.,.,1 subscribers
inld renew at least
nhoow vnfnr their
five 'v .
ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER
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OP FIRE DAMAGES
Finds That Earlier Estimates of Losses Were
About Correct-Inswance Carried on About
Fourth of Property Relief Agencies Work
to Assist People Want More Road Work.
v tho Associated Press.
hv Born, X. C, Dee. 4. First ac
curate estimates of New Bern's loss
from Friday s lire were available to
jay when city officials checked the
r.umkr anc! extent of the houses burn-
d:
Their report showed :
1,000 homes and other buildings
burned; more than 3,000 persons home
rs. An area of 40 blocks, or one-ft-urth
of the city burned over.
The total fire loss will bo approxi
mately $2,000,000. Insurance of abot
one-thinl this amount was carried by
property-owners.
One case- of drunkenness and tho
assault of a negro woman by her
husband were the only cases of dis
order hue last night.
Adjutant General Van 7, Jetts arr'.ved
hire this morning Mid made a gor.
tral .um'. the situation. One thou
sand blankets, the same number of
mattresses and hundreds of cots have
teen received. Donatbns are comini
in from various towns, and financial
rid al.o is coming in from various
tiwn?.
At meeting of -.hi chamber Oi
c imiK) it v:-s est-nated v00,000
will be required to place the victims
cf tho fire on a basis from which
they will be able to help themselves.
Measures for the employment r.i
several hundred idle arc being dis
cussed. An effort will be made to have
the state highway commission accele
rate its road building program in Cra
ve.! CUr.ty. ..v.,,;;.::,,-v.-- '
KKI) CROSS HELPS
Ey the Alsoi iated Press.
Washington Dec. 4. Tho southern
division of the American Red Cros,
acting under instructions fiom na
tional headquarters here, is actively
tngaged in meeting the situation nt
.Vcw Ecru, X. C, where a $2,000,0
fire swept the city Friday.
Carter Taylor, Red Cross fi.dd direc
tor at Camp Bragg, N. C, if; in charge
at New r,Vrn and has distributed u
large quantity of clothing dispatched
from southern division headquarters.
The commanding officer at the
Hampton Roads naval station, it was
announced today, hr.s befti authorizes
to furnish supplies cf clothing and
U'ddinK. Mr. Taylor reported that
the situation is rapidly improving.
WILL CONFIRM SALE '
OF PRICE PROPERTY
In. K. A. Price, owner of the pro
bity on Eleventh avenue sold to Geo.
K. U'ootten and associates last Thurs
day, ha informed the Record thai,
n would be unable to confirm the
Mile unLil he hears definitely from
br. I D. Pence, who hold a mort
M on the lot and who had been
jiven an option on the property. Dr.
I'cncc is in a hospital and was too ill
to be here for the sale. The Hick
ory man .said, however, that theie
w"s little doubt of the confirmation
t tho sale. Mr. Wootten, John W.
Eadew, Hubert Lyerly and Chas. H.
itncr bought it to offer to the
Masonic lodges here for'a new temple.
If the sculptors keep on making
statues of Abraham Lincoln, soon
nobody will know how Lincoln look-
MAte!n.son Globe.
By th... Associated 'Press.
Lausanne, Dec. 4.- The closing of
lr" Dardanelles' to all warships ex
" pt those of Turkey and giving Tur
"7 the right to fortify the straits were
advocate! Lv Foreign Minister Tchit
thrin of Russia at today's meeting of
the peace conference today.
Iriu t Pasha, leading Turkish dele
ft", asked for absolute Turkish con-
tr(l f the straits without demolitari
Nation. ' " -''":
The nreliminarv discussion of the
MiH-stion by the representatives' of the
u- llT"-"" . .
Kfcut wi t been completed
wtan the meeting was adjourned. -
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.CHECKS
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By the Associated Press.
New Bern, N. C, Dac. 4. Mayor
Edward Clark today issued the fol
lowing appeal for aid for the people
of New Bern, made homeless by Fri
day's fire:
"To the good people of North Car
olina and other states:
"With more than 1,000 homes de
stroyed, 3,000 persons homeless and
hundreds without employment or any
means of obtaining an income, our city
is struggling against conditions that
are overwhelming.
"Local pride and reluctance to call
for aid first prompted us to confine
out pleas to those who escaped losses
in New Bern. '
"Now, however, we realize that New
Bern cannot stand alone in her dis
tress. Therefore, if there arc com
munities or individuals who wish to
help us in our hour of need, I wish
to assure them on behalf of our people
that their assistance not only will be
appreciated, but will greatly aid a
distressful situation.
"I respectfully ask the various news
papers to give publicity to this state
ment. (Signed) "EDWARD CLARK,
.". "Mayor of New .Bern."
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REPUBLICS MEET
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 4. With the
United States not only acting as host
and sponsor, but taking the yai t of
the largest participant, the confer
ence of the Central American repub
lics began today in the Par-America,
Union building amid mutual expres
sions of confidence that its discus
sions would inaugurate a new era of
Central American peace and stability.
Secretary Hughes as presiding offic
er of the conference and head of the
delegation representing the Unitcu
States welcomed the delegated of tin
other five nations in the! name oi
President Harding, but did not amplify
tho program of this conference as
already outlined in the invitation sen;
out from Washington.
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ioo manv """.""v r -
gas are working. more with their fee-
rnnn ineir neaua. -uvv,:.w'"'
SENATE WILL TAKE
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 4. The admims
shinning bill passed last Wed
nesday by the house and caught in the
senate jam over the filibuster m u,
Dver anti-lynching bill was referred
to committee today, me eiiuu.c
. - i 4-U 1-.511 ii r
leaders planned to Dnns tc
in the senate the latter paro.
TO CITY "HIE
Although the weather is not exactly
Altnougn ti merchants arcex-
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Greensboro, Dec. 2 The Turks may
massacre by the thousand peaceful
citizens of Asia Minor and may drive
hundreds of thousands from their
homelands, but they have yet to touch
a child whom the Near East Relief is
bringing up in orphanages protected
by the American flag. -
This is the message brouerht to the
annual state conference of volunteer
workers in North Carolina of the Near
East Relief by John R. Voris of Nev
iork,: cctin.-r national field director
in the absence of John W. Mace, who
addressed the delegates m the Giulford
county court house here today. Fifty
ot the 100 counties in North Caro
lina were represented.
"The American flag seems to be the
only thmg the Turks respect." Mr.
Voris stated. "They have vet to vio
late an orphanage under its pi-otec-
non. ihose whom they killed in bmyr-
na were peaceful citizens, men, women
and children pursuing their lives as
you and I are doing here.
'JNo thought was given the Turk.
Suddenly the Greek ai-my collapsed af
ter challenging the Turks to battle
The victory maddened and lustful sub
jects of Kemar Pasha let loose all th
brutal passions of their nature, spurr
ed on by the Koran which teaches thai
to kill Christians is to receive a re
ward in the hereafter of a harem ful.
of hoiuis.
The Near East Relief is bringing
up 110,000 children and making their
into the future Armenia, the Turks
having all but exterminated the pres
ent population. North Carolina is ask
ed for $200,000 of the nation's $15,000,
000 yearly for this purpose. All funds
above this amount will be used to f eec
those 800,000 driven from their homes
ahead of the massacre at Smyrna.
Morris A. Bealle, state director, in
outlining the program for the year, de
clared that for every dollar contributec1
in North Carolina, 95 cents finds iti
way across the seas and is there swell
ed into $1.50 through free labor anc
many free services and .commodities
which are received in the stricker
countries. He declared that the books
of the Near East Relief are open tc
inspection by responsible parties and
that his organization challenges any
philanthropic agency in the country
to show an equal record for efficent
handling of undsi .: ... . , -
This afternoon a number of las'
year's successful county chairmen will
tell how they handled their campaigns
last year. Three native Armeniar
speakers aie also on the program
Dr. Isaac Yonan who has just return
ed from Armenia, "his son, J ohn, e
student in Charlotte High School, anc
N. A. Boyajian, of Columbians. C.
Bishop Cannon will speak before a
mass meeting tomorrow afternoon in
the Grand theatre and will tell of his
experiences just after the burning of
Smyrna and the, massacre of 150,000
Christians and Jews. si ;, i. j v
Stanford University, Cal., Dec. 4.
Belgium, through official represents
tive, formally dedicated here today :
bronze statue set up on the Stan
ford University campus in " recogni
tion of the humanitarian services ren
dered to the Belgium nation during
the World War by Secretary Herbert
Hoover, a Stanford graduate. The gift
was purchased through -small contri
butions from the Belgian people, In
cluding children. -
The statue, the work, of a Belgian
sculptor, represents the Egyptian god
dess Isis, who typified the spirit oi
motherhood, the growing grain and
the benignant forces of humanity eter
nally in conflict with evil. The god
dess, of more than life size, is pic
tured seated on a throne, with hex
features partly concealed by a veil.
Formal nresentation was made by
Senator Albert Deheune of Belgium,
who was designated by his govem
mt and came from his native -lane
for this purpose. Frank Deering, ban
Francisco, a meraoer oi xne univer
sity board of trustees,, formally ac
cepted the gift. Dr. Ray Lyman Wil
bur, president of Stanford, -and -others,
made addresses.
The dedication ceremonies were heia
; v.o Rtnnford chanel. famous for its
gorgeous mosaics. Back of the chancer
hung a Belgian nag cameu uv ox
ford wen who saw service m Belgium
during the war. ine couege siee nuu
sang the Belgian national anthem ana
America. , . , . , .
The statue has peon maceu irayur
! in thft Stanford Art iGallery
bending 'the rection of the War Me
morial Building, where it will be
permantly located.
THREE STUDENTS BURN
By the Associated Press.
iWaterville,. Me., Dec. 4. Three
students of Colby college were burn-
'ed today when fire destroyed a dormi-
tory.
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HICKORY, N. C, MONDAY EVENING?
ELLIOTI CHOSEWI GOyERNOBS WILL SPECIAL SBSSBM, .
RflflRn niiFTinw
Newton, Dec. .4 J. Thomas -Setzer,
who retired as clerk of courts today,
swore in the new board' cf ."county
commissioners and Justi3"-.RMiXsiIl,
bis successor, and Joseph D. izJIaoti,
chairman of the board of county com
missioners, administered the oath to
Mrs. Taylor. He wanted the honor
of "swearing in the first womatt elect
ed to office in Catawba county'.'' "
Bonds were arranged and by mid
afternoon the various offices haa
hanged hands. -
Mr. Elliott was the unanimou?-
choice lor chairman of the board o
county commissioners. j:
NEW OFFICERS OF COUNTY
The affairs of Catawba county, for
eight years in the hands of the Re
publicans, were turned over to the De
mocrats today to be administered by
them for , the next two years.? In the
case ol the clerk of the court, how
ever, the term is for four--year j. Quite
a large crowd was expected at New
ton for the induction into office oi
the new officers. i
Dr. W. A. Deaton, who will, repre
sent Catawba county in the houss of
the general assembly, will -not be
sworn in until Wednesday, Janvarv
10. . - r
The new officers of the, county are:
Geo. F. Bost, sheriff: Justus O.
Rudisill, clerk of court; Mrs. Jose
phine Taylor, register of deeds; ,7.
Merton Killian, treasurer r S. L. Hei
man, coroner; Enloe. Yoder, survey
or, r
The county commissioners f are
D. Elliott, W. R. Frye, R. L. Ashei
branneiv James Howard and; C. A.
TWO TAR HEELS!
ROBBED !N THRACE
By the Associated Press. V
Dedeagatch, Dec. 4. American to
bacco, buyers are being . hellip. and
robbed in western Thrace. The latest
victims are R. J. Wortham of Hender
son, N. C, who was deprived of money
and jawelry while traveling by auto
mobile, and J. J. Harrington of Rocky
Mount, N. C, who was robbed on a
road from Serres to Salonica. Ameri
can trades are rarely molested in this
region. - -. ' -
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CAUSED BY 111
Slippery roads in this section were
responsible for a number of automo-
nle accidents yesterday, none of them
serious, according to reports reaching
Hickory today. Mr. Ed. Abee's car
turned over near Hildebran yesterday
and persons traveling the highway be
tween Hickory and Charlotte say7 they
saw a number of cars in the ditch.
The rain, which started Saturday,
has -been gentle and most of it has
clung- to the roads. They are slick.
; There was no indication ot iair
weather today and the chances are
that the streams, which have been low
for months, will be improved by the
steady fall in the mountain regions.
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DECEMBER 4, 1922.
By the Associated Press.
Madison, Wis,, Dec. 4. Th
"prob
L vise
Tem'jn government croatf j : X
of" the ku l'-Iux Elan ' throughout the
country', will be brougvi;: before the
state governors of the United State:;
and considered by them at their four
teenth annual conference to be held in
'White Sulphur Springs, West .Virginia,-
December -1 4 to 1G. Miles C. Ri
ley, seeretar;,- announced here today.
Governor Henry J. Allen, of Kansas,
whose attack on the klan in his state
has attracted wide attention, is to
present a paper to the - state execu
tives on "The ku klux klan the prob
lem it attacks and the ;'pr'oglem .it cre
ates," as the basis of consideration..
A varied business program, sunple
mented by - an attractive program of
entertainment, has been prepared for
the governors and their wives, ivlr. Ki
ley announced.
Governor Samuel R. McKelvie, of
Nezraska and Governor J. A. O. Preus
of . Minnesota will speak, the former
on agricultural problems, and the lat
ter on "The St. Lawrence Waterway."
governor ireus win siaxe ine position
o the Midwest on the waterway pro
ject. !
"The Untertow og Crime Waves"
will be discussed by Gov. Wilson G.
Harvey, of South Carolina. Governor
James Hartness of Vermont, Gov. E.
Lee Trinkle of Virginia, Governor
Thomas E. Campbell of Arizona, Gov.
Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, Gov.
John M. Parker of Louisiana, and Gov.
Ben W. Olcott of Oregon, are other
speakers on the program.
Besides general discussions on each
of the papers presented, the governors
will discuss general problems of state
administration and exchange experien
ces that may be of value to their col
leagues in the business of government.
Mr. Riley states the following addi
tional governors have advised him the
will attend : Governors Kilby, Alaba
ma; Lake, Connecticut; Denny, Dela
ware; Hardee, Florida; Davis, Idaho;
McCray, Indiana; Small, Illinois; Ken
dalll, Iowa; Marrow, Kentucky; Cox,
Massachusetts; Griesbeck, Michigan;
Hyde Missouri; Dixon, Montana;
Brown, New . Hampshire; Edwards,
New Jersey; Morrison, North Caroli
na;Nestos," North Dakota, Mabey,
Utah; Morgan, West Virginia,1 and
Garey," Wyoming.' - , .
ALL STATE TEAM
By the Associated Press.
Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 4. The Uni
versity of North Carolina won seven
places, Davidson two and Trinity
and State College one each on an all
state football team picked today by
the Charlotte News on the advice of
four coaches. .
By the Associated Press.
'Washington, Dec. 4. Forgetting denominational-lines,
church-Women of
America are making an effort to com
plete by January 1 a $3,000,000 fund
for the seven union colleges for educa
tion of women in the-far east. They al
ready have obtained $1,000,000 toward
the fund and the Laura Spelman Rock
efeller Memorial 'fund has promised
another million if the fund is complet
ed by the first of the year.
The churchwomen 'have organized
a country-wide Dollar Day, to be held
next Saturday. Women irrespective of
their religious affiliations, will be ask
ed: to give one dollar each towards
the education of leaders for the 400,
000,000 women of Asia.
Mrs. Henry W. Peabody of. -Bos ton,-is
chairman of . the committee which has
organized f. fifty thousand auxiliaries
of all denominations in practically ev
er large city and in every state.
Mrs. Harding was one of the first
contributors to the fund, which has
the endorsement of the president and
Secretary of State Hughes, not only
for their work on behalf of Christian
education,- but also because of their
bearing upon international friendship.
The seven union Christian colleges
for women are located in either the
capitals or leading cities of the far
east.'Two, of them are medical schools
for training oriental women -as phy
sicians.' They, are maintained by ten
denominational bodies of this country.
In one instance, missionary boards of
Great Britain also are cooperating.
The aim of the schools is to prepare
future Christian leaders of the east.
The movement is an outgrowth of
the world war. 'When it began in 1914
only two or -three small attempts at
the higher education the women of-the
orient had been made. ' The war had
a great influence ton them and when it
ended seven, union colleges had been
organized. The $3,000,000 fund is re
quired to provide sites -and buildings.
All the colleges are at present w.orking
in snialUC inadequate c buikiingsv some
of which are said to be several hundred
year old. -Each .when completed will
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COLDEiOii
Ten Minutes for Breathing Between Extra and
' Regular Sessions Today Pierce Butler's
Nc:nination Held Up While 1,700 Others
Confirmed by Senate Minor Doings.
Hiflll IIS
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By the Associated Press.
New Bern, N. C, Dec. 4. President
Harding sent the -following telegram
to Mayor Clark today:
"I wish to express through you my
great sympathy for the citizens of New
Bern in the distressing calamity , that
has befallen them.
"Sincerest hopes that their mis
fortunes may be alleviated in every
possible way and that prosperity may
soon return.
(Signed) "PRESIDENT HARDING."
STRAWBERRY CULTURE
IS RENEWED IN EAST
Rocky Mount, N. C, After aband
oning the strawberry crop several
years ago, when the market was bad,
hundreds of truckers in the Rose Hill
and Chandbourn section of the state
now are returning to the berries, this
year showing an increase from few
shipments to 1500 carloads, according
to Guy Cardwell, a railroad land and
immigration agent here.
The outlook for 1023," he said, "is
for an increase of more than 33 per
cent and more than 2000 carload
shipments undoubtedly will be sent
from here to northern markets.
"The abandonment: .of., the straw
Berry crop years ago meant more than
a million dollars loss" in created agri
cultural wealth,"-fie said.
XTEENiflRRESTS
SATUBDAY NIGHT
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Of 16 arrests made by the police
force Saturday afternoon and night
the majority were for drunkenness,
two for gambling and four for assault
with deadly weapon.- The majority
of the cases were disposed of today
bv Recorder Russell. ,
Theodore Stevens, colored, was as
sessed $25 and costs for heaving if
rock" into the Smyre jitney of Newton,
the assault taking place in South
Hickory.'
Chal Bell and Elihu Wilson, colored,
paid $5 each and costs for indulging
in the pastime of craps. '
Azalee White, a neess, was giver
six months in jail or the privilege of
leaving the county on a charge of
immorality.
The cases against xGcorge Eiam
saur, colored, Joe Shell and Lewis
T3ietz, white, charged .with slashing
John Ilardaway, colored with a knife,
were continued until tomorrow. Ram
saur did not know much about the ai -faii,
except that all of the boys
were on him with knives. They laid his
right . jaw open .so that the bone ant:
teeth : showed, y "
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. ' 4. The house
judiciary committee decided today to
ask the house for authority to suo
poena witnesses and to obtain papers
requested by ' Representative Keller,
Republican of Minnesota, in prosecut
ing, his impeachment charges against
Attorney General .Daugherty, .; -
By the Associated Press.
" Philadelphia, Deer 4 The condition
of John Wanamaker, who has been ill
at his home here for several weekt-
with a severe cold, was reported "as
about the same as last everir.g" by
his physicians this morning.
SEEK AUTHORITY
BRING WITNESSES
' ; Rain ; tonight arid:
Tuesday. Colder "in ex
treme west J portion
Tuesday afternoon and'
night.
PRICE PI VE CENTS
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 4. Congress
closed its two weeks extra session
and started its regular session wit;;,
an intervening period of only ten
minutes.
By resolution the end of the special
session which began November 20 wan
closed at .11:50 o'clock and the new
and final session of the 67th con
gress began at the statutory hour ol
noon.
Proceedings today were largely
winding up of the old and beginning
of the new which runs to March 3.
In its brief sitting the senate form
ally dropped the Dyer antilynching
bill and confirmed about 1,700 nomina
tions, but that of Pierce Butler oi
St. Paull to be an associate justice
of the supreme court was blocked by
objections from Senators LaFolette,
Republican of Wisconsin, and Norris,
Republican of Nebraska.
After a ten minutes' breathing spell
the senate and house met and anmed
committees to notify- the president oi
their presence and readiness for busi
ness. The principal business of the ses
sion was the transmission of the bud
get by President Harding.
HOLD N0M1T11
By the Associated Press. - -
Washington, Dec. 4. The nomina
tion of Pierce Butler, St. Paul attorney,
to be an associate justice of the su
preme court, failed of confirmation in
the senate today and will be submitted
to the' regular session.
Senator LaFollette, Republican of
Wisconsin and Norris, Republican of
Nebraska, objected to immediate con
firmation and forced over the nomina
tion. COTTON
By the Associated Press.'
New York, 0ec. 4. After opening
steady at a decline of four to 14 points
in response to rather poor cables, the
cotton market stiffened tip on local
buying and buying of May by Jap
anese brokers.' The market eased off
about 10 to 15 points net lower.
Open
December 24.92
January 24.92.
March 24.92
May 24.8G
July ' 24.5G
Hickory cotton 24 1-2 cents.
Close
24.89
24.91
24.9C
24.84
24.00
Our idea of complete party harmony
would be Senator Frelinghuysen, of
New Jersey, and Colonel Brookhart, of
Iowa, on the same platform, both look
ing, pleasant. -Ohio State .Journal.
Byr the Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 4. Alleged illegal
acts attributed to the ku klux klan fall
within the police power of the several
states Attorney General Daugherty
has informed Senator Walsh, Demo
crat of Massachusetts, in reply to an
inquiry and the United States has no
jurisdiction over such matters. ' '
The department of justice has had
the so-called ku klux klan before it
for more than a year, but has not been
able to find a single case within" the
jurisdiction of the federal government.
The attorney general -informed Sena
tor Walsh that if any. violations occur
within the jurisdiction of 'the. .federal
government, prompt action will be
taken. . t
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