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NEW BERN, N. C, THURSDAY; MORNING FEBRUARY 26, 1914
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: m DECLifi
TO GIVE UP BODY
"Retention Of Benton's Remains
.. ..looks 'Snsplclons,; ;
BELIEVE VILLA SHOT HIM
Honed That Witnesses Can Be
Secured To Substantiate
This Theory.
J Et -Paso' Texas, Feb., 25. Gen,
Francisco VJlla, at - Chihuahua, today
refused to give up the body of ;VU1;
7 liam S. Benton, a British subject, exe
rnfed in luarez several davs aco. His
reasons, embodied in a private tele-
gram. have aroused bitter feeling
akme the border.
"('.will not give up the body out
of respect to the dead, Villa's mes
sage said. "It was interred with all
religious observancess and a ' cross
erected over nt, and I will not allow
the sacrilege of its removal."
. .This word came in response to
telegram 6ent by one of Villa's sub
-ordiaates et Juarez, informing ' him
t-kat iw personal idea should keep
ham from permitting the transfer of
,5the Jtody to the widow and informing
liun hat jjerhaps 4m , was noj famil'
-iar wfth.-the .atom of critkism that
fed greeted his failure to do so,U:
A dcfinite refusal to give up the
body was received by 4 consular rep-
. TOsenUtive. of the United States1 late
today? and forwarded to Washington
.The 'explanation came to JuaffSs' .
. Many persons here today fsald ' the
refusal indicated to their nunds that
Benton was shot by Vitla k'nd that
M feared to'dWiyr;thte ;bodiest '.its
, coadjttqn indicate the manner .of death
,A as other than byjmri. f&i .
It is-hoped that. withia day fjbr
' two the statement of v competent
xwitaaM to the shooting, alleged' by
enemies 01 VUH, to have taken place
in his headquarters, may be obt lined.
.erican,.repfesentatives of the Mex
ican federal government are working
to this end. ' 1 - N
Villa's statement, telegraphed from
'Chihuahua today, that Benton was
guilty of. four murders and making a
charge of cattle stealing, .Was received
by Benton's friends with derision.
.. Three who knew.1! Benton intimately
asserted no charge of the sort ' ever
had been brought" against the English-
" man. . y
United Mates secret service, men
. ' '!today ; received : information" indicating
j.-that GustvjBaychhas met -a fate
. ; stnilar :tosfienton'si ..Thomas vD, , Ed
, ward, consul aJuarez, repeatedly has
been :aasurd that Bauch was ''safe in
. Chihuahua awaiting a- review of his
caseiwheran he is CJirged - with be
ing a spy. , - Svr?'" '
v Meanwhile Marion -Letcher, consul
at Chihuahua, nfter a search of j iils
and barracks and diligent inquiry) has
been unable to find. Bauch. . Villa, .in
Nan interview last night, asserted to
vU newspaper "men '. that" Tie "ifoT" taken"
the-German-American from Jiiareyt-
all. - , .
BUYS OUT 4 COMPETITOR.
Norfolk Pepsi' Cola Company, En-
Norfolk, Feb. 25. The entire stock
r -jof the - American . Bottling Company
has been purchased by the Pepsi-Cola
Bottling Company; of which M Lip
. - - kin . is the proprietor. The deal in
, 'cludesair of ' the office fixtures, ma-,
''chinery, crates, boxes, bottles and si-
, phons. The bottles, boxes and siphons
; -. bearing the A.'B. C. name and now.in
the possession of the trade thus becom
; v vi::". the property of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling
. Company,, and as itr is desired that all
-: . of them be returned as soon-as possi-
" :' ble, the company has requested that it
. he notified 'phone 4014 so that, wa
. gons may be sent for them. ;- v
h The closing of, this deal enables the
':.. : Pepsi-Cola Company tb serve the trade
- : , promptly and efficiently with soda water
and telzer In addition to Pepsi-Cola
and an effort will be made to increase
the soda water portion of the business.
' .' -The growth of the Pepsi-Cola Company
is largely responsible for the - deal,
which takes over thetbottling company
- ' a"d a gratifying evidence of the pop
ularity of the beverage. . The 6ffice of
- the concern is at 137 Fenchurch street,
Advertisement. : ' v, . "
- Mrs.
"for r
J L Lupton and family -left
n'. end City yesterday. ...
TIE LEIITEII SEASON
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BEGUN YESTERDAY AND WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL EASTER
SUNDAY.
; The holy season of Lent begun yes
terday, known as Ash Wednesday,
continuing through Easter Sunday,
which comes this yrar on April 12th.
The season is obser-ved by all the
churches . in some degree, though
more particularly by the . Episcopal
and the . Catholic - churches. As usual
the season will be observed in New
Bern. ' .
. The Forty Days of Lent are
commemoration and an imitation of
the example of our Lord, who.imme
diately after his baptism, went into
the Wilderness to fast and meditate
before He entered . upon His public
ministry. - -
;As a season it Is one of the most
ancient customs ' of the Christian
Church, dating back to a period
which is lost in the obscurity of ear.
ly Christian history.. It beginB with
Ash-Wednesday, so-called because in
the early, Church it was the custom
to sprinkle the heads of penitent
with the ashes of the palms, which
were' burned after- Palm Sunday
of the previous Lent. These ashes,
following the ancient Jewish symbol
ism, were a sign of sorrow foe sin.
- Lent culminates in Good Friday.
and ends on Eastern Even, followed
by the gladness and .rejoicing of Eas
ter Day, on which the Resurrection of
our JLordK after His crucihxion ana
death, is celebrated.
"The word "Lent" is the Anglo-Sax.
on for "Spring," that being about the
season of the year upon which it us
ually fills. Its time is determined' by
Easser. i which, is determined by the
MrcHew, moon. The season itself
is'att expression of the universal need
Jeed.oy 'hgwoit'' rgenlJot:
special seasons 01 revival ui iuc oju
ifual life and for. self-examination and
awakening the consciences of the in
different. No communion in Christ
endom is without its special seasons
6f revival and denial, when relig
ion is the matter of first interest.
- What those churches that cele
brate the historic season of Lent aim
to teich, first of 11, in their Lenten
services and ' Lenten acts, is Self-con
trol that will enable us to command
alt of our powers, mental, spiritual
and physical; that will discipline
those powers and put them absolutely
under our control and at our disposi
tion, and so through this self-control
to reach spiritual fitness that fitness
of mind, spirit and body that will en
able us to do efficiently and satis
factorily and successfully the work
that we are io do for the glory of
God end for the welfare of our fellow
men. . ,
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PISTOL SHOT HEARD AND STORE
WAS FOUND IN
FLAMES '
JChavlotte, N. C, Feb. 25. A char
red body, believed to be that of Clerk
Preston Lyerly," and the statements of
citizens who. were attracted to Smith-
deal's store ar Barbers Junction, N
C, by a pistol shot at 8 o'clock, go
to indicate' that a safe was robbed,
murder ? probably committed , and the
store .. fired bv - the. robbers at that
place tonight.
The first to arrive on the scene say
two boxes ' were against the front
door , of the building, the safe door
was open and a lamp .-turned - low
gleaming feebly on the floor beside it,
while flames were spreading from the
rear of the place all-over the store.
No attempt was made to see if the
contents of the safe 'had been tain
pered with, but. in the limited time a
hurried search - was 'made , for Lyerly
who was supposed to have been in the
store. . 1 4 ' ' 1 I ' -
He could not be ; found, but toy the
light ' of the embers when the build
ing was in ashes a body was found
in, .what had been the back parf of
the building. This, is supposed to be
that of Lyerly, asi it Is practically cer
tain that 'he was in the store at 8
o'clock. v '- -V v""'' . '
-No' examination was -made of the
safe' lonight.- Sheriff "McKenali with
deputies from Salisbury are search
ing: for a 'clue to the robbers,, if such
ere were, but the affair ' tonight is
a seemingly impenetrable mystery..'
Mrs. Lamar, the hansome young wife of former Congress
man William S. Lamar of . Georgia, has returned to Wash
ington with her husband and they will make that cfty
their, home. : c ",: '.'.
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LIEUTBNA NT BECKER
IS GRANTED NE W TRIAL
Trial Judge Goff Erred InMariy Of His RulingsMuch
Interest Manifested In Case
Albany, N, Y., Feb. 24. The convic
tion of Charles Beckerj'a former New
York Police lieutenant, of the murder of
Herman Rosenthal was reversed and the
convictions, of the four gunmen for the
same crime was affirmed today by the
court of appeals.
. Justice Goff, the court held, erred in,
many of his rulings in Becker's trial
and appeared to be prejudicial in his at
attitude toward the defendant. The re
versal . was based solely on test
grounds.' No attempt was made by the
court to say whether the weight of
evidence against Becker was sufficient,
to warrant his conviction. It was point
ed out, however, that the testimony
against him was given by witnesses of
low class, and as much of it was open
to doubt, he therefore was entitled to
a fairer trial than he received.
All of the seven member sof the court,
except Judge Werner, who acted as pre
siding judge when the appeal was
argued, concurred in the prevailing
Becker opinion which was written by
Judge Hiscock. In a dissenting opinion
Judge.Werner said that the main con
tentions of the State had been amply
proven to warrant conviction.
Schepps Case Not Settled.
The much mooted question as to the
status of Sam Schepps, who, the jury
TO BE GIVEN ANOTHER
SECRETARY MCADOO WILL
BE
ASKED TO REMOVE HIM
AT ONCE.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 25. Either
tomorrow or next day, providing an
engagement can be made, Senator
Simmons and Representative Godwin
will call ota Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo and ask that Collector of
Customs B. F. Keith, of Wilmington,
be Temoved from office and that Col.
Walker Taylor be appointed in his
place. It is believed the change will
be made within, the next' ten days,
perhaps earlier. V
Col. Taylor has already been recom
mended for Keith's job, and as he is
a gentleman of unquestionable stand
ing, there is little; doubt that he will
be named in short order.; Col., Tay
lor has been recommended by Sena-
ators Simmons and Overman, every
member - of the State delegation in
the House and -by hundreds of other
loyal Democrats. .
Collector Keith stated while in
Washington several months ago that
he would resign any time his resigna
tion was . asked : for. n -It - Is believed
the request will be forthcoming shortly
ANOTHER NEW BERN
MAN
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IS
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Washington,-' Feb. 25.It is a good
guess to say that Thomas Warren, a
lawyer of k New Bern,, will succeed
Charles A, Webb as chairman of the
State Democratic- Committee. . He , is
able awr has friends high up in. North
Carolina Democratic circlesr - He has
friends in Washington who would like
to' see him elected chairman. - , '
in the Becker case decided, was not an
accomplice to the crime, still is un
settled. The prevailing opinion merely
said there was no doubt in the minds of
some of the court as to the propriety
of excluding Schepps as an accomplice.
The decision ' in the case of the four
gunmen, "Gyp the Blood," "Whitey"
Lewis, "Dago Frank" and "Lefty
Louie" was' unanimous. They had aver
red that the evidence against them was
insufficient to warrant conviction and
V that the court had erred in handling
theurda'sesv but these contentions were
held to' be groundless.
The date for the execution of the
gunmen soon will be fixed by the Court.
Regarding Sam Schepps, the opinion
said :
"While the presiding justice permit
ted the jury to find that Schepps was
not an accomplice of Rose and the
others, and therefore guilty like them,
of the murder of Rosenthal, some of the
members of the court believe that the
finding wae opposed to the overwhelm
ing weight of the evidence."
Attention was called to the fact that
Becker never was directly connected
with- the crime, but that the testimony
of the others who were jointly suspect
ed convicted him.
JAMES CONOLY GUILTY;
THE LIMIT
NEGRO SENTENCED TO TWELVE
MONTHS FOR ACCESSORY TO
MARY PHAGAN MURDER.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 25. James Con
ley, negro factory sweeper, today was
found guilty here of being an acces
sory after the fact to the murder of
Mary Phagan. He was sentenced to
12 months service in a convict chain
gang.
Conlcy was the principal witness
against Leo M. Frank, at the trial last
August, which resulted in Frank's
conviction for the murder. He
swore he aided Frank in concealing
the girl's body, after Frank had kil
led her. Frank is under death sentence
for the crime.
Conley's defence was the contention
that his alleged acts were not access
sory to the murder. The sentence
imposed upon him is the extreme
punishment under the Georgia laws
for the crime of which he was con
yicted. "
NEW DRUG STORE
To be Operated Over At Bridge-
..-:.:'. ton
' A report has reached this office that
Bridgetpn, just across Neuse River
from New Bern, is to have an up to
date drug ' store in the -near future.
One of the local druggists' Ijas made
preparations to erect, a., brick build
ing at that, place, and to operate a
pharmacy there, 'carrying afull : line
of drugs ' and - toilet articles.,.- s
A few weeks -ago DK Jones and
Patterson of this city opened a branch
office at Bridgeton. 1 v J." ' ,i
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POISON jy ACCIDENT
ALBERT SMITH DRANK CAR
BOLIC ACID, MISTAKING IT
FOR WHISKEY.
Kinston, Feb. 25. News reaches this
city of the unintentional suicide of Al
bert Smith, a farmer of Duplin county.
Smith had been on a prottracted drink
ing spree, during which he visited rela
tives here. Returning home, he took a
swallow from a bottle of carbolic acid,
probably mistaking it for whiskey.Al
though he lived 20 minutes he was not
fully conscious afterwards and could
make no coherent statement. It is be
lieved that Smith's mind was not right
when he drank the acid. He was 35
years of age, a successful planter, and
owner 01 a considerable estate in the
vicinity of Kesaca. He was a member
of the Presbyterian chu.-ch and a Wood
man of the World. A widow and four
children survive.
The corporation commission, on com
plaint of the town officials at LaGrangc,
has ordered work on the depot being
built for the Nqrfolk Southern railroad
there held up 'until investigation can
be made of the protest that the founda
tion of the building projects into the
street past the building line.
In meetings and by canvassinng mem
bers of Queen street Methodist church
here raised nearly $5,300 at the rate
of $100 a minute to abolish the church
debt of $6,000.
Negro prisoners on the second floor
of the Lenoir county jail set fire to
a blanket and caused a little excitement
and much smoke yesterday. The in
mates were threatened with suffocation
when the jailer extinguished the blaze.
THE REDlTftG SALE
BEGINS THIS UNI
READY WEAR GARMENT COM
PANY OFFER SOME RE
MARKABLE VALUES
Down at the Ready Wear Garment
Company's wore on Pollock street
a Red Tag sale is in progress and hun-.
dreds of ready to wear garments have
been placed on sale at prices which
are so low that they cannot but seem
ridiculous.
This sale means the closing out of
many beautiful suit6 and coats several
times worth the price for which they
are to be sold. There are sport coats
ladies coats and suits, etc., at prices
which cannot but attract the purcha
ser. The Red Tag Sale is so called be
cause on every garment will be found
two tags, a red one and a white one.
On the white tag is marked the former
price while on the red one is to be
found the sale price. Prospective
purchasers of coats and suits would do :
well to visit the Ready Wear Garment
Company's store toduy and any day 1
this week.
FUGITIVE CAPTURED
Chief
Lupton Picks
Negro
Up Fleeing
Chief of Police C. Lupton again
displayed his remarkable talent as a I
detective, late Tuesday night when he j
placed under arrest a colored man whom
it is believed is wanted at Dunn, N. I
C, on a charge of carrying a conceal-
ed weapon.
A day or two ago Chief Lupton re
ceived a message from the authorities
at Dunn asking him to be on the
lookout for Smith and a description of
him wsa furnished. Since that time the
officers have been watching, for the
fugitive and it was Chief Lupton's
good fortune to pick him up on Middle-street
Tuesday night.
The Dunn officials have, been noti
fied of thej arrest and an officer is expected-
to. arrive here this morning to
take Smith In charge.
COLD WEATHER CAUSES BAKES
TO BE DEFEERED
Owing 'to the' disagreeable . weather
the ladies Of Christ parish Guild have
deferred beginning service of . "bakes"
until .Saturday week March 7 th, when
they will have on sale a variety of good
things cakes, jellies, deserts of differerft
kind, candy, beaten biscuits etc The
ladies hope the public will remember
the date and they ask for a liberal
patronage, jgi v y Y-
CHA5
EMMERT
OKI-SOFT.
ROPER LBR. CO.
Resigned
To Accept Position
Louisianna
In
LEFT THIS CITY LAST NIGHT
Presented With Handsome Loving
Cup By Officers and Employ
es Of Company
Charles E. Kmmert who has for
the past three and a ludf years been
the superintendent of the local plant
of the lohn I.. Roner I ..n,i,..r r
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has resigned from this position and
left last night for Chicago, III. from
which place he will in a few il.-.ys go
to Louisianna where he has accepted a
position with a large lumbering manu
facturing concern.
During the time that he his be;n
in charge of the Roper Lumber Com
pany's plant at this point Mr. Ecu-
mv.rt has won the love and esteem of
every member of the office force and
in fact every man in the employ of
the company and it is with regret
that they sec him depart for a new
field.
Attesting their esteem the officers
and employes of the company yester
day presented Mr. Emmcrt with a
handsome silver loving cup. The cup
is a thing of real beauty and on one
side is inscribed thj following inscpri-
Presented to Charles E. Emme.t by
the officers and employes of the John
L. Roper Lumber Company as 1 token
of their love and respect." The pre
sentation was made in the office yes
terdiy afternoon and this was crowded
with the officers and many of the em
ployes who had assembled to bid Mr,
Emmcrt farewell.
The cup was presented to Mr. Em
mcrt by William Dunn, Jr., and his
remarks were well timed and appro
priate. In response Mr. Limnert said
that it was with regret that he was
leiving for a new field but that his
thoughts would always be withthemen
.it the New Hern plant of the Roper
Lumber Company.
Not only has Mr. Kmmert won thp
esteem of his fellow workers but his
gained a wide circle of Inends since
coming to New IJern to make his home
and the city regrets to lose he and his
family. Mrs. Kmmert will leave in a
few d.iys to join her husband in their
new home.
A. T, Gerr.ins o! I.ouisanna h.is
arrived in New Bern and ha- assumed
the position as superintendent of the
ftoperLumber Company's plant
OF
STANDARD SHOE COMPANY'S
ijjc SPECIAL SALE A NIC
SUCCESS
Two thousand pairs ot
'p ising almost every style
Iuk's, coin
shape and
color, is a remarkably large number ol
shoos to be deposed of in one days time,
but an even larger number than this
were disposed of yesterday by the
Standard Shoe Company at thetr
spechl sale which was begun yester-
day morning.
Promptly at 9 o'clock the doo'S of
the establishment were thrown open
Long before that hour prospective
purchisers had begun to congregate
in front of the store and when the
dooors were fin illy opened there was
a rush for the bargiin counter.
There are more than ten thousand
piirs of shojj in this store and every
pair must be sold as the managers
have decided to get rid of the stock
which wis in the store when the sale
started and some real values await
New Bern people.
PROFESSOR TV B. ATTMORE TO
RICHMOND
Professor T. B. Attmore, of Stone
wall, - who is County superintendent
of pubfio instruction of Pamlico coun
ty, was here 'yesterday on his way to
the educational meeting in Richmond.
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C.few Harrington passed through the
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to Jacksonville. -