VOLLXir No. 22
NEW BERN, N.C.; SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23 1913'
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Chamber JJof Commerce
ThoroughlyPnterested
in The JMovement
C. I IJES .FOTEO
. .: . OXUFjCBZITTEE
.Assessment Fee Will 3e
Secured By Donations
' From Members
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the New Bern' Chamber of
Commerce held last Friday night
the committee decided to affiliate this
- organization with the Just Freight Rate
Association. The assessment imposed
'by the Association before any organiza
tion can join is one hundred dollars
for each representative , from . that
particular organization. , As no rep
resentative from New, Bern, had been
appointed by the , association , the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Chamber of
- Commerce did not make their decision
public at that time. -
. Oft Thursday F., N. Tate President
of the North Carolina Just Freight Rate
Association transmitted to Governor
, Locke Craig., his . selection tpf v spedal
"committeemen to assist the Governor
the Corporation Commission , and' the
Just Freight Rate Commission in reach
ing a satisfactory solution of the rate
question at the approacnmg spw....
session of the Legislature.- C.-L. Ives
of this city was selected as a member of
-this committee.'- ' ' J 1 -
- In making tne aftnounceiuem.
Tate said: .'' ; -J 1 ' ,-: J
"In accordance with the resolutions
adopted at our1 meeting in Raleigh
on Tuesday C August 12 1 1 have ap
pointed the following gentlemen to
serve on tne special wium..."
ommended at that time for the pur
pose of representing all sections and
.all important interests of the State
in future freight rate negotiations or
conferences." . i - ' ' :
"The object in selecting this com
mittee is to secure date from all sec
tions of the State relating to the dis
criminations" on traffic both, bound
and outbound as the same effects the
commercial 'and ..farming interests of
our people. - f ' .
"The cotton - manufacturers,- , the
furniture ?' manufacturers, $ wholesale
merchants and jobbers-1 farming Re
tail merchants lumberman coal deal
ers and general business interests of
the State are represented ,on this
and each member of the
committee is instructed to not. only
look after his particular section of
the State but to also secure data
which will enable him to view the ad
- justment of this . proposition broadly
and in the interest of the entire State.
""With the appointments of these
gentlenren being in harmony with the
Governor the Council of State the
Corporation Commission the. Special
crht Rate" Commission
LiV-Jliui-l v - "mO"w
and the officers' and advisory board of
the Just Freight Rate Association in
cluding the 75 or more county
branches already . formed the propo
sition is certainly in safe hands and
no matter what the anal result may
be it cannot be said that any section
or any interest of the State did not
receive fair representation in the ne-
fof' tions and settlement of the mat-
"I think it is not out of place to
add that within the past week there
has been a keener interest shown in
this matter than at any time since the
agitation began. The branch associa
tions already formed have now gotten
dawn to a splendid working basis and
are raising their subscriptions 'and
se,,.;;,, r ;T ime'in'.'to the treasurer in a
1' '.!y ; ' ..f . iiiy manner. I am re
( ,, ; r f , - ii ist requests from, the
! 'i , ' .tions for instructions as
t , v ' t : t ) do to help the cause
; ' - 1. "...! t' o i 'csent indications
I ;: -i i f t' - '-son that when
i f . . t . vrncs in tpmul
,i if i IiourO
' ; . nt to
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URDER TRIAL
15
JOE TISDALE AND JAMES UNDER
HILL WILL PROBABLY KNOW
; THEIR. FATE TODAY. ,
, (Special to the Journal.) 1
Kinston, Aug. 22. The arguments
in the case of the State vs. Joe Tisdale
of New Bern, and Jim Underhill, of this
city," who are being tried for murder in
the first degree for killing C. Heath in
this city several weeks ago, began this
afternoon .after the taking of evidence
had been concluded.-'j? ' ' C( -.
During the afternoon L".' I. Moore,
representing Tisdale,' made a magnifi
cent; plea for his client and was followed
by.T, C. Wooten.E. R. Wootcn, and
J.- G. Dawson of the local bar who are
appearing in behalf of Underhill. ,In
order that the case might be disposed
of as quickly as possible Judge Allen
contiaued the session until 11 o'clock
tonight and the , final argument in
behalf, of the State was made by So
licitor Shaw. ' ' ,'.
Upon converting court tomorrow
morning Judge . Allen will charge the
jury and place the case in thief hands.
Much i interest is " being manifested
in thia case and the outcome-is being
awaited; with interest. , T
J.J L. Graham t Winston-Salem; W. S.
CreightonJ Charlotte; James T, Ryan1
High Point;' T- S.' Morriosn Ashe
ville; A. K.-Joy. .Hickory; A. Blanton
Shelby rrAv'C.r Jones iGasgonia; U. S.
Blalock Wadesboro; Joe Underwood
Fayettevillef J. F. Wray Reidsville;
AH. A.' Thompson Raleigh; George
A. Norwood Goldsboro; W. A.; Pierce
Weldonf J. Allen Taylor Wilmington;
C. L. Ives? New Bern; E; M. Stevens
Elizabeth City. . ,
"Let me again appeal to our pei
pie to stand firm for our just cause
and ' take advantage of ' every '. oppor
tunity to aid in bringing to ,a speedy
and successful ; conclusion . tf.v work
which ; we have undertaken to'.accom
plish under the leadership pur
wise and courageotis Governors ,
: VF RED N. TATE President."
- Yesterday J., Leon ' Williams, secre
tary of the local Chamber of Commerce,
received the following letter,, from
President Tatet
' High Point, N. C, Aug. 21, 1913.
Mr. J. Leon 1 Williams, Secretary,
- New Bern,' N, C. ' ., '
Dear Sir: - , , . -
' I am pleased to state that I . have
aonointed Mr. C. L. Ives of vour
City' to serve on the special commit
tee, and so notified him: yesterday. I
am glad I was able to make this ap
pointment and believe Mr. Ives will
be of valuable assistance to us.
Referring to the .matter; of assess
ment' ott your county, , I wish y jj
would kindly , get right , behind this
and- ' have the - amount ' raised and
forwarded to the Treasurer, , as early
as convenient. We arc is urgent
need of funds at this time and I feel
sure you will do your full duty, in
this respect. ' ' - "
Very Truly yours, . 'S
FRED N. TATEj ' . '
President.
In order that the Chamber' of Com
merce would not be compelled to pay
the one : hundred dollars assessment
' fee out of the treasury . it was decided
to ask the members to contribute to
the fund and several firms and individ
uals were visited yesterday afternoon
and the following contributed: v t
Hyman Supply Co. 1 110.00
New Bern Cotton Oil and Fer- ;
tilizer Works , .10.00
E, H. and J. A., Meadows..: 10.00
A. A. Kafer..............:......:.. 1.00
J. J. Baxter 1.00
Bradham Drug Co 1.00
Wood I,i ne Drug Co. 1.00
!J. S. ?' 'r Turniture Co 1.00
J. F. ln-s - l.uu
G. A. ? ' i - 1.00
II. C. .2 - - -50
h. - -. u .50
i ! v :1 .he seen and every
' c "- '"'"r of Co -nerce
HEARING
WOULD HONOR WOMEN. ;
Jones BUI Favors Erecting Statues
On Addition To Capitol Grounds!!
Washington, ' Aug;' 22. Unless' the
pitchfork of Senator Tillman tosses the
votes for women movement aside, and
if the plan of Senator Jones to hellenize
the Capitol grounds succeeds, memo
rials to females soon may dot the ad
dition now in progress of acquisition,
Those who have hiked" to Albany and
Washington and bore the banners and
endured the fourth of March parade and
dodged missiles along the route may
well take heart. " "
The Jones plan was embodied in a
bill that has just been offered. ' It pro
vides that the half of the new grounds
nearest the Union station shall be desig
nated as the "Acropolis," and the half
adjoining the present grounds be known
as the ."Parthenon." This section shall
be set apart for the erection of memo
rials to women and their achievements.
THE BOY SCOUTS
BREAK CAMP AFTER SPENDING
A WEEK DOWN ON JACOBS'
FARM.
Tanned to a nut brown by exposure
to the elements, footsore and weary,
but enthusiastic in their praise of their
outing, the New Bern Boy- Scouts
who have" been camping ' at ' Jacobs'
farm for the past week, returned home
yesterday afternoon. i",,'.'.;"-:.
There were sixteen scouts in the party
and they were under the supervision
of J. ' W. Bynum, a Scout Master
from Chapel ' Hill. ". Fourteen of the
scouts "hiked" home via the country
road' While two took the water route.
..The New Bern Scouts have been
organized only a few weeks and this
was their ' firsts encampment and -it
proved somewhat of a novelty t
several of the boys.. .However, they all
thoroughly enjoyed their stay on Ja
cobs' farm ; and for days this will
be one' of the main topics of conversa
tion with them. . ".fti'HC
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MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT.
FormeF; New. Bern Young -Lady
lowing
been feceived by",friendaIi this city?
William-MacDonaW
Lyda Gray' Adams'"!
' Married' ' - ' ;
August " twentieth,?,' 'Nineteen hundred
v ' and thirteen; 4
- 'Macon, Ga s ""
At home after September first, Dur
. .. ' . '. ham,' N. -C. v...-:. -v,'' ... . .
Mrs. MacDonald is a daughter of
Rev. G. T. Adams, who was at one
time pastor of Centenary Methodist
Church of this city and has a host
of friends in this section. f' y
EXHIBITION OF FANCY SHOOT-
' ' ING THIS AFTERNOON.
The exhibition ! of . fancy shooting
which ' will be . given ' at Ghent r Park
this afternoon by Mr, and Mrs. Adolf h
Topperwein, " using Winchester ' arnrs
and shells, will begin promptly at 3:30,
The public is extended a cordial invi
tation to witness this exhibition. ,
SHADE JOHNSON GAINS HIS.
" FREEDOM.
After ' having spent several . days
in the Craven county jail where he was
incarcerated to await the next term
of Federal Court to answer to a charge
of aiding and abetting .a prisoner to
escape from a deputy marshal, Shade
Johnson, colored, gave bond yesterday
afternoon and was released from Cus
tody, returning to his home at Bachelor.
Lena Tohnson. Shade's wife, remains in
jail charged with an offence fdentical
with that of her husband. . ".
SERVICES AT THE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH.
Sunday rooming and evening Rev.
II. , C. Bowen, of Wilmington, - will
preach at the Ch iatian Church. Mr.
liowen lias many frjends in New Beril
'. v V.I ! l of this opportunity
i ' ' I u All are cordially
RETUfl
HOME
Married At-MacpGa, fi j
The'Itonowinir 1 'announcement has
LOSS IS GREATER
I
fr'1 -'W..i
r a' "
Shortage Of New Jersey Bank Is
' Now Given Out As Belnft
' $358,000.
EXCEEDS ALL THE ESTIMATES
All The Assets Of The Institution
Wiped Out By Cashier's
, Defalcation.
r.New York, Aug. 22. Exceeding by
far all previous amounts stated in the
shortage of Raymond E. Smith, the
missing Treasurer of the Roseville
Trust' Company, of Newark, N. J.,
an official statement issued in behalf
of . the New Jersey : State Banking
Department yesterday gives the loss as
$358,000.
Special Deputy Commissioner L. R.
Vredenburgh gave out the formal state
ment yesterday. The, shortage wipes out
entirely the assets of the institution
and leaves besides, an actual loss of
$169,000 which the depositors will
suffer . unless the directors intend to
their tentative promise to make good
to the depositors whatever loss that
arises.
The size of the defalcation came as
a shock to all the persons involved.
Even those in close touch with the work
of : the examiners were amazed at the
figures. Vice-President William Fairlie
said that he had held out some hope of
recuperating from the entanglement at
tributed to the missing Treasurer, but
confronted with the official statement
of Mr. Vredenburgh, he expressed des
pairiiOf coping with the situation in so
far as the directorate of the wrecked
company ,is concerned.
1 Clifford F,, MacEvoy, President of tho
Depositors' Association of the Rose
ville Trust Company, had been hopea ;
of the depoistors receiving a large par!
of their money back, but after learning
the official report he wsa inclined t---despair.
Mr. Vredenburgh's statement fol
lows: "Counting the assets of the institu
tion found in the company's files at
book value, the capital,' surplus and pro
fits of about $189,000 are wiped out,
and in addition a loss . to depositors
of -about $169,000 is indicated. The
total 'deficiency therefore appears to be
$3SSv0f0.
("'"''Ill addition to the assets found in
the-files of the institution, a large
voliinte of notes', mostly past due, were
found 'is Smith's desk, and a hasty
estimate's indictacs a value therein oi
about $25',000. -If those notes belonged
to the trst Company, whatever can be
realized therefrom would red.xc the
said $1)9,000 prima facie less to de
positors.. ."In other words, if those notes found
in Mr. Snith's desk can be held, as
assets of the company and about $25,000
can be realized therefrom the loss
to the depositors as it at present appears
would be about $144,000.
"To this loss will have to be added
the losses on the notes, found regularly
filed.
"Whatever may-be recovered from
the surety on the Treasurer's bond of
$20,000 is not included in the foregoing
estimate of loss, as the surety company
has not yet admitted its liability."
CINCINNATI TO STAY WET.
So Says Mayor,' Who Denies Gov.
Cox Can Give Orders. '
Cincinnati, Aug. 22. Mayor Hunt,
who has "been-silent' regarding- Gov
Cox's ultimatum that Cincinnati will be
dry Sundays issued a statement that
the State's Chief Executive had no
authority over Mayors of cities in the
State of Ohio.
"We will continue to do just as we
have been doing," declared the Mayor.
Ypu can safely say that there is no
intention; of - making any change, in
handling the Sunday closing situation.
That will be up to the liquor license
commission appointed by the Govern
or." ' t "
.t But very few fish are being brought
into the local market just at the present
time. However; ; the demand lor. this
variety of food is not very large and the
dealers are not swamped with orders.
Trout and bluefish are about the only
variety of finh being caught. .
Ml
SUPPOSED
SOMEWHAT DISCOURAGED. ,
North---HaFlwt Farmers , Worried
Over Hog Cholera ' and Rain.
C. C. Bell, of North Harlowe, who
was in the, city Friday says that the
prevalence of cholera among the hogs
and the damage to cotton on account
of the rains have caused the farmers
in his section to be a little discouraged.
Mr. Bell himself lost twenty-six head
of hogs and he said his neighbors
had suffered about as badly as he.
As to the' cotton he said that from land
which he expected would produce
two thousand pounds of seed cotton
to the acre he would be glad if he got
one thousand pounds. Corn, he said,
was very good and there would be a
good crop. Sweet potatoes are also
yielding fairly well. Hr brought to
the city yesterday a quantity of Nancy
Hall potatoes for which he received
ninety cents per bushel.
EDWARD CLARK IS ELECTED
J AS THE PRESIDENT OF NEW
ORGANIZATION.
After having been delayed several
times on account of unavoidable oc
currences the gentlemen who have
during thre past few weeks agreed to
join the New Bern Gun Club, about
thirty in number, met in the office
of the Chamber of Commerce last night
at 8 o'clock and perfected the organ
ization. After the meeting had been called
to order Edward Clark was elected
President, Dr. Z. V. Parker, vice
president, J. Leon Williams Secretary
,-.-yd Treasurer and L. H. Cutler, Jr.,
Field Captain.
A committee composed of C. K.
L'a'ncock, W. H. Henderson, Clyde Eby,
J. V. Blades and Edward Clark was
i.pnointed to select a site for the
erection of a club house. A committee
composed of Harry Faulkner and Dr.
Z. V. Parker was appointed to collect
the dues.
The by-laws of the west End Gun
Club of Richmond, Va., were adopted
with the exception that the initiation
fee be two dollars and that the yearly
dues be one dollar. The staff of news
papers will be elected as honorary
members of the club.
It is the intention of the club to
increase the membership and those
who are already affiliated with the or
ganization believe that this can be done.
The site for the club house and grounds
will be selected during the next few
days and the committee will make a
report at a meeting to be held at an
early date and as soon as plans have
been made the work of constructing
the building will begin and it is hoped
that this will be completed some
time during the fall.
NEW THEATRE WILL BE OPENED
TONIGHT.
Tonight at 8 o'clock the Star Theatre
on Broad street will be thrown open
to the public. The finishing touches
have been added and this new amuse
ment house is now in readiness for the
initial performance. - The theatre is
one of the handsomest in the State
and the pictures shown there will be
the very latest releases. A special
program has been prepared for tonight
and it will be well worth seeing. Atten
tion is ' directed to the large adver
tisement of the Star in today's paper.
JOHN SUTER, JR., MAKING IM
PROVEMENTS AT HIS HOME.
John Suter, Jr., is making a number
of improvements to his home on Pol
lock street which will greatly add to
its appearance. Mr.. Suter is a firm
believer in the motto of the City Beau
tiful Club . to - make New - Bern more
atttactive in every way and is doing
his share of the good work.' ,:..,
. Index To New Advertisements .
-Duffy Grocery Store For a square
deal call 26 . ' - ' '
" People's Bank Settle this important
question. , v '
Citizens Savings Bank & Trust Co.
-An individual executor. .
New Bern ' Banking & Trust Co.
A savings account'. ' J t
National Bank We invite you to
open an account. .
Star Theatre Opening Program.
N L W
BERN
GUN
GLOB
L
READY FOR CRUISE
'My '- " '
New Bern Division N. C. Naval
Militia Leaves For Norfolk
Tomorrow Night.
WILL RETURN ON SEPT. 2:
Will Spend Two Days In Seeing
The Sights Of New York
City.
Tomorrow night at 11 o'clock the
New Bern Division North Carolina
State Militia in command of Lieuten
ant Albert T. Willis, will leave here on
a special train for Norfolk. Arriving in
that city Monday morning they will go
on board a tug and be carried to Hamp
ton Roads where they will board the
U. S. Battleship Alabama for a ten
days' cruise.
All the divisions of the North Caro
lina Naval Militia will be taken on.
this trip and they will board the special'
train before it reaches Norfolk. From
Hampton Roads the Alabama will sail
Monday afternoon for New York
where two days will be spent and the
sailor-soldiers will be given an oppor
tunity to see the sights along the great
White Way.
Leaving New York the Alabama will
proceed to Gardner's Bay where several
days will be spent in target practice
with the big guns The cruise will end
on September 2 and the return trip
will begin. Arriving at Norfolk, return
ing, the New Bern division will disem
bark and go on board of the Naval
Reserves' training ship, the Elfrida,
which has been at that port for several
weeks undergoing repairs and will''
bring the vessel back to this port.
everal of the members of the division
will be assigned to the torpedo boat
Foote, another vessel located at this
point but which has been lying at Nor
folk for several months undergoing
repairs, and thi ; vessel will also be
returned to New Bern.
The following is a list of officers
and members of the local company
who will participate in this cruise:
A. T. Willis, Lieutenant, Capt. C. D.
Bradham, Lieutenant Commander F.
H. Shipp, L. T. Dixon, Navigator,
Ensign R. B. Fulford, Assistant En
gineering Officer.
Seaman Branch.
C. Scales, E. E. McCoy, W. Bryan,
L. H. Bowden, C. H. Dukes, C. E.
Daniels, Wm. Stallings, D. Dennis,
Geo. Hunter, S. Boyett, E. W. Paul,
E. Croom, A. C. Cow ard, B. Armstead,
J. Stallings, R. Bragg, W. H. Neal.
Artificer Branch.
, J. Brinson J. Hollowell G. T.
Evans O. J. Hancock.
T. Smith, T. T. Lassiter, B. G.
Harker, A. Purifoy, G. Scales, F. M.
Bowden.
Artificer Branch Eng. Force.
C. Smith, R. Snellings, R. McGinn,
L. Scales, W. F. Roberts, W. R. Shaw.
Special Branch.
J. E. Brooks, Bugler.
AT THE
TODAY
Two features today, a Biograph
and a Vitragraph. The first is a Bio
graph, entitled:
"His Mother's Son."
This picture is full of interest showing
as it does the hardship of earning an .
existence for the family made it im '
possible for the mother to approve the
little petty things which her daughter
likes. Lack of attention made her son . . ;
Hioflnliitp. hut later the sturdv . stnrk -
of his mother showed in him and the ;
cozy home he provided for dad and sis- .
ter made them forget the past. .
,"The Outlaw's T ove."
A Pathe. Western dranw lull of ex
citing scenes--every picture is a thriller, i
And now comes one of the best comedies- y
the Vitagraph company has released .
this year entitled: . .
"The Coming Of Gretchen." f
Her fickle lover drops her and courts
another he loses both-r-she ?and her
old sweetheart 'from Germany are re-
united. This is a picture the memory i
of. which will linger a long time with v
you.M, lCY , ' , .
Matinee da,ily at r,5 o'clock, Con-
tinuous . show at, nisrht starts at ft
o'clock. I'nvu!,, ' . - ,
. Worth's orchestra will , play . at the
Athens commencing ' Monday. -' :
VA
RESERVES
PROGRAM
ATHENS