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EDITORIAL PAGE v
Monday Afternoon, December 4, 1922.
.One Week
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THE QUALITY OF MERCY.
The quality of Mercy' is not strained,
It droppeth as trie' gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth- himi that gives, and him that
:; takes;
'Tis mightiest ill -the mightiest; it becomes
The throned ifnonarch better' than his
rrnwn : . .
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, , : "
It is an, attribute of God himself;, .
And earthly power doth then show likest
God's-
Yheri mercy season's justice.
How aptly those immortal words of
Shakespeare apply to the'' situation ., in
vh:ih ::ew pern finds herself today! .,
lr 2 terriblei hours the Demon; of
D'eztr. .:- n raged - unleashed, within the
if New Bern, followed '.closely; by
dejs, Desolation and Misery. But
2 ashes of ; ruin has arisen . that
oi all powers the Spirit of
cent
its' c
greatest
It was
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Iercy which .prompted New ; '
citiiens to rush to the aid of their r
-j neighbors andr render them
:ry r orible assistance-. - within ; their
:r. It ,vas. Mercy which enduced them
t il v--rilyJiour after hour, 'oblivious
...:g except that souls wef;in
t was Mercy ' whichy when the
lade, raised a fund o'f more than
sand, dollars in' a" few .minutes-...
'as Mercy, which has brought r ,
f expressions of condolence : '
,thy ancl liberal offers of aid '
.;, organizations iand individuals
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as been New Bern's loss, but it
insignificance when one cont -
at has hapnened since the de
occurred. Gone are racial pre-
social, distinction and- rivalry.
have been . 'fitfricd into the back-i '.;'
.1 r.nd have. beensupercededi by-'
and her co-w,ofkers,: Charity.
socially prominent woman carrying r
'child in her arms and juildhig v
only to be of service; women from all
stations of life, providing food and shelter
for the homeless; countless of offers of
:-y assistance from our sister-cities, . .... ...
It is such things as these that soften the
sorrow and distress : which all of us have
felt and that bring us to a realization of
the good and the noble in life.
New Bern's loss has been great, but
her gain has been greater. We are a peo-
- pie united by that most firm ; of all bonds
the bond of Service and Mercy.
One-fourth of the city's entire area has
been wiped out, but, phoenix-like, out of
the ruins will come a greater, a better, ,
a happier New Bern.
WITH OTH
ER ED TORS
ijf business and prof es-
- cre of themselves, 'sejekihg
A splendid' ORGANIZATION. .
. Jhe thanks frf ; the entire city are due
those individuals who have so generously
given of their aid in the relief work which
has been in progress since Friday's great
fire. " k -' ' ' . " --
Red Cross officials and others who have
come here since state that they never have
seen anything to compare with th'd organ
izatio'rfv wtiieh -had been perfected here,
They vr4r$ , .most hearty - in their" praise
and commendati6n. - ? '
f There has been no excitement and no
wasted" "effort . among " the , committees.
'From ihe time Harry M Jacobs called the
meeting at the' court house iSarurday morn
1 . iftg. until the present moment; the entire
work has been systematized arid has, been
carried forward in a wonderfully efficient
manner. Everyone ' has given unstintedly
of his or her services and nd one has held
back. 'It has-been a great demonstration
of unselfishness u and i kindness; . , 1
- It would be improper to single' out ; any
particular individual for, special comnien-
, dafion, for thefe" hasn't been xa citizen of
New , Bern whoiHa's refused to . serve in
i Whatever capacity his services were ; de- r
sired.' So while" it may be that. there are
some persons who may not know ' of
The "Tiger" in the Stockyards.
In a Chicago itinerary a visit to
the stockyards is inevitable unless
you are too tender or too aesthetic
for that spectacle.
Clemenceau came ' and saw nand
was not satisfied untii he saw the
slaughter. Evidently his hosts thought
that he had seen enough, of blood on
the battlefields. -
Thrice he insisted: "Let me see the
killing!? And; so Jthey let him behold
the process oX .the . slaughtering ' of ;
Biiuiwiuis, squeaung creatures.
And then the Tiger . of France was
content. ' . v
The, Belgian, Maeterlinck, has
sympatheUcally . said: ,j?'lf I .were .God
I would have pity upon the . hearts
of men!" - v. ; .
- Which spirit win win the World
and when? New York American.
THE TOM GOSSIP
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everyone who, is enlisted in the work the
.ess ) Jib$n rsfrenuf'sj K i,0e;4 w)iq se.esr' mlaninls and that .they
hungry flames ; scores f c will reeelve a far; greater f e ward"? than
human acclamation for - what they have
done. . - .v i-i
An Explanation Needed.
Judgment on the defense td be. put
in , by a number of tobacco ; farmers
who. have been ;,suedr for ' perform
ance of their contracts with the Co
operative Association, to the effect
that they, were led. to attach their
signatures .by false . representations,
will, of course,' have, to await the ev
idence, .The evidence, by : the way,
must be conclusive K gross fraud,
since thewritten contract, with few
exceptions, stands foe-Itself
The contention,; however, that some
of these' reprentations- were made Jy
agents of . the Department -of Agri
culture Working. aa missionaries for
this business : organization; If It has
no legal bearing on the suits, at least
deserves the closest investigation by
the authorities '-or. by' the in-coming
Iiegislature.-It is not at all clear why
or how State officials have been per
mitted thus to give their time to the
furtherance (iof private enterprise. '
Durham Sun. , . -I
SUSPICIOUS CIBCUMSTANXES, HE
THINKS.
i ,"Jud .Tunkins says that every
time he - hears about a peace con
ferenceYhe gets .urieasy 'or fear an
other war, is going to start." Wash
ington Star. .
AND THEY. ARE SUBJECT TO THE
MOST TAXES. , ,
"The suggestion' that . Income tax
es be collected : by a sort pf gentle
man's . agreement, overlooks the fact
that,ther are v many men. In a1 com
munity r who are not , gentlemen."
Boston ..Transcript. . ?
; ,!'There is one, thing at least, which
bids i fair to ; endure as long as the
Rock . of Gibraltar . and. that is the
government's supply ofl surplus army
goods.i'Ti-ColumJius . Dispatgh.
HE DRIVES a truck.
AND HE lives.
IN A neighboring city
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IN - WHIGH the peopie.
HAD RAISED a donation..
OF CLOTHING and shoes.
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TO BE sent to New Beri ...
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AND AID the fire victims. .' .
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AND HE'S a poor .man..
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AND HAS to work. f v r: ,
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FOR HIS living.
AND AFTER he had delivered. '
THE TRUCK-LOAD of stuff,
at TTTTO oourt hnu.se.. -
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Hfi WENT around.'
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TO THE Chamber of Commerce.
AND SAW Mr. Kirkpatrick. -
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AND TOLD himf-?V v
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TIIAT IJE wouldn't charge.. . "
A SINGLE penny.
: FOR HIS time or services'.
IN DRIVING the suppUes.
OVER TO New 'Bern.
AND THAT all ha .asked. ' v '
"WAS ' THE actual expense.
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FOR THE hauling- v -
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AND KIRK thanked him.
AND EXPRESSED appreciation.
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FOR HIS kindness. , ' v
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AND GAVE him a check " ,
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FOR EIGHT dollars. .
AND THE man went out.
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' TO TAKE a look. .. ....
AT THE devastated area.
.AND HE was gone. . . .. ?' ' '
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k vFpR OVER an hour. . r
AND AT the.end of that .time.1
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j HE RETURNED. , i
TO THE Chamber of Commerce.
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AND WALKED up to Kirk.
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AND TOLD him.
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THAT HE had just. been.
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AND SEEN ther ruins.
AND THE standing chimneys.
AND ALL the other evidences.
OF THE fire's ravages.
AND HE repeated" the statement..
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THAT HE was a poor man.
AND DIDN'T have much.
BUT HE Wanted to, know.
WHETHER KIRK 4would accept.
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"THE CHECK he had given him.
AS -A donation. tt i
AFTER flfiOTIlEn
THREE BONNE'
TO THE relief fund-
AND KIRK did.; , ,
AND : TOLD me about It,'
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A LITTLE-later., v
AND I thought.
ui
THAT THE . story.
WAS T0Q good to keep.
AND . THAT you: too. .
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SHOULD KNOW aboUt'It.
AND' SOJlEWHERE:or other.
I'VE READ an account.
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. OF SOMETHING or other.
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ABOUT A widow's .mite.
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AND i couldn't .help. ' -
BUT? THINK. about It. ' . .'
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WHEN I heard. 1 H
ABOUT THE -truck driver.
I THANK you.
fife tf.vi1
'A!
Dancer-has just had her' feet .in
sured" for, $30,000 What? Are they
going to' begin using 'thsfn . again-?-;
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! The f real; question is; w .thinly 'riot
did '-man evolve . from the' jpeacef ul,
innocent .'nionkey, but, , rather, " did
the monkey, evolve -from . Man!;.
Dispatch in papers Saturday gave
account - of"-terrible re '. in, Terr
Bonne, Canada, I One' s hundred and
seventy-five homes were destroyed. " -
'S awful.
Just . think. ; of , a calamity of that ....
sort , being cthrustiupoaftn innocent
people. One hundred and seventy-five-
homes!-' Can yodrlmagine H?
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, Undoubtedly there are a . good
many people, "(sTiO r"are - homeless.
There -usually are,. in-v a; fire. . '
'.Some time" ago we rfcali a" lire in
New.Brn. A house burfred down' near
the edge of town ad an", entire fam
ily was thrust: out into the .cold. They
didn't have any-place" ta-go and had
to be cared for by neighbors.
$? t el'.- t-a-e ( -.
That was' bad enough, but how
much worse Terre Bonne's disaster
must - have been ! One -"hundred And
Seventy-five' f-- hpnres . probably repre
sents as many as five Ulficks. ".. ;
What a pitiful specfacfe it must be
to see" five whole" - block's devastated
and laid in.1 Ashes.-
It is ;hard. Jtpr, us liivng over , a
thousand .miles "from Terrfe Boone, to 1
fully realize' the eactenjtbf the catas
trophe. "r "''I -
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; Buf you never' Ctti"teTpJwhere ' fire
will break oul. net. 1 .is.Vv. . .
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Suppose that: New Bern should be
visited t by such a? isaster., as befell
Terre Bonne... Can. , you . picture five
blocks being .utterly consumed In
smoke? '
-a terribie to even thing about.
.The best things to ''iia- isvnot think
about it at all.
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- Toung, man who married , a .seven- .
teen "year old chorus .girl found ler ,
that, she had been' married - before ,
and had . a son ; fifteen years old. Age s
nowadays . is not so inuch.' a matter .
of 'cosihics as cosjjn'etics.1"
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Jr. JLeohhardt's.HEMpiD will re-iiee-any;
f bppi (pila -quick acUon
in eVeft"'old stubbonrcases'No cutting
ad-greasy ealves avhwmless tablet
that: removes the cause. fConey back ;
if not satisfied. Joe Anderson's Drug
Store.. .-s-tAdvt - : -
Have xoif ru
Eath3 ,
Kitchens'
Banks
Churches
T IL
nie, nxcure . . r ...
; and Specialty , Corp. c
Norfolk
129 West Plume Street
Porches ;
Vestibules r
Halls
Stores . , ,
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NOTICE:
itlNotioeV ir:Jaereby given sthat "after
November 13th. I : will n ranger b
connected with the Firm-5 of Free
man, A Canaday and air bills- .con-.
irucieu aixvr. inai aaie ,1 ,wi(i not oe
responsible. ' - . V l ,
ART. FREEMAN. '
Nov. 16-3 Ot ' DoVer, N. C.
FAULTLESS FITHNO FOOTWEAR.
Om f the ntv two-itrap moJeff
in fin patent colt with contrasting
olUr mud straps an ideal style'
'Jot itrrti dress mnd general wear
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TTOROTHY DODD shoes have the AoPougliltfdSff
which - comes of being expertly designed, carefull.'
jxut together and painstakingly finished inside and out.
And they grow old gracefully never losing that shapefy?
fceauty that delights you at first sight. Such shoes, art
Worthy of. the name' that careful buyers look fctHaJ-t&fi)
mark or. style, service and utmost value
fc X Site ' .
SAM ilIPMAN & SON,
'fThe Dependable Store.'-
THREE NECESSARY
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When the life of a loved one
is at stake the doctor and nurse
must have medicines. : The
Gfeat Physician put all three
here for, the purpose of curing
disease and allaying pain. Each
is useless without the other ;
every drop and grain of medi
cines, ordered by the doctor, to
be ; administtered by the nurse
musf( be added by the phramacist
-rrthat J3 our job you can. de
pend upon our pharmacists do
ing their part with skill of a
master-builder. They are de
pendable. -
BR ADH AM'S DRUG
,v -r STORES
Prescription Specialists.
"Ask My Patients
9t
fireserf zfAet eres-,
'jcaasejSr a run bom
. Do - you feel physically
well? Are you mentally
deprewed when things go
wrong? Then this is the
Bign that you lack the
necessary amount of ner
vous energy. Our methods
restore robust vitality.
PHONE 72 FOR APPOINTMENT
Dr. J. M. Cunningham
Chiropractor
SOT, 208, 209, 210 EUcs Templo
New Bern. N. O.
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VICTORY LOAN BONIS
All 4 3-4;Victory Bonds, which bear the distinguishing letters X. B. C, X. S
and F., in prefix to their serial number, have been called by the Treasury De
partment for redemption on or before December 15th, 1922, and we off er dux
services in handling these bonds for the owner. .y;-;-,H:
, Bring your bonds to us on or before that date and we will be glad to handle
them.- - -
YOUR
SAVINGS STAMPS
Your War Savings Stamps are payle on January 1, 1923. Leave' them with,
us and we will collect without charge. Inquire of any of our officials for intor- ,
mation. ?
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