A DISASTROUS
FLUOD 111 TEXAS
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.Death Destruction' And Suffering!
, ; Ate) Following W
.., , Its wane. , .
THREE 4 RIVERS ON ' RAMPAGE
.Ten ' ".Thousand Driven From
; . ; Their . Homes In
k ' ' ' - Waco.
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 3. With three riv
ers, the Trinity, Brazos and Colorado,
and innumerable smaller streams out of
their banks as a result of heavy raing
which began Monday night and still
'Continue, tne noon srcuaiiun m raui
t Texas has assumed 'serious proportions.
Within a territorv 200 miles in length
and 100 miles in width, practically all
i lowlands are under water; approximate
ly 15,000 persons have been driven from
their homes; scores have been rescued
from tree tops and floating wreckage;
-several railroads have been forced to
suspend operations and incalculable
damage has been done to property,
i Seven persons are known to have lost
their lives. Yesterday five members of
the family of W. C. Polk, a farmer.
'Were ujrowiieu at ucauu, aim u. x-. in-y
.and a man named Manley met a similar
fate near Dallas late today. '
''- Waco, on the'Brazos river, reported
' the most serious situation. Sections of
that city known as south and east Waco
are under water and it is estimated that
: more ' than 10,000 residents were made
homeless. Military companies stationed
there have been ordered on duty by Gov
ernor' Colquitt.- Train service out of
WTt a" tirnn nvnof inn 1 1 rft Vxr no oK
outBNear Elgin a Houston and Texas
Central passenger train ran into a soft
'stretch of roadbed late today and the
engine and baggage car overturned. No
one was seriously hurt.,., " -
In the Leon river bottomsnear Tern
pie, a number of men, women and chil-
ren still were marooned late today aft
er spending 24 hours in the trees and
tonight it was uncertain when improvised
boats Could be navigated through the
swift water.-
., , inui lit. 10 pintin-aii out,uu..u-u vj
water and Hetty, on the Texas Midland
railroad is inundated to a depth of from
one to three feet. ;
In Waco and other large towns in the
flooded district charitable organizations
.are caring for those made homeless:
- GIVE DINNER TO POOH
t "v ' '" " .' J ,!
WILL MAKE ' MANY . HEARTS
, GLAD ON - CHRISTMAS
. . DAY.
.".Captain and . Mrs. J- .r, jlalbnt,
wuu are in cnarge oi (lie iuum uraucu
of the Salvation Army,;are.pl&nning to
! give.' a free basket: Christmas dinner
to the deserving" poor of the city. '
' In order that this dinner can be made
possible, " Captain Talbrit is soliciting
the assistance of the public, There are
many who do not feel able to give money
but who will.be clad to donate food.
-This, will be just as acceptable.
"Today or tomorrow Captain Talbrit
" will call oh the citizens 'of New Bern
and it is hoped that he will ( be given
'their support in this work., ,
'TUIIEX PICTURES ATI :
FIRST- PRESENTATION -WILL
- , TAKE' PLACE IN ABOUT
TEN DAYS.'
l Local theatre-goers will soon have an
opportunity of seeing the widply adver
' tised talking pictures which have, re
cently been perfected by J that inven
tive genius, Thomas Edison. , ,
'". Lovick and Taylor, managers of the
'Athens theatre .-yesterday, signed 4 a
contract with the Edison ( Kintescope
Company, for the exclusive use 6f the
-"talkies" in New Bern and will 'put
them on in about ten days.
, I The talking .pictures have only, been
perfected during the past few weeks
and are being shown in all the larger
theatres in the country. .. The date
on which they will first be presented
will be announced later.
If a homely girl has plenty of money
,'s si easy matter to meet a wise man
' i) will try to convince her she is
j ' ' I '-"'ty. , .
MYSTERY OF THE SEA :
IS CLEARED AT LAST
CREW OP THE MISSING SCHOON
ER ALVARADO ABANDONED
1 VESSEL IN MIDOCEAN.
San Francisco, Dec..4. rThe missing
schooner. Alvarado, which cleared from
the Columbia river cm April ! for Anto
fagasto, Chile, was 'abandoned at sea
June 13, and the crew pf eleven made
their way to Easter island. This was
the gist of a wireless message from the
steamer Moana, received today here.
The island is a peak of rock belonging
to Chile and about 2,300 miles west of
that country,
' . The castaways decided to risk another
voyage in open boats. Leaving behind
his two mates, the ship's cook and five
sailors, Captain Benson and three vol
unteers put out and after sailing for 28
days reached Papeete in the 'Society
Islands on November S. A rescue party
will be sent for those left behind.
OLD MAN KILLS HIMSELF.
A. P. Bump, of New Hanover County
Uses Shotgun To End His Life.
..Wilmington, Dec. 4. A. P. Bump,
about 60 years old, committed suicide
early this evening at the home of a man
with whom he was living two miles
from the city. Placing the muzzle of
a shotgun over his heart, it is presumed
he pushed the trigger with a walking
cane. No one was at home at the time
He left several notes. In one he stated
that his health was getting worse all
the time, hence he had determined to
kill himself. He had been a cripple for
many years.
Earl H. Bellamy, an employe of gov
ernment .dredge No. 9, was drowned
from an oil barge down Cape Fear river
last night, news of which was received
here today. He slipped from the barge
in an attempt to cast off the lines by
which the boat had been towed to the
side of the river. The body has not
been revocered. He was from Wampee,
South Carolina.
MARINE NEWS.
The two masted schooner C. C.
Donaho, of Hyde County, arrived
in port yesterday with a cargo of cot
ton and turkeys.
The freight boat Daisy left yesterday
for Oriental with a- cargo of general
merchandise.
' , The schooner Ella May arrived i n
port yesterday from Point of Marsh
with a cargo of oysters.
The two, masted schooner Lurena
arrived in port yesterday with a cargo
of oysters.
. The three masted schooner Edwin
and Maud of Bethel, Del., . arrived in
port yesterday with 4 cargo of mer
chandise from Baltimore for merchants
of this city. ' ;.
The gas freight boat .Wave left yes
terday with a cargo of general merchand
ise lor Beaufort and Marshalburg.
THREE -REEL 'THRILLER
TO BE SHOWN T0NI9HT
A TREAT IN STORE FOR PATRONS
, ' , ",' OF THE STAR
V THEATRE,
List .'night, was 'premium night" at
the Star 'Theatre and a number of
valuable'; presents- were . distributed . a
mong the patrons of the theatre. . As
usual, there ."were a large number of
the theatre's patrons on hand and these
greatly , enjoyed the excellent pictures
shown,
; Tonight will be another one of those
"big .nights." "''A three reef feature
picture, ' entitled,: "The Midnight Ex
press" will, be. shows- , This is a, late
release and is - said ' to 1 be 'a 'thriller
from the very first inch of the reel until
the last scene has-been thrown-on the
screens - ,
There will be plenty of action in the
picture for,, those who - want f'to ; see
"something doing" and in addition to
this a delicious little love story threads
its way through the.entire plot.-- There
will be no, advance' in the1 price of ad
mission. v. - ' '
She's a bright girl who can snatch
an eligible man from a designing widow'.
A woman always has faith In the
judgment of any man who asks her
to marry him. " .
posTorncE inspec
tor HAS ARRIVED
Investigation of The Tangled Snarl at The
Office In This City Is Now Under
Way
As had been expected, the postoffice
inspector who has been ordered to come
to this city to make an inspection of the
local office, arrived yesterday afternoon
from Columbia, S. C, and at once went
to the Federal building and began his
investigation.
So far this has been the only cul
mination of the tangled snarl which has
for weeks existed in the local postoffice
and which came to a climax last Satur
day night when Postmaster J. S. Bas-
night discharged night clerk R.E. Smith
who was on probation for a period of
six months.
Up to the present time, although
he has received orders from the Post
office Department to - re-instite Mr.
Smith, the postmaster has failed to
comply with this .order and this si
causing considerable comment.
Immediately after arriving at the
postoffice the inspector, whose name is
Knight, began his work. Every depart
ment was gone into. The records were
brought out and inspected and in fact
the entire business of the office was laid
before him.
So far as is known the investigation
POSTMASTER-GENERAL CITES
THE RULES ON CER
TAIN THINGS.
Hundreds of letters bearing Red
Cross Seals are each day mailed at the
local postoffice. During the past week
the senders of a number of the letters
have placed the seals on the wrong side
of the letter and these have been re
turned. Postmaster J S. Basnight has re
ceived the following order from the
Postmaster General in regard to the
placing of seals on the wrong side, of
letters:
"No adhesive stamps, or imitations
of stamps, of any form or design what
ever, other than lawful postage stamps,
shall be affixed to the address side of
domestic mail matter, but such adhes
hesive 3tamps, provided they do not
in form and design resemble lawful
postage stamps, and do not bear
numerals, may be affixed to the re
verse side of. domestic mail matter.
. "All domestic mail matter bearing,
on the address side- adhesive stamps,
or imitations of stamps, other than law
ful postage stamps, will be returned to
the sender, if known, otherwise they
will be forwarded to the Division of
Dead Letters.
All persons "using red cross stamps
on Christmas packages and other mail
matter should be governed by the
above order."
RULES FOR GROUCHES.
Timely Topics On A Vital Sub-.-V-
Ject. .
Postmaster J. S. Basnight has handed
us the following "Rules for Grouches."
Being 'on a timely subject and with his
consent . we ' are publishing the same:
, '.'Bartholomew- Sl'avin, who is in
charge, of one of the Philadelphia sub
postoffices is ft tired of hearing ' com
plaints about non-delivery of mail. In
an effort to. lighten his burden by mak
ing chronic complainers- think before
registering a" kick he has formulated and
published fhe following set of "rules:"
.' ."Positively -no letters will be given
out tintil they are received.
' "If you don't get g. letter or a paper
on the-day you expect it have the Post
master look through all .the other boxes
and then search the cellar -also. It
ought to be somewhere and he likes to
hunt for it just to please you.' -
"If you frienddoesnt write rave, at
the Postmaster..- Somehow he is to
blame. - ,-' ' ' ;
I "If he insists there are mo letters for
you-put on a grieved look and say. there
ought to be' some. He is probably hid
ing your mail for the pleasure of having
you call again and again for it. . .
"If you are buying stamps make him
lick them ' and put them. on. That is
part of the business he is paid, to do."
of the cha.'ges against the postmaster
and also those against night clerk
R E. Smith have not been gone into.
That this will be clone is firmly believed
and may possibly begin today.
It was learned here yesterday that
Congessman J no. M. Faison had called
at the Postoffice Department on the
previous clay and requested that Mr.
Basnight be removed without any lur-
ther delay. Naturally this could not
hp done without an investigation
and no action has, so far, been taken
toward complying with Congressman
Faison's request further than the ar
rival of the inspector.
Every move around the postoffice is
shrouded in secrecy. Postmaster Bas
night believes in keeping everything
as quiet as possible and the employes
of the office are not allowed to hear
what takes place in the postmaster's
office and the public is in this way
kept in the dark along certain lines,
However, the result of the invest igation
will be known within a day or two
and this is being awaited with much
interest.
FATE OF SLAYER OF
SIX MEN UNKNOWN
HE MAY HAVE ESCAPED POIS
ONOUS GASES POURED
INTO MINE.
Bingham, I'tlh, Dec. 4. Uehind its
double bulkheads, the Utah-Apex nunc
still held secret tonight the fate of
Ralph Lopes, slayer of six men. The
smudges that were ignited Monday
continued to pour their poisonous
gases into the upper workings until
late tonight when thev were allowed to
die down.
Many hold there is a possibility that
Lopez is safe from the gases in some re
cess of the mine where air may be had, or
that he may have escaped through
some unwatched exit before the fumes
became overpowering.
Lopex killed a Mexican miner on
November 21 in a fit of jealousy and
three peace officers, anil after a long
chase took refuge last Thursday in
the mine, where he killed two more
deputies on Saturday.
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CORINNE, KING AND COMPANY,
FEATURING "THE SONG
BIRDS OF THE SOUTH."
At the Athens today in a complete
change of program, presenting a ridicu
lously funny comedy entitled:
"Tim's Night Out."
This act, they claim, is their feature.
PICTURES.
"Why Broncho Billy Left Bear
Country."
A Western drama showing several
sensational rides, and featuring G. M.
Anderson, the greatest living cow-boy
player.
"The Other Woman."
A Vitagraph production showing
where- a. chance acquaintance almost
proves disastrous to man and wife.
It'-i is happily avoided by another
chance acquaintance.
"The1 Policeman and the Baby."
A splendid Selig comedy, showing how
a little one terrorized a big one. This
picture is. a sure laugh producer,
i" Another , big musical comedy com
pany all -next week. Harry Parker
presents his New York's, latest success:
, , A;"The Cabaret Girls."
:,' A grand display of mirth melody and
harmony, ' Ragtime singing, piano play
ing dancing.. Pretty girls, funny corner
dians. The best singing show on, the
road.' , , ' "
Matinee daily at 3:45, two shows at
night-, first , starts at 7:30, second
about 9:15. t ,'
No advance in prices for a big mus
ical. Comedy company and three reels
of ,the best Association pictures on
any circuit in the' State. '
-,: Smart men can be fools for a purpose
Nearly' all men are too; tasyseveaAto
think for themselves, J Thinking is
nara wore. v t' w..
RECEPTION FOR THE
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
WILL RECEIVE THEM EX
TENSIVE PROGRAM.
Washington, I). ('., Dec. 4. The
Department of Agriculture has issued
an official program for the annual re
ception of the champion members of
the boys' and girls' agricultural clubs
which will be held in Washington,
December 11th to 18th. 'I he itinerary
includes a reception by President
Wilson, the awarding of diplomas
by Secretary of Agriculture Houston
and attending sessions of both Senate
and House and hearings before the Sen
ate and House Committees on Agri
culture. There will be a champion member of
the Boys' Corn Clubs from each of the
Southern States; champions of the
Girls' Canning Clubs from the Southern,
Northern and Western States, and
Girls' and Boys' Potato Club champions
from Massachusetts, Ohio, Utah, Iowa
and Michigan. Colorado will send a
Sugar Beet Club boy as the champion
sugar beet grower of the State and the
sole representative of this club work
which has recently been started by the
Department. These champion bovs
and girls will represent an organization
of over 150,000 boys and girls.
While the Department will officially
have charge of the prog-am for the re
ception, the expenses of the trip are
being defrayed by the different Slates,
counties, municipal authorities and
private citizens. '
The members will arrive in Wash
ington December llrh and will be given
a "get acquainted" reception at the
Ebbitt House. The President will
receive the delegates on Monday
morning, December l.Stli, at 10:20
o'clock.
The program for the 12th includes a I
visit, to different points of interest in 1
the city and a trip to Arlington Cenic
terv and Fort Meyer. During the morn
ing of the 13th Secretary Houston I
win present tnc cnampmn winners wn n
diplomas, after which moving pictures
. 1 1 -i
of the party wil
he
.... 1 'Pl : 1 1
uiKeil. 1 iie win
then visit the
and museums.
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A theatre parly will best()ck fmm
given in the evening.
Sunday, the 14th, will be given to resl
and attending churches and meetings
of the Y. M. C. A. and V. V. C. A.
. , ... ,
wing clay the partv will be
On the U
down the Potomac to Mount
taken
Vernon, to visit the home and tonib lan, sm;, ronnn a nil ic., md 1 hat coun
of Washington. On the 16th a visit , , ,es havi. , H.(,ri. 1)(.(.n ;,lvoV(.(I in
will be made to the Capitol where j s,.h a mix-up. S.,ck of Craven and
Congress will be seen tn session; hear- ones planters coming iulo I enoir to
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culture will be attended; a visit will be
made to the (.overnment Printing
Office and Navy lard, and a theatre
party will be given in the evening.
The two final clays, the 17th and 1Mb,
will be taken up with visits to the
Pan-American Union Building, Polo-
mac Park, Corocran Art Gallery and the
different legations, an auto trip through
the city and a trip to the Zoological
Park. The annual conference of
held and ;
Girls' flu
1 sptiul
onference on the Girls' Club work.
A feature of the week will be a con-
ference of rhe Deoarl mcnl 's l.ldv auenl s I
who. will be in Washington from everv
section where thev are located and who
will act as chaperons to the bovs and
girls.
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NEW BERN'S BIG STORE IS NOW
HANDLING EXTENSIVE
LINE OF TOYS.
S. Coplon & Son, the proprietors of
New Bern's largest department store,
have added another department to
their immense establishment, this is
a toy department and it bids fair
to make a decided hit with the citizens
of the town.
The store has already taken on a
holiday appearance. Hunter M. White,
the store's decorator, has succeeded
io turning the place into a veritable
fairyland and on every hand the pros
pective purchaser who goes into the es
tablishment, see articles which he or
she have been wanting.
The stock of goods at this store
was - never more complete and local
shoppers are extended a cordial invita
tion to visit the store at any tine; .' , a
Bread is the staff of life 'and flat
tery is the butter. t . " ,l
the mm
WRANGLE TO COURT
Supreme Court Will Be Asked
To Adjudicate This
?
I
OF
Matter.
VITAL
IMPORTANCE
Onslow, Lenoir, Craven And
Jones Counties Face
A Dilemma.
Kinston, N C, Dec. 4 The stock
law wrangle if it can be called a
wrangle in this part of the State,
will be taken to the Supreme Court.
This is the decision of the Lenoir
county board of commissioners. Three
counties are directly involved and as
many more indirectly in the confu
sion which has come out ot the mak
ing of Sampson county into stock law
territory. When Sampson chose to
become a part of the fence territory
it devolved upon her northern neigh
bor, Suplin, to do likewise or build a
long and costly fence. Duplin's legis
lator introduced a bill to include that
county. Foreseeing trouble brewing
for Lenoir, the commissioners imme
diately got busy and requested that
county's representative in the General
Assembly to try to stave olT the leg
islation affecting Duplin. The repre
sentative was given to understand
that he was representing Lenoir, not
Duplin, and that the latter was the
county most interested in the matter
pending. When Duplin became stock
law territory, rather than expend
many thousands of dollars ill the
building of a fenre to separate this
county from Duplin, the Lenoir com
missioners had the representative
from this county introduce a bill re
quiring iences in tms county.
Now the trouble has developed with
C raven and Jones, which counties
were notified that Lenoir's slock law
would go into effect on March 1. 10ld.
cmls(. fl)r (.s(. (.()lliui,., M:,((.d nt
1 1 u.re collk) , f , , , ,. .
rnm, r,.o ,h, .,t,, ,1,. 1 I... f
require!
I o keep
(raven county farmers'
coining onto Lenoir's farm
it seemed to them logical
its lands
that Lenoir county should build it
Precedent up held their view, it was
slated. In contradiction to this, Le-
! noir s commissioners held that the
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1 "i"v pieceui-ui oi which mere is
! knowli-due aonli, ,.,.v 1 ; i:, ;,i ,1
1 necome a nuisance to Ian
j ,(.cl,,, )v (;.(.,. r,)ln .K.;
j neighbors' animal- could In-
m-rs pro
1 Lenoir
imoound-
t.c; then the unfenccd boundaries
milru separate neighbor- with hard
feelings for one another VI the liti
;ll1ts rcajz,. ,hjs, but I enoir, with a
derided advantage in the matter, it
seems to her commissioner- is in a
position to assume a jaunty air and
a,.( independent 1 in I he controversy
However, to to the "fair thing" the
board will present to I he commission-
1 crs of Craven a ml lone- a nrooosit ion
to draw up an "agreed case" to be de
cided by the Supreme ( ourt, with the
claims of each ol the contenders out
line
fully
I he Slate s highest trfl
sav whether ( raven and
.enoir shall spend the big
buna! will
Jones or
sum that the Iences will cost.
Onslow count v, facing a dilemma
similar to thai experienced bv Duplin
and Lenoir, will vote upon the stock
law question on December I.Sth, with
a decidedly preponderant sentiment
for fencing, according to the esti
mates of leading citizens there today.
In Onslow the fence advocates are de
nouncing the "Latal Free Range" as
responsible tor prevalent stock di
seases, and advance as other bene
fits to be derived from the law the
segregation of improved slock from
inferior a,nd increase on interest in
animal husbandry.
Other counties in the section are
now taking notice, and if the Su
preme Court decided in favor of Le
noir, no man can predict what the
end will be. Very few of the coun
ties could stand the expense of fenc
ing from their neighbors, and it is
possible that the whole eastern part
of the State will be incorporated as
stock law territory as a result of . the
present Lenoir-Craven-Jones dispute
Most children are dissatisfied with.,
the behavior of their parents. ' v -
And many a man who has " the
cheek to raise whiskers ' doesn't' even
try, it:- i f Si i,-1