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' ; ,,'- . . . Job f "-vi rmal - VOL. LXIL No. 101 NEW BERN,' N. C, TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY 27, 1914 FIVE CENTS PER COPY B&mw X: : V County Primary -Some Signed Petition Be ' -'J lievingjt Was For A" . District Primary MANY HAVE : - BEEN DECEIVED ' - t fe'lnS useu uy nun win uc u- Sentiment In-. Favor - Of, ied . h A T; willis Com. V Hon. u. k. v i nomas is Growing Stronger ' Petitions are being "circulated in Craven county for a primary. The Sun, Mr. Guion's ' organ, claims these petitions are for a primary - in Craven county be tween Mr. Guion and ex-Congressman Thomas alone. .The Journal stated in a late issue that many voters had sign ed these petitions under misap prehension of the rr eaning of such - petitions. Nearly every body wants, or should want -a primary; for State officesl State twide primary; for district offices, - such as r Congressman, a district wide primary; for county officers'; such as legislature and . sheriff, , a ' county ." primary. , Primaries .are the order-of the day public .sentiment is for them.' The peititons . being i circulated contain- the words "Third Con gressional District,'' and the word "Primary" linked together. They are very shrewdly drawn and cal culated to mislead or deceive the , people. Many voters have signed - them thinking the petitions meant a District Primary for the Third ' fGongessional District named in the petitions, and others think 3ng,thc petitions meant a County Primary inside of the 1 hird Dis ' trict for all candidates; and . some have been deceived by 'the state" 'f ment that ex-Congressman Thom c as favored the petitions. He does favor a District Primary for all ; candidates for Congress to be S called by theCongressional Ex ecutive Committee ? and to be :; held on' the same day, - the two highest : men to run over ' in- a second primary, but he does -not favor such a county; primary " BS one by agreement between himself and ex-Judge Guion alone for which there -is no law ot the Democratic Party; . and "which ' would prejudice Craven county among the other, candidates and 1 counties of the pistrict and cause them to combine against Craven county sor shutting out their .candidates.' Besides,' he 'knows that such a primary as that is . only a ' political trap. He' can, and will, carry Craven county, but as he is known all, over the ; District; his ' friends everywhere, in all the counties,', have the right to and want to vote for him. ;.. ' The nomination . for Congress is : a District nomination and there are nine counties in the District. . - . " ' , The friends of Mr. Thomas have followed up these petitions, and the Journal this morning prints a statement from the voters of r." 'jcton showing that many of those who signed the Bridge ton petition, for what the Sun ' ' -cd was "a County Tifeiry 1 1 rci Guion and Thoinas done, u.l r.zt i ' -"tand it that way, ?-1 f' t i ' l ave been-luLIcJ U V -5" vcf-'rs . cf GOES OUT OF THE SHOE . BUSINESS. - i Deciding- to enter some other- field, ""F. . Brooks,, who has for more than a year conducted the Selz Shoe Store on Middle street, has disposed of his stock and, at an early date, the build- .. .. i" i... l: Ml Kv pany MRS. WINFIELD IMPROV ING. Mrs. W. II . Winfield, who has been undergoing treatment for acute gastritis at Fairview sani tarium, has completelyrecover ed. voters in other parts of 'the county will, no doubt, say when they understand the true meaning of such petitions: 'We, the undersigned, do here by state that we favor a District Primary, to be held, on the same day throughout the Third Con- 'erressioual District. We believe there should be a District Prim ary, which is favored by Honor able Charles R. Thomas, and that the vote should be for all the candidates throughout the whole District on the same day. - "Any paper signed by us-which states that ' we are in favor of a Countv Primary between two candidates only, Mr. Guion and Mr." Thomas; was signed by us believing that we were . signing a paper for a District Primary, one Primary for all candidates.' : "We are informed Mr. Thomas believes in a District Primary and as the nomination for Con gress is "a District matter we believe a District Primary should be held between .all candidates, and not by two candidates, Mr, Guion and Mr. 1 nomas, in Craven county alone. , D. D. Willis A., P. Fulcher. - N. L. Gaskins. A. B. Wallace. T. S. Price. r G. M. Laughinghouse. J. C.-Brooks. f ; D. Morton, J. N. Tingle. " , C. H. Barrow. , t': F. Foyiv' '' ;A. M. Tingle. , ' O.' J. Rock.. - - I "U. W. Barring ton. - t v M". C. D, Laughinghouse. : N. C. Brooks.; ; W. II. Whitford . ,- F. L. Mozinga: : ' . . :;- C. W.- Barber. , . G. W. William. J. E; Campbell. G. A. Willis. -'. R: W. Thomas. W, T. Brinkley. " M. LXockhart, M. E. Potter. rW. H. Simons. , ; ; " R. L. Simpkins. - - J. L. Lupton. ; - Joseph Edwards. , " ' 1 . W. C. Hapwell. T. M. Moore.. . . ' G. II. Tingle. Besides the above, information has come to the friends of. M!r Thomag that' many of those who E0ncd the Bridgeton petition do r :t live in the town of Bridgeton c i cf.. them 'is not a voter; one cf t' - I" res at Olympia, Tamli- THE CITIZENS OF- PST0N Descendants Of The Palatines Hold Meeting. MANY FAMILIES VTHERE Monument To Settlers Of New Bern Now Assured. The citizens of Kinston are greatly interested in the proposed erection of a memorial to the Swiss Palatines who, with Baron De Graffenried came to New Bern and settled in 1710 and are planning to aid the local des" dendants in the work which they have undertaken. The Kinston Free Press yes terday had the following to say in regard to the meeting held in that city on Thursday "Descendants of the Palatines met in the pubjic library late Thursday to devise a plan to aid the New Bern committee which is seeking to erect a $20,000 memorial to the German political refugees who settled in this vicin ity, more than two centuries ago. Quite a- number of the des cendants, of whom there are 92 families here, were present at the meeting. Mr. L. Hines, presented old legal instruments hwhich have an invaluable bearing uporu.the matter, for history has slighted the Palatines and the Hines papers are expected to be used to advantage. Mayor F. I. Sutton was elected chairman of the local committee, Mrs. SamSutfon is the vice-chair man and Mrs. C. W. Pridgen secre tary. The home; of Mr. and Mrs, L. Hines, on Caswell street, will be the meeting place, and the committee , will meet the 22d of each month at 4 o'clock. Thurs day's meeting was very enthusias tic' Families broughtlforward as of : Palatine vorigin are Jones,' Perrys and Rhems. All data pertaining to the Pala tine colony to 1790 will be pub lished in Carolina and the South em Cross, the State organ of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy, as will the names of all descendants of the 1790 census, with an abstract of all their wills? deeds and other records. Each line will have to establish its : descent from the. ancestor on the 1790 census. Genealogists will arrange the material collec ted and advise with descendants about how to trace their lineage. ' The Palatines, Rhine Valley protestants, were driven,' out of Germany by the persecution of the Catholics when a papal prince became their ruler. -Thirty, thou sand of them went to England. They were of the aristocracy and talented; tillers - of rich farms, so that they landed in England, their reputation for , thrift - and industry having preceded them, they - were . received with open arms . as desirable immigrants. They were aided substantially, but a bad season tor Britain's peasantry was at hand and soon it was deemed "advisable to col onize some of. the, foreigners in America.- De Graffenried, Swiss adventurer, picked from, the" best of " the . Palatines the following which he ' conducted up ' Neuse river in the early days, The Pala tine settlers were the ancestors cf hundreds , of today's leading families in North Carolina.- NEW BERN WILL I mrs. . Gertrude briiton IE A TOBACCO ir-- .fr:: WAREHOUSE SOON , Business Men Show Interest In Movement. TO LEND THEIR SUPPORT. "Committee Appointed ' To' Select Site And Raise Funds. . That the business men of New Bern are interested in making' this city a tobacco market, wasj evidenced last night by the grat-i uying a! tendance at the mass; meeting hold in the Chamber ofj Mrs, Gertrude Howe Brit Commerce rooms for the purposcton, a prominent social work of awakening interest and devis- er, is the chief member of ing ways and means for the . Chicago's new force of police- erection and operation of a to bacco warehouse here. It was indeed a representative gathering and it was perfectly evident, even to the most casual observer had such been present, that the audience was composed of men who meant business. The meeting was called to order by T. G. Hyman, president of the Chamber of Commerce. After stating the object of the meeting Mr. Hyman call uPon the gent lemen present to express their views. Among the first talks was that of Mr. A. D. Ward. Mr. Ward told of the great good that a to bacco warehouse had done for Wilson, Goldsboro and other towns and said that, in. his opin ion, it would do the same thing for New Bern. Before closing his remarks he cited as an instance the growth of the bank at Wal lace which has a capital stock of only $11,00 yet has deposits of $399,000, this being made pos sible by the growth in that section of tobacco and the sale of it on that market. Talks were also made by J. M. Mitchell, L. I. Moore, T. A. Green, H. B. Craven, Charles R. Thomas, T. A. Uzzell, W. D. Mclver, M. D. W. Stevenson, J. B. Blades, D. E. Henderson and others. Each of these gent lemen were heartily in favor of the erection and operation of a warehouse here, believing that it will prove of grea worth to the city In numerous ways and induce the farmers in this section to grow more tobacco. At the conclusion of the dis cussion, D. E. Henderson made a motion, which was adopted, that a committee of five be ap pointed to select a site for the erection of this warehouse and to devise ways and means for se curing the money for its erection The following gentlemen were selected for tlhis committee : J. M. Mitchelli ; Chairman ; C. L. Ives, J. S. Milller, Wade Meadows and C. D. Bradham. This committee is to begin their ; work at once, and after making a thorough investigation are to make a report at a special meeting of the Chamber of Com merce ? which will be held at the call of .the presidents Another matter of importance which Iwas taken up .'during the evening was the adoption of a motion made by T. A. Uzzell that : the - Chamber , of Commerce communicate with the secretary of the treasury of ' the United States and request ? that New Bern be placed in the regional bank district with either Rich mond, Washington on Baltimore. The banks of the city are also to request that thi3 be done; rr i w women. OF REFUGE IS DELAYED MUST WAIT UNTIL CON GRESS MAKES AP PROPRIATION. Harry T. Patterson, a govern ment engineer, predicts that bids for work on the harbor of refuge at Cane Lookout will not be called for until after another ap propriation is made by Congress. This is believed to mean a delay of at least six months. The plans and specifications for the exeat undertakinir are now in Washington. Congressman Fais on has been informed by Maj. H. W. Stickle, of the corns of engineers, that bids for -the im provement of Taylor ( reek near Beaufort will be advertised for as soon as funds are received from the municipality of Beaufort. This is an improvement in con nection with the inland water way. The government allowed an appropriation for the greater portion of the expense, requiring the balance to be donated by the town. After months of delay, a recent bond issue election made the town's contribution pos sible. It will require three months to deepen Taylor creek, which will afford a short cut from Beau fort harbor to Core Sound and the rich trucking country bor dering the latter. T. D. Warren left last for Ra leigh to "attend a meeting of the Trustees of the University of North Carolina, and the Alumni Council. Appeared before a large and re fined audience at the Athens last night.' The act was roundly applauded and everybody seemed pleased. They appear today in an entire change of. program.' Pictures today as follows: - Shadows." ' A New England love drama by Lubin. 'Pathe Weekly." Giving ; the current news all over the -world. , , "Getting A Patient." v A lively Edison' comedy show ing how a young doctor ''worked up", a good practice and secured a i wife at r the same time'tis ncn. t . Matinee daily at 3:45, 2 shows at night. . 1st starts at 7 :30, 2d about 9 o'clock. - ' - ' - SUPT. AKERS TO LEAVE HERE SOON FOR 11 NEW EIELD Rumored That He Will Be Transferred. AN EFFICIENT OFFICIAL John C. Lewis To Take Charge Of This Division Of The Road. While im difmii,- announce ment lia been made it. is under stood that a number of change are to In.- m.ale on ihi-; division ot ti'.e Nor!. ilk Nil!' h. Tli kallw.iy Company. Ai"on, i1i--.h- is ti.e transfer fr, mi tin- 1 ical office to the Western diii"ii of Sup. r intendent C. W". .ker-. Mr. Ackers will, in all prob ability leave XewJJern nextSuiHlav IK: will be located at Raleigh, and will have charge of the line west of that: city. John C. Lewis at present train master of thisdi vision, will be promoted to tin position of Superintendent. Mr. Lewis is well known here and his friends will learn with pleasure of this approaching pro motion. He is thoroughly famil iar with every phase of railroad work, having been chief dispatcher for more than ten years and train master for more than six years and there is every reason to believe that the affairs of the office will go along in the same efficient and commendable man ner after he has assumed charge. Mr. Hutchins of the North ern division of the road has been mentioned to succeed Mr. Lewis as train master but it is not de nitely known whether he will be given the place. Some other changes are also scheduled to take place on this division of the road at an early date. TO HOLD MEETINGS URGES CRAVEN COUNTY FARMERS TO ATTEND THEM. The Journal is in receipt the following announcement from Prof. J. Walter Sears. County Farm Demonstrator, with a re quest for publication: "1 will hold meetings at the following places the first week in February at Kpworth School house Monday afternoon Feb ruary 2nd at 3:00 p. m and Monday evening at FortBarnwell Feb. 2nd at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday afternoon Feb. 3rd at Daughertys Chapel at 3 p. m., Tuesday even ing Feb. 3rd at Dover, 7:30 p. m Wednesday Feb. 4th at Cove City 3 p. m., and Wednesday T 14.1 Ik T evening reo. itn at ieuse roaa school house at 7 :30 p. I? m, Thursday Feb. 5th at Clarks 10 a. m. and Thursday evening f at Thurman at 7:30 p. m. Fri day Feb. 6th at Beach. Grove and Saturday Feb. . 7th at Er- . nuls. . I shall have with me Dr. J. : E. Turlington of , Vanceboro . and Mr. Zeno Moore, of Raleigh -Both of these men will have softie- hope for a large attendance and;; letus show these two' men that -we are interested in better farm ing and hear what they have to say tons." v -v" ' " . '