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v , ;"- ? - four reel subject ol lovend atei true I t lHe picture
''i&yly: with human nature as we daily see; X
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wicture
daily see
li Two farce
comedies
iK'" : ;'i;AVCeipemte ; Hero ; t "" '
Skelly and tKe Turkey
1. Matinee daily at 345 Night 7:45 and 9:15.
'Quanlty' and "Quality'1 always combined at the Athens
one of the few REAL theatres in the State.
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
"CITIZEN" FAVORS THE COTTON
MILL.
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.Editor of Journal:
v I see that your issue of the-21st, an
tioances a scheme on foot to establish.
a cotton factory in New Bern. It gave
the names of several prominent men
wRo are taking stock in the enterprise
and makes an appeal to all classes of
men to put their shoulders to the wheel.
Robert, Burns said: "A man may take
a neighbors part, yet have no cash to
spare him", and recognizing this fact,
.permit me to offer a few words of en
couragement. There is no man with
soul so dead, that desires to live in a
Thrice-heroic Vera Cruz, as Mex
ico's little seaport on the gulf is known
iri history, has fallen for the fourth
time, and for the second time to Amer
ican forces.
It was, taken by the French in 1838,
by the Americans under Gen. Winfield
Scott in 1847 and by the allied forces
of Great Britain, France and Spain in
1865, during the abortive attempt to
establish an empire and place Maxi
milian upon the throne. In each of
dead town or city. No city can growJ these engagements the Vera Cruzanos
and thrive and prosper except there be
something to furnish remunerative
employment to its inhabitants. What
would New Bern be today with its
Lumber Mills removed! Cut out the
pay-rolls of the Mills engaged in the.
manufacture of Lumber and at once
Vera Cruz Has
Fallen Four Times
TWICE TAKEN BY AMERICANS
' FIRST TIME BY GENERAL
SCOTT.
offered such a spirited resistance that
the port has been honored by histor
ians with the title "thrice-heroic."
In addition to these investments by
civilized powers, Vera Cruz was ever
an alluring morsel to the pirate hordes
that swarmed over the Caribbean Sea
you would see a sick town, and unless !and the Gulf of Mexico during the
something' came in to take their places
how long would it take New Bern to
die? These Mills are responsible al
early Spanish -regime. In the seven
te?nth century both Van Horn and
Lorenzo, sometimes known as "Loren-
most entirely fof any and all Progress j cillo," surprised the city during the
that New - Bern has made during the ftiaht with their pirate licet; and before
past few year's. "But do we need other
stimulation push us forward into high
er, a livlier' state of being. The pro
posed cotton factory is one thing
daybreak had imprisoned six thousand
of its inhabitants in the different chur
ches, while they sacked, looted and bur
ned their homes. The story of thie mid-
neediul tor New. Hern, and it, night raid and the cruel torture that
alone should be pushed until success is followed from one of the most thrilling
and pathetic chapters in modern hi i-
attained. Now, for a time at least, let
all other" ideas in our midst
slumber, so to speak until the cotton
factory' is. attajned.
Have. we any examples set by North
Carolina towns and cities to arouse
us into action? Compare the cities of
Winston, .Greensboro; Durham, and
High Point of today with what they
were a few brief years ago,, and, answer
the question: What has. made them go
"forward with -such leaps and bounds?
What factorieo have donS.for these
places, they can do foe New "Bern. I
feel -like I could rest my case here- al
though there is much unsaid. No in
liihd towa in the Stite such as those
mentioned can compare with New Bern
in point "of location. . Mr. Cone of the
Cone's Cotton Mills' of Greensboro,
once said: "Greensboro needs a navi
gable river." We have it, the broad
Neusej on one side, and. the Trent' on
' the other, closeHo the ocean, in the
midst of a fine cotton producing coun
try, but we have Sio cotton factory.
- Every -man -woman and child is in-
. terested in this scheme.' Let. the pro
motors first ascertain the amount of
. capital : required.v'".Let v the. citizens,
take stock to their fullest capacity, and
if the amount cannot all be raised by
the citizens of New Bern, there is plen
ty of idle capital else, where that would
be glad to take a hand. ...
. . ' CITIZEN.
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MARINE NEWS. (
. The two mast schooner Anna M. D.
. Roehle, . lef t- yesterday for ' Morehead
City wliere she will toad with lumber
fof Maryland.
- The gas freight boat Fannie Brevard
, leu yesieruayi lor maynmK i wuu o
. cargo of merchandise.-
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The gas- freight, boat Constitution
left yesterday" f or ; Wortbiwtlle' with a
cargo of merchandise.' ' , J, s .
tory.
Even to this day the name of these
monsters is recalled with awe, so much
so that nurses frighten their little
charges with a threat that if they are
not good, they will give them to Van
Horn.
Ever since the landing of Grijalva
in 1518, Vera Cr.z has been the chief
seaport of Mexico. It was there also
that Cortez landed April 21, 1519 just
395 years before the landing of Admir
al Fletcher's marines. The day was
Good Friday, and owing to this fact
and the reputed wealth of the land, the
place wa . named Villa Rica de la Santa
Vera Cruz (the rich city of the Holy
True Cross).
Ifl addition to being the first com
inercial port of the republic, it is one
of t;he oldest, -quaintest and most cos
mopolitan of the Mexican coat cities.
. It is practically on the level of the
sea, having an elevation of only four
feet above tide water. This tatt, com
bined with an absence of any hygienic
regulations, is perhaps the reason that
it has always been considered the home
of yellow ' fever and the worse type
known. as ."vomito"; in fact, the death
rate Vas so" appalling at one time in its
early history that the Spaniards ser
iously considered abandoning the place
and locating further up the coast; -.'Within
the last ten years however,
a street cleaningvdepartment has been
organized, underground sewers, con
structed, instead of surface drains, and
yellow fever is now almost unknown.
The population is. about 30,000 and
one-fourth of the total imports' into
the republic come through the Custom
House at. Vera Cruz. : It is said to
yield an income of nearly 2,000,000
pesos 11,000,000 -a - month under
normal conditions, , and its ' loss will
make a serious deficit in the Huerta
treasury. '
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Si FEissrm- :
A. A. I pock spent , yesterday at As-
kin. " 'f.i
T.' I. Roberts left yesterday litt&Ttir
ii4fW Cove CitJSsrln 9.ntethe
a..:Ko,MfflPany.tahT!
W. G. Wilfiams left yesteiaay WbtnJ
ihg for Wildwood in the interest of
Stephen Putney Shoe Company; r .
Major Z. V. B, Vance, ofythe United
States. Army is visiting in the citlf- ,
Mrs. D. G. White returned home to
Ernul yesterday after visiting Jn the
city for a "few days.
F. H. Sawyer and T. G. Mitchell
left yesterday morning for. a business
visit to Dover.
J. J. Lane left yesterday morning for
Fort Barnwell and Vanceboro in the
interest' of the Pepsi-Cola Company.
Dr. patterson returned from Wash
ngton, D. C. yesterday morning, where
he has been for the last few days visit
ing Mrs. Patterson's parents Senator
and Mrs. F. M. Simmons.
S. M. Brinson returned from Greens
boro yesterday morning, where he at
tended a meeting- of the Grand Coun
cil of the Royal Arcanum.
Z. V. Rawls, of Bayboro was a busi
ness visitor to the city yesterday.
Rev. J. E. Underwood, of Golds
boro spent yesterday i n the city.
PROSPECTS BRIGHTER
FOR BEAUFORT PEOPLE
DELEGATION OF CITIZENS AP-
PEAR BEFORE BOARD
OF ARM Y ENGINEERS.
,Vx.t!?lVNiaIM'vaaviMMVM"" ' '
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 24.
Following a visit of a delegation from
Beaufort, it is believed the prospects
are brighter for the widening of the
channel in Beaufort harbor. The del
egation appeared before the board of
Army 'Engineers in company with
Representatives Faison and Small and
asked-that the former decision of the!
board be reversed. Mr. Small be
lieves the prospects are good for a fa
vorable report.
Th.we here Irom Bea-ifort, several
of whom stayed over through today
sight-seeing were: W. S. Chadwick,
Alonzo Thomas, J. F. Duncan, E. ('.
Duncan of Raleigh, VV. H. Taylor, H.
C. Jones, T. C. Wade, T. R. Wheat ley,
Leslie Davis, W. P. Smith, W. O. Noe,
Jack Parkin and C. 11. Bishall.
Representative Small today asked
the board of engineers to improve the
harbor at Silver Lake, Ocracoke, a
project which the district engineer re
ported unfavorably. The officials con
sider the cost of this improvement t.o
great for the amount of commerce in
volved. The board will probably not
overturn the recommendation of Maj.
Stickle in this case.
Qualify and Refinement -
The Heart of a Gipsy
(SPECIAL FEATURE IN 2 COMPLETE PARTS)
A beautiful tale of a Gypsy love and its great sacrifice, vi
vidly told amid a picturesque and beautiful setting.
For the love of a girl who befriended her she gives up her
love for a man and goes back from an environment of luxury
to the wandering life of a nomad.
What Came to Bar Q
(S & A.)
A Western comedy with eccentric situations.
The Fat Man's Burden
(PATHE)
One of the best comedy-dramas recently released by the
Pathe Co.
TUESDAY "PROTEA" (IN 5 PARTS.) THE TALK OF
THE FILM WORLD. This is the second of the "Stars"
big features recently booked. You cannot afford to miss
seeing these splendid pictures which are the cream of all
features.
fit ?; ?5Ss5 i'it'Hwvii v3iS!
Spring Onions at
Hackburns
A. J. Gaskins and Chief of Police
Lupton returned from Greenville yes
terday afternoon where they went to
attend the trial of S. M. Pollard for
the murder of Farmvillc chief of police
D. W. Richardson od Dover was in
New Bern yesterday.
i'-S :
SJH - ' The gas freight boat Nelson left yes-
j. , terday for Vandemere with a cargo df
0 merchandise. 1 .
Fresh Asparagus
nckcurns
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The gas freight boat H. L, N.; arrived
hi port yesterday.
" The. gas freight boat Kina G. Wat
lace reft yesterday for BairdsCreekwith
a cargo- of merchandise, and guano...
The two mast schooner G." A. Gask
ins arrived in port yesterday, from Eli
zabeth City, v
Misses Myra Berry and I.avinia
Folsomleft yesterday morning for Tin i r-
nian to attend the school commencement.
TO
THE VOTERS OF
COUNTY
CRAVEN
Having accepted the invitation of
my many triends, citizens and voters,
to announce myself as a candidate for
the position of County Commissioner,
I deem it my duty to lay before you
my views upon some ot the matters
which I consider of vital importance
to you, not only as citizens and tax
payers but to the successful and econ
omical administration of the affairs
of the county as follows:
1. I am opposed to the sale of the
stock of the Atlantic and North Car
olina Rairload Co., owned by Craven
county to any one.
2. To the increase of the valuation
of the property of both the city and
county.
3. To the increase of the taxes of
both city and county.
4. To the further issue of bonds by
either city or county for any purpose
whatsoever.
5. To the employ recently by the
county of a Road Engineer at a salary
of S1800 and expenses for house
6. I 'am in favor of the reduction
of our taxes, which I believe can be
made an economical administra
tion of county affairs.
7. I am in favor of working our
roads by contract and of letting the
contracts to our citizens who live in
different sections of the county, there
by keeping our money at home and in
circulation and letting our own people
who. are taxed to keep the roads, get
a part of their taxes back in payment
for their work.
Our people having for the most
part lost their crops last year are ex
ceedingly short of money and in no
condition to bear the burden of in
creased taxation for any purpose, and
it- should not be put upon them.
One Gallon of
at
WAR NEWS AT THE JOURNAL
OFFICE
v The i Journal's -was "-news bulletin
board on, which all war news is being
posted, continues to be the center of
attraction- in' New Bern The people
congregate around the board all . dur
ing the day and as late as 1 o'clock ji
the morning.. -f. -.v--'
and one gallon .of. Pure Raw Linseed
Oil make two gallons ot the best 'and
most durable Pure Linseed Oil House
Pain i ohtainahle at a C08t -of from
41. IS to S1.45 oer eallon-accordinir to
the prjee of Pure Linseed Oil in your
locality. r i
: Get one of our vcQlorcards,
which . explains the quanity qt Paint
you1- t'ill need. , 1 J
; . 4TOR, SALE BY t :
:;:;v - Cern Builiirn
; ;.Su;;ly Co.vf ;r ;
WARD DEPARTMrNT
i
Has Been Organized By City Beau-'
tiful Club.
A W.-ird Di-j .Ml iini-t . I iIm City
Beautiful l;:l wa i; .t i. i .-. , i '! Ii.ii,
day aflerm-i :'. .".j'.ri! l.W-'., .; i;,. resi-i
deuce of Mr-. II. M. B i-i it - n X.ii
ional Avenue. Th ti lli.v i . iiccrs
were elected: li.nr'-'.n .-r-.. N. II.
Smith; Vice 1-air-. ,r:- '.!",- M.ii'inl;
Secret. ir ami I r: r- r!r ! i'.in r
ly; 1 he object i.f tin- r.,.i : i'.:.;n : i
to furilicr thi- 'Anris c! l-e "ii- i i. -tiful
("lull in i m 1 1 i i : i ill.- ii
River-iile..
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C A S T O R i A.
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CITY
FOR
YOUR
TAXES
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(JfThe List Taker for the
City will be located at
the Gounty Gourt House
during the month of May
to receive your Tax List.
A failure to list will cause
you to be indicted and
fined. :::::::
J. A. Patterson fit
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CROSSETT
Shoes do
more than make
satisfied custom
ers. They make
firm friends. Be
cause every pair
of Crossett Shoes
has "this -minute"
style plus a
generous measure
of solid comfort
" and sturdy wear. 4
Crosseu
hoe
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$4.50 to $6.00 everywhtrt
LEWIS A. CROSSETT, Inc.
Makers
North Abington, Mag& "
Mellow russett In tone.1
High cut to give added tnm
ncu to ankle and instep. -
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If you are looking for
Shoes we have it. A
great assortment to choose
from. Come Early.
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