North Carolina Newspapers

sr. 56 T 'Chamber (.Of Commerce' Members ,rAre To Gather 1 "TOBACCO WAREHOUSE MATTER .Proposition Made By A, T. Dill la To Be Taken Up And , ' Considered. . , .1 Tonight at 8 o'clock a big mass meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce wi " be held at the Court House for th purpose of considering, the proposition made the organization by A.. T. Dill tp. build and operate a ten thousand . dollar warehouse,: - v "Wi; Mr Dill made this offer to the Executive Committee of the organi 'cation a week ago a-nditwas t the effect that he would erect, a warchousq at the corner, of Pasteur, Primrose and . oood Streets ana wouia sign a contract to operate , the same for a period of three yeaxs if ne hundred and twenty citizens would ; purchase a lot out at Pembroke at a price of seventy-five dollars per lot. - . v On the day following, that on which Mr. Dill first made known his proposi . tipn a committee composed of J. B Blades. CD. Bradham. T. A. Uzzell J. S. Miller and J. M Mfitchell, went out to' Pembroke . and . inspected , the - property. They selected one hundred And tventy 'of '"the" most favorably located lots and reported to President - Ives who in turn called the meeting tonight. L . s ' . - .. This is a matter of great importance " to- the citizens of New. Bern, and it is hoped that the meeting will be weU attended.. It is possible tiat'the pro position will not be accepted, certfin- ly not , there are not enough members lots. .However, there s a possibility . that the proposition ;will be accepted and the views of every member of the Chamber' of Commerce are desired on the subject. ,: . V , It has come-down to a question1 of whether New Bern wants a -tobacco : warehouse or whether : the citizens care nothing about such an enterprise. -The farmers Mthis section have al ready' begun to -plan for the planting . f. tnhi rfntiitia a arcrtt arreaae .is x vnected. '.. NewVBern ..will. receive this looacmi ii. lucre is. iimi ki iici c. ! (VVi. OW".. ,vvw . AV J' thts wiij. ntepa, pig. loss sr.q jocai dusi i. .JptereUsC i 'l - m sii1 - ARRIVES 1fl WILL SPEND TWO WEEKS HERE ( REGAINING HIS ST ' , RENGTH. - . 1 Heeding thf advice of his physician, : Senator F..' Simmon, chairman of the -Finance Committee of the United States . Senate-, ' accompanied . by Mrt Mwmont., arrived in iNewncrn sun day irtorninjj for a stay . of ten days or two -.weeks, - during . which -time ., Sena 'tor pimmons : hopes; to" recover, froma " physical, break' down, caused by stren- :y During.' : Sunday .' Senator Simmons rested up trom ine trip irom ine capi tal city and yesterday morning his con ditiohNras much improved in fact he was able .to 'come down to the post office and walk around several Streets in the; business district ot .-the' .xity, -Those who saw the Senator yesterday jcould easily see that he was not in the best of health and his friends feel grave concern for his health f Before leaving Washington. Senator Simmons appointed, in. pursuance of a resolution of the Commerce Com mittee, -a . subcommittee to consider the river and harbor bill. Senator Simmons was made chairman of" the subcommittee by resolution of ! the Commerce Committee. .' . . Vv. ' Senator1. Simmons also appointed befKfe leaving a subcommittee to con sider the question of control of water pov.Tr, with power to prepare -a. bill defimr? the rights of the States and the Covernnient with reference to wjh-rrower. . " . DAP u 1 F. C, -n .nwn '.on) came i: to( .'W I ,.ni - to at! . ;.l the r(':'f'" " 1 BUT HIS TOllilG f ' MISS MARCIA MURDOCK 'Miss Murdock is the debutante daughter of Congressmen and Mrs. Victor Murdock of Kansas. She has her father's auburn hair and is gen erally conceded to be. one of the prettiest girls ;n Washington. YOUNG EDl'i . HAS NARROW EilCAPE FELL INTO TRENT RIVER AND WAS SAVED BY A BOY - - SCOUT Edward Brock, ten years of age and whose home is at No. 33 East Front strict, Tiad a narrow escape fro"m drown- T- .1 '' -. .,- if'-- n -Sunday afternoon -when he fell from a wharf at Union Point. The Iptf jacoihpany, with-se-?eraktther hays," had gone 'down to. the wharf ' to play and in some way he fell into the water.. The other youngsters missed their companion and came to the con clusion that he' had fallen overboard. Young Richard Dill, a boy scout, secured a pole and plunged it into the river -where he noticed blubbers com ing up. i fortunately tnis was just at the point where Brock had fallen into the water and he succeedied in grasping it and was pulled to the sur face where nis companions succeeded in getting him .back on the wharf. But for young- Dill's presence of mind and prompt acton there is not the least doubt bat that ' the ? youngster would have been" drowned. . When rescued the boy was irk an exhausted condition and if was several minutes before he recovered from the effects- of his ducking and the attend ing shcok.,1 . , , i . -. QUIET . MARRIAGE SOLEMNIZ- - ED r LAST NIGHT E. F Barbour of Swansbord and Miss Orlina Suggs of .this city, were married last night at 7:30 o'clock f the home of Mrs. C. W. Bell,: No. 39 Metcalf street, The xeremony'.was performed by RevM J N, .HSummerellr . pastor of the Presby teria n church. Mr.- a nd Mrs. ; Barbour'' will Jeav'e this morn ing for Swansboro where the groom is a prominent business man. - , - - HOLLISTER GROCERY COMPANY ' LOSES FINE HORSE. Yesterday while one of' the Hollister Grocery Company's drivers ; was tak-' ng his- horse, from the vwagoik'to feed hint he noticed that the animal seemed to.be a little sluggish,, and before he could remove the harness .'the horse was dead. The animal was valued at two hundred and fifty dollars. - " COPLON'S STORE OPEN ALL THE Through error oii- the part of the ad writer the advertisement of S. Cop. Ion & Son. whicB appeared in Sunday's issue of the Journal stated that the store-would be closed on Wednesday This will not be the case, the store will be open on, Wednesday -and every other day. f ' , ' Edward Martin; of Beatilort return ed home yesterday morning after a hort visit in the city. , Mrs. A. G. Lynn of New York, N. Y. ho has been -visiu; 'j ' her parents, U. B. Davenport, has returned .' WORK ON THE 7 HOSPITAL Una 17V fnCi WSI1 PlnsFor "St, tutes Will w ; voncraciors : t o uegin wore April Will Be Modern Structure In Every Sense B. H. Stephens, the well known Wil- shows that in the basement there will mington architect who. is engaged in be two ward.-s and one private room drawing the plans for St Luke's ,Hos-. colored patients, a dressing room for pital, the new institution to be erected emergency accidents, ward nurses din at the corner of Broad and George ing room, . sleeping quarters for the streets by Drs. J. F. Patterson and R. warden and the heating plant will al DuVal Jone3, came over' jto New Bern so be located there, yesterday morning to confer with the On the first floor will be separate owners of the building in regard to offices for D.-s. Jones and Patterson, some little changes which were to be reception room, cxecut ve office, threa made in the original plans. : f wards and several private rooms. Mr. Stephens .was interviewed by'ai On the second floor there will be a Journal reporter and gave out the number of private rooms' and there cheering information that the plans; will also be private, rooms on the third would be completed within the course ' floor. On this latter Hixr will also be of the next few days and that just as, located the -operating suite. This will soon as the contract was awarded, that , be dovided into several sections and the actual work of construction would begin and would be rushed to comple tion as rapidly as possible. Along with Mr. Stephens had brought a drawing of the buuilding as it wil( appear when the work fs linished, and this was, as one gentlemen termed it "a peach of it building." There are to be thirty-four rooms in the building which will be three stories in height. The structure . will be erected of brick steel and reinforced concrete and will be trimmed in brown stone. It will be absolutely fireproof but will how ever, be equipped with a number of fire escapes. There will be two entrances, one on Broad street and the other on George street. The plan of the various floors JACKSON VWLB PREPARES FORxTHE VETERANS The Boys Who Wore The Gray and Their Sons Will Gather There Duringthe Month of May 1 '- (Special -to 'thc' Journal. Jacksonville, Fla., March 16. The various sub-committees of the Jack sonville Reunion Association are at work perfecting arrangements for han-'b cuing me large crowu expec.eu ..ore W f a . . 1 L. .1 mayo, o, to anena ine zi . annua. reunion ot the united contederates and the 19th reunion of the Sons of Veterans. Adjutant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest, of Memphis, Tenn., of the Sons of Confedreate Veterans, has transferred headquarters of that Asso ciation from Memphis to this city, and is organizing a (aijge camp of Sons were. He is also ' organising campa throughout the entire State, for the purpose of arousing, interest in the re union and preserving and enlarging the association. Sons of Veterans in the towns and cities of Florida are actively at work for the reunion and much enthusiams is manifested in the approaching meeting in this city .The reunion committee charged with the. work of securig homes for the vet erans and visitors has, force of men in the field canvassing the city for rooms and board. This work is under the direction of Walter Hawkins, a promi nent business man, and it is being done with systematic care, i fhe reunion as sociation realizes that this is. business one of the most important departments of the reunion work, and a good busi ness man was put it the head of the committee. '. The - purpose and desire are to have the accommodatios and assignment divisions, so perfect that no trouble wi.l be encountered in gett-i ing ther veterans and visitors from theVshiveped during the entire evening denot to their homes when thev arrive. v -The entertainment committee is per fecting an, attractive, program for the reunion week.. Max Morganthau, cha irman .of the regular entertainment committee of - the ' Jacksonville Board of Trade, Is chairman of the-reunion ' entertainment committee also. A pro-J minent entertainment' feature' of . the week wfll be May- Day. festivities .- of public school children in one of the large parks of the city; It is the pur pose of the committee to make this feature -one "of the grezatest- school- shildren spectacles ever . seen ih the Southern States. -, In addition t this splendid, feature, there will be-.tnny events on he program that wil- enters tain and please the reunion Visitors. 1 he work ot . raising the. necessary money to defray-the expenses-of the reunion, while ' not yet .completed has advanced far enough to warrant the announcement : that Jacksonville will have ; '1 of $60,000", the amount deter-: ' upon last fall. The city will be 1 i i'y -hted with- thousands of NB W STARTS SOON tAl)k' Be c Ready TBis We will be thoroughly modern in every sense of the word. The nurses' ronis will aKo be lo cated on this lloo.-. Across the front of the building will be a sun parlor which will extend entirely across the front of the structure. This will be enclosed in glass and will lie so arran ged that the windows can be taken out at any time desired. The building will be equipped with electiic elevators, modern plumbing, private baths, electric light and steam heated. In fact it will be jtisel as mod ern as it "is possible for it to be constru cted and when completed,. New Bern will have a hospital which will compare favorably with any to be found in the South. elties seen no where else, have been decided uplon by the committee. The decorations will be modest, but pleas inc to the olil soldiers. An effort is . d ho,d the decorations ; conformity with the officia co,ors of thp Confc(leracVi Confcder- ate flags and red predominating. and white b inlingNj In all departments, the work shows good progress and the organization will be ready for the crowds when they arrive here in May. Everything pos sible is being done for the comfort of the veterans and their friends. LAST NIGHTS PLAY . WAS BIG SUCCESS "BREWSTER'S MILLIONS" MADE A "HIT" WITH NEW BERN AUDIENCE "Brewster's Millions" was presented at the Masonic theatre last evening before an audie'nee composed of the majority of New Bern's theatrs going public and the play made a decided hit. However, there were several things, or condition: which occurred during the evening that marred the pleasure of many. The curtain rose promptly at 8:30. Many had not arrived at that time but as thev came in they were allowed to take their seats in any part of the house, interrupting the actors and annoying audience. In addition to this there was not a spark of fire in the furnace and many sat and Regardless ot these little inconve- niences the cast handled the play in an admirable manner, and received much applause: Louis Nilsen as Monty .Brewster' and Mae Roland as Mar- grite Gray, -handled the leading roles and. their work was beyond the least criticism. .The wbrk of the other meih- bers of the cast were also.of the highest order ' . ; . .v , , " - ;;; . The.- stage v settings . and , electrical effects blenderTharmoniously and made the scenes intensely, realistic . Parti cul in the boat scene in the third act were the elecrtkal; effect s startling and one who could- sit . through this 'act without showing emotion at some sort, -would clearly ; demonstrate that they were abnormal beings ) ' - Taken as a whole "Brewster's Mil lions", was one of the' best plays of the season- and it is to be regretted that it was- presented. under; slight difficul ties'. i -i&v-- f iiiiii'-fii-k -.The .two mast schooners Rosa Pier ce and Bettie were int port yesterday. JOHN J. CASEY BMBMSMBMBSBBBSB . I i 1 John J. Casey, congressman from the Eleventh district of Pennsyl vania, is one of the prominent lab or leaders in his state, having been an international officer of the Jour neymen Plumbers, Gas fitters and Steam Fitters' helpers' union, lie is a Democrat and thirty-eight years old. LINERY OPENINGS ID BE HELD THIS WEEK SPRING BONNETS GALORE TO ' BE PLACED ON EX- ,(,, HIBITION. There will be Spring showings ga lore of ladies headwear in New Hern this week. Kor the past lew weeks those establishments where milady's bonnets can be found, have been busi ly engaged in preparing for the festive showing of Spring and summer styles and all is now in readiness wiih the ex ception of adding the finishing touches, t.- i i i- -ii i . .-. v.oipon ana .-ion win noid tneir Spring opening on Thursday and Kri day. J. M. Mitchell's opening will be held on Thursday . Miss Jennie Sul tan will hold her opening today and tomorrow and the opening at K. B. Hackburn's dry goods and millinery store will be held on Wednesday. The ladies of New Bern are invited to attend each and everyone of these events. While their orders will, of course, be appreciated, but ii will not be necessary for all to purchase on the opening diy and the propii'to.s and their assistants will delight in ex hibiting their stock. POSTMASTER KILLED, PDSTOFFICE BURNED THREE BANDITS. SAID TO BE MEXICANS, INVADE TECATE SUNDAY NIGHT Aan Diego, Cat., March 16. The United States Customs office and post office at Tecate were burned last night and the postmaster, Frank V. John ston, was shot dead by three bandits according to advices received here to night. Warren Widcnback was woun ded. Observers of the tragedy say the bandits were Mexicans. 'A charred American flag was found in the ruins of Johnstons' store which also was the custom house and post office. . A posse .started at daybreak in pursuit of the bandits. Johnston t it s was learned was shot through the heart when he refused to give jthe combination of the safe. El liotf ' D. Johnston, his brother, sent telegrams today to : Secretary Bryan, Governor. Hiram Johnson at Sacra mento, and. Representative Kettner at Washington demanding . an investiga tion.; v He placed the responsibility fo. the tragedy -on' Mexico. : ' Tr ,-1 ; . ; R. T Wade,' editor of the Morehead ity Coastal and J. C. Taylor of More head City were in the city last' night attending the . performance- of - V Brew; ster's Millions" at the' Masonic theatre. GOVERNOR THINKS THE STATE L GET Says Every Requirement Was Com' plied With MUST Blv MISTAKE Correspondence Shows Confusion On Part Of Postoffice Department Raleigh, March Hi. ( i-veruor Craig said today that then- m st be a mis understanding on the part of Wash ington official- as to North Carolina's not complying vuih !k- terms of the act authorizing tin f.-d.-ral government to expend S-I0,()(l(l in iliis state on highways, and he sa;J he felt sure the money would be sect red all right. The fact l ilu- busine-s is, an he pointed out, the inslon-Nilcin and St.uesville highu.n tlirough Mocks ville was designu ed by the gover nor September M to ivceixe $20 000 of the $40,000 appropriated to this state, and all the reiuirenients were complied with. Ilu- road liftv-lwo miles long, ami the local communi ties have guaranteed to spend double the amount the gowrnmcnt expends All the iiionev wotdd bae been ap plied in Davie count , which voted a big bond issue luo years ago. The other half of the $40,000 has already been applied lo road work in the mountains oi North Carolina. The correspondence shows, Gover nor Craig said, that there evidently was some misunderstanding in the postoffice department about the mat ter, and he believes that it will be cleared up soon. The two reasons assigned for the state not getting the $20,000 at this time were that the road had not been designated soon enough and that it was loo long. The gov ernor pointed out that its designation September M) was within the time limit and il-. length fifty-two inih-s was only two mile-, in ei e-s of t he minimum required. POPULAR COL'PL WED Miss Grace Gatlin Bride Of George Whitehurst George 1!. Whiteh ;rsl , of l- ayetl eville, son of M. K. Whitehurst, of this city and Miss Grace Gooding Galling of New Bern, were married yesterday afternoon at I :M) o'clock at the home of the bride's co s n. Dr. Oscar G. Daniels in Goldsboro by Kev. B. F. Il-iske of this city. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple left on,. the Southern for the Western part of-the State. They will be at home about Mtirch 20, in Kayetteville, where Mr. Whitehurst holds a position with the IHskc Hard ware Company. The following people attended the wedding: Miss Untie Galling, sister of the bride, Miss Sadie Whitehurst, Henry and Kmmetl Whitehnr-it , John Green and C. A. Humphrey. E STREET STDRE STEAL GOLD WATCHES AND VA RIOUS ARTICLES POLICE HAVE CLUE Sunday night between the hours of 8:30 and 6:30 yesterday morning some one entered the building occupied by E. K. Bowden on Middle street, and stole two valuable watches and num erous other things. The entrance was made by prizing open a window in the cooking appartment and then, prizing the iron bars apart far enough for a man of ordinary size to, squeeze through. This d ne the thieves had free access to the entire building, and they prodeeded to help themselves There has not been any xarrest made' but the officers have two-colored boyar "spotted," and the evidence is almost enough to convict. , It is true that 1 he evidence is almost circumstantial, but " it is thought that' the Watches and quantity of cigartets will be found on their person., - ' , HOSPITAL m CORPS TO.' BE IN j SPECTED. j ,' .- There will be. an inspection ot tj recently organised Corps of the .New Berni Division, o( the' Naval - Militia i tohight, and every member is asked-to be on hand promptly at 8 o'clock. ' 11