The Morning New Bernian from New Bern, North Carolina • Page 4

JST 5, 1917. farmers of Craven county upon a low standard. In the second place, Mr. Editor, the- OBSERVED raaasaeaaaaaaaaaiaaaa.aaaaaaaaaMaeaaasaaa' Morning NewiBernian Published Daily Except Monday By HILL PRINTING COMPANY 45 Pollock Street New Bern, N. C.

TELEPHONE 776 BY JAY BEE DEE SAY A WORD TO THE BOYS While the afternoon train from Beaufort to Goldsboro Was waiting at the station yesterday, one of the members of Battery A spied a lady from his home, aboard, and hastened over to greet her. She asked him how he liked his now job, and he said, fine, especially the course of exercises that they are receiving, and as the train moved off she told him to stick mum BE BRIDGE Baxter's JULY CLEARANCE Managing Editor JAMES B. DAWSON SAMUEL B. BLEDSOE City Editor Special Leased Wire Service Vanceboro Citizens Cite Bridge ton's. "Impassable" Streets As Reason.

breaking of a law is not at all times a crime. There are circumstances under which a law may be broken and still the defendant cannot be punished. For example, a man may commit first degree murder and then be set free under the unwritten law. Circumstances and intent are the determining elements of crime. Now let use see what some of those circumstances are.

The law referred to above is general in its application. But owing to the fact that the legislature failed to create a sufficient fund to carry the law into effect, making the operation of the law dependent upon funds created by respective counties, tends to localize the status. As it was understood that we had a local government based upon popular will, the county commissioners appointed- a day to hear from the cattle owners of the county. The farmers came in great numbers, a majority of which registered a protest against the law in Craven county and the creation of a fund of five thousand dollars to set of alt- to it and make a man of himself, not only physically but otherwise, so they would be A friend, yesterday, speaking, of suffragette, asked me if I ever saw a company of women perfectly silent. I replied, of course I did.

"Where?" At the "Eden Musee, in New York wax figures." was visiting a friend yesterday and wanted to compliment the baby, and remarked, every time that kid looks into my face he smiles. Yes, replied the mother, it may not be polite, but shows he has a keen sense of humor. ai' H'i'ISasSffiiysS Last night I went into Baxter's Jewelry store looking for a wedding present. When the salesman ap SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year (in advance) $5.00 Six Months 2.60 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier 10c Week proud of him at home. From the sparkle in the young Summer UP T0M0RB0W man's eye and the smile that lighted his face, it was advice timely given and sown in fertile soil, and no doubt will cause Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application Entered at postomce at New Bern, N.

as second-class mail matter under the act of March 3, 1878. him to be a better boy. proached to wait me, I told him The spirit shown by this lady should be emulated by more people. Let the boys feel that SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1917 A great deal of the board of county commissioners' time will be taken up at their regular Monday by the discussion of good roads, if reports reaching New Bern from Vanceboro are true. The county has built a good road leading from -the town limits of the machinery in motion.

Their pro tests were based upon two-fundamen- NEW BERN tal reasons: 1, Owing to the fact you are interested in-them and are proud of the fact that they are doing their dutyas American citizens. Bun fi the capital Craven "ouiltv, and la situated at tht confluence Nmmk and Trent rivers. It VU founds I wanted something striking for the present, and he brought me out the nicest line of clocks you ever saw. I was talking to a young man last night, and I noticed that he had a dreadful cold, so I asked him where in the world he got it, and he said he caughtc it in the Pass JA l.j 1710 hv Swiss settlers and named that the cattle range in the county was so vast, obedience to the law would be quite impossible; 2, that ffer Berp of Swltierland which in the Bridgeton in the direction of Vance- Swiss lanffuage means Hear. Is about is mllea from the Atlantic Ocean, hi since the law was impracticable anboro for ten or twelve miles.

The miles from Wilmington, 1T1 miles from additional burden of five thousand Norfolk and U7 miles from Raleigh. New Bern is reached by the Atlantic Goods We are determined to rid this store of every dollar's worth of Summer goods. If you are anxious to economize, to get the benefit of extraordinary under-selling, you should come to this store at once. Goods of high quality at enormous PRICE REDUCTION, while this sale lasts and if won't last very long. The Price Reductions will soon clear AN ERRING BROTHER Mr.

W. B. Rouse, a young lawyer, practicing his chosen profession in our city, has on dollars should not be placed upon the shoulders of the people, when the Coast Line Railroad The Nor ttMt bflilroed Comnanr. and hi the buck. water.

It has 24 passenger trains each county possessed only a drained and town commissioners of Bridgeton asked the commissioners to defray part of the expense of paving the streets leading from the foot of the bridge to connect with this road, but this could not be legally done without a special act of the legislature. day. depleted treasury. New Bern la only miles from the Gulf But the voice of the people was not Stream. It has a mild climate all tne year POINTED VIEWS more than one occasion, broken into our columns, taking issue with the editor of this paper, and in doing so, seems' to derive a certain amount of tround.

Mean annual temperature aa. Annaal rainfall 55 Inches. New Bern haa a modern Public School system including Public High School. New Bern owns its water works bystant and heard. The farmers, upon whose shoulders the burden of the law would fall, were publicly ignored.

Their rights were subrogated to the will The best evidence that a really new eleeCrle light plant, rwcnty-three miles state of affairs prevails in Russia lies in the fact that the Jews of Chi It was thus beyond tne jurisdiction of. the commissioners to take charge of paving this street and the Bridge-ton commissioners have done nothing towards improving the streets and as a result it is almost impassable of paved sidewalks. 11 mllea of streets. It haa free mail delivery, gaa, local and long distance telephone service, street railway system and two telegraph companies. cago- will tender the Russian war mission a complimentary dinner.

Chicago Herald: January let, New Bern's population 1S1J. over from the bridge to the end of the newly paved county roadv In the article appearing in another column of today's paper he is condemning a short editorial comment of ours of a few days ago, and defending the course of the people who are of two or three men who did not own a single cow. Following the sequence of the above facts, the 1916 campaign was ushered in. Our campaign orators were at every crossroad telling the. people werein lay the straight and narrow road that lead to FREEDOM and equal rights.

These men held positions high up in the administration New Bern's assessed property values. As the people of Bridgeton seem our store of all surplus stock. not to care what the condition of their streets are, the enterprising cit izens of Vanceboro, who pass through It is said that the While House pickets all have money. That is a matter of no consequence. The painful part of it is.

they have no sense. Houston Post, Bridgeton coming to New Bern, will of our laws and local government. They told the farmers that the dipping law was a hand-made article, appear before the commissioners Monday and ask that the bridge between New Bern and Bridgeton be attempting to obstruct the free course of the cattle dipping campaign in Craven county. We do not pretend to be versed in state and national laws, and unlike bur legal friend, we J. J.

Baxter's abandoned and one built somewhere the acceptance of which rested en tirely within their discretion. They do not quibble at the technical Colonel Roosevelt notifies the American people to prepare for the next war. Somebody should notify Roosevelt that the preparations for the present war are far from complete. Kansas City Journal. j- phrases of statutes.

near Glenburnie Park. This would necessitate building a short road leading from the north end of the proposed bridge to the present Vanceboro road, but, it is said, the Vanceboro delegation, who are scheduled to appear before the board tomorrow, will be in position to show the com- Store were told by these men that failure to dip their cattle would, not subject them to criminal prosecution. But before the law had had time to doff its hat "good morning" those same farmers were being trailed down by Dept The detectives or sleuths of a te.tits.ooo. New Bern haa four progressive banks with total deposits nearly $3,000,000. New Bern is well supplied with retail and wholesale stores and other facilities.

Mew has churches of all denominations, secret ord. re of all kinds and la the home of Sudan Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, thriving Woman's Club and the largest Chamber of Commerce of any city its else In. North Carolina. New Bern la ifca second oldest city in North Carolina noted for the beauty of the) scenery along the waters adjacent to it New Bern ranks first in the production of lumbar in North Carolina producing 200,000,000 feet annually. New Bern is the second largest fertiliser manufacturing center in the State.

It docs a larga P.uslness in fish and oysters. New Barn needs manufacturers to consume iu raw product. Woodworking plants, cotton and hosiery rtilla, canning factories, are wanted to use the Sroducts and that are here in abun-ance. New Bern wants live and progressive men to come and share in the development af the great opportunities existing here men of vision, who can see the wonderful possibilities of this great canter of raw materials, with its n.ognificenl water front. New Bern has two splendid theatres, The Athene, with a Beating capacity of 7(0, equipped for' handling the biggest road shows touring a Southern circuit, and showing the best daily program ol picture on the market, a splendid orchestra is maintained; The Star.

Mating government, or, a private concern do not need authority henchmen of the law for failing to comply with this ''hand-made article." missioners. they will save money by the proposed change; The Yes, twenty of these gotta, pure and Fifty German spies, who were disguised as Russian soldiers, according to a report from Russia, have been shot. A little more of this sort of thing would doubtless improve the honorable farmers (so considered gather evidence of any kind. Any individual may use detective force to unravel any, mystery that may be perplexing him, and so his bubble of lengthy harangue on that point during campaign time) were dragged down to New Bern last Tuesday to III give evidence against themselves for Russian situation marvelously. Indianapolis News.

BUSINESS and the is bursted. FEDERAL RESERVE The breaking of a criminal proposed bridge would be less than the length of the present orie and would therefore require less for its maintenance. It would also shorten the distance between Vanceboro and New. Bern several miles. The Bridgeton town officials have heard of- the contemplated request of the Vanceboro people and are also planning to be represented at the meeting tomorrow.

It is understood that they will again ask the county to pave their streets for them. TfWaW It may soon be the custom among the Russian commanders to exhort SYSTEM law is a crime, and punishable, if the breaker is convicted. It is true many guilty defendants are set free for lack of convicting evidence, and upon the ex blowing up certain vats. Not a single warrant or subpoena had been is-, sued for any man, yet these horny-Tianded sons qf toil, ignorant of the law, were lead to believe that they had to leave their farms and come to New Bern for this investigation. Yes, forty dollars worth of farm labor; wasted upon desert air.

Mr. Editor, these are the circumstances underlying the dip vat law in -Craven county. These are the their troops to stand by their guns and die like women. Savannah News I 625, one of the beat equipped straight I picture houses in the Stat Boston Minneapolis Cletepmi' NcwYork i San ChicaeM pmami Philadeiphk toty St Louis Richmond. You can still buy salt in Berlin without a permit, it seems.

The difficulty comes when you try to buy something to put it on. Kansas City Times. Atlanta methods being employer! to impose ST. PETER'S CHURCH Sunday Evening, August 5. There will be a grand musical and literary program held -at St.

Peter's A. M. E. Zion church this evening. It will be one of the best ever held in St.

Peters church and will consist that hand-made law upon the respec In all governments there must of necessity be both the law and the sword. Laws without arms would give us not liberty but licentiousness, and arms without laws would produce not subjection but slavery. COLTON. Dallas istence of an unwritten law. The circumstances and intent of the vat destroying in this county is very plain, and the destroyers should be convicted.

In these days of acknowledged civilization in this county, it is time that every force should be used to firmly establish law and order, and the tactics of the Although a pacifist never enlists, AFedaraJ of solos, instrumental duets, quartets, he is the first to want the militia Reserve Bank in each of these Cities called out when there's trouble in his table farmers of our county. Is it not true that the little-mindedness manifested in the administration of the law is beyond the comprehension of sensible man Is not the standard of our citizenship falling to an unprecedented Ninety per cent of the farmers have rebelled agafnst the present administration of the law, and with good 'reason. They have pe neighborhood. Washington Post. recitations, poems and a chorus choir of 40 voices.

Songs will be sung and the congregation can join in. The program is as follows: Opening hymn, Holy, Holy, Holy foes of progress, and the en The best government is that which teaches self-government. GOETHE. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE titioned our county officials to sus pend the operation of the law until The Federal Reserve Banking System was oreated largely to protect and benefit those engaged in industry, commerce and agriculture both employers and employes. Its mam purpose is to help those who borrow and provide a currency more responsive to business needs.

We are members of this system and you can secure its benefits and add to its strength by becoming one of our depositors. Stop in and let us tell you just how it meets your particular needs. couragement of such articles as that of Mr. Rouse should be relegated to a just doom of inactivity. "The plan of our government is plain enough, and the rights of the people are safest under they could catch their breath from the toil on their, farms; they have used every legitimate means with an endeavor to protect their property Gloria Patri.

Invocation, by the pastor. Music Awakening Chorus. Remarks, by Master of Ceremonies, John Havens. Muiic Jesus, Savior, Pilot me. Poem, by J.

H. Harris. Solo, by Rosella Martin. Recitation, by Ella Battle. Instrumental solo, by Virginia Rid-dick.

Address, by Isaac Smith, Jr. Quartet "Rosary" by Lillian Look what machinery has done for the west. Only a few years ago the old horse-drawn implements would thrash out eleven hundred bushels of oats a day today the farmers thrash out fifteen thousand bushels of oats and ten thousand bushels of wheat with modern The Dipping Vats My Dear Mr. Editor: I have read your editorial published in The Morning New Bernian of July 31, relative to the blowing up of certin cattle dipping vats in the county a few days ago, and beg leave to take issue with you on some of the things you have to Judging from what you have to say concerning the execution of the law you from this destructive method of "protection," but each time their plead ings have been set aside without re lief. It is true that the county authorities cannot repeal the general law, but surely it is within their power to Withdraw the funds it has created to that government, and the supposed grievance of an offended people can be reached and remedied without the arbitrary and underhanded methods being employed.

This tick eradication campaign was launched by a former board of commissioners, and the people put into office a subsequent board who were favorable to the continuation of the make the law effective in this county. haVe either been misinformed as to what the law is or you fail to give it the proper interpretation. That Webster, S. J. Cook and gliomas Fisher.

Recitation, by Ophelia Bryant. Music Calling the grodigal. Instrumental duet, by Lauretta Remoye the steam from the engine and it" will to run of its own Pope Benedict XV. has given orders for the trial at the Vatican of his former chamberlain manager Von Gerlach, with a part of your editorial which is mis motive power. The voice of the people must and leading reads as follows: "Direct evidence will be hard to procure, but let the sleuths of Uncle 8am wind shall be heard; it will ultimately find its place at the top.

The freedom of The National Bank of New Berne view to his being unfrocked, and divested of his ecclesiastical Bryant and Carrie Hill. Solo, by Osceola Jackson. Music I'm Praying for You. Solo, by Joanna Todd. Recitation, by Georgie Martin.

Solo, by Lillie B. Johnson. a chain of circumstantial evidence said campaign, SO let the Will Offaround them, strong enough to pun the people prevail, but should ish them as they deserve." attributes. It was Von Gerlach who took a leading part in the blowing up of the two Italian In the first place, Mr. Editor, you the people change their minds and about the afficacy of this vit8l the people, the hope of the state, is based upon this fundamental principle.

Popular will must be supreme in order to reach its coveted goal. Base the dip vat law in Craven county upon popular will and it will stand exhalted and the administration of it will have already been accomplished. Yours truly, W. B. BOUSE.

Quartet, by George Atmore others. Solo, by Mrs. Dr. Harper. Collection.

soning, the failure of which forcei NOW IS THE TIME! battleships "Benedetto Brim," and "Leonardo de Vinci," with loss of nearly two thousand lives. The monsignor was formerly an officer in the Bavarian army, and hails from Hesse. It is reported that Emperor Do not wait until the weather turns cold to have that plumbing done, but do it now, while we can give it so ment, let them speak out in the next election, and receive redress, but for the sake of decency and honorable, upright citizenship and county pride, do not upset all the rules of calm and sober judgment, and if the whole thing is wrong, change those in authority. Don't rebel and act like anarchists, but be men and abide by the decision of the majority. POOR PROFIT Harry Dickson tells of an old mammy who was kept from starvation by the white woman who gave much better attention.

We have the William called a war council of you to a false conclusion. The "sleuths of Uncle Sam" will never bring those men who blew up the vats in question to This is based upon the unquestioned fact that they have no authority to run them down, neither would the Federal Court have jurisdiction over the action If brought before that tribunal. Sec. 3044 of the Laws of North Carolina can be executed only by state officers and state courts, there being no concurrent jurisdiction. The farmers of Craven county have been doped with i.

this wrong impression ever since the law went into effect and it would appear that the time has come when reasonable men should stock and the skilled workmen. D. W. HURTT PLUMBING CO. her occassional jobs to Mrs.

Dickson, the writer's mother, had found some housework for the old negress. Phone 499. 19 Craven St. but after working a day or two, Man-dy said she must quit. A Word to the Wise Do you want to escape the powerful chutches of Typhoid Feyer? Take the inoculation treatment at once.

We are now supplied with the serum for the prevention of this dreadful disease. Bradham Drug Co. TWO STORES Telephone 35. Telephone 78 "I done haf to go out collect in' foh de missionary society," she explained. "But I have work for you to do," The man who is eager to get the most for his money may not care whether he gets the best or not.

said Mrs. Dickson, "and you need high military and naval leaders in Germany to meet at Brussels, Belgium. This meeting was to have taken place last Thursday. Nothing has yet filtered through the censor, however, as to what the "devU-ope-ment" will be. It is presumed however, that the call has for its object, an analytical survey of the offensive, which, if carried out as planned by the Allies, would prove a menace to the German holdings in Belgium, and the naval bases on the North Sea.

FOR SALE One good horse and buggy for sal. Call at No. 40 West cease such weapons to carry out their The Canadian French do not seem plans: Such a method perpetuated by the money you can get." 'I know," said the old mammy, to be of the same breed as the France our Dress and those who are in charge French. Rochester Herald. of the administration of the law casts "Heaven is a place of surprises," a serious reflection neon the ability said the good deacon.

"Yes, I sup- and integrity of our state courts to pose most of us will be surprised to meet the ends of justice. Further-see each other there," replied the un- mow moh an art nUxsa tlu maw- Reason for selling, leaving!.