i. '!:
Hear' Comprint Of Persons Who
Think Cost Of License Tax v
. Excessive. - ,
GIVE FIREMEN FIFTY DOLLARS
Revoke Decision To Furnish Glen
burnle Park With Electricity
At Reduced Rate. v,' -
.-'" After being in session for almost
four hours the' -Board of - Aldermen
:at their regular monthly meeting
held last night, were v compelled to
n1rA waao until tanirrtif at' R n'rtnrlr
in order that the many " matters of
importance which could not be reached
last night could be disposed of without
further dealy. '
v About two hours of the session last
night was taken up in hearing the com
plaints of local restaurant . owners,
rgrocers, soda fountain operators, pro-
prietors of . tailoring establishments,
operators "of pressing clubB, etc,,' who
were on hand to show cause why they
should not be compelled to pay Ihe
amount of license tax recently levied
by the Board. . ,,
- The Aldermen heard all complaints
, -and in a few of the cases which really
V needed attention, they made a change,
"but . in the majority . of the cases the
; complainants were told that the , ordi
nances were made to be enforced and
not for the purpose of being laid aside
at any particular time. ,
V - S. H. Fowler,; Register of Deeds of
Craven county, petitioned the , Board
to pay half the expense of getting
the valuation of the property .in the
city of New Bern. After discussion
the Aldermen decided thot-shqy did
' not feel like .doing this and when the
matter was put to a vote it was u
nanimously voted down.': . v.
: : R. R. -Eagle appeared before the
" Board and stated that he was prepar
ing a map of the. city of New Benw
" ana wouia line ior uic awuu i
' five cooies of this at the rate of ten
dollari flper copy. Alderman. ; Blades
was no .doubt about the fact that the
' map would be a good one, that it was
not an official map and therefore would,
"be of no use to .the city, , and that
the BoaVd did not see fit to purchase
theni..' J r. ,
l", Alderman. S.: H-'Scott, '.chairman
of j the -Fire ; Department Committee
" stated that . the memhers. of the four
i local fire. companies' wanted" the city
- to assist them financially sti that they
'could attend the State JFtremens'
Tournament at, Wilmington next wee k.
Mr. Scott made,.a motion that each
of the four companies be given fifty
dollars for. this-- purpose and that
' the Fourth , Ward Hose Company
be repaid the sum of twenty-five dollars
which they had spent in repairing
their hose wagon. This motion was
nnrnvprl and adooted. ,- " .
The New Bern Iron. Works Company
, was awarded the contract for putting
one of the' city's fire engines in good
condition, v Their bid for this .work
was four hundred and fifty dollars. '
' At a previous meeting of the Board
Alderman Blades made a motion which
was seconded and approved, that
Glenburnie Park be furnished electrical
current at a rate of two and one-half
cents, a kilowatt Last night A.Jerman
Eludes stated that he wanted to
withdraw that motion on account of the
fact that he and several other members
of the Board who voted on this question
were stockholders in this park and that
he did not think his action in the matter,
consi.htripj his connection with the
ei, " 1 vi l.ich would be benefitted,
) ' 1 r in the proper light to the
C ' Upon motion 'it was
oi . 1 i' t Con', urnie Park pay a
r.i f i' ' ic current the same as
o.' ? ' .
"! Yu .1 (in'. 1 that automobile"
i' lit' c';y i t slop and blow
t' ' i n v! ni 8f i-roaching.a street
i' v ! t.l coie to a stop and from
v ' r v-.e alhting.' The
C. " . i ? v;is t.' 1 to see that this
-l ;': - : Mirney R. ' A.
FOR NON-PARTISAN JUDICIARY
A. Mitchel Palmer Says' Democrats
Will Obey Laws. v
Philadelphia, Aug. 4. The only State
wide election in Pennsylvania this year
will be for the judges of theSuperior
Court, who will : appear &a; a non
partisan ballot, and Congressman A.
Mitchel Palmer, National Committee
man of the Democratic party, declared
here that "the ' Democratic party
in this State intends to obey the spirit
of the new law,"
"If we are to have a non-partisan
judiciary,' party organizations should
have nothing to do with the selection
of the judges," he said When asked
if the", executive Committee of the
Democratic State . Central Committee
which met here today had made any
plans for fusion.' , Fusion, 'on ; local
offices,'-Mr. ' Palmer said, would, be
entirely ,ja the 'hands of local com
mittees. , ;
.H The executive' committee "and the
rules committee of the same-organization
are to consider changing ste
rules to conform with the new State
wide : Primary '" act and other recent
legislation bearing on- elections in this
State. - , "--A
FBIGHTEF1ED MULE
BREAKS HIS T1EGK
ATTEMPTS TO AVOID v MOTOR'
CYCLIST AND CRASHES
, "'"'INTO A TREB J '
, ' - -
Becoming frightened at s. motorcycle
being driven up the road v by Walter
Thomas who is employed 'at the local
plant of the John Li Roper Lumber
CoiMp'StrJ'J'lHule Utt1tWy"a" tenant
on the farm of Oliver Ferryj' ran into a
tree and was killed abouf four miles
from New Bern- Monday fternoon. .
After concluding work Monday after
noon ; Mr. Thomas took his' machine
and went out in the country, for a little
recreation. At a point on, Neuse road
Where the road leading to Washington
comes into it, Mr Thomas' liaw a mule
grazing along the side of !)the road.
The animal did . not ffeem to -be
frightened at first and not until the
motorcyclist' was within UVshort , dis
tance of him did he pay any attention.
Suddenly the animal jumped into the
road-and started ahead at A rapic gal
loo. . 1 ' ,
,Mr. Thomas did not want to drive
the. mule away from the :. "Borne of its
owner and he attempted .to pass him,
The animal hearing the ."motorcycle
so close behind him, jumped across the
ditch and landed against a tree .with
s uch force that its neck- was broken
Mr. Thomas' machine skidded and he
was thrown for several feet, while the
motorcycle was badly damaged. '
MASHERS BANISHED BY LOOK.
That Is. The Opinion tf Chicago
foiice women Alter, i riai.
Chicago, Aug. 5.Hat piris, clubs or
whistles like the Boston women use are
a rt necessary to squelch mashers. A look
will do it'; This is the opinion expressed
by police; women at two Chicago bea
ches. One substantial, wide-eyed look,
with a touch of scorn in "it. will send
the boldest , flirt J about hjs . business
they say. . ' , .
"All you have to do when a man
speaks to you insultingly is to look at
him and he turns and runs, said Officer
Mary ' Boyd. , "I sometimes carry , a
little 'billy,' but it's for dogs;,; men
are scared to death of me," s
- "Look a man over from hat to shoe
and from . shoes to hat, and he wUl
vanish," is the advice of Tolice Woman
Emma Neukom. "I've been all over the
world and I never needed any weapons
but my eyes. There are'other methods
too. I sometimes start talking in French
or Greek to mashers, and they alwayi
run away.;. But a look's ' ' i best."
instructed to start suit s -ainst the
Norfolk' Southern Railway.1 Company
for not opening B street as they had
! i ordered to do by the city. , ,
o Dmrd ordered that a list of every
.i f e city of New Bern who
rnmont lice ' - for the sale
? l e s'-ciii-- , id that no
to ( ! in any
1 . ' to t' '
ft JEIV GARAGE ;
. FOR flEl'l mw
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Ward Prepar
ing To Erect Brick Structure - .
On South Front Street.- -
MODERN IN EVERY PARTICULAR
Will Be Occupied When Completed
1 By The Hymart Supply " -'
t Company.' ,
New Bern will soon boast of another
new, garage,' this being one of the
largest and best equipped in the State,
It was learned yesterday that plans
were -.being : made to raze : the frame
structures located on the North side of
South ; Front street between Middle
and Hancock streets, which are owned
by Mr. and Mrs. A. D. ; Ward, As
soon as this work has been completed
the owners of; the property will erect
a commodious brick 'structure which
will be used as a garage by the Hyman
Supply Company.'
Plans for this building are now
being drawn. arid will be in readiness
by the time that the site is in readiness,
The Hyman Supply Company are the
agents in . this section of the ' State
for the famous Cadillac automobile
and since the first of the present year
they have placed an unusually large
number of these ' machines, in Craven
and adjoining counties.,;,-;
f at some time they have thought of
operating a garage in connection witn
their Bales department, but were de
terredfrom doing so on account
of the fact that, they , could not secure
a suitable location. ' A section of
the garage will be occupied by the stock
machines, but there will, be ample
room' for taking care of many other
machines and the 'proprietors are ahti'1
cipating a gratifying patronage. A An
up-to-date repair .department win oe
operated in connection with the? garage.
At present there are three modern
garages in the city -and these have in
the past :' taken care of the ' business.
However,' the number of automobiles
owned . in this section is increasing
each week and this naturally warrants
an increase in the number of garages.
mm
r.
LIGHT: STREETS
f'lv'V''M ':! H''i ' "''A ,"''.' '" fs.-'::
INCANDESCENTS TO BE USED
-' BEEN REPAIRED '
' In order that the streets in the busi
ness section of the city would not be
without illumination during the next
week or two, or until the coils in the
machine which furnishes "juice" for
the arc lights which burned out a few
days ago could be replaced, the electric
arches, composed . of several incandes
cent lights, were put in commission
last night. - '
-. These arches: greatly improve the
appearance of the city at night and
famish, much better illumination than
the arc lights., However, it ia said
that the cost of operating them is
greater than the rcs and as soon -as
the existing trouble can be remedied
they will be discontinued. v. n
The machine Jwhich burned out. has
been in bad condition for some time
and the fault ' of the -, accident ; does
therefore not ' lie ' wholly ; upon the
men at present in charge of the electric
plant. : ' ' '
SOME FJNE FIGS
Lon Hill yesterday showed a Journal
reporter some of the finest figs, ever
grown in this part of : the country.
Three of them weighed a pound and
fig experts : say that is some, weight
for three figs. .They were a rich purple
color. They were grown in Mr.: Hill's
garden on Pollock street. 7
Capt. Satterfield of the local branch
of the Salvation Army has returned
from Crecnv'Me, S. C, where he went
to p' -e ii the Rescue Home at that
r-l.ico . a young girl from this city.
n! ; home he stopped at Chariot
f i vi 't villi his fall. it and at
r :) , ' v v 's ! ; ,rnt hor
ELECTRIC
ARK
CATTLE TICK A
Y
LOAD TO
Lessen The Value Of : Cattle And
Causes A Needlessly Low Gra
ding Of Hides.
HOW TICK ERADICATION PAYS
In Tennessee It Has Cost $250,000
Benefit. Has Amounted
To $3,500,000.
' Washington, ; D. C, Aug. 5. Ac
cording to figures gathered by one
of , : the veterinary inspectors of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, the pres
ence of the tick among the cattle of the
South not only lessens the value of the
cattle on the hoof,"btft causes the grad
ing of hides that have been infested
with ticks as No. 4 quality.
The same hide, if free from tick marks,
would grade No. 2. The difference in
price between these two grades of hides
is 3 cents per pound. As the hide of
southern steers weighs about 42 pounds,
the presence of the tick in the hide
Causes a loss in the hide alone of more
than $1.26 per hide. Government
specialists point out that the cost
of tick eradication is only about 50
Cents per head so that if the counties
make a systematic campaign to erad
cate the tick, the increse in value of
the hide alone would pay for the cost
of tick eradication and leave the farmer
a net. profit of about 76 cents per hide.
Hide Situation Serious.
The hide , situation is becoming
rather serious. '. A prominent tanner
in Pennsylvania states:
"For the class of leather we make we
prefer - Southern hides, for chrome
on account of the close texture and fine
fm-ain. but on account ot tne ticics
V -. ......
we., have bad to practically stop pur
chasing Southern hides."
This, is particularly significant as
the demand for chrome leather is in
creasing so that the normal demand
for Southern hides will be still further
decreased.
A large percentage of the chrome
leather now produced is finished with
the grain left on so that all imperfec
tions and tick marks on the grain
side show very plainly. In the old days
when all the leather for uppers was made
from bark-tanned sock, all leather was
buffed: and the grain was removed,
tor this leather iaiiners could use
cheap hides " that . were covered with
iainerfections and tick marks were
made fairly good leather. The situation
tpday as jt has . been explained, is very
different; the public is demanding
fedrelan'w;..1tfrajMd leathers for
fbtch a;ei proportions of Southern
es''be'avitilable' until the
tick is eradicated. ":.
$ Tennessee Leading South.
I Tennessee. will probably be. the first
State to be entirely free from quarantine
!or ticks, ii It already ; has eradicated
he tick in 51 counties and all that now
remain under quarantine are parts of
kfarion, Waynfe, Hardeman, McNairy
nd Decatur counties and alt of Hardin',
enderson fend Chester counties. ,' 1
i hoped that by September , 1st these
ounties. will be free from ticks and
he entire State out of Quarantine.
According to the specialists of the
department of Agriculture, it has cost
than 50 cents per head to eradicate
the tick in Tennessee and the cattle
owners, as a result, have gained not
less than $7.00 per, head, thus adding
tai the value of their stock., There are
some 500,000 cattle in the counties
already free, from tick and the imme
diate benefit to these owners has been
not less than $3,500,000. The cost of
tick eradication, has been only $250,000
so that the investment paid .for itself
njarly; 14 times over in a very short
time.; This does not include the addi
tional profits which come from the fact
that now that the tick1 is eradicated
more cattle can be raised on eacb farm
and that the cultivated fields are made
more productive by the increase of the
amount ot lertiuzer now available.
; Index to New Advertisements.
New Bern Banking &tTrust Co.
Adding dollar to dollar. , - ;'
" Citizens' Savings Bank & Trust Co.
An individual executor.
National : Bank--Have a. business
. D. - G.' Smaw Successor to . H. ' WJ
Simpson, .-i' . .
Two dwellings wanted See ad.
Dr. O. C. Daniels Professional card,
SOUTH
BOY OF 5 SHOT BY ONE, OF 6.
Third Affair of Its Kind In Chicago
Within Four Days.-
Chicago, Aug. 5. Angelo Roggo, aged
5 years, was shot and probably if atally
wounded by his playmate, TonmAcady,
aged 6 years. The shooting was e third
Efforts of the police to question the
Acady boy were unsuccessful. He burst
into tears at every interrogative.
The two boys were left alone to play
in the kitchen of the Acady horiie while
their mothers were "visiting? y A little
later the Roggo lad was found lying
on the floor with a pistol wound, in his
back. Young Acady fled,,but was
captured. , :'a
The pistol with which tha1 shooting
was done belonged to the bpy 8 father.
The Atlantic Steam Fire!-Engine
Company realized about i;thirty-five
dollars as their share of 'the'money
taken in at Ghent Park Monday night.
This will be used by the 1 company
in defraying their expenses in attending
the State Firemens' Tourriarixent to
be held at Wilmington next Mek.
H.
IS IN TROUBLE
WIFE CLAIMS THAT HUSBAND
WILL NOT ASSIST IN SUP
PORTING CHILDREN.
Harvey H. Baker, a former citizen
of New Bern, but who has recently
resided at Greenville, was arrested
at that place yesterday morning on a
warrant sworn out by his wife, Shellie
L. Baker of this city, charging him with
failing to support his four children,
Baker was brought to New Bern and at
5 o"clock yesterday afternoon was
arraigned before Justice" of the Peace
W. F. Hill for a preliminary hearing
After having a talk with his wife
Baker informed the court that she
did not want to push the case and would
drop the action against him as he would
pay her eight dollars a week to be used
in supporting their four children. The
court was willing to allow him to pay
this amount, but he could not give the
required security and was bound oyer
to the next term of Craven county
Superior Court under a bond of one
hundred dollars.
The case was a pathetic one in ma.riy
respects ami uic planum uau tne sym
. - i a. l , nr i I . t L..
pathy of every one of those who Were
present at the proceedings.; She told
the court that she had, foulr 'children
the youngest being only fifteen months
old and that she-was unable to support;
them. Baker left here some time ago,
and according to her statement' he had
not assisted in taking care-' of the little
ones and that they were in need of his
help. " 'I' ".'
In default of bond Baker was Com
mitted to the county jail to await
the., next term of court.
Another ; packed House; last night
at the Athens. . -V'' -
Every picture was a feature'and every
patron was well pleased. Today we have
another 'excellent !: progranv-a three
(3) reel feature entitled: '. -7-n ,
. "The Miser's Millions."
" i The subject I deals , with" a v miser
"from his youth up,1'' portraying every
characteristic peculiar ; to men of his
nature and disposition -tel s , how he
liyed, how he" died,; and how much
fetter the . world would have been
had he never been born. , The World
has v many just like him and , every
community is cursed more . or less
by their presence, ever ready to take
advantage of the unsuspecting,; in a
way. they little dream of verily the
miser reaps his reward sooner or later.
Don't . fail ' to see this grea.! feature
picture and compare the character
it portrays with some of your acquaint
ances picture them in ' your ' minds
eye, while looking at these three films
. Matinee daily at 5 o'clock. - Continu
ous . show ' at night commencing ' at
8 o'clock. v
HARVEY
BAKER
ANOTHER PAiED
HOUSE AT Jl E
, ATHEHS;
DEATH CLAIMS A
NOTED MIHISJER
Dr. Strickler, Professor Of Theoloftyi '"
ary Dies In Atlanta. -
WAS A BRILLIANT SCHOLAR
Taken 111 On The Occasion Of His
Visit To Atlanta To Attend
Assembly Meeting.
Richmond, Aug. 5. Rev. Georee B.
Strickler, D. D., LL.D., professor of
theology in Union Theological seminary
and one of the most widely known
and generally beloved ministers in the
Southern Presbyterian church, diet!
last night at 9:45 o'clock at the home
of his son, Dr. C. W. Strickler, in
Atlanta, Ga.
Though Dr. Strickler was advanced
in years and had been ill for some
time, recent reports from his bedside
were to the effect that he was im
proving and the news of his death last
night came with shocking suddenness.
The body will be brought to Richmond
for interment.
Dr. Strickler went to Atlanta the
middle of May to attend the Presby
terian general assembly. On his way
home he stopped over at Laurens, S.
C, to visit his daughter, Mrs. Rankin.
There he was taken ill. His malady
was not considered serious for a time,
but finally it was deemed wise to take
him back to the home of his son in
Atlanta where he could get better
medical attention. There he had
shown continued improvement and it
was thought that very shortly it would
be possible for him to travel. Yester
day his condition took a sudden
change for the worse and his death,
ensued last night.
Dr. Strickler is survived by a son
and three daughters Dr. C. W.
Strickler, of Atlanta; Mrs. Rankin.
of Laurens, S. C; Mrs. Simmons of
Oklahoma; and Miss Mary Strickler,
of Richmond. The last named accom
panied him to Atlanta in May and
uas ueeu in constant attendance at
his bedside. His wife preceded him
to the grave some years ago.
Dr. Strickler was born at Strickler's
Springs, Rockbridge county, in 1840
and was seventy-three years old at the
time of -his death. His early educa
tion was received in a private school
ia Rockbridge which fitted him for
entrance to Washington and Lee uni
versity. He had hardly1 completed
his course , there when the Civil war
broke out and he entered the service ,
of the Confederacy as ; Chaplain,
serving throughout the war. In 1868
he entered. -'Union Seminary, front .
which he was graduated with honors
and in 1871 was ordained, accepting; "
the pastorate of Tinkling Springs
church as his first ministry. He re
mained at that church until 1886 when
he was called to Central church. At
lanta, Ga., one of the most important v.:
Presbyterian pastorates in the South. -which
he served for ten years, in 1896
he was elected to the chair of theology i
In Union seminary, a position he had '
held with credit to himself, the in- -stitution
and the church since.
TO THE FARMERS OF THIS SEC
TION. The North Carolina Department
of Agriculture will have a limited
number of ssamples of material for the
inoculation " of Crimson ' clover, ' Burr
clover. Red clover. Vetch and Alfalfa
for distribution this fall.' .'-..'
Any one in this section of the State
who expects to sow any one of these :
crops this fall for the first time should
send In ' his application at' once ' for
enough of this material to inoculate
seed, for , an acre. - '.There is no charge
for the material, but each man , is re
quired to report results. Applications)'
must reach us- at least a month before
seeds are to be sowed..
5 J. LJ Burgess, , '
,' " ' ' Agronomist, .
OPENS OFFICES IN GOLDSBORO.
. Dr. O.. C. Daniels has opened! an -office
in Goldsboro for, the treatment
of diseases of the eye, ear, nose andTN
throat. He ' practised '. in Oriental
IVf.a number of years then . went to
New Vork for a special post-graduate
course- He expects to make occasional
visits, to the towns in., this section..-.