vni7J EN, N. C, THURSDAY MOANING FEBRUARY 5, 1914
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Every 'Business Man In
Jto Bern-Should Join
- Organization ,
.- The annual meeting of the ;
Chamber of Commerce will take'
' -place at the Court House Friday
. night at 8 o'clock. The result of
. nrpsenr membershio cam-
. paign will be announced. -" Sec
retary Williams will ', make his
annual report, also the ' treasured
will make his report. , .
As there are several candidates
for the office of" se'dretary, 'the
elections'" of -directors will be of
unusual interest. ' s The i officers
I me . Vi-namoer w. .uiiiHietce
-are "elected by the Directory., ,
? i No ; one knows who .will : be
;the directors for 1914: - Every
member of the Chamber of Corn
's, merce has an qual chance. The
"election will be entirely by ballot.
.. Every member of the Chamber
of Commerce is urged " to " be
""present. . '
The big memberships campaign
" launched last Monday night goes
merrily on. On Tuesday a large
number of members were secured
, and yesterday a still large
ber. were added to tiie list.-..The
.membership of the organization
U divided up into squads of twen -
ty-five and each squad is under
the leadership of a chairman
and at noon' each day this chair-1
jnan reports the progress made.
E-very uusuicst, turn in uie,
city should belong to this organi-
zation, Its' developments means
'much toward- ; the advancement
: of the city and if. you are not a
.'t ....: I . . t . i ijim:
memuer ar u re asKeu to jmn
you should not fail ;to" do . so.
xi is nopea inat me memommpt
can be. doubled. , In order ' to
make this possible your support
is needed and it is imperative.
Join the Chamber of Commerce
at-once and make it one of the
Iivest organizations in theySouth.
ENTERTAINS FRIENDS AT
1113 BACHELOR APART
MENTS. ' Last Monday . E. B. (Boss)
IlacLburn was sixty-one years
your jr and, in honor of the occa
sion, he entertained a large num
ber cf l.'i L;nds Monday night
at ' ' i I. ' : -.ie bachelor apart
r." '-, f i Ciivfi street. ,
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ITALIANS, POLES, AUSTRI
ANS AND OTHERS LIKE
. EASTERN CAROLINA. .
Kinston,- N, .C., Feb. 4. -The
arrival in this section during the
I nasf fOrfnic-lit' cif spvpral hundred
foreJgners confirms the belief of
vujji Wp-wnan!i;t' whn
three months ago expressed': the
opinion , that - soon the tide of
immigration would ; be .'; turned
southward in . reality and that it
would-be a sign of the material
development' of East Carolina
by outside capital.
Fifteen Italians" have arrived
at Ayden, a few' miles from- here:
Ay score- of - Italians' - and . Poles
are at Pink .Hill, twenty miles
from Kinston. A number of, Aufs
trians - were recently taken . to
Beaufort, . From ' 100 I to ISO
Southern Europeans are to be
employed in a development scheme
hear Jacksonville, in V Onslow
county. Nearly all of the men
brought to this section' are to
labor pn- railroads, in the logging
Lcamps - and on drainage work.
h Their introduction herei is ne
cessitated," say, promoters, by the
scarcity; of lahorr and. the shift
',6sgness o the negroes. H.Tull,
num-(chairman of the Xen6ir county
riw&onns; says 1 that men
camuk. be secured -to work .the
roads of CQunty for hard,y
and p,ant6rg haye becn
I incommoded ,n pasi.:two sea,
by the lack of farm labor
Iff. the tobacco towns the em-
nftvnt f - 1arr(i nwr-AntacrP
tf j t ..- a ; -f" r -
of the black ; population' in v the
stemmeries " and other plants is
partly -responsible for the short
age of labof in other' lines, but
does t not ; applyA ta other
Ifir' iitio(, t , -
. t . arf. - tuA
coming of Italians, Austrians and
Poles - with ; some apprehension,
although the men' brought, so
far are-selected and of a superior
type to:, those - which have flooded
the coal -mining sections ' of . the
country. .They came," in nearly
every "instance, from (' the ; east
side of New York. -Those in this
immediate vicinity - are large, in
telligent men. V Experiments with
them in the forests during ' the
past ten days are said to have
been thoroughly satisfactory. They
accomplish as much in a work day
as the average' negro and are
better morally. v
PREMIUM DAY AT
THE
STAR THEATRE.
Today is premium day at the
Star theatre. These occasions
are always anticipated with pleas
ure by the patrons of this pop
ular little silent drama play
house and a large audience will,
wilhout any doubt, be on hand
at the drawing.,
" - t1 z ,--: ts : 1 the Bo".s
. a tcutiful t.Iv'cr i t and a
; -'"3 set. Ci t! 3 former
1 this i "To
Fi.jilO LiD L..w...j
VERNON McCRARY LOALJ
' UP ON DRUG RESULTS -.
- DISASTROUS, , - . C
Vernon McCarry, formerly one
of jJie, best -known: craftsmen in
the printers'- arts, Spanish- - Am-'
erican . war veteran and member
of a good Wake county family j
has left Kinston after an extended
and enforced stay McCrary left
Monday afternoon at 4.'" A deputy
sheriff purchased his ! ticket and
sat with him on the train until
it had started, and is willing to
testify that - he saw the derelict
on his way to New Bern.' McCrary
who ; wasireported -tb have left
the city Saturday, is a victim of
alcohol..; ;.A, number; of .times he
has .promised . passage .out, . but
each time McCrary ' turned1 up
too late-to make the ; train, un
til at last, when the authorities
were exasperated and . threatened
to take liim off the streets, he
was captured and summarily de
ported: He was anxious to leave
but regretted that he could not
pay his respects to the fraternity
in the print shops before making
his departure. Kinston Free
Pj;ess. -
. . McCrary came to New Bern
Monday night and at once loaded
up on jamacia ginger and mor
phine, ok some suchr drug, and
started out 'to celebrate his entry
into the city, v It was not long
before he had walked into the
protecting ,arms of the city's
officers ' and was taken to, the
county jail,, to ' ."sleep it off.'.'
On Tuesday he was carried be
fore Mayor Bangert for a hearing
on -a warrant .charging him with
being disorderly, within the- city
limits. .' There being conclusive
evidence. ' that he was guilty ' the
Mayor placed a fine of five dollars
on 'hinr and also taxed him with
the ' costs of the case. , Unable
to find enough of the coin of the
realm ' on his person to liquidate
this indebtedness, McCrary was
allowed to return to the county
jail for'a period of twenty days.'
"WITHIN: THE LAW" HERE
. ; TONIGHT. -
Tonight that widely adver
tised and much -talked about
play "Within the Law" will be
seen . at the Masonic, theatre.
This is a play that every theatre
goer in New Bern should . see,
it is a play that holds the in
terest of the spectator from the
first moment that the light flashes
on the stage. Tickets for the
attraction are now on sale at the
Wood-Lane-;,' Drug , Company's
store on Middle street, ' They are
going fast , and those, who desire
a good seat should purchase early
in the" day. "
VICTIM ONCE LIVED
. NEW BERN.
IN
, James Martin, one of the col
ored waiters employed on the
steamship Monroe which " sank
last Friday morning, was a form
er resident of New Bern. He was
a son of James P. Martin who was
for several year3 employed on
the steamer Neuse plying between
New Bern and Elizabeth City.
Connor Allen, of Kinston,' Cof.
: ' i D. Lr -f;-ton, of .Goldsboro,
" J. C. Mere, of Gastonia,
1 tl,rer-'i l!;s city yesterday
' ) Croatan on a- fishing
YQUHG LESLIE :
HUHTEn STEALS
Went For A 44 Joy Ride' In
" M. D. Lane's Car.
LATER ? IS APPREHENDED
Induced Garage ' Owner To
ARow ; Him To Take -"
'Machine Out.
A New Bern has an autoombile
thief who has been in this, earthly
vale not more than a dozen years
but who has become so proficient
in the art of being a crook that he
was yesterday afternoon able to go
to the New Bern Garage and in
duce one of the gentlemen in
charge to let him have the auto
mobile of M. D. Lane, of Fort
Barnwell who had come to New
Bern to spend the day. r
Young Hunter told the pro
prietor of the garage that Mr.
Lane was in a hurry for the
machine and wanted him. to get
it to him without delay. Little
suspecting that the boy was tel
ling a falsehood the garage man
allowed him to take the machine
out. A short time later Mr.
Lane called for the machine and,
much to his surprise, was told
that it had been taken out by
Hunter.
Securing another car he began
a search for his property, but
it was four or five hours later
before he located it. In the mean
time- Hunter, who is employed
as' a messenger boy "at one of
the local telegraph offices, had
gone out for a "joy ride." He
told the manager of the company
that the owner of the machine
had loaned it to him for. the af
ternoon and that he intended
to ride all over the city.' There is
little doubt but that he did this.
Shortly after 6 o'clock Mr. Lane
saw his car coming up South
Front street, toward Middle street
at the, rate of about thirty miles
an hour.. Stepping out in front of
the approaching machine he de
manded that Hunter, : who was
driving the car, bring it to a stop
and this was done. ,
Owing to the extreme youth
of the young miscreant Mr., Lane
would not turn him over .to the
police. . Hunter has been in numer
ous escapades of this variety
but .has, so far, succeeded in
keeping put of the clutches of the
law. -. ,. " " . .
MARINE NEWS.
The , gas freight boat Wave
left yesterday . for "Beaufort with
a t cargo 'of general merchandise.
-in-
The freight boat Fannie Brev
ard left " yesterday for Gatlins
Creek with v a" cargo of . general
merchandise S' "
,The. gas freight boat. Lena left
yesterday" for Swansboro with . a
cargo of t general merchandise.
i
- The gas' freight boat Nina G.
Wallace arrived in port yesterday
from Gatlins Creek with a cargo
of general merchandise.
The gas freight boat Charmer
left yesterday, for Swansboro
with -a cargo-- of general , mer
chandise., ' -
W. D. " Sanders, . of ; Hubert;
J. J. Dixon, of Grifton, and E. P.
Hartley of Fort Barnwell were
. . ... , . . ". .
amerr t :e visitors m . tne city
yesterday;;. .',.'';:.'w5y.ij
ed clobius ,11110(1 nr. THE
ALBERT , T, , WILLIS WAS
-CHOSEN AS PRES
IDENT, New, Bern has a German Club.
This- was organized last night
when a number of the male
members of the social set of
New. Bern met at the Naval
Militia Armory. A. T. Willis
was made President and leader
and W. W. Griffin was elected
as secretary and treasurer.
Among the charter members are
found the names of A. T. Willis,
D. Creech, W. C. Rodrfey, O. W.
Lane, W. B. Guiori, F. B. White
hurst, J. B. Green, H. F. Hanks,
J. A. Street, G. F. Williams,
J. Hughes,. T. G. Hyman, D. F.
Bell, N. P. Angell, C. E. Hooker,
J. S. Claypoole, E. F. Smallwood,
W. W. Griffin, S. G. Flowers, G
A. Holland, A. P. Marks, J. W.
Feldman, J. A. Guion, R. B. Lane,
W. H. Rankin, D. S. Congdon,
J. F. Patterson, J. G. Dunn,
M. D. W. Stevenson, W. G. Far
row, E. W. Dunn, W. L. Hand,
G. T. Willis, D. Morris, N.I.
Gibbs, M. M. Marks, H. B. Marks
O. H. Guion, R. N. Duffy, L.
White, R. P. Burger, L. T. Morse,
W. A. Smith, T. A. Crowell.R. A.
Nunn, W. S. Howell, Wm.Dunn
Jr., W. A. Smith, A. G. Patter
son, J. H. Bourdelais, J. C. Bagg,
R. E.' Davenport, H. B. West,
J. K. Hollowell, N. C. Wade, R.
R. Eagle and others.
The German Club will hold a
feature dance each year in June
and also on the first of the year
and there will be many other
similar events during the inter -
vening time.
THE JUNIOR AUXILIARY TO
MEET.
The junior Auxiliary of Christ
Episcopal church will meet this
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
H, M. Bonner, a fell attendance
is desired.
Keith's Vaudeville
at The Athens
Two new acts:
Dison and Hanson.
A comedy duo.
Billy Barron.
A musical prodigy. They say
he great. ;
:. PICTURES.
"The Blue and the Gray."
. A Biograph war drama, prov
ing that love knows no uniform
ah instance when true love
came into its own.
."The Leading Lady."
Unwarranted j'ealousy makes a
husband suspicious of , his wife.
Later , het is convinced of her
faithfulness and penitently re
grest hia distrust. . A Vitagraph
featuring Edith Story. V-..
, "A Sense of Humor."
. One ' of Edisonvs very funny
comedies.- ,' , ,
-:: Remember we give away . five
pieces of decorated china plate
at Matinee' today, and . tonight
as first prize a tea set consisting
of 42 pieces of china, and five
decorated plates. , Friday, mat
inee and night, ' will give away
the same kind of prizes. Come,
try your luck.", ' ". ' '
Matinee daily at 3 :45, two show
at night, first t starts.; at 7:30,
second at 9 o'clock.
STlPHLU0fl(10ESPEflDje-
FEW DAYS HERE
Oscar Perkins Is Visiting His
Father.
TELLS
OF
DISASTER
Says Braxton Haskins Dived
From Deck Of The
Steamer.
Oscar Perkins, who was one of
the engineers on the ill-fated
steamship Monroe, pf the Old
Dominionn Steamship Line and
which was rammed and sunk
last Friday morning by the
steamship Nantucket while mak
ing a voyage from Norfolk to
New York, and who was among
the survivors, has arrived in
New Bern for a visit with hi-
father who reside here.
Perkins was on duty at the
time of the disaster and Journal
readers read" of the heroism ex
hibited hy him in rushing below
after the ship was sinking and
putting in commission an extra
dynamo which, for a few minutes,
furnished illumination for the ves
sel and aided many to escape
with their lives.
Braxton Haskins, one of the
crew who perished, and Perkins,
were both from Oriental and both
were employed as engineers on
the vessel. Haskins and Perkins
were on different watches; When
the former went off duty the latter
came on and when the crash
occurred Haskins was in his berth.
In relating an account of young
Haskins' death Perkins said that
when the Nantucket' bow struck
- ,, ,, ,. , . . ,
I the Monroe Haskins rushed
out
Ion deck and in a half-dazed con-
jdition jumped overboard after
the captain had warned all on
board that, (lie vessel was sink
ing. Having no life preserver the
young engineer stood a slim
chance of staying above the water
until picked up by one of the life
boats. However, another mem
ber of the crew who went into the
water just after Haskins, found
him and attempted to render
assistance but according to his
statement the young man seemed
to be either so fatigued that he
could not swim or else was so
badly dazed that he did not
realize his great danger and that
he was powerless to aid him and
he went to his death.
In the hope that the body of
his brother will be recovered
Clarence Haskins is remaining at
Norfolk. If it is found the body
will be taken to Oriental and in
terred in the cemetery at that
place.
Perkins will remain here for
several days before returning to
Norfolk to resume his work with
the Old Dominion Steamship
Company.
WINS FORTY-TWO PIECE
DINNER SET.
The managers of the . Athens '
theatre are giving away .forty-'
two piece dinner sets on Wednes-j
day, Thursday and Friday nights.
J.' W. Strickland held the ticket
calling in for this handsome prize. '
Several nice plates t were also ?
awarded patrons of this popular
theatre last night. " ' ,
ItTnn t ..A.. PlliM 'aAi...nJ ly.-li "
night from a'visit of several days
at Greensboro, . ,-'