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. NEW BERN, N.C.,St)NpAY MOANING, OCTOBER'19. 1913
THREE GENTS PER ?OPY
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resig::.t
Charges Have Recently
- Been Preferred Against
. EECECUr.ES TO OQ"?LT
V.ITH O SUGH F.EQ-JESTS
An Investigation "Will Be
; : Started At Once Much
' Interest In Matter
. For the oast two or three weeks
rumors have been going the rounds
la New Bern that there would probably
be a chance at an early date in post
masters at tne local postoffice and these
" Tumors ' were partially . substantiated
; Friday afternoon when Postmaster
' f. S. Basnight, who was appointed in
June, 1910,. was asfcea to resign.
For some time there , has been dis
!: satisfaction among the force in the
loral ' office ., and this grew stronger
a few weeks ago when George Howard,
who has been in the office only a short
time, was -appointed to the postion of
dispatching clerk to fill the vacancy
' caused by the resignation of Clarence
Crapon.
R. E. Smith, who istat present
:: thexight clerk, thought that he should
- have been appointed to this position
. on account of the fact that he has been
in the service much longer than Mr,
Howard and would therefore be the
: nnp- to stand in line- for promotion.
' - The matter was taken up by Mr. Smith
i with : the' Postoffice Department v and
" Congressman John M. Faison, of, this
district,' was also acquainted with the
. fact. - i ' " 1
In addition to this matter, other
' charges were made against Postmaster
Basnight and these resulted in a decision
on -the pact., of Congressman . faison
and other officials to look -over the
record of PostnTaster Basnight since
being in office. After this had been aone
Congressman Faison came to a decision
v to give Postmaster Basnight an oppor
tunity ;t of quietly resigning without
having any inyestigatibn made and
. just to let the matter go .along quietly.
; Coming to New Be Friday morning
' - Congressman Faison had a consultation
-with one of New Bent's most prominent
- "business men, and who is a 'staunch
Democrat, and the latter agreed1 to
focall upon Postmaster Basnight ' and
state the case to him.This gentleman
$ called on Postmaster Basnight Friday
: afternoon in behalf ,- of Congressman
Faison and asked him to resign, telling
J'i him at the 'time just exactly , how
f matters stood.
' This, Postmaster Basnight emphatic
.'. ally declined' to' do. ' . Following the
interview-with ' Postmaster JBasnight
i a. message was; sent, to Congressman
i-. Faison in which the outcome : ot -tne
interview was given. Nowj it is under
stood that.an investigation of the char
ges against Postmaster Basnight will
be started and if these are substantiated
- it' will in all probability . mean . that
the present holder of the office, and also
his assistant, will be removed. 1 f t
There is a great deal .of speculation
as to who will be appointed to' the po
sition of Postmaster ' and "Assistant
Postamster in case the present incum
. bent and his assistant are taken out of
- the office. " There , are many who are
positive that they can name the two
gentlemen who ; will be chosen in case
.the office is made vacant while others
t are undecided. r .
' " Mr. Jesse S. Basnight, ; who ; is ... a
Republican,' waa appointed Postmaster
at the New Bern Office in June, 1910,
and his term will expire in June, 1914.
TAKES THIRp HUSBAND.
Former
New Bernian 'Weds
f Missouri.
In
': News has been received in this city
of the marriage, a ' nv ' ys ago," -of
Mrs. Annie Wall' !. i . merly Miss
Annie Green, of .,ow l ern, but who,
for the past few; months, has resided
ati Kansas City, Mo.- Mrs. Wal;;.;--.
ford was first r- "od to Geor- Wood
'of this city, but ? (''"orced i r two
years and move ' to 7 s Moines, low
where she n ,-" second ! ,.
Her " third ,hu. . . : ' ; r
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A. UNIQUE AND EFFECTIVE AD-
VERTISING DEVICE. . N .
K
A very 'ingenious and effective ad
vertising device has been installed
irr front of Wright's cleaning and pressing-'
establishment onv Middle, street.
The..- device is an electrical one and
throws on. the sidewalk in. front of the
8tore(an exact reproduction of the face
of a., thermometer, giving s the f right
temperature at all times of the night.
Within 'the face of the dial is an in
scription informing the public ; that
clothes are cleaned and pressed right
by Wright.
S
PRESIDENT OF STATE UNION OF
AGRICULTURISTS ISSUES
PROCLAMATION.
November 5 and 6 has been set aside
as "Good Roads Days" in North Cro-
lina by Governor Craig, and on that
day citizens of the State who feel so
inclined ' will shoulder a shovel and
go out to assist in building new rods
and improving the old ones.
The following proclamation, in part,
has been sent to the Craven county
Farmers' Union by Dr.' H. Q. Alexander,
the president of the State Union:
"Whereas His E cellency, Locke
Craig, Governor of North Carolina,
has issued his proclamation setting
apart the 5th and 6th days of Novem
ber, 1913, as good roads days and ap
pointing these days as holidays and
days of festival throughout the State,
to celebrate the dawn of a new day
in North Carolina; a day in which the
march of progress toward a higher and
betterN civilization . is .made , easier by
good roads with modern schools as
signboards guiding the people, on
ward and upward, and,
"Vhereas, His Excellency, the Gov
ernor, has called upon the president
of the Farmers' Union to issue his
proclamation to the organized farmers
of North Carolina to enlist ' in this
greats movement and the development
of both country and town.
"Now, therefore, as president of the
Farmers' , Union, I hereby-- call . upon
all the local unions in the State to as
semble at their regular meeting places
on Friday afternoon or night October
31, and there organize and arrange to
work 'every able-bodied 'ihan" of the
community on the roads of the com
munity, on Wednesday, the 5th and
Thursday the 6th days of ' November.
Let all farmers gladly, embrace , this
opportunity of uniting; with all other
classes of our citizenship, and, 'shovel
in hand, realize, that it is one of the
very few instances 'in life where brawn
will hold its own with brain.
iiO GIIAllGE III i ,
flfiiJE OF CHURCH
HOUSE OF" DEPUTIES ' DECIDES
IT IS, NOT NECES- . ,
SARY.;':
New York, Oct. 18. Appointments,
resignations and transfers of .. prelates
were considered by the house of bish
ops, the higher governing body of the
Protestant 1 Episcopal , ' church at the
triennial general convention .today .
" Bishop Edward William Osborn of the
diocese of Springfield, 111., resigned be
cause of age; and infirmity, Bishop Jo
seph M. Francis 'of Indianapolis asked
to be 1 transferred to .acclimate .more
favorable to his family and probably
will be assigned either to Cuba or Porto
Rica. Bishop Cameron' ' Mann . was
transferred . from the missionary . dis
trict of Florida. -'
Any probability that the name of the
church might be changed at this general
convention was disposed of today by the
house of deputies, " which adopted a
report from the committee om prayer
book finding that it was without jlirisj
diction . to act, upon ' resolutions pro
nosing changes in the legal title o the
D. Kidder Who is connected with
! -nsi Cola; .Company." left ) last
j f .i a short visit at Beaufort.
URGES
FARMERS TO
WORK
ROAD
. SiCUqppCpMMITTpBMEN
Decide To Purchase Three Large Wagons To Trans
, port Pupils To And From New. School In
ti A very important meeting of the
school committee of Township Number
Seven was held in this city yesterday
at the office of S. M. Brinson, county
superintendent of public instruction.
The-tntizensotrf that township have
recently voted for a central school
and work on this is noiy in progress.
When this central school is completed
which will be . about .' November 15,
children from all sections of the town
ship will go there to be instructed
instead of going to a number of schools
located at different points of the town
ship. .
Naturally it, will be necessary for
those in charge' of the .school to furnish
the pupils with some method of trans
portation to and from the school and
their homes. At the meeting yesterday
the committeemen decided to purchase
three large double horse wagons which
WILL GET FAIR TRIAL
Elizabeth City Editor Engages Local Counsel To Defend
Him at Next Term Of Federal Court
In This City v
W. O. Saunders, the Elizabeth Saunders doesn't seem to be the hide
City editor who is to be tried in the ous personality .one might mistake
United States Court, in New Bern ' him tQ be from;'an the ominous things
on,Tuesday, October 28, charged with
having deposited obscene and indecent
EDITOR W 0. -SAUNDERS
Of ELIZABETH .CITY, N. C.
literature" in the United States mails,
was in i the ' city last night. Editor
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LEflOIR
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- :. i up this work'?n another State, will
SEVENTEEN WRONGDOERS POSE ) preach his fajjewell sermon at the
FOR THE CAMERA MAN Christian church on Hancock asreet
, ti ,i AT . KINSTON. ' ' tonight ' and pe public is extended
i ' ' , ' an invitation o attend. At this
Kinston, Oct. 18. Thursday after1 service Captain Satterfield will tell
noon at 3 o'clock grouped on the green of the' work wich he has done since
at the court house with the building as coming to Ne'w Bern.
a background, 17 convicts, sentenced-'; ILL
at the term of superior court now under-'' WILL GIVEV BARREL OF FLOUR
going, were photographed : at . the in-1, .' ; j'AWAY.
stance of , the i county , ; authorities. 1; . , i"
The group was an interesting study ,1 E. B. Hack'burn has offered a barrel
for . a number: of , people "who witness of -flour to th'lady who has the best
sed the picture-making.' All of the, exhibit of bred at the approaching
convicts' were colored men and of a 'Fair. '...The committee in charge of the
variety i of classes. Some smiled, exhibits" in the culinary department
others were " melancholy, ' and a few request all lifdies who intend making
entirely mdinerent. -. 1 he bystanders
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aiscussea , ineir maiviauai jcnoices ot
the best and the worst of them'; and one .
fellow who aroused a deal of sympathy
was a typical ' black who will do 30
days for assault, with a deadly weapon
and about 60 more, because he hvunable
to pay i the costs. . He appeared un
able . to c , comprehend the procedure
and his simplicity and expressionless
face "won for' him the" opular verdict
that' he. was mentally irresponsible.
The prisoners were taken to the county
camp after being photographed,.,' The
picture will be a large one for purposes
of identification in ( the event any of
the men escape. ' "-j " " .,' .-, '. ;
2
W. D. Ipock, of Askin was antong the
business visitors in the cityjyesterday.
V
will be used for this purpose. These
conveyances will-be so constructed
that they can be: closed during bad
weather while it will be possible to open
the door and indows whenever so de
sired. An order has been placed for these
and they will bet,in readiness by the
time that the school opens. Another
matter that wa.tajcen up and disposed
of was that of securing drivers for the
vehicles. After some discussion it was
decided to secure three white men
to take charge of . the vehicles and the
contract will beiawarded at once.
Work on the' school building is pro
gressing rapidly, in fact the contractor
is making much vbetter progress than
it was thought could be done under
the circumstances and the building
will be in readiness for occupancy on
November 15.
IN CRAVEN:COUNTY
set out in the Government's indictment.
Saunders is a mild-mannered,' cheer
ful, companionable fellow, not quite
30 years old. is six feet tall and
weighs 225 pounds. He is, a fighter
and therein perhaps,x Hqs the trouble.
He -'fights for 'Anything he believes
to be right; and although he may
sbmetimes, or Oen, be in the wrong
m; is no half-hearted fighter. If he
thinks Bill Jones is a liaf", and thinks
the public oughtto know it, he says so
arid , he'll meet . Bill Jones in a back lot
or go to the Supreme Court with him
,J4o.,prove it-;,, And Saunders rmust be
jfight a good part of the time or his
enemies would- have put him out
of business before now. Thousands of
dollars and a dozen lawyers have been
employed in efforts to jail him. He
was defendant in three criminal libel
prosecutions in jhree different counties
this summer ahjd won every case.
The case ia. New Bern next week
was tried in Elizabeth City last week
and resulted in, a mistrial. The jury
stood nine to thre,e for his acquittal.
Just why launders' prosecutors
should chase him all around the State
with prosecutions forcing unreasonable
and unnecessary expenses upon him,
looks a little queer to folks on the out
side; but Saucers can come to New
Bern unafraid' he 11 get a fair trial
here.
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WILL PREACH FAREWELL SER
MON TONIGHT.
Cantain T. M1 Satterfield. commander
of the local anch of the Salvation
Army, who Is'soon to leave to take
i exhibits to
. --' .....
them in ' readiness; at
lonce.
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STORE ROBBED
BY BOLD THIEF
Midnight Marauder Enters Estab
lishment On South
Front Street.
GOT WATCHES AND MONEY
Police Have A Clue And Are Work
ing On The
Case.
During the wee' sma hours yes
terday morning some bold thief gained
I an entrance into the store conducted
by J. H. Hardy at the corner of South
Front and Middle streets and succeeded
in getting away with several valuable
watches and a small amount of money.
The ploiceare at work on the case and
have a clue which they think will help
them in apprehending the guilty party.
The section in which the store is
located is frequented by negroes and
at all times of the night there is much
passing in front of the place and it is
frequently the case that groups of men
loiter around the street until very late
at night. I his in a measure accounts
for the fact that Mr. Hardy and his
family, who have apartments over the
store, did not hear the intruder when
Jie broke a glass fromone of the front
winaows ana gajnea an entrance.
Mrs. Hardy Heard a noise down in
the store along about 1 o'clock, but
thought that it was made by rats or
possibly a cat which is left in the place
at night, and paid but little attention
to it. Upon opening his place of busi
ness yesterday morning Mr. Hardy
found that one of the front windows
had been broken and upon making
an examination found that the cash
register was missing and that a number
of valuable watches were also not to be
found.
The cash register was found sitting
on the floor in the front part of the store
but its contents were missing. The
thief had evidently tried to get it
thrqugh the opening in the window
but had failed in doing this. Mr.
Hardy has the number of the watches
and can readily identify them.
Since the police have waged such a
fight on the vagrants of the city,
there have been comparatively few
depredations of this variety and the
authorities are doubly anxious to ap
prehend the party who broke into Mr.
Hardy's store.
AT THE
Y
VAUDEVILLE.
The Two Crawfords.
Sensational Novelty gymnasts. Our
agent in Philadelphia secured this act
off of the big time North and this is
their first visit South.
PICTURES.
"The Girl and the Gangster."
This is a two reel speciaf release
by Kalem. A powerful story of the
underworld, pulsating with heart throbs
and teeming with thrills. 'Tis a feature
of feature"
"First Aid to the Injured."
An educational film by he plice
force of Berkeley, Cal.
"Bobbie's Long Trousers."
One of Edison's very funny comedies.
Remember we are going to give away
gold and silver money next Friday
night. Will sell coupon tickets beginning
Monday. Save all your coupons
through the week and bring them
with, you Friday night.
Matinee daily at 3:45. Show at
night starts at 7:30.
Rev. Marion Bethea, of VVilliamstown
who will preach today at Christ Epis
copal church arrived in the city last
night and is a guest of Mr. and Mrs.
John Dunn. . . .
PROG MM
ATHENS
MDiA
ONE WEEK UNTIL
THE BIG-FAIR
The Opening Day Of Great Exhi
bition Is Fast Drawing
Near. .
EVERYBODY
IS
COMING
Final Arrangements For Opening
Are Now In (;
Progress. "
J. Leon Williams, secretary of. the
Eastern Carolina Fair Association Com
pany, returned yesterday from a visit
to Greensboro, N. C, and Petersburg,
Va., where he visited the Fairs being
held in these two cities. !
While at these Fairs Mr. Williams
made arrangements to secure a number
of attractions for the midway at the
Eastern Carolina Fair which is to be
neld in this city on October 28 to 31
and he assures the public that they will
nna tne greatest assembly of midway ;
attractions ever seen at a Fair held
in thft State.
It is well to state that there will hp
no gambling allowed on the rmnnrf.
There will be no places where the un-
suspecting visitor will be buncoed
out of his hard earned money and every
attraction will be worth the price of
admission. Another thincr : ;
importance is the fact that there will
not be a single attraction on the
grounds which any lady or child cannot
visit without the least fear of being
in any way offended.
This week will be a busy one for every
officer of the Fair and the heads
of the many departments. The build
ings at the grounds are now being -decorated
and the exhibits will begin
to come in about the middle of the week
and by Saturday the majority of them
will have been placed.
Workmen are now engaged in the
erection of the new machinery hall
and this will probably be completed
by Wednesday or Thursday and will
be in readiness for the placing of the
exhibits in this section. Last year the
machinery exhibit was placed in the
main exhibit building and was rather '
crowded. This year this condition will
be changed and will without any doubt
prove much better in every way.
Numbers of entries have already
been made in the live stock and poultry
departments and the exhibits there bid
fair to eclipse any ever made in Eastern '
North Carolina. Just how many visitors -will
be here during the week is a matter
of much speculation. However, it is
safe to say that the crowd will be muil( '
larger than last year. Transportation
facilities will be better, the Fair will '
be larger and the exhibition, as a whole,'
will eclipse all previous ones.
The railroads entering New Bern '
are offering reduced rates over their "
lines. Special trains will be operated
on Wednesday and Thursday (the
big days) and every inducement will
be made to get the people to come to
New Bern and assist in making the Fair ;
the best and most successful ever held
in the entire State.
AUTOMOBILE STRIKES BICYCLE
RIDER INJURED.
A white man whose name could not
be learned was run down
and injured last night by Charles
Turner, son of T. J. Turner, while
driving up Pollock street. The accident
occurred on Pollock street near Burn
and was witnessed by several persons.
The injured man was riding a bicycle ,
and when the automobile struck this
the rider was thrown beneath the ma- s
chine and dragged along the pavemen
several feet.
Rodman Guion returned home last
evening from a visit at New Orleans.
La. . '
Ned Delemar left last evening' for a
short visit with relatives at OrientaL"
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