which had been accomplished by reading the matter which has been prepared for the booklet. Following this there was some dis cussion in regard to the shape in which this booklet is to be gotten up. A few of . the members were of the opinion that it would be advisable to make) two booklets and divide the matter, This plan met with but little favor, however, but upon motion it was de- cided to leave the matter in the hands of the committee anti let them do.as they saw fit about it. t W. W Griffin, chairman of the Mem- bership Committee, made a report on . ... i l If! I the work: wnicn nas oeen accompnsnea by this committee since its organiza-1 tion. He-stated that at a recent meet- ing they had inaugurated a campaign for new members and had secured iffhteen. Eitfht of these have dropped out, but one new member, C. E. Hooker, 9 " - I was added last night. W. C. Rodney, chairman of the Fi- nance and House committee made a report in which h&explained to the mem bers of the organization how much money had been received and expended since the last meeting. According to Mr. Rodney's report there is now about tow hundred dollars in the treasury and the organization is out of debt. The report of the Retail Extension Committee of which Charles Coplonlago. The school was so fortunate as is chairman was next made., Mr. Coplon told of the success this com - mittee had in inducing the dry goods merchants to close their, stores at o'clock p .m. and also told, of the many benefits derived from the "Merchants Week held some time ago."-' " E.t M. Green, chairman of he fa- dlities and service division of the Trans - portaaion Committee, made a short but; interesting Report of the work Inni bv thin committee. Mr. Green atatedhat they had induced, the offici - als of the Dover ,& Southbound Rail- m,Av .C6mn&v.: to , ake' chanees in their 4schedulev which would 1 benefit Kam iWn.- iind also remedied the con- J f1 tit!nn exktintr a few weeks aeo whereby ,1 -', the N-Norfplkv Southern f night .train !' ' failed to ake connection with tne train frbm th North at Goldsboro and thus .t i...-,!.:' Ai...; .t m. .' . ut ,;i.Vu ' r5 rt ,:,. ,. 1 , - , ,1'lliau IWfw ,,., - (' ' ii ( . ' ' " "- rkarlo P Thnma hmnirkt nn ! nun, vwi .,,......-. ........ .r the matter of the Inadequate service -;;T .now being given the people of New Bern r by , the Norfolk Southern' Railway T..: - ... - . , Company in the matter oi tne present cneauic iwiwceu vhiilcuuiu miu win city. With the present . schedule the .. t 1. ,. r"t"v""v nAAM A wnn r (1 tii . 11 .t . i mm vanrp mm have only a short time to spend in the city and the majority ot them are now going 10 ivaBiuuKiuu w uu iirc Ing. . This matter war finally referred to the Transportation Committee for investigation.; . "..:;.; f.-, ad Water Transportation Committee told of the trip made by that committee lo Wilmington for the purpossuof con- f I ! ' lth tl.c offici.-Ji of the Atlantic t Line It.Hlwsv Company relative GOT -OVER MERCURY POISON Bicarbonate Of Soda Solution Saved Detroit Engineer. Detroit, May 30. Thomas McCabe, a Uetroit engineer, who swallowed 10 drams of bichloride of mercury a week ago, has recovered. A solution of bicarbonate of soda, injected into his veins by Dr. Andrew T. Sherman, saved the life of the en- K'rieer. who took the poison because B. Sanders Walker ,of Macon, Ga., said death from its effects was painless. "I believe if bicarbonate of soda is used in such cases a large percentage of them will be saved," said .Dr. Sher man. "The injections can be made in any vein. I made eight punctures in all, the injections, being given every five or six hours. Fourteen drams of becarbonate of soda in three pints of 1 "normal water' solution was used. The thing of most importance in administering the treatment is to be certain the solution is absolutely asep- tic, otherwise the patient would be killed by it." After swallowing the poison and suf- fering intense agony McCabe decided he wanted to live and aided the physi- cian in every way possible. IS THIGH CRUSHED YESTERDAY WHILE COUPLING CARS ON ROPER ROAD. fc,. J. Watson ot Kiverdale, engineer on one of the locomotives of the Roper Lumber Company, was seriously in- jured yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o clock at Barr s biding, near River- dale. He was coupling some log cars and in some way was caught between them, his left thigh being badly crushed, The Roper Company quickly rigged J TL T" T LI up a special train ana witn ut. josepn F. Patterson on board sent down for the injured man. He was brought to the city and carried to Stewart s san- 1 itarium. Drs. Patterson and Jones there made a careful examination of I the injuries I It is thought very probable that am- putation of the leg will be necessary, Final decision of this will be made this morning. INVITATIONS RECEIVED Invitations to the commencement of the East Carolina Teachers Train ing School have- been received here The full program of the commencement I was printed in the Journal a few days to get Bishop Collins Denny of Rich- 1 mond to preach the commencement I sermon, the hour and date for which will be 11 a. m". Sunday, June 8 I .The .Worth Orchestra, which has recently located here has been engaged to furnish the music for the com 1 mencement of the East Carolina Teach I ers Training School BADLY MB I of conferences -with the officials of thelComoanv. one of theJargest firms for 1 Norfolk Southern, Railway Company in which this company was urged to rive New Bern a throueh train to Nor- 1 folki ; "This,"' said , Mr. Blades, "has 1 not been done un to the Dresent tinft. I but ''the comoanv: may see their way clear, (o accede to our request lon.7 MrHla,o;es also told ot tne tramc I now being,. done by, the water route. n.ii- .. .' ..uu,:i9t ik.twA K nrw and Nnrfolk ' and ivin" .'v- . I Rolfimrtr And thi Im nrnvlno nt ffrMt ..... ... ... , m m advanto manufacturers.- - I ."The Just Freight" movement, which i - . . - Kr . J' is being agitated an pver wortn uaro- i una iubv jt mm umc, vauio uu ivi vwu- sideration. . Several of the : memb I . it. TLZ - ' vnanf. innrr ihmii un iiiim ii.ii.Tt:. . 1 1 general concensus of opinion was that New Bern is now getting a very fair I iibkv u mov ,ui UD "c best .to -let, the towns, in the central land western part o the State fight itw oiatfrut witD.tbe railroads, , matter might be mor fully W I tigated, a comrtut tee composed of, G. Hyman, Charles K. Thomas, '.E M. Green, C. p. Bradham and James A. Bryan was Appointed to co-operate h the 1 hanibcr or t-ormticrco in '. : t tii:tt. r a- 1 to make ARAPAHOE EN IK BOUND OIEI Noah Lee and Sbeppard Taylor Must Face a Court. Higher HEARING BEFORE S. R. STREET Violated Law By Having Several Gallons Of Whiskey Their Possession. In Noah Lee, white, and Sheppard Taylor colored, of Arapahoe were given la hearing before Justice of the Peace S. "R. Street yesterday afternoon on a warrants charging them with violating the law by having more that one gal Ion of whiskey in their possession. Journal readers will remember that Lee and Taylor were arrested last Tuesday just after hey had emerged from the Southern Express Company's orhce on south rroi t street and a package consigned to Taylor and which contained four gallons of whiskey was found in their possessiou. It turned out that Lee had signed for this whiskey and according to Taylor's testimony he had ordered one gallon for him. Lee stated that he had only ordered one gallon and that the firm from which he had ordered the "wet goods" had made him a pres ent of the remaining three gallons The hearing was postponed until yesterday afternoon and the men gave bond for their appearance. Yes terday afternoon Attorney D. E. Hen derson represented the State while the defendants were without counsel. The two men told practically the same story as that related when first placed under arrest but 'Squire Street decided that this was entirely too improbable anc bound them over to the next term Qf Craven county Superior Court, Lee under a bond of two hundred dollars anrj Taylor under a bond of one hun . . jred dollars. The defendants gave bail in this amount and were released from custody Lee has been mixed up in previous escapades in which whiskey played an important part and the local police have been keeping him under surveil- ance for some time. The fact that he is in oossession of a government li- I cense to retail whiskey is known to them and they carefully observe his move ments on his freauent visits to New Bern. VAULT ML BE F PEOPLE'S BANK WILL HAVE MODERN FIXTURES INSTALLED. The Herring Hall & Marvin Safe the manufacture of bank safes in this country, has been awarded the contract to furnish the safe to be installed in the People's Bank's new home on Middle I street. I tk mntrnrt fAr the fixtures to b BURGLAR PROO i the building was awarded""""' ""lcu l,,c Luy lo t0 the Wade Manufacturing Company 0f Charlotte, a North Carolina concern . ,. ...r c La - t j. k.f . I tUrUlIIK VI KWlo mm "vl. . . I it... . -I... ! tk. . n.ft 1 wunuy a jjiaic m mc mvn w: mnrhl, .111 he ,,.d ex.,a . ! . . - .W1 8 raau" 01 .Bve L ' t in ,,,,,. while the wj ... , ....ww ..... . ttl woidwork will be of aolid mahoir- i mmm ( .,111 ei- k n.Ari rn commissioners srrant their re- "" '.- " . - . nr. . . . ... i.ii lima '.win ; d' oocoratea witn sona hm;.i Brjit. ; ;Tnik fit,,l,. wjii be ma Ah - arIv Vnowihle and I will b shinned to New Bern in timelacn oi inese some variety oi produce t ohced J oositlon as soon as the contractors have t the building in read- oyiaest, ( . , , . t KB t2 T.I. - a- , ... . by banking institutions and will be as near burlgar. and fireproof; as a I vault can be made. ' Coun'y Tre 'iter 1 1 r.. It. Walton of t evening in the TABERNACLE FOLKS HAVE HAPPY HE Grand Banquet Held Last Night With Several Hundred In Attendance. MENU WAS MOST APPETIZING Revival Services Will Commence Tomorrow Morning In Tent. I he members of Tabernacle Baptist church and their families had a strand banquet in the church auditorium last night commencing at seven o'clock. All the seats had been taken out of the building and their places taken by lone tables. On these tables the women of the church had placed hundreds of plates well laden with chicken salad, deviled eggs, sandwiches of various sorts and other substantials, lhe beverage ot the evening was lem onade and the principal dessert ice cream. Of both dainties and sub stantials there was an abundance and between three and four hundred people were present to participate in the trior oughly enjoyable evening. Rev. J. B. Phillips, the popular pastor of the church, was present and exerted himself to make everybody feel at home. Before the divine bless ing was invoked he led in prayer and there was also a hymn, lhe supper was likewise concluded with a hymn and prayer. It had been expected to go from the church to the tent and hold a service of consecration preliminary to the revival which is to commence tomorrow, but the platform in the tent had not been completed and this part of the program had to be abandoned. 1 he revival will, however, commence to morrow morning and it is expected and hoped that it will prove a great blessing to the church. Mr. and Mrs. ,- J. Q- Brown, two very gifted singers of Chicago, will have charge of the singing and preaching. Mr. Phillips will do the John Haywood Jones will leave here touay in his father's large touring car for Chapel Hill where he and John Holland and Billy Howell, who will accompany him on the trip, will attend the commencement exercises. On the vof-ilfn tnn t-1 a nrti. tin 1 1 ffma 11.1.. ivLuiii nip mi. j- nm ui.n. uy oj of Norfolk. WILL ASK FOR A TEST COMMITTEE FROM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO PETI TION COMMISSIONERS. The Craven county Board of Com- mi.sunen will hold their regular monthly meeting next Monday. This meeung wm ue oi especial importance. Among otner matters to De brought before the Commissioners, a committee Irom the Chamber oi commerce will a,k tnenrt0 8et aside a P0rtI0n of the I . M "'' 1 11 18 'rc4uc""y visitors I come to this section lor the ouroose of inspecting the farms with a view of locating Here. in tne past these VIS- i, , , , itors have been shown several of the mues 01 he. F H I MAt rtv-A io Kla 1 it is tne DurDoae ot tne commrttw. .7 ... lu wnn wi uk um a i. a. u i Iset aside for this purpose and divide I this up into a number of plats. On I which thrives in this section of the State will be planted and cultivated. - With such a farm' near the cltv. ' visitors can Easily be shown what va riety of crops can best be grown in Craven and adjoining counties. '' O.A.Kafer has awarded to Arnold Brothers, contractors and builders of this city, the contract for the erection of a commodious brick residence on FARM J. R. WILSON TAKES NEW JOB President's Brother To Manage Bonding Co.'s Baltimore Office. Baltimore, Md., May 31. Joseph R. Wilson, of Nashville, Tenn., brother to the President, has accepted a posi tion with the United States Fideltiy and Guaranty Company, and will come to Baltiomore to live on June 1. John R. Bland, president of the com pany, said that Mr. Wilson would be assistant manager ot the company s New York office and manager of the promotion and developemnt depart ment of Baltimore. Mr. Wilson is a newspaper man, and assisted in the publicity end of his brother's campaign for the Presi dency. ror several years he was city editor of the Nashville Banner, and resigned that position to enter the ser vice of the United States Fidelitv and Guaranty Company. He was an un successful candidate for the secretary ship ol the bmted Mates Senate in March. John B. Petteway was named as postmaster st Jacksonville by President Wilson. Thursday EXPECT TO WIPE TOMORROWTO BEVERY IMPOR TANT DAY WITH CEN TENARY CHURCH. (Cont. ibuted.) lhe Methodists ot iew iiern arc very proud ot their Handsome church, and deservedly so, for it is one of the most elegant and well appointed struct ures of the kind in the State. Some eight or nine years ago they set out to build for themselves a church home in keep ing with their large and rapidly grow ing congregation. 1 hey did this at great cost and some sacrifice to many. This elegant church cost about eighty five or nintv thousand dollars. There is a remaining debt of about eight thous and five hundred dollars. This they propose to wipe out completely, and I to-morrow is the day dedicated to this lend. With what enthusiasm should every Methodist in Mew Hern rally to the I fiinnnr, .-.t t n r. mcmr nrld firnPfC U'nn ouppv.ii m t..v k.lw. .. are so earnestly at work to reach this deserved accomplishment! It can be done so easily if every man, woman and child will do his duty. Such an occasion is a test oi tne pnac ana in tegrity of a congregation. PROGRAM AT THE DAY. ATHENS TO- Our offering today will be Kalem's 2-reel production a powerful dramatic feature entitled: "The Redemption" A strong moral drama in which is proven the theory that t criminal in only a criminal because he has not had the proper opportunity to develop an honest character." "Red" Ellis, a knight of the under world on whom the experiment is tried, twice starts to betray Grey, his bene- factor, but each time his conscience restrains him. The second time, how ever. his old sane outwits him and one 0f thejr number makes off with a neck- lace belonging to Grey, lhe guilt Malls on tllis; but Orey, still believing In Eulg an0ws him to go on his promise k nLia :n h.ir on Ka,,, i - i I Pli rii.W in tn Grpv' nnrlnr tiohHv ... j - r gripping, the necklace in his hand. The intense interest of the story, the I t marveiouB portrayals. comDine to make i "iohwuicvc m uiuuin, n mi mo nd captivates with an irresistible If -J uu. k. ...j: iiiri-c, hiiii iiiii. in i i ii- jbiiiiiiii' infill. bound from start to finish. "Th Ka" v" iiiivauH)raw; dramas, VAUDEVILLE The Original Bernards America's peerless equilibrists, close their engagement, with us tonight. This act Is pronounced by everybody the best the, kind 'ever seen here, and as food - as You will "see In iartt I cities. Thev have iust closed' fl en- I gagemcnt with a, big Western wcuit J Matinee every day at S o'clock. Two I shows at night. First starts at 8 o'clock, second about 9;15, Always a desirable CHURCH DEBT PLANS FOR THE COMMENCEMENT Finals Of New Bern Public Schoolaffl Will Be Of Much Interest. FRIDAY GRADUATION DAY" Rev. L. P. Howard of Rockv Mounfl Will Deliver Annual Sermon. The regular Graduating Exercises will take place on 1-ridav nieht. Two members of the Graduating Class will read essays, after which Prof. N. W. Walker of Chapel Hill will deliver the Literary Address. This will be fol- owed by the presentation of diplomas, medals, prizes .etc. On Thursday night, Res. L. P. Howard of Rocky Mount will deliver the Annual Sermon before the Grad uating Class. On Wednedsay night the Declama tion Contest for the Henderson Medal will take place. Five Hieh School ioys have entered the contest. The following medals are given each year: 10th Grade .Math. Medal; H. S. English Medal; First Year Latin Medal, and three medals in the Music Depart ment. There is quite a lot of rivalry over the medals and the contest is very close in a number of cases. The winners will not be known until the names are announced next Friday night. The Declamation Contest Tuesday morning over the W.C.I.U. prize of S5.0U, was participated in by six boys as follows: "A Boy's Plea." Thomas Moore; "Luther Burbank and the Young," Roy Land; "God's Liquor," Kenneth Rea; "Patriotism and Pro hibition," Roy Kellum: "Moderation Bridge," Robert Duffy; "A Boy on Prohibition," Bryan Satterthwaite. The judges were Mrs. George Green. Mr. Wm. Dunn, Jr., and Mr. T. A. Green. The winner of the prize will be announced Friday nitrht and the prize delivered. Quite a number of pupils are excused from their final examination on ac count of having a term grade of 90 or more. In a few cases the larger part of a grade are excused, in others nrar- tically all of the grade has to take the examinations. I 'I'l R T . t j nu managers and Marshals are busy on their plans for Commencement. The reception to the Graduating Class will take place on Thursday night, and the Class Day exercises on Thurs day afternoon at 5 p. m. On Thursday all examination will be completed, and on Friday morning all pupils will come to school at 10 instead of 9 o'clock, receive their Pro motion or Condition Cards and be dismissed until October. The Managers and Marshals have spent some time in decorating the Auditorium for Commencement. A number of pictures and Hags have been tastefully placed on the walls and the appearance of the Auditorium much, improved. PICNIC YESTERDAY. Trenton Methodist Sunday School At Quaker Bridge. The picnic of the Trenton Methodist Sunday school held yesterday oh the banks of Trent river near Quaker Bridge, was well attended and was thoroughly enjoyed. At noon a de licious picnic dinner was served and this was indeed a feast. After the blessing of the Lord had been invoiced upon the repast by Rev. C. E. Hale, the hungry picnicers set to work and in a short time the tables were cleared. At the concltii3n of the diqner, T. C. Whittaker of Trenton introduced J. Leon Williams of this city and for half an hour or more Mr. William talked in regard to the Eastern North. Carolina Fsir. He urged the farmers in that section to co-operate in making this Fair a success and made a Very favorable impression upon his hearers Among the visitors at the picnic were several automobile parties front New Bern. seat for you if you will come to either thej first Or second shows.' - 'V - We havt engaged the Worth Orches tra to play at the Athens every nighti commencing Monday. These four young talented musicians are "town talk" already, "