North Carolina Newspapers

V j .Si. JhiJjii BMl'Y TOL. LXII.No: 77 - NEW BERN, N. a, SATURDAY rORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1913 The Weather FAIR FIVE CENTS PER COPY H;Wii Johnson ASSISTANT P J. LOGGING" PARTY Henry D. Clayton T. GET OUT HERE AT II 1Y SPIRIT iSMtEJIlEMSES j REIGNS SUPREME MUS NOON ." " ':,.: -'The -tit ;if Organization Ilas-A . Plan For Next Annual - Session To Be Held In Decern-"; '"' - ber, 1914. SeiSrefiatJonv'Ot,"'.'.: i f.-'. V; .'Is' Races.- ' V ''!fJ'?f 11$ !OLI) ' , OFFICERS RE-ELECTED ?;"4.'ijJ,';ineetlng8 'via . the;11story of ; tthel State - ; ; farmers ,! U nion oi xsortn Carolina has iF X3!ftl0ijcliide(i; its i sesaions", here ! adjourn- i VJ d tonight one lay 'Ahead of schedule, '.. 1 . .' Since the last meeting three new coun- ty' unions ha Ve feeeh organized, leaving J 1 ' only nine of the one hundred counties X v. 'In nrhtrh rountv Ors-anizations are ' vet , to be formed. The state treasury is in t . C ;$3,000 better condition than a year ago V. H and , business enterprises of the union J '.:fZ''"r-'l are doing more business and are on. a better . basis than ever before. fnain features of today's sessions 'xlii fi; vote passage of a number of important - ' -; ' -resolutions and election of officers for, - i the ensuing year.. The old officers with t:k "'the exception of the executive coramit- :, -'fy':li-.'tee-were re-elected as follows: President :5;Sr I: 5 - H. Q Alexander; vice-president; J. M ,. ' ' Templetonj state lecturer, J, Z. Green; i.iVA f -! state secretary, E. C. Faires. The execu -. .'. ' "tive committee consists C. C. Wright, of VWilkes; W..B. Gibson, of . Iredell, and TW. H. Moore, of Pitt,' re-elected, and L fr f 'i; S. H. - Hobtjs, of Sampson, elected for, the first , : time. 5 : ; ;45 - It was decided to abandon the policy -of having a midsummer meeting and vs "the next -annual session therefore will Tie held, in v December, 9H. ' t . perhaps- the; moist important action .' ; taken inloday's session was the ;unan " r imous indorsement; of . the proposition - havft; a , la w allowing neighborhools i ; ", . '' '; where most of the land is owned by one sj . it the quaahed . voters that in the future i 'xio land should be sold to ' person of the opposite race provided, the action is ap proved by a reviewing judge or a board ' i:i " '. ; ' of county . commissioners as being ne- ' Pessary to their peace and safety. The preamble recitea That the crowding of Mnqesirable negroes in .white communi , t.-y-ties jnakes eocial conditions' intolerable v'i'ior; white women and families, lowers 'h , , i-iano values pwnea Dy wmte people and : ''often4 drives white ". families to other Siv-tions.'JiThe resolution" also declares '. - J' J,:that;: this immorat mixing of " the races 'lit' J' the greatest menace to the.suprem -, ,V v.'''i -acy v of the white.; race s and demands drasticsfiiMjitioBron ftluH:ttbject.,:4;':f. '-' ".' The attorney general is requested to . j:: ! prepare the necessary blanks and c)rc u ,1ars of infftructipn for having tne lerk " , ' of the court put the.orrens system of : - v." registering lancf titles' immediately? into '. jSi. 'Jdrceswhen:''the;? law ..becomes effective 6aflV'ry',' and the clerks of court -are , ..fequestcd fo appoint examiners tof titles : '0. :pitonceVns,: , C) 5 Another resolutiohisks Hhe;8fecre ?soi- ilitarypf th ' i" of, hijcrop- loai ns'iirrcM' U&ZxM '. The id;a jjpf .Jiavirig c(ic2 wrvice : '., v:0'Veek,setapart,;by'-thW ,i A .November was Unanimously indorsed as " s V was also a movement for getting the : headi of the various state institutions and department to eether ltd devise' " , plans "forv more effective co-operition. v ' ": if; ,;v'The Sf ate union did not endorse the sue- ' - " "gestion for having theState' department , of agc'ultureyg.iitato-fr!,bu8inewof : -manufacturing but requested the proper ;v- - iuthorities tb secure legislation fo(, da " ting', this material and tc frame legis ylationtithat protects the farmed fm t -;i ''' :i;;;i spurious material, f; 3 '' Vy . ';. :; ' ;; 0 , The committee, on tobacco' marketing declared 4hat the dry 'prizery and stb.1 i i age system f owned the; 'only practicable . i - helpful and economic' method to be con : i'; C' .'eidered.. ' , ( '.Sf:pt:; Adressfei V were 'made by President ' .' Charles S. Barrett, P.. M. domer, .of ' V Virginia in additionVto. thetalks and : reports by North Carolina members. SAFE EXPERT RETURNS AFTER :':-V-:" VISIT IN CARTERETvi; W. to ! II. Marvin, the man who claims . Lie to open any safe ever made, 1 in the city last night after j a few days at Beaufort and ' 1 City. While down in that t rfenc3 several s'Torg boxos ! t i CO s c 1 ' 'y Representive Clayton of Alabama, la chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. J ' PEOPLES BRICK COj i! f ELECT .THEIR OFFICERS DR. N. M. GIBBS CHOSEN AS THE PRESI DENT. Thursday, night the stockholders of The Peoples Brick Company met and elected the following officers:' Dr. N. M. Gibba, president; J. F. Rhodes, vice president; C. T. Meacham, secretary and treasurer. C. D. Bradham and J. .Vh, Blades and the officers of the company were elected as stockholders. i'The company's plant is located at Thurman and is one of the most com pletely equipped in this part of the State The, .company , boweer, w planning td make a number of improvements among which will be the addition of a saw mill. There is a stron? demand for brick just at this time and the output of their plant is very much in demand. J. R. KENLY NAMED TO WITH ROAD FOR 131 YEARS- HEADQUARTERS TO REMAIN, IN WILMINGTON. n ; New. York, Dec. 19. J. R. Kejily third ' vice-president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, today was elected president of the company, succeeding the late T. M. Emerson. Mr, Kehly'8 -.headquarters, will remain vat Wilnimgton, N. C. Wilmington; ,N. C, Dec 19. J. R KenlyT who was today elected prejidenr of the Atlantic' Coast Line1 Railroad Company, jias been in officer, of the road for the past 31 years,-more re cently as third vice-president in charge of operation, He was born near Baltl more in 1847 and became a civil engi neer, pt tne rittiourg ana , t-onnens- vill. Railroad ' now a : part ; of the B. &0., 'in 1868. He was one of the en gineers of the "Union Railroad in Bal timore and assisted in. the construction of the Union Tuniiell entering the city. In 1882 he had engineering duties with the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad in Richmond,' Va., later becoming su- pcinterident of the load, ' which after ward became s; part of , the Atlantic Coast Line system,: He ; was appointed superintendent : of . -transportation in 1884, general manager in 1891 and vice- president in 1905. ' ,," ALLAN PEARSALL CARRIED BACK TO WILMINGTON, Allea Pearsall, ' colored, Who was arrested in New Bern, by the -chief of police on-, a warrant sent to him by usttce ' ' Harms, :' charging the negro with , burglary,; was broiight to ,this city Wednesday by Constable Davis, He was committed to jail and ' will have a, hearing before Justice Garriss oday. ,iie is thourht tJ be the person v l'r trtoke into the home o Mr, 1 I'-rn s ft C. : " V. ' ' ' 1 1 ' 3 a5. '.'--'on --. Postoffice Department Sustains Report Of Inspector Knight. DANIELS IS CONGRATULATED Senator Simmons Selection Meets , With General Ap fi,r Pr0TaL A message received here yeste.-day stated that the report of postoffice inspector Knight, who recently visited New Bern and made an investigation of the record of Assistant Postmaster T. D. Hewitt and found that he was inefficient, had been sustained and that Mr. Hewitt would be removed at once, While it was the general supposition that this would be the outcome of the investigation, it was not definitely knwn ntil yesterday. Just when Mr. Hewitt will be removed was not stated, but this will probably be done at an early date. Naturally, about the sole topic of conversation in this city yesterday was in regard to Senator Simmons' recommendation of L. G. Daniels for Postmaster at this place. Senator Simmons selection meets with general approval and Mr. Daniesl was yester day being congratulated on all sides. R. A. Nurin, who has been acting- postmaster since the dismissal of J. S Basnight, is still in charge of the office. Mr. Daniels will probably not take charge of the office before next week, or until after his appointment has been confirmed. The selection of a postmaster has, in a manner, detracted somewhat from the amount of interest being shown in the situation at the local office, but there are still changes to be made and until these take place, the public will by no means lose all interest in the matter. . .. .. . . T7 . ... An All Star Company Pre seating High Class Tab loid Musical Comedies Close their week's engagement at the Athens tonight. This company has delighted large crowds every night. Their acts are all clean and as refined as any ever, seen on a vaudeville stage any where.; Hear them to night for the last time, PICTURES. ' W$ have a Biograph feature entitled "So Runs The Way." : The story of an indulgent wife's awakening. . The young wife only reflected her aspiring ,: mother s teaching her one ambition seemed to be for display and to keep her reputation as a woman of fashion. - The husband s first weakness in fearing to tell her that the source of her power had gone, resulted in a second, . a 1 near thief, - nevertheless incriminating, Throught it comes the lesson. : This picture will interest everybody, and prove' a lasting bene fit to many. "A Deal In Oil." l A beautiful love -story told by the Lubin players. . . "Ann of the Trails." Through her father's sordiness, she is subjected to unfavorable v criticism- her life . is proven spotless and above reproach. .; A Vitagraph Drama. We have another big musical Comedy Company- booked for next week. The Majestic Musical Comedy Co., carry ing ten 1 players mostly ; girls, who know how to sing and dance. Matinee daily. a 3:45, two shows at night, firsty starts at 7:30, second about 9:15.. ' w - ' No .better- pictures 'ever 'shown in N.i.C, than we show. No better vaude ville attractions can be secured on any Circuit in the' South. f-, We get the best of everything money can buy, and when it comes 'to a theatre, why we have a real rone,1,' built for the business," and ; you always feel comfortable and at eise when you are at the-Athens. No advance in prices, for a big at traction. We have the same pictures and musical comedy at Matinee for 5 and 10c. admission that we put on it night. , ' Mrs. T. R. Avery, of Ernul, was in the city yesterday shopping. , ,1 T" 1 Male Cox, of Richland, spent '"y Li the city visitin-f friendj Representatives Of American Au tomobile Association Are Surveying Route. OCEAN TO OCEAN HIGHWAY Will Take Dinner Here Before (ioing On To More head City. Today, at noon, the "logging" party of the American Automobile Associa tion who are engaged in "logging" the orean to ocean highway, will arrive in the city and will spend an hour or more hc.-e. This party has travelled from San Diego, Cal., in their automobile and have "logged" every mile of the route as far as Durham. The start will be made from that city at an early hour this morning. At Raleigh, Goldsboro and Kinston they will be met by good roads enthusiasts and will be entertained at each of those places. Only short stops will be made at each of the above mentioned towns. Upon their arrival here the party will go at once to the Gaston Hotel where dinner will be served them after which they will proceed on to Morehead City, the end of the line. G. D. Canfield and several other prominent citizens of that town will arrive in New Bern this morning and will meet the party here and will accom pany them to that town. The "log book" being compiled by the American Automobile Association will be sold all over the United States. Thousands of copies will be sold to automobilists and this section should make just as good a showing as pos sible. New Bern being one of the pi inciapl cities along this section of the highway, will be one of the stopping places for all automobile parties who will travel over the ocean to ocean highway and will get much benefit out of the work being done by the "logging" party. IS MACK BROWN SHOT TO DEATH FOLLOWING ALTERCATION WITH NEGRO Lumberton, Dtc. 19. A brutal mur der is reported to have been committed at Red Springs, in Hoke County, this morning, Mack Brown being the victim. a negro named Dupfess is charged with the crime. - The facts as obtained here are that Mr. Brown was paying off a number of negroes who were working for him when Dupress gave him some im pudence, whereupon Mr. Brown knock ed the negro down. The negro is said to have left and finding two of his friends .went to a house nearby where Mr. . Brown kept a supply of dynamite to be used in blowing up stumps. Later Mr. : Brown entered the building and after securing some of the dynamite turned to leave when the negro who had concealed himself in the house shot him in the breast, a shot gun gun loaded with buck shot being used. Mr. Brown died in thirty minutes. The two negroes who were with the murderer are said 'to' have been arrested while tonight all efforts to capture Dupress have failed. :' ' Sheriff ;. Lewis and other officers are doing all 'possible to affect1 his arrest. Acting Governor Daughtridge this after noon instructed the Lumber Bridge mil itary company to hold it$ef in readi ness to protect the negro in case of arrest..- Mr. Brown was a son of - Post master Brown of Red Springs. THJS OLD YEAR OUT. Government Radio Office To Send , ' Out Midnight Call. . : 'Washington, Dec 19. The naval observatory has arranged to send 'a time signal to mark -the .death of the old' year and the birth of the new. It will, be, spread broadcast over , both the Atlantic and the continent by the navy's great radio sattion at Arling ton and all ships' and shore stations equipped - with ' radio-receiving appara tus and even amateurs are asked to listen ' for this signal and to inform the observatory if it was received by them. The signal will begin at 11:55 m.," 75 Meridian time, December 31st. ., .:V:-V(.'w.'' ;': V:-a;-:Vr. 'i:Vi' t Governor Johnson, of California, went East to take part In the cam paign in Massachusetts. OFFICE TO BE KEPT OPENJQMORRQW WAGONS WILL BE OPERATED IF FOUND NECES SARY. Down at the office of the Southern Express Company is a scene of activity that shows conclusively hundreds of packages containing Christmas gifts are being received in and sent out of New Bern each day. There are large packages and small packages, long packages and short packages and almost every other varie ty of package that one could well imag ine. The clerks are doing thair utmost to keep up with the rush and so far have done remarkably well. Manager Tiylor told a Journal reporter yesterday tint the office would be kept open on Sunday and that, if . necessary, the wagons wonM be in operation. This is bsing done in order to give the public the vejy best possible service. MAKES REPORT. Dr. Carter Says Malaria Severe. Is Less Dr. Henry R. Carter, of the Tnited States Public Health Service, who recently made a visit to New Bern investigating the malarial conditions of this section, has made his report to the department. In this he says: "One thing, however, all jhe old er practioners of tidewater towns say that malarial fever is far less pre valent and less severe than it was 20 and 30 years ago. This is undoubt edly true. I know it both from the in stances cited by them and from what I learned from a trip I took through this section in 1896, when malaria was cer tainly much worse than it is now." WINS AUTOMOBILE. M. W. Carmon Gets Touring Car. Handsome Those persons who attended the auc tion sale of lots at "Woodrow Place" last Wednesday and purchased one or more of the lots, are more than glad that they did so. One man who pur chased two of the lots has already been offered fifty dollars more than he gave for them but refuses to accept the offer. There is no doubt about the fact that property values in this section are increasing and the man who buys real estate, puts his money in a safe proposition. At the sale last Wednesday M. V. Carmon was the winner of the handsome five passenger touring car which was given away absolutely free. Several other persons were favored with gold pieces. SOMETHING NEW AT A. T. WIL LIS COMPANY'S STORE. Every time that a patron makes a purchase at the A. T. Willis Company's store there flares up over the cash: reg ister the words "Wishing You a Merry Christmas." Thi9 unique arrangement was thought out and executed by A. V. Tillis and is quite a novelty. . The words are painted on the glass top of the cash register and inside of this is a large electric ; globe? which "furnishes the illumination.. vi . ?: iN Vvi.y Julian Wood, of Edenton' was among the business visitors in the city yester day. 1 , . . t , - , "Christmas Predominant Kern. 1 In cfiiKj" New Is THE STOkK.S ARK C'toWDED Shoppers Are lli-cl Their I'urch.i Earlv. To Mike The Oii-i-l m. is sea height and in tin is thai spirit of "pea will toward men.'' II 1- 111 1 -V ,IL US i v at Unisphere : 1 .in h, good Ni-t Thursday is Christmas Day. The ,lav ,,f day of every year and New li i n i prepar ing to celebrate the on mIimi in ,iu ap propriate manner b.ii mi ,c larger scale than ever before. This section has had many drawback and losses during the past few months but it has rallied and is forging ahead in a manner which fiirthu exemplifies the indomitable spirit of its citizens. This section is one of the- most prosper ous in the State and the people are spending their money, not lavishly, but with the greatest libe.alitv. As an evidence of this, the 'ew Bers merchants have on hand the largest and best assortment of holiday goods ever seen in the city. The.-e are gifts enough to supply al! and the cost is within the reach of all. During the past few days the amount of lading done each day has increased and today will be a record breaker. All during nr-t week the final moments before the great event, every store will be crowded with shoppers and NVW Bern citizens and those in the rural districts are urged to shop early hi the week. The N'ew Bern merchants and In si ness men believe in advertising their wares and in Sunday s issue of th our- na1 the majority of th majority have an cii izeu. mercliants her.- will for even import. nit message 11 order to ace.om- modate the large number the Journal, on Samlav I .ul i rlir.ers ippe ir 111 uieieaseii lorm, tliat I-- le insisting- 01 I welve page-.. Sunday's Journal nip nU) (,,, (Ireds ot iew Bern horn ,ri I everv advertisement will b.- re. wiih in:or 'i hundreds ' I he mer e.iders will lest, and well it should, j of bargains will be of'fere j chants, and the Journa 1. .H. r oeiieni mere Irom. More bargains can lie ohrained on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week than have been offered before in many week and thai is one of the reasons why local citizens should do their shopping as early as ssihle and avoid the rush at the last moment. TABERNACLE PASTOR TO TIONS REV. J. B. PHILLIPS Wil l. TALK ON A TIM LEY SUBJECT. Kev. J. B. Phillips the Tabernacle Pastor will preach the fifth sermon to morrow morning on the work of Christ, on the Cross. The subje-t wil be "The Cross the Millenial Reign" or Christ coming jo earl li 10 reign one thousand years). There are ,everal things connected with the study which Pastor Phillips will endeavor n make clear, among them being the great tribulation which is just ahead lor this wicked age of unbelieving church mem bers. The evening service begins with song and praise at 7 o'clock. The large Tabernacle Chorus Choir will render special music besides the Congregation al singing. The ordinance of Baptism will be administered just before the sermon. Mr. Phillips will preach the third dermonon what he stand for at this service and the subject will be "Assurance and Final Perseverance of the Saints." Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., J. S. Miller, supt. i'The public is cordially invited to each of these services. . MARINE NEWS. The two masted jchooner Bertha Li Morton, of Ilobucken, arrived in port yesterday with a cargo of oyster? The uchooner . ''Agnes i S. Guillen" arrived? yesterday afternoon -, with a cargo of salt for E. K. Bishop St Co, Mr, ? J. VW;!". Wooteen and f familv of Trenton have moved to New Bern and will make this their future home. ' That