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MATT VOL. LXII, No. 103 ' NEW BERN, N. X, SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 28, 1914 FIVE CENTS PER COPY 5 ID r minFJL. L ILIiULlI ' JiEARLY DROWfJS IN ICY WATERS Fell loto Trent ' Rlverv Xetterday Morning: 'WASv RESCUED BY BOATMAN Foot Slipped On Piece Of Ice And " He Plunged Into Fifteen Feet Of Water Claud Harris, a young white man who assists, the keeper of the Norfolk Southern Railway Company's draw bridge, had a narrow escape from death -yestcreday morning when he slipped -on itthe icy -woodwork ' of the bridge and ftlunged into fifteen feet of water. The . accident occurred just after A. E. Pitman's boat, Gaston,-had passed -through the draw with a tow of togs. Mr. Pittman had blown for the draw to be opened and Har-is hat! come Wut from. -the bridge tender ,s -home to do the work for. him. Just how the man dipped is not known and in fact he does not know himself, fur ther than that he attempted to place his foot on one of the iH$ of Be bridge ana tnat ne tailed to get a , n.rni toot hold and plunged into thftrator. When Mr. Pittman passed through the draw he saw Harris standing on he bridge and had not th4 least idea that he had fallen Into the Icy water .-of he tiver, Fortunately Jor the lat ter Mr. ; Pittmanr happened tq glance "backh and saw Karris straggling in the . water and making an attempt to swim to he log raft which he intended to catch hold of. Seeing that, the man was nearly exhausted Mr.Pittman un fastened his tow line and hunted with his boat to give the man aid. A sec-laktit-mhiiM. boat reached -the. point at which Harris was strug gling in the water, -he " succeeded in grasping the end of one of the logs In the raft and hung on to this for all he was1 worth. - : Harris was "all in" and Mr. Pittman nad Considerable trouble in getting him into his boat but 'this .was finally accomplished and the bridge tender sank to the bottom of the craft and lay motionless for several minutes while he regained his. strength and revived from his icy .bath. ji!'A shot distSnce.dawn the river Har ris, transferred from . Mr. ,f Pittman's , boat, into a 'ktff which -was going up tb-nir-"Vnqwaatteh3back' to the Vritlge Vendpr's : house "near the draw." Thiere isJnot rthe least-doubt, but that '?or)the fact inaV'Mr. Pittman sAV'lJirris'' 'predicament in the nick , T, 'time that thglatter would have been drowned. . ' - " ."f " j LOGALBUL ESTATE COMPANY SELL LOTS MADE A RECORD OVER IN DUP - - LIN GOUNTVfEVV - DAYSAGtt 1 COUNTY S BOT LEGS CUT OFF Dave Freshwater Suffers Injury. WORKED IN SAW Serious MILL Another Man Accidently Shoots Himself With An Autom atic Revolver '" When one- hundred and sixty town - lots are sold in three hours in a sleet . and snow-storm it creates a. new re - cord in land sales. That is just what .the: East Carolina Realty and Auction Company ,of New Bern did at Beulah '. ville, Duplin . County last Tuesday. . ..Although i Tuesday was one of the ...most miserable days of the present sea' :r son'' yet about five hundred people were present and stayed by the wagon :; Not the water wagon but the auction wagon, - To keep the people on the jump ; valuable' 'prizes-were given away al- - through the sale and everybody had " their fill of good old Duplin County barbecue at the close of the sale, :. The East Caralina Reility and Auc tion Company :; is New Bern's ' latest ' commercial venture. It has already . conducted several slaes and has "made good" from the start. ' Those who have -'seen this organizition ; at work, after seeing the work of similiar organiza tions, preedict a successful-business career. The development of real es tate in the South is only in its infancy, This organization realizing this fact is now in the game well equipped to handle all kinds of real estate. - CURRENT- EVENTS CLUB ' MEET ON TUES- . . . DAY. V-'.- TO Owing to the illness -iv, the family of Mrs. J, A. Jones, the Current Ev ents Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Charles ' ,ht on Johnston str-'t T, !y e U 8 o'clock Jacksonville, Feb. 27. With both legs" cut off, one just above the knee and the other nine or ten inches high er, Dave Freshwater, a very promi nent young man of Bear Creek.and a prosperous farmer of that place, is doubtless in a dying condition. Just exactlly how the accident happened has not been reported at this time. From a telephone we were able to learn that Mr. Freshwater in some manner while working, in Mr. D. W. Russells saw mill, fell and came in contact with one of the saws, near which he was working, the same amputating both legs. That it is unlucky , to find a pistol and especially so to handle one if you do not know how to do so, is the op inion of one Columbus C. Hancock, who Saturday afternoon shot himself with a 38 Automatic Colts Revolver. Mr. Hancock who lives in the neigh borhood of Half Moon, met a young friend of his, who had previously found the pistol: He told the lad that he had better let him, Hancock take charge of the pistol, that it was dangerous for . a child to handle it; where-ipon th .child handed the pistol over to Mr. jiancock, and in trying to unload the same, he shot himself through the palm of the hand, ths ball entering exactly in the middle of the hand. Mr. Hancock was at once brought to this city where medical aid was ren dered him. He is getting alone very nicely, and was here Monday. He sta ted that he was feeling fairly well un der his presd'nt conditions but that he did not care to come in contact with any more automatics. That Jacksonville has lost one of the best public servants it has ever1 had, and one that accomodated the patrons of office whenever possible, or ainybody else for that matter, was realized Monday when it was announ ced that Mr. M. B. Hum prey, who has been for eleven years, the popular and efficient Southern Express Agent at that place had resigned, such to take ffect March the first. With over two hundred poles laying flat upon the ground, and with wires broken the Onslow Telephone Com pany is today unable to handle any Out of town calls Local operators were unable to get Wilmington, Rich lands. Swansboro, New Bern, and pla ces on these lines. Jacksonville is simply cut off from the outside world. The estimated adamage to the lines of the Company is estimated at twelve hundred dollars. As soon as the wea ther -abates an extra force of men will be placed on the lines as quick as pos sible and the lines will be replaced. THE GAS PACKET H. & IN TROUBLE IS c In an account of the blizzard which raged at that place on Thursday morn ing the Kinston Free Press has the following : which - will be of interest locally: . ."After daybreak the gasoline pack et H. & S.t from New Bern to Seven Springs with fertilizer,' picked 'its way through" the treacherous channel of Neuse river until almost off the draw of Parrott's bridge, at the foot of Caswell street, her screw struck a submerged log and the entire engine stopped dead ThcToO feet of the vessel's beam swung around, crashed into the bridge, and now lies alongside - the" dilapidated wooden pile, the slightly swollen cur rent eddying around bow and stern. The propellor is not damaged, the crow believes.., Parrott's bridge, long ago condemmed, . today; is - threatening to fall in sections from the "weight of snow. COUNTV COMMISSIONERS WILL fr: MEET MONDAY. ' : ffasMn's Parents Ask $10,000 Damage Citizens Of Oriental File Claim Against Merchantss and Miners Steamship Boat Company Their Son Drowned When Mon,rce Sank Damages in the sum of ten thousand dollars have been asked for the death of Braxton Haskins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Haskins of Oriental, who lost his life when the ill-fated steamer Monroe of the Old Dominion Steam ship Company was rammed and sunk a few weeks ago by the Nantucket of the Merchants and Miners line. Mr. and Mrs. Hrskins came to New Bern a ft-w days ago and employ ed D. L. Ward to look after their in terests in the case and he is being assisted by Percy S. Stephenson of Norfolk. Yesterday a claim for ten thousand dollars was filed against the steam ship Nantucket and the Merchants and Miners Steamship Company, this claim being filed with special master. John B. Jenkins at Norfolk, Va. Haskins who was twenty-three years of age, was third engineer on the Mon roe and drew a salary of eighty dollais a month. On the night he met h"s death he had gone off duty a short time before the collision and his place had been taken by Oscar Perkins, al so of Orientsl. When the Nantucket struck the Monroe, Haskins hastily vacated his berth and went on deck and after seeing that the ship was sinking, dived overboard along with several other members of the crew. Half asleep and exausted from his work in the engine room the young man was partially dazed and accord ing to the version of another nicmber of the crew who saw him after he had gone into the water, he was unable to swim and sank within a few minutes. This is one of the many claims for damage which have been filed against tn Merchants and Miners Steam boat Company by relatives of those who were drowned when the Monroe sank. A GREAT DM AT THE E special: musical program FOR THE OCCASION. The membership of the Baptist Tabernacle are looking foward to a great day tomorrow: - The building has been cold for the past several Sun days on account of the boiler being bursted, but a new one is being put in today and a warm house is promised the congregation. Tomorrow, Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. J. S. Miller supt., Preaching, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. bv the oast or. Rev. J. B BURLESON'S ACTION IS CRITICISED IN SENATE i ABOLISHMENT OF FIFTY-MILE PARCEL POST ZONE BLOCKS POSTOFFICE BILL. Washington, Feb. 27. Criticisms 'of Postmaster- -General Burleson's action in a&olishing the fifty mile parcel post zones and' extending the low rates of the service to territory within the 150 mile zones, today blocked passage of the postoffice appropriation bill in the Senate. Senator Bryan and Bristow led the NEWS EM OP FROM THE LOCAL PUBLIC SGOOOL Weekly Spelling Bees Prove Very Interesting. HOLIDAYS PROVE POPULAR Bad Weather Interferes With School Work. The attack, the latter questioning other Phillips the Pastor is senators one by one as to whether they anxious to have each member of his regarded the rates as fair to the places Bible Class present at the Sunday having the short haul. School and Mr. Miller and the other "The American people have bene- teachers are anxious for every pupil fitted from the postmaster general's to be present. There will be a special change," replied Senator Vardanian, musical program before the evening "and anyway, no system is perfect." sermon. The public are cordially , Senator Williams disagreed with invited. FEBRUARY WORST MONTH TD HOW TO GET DISEASE AND HOW TO MISS IT EXPLAINED BY STATE DEPARTMENT. his colleague and declared the express companies would not be permitted for a minute to discriminate against the 6hort haul as the Government was do ing. "Oh, the express companies soaked them both on the short and long hauls when it had a chance," interrupted Senator Lane. ' Senator Bristow was speaking when the bill was laid aside for the day. February is the worst month in the FRIZZELLE NOT TO BE A CANDI- year for pneumonia, according to a j DATE bulletin sent out by the State Board: The politicil situation in the fifth of Health. This, disease, the bulletin judicial district has been simplified continues, annually kills more people by the withdrawal from the race of than any other human malady, not the solicitorship of J. Paul Frizzellc, even excepting consumption. It is a fcsq., mayor of snow Hill, accord germ disease and is caused by a small ing to a report which reached here organism similar in some respects to yesterday. Frizzelle was announced those causing other diseases that are as a candidate by friends some time familiar to everyone. The following ago, with statements that he had The pupils and teachers of the 1C Grade wish to express their apprecia tion of the tickets so kindly sent them for the mitince ;.on Friday by ihe managers of the Athens theatre. They all enjoyed the treat very much. Last Monday the 4H Grade noticed the anniversary of Washington's birth day by having little compositions sub jedct, "He Would Not Tell a Lie." They were illustrated by drawings of the cherry tree and hatchet. Red hatchets were selected by the pupils as the kind the renowned Washington used on the occasion where his truth fulness saved him a severe punishment. The weekly Spelling Bee of the 3 A Grade, which occurred on Friday, was very interesting. The following pup ils remained standing at the close of the perios: Robert Aldrich, Charles Pugh, Mary Mohn, Sarah Shrincr, Ottie Rhodes, Eloise Taylor, Ivy Bell, Long, Ivy Cooke, Nettie Hill, Maggie Sawyer, Effie Hill, Olga Paris, Mercer Baily, Lillian Davis, Charles Gaskins, Elizabeth Roberts, Carrie Louise Ward and Lillian Wiggins. In the IB Grade Phonetic Contest, the Blues won one week, and the Reds two weeks. On Friday all the Grades in the School, except the 5B, 5C, 8A. 8B, and 9A,. had half - holiday. These half holidays are given at the end of each month, or four weeks, to those grades which have had no tardys, nor absences for which excuses have not been brought within three days. On Friday morning the Primary Grades as usual assembled in the Auditorium -'andjhad the following j program : ki . j "Dear'Old tFlag" songbythe entire j asscmblv. "Recitation" sixteen girl? m the ? Grade. "Soldiers of the Flag" by the 21? Grade Recitation, "Red, White, yand r Blue" by Irene Craven, Lupette Crawford, Naomi Grey, and Sallie Ball. "Yankee Doodle" by the entire as sembly. The '?at tendance on the Thursday was SIS, and the number absent 202. Thiswas our smallest attendance for several ve:irs. With tww nn ilt- fjnA FIVE MENTIONED FOR THE STATE CHA IP Two New Bern Men Are Named With Others. COL. P. M. PEARSAL WRITES Says That He Will Be A Candidate For The Place A Good Man. Asheville, Feb. 27. Charles A. Webb, who will tender his resignation as chairman of the Democratic state ex ecutive committee at the meeting in Raleigh March 10, stated toduy that he has heard five names mentioned as pos sibilities for the place, including A. M. McLean, of Lumberloi,; Cunernu Mor rison, of Cha-lottc; L. E. Britton, of Raleigh, and P. M. Pearsall ami T. D. Warren of New Bern. Me says that he heard the hitter's name mentioned only once, and th it he now holds his resigna tion as a member of the committee, to be submitted at the next meeting. Mr. I earsall is clerk of the district court, and therefore may be ineligible. M-. Webb would express no opinion as to the relative strength of the others. Apropos of Mr. Webb's resignation as state chairman, it seems probable that Owen Gudger, who is slated for the Asheville postoffice, will be asked by the department to resign as chairman of the tenth district executive committee. His appointment is expected within ten days and developments as to the chair manship are expected then. J. E. Swain, chairman of the Bun combe county executive committee, who has announced his intention of running for solicitor in this district, stated to day that he will resign as chairman when the primary books open, if there are any candidates who feel that they are at a disadvantage owing to his proposition. DEATH AT KINSTON MAN BLOWN FROM BRIDGE AF TER OPENING DRAW TO AL LOW VESSEL TO PASS. Kin .ton, Feb. 27.- One I u.dity w (s occasioned by the blizzard lure. Alonzo Wcldon, aged 35, koeper of tin- ( arolin i Railroad company's bridge over the Neuse river, at the foot of Bright sti'cet, w alked out upun i he ire covered" trestle at .5 a. in. and opened the draw for a waiting bo it. The n dl passed through and Wcldon i mod to turn weather, such a day was just awful, the swinging section hack nil., place. but rn the States north of us, pupils No mm siu the tr.iueib. The wind go to school much of the time in such wis blowing at 35 jniie- m lion.- and weather as we had on Thursday, and 'the snow ui ten iurhe dt-.p. It is never think of missing a day. 'believed the iron !cei with which tin- In a Phonic Card Contest of the 1 A draw w is turned slipped from its sock.-i Grade, the Piinks won a victors- overland that Weldon lust his balance The board of county commissioner v'Hjjaeet Monday and at this meeting d matter of a forty foot annex to the north side of the. court, house will be discussed. This plan was recommended by the grand jury at the last term of court. Judge Daniels endorsed the movement. - . - ; : ' interesting and instrutive facts about the disease are given in the bulletin: "The germs of pneumonia get into the lungs through the mduth but not every one who has the germs in his mouth' will have pneumonia. If he did practically all of us would have the disease before the Winter is over. It is only - when the system is run down that ; the germs do their dreaded work. "We here give three good ways to encourage pneumonia, first, drink lots of alcoholic liquors, the poorer the quality the ; better; second, expose yourself without sufficient clothing, particularly in extreme weather; third, and best of all, live and sleep with "If you. don't want pneumonia heed the.: following , ways ; of avoiding it: First, i let . all akobloic; drinks alone, second' dress according to tha . weather instead of according tar the fashion; third,' if exposed to rough weather or if you et wet and numb undress in a warm.' rooni, " rub the ' skin with a coarse towel and go to bed; fourth, Avoid ' constipation ; by eating more fruit And less meats and pastry and drinkTrig mora water and taking morel ex-'-ci fifth, keep your; feet warm and your head Cool, and last of all, live and .sleep "'W:the fresh air. all the time." ." ':':P:'-r vv"K consented to make the run against Charles Abernethy, of Beaufort, the incumbent, and two others. He now states that he had not definitely given his permission for the use of his name, and that he will positively de cline to be a candidate, from stress of personal business. BABY LEFT AT DOOR AS BLIZ- ZARD RAGES Indianapolis, Feb. 27. With the temperature at zero and snow a foot deep, some Unidentified person deposi ted a baby boy but a few hours old on the door step of Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. White . in " fashionable Washington place, rang the bell and disappeared. Mr. White is secretary-treasurer of the Pivot City Reality -Company, : The infant was wrapped in two folds of thin cloth, but apparantly did net suffer from a few minutes' 'exposure. F. ' E. Brooks left- yesterday for Greenville for several days visit, Alex Hall left yesterday for Jackson ville in the interest of T. P. Asnford Co. ; R, D. Sharp left yesterday for Jack sonviller where he will spend a week with his brother, J. B. Sharp. "'.1. the Greens. The attendance in the High School has held up splendidly this week in spite of vthe rough weather. In the 10A Grade there were only five'absen- ces, in the 9H only one during the whole week. The M. L. Hendren Literary Soc iety held its first meeting ofjheSpring termF.-iday afternoon. The new officers, who should have been inau gurated three weeks ago, were induct ed into office. Lou Mitchell Nixon, the incoming president, read a helpful paper before the Society.in which she outlined the work of theSpring term, and asked for the interest and support of every member in making the Socie ty a strong part of student activities. The program for the meeting was the debate. Resolved that: The Woman's Club, has done more for the welfare ot New Bern than the Chamber of Com merce. slipped and plunged into the swollen stream, 20 feet deep, lie was probably benumbed and ,-ven had he not been it wjuld have been vain lor an ordinary swimmei to hope to escape I, un t h turbulent eddies there. The key went with the mm anil this morning riilroad employe. had to crawl out upon timbers bridging the gull to shut the draw, while the train was held up for an hour. Weldon's lamp was found on the draw. It is not expected the bodv will be found. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEET MONDAY NIGHT TO MARINE NEWS. The gas freight boat Ruth Watson cane In. yesterday from Baird's Creek with a Catgo .of country produce. The gas. boat A. B. C, came in from Bairds jpreek yesterday. The .gas freight came in from Tren tion yesterday with a, cargo of country Ppduce.-. ;-jTbfl4jaft freight boat Bessie, 'May came in yesterday front North Harlow iota a cargo of general merchandise. ' The "gas freight boat Vance leaves this morning for Atlantic with a cargo of general merchandise.-v'-'.-i;--'.''.:;-'';-- There will be a members meeting of the Directors of the Chamber of Com merce in the Chamber of Commerce room Monday night at eight o'clock for the purpose of hearing the toba cco warehouse committee reports, the recommendation of the executive com mittee in reference to the selection of a Secretary, and the election of a Secretary for the ensuing year. PEARSALL ENTERS RACE. Raleigh, Feb. 27. Raleigh friends of Col. r. M. Pearsall, of New Bern, have letters from him saying he will be a candidate for the chairmanship . of the State Democratic Executive Commit- tee at special meeting of the commit-; tee called for March 10. Mr. A. W.JMe Lean is also being mentioned, but as not yet made any announcement. Editor Brittain of the News and Ob server, ' has also been mentioned i connection with l. the matter. '. ' .