1
1 - -. , ",s"-"' a--
FWi Photographs of Fire and D etailed Account of GreaDi$asmi
! h,4 II .; n fil I I 01 T i1 In III I 111 'If I
1 . . t i 1 1 -S ' II I I 1 ' ' All . . .. till II llllri il ' II 1 V I II III I II IS I I I I I I II l " ". lSIIIIIIiT7III II II I I I II
Wantidiion
iUijiitf-Jut'-
ir Hi'
-Ult.yilLv,
v- si' LH!I 1
Meeting Held .This A.
M. At Which Time
Tli3 flatter Was Ta
ken Up. . .
A VAiT ACTION
nb7laiid Lumber Com-pr-hy'Is
Desirous of
Purchasing, the Ro
; Ipcr PropertyHere.
.',-,- -
The best' news ,in e6nnection
' with;'Frid ajr s great ; fire was
. given out today -when A. . R.
Turabull,-'of the- Rowland
Luinber. Company lessees of
--rths-v Hoper liUrabeT- Gompany,.
which: iff ered: a $250,000 "fire
losV"'Aannounced that he
would rebuild and : enlarge
the mill providing ' that satis-
: factory i arrangements could
k be made. . 7- . " .75..-
. Mr." Trumbull metVwith -1 tt
number of prominent : citizens
. ; . .... . v - - .' -
in . the mayor's : office ? today.
He ' stated that if the ' mill
property, cpuld be "purchased
; from, the .Roper v people he !
: would not v only rebuild the
plant but also would erect a
. veneer plant.
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'
' A Committee Was appoint- Scott,"V deputy- insurance commission
- v ,, . ,er, from ' Raleigh, which was given
' ed,; Consisting Of Mayor Clark out for publication today?
and 'Harry M. 'Jacobs.., who1
werev'directed t get
int6
.,
communication j with1 the
Cer- Lumber Company;. Officials
-' 1
and " ascertain what
arrange-
. ments r could be :; niade7 ; . ;.
Mr. 1 Turnbull" " expressed
himself, this morning as being
well pleased with thej location
of the .mill here. iHe said it
was his intention to continue
in business here, providing
y that the ' necessary arrange-'
ments could . be made.
Needless to say, the people
of New Bern as a whole will
" rejoice . to 'learn" of Mr, Turn
. bulk's . attitude in the matter.
-Tn -RTifp. nf his -own Viiicp ner-
- ' - - ,. : " : ( L5y -Associated Press.)
sonal'loss, he has contributed Washington, Dec. ,5 a contest
- . :. i . - J appeared certain today between Sena-
a Check for $1000 to the lO-jtora Simmons, of North Carolina and
. j - V . -'-' '" S 1 Robinson, Arkansas, for the democrat-
Cal reliet -W.OrK. . " ::'-4is senate leadership 'in the next con-
; - . j gress to succeed Senator Underwood
- . v.. .. Jof Alabama, who is to' retire as lead-
' SHEPARD BRYAN - WRITES ' er vlountarily because of ill-health,
i t. x . .. ' Friends of both began an active cam-"
: LETTER OF SYMPATHY paign although neither senator had
;, . .: - j formerly announced his candid. icy.
' - ' Senator Simmons is the ranking
New Ben'7 -sons' in all sections of ' democrat in point of service and was
the country r;'. fere greatly distressed j chairman of the finance conimit.ee
over the disaster Which has. befallen dun the Wilson administration,
the community. The following letter Senator Robinson also a veteran but
ij from -tfhepa'i-d- Bryan,' superior !a 5'ouner man. has been prominent
court judge. Of the Atlanta Circuit: ,in democratic councils for a numbs
-.j. - ( of years and was chairman of the last
TTon. Edward Clark.
Mayor of New'. Bwn. -
Dear Kd.'-I am deeply distressed
t hear of New Bern's misfortune. En
t loed you will find my . check for $100
for the relief und. While I have been
r way from - fny-.- native town more
,". sft vears I beheve that my ap
preciation for her becomes more ten
... anil lasnng as the years go by.
' Sineerly. your friend.
Now
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NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA,
Here, is anv unuBvtal,. photograph
smoke is distinctly shown in the
in the
taken at about 3:30
o'clock -'when
througfi the courtesy of the News:
No arrests for 4ncendiarifem in con-1
nviiuii in x i iucij( a ( muf u jg . ji i ts
tiH.vt' 1 1 M 1 1 manp appnrnmT m vv A .
i ice porta to the eitJct that both of
'i Friday' flres :iiigrit liave cion the re-
sult ' a deiibratf lf hint .havsgain
fed -ci-rculatioa It s-ns o? ilio papers
Mritfo mirfcM m n nm FiiRj-iiirfiinin nipnlj7
Roof the state. :. A ctm upon the biig-
! counteract Ih rifluonise which 'evsch
rumors j. miKht nave.
Miv
the
S-,-ott vthis
" following
afternoon, gav cut
statement:
, Contest Sm Certain Between
North Carolina Senator and
Robinson, of Arkansas
national convention at San Francis
co. Another Draft
Troy, X. C, pec
Hon. Edward Clark.
Mayor New Bern, N. C
'.
hun.li-p-j dol
County Cili in
Draw on us for1- one
lars from Montgomery
BE NEVif LEADER
IN THE SENATE
ter R,ed Cro.-is.
- , Troy Bank & Trust Qo,
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 5, 1922.
5
mxmm
PI
:.::j5-'i:a'5::i.r
IIP
of .New iEern 's great flre. It was ta
picture' and
picture and indicates the course the
the fire , was at its, height. This and
and 'Observer, Raleigh
V'l .arrived -in
Kern "Siturda.y
iiiui n j iiff a i ler me nre ani nave Deen
nm avm einrA i n -1 : r. .r......... .
tipn; .; deferring iirst i- the Ktnerat
conflagration, . I invedtigate-1 hat
Saturday .with Mr. Bryan, chief of
the fire fjfepaVtment, and foun-l that
the fir4 started from a terra cotra
flue, which had been -. ,'n use for iifl
years .or more. We found at least i-ix
witnesses r who saw it 'while;1 it was
burning - around tbe - flue sVoove the
atticnd under the roof and 'there in
no evidence whatever of incendiar-
"M to the' Roper mill lire, J a!q
N.-;w
AsHeyille Agrees To Leave
of Game
Aslieville High School football
. team lias consented to a postpone
. jnetot of the date for - the chani
.. pionshlp game .-between Asheville
and New Been High School, v
Mayor Clark wired Mayor Kob
Tfs or AslK-ville yesterday artcr
" noon as follows:
"On account of our recent dis
astrous eonl'liigration and 111cm- a
bers of the New Bern High Scliool
football -team doing patrol duty,
will you please use your infuenee
with your High School authorities,
"to postpone chaninionship game
New Bern Gets Possession
Houses At Morehead City
New Bern will iminediatejy proceed
to move the buildings of the former
air naval station at Morehead Ciiy
as the' result of a telegram from Sec
retary of the Navy Denby to Gover
nor Morrison, which was relaye.l i
here this afternoon. , The telegram
read as follows--: .
"At lh urgent request of lion.
Charles L.. Ahernethy, member of
congress, in view of the emergency
existing at New Kern. X. C. owing
to fire that left -a great number of
1 f22,4citizens homeless and without shelter
the Navy Department in order to pro
"vide necessary relief agrees to sel
- .jto., the, City, of New Bern for tht
nominal consideration of $1.00 it:
e
its
interests in the buildings
to the . former Air Nava-1
pertaining
Station at
V
; : 5 7firA; - '
7v -v-7 "fif'&nb'-': - 7-j :ss;i
5-'
-;l':Mr
'tyKi.lf.?.:Vv
iLji
S-4
i
.t
ken
hy Wootten & Moulton from
lire was taking when the picture
other photographs in today's paper
have investigated that and v.'i-sh .to
-say that as to the arrest of 'Ernest
Gibbs, colored, he was detained send
ing an investigation and not charged
with' setting fire to the mill but as
an escaped man from the asylum as
Goldsborb. It is true that he had
worked with the Roper Lumber Co. count of his previous trouble V and.
at .one. time and had iuite a lot of ' .from the fact that he was seen in the
trouble there. He had been arrested ' street jear the mill about ten min
and charged with cutting the beltoutes after the alarm appeared There
and, on trial, he was adjudged insane is no evidence whatever'' that he
and- committed to the asylunin at ' Started the fire. Ernest Gibbs is be
Goldsboro. He was indicted in 1918 ; ing held in the jail to be recommit
along with 'Walter Smith, charged ! ted to the asylum n. at .GoldsborO."
Up To Rankin
one week. In advance accept our
thanks and appreciation."'
The answer received from May
or Roberts this morning was as
follows:
Jligh S
K: R. Ha 1
School has wired Vrof.
nkin. Cliauel Hill. Tor
htm to fix date for New Bern High
School football game. Our sym
pathy goes out lo the people of
New Bern ill their great misfor
tune." Itis expected that Mr. Rankin
will'set a date for some. day next
week.
Morehead City. N. C c::-ei)t those
l'.ow being used for Naval or Coast
Guard purposes. Appropriate instruc
tions will be issued immediately to
Naval authorities in charge.
"Secretary of Navy."
Blankets Coming
Winston-Salem, Dec
Edward Clark Mayor.
New Bern. N. C.
Have sent you by exprees n hun
dred blankets.
Chatham Mfg. Co
Canterbury Club Meets Tonight
The Canterbury Department of the
Woman's) Club will be entertained to
night at 8 o'clock by Mrs. Stephen H.
Fowler at her home on Craven street,
5 f , WlMl.t
PRICE.- FIVE CENTS
i
-v; s;
'jj7
7'7
tlie top of the
Elks Temple.-
The
was snaDDed. Theo'hoto eraPh- was
were furnished the SuiHliiuVnal
with setting fire to a houset-:the. pro
perty of Thomas Holton, but' in this
case a verdict was returned of . hot
guilty as to each of the defetnJaiita,
and it so appears on the clerk' . of
the court's records. He was -suspect
ed in regard to the recent fire Orr ac-
WILL
UP INSURANCE
Committee Appointed To "" Aid
I Victims of Fire In Adjust
ing Insurance Claims :
The fiuestion of insurance irt con
nection with Friday's fire loss is be
ing taken up today and a committee,
working under the general relief com
mittee, will meet and endeavor to be
of every assistance. Allan . 'Ives - is
chairman of this committee ahd he
has given out the following notice:
"All persons sustaining fire loesas
and who have not already reported
same to their local fire insurance
agent will report to the ingurance
department over Mitchell's store as
.oon as possible where their claims
will be promptly taken care of and
payment rushed through.'!.
ROAD MEETING HAS
l
v. 7" 77 "Tr '77J
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SETTLE
RFF1M PrQTIOMFr stratched. across the streets during
tsccn ru3irunLU)tIiipj.ogresg of tne fire Warning ia
WINSTON-SALEM, Dec. 4 . At ' given tiow that if this happens again
meetings of committees on arrange- Ithe : persons found guilty of the of
ments held simultaneously this after- fense wtlf be prosecuted to the full
noon in High PoLpt and Winstpn-Sa- i extent -otthe law.
leni it was decided after conferences
over the telephone to call off the cel
ebration of the opening of the new
highway between the two cities that
was to have taken place tomorrow.
This decision was due to unsettled
weather conditions.
was discussed.
No further date
I '. . - -.. 7s 77777 . v,.- - --
Red Gross Executive is
Fridays
LAST NIGHT A OUIET
- ' ! T- -. ,?;.' -7? -'
No Disorders of Any ature 'HaYSlJJ'C:
ported; Negroes Are Quiet An Are jjjA r
'.Their; Beit -To Keep OrerfeSHftfe'
- for the time being, New Bern's relief workers :r
ing their attention fo the important squesti6nl5vo'fr.samtat"
andmployment..
..'- - Last night passed quietly
Members of the local battery
Bragg ; p atrolie d7 thel citjr J: aijd turned in7 iiel6i7i
morning that theyhaidhiet
ncft f a.QAAA -f a ,ltAm aTaoo - oral eil Ivy K ot i Av) 7i. V
and are being fed and provided with shelter. ; f",'i?c77 i-v&7
Insu;
les; are
rance7 niatters- "firet r&cer?ing. attention ?w3K'a5::
jit fefc?P?:K :
An official statemntrornCaTterv
work of ihe lutVern rrvislon.'0f
'ilrelWiiSi
. A negro' went into , local std.ra yes
terday , and 'informed--, the proprietor
-j that he. would have to defer psLyment
of the balance due on 'fals,suit;;.He
said he was one
of the flre-7 sufferers.1
' "That's all right," .said the jpropri
etor, "you don't, owe. nie anythiig at
all. I'll, cancel the deftt. Those shoe's
of yours look rather shabby,' let 'me
give you another pair:"- " ' " ' ; j
He found out later that the negro
touna ouviawsrnat egrp
from Morehead -City, and nan.t
was
even seen the fire.
-The news of, .. the - fire certainly
spread rapidly. Pr: J. F. Patterson f
j-eceived a telegram' Sunday v from his
L brother in Panama, asking . for fur
ther information' regarding' tbft- blaze.'
It is reported that a few negro
families have left, here and have gone
to .live with relatives , in Kinston.
Greenville and other towns. . '
v Governor Morrison is due to arrive
tonight The Governor wtH . get; ,'a
chance to see "what. thej local situation,
really looks like. And he'U "agree that
there has been ' novexaggerationi ' a
bout New Bern's plight.- . ' .
According to W. F. Aberly.. -there
is one colored family in town' that
was seven weeks. behind in' the rent
when the fire broke out. The houf;e
was several blocks, outside the lone
of the fire. Yesterday the agent called
and tried to: collect the rent-' ' ' ! .
"No, sah, boss," replied the head of
the family, "I feels that I ought to
give something' to the- fire wietim's.
I got no money to be thrown' away
on rent now." ' -
1 Lieutenant Donahue, of the Coast
Guard Service at n Norfolk, passed
'through New Bern today en route to
Morehead City to see what can be
done with reference to securing, tha
knock-down houses at Camp Glenn.'
The Chamber of Commerce has ap
pointed a. committee consisting of C.
C. Kirkpatrick, O. W. Lane, T. A." Uz
zell, Ed. Meadows, T. G. Hyman,
Senator Simmons and Dr. J. F. Pat
terson to go to Raleigh and confer
with Mr. Page , relative to new road
construction work in Craven county
The county commissioners, the board
of aldermen and Carteret. Jones and
Pamlico counties also are expected to
appoint committees.
fit '
Itjjis reported that a number of
i automobiles drove over fire hose
Credit is Jlue Mrs. Disosway and
her employees t the Home Bakery
for the splendid service triey render
ed in keeping their place of business
open late in the night Friday ani
Saturday, supplying food for the fire
, (Continued on page three).
J U U I- . WZl -V.
Wili:WlPJlpb3
:Fire
ONE IK MRE
...: ..'t it I :
ion
with nq disorder Ajf .ns' kiWd.
ohit and J soldierit r6xriCanip E
Ke
mitteiaS..
h4yeYthe.: refugee -irtt.uiJJ'-'"
tiani1 TSvrvnnft V n':.'t.f9"1.rftti(ifpe(1 '
: homeless; in. itbe nre are. under.f oyr
anibelngjfeS. ifoi8 Vii'w4 Ax i'''.-'''
, timsre fiufrering a -riThe.
relief iwork . la .4.11 Tf itsr-branb f3
now are " Jbginnth'4.dttsei''S t:
defiaite... policy ".of eltMbi I J
' P'The "ithinfe; whicitihlf jtVceiVirigltltd .
W - 'A- ji-lii-T- -ti;J2
effort Js ;being .- his t
possible epidemie, Of vlyjfaoid,. 'iifltf-; J
pi, trother ..'-ia ji .-.'h' ous-t-o-" '
4iousq canvass is ' ' bnaiJii. llrJ-
roverc.FOwding.f g&imf
h.'ili;iri.' .4'G?-stt. v
found "as many;.;!a8rt.ia.l'lf jbii
housed, in one-. 'amalk-.vMc!atrt&i.'-
bt.them ,,bad: ''VamalKitia'feBiwUh
thetni., .such; condltpi 'J?''tp'sf
TayioKSclli7-
IJrossVs lsno W$2 li7 " .
Com
cuauseo. jury rtprqacrt.vC. grR-lSjC ..
menace jiist .bbw-.attdtr )iit.anr .
regulations anst.t-'$;..'
siblefsor.. t&&&j'btfc
U "Ml of .therefugeftvi eina 5tn-:' : vv ;
as b further .j.pwtlie;!"''.''
The .pegro section-..-- k$ 4-4hi" ly :ii,kt (, :
t been dlvjded;. into,, .Itpif iwAlctoaja.d.' ,T
ttje jdistrictswdlUbWa '
py tiea uross nurses toss. iijacj w 1
eani,ta,iint.tienfc
f. 'JGood t ij'ro'gress.i $f fel! 'Iha.fej.: r
finding -rnpWmeat.frit
nave .Deeo inrownpu.q-rpr P"
kind" of 'iDrcdttcdT' .'cMrSBn3l25cli
count of burned jiwustKattfs.na
scores. v W.e j h.ope,thj)',ex. V:
30 dav.3 every relueeewUl !' at '-aluber'-''
.labor. . -1 r.V'.-yy'jfejV-?5-'
."Three' "thbusandT'jrgsef.iMbe
insr carried 'for. The 'cestifirllS.iaThifcs-' :
'been' $1000; 'k"ifi:pfi:
victual expend.iire3 !n4 JjOOfcifcV i
elude "the -donations of yujitlloSiWAie::
are rbeing, ..Taqeiyed." JLttf g iahtAy :
of, clothing, , beddiner vJ''ft-
coming in on every.i trjilll-VTHe Rd '
Cross spnt yestferaUvt-hb.
of .'soi, sweaters . adt'tallivr'tlesqbf ;? ;
clothing. The,. v?arancJjSa eprtr
ments have come, forwra'.ihl p!,
did '.fashiontp.a's4ili('-.'
relief cbmrnJttee. Speciaf-.tiliS .s -a le f .
General . BowIey,f .$ Caij-Jptragg-: f Oi 4 '
the gierous inanirlt.'it.ec4:'-'
responded- to every" L'uor feP- .
In. addition to supplytijiin tinP-'c
gency personel,, the Genjifi quipved f
and. rushed to New. Beirn iVVjref trln
of eight :freiglit ci0kk9i:Mtltt
tents, cots, mattrai9uii4 r nBt.-. :
equipment; which rayeijOf Ipval ;
uable service.- - .. ; - J ;V;H;i '' ' ' '
"The slogan r nQW, .'sik ;a;vMan7.
Idle.'. All refugees ' will be pyt to ,so?ne "'
kind of work. An emergency IjosPtil i ;
and first aid, statipr isxt been ; estl-: .'
lislied at the . coloredrade ''scliitdl
to take care of , the eipk.j $he lacal 7
citizens - are - rspQfldiJ .yfiii. :
hearted fashion in th.amtteCvOffet'r.'.
ing their time i and eefvips..i ;Evry
co-operation is beingfveft nej'elfe'f
committee, . although 4tnr iafatiHi
room for' more worktra
ire workMfj?i,-i.!:i'. J"3'';.-.i. -'-'-
. "Last night pas edc ;d.ujetly; '
there were no di9ora.er.s.j3yerythi3 '-.
pertaining t oth. relief w6ri IS .;pr4 r
gressing satisfactpHly'y:-" .--.- '
.' - yh:V;: ;.y .
Mrs. R, B Saundere'n3 "'clin5rn, '
of Kinston," paSsea"tr$u1iaT&e,r .Bern . ';
last night 'en route , h orn a fronii' Painlioa
where he Tigitea4 relatg'-. v y y
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