North Carolina Newspapers

t73 n 0) nn . Tri II rT J L n n 1 J w r1 MfMA it v.-. v '.' ...9 f r hi 'ii1 Vvl , a): fAl! fl? LJLj V !. " , . , . : THE WHITE HOUSE, -WASHINGTON, D. C. : HON. EDWARD -CLARK, MAYOR OF NEW BERN. . r -- 1 1 I. WISH TO EXPRESS THROUGH iYOUMY GREAT SYMPATHY FOR THE CITIZENS OF . NEW BERN IN THE .DISTRESSING CALAMITY THAT HAS BEFALLEN THEU' SINCERE HOPES f THAT .THEIR. MISFORTUNES MAY BE .ALLEVIATED IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY AND THAT : EARLY AND COMPLETE RECOVERY MAY FOLLOW. ; K : -';.; - . x WARREN G. HARDING. v t U Ln W - t ti . ki ' 1 mm mm John RHoades" Leaves Tonight To Investi jjate Buildings Ln Delaware". , ARE PRICED LOW Company Is Ready To Ship At Once.: Cost Is V$225 Fpr Each . of J Hcu; es. An OiTer " of J2O0 or - more frame bungalows'; at- a'" very ; re.3onabIe- pricei is feeing r .in yestigated- oday and -ma r be accepted by'the-''. relief i'corn- .mitteeLhexeL u' 'J7"' . - John Rhoades, in response ,to a telegram receiyedjWre tliis" morningp leaver ?nereo. hiiherfor5WiimmgtoTirD ruiiy investigate vvhich was Ctntajned . . ., . . ' ' ,... gram, reading as 'foirdws'; .Chamber of -Commerce, ' New Bern.N. C. . ' ' t "Sorry for your great loss. T.f - you can use six-room' frame , bungalows we are in a posi tion.:; to begin ' shipment "tit once of two hundred or more. Will cost you $225 each, load- -.- .V..... ..... ,. .. I :. .... . , ed on cars, Pennsgrove, N J. Were used . by : Dupont-. Com pany and' tare good homes. Wp cut in sections and it isppisi': 'ble to re-erect in four " days, If interested, .wire' at our ex pense. " ''V -DELAWARE ' SALES CO. - The local j committee . feels that - if the ; houses are . thing' like -j represented, any-, the city will do well in . purchas? ing theim - ' f ' WILl' GIVE AID Mr.- T. G. Hyman, - New Bern, X. C. Am appalled and distressed at the - terrible conflagration that visited your city yesterday. Would ibe glad to make contribution to sufferers if accepting outside aid. Nathan O'Berry, . . - ' . Goldsboro, X. C. Mrs. 'Edmund Alexander left on fh'e morning 'train for Wilmington, 'where he will remain-for several days on business, connected with the Tac Ificir Mutual 'i Life Insurance Co., of . .'which he is district manager. Ask Postponement Of THe Championship Game " Last week, while the fire raged in "New Bern, the High School team from- this city was engaged in play ing football at ! Raleigh. . Thi3 week, some of the players are doing guard duty as-members of the ' local battery .unit - while others are engaged : in . relief work. They have been forced to remain awake dur ing all hours of the. . night. The aehe3 of the" team also have ;been doina their part .in helping t6 re I WW II ill MM MM II MMMMMiMMMMqMMWgMWWW , -MMMMMKMHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMWMHW ';'' 1 ' . . . , - ::: v 'V . ..;.;.., -. , . ; r. rt?' :..- ; . . . .. ; . : . NEW BERN. NORTH CAROLINA, EM OPEI of- a FDR SOME E-STITUTE . ... mi i .. 4 --if - , :. Local Business Men Are Urg ,,.tecLTo' Come Forward "And Help the Fire Victims. 'Offors Of cmiiloyment are now ...bfing: nade and yt is believed tliat ' many . of thoso now KHe will be . i , put ;td work within the next few days. iui i Cfcmcerns .or Individuals which 'a-Ye in- a josition toemploy men" ii or" .women' iiro requested to cam munkat 'wth'-tt. Ca KirkpaVrick at- once. . There are hnndredsof pePEons ont of tfnploynMMit and ia'CjsstentfcH UtaWorl 'be fbilndl'" JJEor tbpm at- oncev- -. ' v ,l Attctkinii's icoUeaaloS 'thd' tol-: , Fr)?d Itrqf ha otnployment'f'oi: ,.fransplint chbagei 'plant1?.-v- ,; - "Jt ,is Jiopedi- that other con . wms, necdmg omployoes, will make their requests 1 known. . ' The Siin-Journal vill bo glad -to gives full publicity- - to their announcements without charge. NffSSEF LOST E Proprietors of -'Overall-Factory : Were One "pjF . the Heaviest - Lcserajln ' the Fire - V : Among' -the-. .'heaviest vlosers of Fri day's fire was . the; Nassef - Manufac turing. Company. . - ' . . vloseph ; Nassef. stated " this morning thai the :macijinery -and stock in th overair .- factory was worth approxi matley. $65,000 and, . that the brick building itself was worth ?25,000. making a total loss of $90,000. Insur ance amounting to $80-00 was carried. -(Mr. Nassef stated this morning that he intended rebuilding his fac tory at. once and also erect, a row. of brick stores on Pasteur street, greatly rmproving the appearance" of that place.-He already has received an o--"er from another town to locate his factory there, but has refused to con sider .it.. . In addition to thC brick factory, Mr. Nassef also lost several frame build ings. ' NOTICE TO THE COLORED . ; All colored people desiring relief rom the New Bern Relief Commit tee will please report their names to their pastor or some colored lawyer or doctor at once,, with proof of their right to receive the same. - . W. N.- Irfiwrence, Secretary. . R. I. Johnson, chairman. lieve the distress of the fire victims. Needless to say, the thought of foot ball is far from the minds of any of New Eern'sv population, players in cluded. Because, of this fact, local school authorities have wired Asheville ask ing for a postponement of the game. They have .explained to the Ashe ville authorities the situation which has arisen in New Bern and they be-j lieve that a -postponement until nest! week tan be arranged. , I AMOUNT IVtONpAY 'AETERNOON, DECEMBER jt t922. 1 u I- mm : STATEMENT IS ? ISS0ED i BYMAYORfcLARKTODAY TO. THE GOOD PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA! ' v , -AND 'OTHER STATES: - With more than one thousand homes - destroyed, j ..-.. .- ;-'. ;- .- " . .. : j. . -'. ' - : . ' ' -: - . ' . .t- three thousand persons homeless' and hundreds. without ':-'fi -'-"' :..; - r.-f-. 7;-. . ' i .. .: v ' enaployntent or any means of obtaining :.san " income, .cur 'city- today is struggling under a. feurdeti which, is ' all but overwhelming. .-,.,: " "i J'Local pride1 and a reluctance to call forv1aid,-at . ; tfyril 'prompted ' its to confine our pleas , f or4 -assistance vAo-. t those, people of New Bern who had escaped disaster. -" No'W; ' however, we .realiae that New ' Bern t cannot' j - stand," alon in . her efforts to care for the distressed. ; Therefore,' if there are comtnunitiesj orgaiiationcr- ; ..individuals who desire' to help tis inJthis, our-hour 'l"ci n6e"d. I wish to assure thfem on behalf of our people , I ciated but that it will be the jneatls of alleviating tnuchc M distress and suffering. I respectfully, askhe; various newspapers to give publicity' to this statement." "v: iv cnwAR'n n.ARK. '." '' ' '...'. , ' v . Mayor of New Bern. I Thousand Ten Here Sunday To Inspect Ruins Mfirei . tkan .ten . thousand - visitors from: 'li'i,eetjwns" Of North Carolina wcto 4nf-3Nfw jBern-.: yesterday; to see for "themselves theidesjruction (Which hd'. beeh ? wrought; iyl Fi-tday's Are. TheV came In trains and in automo biles "an4 formed the greatest, crowd of out-of-town - persons that ever had visited New Bern in .one day's time- '' : Imraaiaelyii upon arriving.- the visitors .made their way to the scene hf-'ilqolHtion. Prenared to some ex tent bj'.-f newspaper reports' as to the RED GROSS IS BI1IINB HELP Southern Division of Organiza tion Helping Out Wonder ' "fully at New Bern WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 4. The Southern Division of the Red Cross,;' aoting V 'under .instructions of national -headquarters, is actively en gaged in meeting the situation at New Bern,! N- Vrhere a $2,000,000 fire rendered some 3,000 persona homeless.- " t ' 1 ; '. Carter Taylor, Red Cross field director at! Camp Bragg. N." C, is in charge at New Bern and has distrib uted a. large quantity of clothing, dispatches from Southern division headquarters state. The commanding officer at the Hampton v Roads Naval Station has been authorized to furnish supplies of bedding Mr. Taylor reported the situation at New Bern improving but urged prompt. ' .assignment of Red Cross nurses for relief work. READX TO SERVE Mayor of New Bern. . I desire through you to express to your stricken community my most profound sympathy. Wish. It wore within my power to seine yon. . ; Julian &. Carr. T tit if I Jill -1,1 l X il SI II I 1 1. r 1 i ,x 11-51 i i Visitors Were wholesale destruction, they nevertne- less stoqd agnast as tne masnuuMiV of he disaster unfolded itself before their eyes. Every section of , the city's devastated ; area was visited.. Those of New Bern residents who are in the. habit of eating in restau rants, found themiserves greeted , bv locked .doors late yesterday-. evening when they tried to get their evening meals. Seeking an explanation they Were informed that the visitors had eaten up all the food-ithat was carried in stock. Many had to" go to bed last night hungry Reported That Some of Bat tery Members Threatened With Loss of Jobs Captain Albert Willis reports that there are employers of men belong ing to the local field battery nit who have discharged those men be cause they were doing guard duty andaiding in relief work. It is also stated .that others of the men have been threatened with loss of their jobs unless they attend to their ordinary business duties. It is urgently requested that busi ness men who are employers of guardsmen, permit those men to help in carrying the relief work. If proof can be furnished of. any in stance where a man discharged an other for doing relief work the Sun Journal would be glad to learn the names of the persons involved. MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN WRECK FRESNO, Cal., Dec. 2. Advices received at the local office of the Santa. Fe railroad tonight said that a train wreck occurred at Jastro in which many people were'killed. Trains in the wreck were said to have" en tirely turned over.? - A special ,train was sent to the scene. DISCHARGE MEN FOR GUARDING " . T J ' ' i -- PRICE.- FIVE CENTS IRE-EJECTEI ES Two ' Instances of Mercenary Motives on Part of Land- . ? ... ... .-. . t -. 5 v lord Reported Today i.:v 'AJ&ltfebugfe liractically-!! Qvetx-KlUtfx f TNe' feern1 is . ienga6d,';in, dolnj everything: possible) fQr4'tli6rehef of tlietlife -victiniS,', two "cases '-til unbe i'MevabreiimefCenary ;motives ?were re ported to the- Sun-JonrnaT thimom mg. "".v r ) . i t ' ' " ! tt,i reported . that one-landlord v : fused to went ? a vacant ioB iJUo.ia -colored family because ihe-rtttCiXft ya,.s .-uivable, Jt;apay.. th rent's iir ;.aA. vance. . ' . - Another v?tanoe I reported kln which a- qolored family procee4d. to -takpoesion-.f?.'!.'VacaSt'''tlxf0e room -house. . The owner, M. .statedji, -ordered the -family - to' move out'-int' mediately- because .Jhe .rent -conld, tiot ho paid. ' ' . .. . i ,The. Sun-Journal -does, not-knots- whether , the above incidents . ., ai;e authentic or not. However, upon 'the suggestion of the relief committee,? it wishes' to - announce1! that- whenever any person or persons has proof .'.f f such incidents as the above and when they are xeported to either the ' re lief committee or the paper,, not the sUghtest hesitency will be employ4 m making public, the names of the cifenders. Y WHITES List Has Been Compiled i of .Some of Those Who Lost. . . Home in Friday's Fire Friday is a list of the white fami lies that were burned out in Friday's fire: ; Starting at 88 Metcalf street: Mrs. Fanny Dixon, R. C. Godwin, - Mrs. Iluggins, Mrs. George Howard. - George street, starting north east side Horace Clark, A. B. Davis,, J. Southarage,- Kilbum; Jarvis, the bar ber, Mrs. Lamb, Daniels and Caton, Across Queen: Thomas Gaskill apd son, D. Forest, M. W. Wayne. - . f; Pine street, north of George,, Leon Dawson, Pulaski Cahoon. Pine and George: R. M. Wayne and sons, W. Milton, Mary Clark. ; : ; Stewart building on George: Geo; THnnftt Rfrt Tinnpft Dllff HVjl'rfH,'. J Dave Cahoon, Ben - Cahoon, Mr Eva Burns, Mrs. Agnes Gurkins, -Miss . Florence Oldfield Frame building next to Stewart building, James Vinson and son, Mrs. Dolly Cannon, John Pittman, James Bell, Dick Weathering. ID) IE CLAIM NEGROES FROM HOUS IN ARE HOMELESS George street above Cypress. wesHe distributors of. Maxwell House side, Louis Rice. East side: Phillip Carawan and son, D. M. CarawaS Pittman's stor and residence, Benjf gel. , ';;? Court street of? George, Mont Har ris. Upper corner of cemetery: Stores kept by Merritt and Caton. V, Pasteur street, starting at John' Duke house: John Duke lost furnj.-' ture, Davis Lee, Madison Rowe ' and son, uui warehouse, two rammes living in ono house who are - un known, Archie Brinkley, James Whitley, B. R. Wiley, Archie Ed wards, Ray Hill, Clay Willis and family, Willie Higgins. Off Queen street: Sadie Rice,-Tom Gautier, John Pollock, Daisy gray., ; The above list by no means is complete and there probably are half a dozen, or more families who lost their homes. A whole lot of attention is behn paid to coal for a matter thst is neither here nor there. ; lire Hates. More wome are needed to carry oft the-'.relief work. Those -who can ierve in: any capacity whatsoever :are urged ;to give their names, to Mrs. Whitford (or' Mrs. MSmner as soon as possible. - The remains of six liquor stills "were observed in the runs yes-, tcrday. They are no longer fit for use, so no one has attempted to temme them. Carter .Taylor chief of the Field Ihvision of. th Red Cross, is now in charge of the relief work here. .A medical officer and two assistants ar rived here this morning,- from 'Caihp Bragg to help solve the city's sani tary, problem. - ' ", . Captain Willis has received -orders to, muster in -the? local unit ;of the TSTaAiooal Guard and use them wher everanfl whenever required. ' , - i. . 1 suReryants who quit their1 jobs- And try - tp pass themselves off a victitns of -fire, will 'be r clack-listed, makiag if irnposstble for them to ever f hold another position in Ne wBern. The mg policy will . be adopted" toward other persons with similar ideas; m ytheif minds. -., . . , i 'No- idleness," "is. the slogan' in'con-, naction with relief work.. There "-is w6rk or everybody to do. C. C. Kjrk Patrick has been placed, in charge" of thf - Labor Deijartnient. ' He ha -for gotten that . such . an animal as v the boll weevil ever existed. ' - The fire had no respect : for ' the I resting place of the dead." Scores of monuments in Cedar Grove todayiftre cracked and begrimed- where . flames leaped ' from - houses ' acrbss ; George street and sought to . continue' their Journey of destrnction. ; . . - - - , .. .. . ' Six thousand meals were served f Sunday at the West Street Graded " SohooL , , f ' - ': V ' . N .Thirty tents have been v erected There- are plenty of cots and mat trespes here. Up until lastnight none of the cots had been occupied. .There. evidently -had r been -consider able ammunition In some of." the houses which 'were . destroyed fr there'- were times during: the' nrOzrei's of ihe fire, when a veritable , fussilade-i Of cartridges exnloded. j ; ' A ' check for t S50 waa received . thi morning ,fromA. B. ;"Asdretvs; priu,i ''-"''' 4 ..' ,i. . ' . '. ' 1 ' . '' "',JVf: "- T54Senerar.,'an . . U, v Metts, aidjutanl general, arrived in " New'5-.erft this mornng to Inspect, .the ioca.1 situation. He stated-' that., the. resources ;of 'his department Were open to New3er;n's wmmand. .:,.- .... l-A' ..- 'v?'' - ",: . Covo "City people have- solid y freight-car load of closing' and . supplies which ihey are sending -' here today. This is - most-eplen-.. did work for a comananlty of" " 4.?v that 'size. Xeedless to' say, . New Berft Is appreciative, t . ' ; t. ; Si -. - . . 1 . - 1 1 - v.,"Stntor, Simmoria contributed his personal check for J 100. to the relief fund. ' i- - - - J..D Hinton, of. .Camp Brag, is here und. is securing recruits -for- army sei' vlce. White men between the aes Qf 18 and 35 will be accepted. Those interested are requested to see him at the postofflce between 8 a.-m. , and 4 5.. m.'daily. ., .... ' v , - ,;.W: N.- Pugh had -some article,? removed-rem his house during' tne -fire and somf of . these have been mis placed. Among them, were an enlarg ed picture, of JUr- Pugh'a father, Gen eral Lee's farewell address framel. detachments, I19th infantry, framed. Mr. Pugh would appreciate informa tion relative to nhe whereabouts of these, article. - -.. . : Miss McNeill, of the field depart ment of the Red Cross, arrived tii.Jt.he city this morning to aid in relief work. Her assistance is going to be of much benefit locally. Thank God for the - Salvation Army!. . . '. . . , .... As, soon as the weather permit?, Carter Talyor announced that some of the negroes, now idle, would be employed in tearing down the chim neys, and clearing up i.-jthe! ruins of the titer ' ' ' ' ' . ' ' I ' The. deacons of the ; Presbyterian church have tendered : to the -colored Presbyterians the use of their Sun day, School room for , their worship. It "Will be recalled that Ebenezer Pres byterian church on Pasteur street was totally destroyed by fire in the great conflagation , of last Friday. The Maxwell Company of this city, COrfee ior tnis territory nave receivea a telegram from the factory at Rich-1 mond donating 500 pounds of their coffee for use in the feeding of the fire victims. This coffee Is being used . lat the West street graded school jhuild ing as a part of the meals that are being served. lor 4100 for New Bern reaet work to day. ' Through their local representative, ti, fe; Lawrence, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has sent a check of $300 for those of their ploicy hold ers who .were, rendered homeless., Be ing a mutual concern, .this was the only form in which the donation could be made. . . The information booth on Pasteur street is located at Dukes' store. A truck load of potatoes, collected (Continued on page- six) ,' iQiiPPiiri-- uui 1 wwm ? IDli: Magnitude .of. Be ; Ftealized C -frg". And Elsewhere. - --its- FUND? ARE NEpED; It WilhTake HfS . mount or ; JWonc l a EHrriinate .And misery- nc; Disaster , The 6ltttationresaJtJnir .fr?W- ' Fiday's- gwat . ftrj -wwfe;; '::X' rrieJly ;sumpiarf7ed.ii::Jo:;,iix 1 ; :f dJaordes:eCippjlBa f.Q va ! 1 f drupakenness n;-ca (f ; V klembers of, th local .fifcldv i T - tiUery "nnif. ' eolOier f foi JUatop : . 1SieLg$ and others U4:iM4ro! dntj- ' in all sections of tho citi tftfbgiJ-.i :; 7 opt t&o night. ' , '. V. .' Tho work of fwdiBg' the.olor- . ' , - ed pepole at ;'?"'. WtH''Pet..-'--.- A graded School .coatlQueg vlikout ; ; any ossaUon.-Alproxisgajtely(dO slop in tho school Ibuiidin; last -Pisut:" " - - : - ;.-, General Van ;t-p,-v:,:!-., :dut&nt general arrived n tb& ty . ' tbJai inoraiDf' tel t-ievv tho J"al . 1 qitoaUon, . . ' v - vlv- : I'-lJ i 500. sweatcK. and- f of ;r v ' - 'ockaateion rtbv ;'-Kfl'Rc4''.'-!;.-:v troabed(iuarters'l' "Atlanta: x llJOOft'Ianketev AiMlOiVwat-V' ? r ' . tre&aea haw ' 1 arrivl - froux i'iiijB" ; i 4poast; niard 'Station -at IjNorftiyau , ; 1 -iffAn-'9Cciaxa'VstcPXa--vf-'-'-- ; families are hcttelcs. They oo v 1 j t ;; espied s weBlIll!jts: 'i1; operated by whiten, aiso w 1 C 1 iroyted :in additioa to iuob;r f '' v . . ' other.. Btrctar: ,lntrludliiawM VAJil tort, "tvarebouescs and fiheda' . ' s ? roryj warenoues'auaueos,, j j A 1 medical ofBeer wj.U' ,ajiV. Si' - islstante have arrUcsd fron fap' 'Ei-igg- to take X3arsof, lb-fo ifary shnatloit Il,vXftjf; me aaaerican - irjcu . rw. ,yM : arrived Wda. monitors' v-.-V3 : . ' r.w....-A .-'. " f"qr -the- first Jmesjcjiaaa--.vv-', ftr, New Bern today 1 is givjofe Actual J serious 'consideration ttp; ha t!?liJem . J ' which1, must bo .overc,on.; lt fa j now realized that the temporary--otisfiis '.ys -and , feeding 'of ,the fire TietipT'jjj)reB " s" ents a small phase- ef . thF 'i&itii&tiaa , ; ana coat, -ine-rener iWWlf "DWistTJe: ca.T- nor,-As- tins - fact- jes vin - i diivea home in the minds ortholjitolrMarSe of affairs, they ow-are;torcedJ ad mit that 'New , Ber'aTpf :;h"er -Am$ ac cord, cannot bear the. 8tra harden andt that he'lp 'must 'bffl ftoni neighboring towns and .'cities-- r . 1 ' "Gentlemen,": said Vlocabvgfneas 0 ian - 4m a committee.:. tneiinf i ikUii, morning.: "I know that all .!of ate to put up a plea fpHafeeisMncfe 'At first .we - discouraged outslawaid, .for -we were determined to'.dd Vttv .litmost to solve, the . situattor -by ,jeufseTyes. - cognizance of - the : aituatioj,V -Today, r however, -we- feel tha v rtn.pt.tafej' , ' longer, permit piir pride v ,-T0 st!par:. the way. For; us to isike sitfh;:sand ouldjaus much mQtfi oftiac$.&n4 1 diBtress. We must. swallpw-veurAvlPridsi r ; and- send-' out- a .call rik?r?ai9tati?e;;"; ' Other towns, accoidjns t-.i!ifoi,m&- ; tion received by' the Sun?pttrnt tis ; morning, are now busjlj' ; togasd in, : raising relief funds a4 it jsXjferteji 4 that thousands of dollar wttl;psisir'.iiy' to the city withinthe ,fiext,ifew-ays. Everywhere" convrtntteea are ;be'.ftr-" ganized. Such a-.splrttij,sdcti"-jpcjil':. never before has b?n-)mift?i 'Sft this, section, Qf if.;-i TURKS DESIRpTlf U Pi yi ? LAUSSAN'E, ' Dec, 4.vr-fTJie taOsiC: of the Dardanelles,aV,aWiitP except those of s-Turf A'tf Cftvin Turkey thp right ta. f ortjftf.h? "iitfaita were advocated by 'fForei-iUnlster Pchfgc?herin - of V?RvsIa"'j--ijf"94yVi meeting of . the Iisanepnfrence called to diecusa' tle AVestt$tf ; pfi-th straitB.. j&W,-?---. istriit Pasha, leading. TfHirklevdele sate," asked for absolute's "Turljlsa k:on trol of the straits wlthp-fliUtarI4-ation. ': '.: ' '"'-vy'f J The -. preliminary discUasiOG.'. Afe t question by , ipresentljrC.to' Great Power had not, .e Vpptetl when the meeting was' Adjjotop'ea.J ' '- "''lfel JOHN WA,NAMKffc;' REPORTED UNCHAiStjEb. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.;. P.e6.; f-Th ' ' condition of John Wanaaejwh.o jv has been ill at his home hr fer-Bet- . eral weeks with a severe-; c$utd ; wa reported as . "about the sajne as: lasa " : -evening" by his phya icia lf orn- ' :T ing. - - -- - - .V.fi-";jVtf'j'i-5i';rj -,"v-: ' T, can't imagine- h,o wyoij Iftt: ? - . V much money out ;.ot euia 4 tri-QUi-. '.:;:;T.; i