North Carolina Newspapers

VOLLXIL No. 18 The Weather: FAIR NEW BERN, N. C., TUESDAY- MORNING, AUGUST .19, ' 1913 THREE CENfS PER CO Y if::::1 nmtn SULZER ..j.. . run Tide Of Public Opinion 'In ,New York State Now Is Turning' .- , Towards Governor; ' MODERATION ; IS " COUNSELLED MurphjrReglme Feared-H He. Can Overthrow' Sulzer, What Next, , People Ask. , .Albany, N. Y-, Aug;. 18. The perfdu lum of public opinion is swinging back ward Those who . were-the firsttp "crucify him"'Whe'n thealleged misdeeds of William Sulzer, Governor of NewYork were mades public by the rawiey. legis :v lative committee, arenow counseling V moderation; are urging that the ( pro ceeding against the. Governor be con ducted decently and in order. :. ,.... Swept from their mental moorings, by the ' Frawley1 committee's revelations, the newspapers of the Empire . State, with" a few exceptions, demanded the i Governor's resignation instanter, and, " in effect, indorsed the unseemly Ijaste of the Assembly in preparing and present' ; iti the art cles of mpeachment-.This attitude reflected the general feeling of the people of the Statet', i . - " i But the change in the last few days v has , been marked and it is 'becoming . 4 1 - 1 ! TAULA. press nor people' seems so anxious for S dzer s resignation; the scenesnd in Cedents wnicn .mariteu me sciuuus v the votes for the impeachment articles - are being recalled, and, on the part of !' the ' more 'thoughtful : element in? the State ' which looked for great - things from !- William Sulzer, chargia .. and humiliation at finding that their idol liatJ4tCCI. ul l.1ay la giving, waj w second thought.-- " ' - : " Only Tammany is now holding its - thumbs down and keeping up the howl .State is saying that even a Governor accused of an offense is no worse than .'.1' - f I t'. ' J ...L i. 1 a man accused 01 jiiuruer, anu. uugucu be considered innocent until he is proved ' guilty; that the articles of impeach intent framed bv -the- Assembly are no more thanan indictment, and that it may well be that they cannot be sus tained; that the Governor's defense has not been heacd and that, it is just as . wejl to suspend judgment until all the facts in the case are known. ; ; ; " Ut course, tnere is a reason tor tms change ot sentiment Desiaes a general ae sire-for fair play. .The people are asking themselves: "After Sulzer, what?'1 "If Murphy hahis will in this; what then?" There s the rub. - , . "' For before the people rises the figure cf a short, thick-necked, red-faced man, ex- bartender,- ex-gangster, now living in affluence, with mansions in New York city" and on Long Island, the man who eat silent and stolid and unmoved in the Baltimore Convention a year ago under- the denunciation' and ' bitter excoriation of William- Jennings Bryan, who declared ""him. venal and corrupt, and they are askingHhemselves whether if he is permitted to pyt he hemlock nm tn Sulzer s llns it rioesn t mean that theyisurrender.their State and their destinies absolutely to' his hands. ' ' ' (i There is the thing that is making them : pause. If, at Murphy's command, a Gov ernor who displeased him may be de posed forthwith, where shal his power .end? Will the people be better off under the administration of Sulzer, weak and Vain as he may have beenbut wjio is now givjng evidence of real manhood, or lites of'the man with whom President Wilson, vthen a candidate and desirous of the vote of New Yor, refused to "associate and publicly snubbed at the Syracuse,' State Fair last year? Of course, everyone realizes that the proceedings against Sulzer would never have been brought if he had 1 been "good," as .Tammany understands the term; that the allegations concerning his stock transactions, those relating' to 1 is alleged misuse of campaign funds iui I so on would never have become known u k;:p been r tlie Gu Cut, 1 Lis 01" ti if had done the Tammany 1 he might even have J with another term in Uu'. l ( Ye. ' f ! ..iv 1 cviil.-'sccs of being 1 ! d ' ".I riurhy he was iii : ; informed 1 y ' "1 t be Govern- N6RMAL WEATHER PREDICTED. Temperatures Will Be Near Or Be-: '.v.-' low Average This Week. ' Washington. D. C, Aug. 18. The Weather Bureau Bulletin for the week, issued Sunday, is: r--- , j" "Thes" distribution of , atmospheric r pressure over the- North American'' Continent and the adjacent oceans is such an. to indicate temoeratures near or below the averagefor the season uurmg lire .coining wcck. ; xiiruugnuut the greater part of' thfe country.- A general moderation of . the heat wave over the Central Valleys and the middle Plains States' is - probable -during . the first part of the, week,. The precipitation during the. week will be local but gener ally near the normal. Over the .Great t-entrar valleys, tne riains states and the Rocky Mountain ; Region, tnere will ' be lervuent snowers and thunderstorms during the next several days, attending the eastward movement of a disturbance that' will prevail the nrst tart ot tne weeit over tne KocKy Mountain Region.' V y, , "While the pressure- is relatively low oVer the West Indies, there are no distinct . evidences : 01 a disturbance in that region at the, present time:, MADE N 1799 OVER CENTURY OLD AND BE LONGS TO P. WILLIAMS . V OF NEW ORLEANS. " 1 1 . . , v r.' i . , , ' ' New Orleans, Aug, 18.A Masonic apron more than 100. years old is in-the IJ088esB,u" ' u.suici manager 01 an auromopiie company. Accoroing t? nr. wuiiams, tne apron was originally the property of his great great-grandfather, Jesse Kent, of York- shire,. England, and has been handed uown uvc 8c..c.anu..8 u. ... lainuy. ine apron is 01 suk. was maae in ana TOnia.ns auu.eBym00.Ss.gmncanl in Masons According to Mr. Willwrns - it is the only one of its kind n existence. . . 1 . .i'.., til iL: t. - I .... At the time the apron was made there was no difference between the Royal rirvH, jcvcuiii tcgicc, aivu iuclmc a.l . c .v,n it.- t , Loage, wnicn wcneiuiru degree, since, wnicn tne louges nave peen seParateq i.,.t. 1 .. mr. VV1111.111IB io rciuscu reuuesis trom the state Museum 01 Georgia for the loan of the apron. ORDINANCES AS TO AWNINGS MUST BE COMPLIED WITH. . he ' ordinance requiring . merchants and others who have awnings in front of their places of business to have these placed seven and one-half, feet above the sidewalks is being enforced. Chief of Police Lupton and one of his officers yesterday made an inspection of the awnings down in the business section and ordered those who are not comply ing with, the ordinance to have their awnings raised. " , s CONFERENCE AND PICNIC AT , UOVtK. , - -j " t- ' v j ' ". f On August 29 . the Dover circuit of Methodist Sunday schools will hold a conference at that place. There .will be a big picnic dinner at which 800 pounds of , barbecue: and -' numerous other good things will be served., The publio is extended an invitation - to attend this event. . . ' that it is Murphy persooallyi'and that Murphy has not come1 into court with 1 1 1 1 , - ' ' With tile self-questi6ning of the ' peo-' ple.whith has become so pronounced in the last few days has come a decided personal sympathy for Sulzer, iareelv on account of the illness of his wife. This a, real illness, broucht about bv her realization of the predicament in which she had imwittingly aidocf in putting her husband: At first her statement that it was, she who had speculated in itocks in the Governor's name, was not generally believed, and the Governor was called a cur for allowing ; her to become mixed up in the business. Her story is now being accepted as true, and it is said that the Governor . . v . . . couia not prevent the statement beine made. But back of this is a charee pub- idy made by the Knickerbocker Press. whic h, if true, reveals a 'depth 'bf ini- nity on ti e part of, Tammany and its r.df.s ult to believe. Anyway, t is ;i'Ti ; ted as true and U rams,de- 1 h 1 ive been comim?1ii to'the .j all day. MASQfJG APRON M ERADICATiriG THE CATTLE TICK V ' " ' .. "7 Cattle Quarantine Will Be Lifted From 9,191 Square Miles Of ' . . Territory on Sept, 1. TEZAS FEVER NEAR CONQUERED Not ifj-itS." A Single : County In North Carolina In Territory " To Be Released. - Washington, D. C, Aug. 18. The Acting Secretary of Agriculture has issued an order effective n and after September 1. ' 1913. releasing from cattle quarantine for Texas fever 9,191 sqiTare miles in the States -of Texas, Oklahoma,1 Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina, This means that the sections released have succeeded t eradicatinsr the cattle ti'rk whirh-i. the cause of spreading splenetic or Texas Fever in Cattle. This release from Quarantine is in addition to the 20,000 aqiiare miles released on March 1, 1913, sothat this year the quarantine has been lifted , in nearly 30,000 square miies "of cattle raising territory, : Since the beginning 0 the work of tick eradication in 1906, 196,395 square mile's j infected, have been cleaned up - and ", released from quarantine. All of Tennessee, except a small part of Marion county, is now released as a result of the active anti-tick campaign in that State, whereas in 1906 a large portion of that State was in the quar- antine district. .. ' 0. actlia, Pt5onjl f thk aWAra1 States t'o be released from quarantine on September 1st, as a result of the orde, of the Secretary are as follows: In Xexas. the counies of Fisher nd TnnM thp rf.ma;A n( Tn r.A Hardeman countiesr and portions of the counties of Crockett, Sterling, Mitchell, Haske and Knox. t oklahomar th M.,ntv f . . , v and pordQn9 of the countiesf Wash. ington( 0sage and McCiaJn. In TenneMee, thP rnn; f Hph. der30( chester and , Hardin, and the r-maiHrnf nat,, Wavn,. MrMaW and Hardeman counties. - ' ' ' i- r.Pftrr,a , th rn.,nU t a. . and Oconee. ' In enth TarnlJna -tho n,9!n& r. the counties of Abbeville and Chester. r HORSE AND J MOTORCYCLE " RACES WILL BE INTEREST I - ING AND THRILLING. ' At 1 ' o'clock Monday afternoon. September 1, "Labor Day, the starter's pistol will start one of the . most ex- citing horse - and motorcycle 1 races lever held in North CarOhna.: The place I will, of " course, be at . the Eastern Carolina Fairgrounds and it is expected that three or four thousand people Will be on hand to witness these events. The races to be held at the Fair grounds on that day are already the talk of this section of the State. When word goes out .that . there js to be something doing. in New Bern on 'a certain date the public sits up-and takes notice, and, well, they ' may for these events always prove very interesting AnH HiVMi-incr 1 1-The races field on July 4 were ex- citng but they were not in the same c,a! with the events scheduled to take place on Labor Day.' , in the hrst place there will be several more ' entries n bPth the horse race and 8,80 n the motorcycle races f than on , that day and naturally there will be considerably mo interest manifested. There h1 be visitors on hand from a over Craven and surrounding coun- ties;. The large grandstand has been en- larged to accommodate these and there will be a seat foKeveryone. Another thing that will, be of interest to the thousands who expect to attend these ' .1.. .l! - .1 . ' J 1-' L races is tnai me granusiaiiu uus vceu so arranged that it will be impossible for anyone to stand in front of those who are 1 seated ; in the grandstand rd e;lL'h perspn can get a good vicw of the entire track. The price of ad- mission lor aauits win oe nity cents, including a seat in ' the grandstand and for children twenty-five cents.. 1 SOMETHING DIG LABOR DAY BUILDIIie GASIflO AT E Mammoth Structure Will Soco Grace Pleasure Grounds Near ? .' ;V. New Bern.''. '. ' ,S .v.. TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT Among Other Things Building Will - Contain Dance Hall And Bowling Alley. The foundations have been laid and workmen are now engaged in the erec tion of the mammoth casino which the Eastern Carolina Fair Association Com pany intend operating ,at Glenburnie Qne carload of lumber is already on the grounds and two other carloads will arrive here within the week and the work will be pushed ahead just as rapidly as possible so that the place will be in readiness for opening by the beginning of the Fair this fall. This casino will be one of the largest in : Eastern North Carolina. It will be two stories in height and on the second floor will contain a dance hall. This hall will overlook Neuse river and will be a delighful place. There will be rest rooms for the ladies, re freshments stands, bowling alleys and in fact all amusements found at places of that variety. The place will be lighteF with electricity and during the summer months electric fans will assist the breeze from the river in cooling the patrons. Several other buildings will be e- rected on the grounds after the casino has been completed but until work on this is finished the plans for these will not be made. Walks are being laic off all over the grounds and the place will have an entirely different appear ance within a week or two. The four mile , drive along the rivershore being built up and when this is in reaHi ness for traffic it will be one of the be speedways in this part of the Stat. However, there will be but very lit::' speeding as all vehicles will be limited to a certain rate of speed and the owners .will see that the regulations are obeyed Glenburnie park is ideally situated and even in its crude state has, during the past few months, been visited and admired by many persons from points in this and other states. With the im proVements which have started com pleted, ope can see that it will be one of the prettiest pleasure resorts of this variety anywhere in this section. The park will be in readiness by the open ing of the Fair and will be open to the public at that time as well as at present 'T STAY OUT LATE AT T j BOYS UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE MUST BE INDOORS BY 10 O'CLOCK P.M. Hereafter local youngsters, under sixteen years Of age, must be indoors by 10 o'clock 'at night "unless they have some mighty good excuse ?nd are able to convince the officers that they have a right to be Out after ,th js hour. Of late the police have noticed, that a large number of boys ranging from ten to sixteen years of age are rambling around the streets late at night and until the- early hours of the. morning. When a twelve-year old boy is on the street ' at midnight it's a safe guess, according to the police, that he is up to some mischief and. that his father and mother are anxious about his whereabouts." " - - This; condition has come to the at tention of Mayor Bangert and yesterday he gave the pllice orders to arrest every boy under sixteen years of age unless they could show some good cause for being ,'Out ) that late. , By enforcing this lawf Mayor Bangert hopes to pro tect the , boys, and : also to dispense with a great deal of disroderly con-. duct. ' A mixed excursion will be operated from' Wilmington.' to .' this xity on Tuesday, August 26. 1 v ' , ' An important meeting of Athenia Lodge, No. 8, Knights of 1 Pythias, will be held tonight. As th.re will be degrefr work a full attendance of mem- ers is desired. ' ' " GL ill CAN NIGH NEW ' BERN LADY INJURED Miss Munger Hurt Friday In, a Runaway Occident. A Green Park special to yesterday'i Oreensboro News, taya: "In an accident on theXinville road Friday several people were hurt, two surrys being overturned and the horses attached- running away. The horses to the rear .vehicle started to run first and scared the ones in front One vehicle was badly broken. The injured were brought to Watauga Inn Friday night. Those hurt were Mr, and Mrs. George Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Fore and daughter, Mrs. L. A. Smith of Charlotte; Mrs. M. B. Wvatt and Harrell Nash, of Durham; Miss Munger, of New Bern; Horace Simmons and a negro driver. Harrell Nash had his collar bone knocked out of place, Mrs. Fore and Mr. Howell were injured more than the rest. Horace Simmons right thigh was broken. All are get ting oh nicely now, and are recovering from their bruises, The Charlotte people went down the mountain this morning; several will go to hospital for treatment." P NEWLY ORGANIZED CLUB SPENDING A WEEK DOWN AT JACOB'S FARM. The New Bern Boy Scouts Club was organized last Wednesday and yesterday morning the club members boarded a boat and went down to Jacob's farm, four miles below New Bern on Neuse fiver, where they will spend 1 week being instructed in the Boy Scouts camp life. The Scouts are in charge oj J. N. Uynum, of Chapel Hill, State Boy co-t Master, and. their week's outing will, without any doubt prove a pro fitable one in numerous ways. Camping outfits were taken along and the Scouts will cook, eat and sleep out in the open The Scouts who are members of the party are William Boyd, Selby ,Hillt Robert Duffy, John Brown, Jr., Alber Hibbard, Joe Lucas, Rufus Armstrong Robert Waters, Willie Gaskill, Lacy Meredith, J. BerryjE. Pugli, Kenneth Rae and J. Armstrong. On Wednesday the parents of the Scouts are invited to visit the camp and to bring dinner along with them, the supply of food taken along by the Scouts notvbeing ,1 1 i ! .1 1 -. 1 aucijudLc iccu mure man a umiuea number for a certain length of time, I he Boy Scout movement is not a new one by any means, but only during the last few years has it become popu lar in the South. There are several bands in North Carolina, the largest probably being at Goldsboro where they have more than seventy-five members. The New Bern camp was organized with fifteen members but there is every probability that this number will be increased in coming weeks and that the band will soon compare favorably in size with any in the State. EXCURSION TO NORFOLK ON AUGUST 26. The Norfolk Southern Railway Com pany will "operate an excursion over its line to Norfolk on Monday, August 26. The season at Virginia Beach and Ocean View is just at its' height and it is expected that the excursion will be largely patronized. , Information can be obtained from any ticket agent. The schedule of the excursion train and the fare from various points will be found elsewhere in this issue. 'FIREMEN'S NIGHT" AT THE ATHENS THEATRE. Tomorrow night will be "Firemen's Night" at the Athens Theatre and every member of the New Bern fire companies is extended an . invitation by Messrs. Lovick and Taylor, managers df the theatre, to be their guests for the even ing. A special program has been ar ranged for this occasion and everything possible Will be done to give the "boys" a good time. "The foreman of each company is asked to be on hand at 9 o clock so as to identify the members of their compnay. - ' ; - . Mr. and, Mrs. Harry Cooley have returned from a', visit, of several days at Washington, Pi C, and'Wilmington. NEW BERN BOY SCOUTS GAM REVENUE OFFICER CAPTURE!) TWO Lena Johnson Attempted To ShootfS Deputy Marshal Lilly And Is In Jail. AIDED HUSBAND TO ESCAPE Fugitive Returned Home And Waft3 Apprehended Early Sunday Morning. Shade Johnson and his wife Lena, were placed under arrest at their home at Bachelor early Sunday morning by U. S. Marshal Samuel Lilly on warrants charging the former with retailing spirituous liquors without a government license and the latter with interfering with a government officer while in discharge of his duties. They were brought to New Bern and placed in jail. Yesterday morning. Lena Johnson was given a preliminary hearing, probable cuase was found and in default of a bond of two hundred and fifty dollars for her appearance at the next term of Federal Court she was committed to jail. Shade Johnson will be given a preliminary hearing this morning before Commis sioner Hill. On July 9, last, Deputy Marshal Lilly went to Johnson's home tcrarrest him on a warrant charging him with violating the internal revenue laws by selling whiskey without a government license. He found Johnson some dis tance from his housc'and placed him. underar rest. The negro asked the officer to allow him to go by histhome and inform his wife of his arrest and this request was allowed. When the officer and his prisoner arrived at the house Lena Johnson grabbed up a double barrel shot gun and threatened to shoot Marshal Lilly. During the excitement which prevailed Jonson managed to make his escape. Realizing that he was in a section filled with friends of the p.-isoner and that he might at any moment be shot from ambush the officer decided to come back to New Bern and wait until Johnson had returned home and then to catch him unprepared. a Peputy Marshall Lilly left here a few minutes before 1 o'clock Sunday morning in an automobile and arrived at Johnson's home about 4 o'clock He found both the man and his wife in the house and took them into cus tody, taking care to see that they had no time to get hold of any firearms. The two were placed in the automobile and brought to this city. Interfering with a United Statesi officer is a very serious offence, and the case against Lena Johnson is one of the first to come - up in this section in a number of years. AT THE ATHENS TODAY PICTURES. "The Gypsy's Brand." A film full of interest, dealing with the customs and habits of these strange wandering people. "Violet Dare, Detective." Violet proves herself equal to any" duty imposed upon her, and rounds: up a band of robbers much to the sur prise of old detectives. Some very . exciting scenes are shown in this picture. s "The King and the Copper." A very funny burlesque comedy. by'. Biograph. "A Rainy Day." This Biograph farce comedy will surely make you laugh immoderately if there is, 'a laugh in you. A good show today. Come and enjoy yourself for an hour. . v. Matinee daily at 5 o'clock. Continu ous show at. night starts at 8 clock. TWO BUILDINGS; BEING TORN DOWN. , ' " ; 'The workW razing the building on , South Front street between Middle and Hancock streets on the site of which, is to be erected a modern brick garage by A. D.Ward, was begun yesterday. ; This will consume several days and es soon as the ground is cleared the.' work of laying the foundation for tfc'e new structure will begin, 'u . PROGRAM