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EftSZEr.N; CAROLINA FAIR iiJOW i IN PROGRESS --WELCOME Tv IK Tin 0 . 0iT l , fl r -is VOL LXIL-No. 160 r NEW BERN, N. C.; WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1914 FIVE CENTS PER COPY BIG DAY" AT THE FAIR ymiipmmmmatiafiRS itaaiiaina"Tffi - AliiL if XQEAY- WILL BE f V S,00(MGERMANS lESTERD'T Attendance OnThe Opening Day Was , 6ratifyino--IIundred 01 Visitors Will Arrive To Attend Today's Events - Children To Be Admitted Wi'Iioul Charge Without the blare of trumpets and the sound "of tinkling cymbals the third . Eastern Carolina Fair was officially thrown open yesterday, nomine The weather, while not ideal, was so -nuch better than that which prevailed last year, that the nanagement have noth ing to say along this line. During the ' previous night there came a sudden drop in temperature and overcoats and wraps were seen on almost every visitor . While, as is always the case, the at tendance on the first day was not so large, there were several hundred paid - . admissions to the grounds, and those "... who attended - wifiofnae in their praise of the event. N . The exhibits in the various depart- fc ments'and they are. many and varied, ' Claimed the attention of all, and these proved to be expeciafly entertaining , and interesting. The horse racing was one of the features of the day and sev eral thrilling speed tests. were held, The Midway was not in full blast yesterday on account of the late arrival of several of the attractions, but those . - .which were - open and doing business were' well patronized. : . x Today "Big Day" Today will be the "Big Day" at the : Fair. . Officially- it i. to be known as , "Children's Day'j.andchildren from all . parts of North Carolina will be admitted ttt the grounds absolutely without charge and o tickets are required in order to . gain admittance to the gate.'. . : The New Bern public" schools will observe today as a full holiday and will ' also give a half holiday to norrow4 . The grounds are to- be opened at 10 0'clock : C and the shuttle train "being operated -between that point and the Union. pas senger stationwill be 'in operation all during the day and until 11 o'clock at ' night. , , . There will be much for the children to see and every youngster in and around v v New' Bern should be allowed to attend. There is nothing nore educational than a Fair and the phildren gain real benefit from attending them. - i- .. ' Fair Open Tonight . Owing to the fact that the weather was rather "airish'Vand in fact uncon- vfortable, the train was not operated to v the Fair grounds last. night as had been intended. . -Tonight and tomorrjw night. however the t train will be bperated . .: every hour and the public is extended . a cordial invitation to attend and the i , price of admittance fter 6 oclock , will be only 25c. - . : . ; The Midway and the exhibit build , ings will be open anj in full blast 'to night and those who attend may rest assured that they will ee just as much . as those' who attend during the day, with. the exception of the horse racing. The free attractions will be given this afternoon at 3 o'clock and atf 'o'clock tonight nd'1, these are well worth the price of admission t6 the grounds. '" ' Stores to t Close , r A large number of the local mercanr tile establish nents, the banks and many manufacturing plants will close at 1 o'clock in order that the employes will have an opportunity - of . visiting, the grounds. I. very merchant and manu facturer v! bas not already decided to (!)(''. ; : i I t) -ii, ider the - . . 1 ' . i l'ployr- least one afternoon. Races 'Yesterday The races yesterday were witnessed by a large number of persons and it was the general opinion that they were the most exciting ever seen in Eastern North Carolina. There are sixty 'or nore horses to be seen on the track during the week and this assures some fine exhibitions. The winners yester day were as follows: , 2:25 CLASS Horse Driver Mary E. (1 prize) Jno. Smith Lucy (2 prize) Pete Drainey Nancy 'Patch 1$ prize) Schroeder and ". " - Johnson Dan Hebron (finished 4th) McKeel FOUR YEAR OLD Dator (1 prize) Bush Hobson (2 prize) Fisher Claud B. . (3 prize) Johnson Hal Wilkes Exutn. Races Today . The racing program arranged for today will be even more exicting and thrilling than that of yesterday and not a single visitor to the Fair,' grounds should lose an opportunity of witnessing them. There will be (wo ratbes of four heats each with prizes of $400 in each race. The following horses will be seen in then': . " 2:30 PACE OR TROT ..Horse Driver Hal Wilkes . W. P. Exum. Lucy ... ' P. Drainey Mary E." . Joe Snith Rubber Doll , CW.Bush Nancy Patch - J. M. Rayser 3 ii:9 r.ut!. ali ikui Dr.' Wilkes ir t ... Jack- Schrodei Lady Gladwin -j. ; . . v .- - Bush Appalachain Belle . Dail, W. H.J Jr. Mary Patchen . Brown Frederick Belle .r .. Th Shows. Among the paid attractions on the grounds will be found the "Whirl of Death."' In this three motorcyclists race three abreast at a speed of one hun dred miles an hour, during which time they perform ? numerous "Stunts" in which they litterally flirt with death. Then there is the "Theatre de Tango'' in this all of the modern .dances .are shown and it is really instructive. The reptile arena is' also an attraction of note". ' In this will be found the deadly cobra, the monstrous python and. the boa constrictor. Unlike . other snake shows there is nothing repulsive about this and every "one should see these big snakes. In the circus side shows, which is in fact ted shows combined into one, will be found all of the most famous freaks,- including . 'tho.vworld' famed t pigmies' those ; little, people who .conte. rom the jungles of South America.! These .pigmies perform the dances '"and religious ceremonials pe culiar to their tribes arid that alone will be worth the price of admission to the entire show The theatre min strel or jfiodern plantation show has not been overlooked and for this has been provided one of the most beauti ful theatres under canvas which ' is kept as neat and clean as a pin and is a fit place for the most refined.. An attraction which is entirely .new is ''The 'National Sporting Club." - f In this will 1 " ' ven exhibitions of wrestling ! ' . ' :..-t of self de- ANNIHILATED NEXT SATURDAY IC Party Leaders Will Deliver Inter esting Addresses at a Number of Towns and Villages SEVERAL COUNTY OFFICERS ON SPEAKERS' LIST Probable That a Big Mass Meeting Will be Held in New Bern On Next Mon day Night Nex Saturday, October 31, will be a big day for the De nocrats of Craven county. Chairman Stephen H. Lane has arranged to have public speaking at various points in the county and these speeches will be made by men who are known all over the State and who are in addition to ths, nost brilliant orators and thoroughly familiar witi' the principles of the Democratic party. Chair nan Lane has arranged to have the following spekers at the places named below: Vanceboro, L. I. Moore and B. B. Hurst. Fort Barnwell, C. R. Thomas and S. H. Fowler. Dover, R. A. Nunn and R. B. Lane Cove -City, E. M. Green and W. B. Flanner. Croatan, C. D. Bradha n and Walter Watson. At Bridgeton, Friday, night, October the thirtieth, a general mass meeting will be held at which a nu Tiber of speech es wfll be made by pro ninent men. While complete arrangements have not been nade it is probable that a big mass meeting will be held in New Bern on Monday night, November 2, and at that time speeches will be nade by a a number of the most prominent Pemo crats in thife section. WHITE MN ASSAULTED John Spruill, Colored, Offender Was the Becoming angry with a white nan, from near Vanceboro, because he re fused to let a friend buy colored water fro ti him for whiskey, John Spruill, colored, struck the man in the face with the bottle inflicting a painful wound between the eyes yesterday. ; Two men were .standing in the alley near the' pill warehouse when Spruill went up to one of them and asked him if he did not want to buy some whiskey. The other man asked the negro to let Mm see . the snirits. which he verv willingly did, and when he took the stopper from' the bottle and snelled the contents he learned that it was not. Whiskey, and when Spruill was told this he committed the assault and ran, but was later captured by police men and placed in. the county jail. . ? Dr. Lenster Duffy, was, a professional visitor to Washington, N.-C, yesterday t . Jack Pierce," left, yesterday norning for a short visit to Stonewall.'. fense and the performers will, meet all aspirants for the honors. Each one of these . attractions and many1 others not mentioned here will be open each morning from 10 o'clock until 11 at night. . ,.. " ' Auto Races. -; On Frjday afternoon thrilling auto mobile and motorcycle races are to be held at the Fair grounds. Cash prizes amounting to fifty dollars have been set aside for the automobiles to be di vided -as 'follows: First price $25, second prize $15, third prize $10. There will be two'classes of motor cycle, races, one for the single cylinder machines and the other for the two cylinder type or ."twins." .Prizes amounting to $25 will be given to the winners in - each class, fifteen dollars to the first and ten dollars to the se cond. ' '". '". These races will prove a real feature an.l (;l;-i'! l o ?"'n by every one. DEMOCRAT DAY Ell NCRAV THE YSER CANAL BLOODY STREAM AFTER BIG FIGHT Two Thousand and Five Hundred Dead Germans Seen There After the Battle THE VERV WATER ITSELF WAS BLOODY Germans Made Desperate Attacks But the Allies' Resistance Was More . Stubborn and They Won LONDON, Oct. 27 The corres pondent of the Daily. Maitn Northern France telegraphing last night regard ing the fighting on the River V'ser, says: "There were 2,500 German bodies in the Yser Canal this morning after the fighting fn the night. Many of them were drowned and ofhers were bayonet- ted. The very water itself was bloody while Uixmundes streets were strewn thick with the dead. "These ghoulish facts alone give some idea of the savageness of the fighting, the desperation of the German attacks and the . stubborness of the Allie's resistance. "The night was a hell from dark to dawn. At almost every point of the line man was opposed by man, so Tie times at a few hundred yard's distance, but nore often in close grips. Face to Jjace men even wrestled and died by drowning each other in the canal's waters, ThGermans had had orders to get through that night cost what it might. "An officer of theirs who was cap tured said that the delay of more than a week in crossing this water had in censed the autocratic military mind in Germany. It must be crossed tonight if it costs thousands of men. That in effect was the order given and the German soldiers, all credit to them, did their best. "Probably 5,000 of them gave their lives last night. They could not give more,- yet they failed, but not because theiriGer nans did not litterally obey their orders. They crossed the water way alright as they were bid, but once through they could, not make good. They were mowed down with rifle shot, torn into human fragments by shells and bayonetted back yard by yard over their own dead into waters of the canal. Into very gray of the norning this, bloody work went on so fiercely that there was hardly a trench or bridge guarding the hole line that did not imagine that his had been singled out for special attach, "It is belied that some S'.OOO Germans crosseCy the river Yser but hardly one of them got back. Those to the north aiid northeast of Dix mude, probably,, two thousand were met by a fine rally of the Belgian in fantry and of the cavalry who had tethered their horses and were driv en by main ftJrce at the bayonet's point to the river canal and into it. There must have been frantic scenes and the bodies. seen in the water on the next day gjave grim testimony of this. . , yt ' " "About three thousand German in fantry nen got into v Dixmude." They held it for a'tirfie, but with shell fire and rifle ' fire he place was ridSIed through and tifough. The Germans dashed out of jfhe; grumbling houses only to be wipeo! out by a sirocco of sharpnel and sljnto the streets, ' "When Sunday j'nlorning broke the dead and wouew,fyere everywhere. Dixmude was aeemetery, but in the woods not far away the Germans still lingered. . They,held a position under a desperate fire atd. eventually were reinforced TherAllies could not oust them and the Gerr)vns are still across the Yser. ' . . V V,' :; v.. . "Their . presence may not be per manent and they" .may suffer the same fate as has overcame hundreds of their fellow soldiers' &unng 'the- week, who got ver only to meet' their (death, but the Belgian and French lines, for the . ... ... v-..- . bkek about this point. - ,' BY THE FRENCH I JUST CAN'TfKEEP THIS NEGRO IN JAIL FOSKIE MITCHELL AN EXPERT IN ELUDING CAPTURE BY THE POLICE Foskie Mitchell, colored, is a slick artist when it co-nes to gelling him self out of the way when the officers are on his (rail. Mitchell is a notorious "blind tiger," and is said to be a m expert at getting money ;r ler lals but ncit 'lor of ' 'n-s:-an- tl'" :a es agains! 'air.-. M':.i lay nielli he :-M to woman's '; .n) a.'iniV Ml'l't I'llSf i (-''art; ( -ntr-iiicc thereto 1 l-r-.-a'cinij I hi After entering he beat ll Moor down. :n:;in u't- merciful and drove her uwr an possession. Yesterday the w:i'n;'U swore out a warrant for him before justice of the Peace Waller Kulford, v which the charges upon conviction are punishable by death, i The warrant w? - placed in the hands of the sheriff, but before he could make the necessary arrange nents for serving it, Police :r. 'in A. A. I pock and Doughty, had located him in Bell Town and knowing that, he was wanted for selling whiskey and obtaining money under false pretense, they decided to arrest him, but as they entered the front of the building Mitchell went through a window in the back, carrying with him the window sash, blinds and breaking every pane into sna'li bits. After getting clear of the window wreck age, the negro made a hasty retreat in the direction of Duffy Town. About the fifteenth of this month, Mitchell was arrested at the Union passDnger station by Constable John Russell, but he made his escape through a window in the second story of the station, and had not been seen by any of the officers until yesterday. AT FAIR ARE VERY SAID BY MANY TO BE THE BEST EVER SHOWN IN CRAV EN COUNTY. The exhibits at the Eastern Caroli na Fair this year are more varied and interesting than ever before seen at a fair in this county and naturally they are attracting attention. Particular interest is being mani fested in the exhibit made by the New Bern Public Schools. This consists of drawings, pen and pencil work, etc., done by the pupils and there is not an article that is not worthy of real praise. In the needlework department which is one of the most conspicious , is found articles of nerit and which are prov ing of particular interest to the vis itors. One of the largest exhibits and one which doubtless apppeals more than the others to the agriculturiets, Is one made by the State Department of " Agricul ture and which is in charge of Mr. Adkiss who was seen here at the last Fair. -' ;, .y. . ,.' i . . In this 'department are showV the products of some of the Test Far lis of the State and the intensive nethod of agriculture is fully explained by the experts in charge and the material re sults of this variety of farming are exhibited. ' Samples ! of the work of the corn "and tomatri clubs are also on exhibit and particular attention ; ; v Continued on Page 4 ; ; ; SLAUGHTER TEUTON EXHIBITS THE CREDITABLE S REPORTED Advance Columns Were Simply Annihilated By The French Near Bel gium General Von Bes elra Suicide British Steamer Sunk While Bound to Montreal. Paris, Oct. 27. The advance col umns of the German army, num bering five thousand men, were annihilated today by the French west of Ys-r, Belgium. The Ger mjns attempted to carry the French positions by a furious infantry charge. Th? invn-icr? were caught on an ope'i t1u5:i within th? range of the French guns and only a few hundred es.: :ped. In the region beyond Nancy the invaders have been driven back to-.vard Metz. GENERAL VON BESELR TARES HIS OWN LIFE. London, Oct. 27. General Hans Von Beselr, commander of the Ger man army which besieged and con quored Antwerp, committed sui cide yesterday according to a dis patch received here today from Rotterdam. STEAMSHIP MANCHESTER STRIKES A GERMAN MINE. Lon.Oct, 27the Steamship Manches ter to Montreal, struck a mine on the west coast today and the cap tain and thirteen of her men were drowned. The admiralty has is sued a warning in regard to the German mines north of Ireland and ships have been instructed not to pass within 60 miles of the coast. GERMAN AMBASSADOR HEARS GOOD NEWS. Washington, Oct. 27. A wireless dispatch to the German embassy tonight claims that three British warships struck German shells at some point today. U. S. HAVING MORE TROUBLE WITH ENGLAND. Washington, Oct. 27. The State Department today took up, offi cially, 'the seizure by the British of the cruiser, New Castle off the west coast of Mexico and the ships Lowther, Range and Bankiale which were sailing under American char ters. PORTUGAL WILL AID ALLIES IF NECESSARY. London, Oct. 27. King Manuel today offered the government the republic of Portugal to terve with the Partugese contingent if that country decides to join the allies. THE WEATHER ' The weather forecast, for New; Bern and vicinity ia f air, today, with diminishing north and northeast winds. . IMPROVEMENTS AT THE UNION PASSENGER STATION . A two hundred and fifty candle power. electric, light has .been placed under the shed in front of the white waiting room door at the Union passenger station, which illuminates ' the entire front of the building. f ' . ;
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