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The Weatheri UNSETTLED
NEW BERN, N. C.V SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 191 V
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Former President Of The .New
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Haven Railroad To Get ; ,
. . $30,000 A1 Year, r
ALSO .BONUS OF1 THOUSANDS
Information Mellen , Has On . Rail
road Matters Eipla'ns , ,
' V His Big Pull.
"New York, Aug. .. 30. Charles S.
Mellen's announced intention of giving
. his successor as president of the New
York, New Haven end Hartford Rail
way Company "advice from time to
" "time as requested" is not altogether
unselfish, it is learned ' Through
i an agreement -made by the retiring
executive with the board of directors
on July 27, the date on which he re
signed he is to receive si very substan
tial salary for at least fiv.e years, besides
a large cash ( payment , for ( services
'"rendered in the past. . -
.- Information that Mr- Mellen. was to
' continue on the : New Haven's payroll
'"came as a surprise fallowing his .;. an
nouncement 'of Thursday, in-hwhcih
he Btated that "Mft Mellen will have
no connection with the New Haven
' 1 after- this week' - When this fact
7 ' was called "to the; attention of his office
: it; was -explained that - the receipt
of an. anpual retainer could not be con
sidered as evedence that Mellen was still
in the company's employ. ,
"We may hear fOm Mellen once in
- six months," it wis explained.1 .'.'Then
it may t be necessary to communicate
with him, and, of course, it is only fair
to pay him or his services. You cannot
'say that he will have any connection
with the New Haven any. more than
if he was a lawyer getting an annual
retainer from the company.
2 J' A member of the New Haven's-execu-
tive committee said that it was true
'that the retiring president" was to con-
i -'.tinue to draw a salary for a term of
years, but he would rot make known
the figures. The Boston News Bureau
says that Mr. Mellen is to get $30,000
v .a. year for five years,! besides a lump
; payment of $70 000 as payment for
" the time when he acted as president
. of the Boston and Maine and Maine
v Central. i , ,
This would make a total of $220,000
. which the retiring executive will receive
- during the life of the contract, A New
' . Haven director said that it had.beeii
considered advisable to keep Mr; Mellen.
' on the salary lis for the sake of the
.. information which he had off railroad
matters." The former president will
not have an office at eithc t New Yo k
. or Boston, and will not;be required to
spend any time at the railroad offices.
It. was said that he might reside at
iStockbridgeor anywhere; else, , so far
.as the company was concerned. ; He is
understood to have been: receiving
$54,000 ' a year recently, : having sub
.mined to a cut from $60,000. "Tt has
bsen reported that Mr, Mellen will
receive a salary of $100,000 as chairman
, . i.nd Mr. Hustis $50,000 as president,
'An expectation that the New Haven
will have to meet its lessening net
earnings by a further cut in its dividend
to 4 per cent, was strengthened1 by the
publication of an interview with How
ard Elliott, who assumed the manage-
v ment of the road Monday., v ' -
"Circumstances sometimes compel
. changes, on dividends," he said... "The
results on the New Haven road for the
year ended June 30, 1913, as published
in the newspapers, show that the road
. fail.nl to earn the dividends paid by
1,630.000. There are 27 directors
an 1 the decision, rests,, of course,
v . I'irm. It seems obvious, however,
i dividends cannot long be paid
( i ned."
.'IL GROCERY FIRM
f -1 -1 1. e tlirit has just started
i I -re is the- Parker Grocery
f which E. L. Paiker. is
Tie store is located at 105
': (.. Mr. Pa.ker has been
y Grocery Coiuj-any
1,1 ; a v -ci-' iit
9 SHIPS TO MEDITERRANEAN.
Fleet Will Leave On Winter Cruise
-' ' October 25.'-
Washington, Aug. 30. Nine c bat
tleships accompanied by colliers will
leave Hampton Roads October 25
for i the. .annual winter cruise through
the Mediterranean.' . The fleet, will
return about December . IS and , will
remain in their home . yards until after
the Christmas : holidays. . '.;.' '-..'.
The ships that, will take the' cruise,
together with -the itinerary, was van
nounced by Secretary Daniels today
and were as follows: ', . ' -
The- Wvomincr. the flatrshin of the
f c, . o r- .
commander-in-chief will go to Malta, the
Vermont: and Ohio to Marseilles, the
Arkansas and Florida to Naples, the
Utah and Delaware to Ville, France,
and ; the. ,CJhnecticut and Kansas to
Genoa., Colliers Orion!, and 'Jason
will accompany the ships. ' ' ' "
i HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING
- THURSDAY NIGHT. '
Local , football enthusiasts ' will hot
be compelled to leave home during the
approaching fall and winter to4 see' a
football game.v' A t&am has been organ
ized in this city and it is their intentioh
to play a number of games during the
season.-. There will be a meeting of the
team at 8 o clock.Thursday nieht at the
Atlantic headquarters on Broad street
and every member is urged to attends
This team, composed mainly of the
members of the team (which was organ
ized last season and every one is a.good
player. Several games were played last
season and the locals - were victorious
in the. majority of these; This season
the team is. stronger and the members
feel confident that they will be the ama
teur champions of this section of the
State, at . the close of the season. - 'V
Arrangements are being made to get
a game with the A. and M. team dur
ing the week of the Fair, This was done
last season and several thousand per
sons witnessed the conflict. - ' '
SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES TO
MORROW MORNING. .
A two weeks term of Craven, County
Superior ..Court will convene tomorrow
morning with Jud;.-'j:On.v'H.',:.Allen,;':of
Kinston 4 presiding.: i .. The first week
wilt be- consumed ih disposing : of the
Criminal cases . while the second week
will . be consumed in the disposal of
he civil docket-. - , , t i v
LABOR PAY' HOURS AT THE
. - . POSTOFFICEr -
f Monday, September 1st, . ! being : a
legal holiday", this, office . will observe
the following m schedule:""
- Stamp and general delivery windows
will be open from 7:15, to 8;15 a.; m.j
and delivery again from 9:30 to: 10
a. m.' ' Both ' windows 'Will be open
from 0 to p. m. Carriers will make
first collection and delivery. , . , 1
I EBRATES HIS NINTH .NATAL
... . " ' DAY. I , (
Randolph Hansen - son of Mri and
Mrs. Y. Hansen, of Bridegton', enter
tained a number of his young friends
yesterday afternoon at a birthday party
celebrating his ninth; natal day. oThe
guests 'assembled at. the home of their
young nose ana tnen went inva Doat
to Lewis' . Ferry, , about one rtiile up
Neuse river above Bridgeton.. There;
after , numerous :' games so - dear to
childish hearts had been engaged, in,
delicious refreshments were " served
Attesting the esteem in wiich - he is
held, by his friends, Randolph received
a number of useful presents. ' ,
",i NOTICE.
Beginning September-1 we-will have
to charge 25c. for all packages of
Blue, Mineral water where I have to
fill same. This charge is necessary as
the demand is so great it takes most of
my time with horse and wagon to de
liver this water to depot. Water is free
to anyone that calls for it themselves,
. . W, D. Ipock,
Askin.
! is cut more of a f
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FOOTBAL
TEAM
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GIDBT FOR - .
; SCHOOL AWARDED
Building Will Be Erected By F. P.
Petteway-r-To Be Ready By
November First. " , '
A 3-ROOM FRAME STRUCTURE
The First School In the State To
Adopt Plan Of Transport
. , Ing Pupils. '
'.The school committee of No. 7
Township held a meeting in the office
of County Superintendent S. M Brin
son yesterday and awarded the contract
for the building . to . F. P-,Petteway
his bid being the lowest received by the
committee. , '
Work ' on the building will . begin
at ' as - early1 a date as ' possible and
it : is "expected- to have if 'completed
and the school in operation by Nov. 1.'
The. building will be a three-room
frame -structure the main portion
24 x 50 feet and with a wing 30 feet-
long.;- There, will also be a full com-;
pletement of ' cloak rooms. Between
two of the princiapl rooms rooms of the
building will be folding doors so that
on occasions the two can be converted
into one and used as an auditorium.
The building, will- be equipped with
modern furniture throughout. ;-t '
Plans advised by the State Education
al Department were - adopted by the
committee and will be followed faith
fully by the builder so that one of the
best and most convenient schocl build
ings in the county ,is a certainty for
No. 7 Township. The cost will be about
$2 500. '
-- It ' was the original intention of the
committee to erect a brick building
but after consideration it was decided
to be the part of wisdom to be content
for the present with a frame building
Later: when the school gets under good
headway and its income justifies : it
a brick building will be erected and the
frame structure converted into a home
for the; principal. ' . '
t The school in No. 7 Township is a
consolidated school and will be the first
school in the. State to adopt the plan
of .transporting pupils to and from the
school building. A very fine session for
1913-1914 is anticipated.
DF
MEXICAN, .REVOLUTIONISTS
DROP; INVITATIONS
. s IN BOMBS. .
. Los Angeles Cal. ; Aug. 30. After his
arrest here i charged- with violation
of neutrality" laws by having aided in
the smuggling of the Mason aeroplane
Over the Mexican border several months
ago ; ;Capt. ' Jaoquin Alcalde , a Con
stitutionalist soldier of Sonora explain
ed why numerous bombs dropped from
the flying machine in its flights over
Guaymas failed ' to: ' cause damage.
The . bombs he said were not loaded
with death-dealing explosives - but with
cordial invitations to the discontented
Federal soldiers under v, Pedro Ojeda
to desert and come over to the rebels.
"We did not want to slaughter those
poor Federals,' said Alcade, who claim
to - have- been' the , man -who - always
accompanied Mason,1 the: French avia
tor, "so we wrote messages and inclosed
them in bomb-shaped receptacles. The
messages told the Federals that a warm
welcome awaited them - in our ranks.
We got a large number of recruits in
that way.'! " . ' -1 " "
Alcalde was indicted with Didier
Masson, the aviator; and several other
persons just' after Masson's flying
machine was ; snet . ovtt ' the : border
from Tucson, Ariz. ' 1 , ' ' -
Captain Alcalde, who was a member
of the staff of former President Madero,
of Mexico, was said to: have been en
gaged to be married 'to a daughter of
farmer Vice-President Saurez, who was
assassinated with Madero. x
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TO TEACH CITY'PLANNING.-
Rochester N. Y.' Aug. 30. ;The'neW
:luiir of civic design at the University of
Hindis will be-filled by Charles Mulford
ii'i iiisoii Rochester author of numer
. i ..,i!si nn ritv nlanninc. The
It
' y of Illinois is the first Amer
:.ution to chtablish the course.
EtlV
METHOD
GETTING
MAGHINEHY HILL y
10 BE ERECTED
Directors Of Fair Association Com-
"' pany Plan To Make Im- ;"
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provements.
WORK TO WJ START ! SOON
New Structure Will Be Located
Near Woman's Club
Building.,
In addition to the many improve
ments which the1 directors of the East
ern Carolina Fair ' Association are
making at the - Fair grounds and at
Glenburnie Park, they are contempla
ting the erection of a machinery hall
at the Fair grounds.
In this detail alone is the Fair grounds
incomplete.'' There is at present a main
exhibit hall,, a building for the exhibi
tion of swine, another for the exhibi
tion of cattle, targe stables and a build
ng for the exhibition of poultry. Last
year there was a large quantity of
machinery on exhibit but it was neces
sary to place this in the main exhibit
building.
Seeing the necessity for the erection
of a building in which machinery
alone will be exhibited, the directors
of the company came to the concl
elusion to erect such a building. It is
planned to make the structure fifty
feet in width and one hundred feet
long and to locate it between the
Woman's Club building and the poul
try building.
The site has'beea laid off but no de
finite arrangements for the erection
of the building have been made. How
ever, it can be erected within the
course of two or three weeks and will
be in readiness by the opening of the
Fair during the last week in October.
' v The work' on the pavilion which is
being erected at Glenburnie Park is
going, ahead rapidly and will probably
be completed about the latter part
of next month. This building is situated
on a hill overlooking Neuse river and a
more ideal site could not have been'
secured. . Numerous other improve
ments are also being made at the park
P
AT TOE
, PICTURES.
For Monday's show wc have secured
that celebrated moving picture entit
led. "TheHumam Vulture."In 2 reels.
Released by Pathe Brothers the French
motion picture makers. It is a story
of kidnapping and ; is intensely inter
esting. Then ws have ' :
. "One Over On Cutey."
- A Vitragraph featuring Miss Lillian
Walker" and Mr. Hughift Mack the big
fat jolly omedian of the Vitragraph Co.
The' piicture shows -;i where :- Cutey'
conceit gets a severe bump. , He gets
;a big laugh its handed to him good
and plenty. ,Yoju will get a big laugh too
when , you . see. the picture.; ; Another
.interesting and edudationat ' picttre
BOUND OVER IN LIQUOR CASE
.W.H. .'.Ward, colored, was given a
preliminary hearing before S.. Com
misisoner C B.; Hill yesterday after
on a warrant- charging him with at
tempting to ; sell . spirituous liquors
without a government license. - Probable
cause" was found and ' the defendan
wa -bound; Over tQ the; next term; of
Federal Court under ' a bond of one hun
dred dollars in default of which he was
committed: to jail. V
CITY REAL ESTATE FOR SALE,
v Am offering high class city pro
property for sale,' among which
could, sell on easy terms and rlgh
prices (he Bucklin property 32
South Front street, II. Simpson
home 59 New streerj and the Vinson
horn; 67 Metcalf street, either of
which would make eicell nt home
Beautiful build ng lots, Wooten
Sub-dividion, Rlverdale. Everyiing
n real estate ana insurance. , j
i W. G. BOYD
How dreary yesterday wt a, and how
blight tomorrow promises to be. .
R0CR1
RECRUITS ATHENS TOMORROW
5,765 POSTMASTERS NAMED.
Burleson Has Averaged 32 Dally
lf?!f S nee Taking Office.
Washington Aug. 30. In,. the-176
days including Sundays and holidaj s
since- Postmaster-General Burleson as
sumed the duties of - his office - he.
among other things 'makes his average
something over 32 a day. ' Of the total
number ; 2 203 were Presidential post
masters . who receive s in ; excess of
$1 000 a year salary and whose ap
points must be confimed by the Senate.
The remainer 3 562 are postmasters
of the fourth class named either as a
result of civil service examinations
or after personal investigations by
postoffice inspectors.
RIS LIFE SAVED
BY
PENNSYLVANIA MINER OVER
COME BY GAS WILL RE
COVER. Pottsville Pa. Aug. 30. A remark
able case of the resuscitation of an ap
parently dead, man by the use of the
pulmotor is reported from St. Clair.
Joseph Mango a miner empfoyed in a
colliery of the Reading Railway ran
into a pocket of mine gas and when found
by his companions life was apparently
extinct.
' Although the case seemed hopeless
three members of the first aid corps
rushed for the pulmotor with which all
mines are provided and began the work
of resuscitation. The body was first
wrapped in seven blankets to retian
any heat that might remain and the
machine for producing artificial res
piration was operated vigorously. As
they worked the men shouted loudly
into the ears of the patient to breathe
and finally they observed signs of life,
Keeping up the work of pumping oxygen
into-the lungs thev had him breathirg
freely al the end of an hour and a hallfl
Persons who saw Mango when his
apparently lifeless body was found say
the feat of bringing him back to life
is unequaled in the history of the
regions. He is at his home still very ill
but physicians say he will recover.
AT THE CHURCHES.
Christian L. T. Rightsell will
preach at 11 o'clock. Rev. J. C. Cald
well, president of the Atlantic Christ
ian College at Wilson, will conduct
the evening service. All are cordially
invited to attend.
"...
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Mass
11a. m., with exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament; Sunday school at 3:45;
Rev. Joseph Gallagher, pastor.
,
; Christ Episcopal There will be no
services at this church today.
Centenary Methodist No preach
ing services today, but Sunday school
will be held at 4 p. m., as usual.
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' First Church of Christ, Scientist
Sunday services 11 a. m.' Subject
sChrist Jesus," Phil., 2 ; 9, 11. Sunday
chool '12 m. j Wednesday evening
testimony service at 8 o'clock. Reading
room is open daily from 3 to 5 p. m.
AU are cordial y. welcomed.
Presbyterian The Union service will
be held in this church at 8 p. m. The
sermon will be-preached by the Rev.
E.' T.: Carter. AH are earnestly invited
to attend this service. Come and bring
your friends.
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First;. Baptist Services will be held
in this church at 11 a. m. and the pastor
will preach. ! Bible school at 4. p. m.,
c'asses for all. ' This is the church that
specially: invites visitors to . the city
and those who have no. church home
to worship withus.- A hearty invitation
to all: The union service will be held
in the Presbyterian Church at 8 p. m.
The' sermon will be preached by the
Revi'E; X -Carrer. AH are IhVrteiV'
.. Tabernacle Baptis Rev. J. B. Phil,
lips has returned from Bclcross where
he has been holding a meeting and will
fill his; pulpit- at both, services today.
The a Tabernacle : choir , has arranged
for special music for ,! each service,
nd music lovers who attend will be
awell , entertained. -
B.,'P. S. PAINTS the" best for si1
purposes. Sold in New Bern by - J.
Basnight Hardware Company .
PULMOTOR
TOMORROW A GITJ1
DAY III HEW tt:
Many Visitors Are Expected To
.Participate In Labor Day - "
, Festivities.. " - ' ('
RACES THE MAIN EVEN
Tests Of .Nerve And Skill Gire
Promise Of Being Real
Thriller..
Tomorrow is Labor Day and it will
be a real gala day in New Bern. For "'"
weeks many have been looking forward
to this occasion and now that the "big
day" is so near at hand there is natur-'
ally a feeling of anticipation as to what '
pleasures and enjoyment the day will
bring forth. i
The chief event of the day will
be the horse and motorcycle races at
the Fair Grounds This event has been
heralded through the newspapers
and it is expected that in addition
to the hundreds of local citizens who
will witness the tests of speed there
will be several hundred visitors. The?
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
has offered reudced rates over their
lines on this account and this will be
an inducement to many to come to
New Bern for a day's visit.
The racing will start promptly at
1 o'clock so that it can be concluded
in time to give the visitors ample
opportunity of getting back to the city
in time to leave on th eafternoon trains1
if they so desire. However, it is expected
that many will stay over night.
The price of admission to the Fair
grounds, where the races are to be
held, will be fifty cents for adults and
twenty-five cents for children under
twelve years of age. No admission
fee will be charged to the grandstand.
The grandstand has recently been en
larged to double its former size and
has been so arranged that it will be im
possible for any person to stand in
' ront of the spectators and obstruct then
view. Motorcycle Races First.
The motorcycle races will probably
be held first in order that the riders
will not have to contend with a track
cut up by the horses. Just how many
entries will be made is not known at ,
this time. Several riders have already
signed up and it is expected that
several others will enter their machines
before the races
The horses which will be seen on the
track in the various races are the fast
est in this section of the State and also
there are several from other States
which will be offered. There will be.
three horse races, the entries for which '
are as follows:
3.00
Horse and owner.
Rockefeller, John Dawson, Jasper.
Bob Tucker, J. O. Causey, Vance-
boro. ...:.
Rubber Doll, C. W. Bush, Elisabeth- -'
City. "
Mary Elizabeth, T. W. HoItOnv,.
Bridgeton.
Lucy, G. H. DuVal, PolloksviUev
2.28.
Horte and Owner. , ' '
BUIy Boy A. B. Cox, Cove City. ;
Billy Hal, T. A. Grantham, New Bern;
Vi ginia Guard, Dallas White,; Eiiz- , -
abeth City. v ; '
Mary B., Charles Reid, Elizabeth v
City. ,
:. Free For AU. . ;.-.'.'.
.' Horse and Owner. ' 'V - 'Vv
June Boy, C.H. Bush, Rockwood, .
Belton G., Charles Cbdd, Portsmouth -a v
Mattie, B. B, Hurst, New Bern." .
- Other Amusements. , -
The races at the Fair Grounds will
no, means end the entertainments of the -.-':-.'
day. '-The managers of the Athens and -;
the Star theatres have arranged special
Labor-Day programs and promise their V
patrons a real treat. . These theatres 1
are two of the best in the South and ibe
pictures shown there, are well worth.
seeing at any time and when a- program
is especially arranged the, public always .; -knows
that it is well worth their while :
to pay them a visit. - , " -; .
- The local tribe of Red Men will hold
forth at Ghent Park and after burning
the home of a pale face will burn him
at the stake. . . 1
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