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1 : ' '. V ESS MORNING NL J LZZXIA3H. SUNDAY, NOVi: iSEIt EG, 1916, h.. PAGESEVZIJ V In every department throughout New Bern's Biggest and Best Store. araaiies - q cuiiaiiciti fjudiuuiis. uuuu salaries. S. COPLON & SONS I ;t; (is - - - '-y -i . .KIIRCINT FLEES: TELLS OF CHAOS No Hope of Peace in Mexico Un til Strong Hand Takes Hold, Says Morales. - LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24. A gra phic story, illustrating the chaotic conditions prevailing in Mexico, is told by Senor Augustin Morales, for--merly a prosperous manufacturer of - vegetable oils atMorelia, Michoacan, which adjoins Mexico province. Mo rales has just joined the Mexican ref ugee colony in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. "There can be no hope of peace in Mexico until a strong hand seizes the reins of government and suppresses a multitude of great and petty chief tains who are spreading ruin and de vastation, murdering and torturing a helpless people with no other object than self-aggrandizement and self enrichment," said Morales. "The oil business that I had in Mo rel ia was handed down to me by my father. It had been in our family for generations. But there came the revolution. I was neither a Maderista, ', Villista, a Zapatista nor a Carran- zista. I was made to face death again . and again. s "My native State of Michoacan is : one of the districts which have suf r fared most of the revolutions. One day there came marching into Pan toja with an armed force of men a leader who called himself General Panjota. He commandeered every au tomobile in the city. I ventured to protest humbly that the machine was .needed in my business and that, ow ing to the condition of the country, I - could scarcely procure another. Pan- toja ordered me thrown into jail im mediately, and I was forthwith sen- tenced to be hanged. But I had with me an old Bchoolmate, Domingo Sa ' mano, and he and Panto ja happened to be friendly. Samano obtained my release, but he dared not ask the restitution of the automobile. I was being led out to the executive when the order to set me free arrived. "One of the conditions of my liber ation was that I order a number of tires for the machine. I did so, but traffic on the railways was inter rupted at times and always uncertain. Pantoja wearied of waiting for the tires and, in order te expedite their arrival he had me thrown into jail again, and once more sentenced to be hanged. I managed to send word of my plight to Samano on his ranch at Pumandiro, and once more his inter cession saved me. You see, senor, it is all a matter of drag with those people, but there are so many of them that one cannot have friends who know them all, and in the end comes one who brings ruin and death. "General Pantoja was killed in a battle shortly after that, but my troubles were not yet over. There came a General Sanchez one after noon. He called the 500 members of the Chamber of Commerce of Morelia together and ordered us to give him 50,000 pesos before sundown. The banks had been looted and we found it impossible to raise such a large sum in so short a time. Sanchez Ordered the arrest and execution by a firing squad of the last man of us. But another band of revolutionists was ap proaching and Sanchez needed all his ammunition. He left in such a Hurry that we were forgotten and managed to get out of jail. "I was resting in my house one evening when some revolutionists called me out and showed me my old automobile in front of the door. It was a wreck. They ordered me to repair the mechanism immediately. I looked in the tool box and found it empty. I explained to them that the trouble could be easily righted with the necessary tools, but that I could not do it with my bare hands. Less than an hour later I was stand ing with my back against a blank wall and before me were a squad of soldiers with rifles and a man with a sword about to give the order to fire, when friends ran up with pardon" they had obtained by providing the needed wrenches and tightening a few loose bolts. "Snachez, too, had been killed, but there are others-r-these generals are not all ignorant men, like the poli ticians, seeing only money and power, and the people are those who suffer." "Don't you think, Mr. Morales," he was asked, " that American interven tion would be the best?" "Ah, senor," he answered dismally, "the pride of nationalism is deep rooted, and it is hard to bring one to say yes, but I sometimes think so. Perhaps if the government would only give full recognition to one of the leaders, either Carranza or Villa, and quit turning from one to the other furnishing arms and ammunition for our murdering, then peace might come." Destructive Cotton Pest for the First Time is Discovered in North America. (By Victor Elliott) WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 25. Entomologists in the government's service here are engaged in a study of the history of the pink boll worm, the most destructive of cotton pests, which for the first time has been dis covered on the North American con tinent. It has caused several million dollars loss to cotton growers of Egypt, India and other cotton grow ing countries. The pink boll worm spread from India to Egypt about eight years ago. Until recently it had been communi cated to practically all the cotton growing countries of the world ex cept the United States. To shut out the pest from these shores, this coun try had for years prohibited the in troduction into this country of cotton seed, seed cotton and cotton hulls from all cotton producing territories except six, northern States in Mex ico.. Now such imports from this section have been barred also. The Lagune district where the in sect has been discovered is one of the most important cotton producing areas of Mexico. This region is an elevated plateau country near San Pedro, the State of Coahuila in cen tral ' northern Mexico. Cotton - cul- ,ture is there more extensively pros- ecuiea man anywnere else in Mexico. The destructive insect is supposed to have been introduced into ihe La gune district through the importation of seed from Egypt or other foreign countries in an effort to improve the grade of Mexican cotton. The insect hibernates in the larval state of the seed. In this way it is readily carried to any quarter of the world by seed exportation. The adult insect is a small moth. The worm attacks the immature cotton bolls and in most cases reduces the yield fifty per cent. Besides, the amount of oil obtained from the seed of the infest ed cotton is lessened from fifteen to twenty per cent. All cotton interests in the United States have been urged by the De partment of Agriculture to assist the Federal authorities in preventing any movement in violation of the new amendments to the quarantine regula tions promulgated by Secretary of Agriculture Houston seeking to pre vent the worm from entering the United States. E FORGER Negro Served Thirty Days For Obtaining Money on Post office Money Order. EFFICIENCY "Bridget, why have you put the fly paper out on the grass" "They ain't no more flies to ketch in the house, mum." New York World. A LA MODE Diana "I hope when you marry, Aubrey, it'll be a love-match." Blase Brother "My dear Di, of course itwill with a very wealthy girl." Judge. George Bryant, colored, was yester day discharged from the county jail after serving a thirty-day sentence imposed on him at the last 'term of District court held here, after he had pleaded guilty to forging a signature to a postoffice money order. In addi tion to the jail sentence, Bryant was taxed with the cost of the case and ordered to pay the amount of the money order, which was a little over eight dollars, to the party for whom it was intended, which has been done. There are two George Bryants in New Bern and the money order re ceived by the defendant was intended for the other man. The failure of the delivery of the order to the prop er party was called to the attention of the postoffice department and an inspector put to work on the case, with the result that he soon had Bry ant arraigned in United States. Com missioner C. B. Hill's court, charged with forgery. Hats Cleaned and Renovated Do not throw your old hats away. We can make them look like new. Special attention given to felt and derby hats. NEW BERN SHOE SHINE AND HAT CLEANING COMPANY 67 POLLOCK STREET. NEW BERN, N. C. WHAT TO BUY THE MOTORIST FOR CHRISTMAS k He'd appreciate a good clock to save him the trouble of pulling out his watch when he wants to know the time. There's a combination spotlight and mirror which may appeal to him. A thermos bottle with something pippin hot inside will make him grate ful. And for his own comfort there are goggles, foot-warmers and hand warmers. Flashlights, speedometers, lunch carriers, auto cushions, extra chairs and horns are some of the other ac cessories he may be glad to receive. WE DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BUY EVERY TIME YOU COME TO THIS STORE We want you to come in often and look over our stock so that you will know what you want when you are ready to buy. It is the only way you can always be sure. We are making these stores of service, so bring any furnishing problem you may have to use and it will be solved. I IT 1 ii-i M f iMmmk REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF .THE w Bern- Banking and Trust Co AT NEW BERN, IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AT 'fHE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, NOVEMBER 17TH, 1916. rap any, RESOURCES Loans and Discounts ......... $474,451.47 y. y Overdrafts Secured and Unsecured . . , ;v v All Other Stocks, Bonds and Mortgages . ?. ; Banking Houses, Furniture and Fixtures . . . . . . . , V . '. All Other Real Estate Owned V.'. .. T .. T ......-. i iU-h Due from National Banks . .'.v. .'. . .v. $54,151.67 ; 4 Cashltems .27,352.15 , "Gold Coin . , : ; , . , , . . :.. . 60.00 Silver, coin, including all minor coin : ' : i Currency t k ) . 5,736.79 National bank notes and other U," " ' ? ; ; S. Notes I . ' 12,094.00 3,470.45 28,005.00 : 17,1 15.00 850.00 TOTAL : , 99,394.61 $623,286.53 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid In v . v; ........ $100,000.00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid . ..... 30,937.48 Dividends unpaid , . . . . - 20.00 Deposits subject to check ........... $304,554.59 Trust Department ;: ."i ....... ........ 9,087.90 Time Certificates of Deposit ,.. ... , 64,728.67 Sayings Deposits , . V 105,697.68 Cashier's Checks Outstanding . V.. ! ,341.72 Bank Deposits ;; , . . r . . . . V . . '. . 7,918.49 492,329.05 TOTAL $623,286.53 STATE OF NORTH CAROUNA, County of Craven, Nov. 24, 1916. I, O; W. LANE, Cashier of the abbve-named Bank, do solemnly swear that . the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge arid belief. - . - O. W. LANE, Cashier. . Subscribed and sworn to before - me, this 25th day of November, 1916. .W.H.LEE, (SEAL) Notary Public My com. expires March 20, 1917. Correct-Attest: ' T. A. GREEN,' WM. B. BLADES, C.E.FOY, ' Directors r V - .
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